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Genesis 1

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1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first Day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Arcana Coelestia # 10

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10. The fourth state is when he is moved by love and enlightened by faith. Previous to this he did indeed utter pious words and bring forth good deeds, but he did so from a state of temptation and anguish, and not from faith and charity. Therefore the latter are now kindled in his internal man, and are called the two great lights.

  
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Six days

  

'The six days' represent the various consecutive states in a person's regeneration. They are, in general, as follows: The first state is the state which precedes both the state from earliest childhood onwards and which existed immediately before regeneration. This state is called 'a void, emptiness, and thick darkness.' And the first motion, which is the Lord's mercy, is 'the Spirit of God hovering over the face of the waters.' The second state is when a distinction is made between the things that belong to the Lord and those that are a person's own. The things which are the Lord's are called in the Word 'remnants,' and here they are mainly the thoughts about faith which a person has learned since he was a small child. These are stored away and do not come out into the open until he reaches this state. Nowadays, this state rarely occurs without temptation, misfortune, and sorrow, which lead to the inactivity and, so to speak, the death of bodily and worldly concerns -- the things which are a person's own. In this way, what belongs to the external self is segregated from what belongs to the internal. Within the internal are the remnants, stored away by the Lord until this time and for this purpose. The third state is one of repentance, a state in which he speaks piously and devoutly from the internal self and does good things, such as charitable acts which are still soulless because he imagines that they originate in himself. They are called 'a tender plant,' then 'a seed-bearing plant,' and finally 'a fruit tree.' The fourth state is when the person is moved by love and enlightened by faith. Prior to this, he would utter pious words and do good deeds, but he did so from a state of temptation and anguish, and not from faith and charity. However, these are now kindled in his internal self, and are called 'the two great lights.' The fifth state is when the person speaks from faith, and in so doing, he confirms himself in truth and good. What he does at this point have life and are called 'the fish of the sea and the birds of the air.' The sixth state is when the person speaks truth and performs good deeds from faith and so from love. What he does at this point are 'living creatures' and 'beasts.' At this point, he starts to act from faith and simultaneously from love, and he becomes a spiritual person, which is called 'an image.' The spiritual life of this person finds its delight in, and is sustained by the things which are associated with thoughts about faith and charitable acts, which are called 'his food.' His natural life finds its delight in, and is sustained by things which relate to the body and the senses. These things give rise to conflict until love rules and he becomes a celestial person. People who are regenerating do not all arrive at this final state, but some, and the most in the present day only to the first, some only to the second, some to the third, fourth, and fifth, few to the sixth, and hardly anyone to the seventh.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 6-13, Genesis 1)