368. [verse 10] 'And crying with a great voice, saying, Salvation (salus) to our God sitting upon the throne and to the Lamb' signifies acknowledgment from the heart that the Lord is their Saviour. 'To cry with a great voice' signifies acknowledgment from the heart; 'Salvation to our God sitting upon the throne and to the Lamb' signifies that the Lord is Salvation itself and that all salvation is from Him, thus that He is the Saviour. By 'the One sitting upon the throne and the Lamb' is understood the Only Lord; by 'the One sitting upon the throne' the Divine Itself from Which [are all things]; and by 'the Lamb' His Divine Human, as also above (n. 273). Each of the two is mentioned because He was the Saviour from His Divine from Which [are all things] by means of His Divine Human. That they are one is plain from the places where it is said 'the Lamb in the midst of the throne' (chaps. v 6; vii 17). The Lord is very often called 'Salvation' in the Word, by which is understood that He is the Saviour; as:-
My Salvation shall not tarry, and I will give Salvation in Zion Isa. xlvi 13.
Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy Salvation comes Isa. lxii 11.
I will give Thee that Thou mayest be My Salvation to the end of the land Isa. xlix 6.
This is Jehovah Whom we have awaited, we will exult and rejoice in His Salvation Isa. xxv 9.
Salvation in the Hebrew language is termed 'Joschia', which is 'Jesus'.
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