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1 Mose 7:23

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23 Und vertilgt wurde (nach and. Lesart: Und er vertilgte) alles Bestehende, das auf der Fläche des Erdbodens war, vom Menschen bis zum Vieh, bis zum Gewürm und bis zum Gevögel des Himmels; und sie wurden vertilgt von der Erde. Und nur Noah blieb übrig und was mit ihm in der Arche war.

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Arcana Coelestia #780

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780. Of all flesh wherein is the breath of lives. That this signifies a new creature, or that they received new life from the Lord, is evident from the signification of “flesh” as being in general all mankind, and specifically the corporeal man, as before said and shown. Hence “flesh wherein is the breath of lives” signifies a regenerated man, for in his Own there is the Lord’s life, which is the life of charity and faith. Every man is only “flesh;” but when the life of charity and faith is breathed into him by the Lord, the flesh is made alive, and becomes spiritual and celestial, and is called a “new creature” (Mark 16:15), from having been created anew.

  
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