4284. ‘Et dixit, Non mittam te quin benedixeris mihi’: quod significet quod conjungendum, constat a significatione ‘non mittere te’ quod sit quod non desineret, de qua mox supra n. 4283; et a significatione ‘benedicere’ quod sit conjunctio, de qua n. 3504, 3514, 3530, 3584; inde patet quod per ‘non mittam te quin benedixeris mihi’ significetur quod non prius desineret quam cum facta conjunctio, hoc est, quod conjungendum.

Like other descriptions of time in the Word, "a day" or a number of "days" describe a spiritual state rather than our natural concept of time. A spiritual "day" describes a state of mind or a state in our relationship with the Lord rather than a 12-hour or 24-hour span of natural time. "Day" describes a state in which we are turned toward the Lord, and are receiving light (which is truth) and heat (which is a desire for good) from the Lord.