Face of the ground
In Genesis 8:8, this signifies what people in the church have in them, the word ground being used because this is a person's first stage in becoming a church.Later, the face of the ground being dried up in Genesis 8:13 signifies regeneration when falsities no longer appeared.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 898, Genesis 13)
Charity #91
91. 1. Man was created to be a form of love wisdom.
He was created into the image of God, into the likeness of God; 1 and God is Love Itself and Wisdom Itself.
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