Arcana Coelestia #1020
1020. That these things are meant becomes clear from the fact that everything put together as history from Genesis 1 down to Eber in Chapter 11 means something different from what appears in the letter, and from the consideration that the historical narratives there are purely made-up history customary among the most ancient people. When attesting the truth of some matter they would say that 'Jehovah said it'. Here however 'God' is used because the subject is the spiritual Church. And they did the same when anything true was being, or had been, put into effect.
244 - To Raise the Dead
By Jonathan S. Rose
Title: To Raise the Dead
Topic: First Coming
Summary: Is there more than one kind of deadness from which the Lord can raise us?
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Matthew 11:2; 9:18, 23, 25
John 11:1, 4, 11, 14, 20, 24-25, 32, 35, 41, 43-44; 12:9, 18-19
Luke 15:24
1 Kings 17:17, 21-22, 24
2 Kings 4:18, 32, 36; 13:20
Matthew 10:1, 8
Acts of the Apostles 9:36; 20:7, 9-10
Genesis 1:2-3
Jeremiah 4:22-23