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'.

7256. Everything in all creation that is in keeping with Divine order is connected with goodness and truth, and everything in all creation that is contrary to Divine order is connected with evil and falsity. The reason for this is that goodness and truth, which emanate from the Divine, constitute order so completely that they are order itself.