The Bible

 

Genesis 1:20

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20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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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 #3964

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3964. 'And she called her name Dinah' means the essential nature of it. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' and 'calling her name' as the essential nature, dealt with above. That which Dinah represents and means includes everything belonging to the Church of faith in which good is present, dealt with above. The same is also evident from the derivation of her name, for in the original language Dinah means judgement. 'Judgement' in the Word has reference to the truth of faith, see 2235, and 'judging' in the internal sense means the holiness of faith, and in the external sense the good of life, 3921. These things belong to the Church.

  
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