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.
각주:
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.
Romans 8
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There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
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For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
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For what the law couldn't do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
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that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
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For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
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because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.
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Those who are in the flesh can't please God.
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But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
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If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
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But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
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So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
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For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
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For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
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The Spirit himself testifies with our Spirit that we are children of God;
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and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
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For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
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For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
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For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope
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that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
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For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
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Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
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For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
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But if we hope for that which we don't see, we wait for it with patience.
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In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don't know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can't be uttered.
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He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
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We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
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For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
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Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
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What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
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Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
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Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
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No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
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For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
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nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
