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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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Resurrection and rise again

  

In Matthew 22:23 and Luke 20, this signifies continuing life after the death of the body. (Conjugial Love 41)

In Matthew 27:53, this signifies that the Lord rises again daily in the minds of the spiritually regenerate. (Arcana Coelestia 2405)

In Revelation 20:5, 6, this signifies that the real and primary resurrection is salvation and eternal life. (Apocalypse Revealed 851)

In John 5:29, this signifies that man is a man according to the quality of his life, whether of charity, or of mere piety without charity. (Arcana Coelestia 8256)

In Luke 14:13, 14, this signifies internal happiness from doing well without reward. (Arcana Coelestia 6393[3])

In John 11:25, this signifies that once conjoined with the Lord, they are conjoined with Him to eternity. (Apocalypse Revealed 851)

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Arcana Coelestia #3664

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3664. 'Go to Paddan Aram' means the cognitions of such truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'Aram' or Syria as cognitions, dealt with in 1232, 1234, 3249. The reason 'Paddan Aram' means cognitions of truth is that it was situated in Syria of the [Two] Rivers, where Nahor, Bethuel, and Laban lived; for 'Syria' means the cognitions of truth, see 3051. Paddan Aram has also been referred to previously in 25:20, and is mentioned again in 31:18 below; and in those places too it means cognitions of truth.

  
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