402. Internal Meaning of Genesis, Chapter 1 (1)

1-31 In the spiritual sense the new creation or the regeneration of the men of the Most Ancient Church is here described; the process of their regeneration from firsts to lasts is here contained in its order.

3462. 'So it was on that day' means that state. This is clear from the meaning of 'day 'as state, dealt with in 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, here the state of the doctrine that is being dealt with.