348. (v. 14) And the four animals said, Amen. That this signifies confirmation from the Lord out of the inmost heaven, is clear from the signification of the four animals or cherubim, as denoting, in the highest sense, the Lord as to Providence and protection, lest any one should approach except by the good of love (concerning which see above, n. 152 at the end, 277): and in a respective sense, the inmost or third heaven (n. 313, 322): and from the signification of, Amen, as denoting confirmation from the Divine, and the truth (concerning which also see above, n. 34, 228). From these considerations it is clear that by the four animals saying Amen, is signified confirmation from the Lord out of the inmost heaven. That those things hitherto said by the angels of the three heavens, were confirmed by the Lord is, because all things they said, were not from themselves, but from the Lord: for it was the acknowledgment of His Divine in the Human, glorification on account thereof, and thanksgiving that all good and truth, and thence all wisdom and intelligence, are from Him; these things the angels could not say from themselves, but from the Lord by an interior dictate or influx. For angels like men cannot even name the Lord from themselves, consequently, neither can they acknowledge and glorify Him from themselves; hence it is, that the things that they said were confirmed of the Lord by, Amen, by which is signified the truth of faith, and faith itself. It is also according to Divine order, that the Lord confirms the truths that angels and men speak as from themselves, although not from themselves; but He confirms them in their heart by an affirmative not manifestly ascending into their thought, but by a full acquiescence of the mind proceeding from internal affection, which is from peace and its delight. This is the confirmation meant in the genuine internal sense by this manifest confirmation heard by John.