946. [verse 9] 'And he says unto me, See thou do it not, for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brothers the prophets, and of those keeping the words of this book; adore God' signifies that the angels of heaven are not to be adored and invoked because nothing Divine belongs to them, but that they are associated as brothers with brothers with the men who are in the doctrine of the New Jerusalem and do its precepts, and that in fellowship with them the Only Lord is to be adored. By these things that the angel here spoke with John nearly the same things are signified as those spoken with him above (chap. xix) where are these words:-
And I fell down before the feet of the angel to adore him, and he said unto me, See thou do it not, I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brothers having the testimony of Jesus; adore God (verse 10).
That such things are signified by these words may be seen above (n. 818), with the difference that now it is said 'fellow-servant of thy brothers the prophets and of those keeping the words of this book'; and by 'brothers the prophets' are signified those who are in the doctrine of the New Jerusalem, and by 'those keeping the words of this book' are signified those who protect and do the precepts of that doctrine, which has now been made manifest by the Lord, as may be seen above (n. 944).
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