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.
Ver. 6. In the midst of the throne] As a fit mediator between God and men, even the man Christ Jesus, who gave a ransom, 1 Timothy 2:5,6 .
A Lamb as it had been slain] This form of speech is put (saith an interpreter) to show the continual recent virtue of Christ's death eternally effectual before God, as whereby once for all he hath purchased eternal redemption. Some think that he still retains in heaven the prints and scars of those wounds that he received on earth in his hands, feet, and side. His glorified body (saith one) is that golden censer, which through the wounds that are in it, as through chinks or holes, fumeth forth always a pleasant and sweet savour in the nostrils of his Father. It is also the note of a learned interpreter here, that the benefit of knowing the prophecies concerning the Church, Christ, before he was slain, had it not so as he had after his death. It was the purchase of the blood of Christ to have those things opened.
Having seven horns] Plenty of power. Antichrist hath but two horns, Revelation 13:11 .
And seven eyes] No want of wisdom, no need of a visible head to the Church or any other vicar general to Christ, than the Holy Ghost, called here "the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth."