The Bible

Genesis 1:1

¹ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Commentary

Great lights

Great lights, as in luminaries, signify love and faith, and are called in Genesis 1:14-17 the sun, moon, and stars.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 31 [1-3])

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #26

Study this Passage

26. Verse 8 And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

What 'evening', 'morning', and 'day' mean, has been shown already at verse 5.

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