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Amos 8:9

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9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

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If we turn ourselves toward the Lord, we can get the full inflowing of His wisdom and love; if we turn away from Him we cast ourselves into cold and shadow -- we turn ourselves toward hell. In the Bible, "turning" generally refers to a change in spiritual state, as people turn themselves toward the Lord or away from the Lord.

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Arcana Coelestia # 8302

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8302. 'Who is like You in holiness' means that He is the Source of everything holy. This is clear from the meaning of 'who is like You in holiness?' as the fact that nobody is so holy; but the meaning in the internal sense is that He is the Source of everything holy since He is Holiness itself. By 'that which is holy' is meant the Divine Truth emanating from the Lord. This Truth is called holy, and is meant also by the Holy Spirit, of whom it is therefore said that He is 'the Spirit of Truth', John 14:16-17; 15:26-27; 16:13, has been sent by the Lord, John 15:26-27, and will take from the Lord what He will declare, John 16:15. Since holiness is an attribute of Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord, angels - being recipients of that Truth - are therefore called 'holy', Matthew 25:31; Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; so too are prophets, and in particular the Word, which is God's truth itself. The Lord as well - by virtue of the Divine Truth, which He is since He is its Source - is called 'the Holy One of Israel', 'the Holy One of Jacob', and 'the Holy One of God'.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.