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 "The Lamb that was? slain is worthy to receive power, and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and benediction.

13. And every creature which is in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the seas, and all that are in them: I heard all saying: To him that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb, benediction, and honor, and glory, and power for ever and ever.

11. And the four living creatures said: Amen. And the four and twenty ancients fell down on their faces: and adored him that liveth for ever and ever."

7. The Lamb receives the book of the future from the hand of God. Knowledge of the future does not belong to the human nature of Christ; it is imparted to His human intellect by the hypostatic union of the human and divine natures in the one divine person.

8. When the book is opened all ministers of the Church bow down in adoration before God and the Lamb. As priests they offer to Christ the praises of His Church. They also present to Him golden vials and sweet perfumes, symbols of the prayers and good works of all the faithful.

9. The whole Church of Christ now sends up a new canticle of praise. It is the canticle of the New Law in honor of our divine Saviour. His faithful followers never weary of proclaiming His divinity and the glory He has given to God by the redemption of the world.