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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 #60

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60. Verse 31 And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning, a sixth day.

This verse says 'very good', whereas previous verses merely said 'good', for now the things of faith make one with those of love. A marriage has accordingly taken place between spiritual and celestial things.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #9743

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9743. 'The hangings for the court' means the truths of that heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'curtains' as truths, dealt with in 9595, 9596, thus also of 'hangings'; and from the meaning of 'the court' as the lowest heaven, dealt with above in 9741.

  
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