Arcana Coelestia＃893
893. Verse 13 And it happened in the six hundred and first year, at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters dried up from over the earth, and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and saw out, and behold, the face 1 of the ground was dry.
'It happened in the six hundred and first year' means a finishing point. 'At the beginning, on the first of the month' means a starting point. 'The waters dried up from over the earth' means that falsities were not at that time apparent. 'And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and saw out' means the light, once falsities had been removed, shed by the truths of faith, which he acknowledged and in which he had faith. 'And behold, the face 1 of the ground was dry' means regeneration.
脚注:
1. literally, the faces
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That 'it happened in the six hundred and first year means a finishing point is clear from the meaning of the number six hundred, dealt with at Chapter 7:6, in 737, as a beginning, and in particular in that verse as the beginning of temptation. The end of it is specified by the same number, with a whole year having now passed by. It took place therefore at the end of a year, and this also is why the words are added 'at the beginning, on the first of the month', meaning a starting point. In the Word any complete period is specified either by a day, or a week, or a month, or a year, and even by a hundred or a thousand years - for example, 'the days' mentioned in Genesis 1, which meant stages in the regeneration of the member of the Most Ancient Church. For in the internal sense day and year mean nothing else than a period of time; and meaning a period of time they also mean a state. Consequently a year stands in the Word for a period of time and for a state, as in Isaiah,
To proclaim the year of Jehovah's good pleasure, and the day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all who mourn. Isaiah 61:2.
This refers to the Lord's Coming. In the same prophet,
The day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed had come. Isaiah 63:4.
Here too 'day' and 'year' stand for a period of time and for a state. In Habakkuk,
Your work, O Jehovah, in the midst of the years make it live, in the midst of the years do You make it known. Habakkuk 3:2.
Here 'years' stands for a period of time and for a state. In David,
'You are God Himself, and Your years have no end. Psalms 102:27.
This statement, in which 'years' stands for periods of time, means that time does not exist with God. The same applies in the present verse where 'the year' of the flood in no way means any one particular year but a period of time that is not determined by a specific number of years. At the same time it means a state. See what has been said already about 'years' in 482, 487, 488, 493.
1. This paragraph is not numbered in the Latin.
Ephesians 5
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Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
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Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
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But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
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nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
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Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
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Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
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Therefore don't be partakers with them.
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For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
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proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
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Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
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For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
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But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
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Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
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Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
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redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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Don't be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
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speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
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giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
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subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
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Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
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For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
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But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
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that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
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that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
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Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
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For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
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because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
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"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."
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This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.
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Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
