In Genesis 19:37; 21:26; 30:32; 40:7; Matthew 6:30; Luke 12:28, this signifies the perpetuity and eternity of a state. (Arcana Coelestia 2838)

In Psalm 2:7, this signifies in time; for with Jehovah the future is present. (True Christian Religion 101)

The expression 'even to this day' or 'today' sometimes appears in the Word, as in Genesis 19:37-38, 22:14, 26:33, 32:32, 35:20, and 47:26. In a historical sense, these expressions have respect to the time when Moses lived, but in an internal sense, 'this day' and 'today' signify the perpetuity and eternity of a state. 'Day' denotes state, and likewise 'today,' which is the current time. Anything related to time in the world is eternal in heaven, and to represent this, 'today' or 'to this day' is added. Although, in the historical sense, this appears as if the expressions only have a literal meaning, just like it says in other parts of the Word, such as Joshua 4:9, 6:25, 7:20, Judges 1:21, 26, etc. 'Today' means something perpetual and eternal in Psalms 2:7, 119:89-91, Jeremiah 1:5, 10, 18, Deuteronomy 29:9-14, Numbers 28:3, 23, Daniel 8:13, 11:31, 12:11, Exodus 16:4, 19, 20, 23, John 6:31, 32, 49, 50, 58, Matthew 6:11, and Luke 11:3.

(Препратки: Arcana Coelestia 2838 [1-4], Genesis 47:26)

1437. Quod ‘exiverunt ad eundum in terram Canaan’ significet quod ita pergeret ad caelestia amoris, constat a significatione ‘terrae Canaanis’; quod terra Canaan repraesentet regnum Domini in caelis et in terris, ex multis in Verbo constare potest; causa est quia ibi Ecclesia repraesentativa instituta est, in qua omnia et singula repraesentabant Dominum et Ipsius regni caelestia et spiritualia; nec solum ritus sed etiam omnia quae adjuncta ritibus, tam qui ministrabant quam per quae ministrabantur, etiam loca ubi ministratio; quia Ecclesia repraesentativa ibi, terra inde appellata fuit ‘Terra Sancta’, tametsi nihil minus quam sancta fuit, quippe habitata ab idololatris et profanis; haec nunc causa est quod per ‘terram Canaan’ hic et in sequentibus significentur caelestia amoris; caelestia enim amoris sunt unice quae sunt in regno Domini et quae constituunt regnum Domini.