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Genesis 1:16

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16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

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Jeremiah 4:23

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23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

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Arcana Coelestia #7503

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7503. 'On the horses, on the asses, on the camels' means intellectual concepts of and factual knowledge about the truth of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'the horses' as intellectual concepts, dealt with in 2761, 2762, 3217, 5321, 6125, 6534; from the meaning of 'the asses' as ideas which are of service to the understanding part of the mind, thus also factual knowledge, dealt with in 5492, 7024; and from the meaning of 'the camels' as factual knowledge in general, dealt with in 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145. These three groups of animals mean things that belong to the understanding part of the mind; the remainder - members of the herd and the flock - mean those that belong to the will part. So far as the understanding part is concerned, it is the one which receives the truths of faith. For the understanding is a person's inner sight, which is enlightened by the light of heaven; and in the measure that it is enlightened the person discerns, sees, and acknowledges the truths of faith when he reads the Word. This explains why those who have a perception of the truth of faith are called the intelligent and wise, and also the enlightened. For the fact that the understanding part is the recipient of the truth of faith, see 5114, 6125, 6222.

  
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