Arcana Coelestia # 246
246. 'Beast' and 'wild animal of the field' mean affections. This becomes clear from what has been stated already in 45, 46, about 'beast' and 'wild animal', to which let the following quotation from David be added,
You shake down a shower of blessings, O God; Your heritage which is labouring, You strengthen; Your wild animals will dwell in it. Psalms 68:9-10.
Here also 'wild animal' stands for the affection for good, since it is going 'to dwell in God's heritage'. The reason 'beast' and 'wild animal of the field' are mentioned here, as also in Genesis 2:19, 20, but 'beast' and 'wild animal of the earth' in Genesis 1:24-25, is that the subject is the Church, that is, man when regenerate, whereas in Chapter 1 the subject is the time when the Church does not exist, that is, when man has yet to be regenerated; for 'field' is a term applying to the Church, that is, to man when regenerate.
The Most Important Teachings About Order
Napsal(a) Rev. Prescott A. Rogers
And God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. (Genesis 1:31).
1. All order is from the Lord.
2. It exists in all of creation, spiritual and natural.
3. Disorder is the perversion of order, and it exists in hell and in the world.
4. Order is a matter of essence, having to do with love and wisdom, and of form.