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Genesis 1:9

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9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #10

Studere hoc loco

  
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10. The fourth state is when he is moved by love and enlightened by faith. Previous to this he did indeed utter pious words and bring forth good deeds, but he did so from a state of temptation and anguish, and not from faith and charity. Therefore the latter are now kindled in his internal man, and are called the two great lights.

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

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Revelation 21:17

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17 Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.