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Genesis 1:18

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18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

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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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Mark 4:28

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28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.