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1 Alguses lõi Jumal taeva ja maa.

2 Maa oli tühi ja paljas ja pimedus oli sügavuse peal ja Jumala Vaim hõljus vete kohal.

3 Ja Jumal ütles: 'Saagu valgus!' Ja valgus sai.

4 Ja Jumal nägi, et valgus oli hea, ja Jumal lahutas valguse pimedusest.

5 Ja Jumal nimetas valguse päevaks ja pimeduse ta nimetas ööks. Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik - esimene päev.

6 Ja Jumal ütles: 'Saagu laotus vete vahele ja see lahutagu veed vetest!'

7 Ja nõnda sündis: Jumal tegi laotuse ja lahutas veed, mis olid laotuse all, vetest, mis olid laotuse peal.

8 Ja Jumal nimetas laotuse taevaks. Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik - teine päev.

9 Ja Jumal ütles: 'Veed kogunegu taeva all ühte paika, et kuiva näha oleks!' Ja nõnda sündis.

10 Ja Jumal nimetas kuiva pinna maaks ja veekogu ta nimetas mereks. Ja Jumal nägi, et see oli hea.

11 Ja Jumal ütles: 'Maast tärgaku haljas rohi, seemet kandvad taimed, viljapuud, mille viljas on nende seeme, nende liikide järgi maa peale!' Ja nõnda sündis:

12 maa laskis võrsuda haljast rohtu, seemet kandvaid taimi nende liikide järgi, ja viljapuid, mille viljas on nende seeme, nende liikide järgi. Ja Jumal nägi, et see oli hea.

13 Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik - kolmas päev.

14 Ja Jumal ütles: 'Saagu valgused taevalaotusse eraldama päeva ööst! Tähistagu need seatud aegu, päevi ja aastaid,

15 olgu nad valgusteks taevalaotuses, valgustuseks maale!' Ja nõnda sündis:

16 Jumal tegi kaks suurt valgust: suurema valguse valitsema päeval ja väiksema valguse valitsema öösel, ning tähed.

17 Ja Jumal pani need taevalaotusse, et nad valgustaksid maad

18 ja valitseksid päeval ja öösel ja eraldaksid valguse pimedusest. Ja Jumal nägi, et see oli hea.

19 Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik - neljas päev.

20 Ja Jumal ütles: 'Vesi kihagu elavaist olendeist, ja maa peal lennaku linnud taevalaotuse poole!'

21 Ja Jumal lõi suured mereloomad ja kõiksugu elavad olendid, kellest vesi kihab, nende liikide järgi, ja kõiksugu tiibadega linnud nende liikide järgi. Ja Jumal nägi, et see oli hea.

22 Ja Jumal õnnistas neid ja ütles: 'Olge viljakad ja teid saagu palju, täitke mere vesi, ja lindusid saagu palju maa peale!'

23 Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik - viies päev.

24 Ja Jumal ütles: 'Maa toogu esile elavad olendid nende liikide järgi, kariloomad ja roomajad ja metsloomad nende liikide järgi!' Ja nõnda sündis:

25 Jumal tegi metsloomad nende liikide järgi, ja kariloomad nende liikide järgi, ja kõik roomajad maa peal nende liikide järgi. Ja Jumal nägi, et see oli hea.

26 Ja Jumal ütles: 'Tehkem inimesed oma näo järgi, meie sarnaseks, et nad valitseksid kalade üle meres, lindude üle taeva all, loomade üle ja kogu maa üle ja kõigi roomajate üle, kes maa peal roomavad!'

27 Ja Jumal lõi inimese oma näo järgi, Jumala näo järgi lõi ta tema, ta lõi tema meheks ja naiseks.

28 Ja Jumal õnnistas neid, ja Jumal ütles neile: 'Olge viljakad ja teid saagu palju, täitke maa ja alistage see enestele; ja valitsege kalade üle meres, lindude üle taeva all ja kõigi loomade üle, kes maa peal liiguvad!'

