62. The stages and states of the regeneration of man - both of mankind and of the individual person - divide into six and are called the days of his creation. Gradually from being no man at all, he first becomes something, though only little, then something more, until the sixth day is reached, when he becomes 'an image'.

In Matthew 6:11 and Luke 11:3, this signifies love and charity with the goods and truths of faith in every instant to eternity. (Arcana Coelestia 2838[4])