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Genesis 1:13

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13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Commentary

 

Stars

  

In Genesis 1:16, this signifies goods and truths, or, in the opposite sense, evils and falsities. (Arcana Coelestia 1808)

In Matthew 24:29, this signifies knowledge of faith which falls from heaven. (Arcana Coelestia 32, 1984[3])

'Stars' signify the knowledge of truth and good. 'Stars' are frequently mentioned in the Word, and always signify goods and truths, but in an opposite sense, evils and falsities. In the same way, they signify angels, or societies of angels, in the opposite sense, evil spirits and their bands. When they signify angels, or societies of angels, then they are fixed stars, but when they signify evil spirits and their fellowships, then they are wandering stars. 'The seven stars' in Revelation 1, denote the knowledge of everything pertaining to good and truth, and so every variety of good and truth.

(References: Apocalypse Revealed 51)


Commentary

 

Upper

  

In Exodus 12:7, the upper door post signifies almost the same thing as the forehead with a man, i.e., the goods of love, here in the natural man. (Arcana Coelestia 7847)

Upper, in general, signifies the higher or highest degrees of the mind or spirit, and its particular significance depends on the accompanying words. (Conjugial Love 270[5];, Arcana Coelestia 4599)