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Genesis 1:13

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13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

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Arcana Coelestia #710

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710. 'Enter, you and all your house, into the ark' means things that constitute the will. This is clear from what has just been stated. In the previous chapter, which dealt with things of the understanding, verse 18 reads differently, namely 'You shall enter into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons' wives with you'. That 'a house' means the will and what constitutes the will is clear from various places in the Word, as in Jeremiah,

Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives together. Jeremiah 6:11.

Here both 'houses' and 'fields and wives' refers to things of the will. In the same prophet,

Build houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit. Jeremiah 29:5, 28.

Here 'building and dwelling in houses' has to do with the will, 'planting gardens' with the understanding. The same applies in other places. And frequently 'the house of Jehovah' stands for the Church where love is the chief thing. 'The house of Judah' stands for the celestial Church, 'the house of Israel' for the spiritual Church, because 'a house' means the Church. Consequently the mind of the member of the Church, which has within it things of the will and those of the understanding, that is, of charity and of faith, is meant by 'a house'.

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

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Una tomba, come in Salmo 88:5, significa inferno. Tomba significa l'inferno dove predominano i mali e da cui essi sorgono. Distruzione significa l'inferno dove predominano e sorgono le falsità, come in Salmo 88:12. "I sepolcri furono aperti e molti corpi di santi che dormivano si alzarono e uscirono dalla tomba dopo la sua risurrezione, entrarono nella città santa e apparvero a molti", come in Matteo 27:52, 53. Essi apparvero per testimoniare che, sebbene fossero stati trattenuti in cattività spirituale fino alla venuta del Signore, furono poi liberati da lui e introdotti in cielo. Vedere Monumenti, Sepolcri. Le tombe, come in Giovanni 5:28, 29, significano luoghi nella terra inferiore [del mondo spirituale] dove il Signore riservava e custodiva coloro che avevano precedentemente vissuto una vita di carità e riconosciuto il suo divino, e al giorno dell'ultimo giudizio furono elevati in cielo. Uscire dalla tomba", come in Giovanni 5:29, significa uscire dal corpo materiale, che è il caso di ogni persona subito dopo la morte.

(Riferimenti: Apocalisse Spiegata 659)