I saw the scene in the midst of the throne, with the four living creatures. I understand these living creatures—as compared with Ezekiel chapter 10—to represent cherubim. And the elders, along with a Lamb standing as if slain, speak of His bleeding for us yet remain standing. They speak of His pleading for us, for He ever lives; having seven horns (symbolizing authority and power) and seven eyes (representing knowledge, omniscience, and the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth). The Lamb came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on...