2923. 'Bury your dead' means that in this way they would emerge from night and be raised up into life. This is clear from the meaning of 'burying' as rising again or being raised up to life, dealt with in 2916, and from the meaning of 'one who is dead' as night as regards goods and truths of faith, dealt with in 2908, 2912, 2917.

2908. 'Sarah died' means night as regards the truths of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'dying', 'one who has died', and 'death', when used in reference to the Church, as its final period when all faith, that is, charity, has breathed its last, for this period is called 'night' in various places in the Word, 221, 709, 1712, 2353, and 'dying' means ceasing to be what it once was, 494; and from the representation of 'Sarah' as Divine truth, dealt with above in 2904. From this it is evident that these things are meant here.