266. 'Who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David' signifies by means of Divine Good united with Divine Truth in His Human. By 'Judah 'in the Word is understood a Church that is in the good of love directed to the Lord, and in the supreme sense the Lord as to the Divine Good of Divine Love, and by 'David 'is understood the Lord as to the Divine Truth of Divine Wisdom. That this is understood by 'David 'may be seen in THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE LORD (n. 43, 44); and that the former is understood by 'Judah' may be seen (n. 96, 350). In consequence of these things it is plain that by 'Behold the Lion has overcome Who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David' is signified that the Lord overcame the hells and brought all things back into order by means of Divine Good united with Divine Truth in His Human. That this is the sense of those words cannot be seen in the sense of the letter, but only that it is He Himself Who was born in the world of the tribe of Judah and of the lineage of David. Nevertheless these same words contain in themselves a spiritual sense in which things are understood by means of the names of persons, as has been said here and there above; thus, by 'Judah' is not understood Judah, nor David by 'David', but by 'Judah' the Lord as to Divine Good, and by 'David' the Lord as to Divine Truth. That [spiritual] sense results as a consequence of this. That sense is set out here, because the Apocalypse as to its spiritual sense is now being opened.