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Genesis 1:14

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14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

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Arcana Coelestia #486

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486. Verse 4 And the days of Man after he beget Seth were eight hundred years; and he beget sons and daughters.

'Days' means periods of time and states in general. 'Years' means periods of time and states in particular. 'Sons and daughters' means the truths and goods that they perceived.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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235 - To Be a Door

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: To Be a Door

Topic: First Coming

Summary: The Lord (meaning Jesus) is the door to heaven, bridging and uniting this world with the afterlife.

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References:
John 10:1, 7-11; 10:9
Genesis 1:1
Ephesians 1:19; 4:8, 10
John 1:1, 14
1 Corinthians 15:44
Matthew 7:13
Psalms 24:7-10
Revelation 22:14
John 10:9; 21:15
Numbers 27:15-17
Joshua 14:11
1 Samuel 29:6
2 Samuel 3:25
2 Kings 19:27
Ezekiel 46:8-10
Acts of the Apostles 9:26-28

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