269. 'A Lamb standing as if slain' signifies the Lord as to the Human not acknowledged in the Church to be Divine. By the 'Lamb' in the Apocalypse is understood the Lord as to the Divine Human, and by 'a Lamb slain' that His Human has not been acknowledged in the Church to be Divine; in like manner as [in] chapter i verse 18, where it is said, 'I was put to death, and behold I am the Living One for ages of ages', by which is understood that the Lord has been disregarded in the Church, and His Human not acknowledged to be Divine (n. 59). That this is the case may be seen below (n. 294). Since, therefore, the Lord as to the Divine Human is understood by the 'Lamb', and it is said of Him that He took the book out of the right hand of the One sitting upon the throne, and afterwards that he opened it and loosed the seven seals thereof, and since no mortal (nemo mortalium) was able [to do this], but God Only, it follows that by 'a Lamb 'is understood the Lord as to the Divine Human, and by 'slain' that He is not acknowledged to be God as to His Human.