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)

793. Hic nunc usque ad finem hujus capitis agitur de antediluvianis qui perierunt, quod constare potest a singulis descriptionis; qui in sensu interno sunt, ilico et quidem ex unica voce scire possunt de qua re agitur, magis ex connexu plurium; cum de alia re agitur, ilico sunt aliae voces, aut eaedem voces aliter connexae; causa est quia voces peculiares sunt pro rebus spiritualibus et peculiares pro caelestibus, seu quod idem, pro intellectualibus et pro voluntariis; sicut pro exemplo, ‘desolatio’ est vox spiritualium, ‘vastatio’ est caelestium; ‘urbs’ est spiritualium, ‘mons’ est caelestium, et sic porro; similiter in connexionibus; et quod quisque non potest non mirari, in lingua Hebraea distinguuntur persaepe sono; quae ad classem spiritualium pertinent, in iis dominari solent vocales tres primae; in quibus caelestia, vocales binae ultimae: quod hic nunc de alia re agatur, etiam inde cognoscitur, tum a repetitione, de qua prius, quod nempe hic iterum dicatur, ‘Et aquae corroboratae sunt valde valde super terra’, quod in vers. praec. etiam dictum; tum ab omnibus quae sequuntur.