664. And after three days and a half.- That this signifies when completed, thus the end of the old church, and the beginning of a new church, is evident from the signification of three days and a half, as denoting fulness or completion at the end of the old church, when there is the beginning of a new church, concerning which see above (n. 658). The reason why it is said, after three days and a half, is, that days, in the Word, signify states, here, the last state of the church. For all times, in the Word, as hours, days, weeks, months, years, and ages, signify states in the Word, as in this case, the last state of the church, when there is no longer any good of love or truth of faith remaining. Because days signify states, and since in the first chapter of Genesis the establishment of the Most Ancient Church is treated of which was accomplished successively from one state to another, therefore it is said there that there was evening and there was morning the first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, and sixth days, unto the seventh, when it was completed (Genesis 1:5, 8, 13, 19, 23, 31), and the days there do not mean days, but the successive states of the regeneration of men at that time, and the consequent establishment of the church with them. So also elsewhere in the Word.

334. Verses 11, 12. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, the animals, and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands; saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

"And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, the animals, and the elders," signifies acknowledgment, and thence glorification of the Lord by the angels of the lower heavens; "and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands," signifies that those are innumerable who are in truths, and innumerable those who are in goods; "saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain," signifies acknowledgment from the heart that everything Divine is from the Lord's Divine Human not acknowledged, and by many denied; "to receive power, and riches, and wisdom," signifies that to Him belong omnipotence, omniscience, and Divine providence; "and honour, and glory," signifies that to Him belong Divine good and Divine truth; "and blessing," signifies the acknowledgment and glorification of the Lord on that account, and thanksgiving that from Him are all good and truth, and thence heaven and eternal happiness to those who receive them.