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Exodus 7:25

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25 And seven days were fully ended, after that the Lord struck the river.

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Arcana Coelestia #7306

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7306. 'Go to Pharaoh in the morning' means being raised to stronger proofs. This is clear from the meaning of 'going to Pharaoh', or entering in to him, as communication, dealt with in 7000, 1 at this point the communication of proofs that it is the Divine who warns them to leave off their molestations; and from the meaning of 'the morning' as a state of enlightenment and revelation, dealt with in 3458, 3713, 5097, 5740, here being raised since the expression is used in reference to those steeped in falsities, who cannot receive enlightenment, yet can be raised to a higher level of awareness. The reason why those steeped in falsities cannot receive enlightenment is that falsities reject and blot out all light that brings enlightenment; only truths accept that light.

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1. This reference appears to be incorrect. Possibly 6901 is intended.

  
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Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

To command is to give an order that something must be done, and is directed to an individual, or a group. It is an imperative, not a suggestion. Commanding can be done in two ways, or from two differing motives. It often comes in an organization, where it is used to impose an order that is necessary to do the organization's work, such as a business, or government or an army, and can be legitimate, or is used in a family by parents to maintain an orderly home. But it can also be used by a person who loves power and having gotten it in some way, loves to impose his or her will on others for selfish gratification. So one motive is love of a use, or of good, and the other is for the love of self, or possessions. The Lord, from His infinite love, has given mankind commandments because He is order itself, and knows that our happiness to eternity depends on our acceptance of His order of creation, which ultimately is the only order that exists.