Villages
In Genesis 25:16, because they were outside the cities, signifies the external things of the church. (Arcana Coelestia 3270)
In Joshua 21:12, this signifies again a new church which was both internal and external. (Arcana Coelestia 2909[3])
In Exodus 8:13, this signifies the exteriors of the natural mind (because they were Egyptian Villages) (Arcana Coelestia 7407)
In Isaiah 42:11, this signifies natural knowledges, and memorized things. (Apocalypse Explained 405[12])
In Matthew 9:35, this signifies that a new church was to be proclaimed both in heaven and on earth. (Apocalypse Explained 612[7, 8])
'Villages,' as in Exodus 8:13, signify the exteriors of the natural mind.
Luke 3:16-18
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John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
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whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
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Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,
