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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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King's son

  

In Psalm 71,72, this signifies the celestial man. (Arcana Coelestia 337[2])

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Arcana Coelestia #9145

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9145. 'And a stack of grain is consumed' means harm done to accepted truths and forms of the good of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'a stack' as accepted truth and good of faith. The reason why 'a stack' has this meaning is that it is grain which has already been gathered in, and 'standing grain' means the truth and good of faith while they are being conceived, which is the subject in the very next paragraph.

  
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