The Bible

 

Genesis 1:10

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10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Commentary

 

Midst

  

The "midst" of something in the Bible represents the thing that is most central and most important to the spiritual state being described, the motivation that drives everything else. In general this will be something we love or feel, because at the core of things we are what we love; our loves define us.

(References: Apocalypse Revealed 44, 90, 268; Arcana Coelestia 2252, 2940, 10153, 10365, 10557, 10635, 10641)

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #1734

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1734. Verse 20 And blessed be God Most High who has delivered your enemies into your hand; and he gave him a tenth of everything. 'Blessed be God Most High' means the Lord's Internal Man. 'Who has delivered your enemies into your hand' means victory. 'And he gave him a tenth of everything' means remnants gained from victory.

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