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Genesis 1:1

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Spiritual Experiences #5604

  
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5604. However, they have the Word written in spiritual language, spoken of earlier [5587ֹ7]. They have the Word with a double wisdom: the spiritual [angels] have a meaning intermediate between the inner and the outer meaning; the more inwardly spiritual have it entirely according to the inner meaning; and the heavenly [angels] according to the innermost meaning. In their Word there are no names or numbers, but in place of them realities. Those who desire to be intelligent and wise can be instructed from the Word about the details. In place of the story of creation, it treats there of the new creation of a human being.

  
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Thanks to the Academy of the New Church, and Bryn Athyn College, for the permission to use this translation.

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276 - More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1 of 4: Textual Clues

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1:Textual Clues

Topic: The Word

Summary: Just as an expert can tell from our eyes or our skin what is going on with our internal organs, it is possible to tell from what is on the surface of Scripture that there is more that lies beneath.

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References:
Genesis 1:26-27; 2:3-7, 18-22; 9:8-27
Exodus 4:24-27
1 Samuel 17:49-51
2 Kings 11:1-2, 21; 12:1-2, 4, 6-7, 18; 13:1, 9-10, 12, 14, 25; 14:1, 8-9, 11, 13, 17, 23; 15:13, 19
Mark 5:1-8
Acts of the Apostles 20:38; 21:1, 5, 7-8, 18
Revelation 6:15-16; 5:8; 17:9-11
2 Corinthians 3:6, 14-16
Luke 24:27, 44-45

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