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)

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Arcana Coelestia #7807

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7807. While the chastiser spirit was with me the angelic spirits kept my face all the time cheerful and smiling, the area around my lips projecting, and my mouth [slightly] opened. (Angels can accomplish this very easily by means of influx.) They said that when they are present with the inhabitants of their planet they produce that kind of expression on their faces.

  
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