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Ang tatlong ito ay mga anak ni Noe: at sa mga ito'y nakalatan ang buong lupa.
'A raven,' as in Genesis 8:7, signifies falsities. The spiritual self only knows general truths from the Word, and forms its conscience from these, and the general truths of the Word are accommodated to the fallacies of the senses. So countless falsities attach themselves, and insinuate themselves into those general truths, and they cannot be drawn out. These falsities are what 'the raven which went forth in going and returning' signifies. 'Sons of the raven,' as in Psalm 147:8, 9, signify natural people in a dim light arising from fallacies relating to divine truth.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 865)
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: Sin: The Way In and the Way Out
Topic: First Coming
Summary: Scripture says that sin comes first into our desires, then into our thoughts, and finally, if we let it, into our actions. When it hits the level of action, everything changes. The way it leaves us is the same way it came: first from our actions, then from our thoughts, and finally from our desires.
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Genesis 3:4-6; 4:7; 6:5; 8:21
Luke 8:1-2
2 Samuel 15
James 4:1
2 Kings 19:27
Revelation 1:13