New Christian Bible Study

The Bible

 

Genesis 1:10

Study

       

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

 

Spirit of God

  

'The spirit of God,' as in Genesis 1:2, signifies the divine mercy of the Lord.

'The spirit of God' denotes good from an interior level, so from the divine. The spirit of God is what proceeds from the divine, so from good itself, because the divine is good itself, and what proceeds from it is truth within which is good. This is what 'the spirit of God' signifies in the Word, because the spirit itself does not proceed, but the truth itself within which is good, the spirit being the instrument which produces it.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 19; Divine Love and Wisdom 100)


The Bible

 

Psalms 132:4-7

Study

      

4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;

5 until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."

6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:

7 "We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.

      

©2024 New Christian Bible Study Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed from newchristianbiblestudy.org