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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 #860

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860. From these considerations it also becomes clear that all regeneration advances from evening to morning, as is mentioned six times in Genesis 1 where the regeneration of man is the subject. Here the evening is described in verses 2-3, the morning in verses 4-5. The present verse describes the first ray of light or the morning of this state as 'the tops of the mountains appearing'.

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

Commentary

 

Good bread land

  

In Exodus 3:8, this signifies heaven, where good of charity and truth of faith prevail. (Arcana Coelestia 6856, 4482)

In Revelation 20:9, this signifies doctrine of the church, here laid waste or spurned. (Arcana Coelestia 2418, Apocalypse Revealed 861)