The Bible

 

Genesis 1:15

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15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Commentary

 

Resurrection, the first

  

'The first resurrection,' mentioned in Revelation 20:5, 6, does not mean a first resurrection, but the essence and primary part of resurrection, which is salvation and eternal life. There is only one resurrection to life. A second does not happen, and is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 6; Apocalypse Revealed 851; Revelation 20:5-6)

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Arcana Coelestia #3335

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3335. 'And went' means life. This is clear from the meaning of 'going' as advances into things that are matters of good, that is, of life, for all good is the good of life. The meaning is almost the same as travelling, sojourning, and advancing, dealt with in 1293, 1457.

  
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