Arcana Coelestia # 84
84. Verses 2-3 And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made, and rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, for on that day He rested from all His work which God had created when making it.
The celestial man is 'the seventh day'; and because throughout the six days it has been the Lord at work, that man is called 'His work'. In addition, because conflict at that point ceases, the Lord is said 'to rest from all His work'. It was for this reason that the seventh day was made holy and was called the Sabbath from a word for 'rest'; and it was in this manner that man was created, formed, and made, as may be seen plainly from the words themselves.
Psalms 65:5-13
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By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea;
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Who by his power forms the mountains, having armed yourself with strength;
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who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.
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They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
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You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
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You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop.
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You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.
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The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.
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The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing. For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.