29 Ja Jumal ütles: 'Vaata, mina annan teile kõik seemet kandvad taimed kogu maal, ja kõik puud, mis kannavad vilja, milles on nende seeme; need olgu teile roaks!

30 Ja kõigile loomadele maa peal ja kõigile lindudele taeva all ja kõigile roomajaile maa peal, kelles on elav hing, annan ma kõiksugu haljast rohtu toiduks.' Ja nõnda sündis.

31 Ja Jumal vaatas kõike, mis ta oli teinud, ja vaata, see oli väga hea. Siis sai õhtu ja sai hommik - kuues päev.

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Arcana Coelestia # 9336

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9336. By little and little I will drive him out from before thee. That this signifies a removal by degrees according to order, is evident from the signification of “by little and little,” as being by degrees, thus slowly; from the signification of “driving out,” when said of the falsities and evils which are signified by the nations of the land of Canaan, as being removal (of which just above, n. 9333). It is said “by degrees according to order,” because with the man who is being regenerated all things are disposed according to the order of heaven; for the regenerate man is a heaven in the least form, and therefore there is in him an order like that which is in heaven.

[2] When a man is born, in respect to hereditary evils he is a hell in the least form; and he also becomes a hell insofar as he takes the hereditary evils to himself, and adds to them things which are his own. Hence it is that both from birth and from actual life the order of his life is opposite to the order of heaven; for from his own a man loves himself more than the Lord, and the world more than heaven; when yet the life of heaven consists in loving the Lord above all things and the neighbor as oneself. From this it is evident that the former life, which is of hell, must be utterly destroyed (that is to say, the evils and falsities must be removed), in order that the new life, which is the life of heaven, may be implanted (see n. 4551, 4552, 4839, 6068). This cannot possibly be done hastily; for every evil that is rooted in with its falsities has a connection with all evils and their falsities; and such evils and falsities are innumerable, and their connection is so complex that it cannot be comprehended, not even by the angels, but only by the Lord. From this it is evident that the life of hell with a man cannot be destroyed suddenly; for if it were, he would straightway expire; and neither can the life of heaven be implanted suddenly, for if it were, he would also expire.

[3] There are thousands and thousands of arcana, of which scarcely a single one is known to man, whereby a man is led by the Lord out of the life of hell into the life of heaven. That this is so, has been given me to know from heaven, and it has likewise been confirmed by many things which have come to my notice. As man knows scarcely anything of these matters, many have fallen into errors about the liberation of man from evils and falsities (that is, the forgiveness of sins), believing that through mercy the life of hell in a man can be instantly turned into the life of heaven in him; when yet the whole act of regeneration is mercy, and none are regenerated except those who receive the mercy of the Lord in faith and life while in the world; according to the Lord’s words in John:

As many as received, to them gave He the power to be sons of God, even to them that believe in His name; who were born, not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:12-13);

what is meant by “bloods,” by “the will of the flesh,” and “the will of man,” also by being “born of God,” may be seen above (n. 5826).

[4] What is properly meant by removal from evils and falsities by degrees according to order, shall also be briefly stated. The Divine truth which proceeds from the Divine good of the Lord disposes all things into order in heaven; and therefore this Divine truth, in which there is good from the Lord, is order itself (n. 1728, 1919, 2258, 2447, 5703, 6338, 8700, 8988). According to this order all things in heaven come forth, and according to the same order they subsist; for to subsist is perpetually to come forth. In order therefore that heaven may come forth in a man it is necessary that he receive Divine truth in the good proceeding from the Lord. This can only be done by degrees according to an order similar to that by which the Lord sets heaven in order; for the case with a thing of the same nature is the same in what is small as in what is great. This successive setting in order is what is here meant by “order according to degrees.” From all this it is also evident that the case with the new creation of man-which is his regeneration-is the same as with the creation of heaven and earth. Wherefore also in the Word by “a new heaven and a new earth” is meant a new church (n. 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118, 3355, 4535); and also by the creation of heaven and earth in the first chapter of Genesis is meant the new creation of the celestial church, which is called “Man” (of which see in the explications there).

  
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