The Bible

 

Genesis 1:19

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19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Commentary

 

Resurrection, the first

  

'The first resurrection,' mentioned in Revelation 20:5, 6, does not mean a first resurrection, but the essence and primary part of resurrection, which is salvation and eternal life. There is only one resurrection to life. A second does not happen, and is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 6; Apocalypse Revealed 851; Revelation 20:5-6)

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #4212

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4212. 'And they ate bread' means the achievement of this, that is to say, in the external sense the achievement of friendship, and in the highest sense a joining together effected through the good and truth within the Natural.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.