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Genesis 1:2

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2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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Arcana Coelestia #1020

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1020. That these things are meant becomes clear from the fact that everything put together as history from Genesis 1 down to Eber in Chapter 11 means something different from what appears in the letter, and from the consideration that the historical narratives there are purely made-up history customary among the most ancient people. When attesting the truth of some matter they would say that 'Jehovah said it'. Here however 'God' is used because the subject is the spiritual Church. And they did the same when anything true was being, or had been, put into effect.

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

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#168 The Ultimate Salvation (the Oil of Joy) (Psalms 45:7)

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: The Ultimate Salvation, The Oil of Joy

Topic: Salvation

Summary: The Lord wants us to have joy; hard as it is sometimes, joy needs to be number one on the to do list!

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References:
Revelation 14:13
Psalms 103:17-22; 90:8, 10-17
Romans 2:6
Psalms 51:9-12; 40:8
Deuteronomy 16:13-15
2 Chronicles 6:41
Ecclesiastes 3:9-13
Mark 6:12-13
Luke 10:33-34
James 5:11-14
Matthew 25:1-13
Psalms 119:105
Isaiah 61:1-3
Psalms 45:6-7

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