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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 #5879

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5879. 'Is my father still alive?' means the presence of spiritual good from the natural. This is clear from the representation of Israel, to whom 'father' refers here, as spiritual good from the natural, dealt with in 5801, 5803, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833 (its derivation from the natural being dealt with in 4286); and from the meaning of 'is he still alive?' as the presence of that good. For when he revealed who he was Joseph thought first about his father, whom he knew to be alive. His father was therefore present in his thought at the beginning, and also constantly after that when he talks to his brothers. The reason for this is that the internal celestial, which is 'Joseph', cannot become joined to the truths in the natural, which are 'the sons of Jacob', except through spiritual good from the natural, which is 'Israel'. And once that joining together has taken place they are no longer the sons of Jacob but the sons of Israel; for 'the sons of Israel' are spiritual truths within the natural.

  
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