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Genesis 1:1

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Resurrection, the first

  

'The first resurrection,' mentioned in Revelation 20:5, 6, does not mean a first resurrection, but the essence and primary part of resurrection, which is salvation and eternal life. There is only one resurrection to life. A second does not happen, and is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 6; Apocalypse Revealed 851; Revelation 20:5-6)

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Arcana Coelestia #2064

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2064. Verse 16 And I will bless her, and I will also give you a son by her. And I will bless him, and he will become nations; kings of peoples will be from her.

'I will bless her' means the multiplication of truth. 'And I will also give you a son by her means the Rational. 'And I will bless him' means the multiplication of this. 'And he will become nations' means resulting goods. 'Kings of peoples will be from her' means truths that are the product of truths and goods joined together, meant by 'kings and peoples'.

  
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