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Genesis 1:17

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17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

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Sand, treasures hid

  

'Treasures hid in the sand,' as in Deuteronomy 33:19, signify spiritual things hidden in the literal sense of the Word.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 445)

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John 14:16-18

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16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,--

17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

18 I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.