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And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:18
Came to pass
The phrase “it came to pass,” often also translated as “it happened,” generally indicates the end of one spiritual state and the beginning of a new one. To some degree, the phrase is used in the place of punctuation in the original language, marking the transition from one set of circumstances to another.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 4979, 4987, 5031, 5220, 5578)
Flesh and spirit
Flesh signifies man, and spirit signifies the influx of truth and goodness from the Lord, as in Joel 2:28. In Isaiah 31:3, flesh signifies what is man's own, and spirit life from the Lord. To eat the flesh of another signifies to destroy his proprium.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 654; Joel 2)
