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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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Four winds of heaven

  

The four winds of heaven, as in Daniel 8:8, signify every good and truth of heaven and the church and their unity conjunction, and in an opposite sense, every evil and falsity, and their conjunction.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 441)

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Genesis 9:6

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6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.