402. Internal Meaning of Genesis, Chapter 1 (1)

1-31 In the spiritual sense the new creation or the regeneration of the men of the Most Ancient Church is here described; the process of their regeneration from firsts to lasts is here contained in its order.

7200. 'And I have remembered My covenant' means a release from them for the sake of the joining together. This is clear from the meaning of 'remembering the covenant' - with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them the land of Canaan - as delivering or releasing from molestations, which are meant by the imposition of hard service in Egypt, and being raised to heaven; and from the meaning of 'covenant' as a joining together, dealt with above in 7195. It is said for the sake of the joining together that they are to be delivered and raised into heaven, for people come to be joined to the Lord through faith and love since truths which are the components of faith and forms of good which are the attributes of love emanate from the Lord, and the things that emanate from the Lord are so much His that He is those things. Those therefore who receive them are joined to Him, and those who are joined to Him cannot but be raised up to Him, that is, into heaven.