“And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.”
Then I saw between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders a Lamb standing as if it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth — the Lamb (arnion, young lamb), though recently slain, stands alive; the contradiction (dead-and-alive, victim-and-victorious) captures the resurrection paradox. Seven horns (fullness of power) and seven eyes (fullness of knowledge) represent omniscient, omnipotent authority. The seven spirits express comprehensive presence throughout creation.
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