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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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Great lights

  

Great lights, as in luminaries, signify love and faith, and are called in Genesis 1:14-17 the sun, moon, and stars.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 31 [1-3])

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Arcana Coelestia #9

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9. The third state is one of repentance, a state in which he speaks piously and devoutly from the internal man and brings forth goods, like charitable acts which are nevertheless inanimate since he imagines that they originate in himself. They are called a tender plant, then a seed-bearing plant, and finally a fruit tree.

  
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