Arcana Coelestia #6
6. Genesis 1
1. In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
2. And the earth was a void and an emptiness, and there was thick darkness over the face 1 of the deep; and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face 1 of the waters.
3. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.
4. And God saw that the light was good; and God made a distinction between the light and the darkness.
5. And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening, and there was morning, the first day.
6. And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let there be a distinguishing of the waters from the waters.
7. And God made the expanse and He made a distinction between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse; and it was so.
8. And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.
9. And God said, Let the waters under heaven be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.
10. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.
11. And God said, Let the earth cause tender plants to spring up, seed-bearing plants, fruit trees bearing fruit, each according to its kind, in which is its seed, upon the earth; and it was so.
12. And the earth brought forth tender herbs, seed-bearing plants, each according to its kind, and trees bearing fruit, in which is their seed, each according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.
13. And there was evening, and there was morning, a third day.
14. And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to make a distinction between the day and the night; and they will be for signs, and for set times, and for days and years.
15. And they will be for lights in the expanse of the heavens, to give light upon the earth; and it was so.
16. And God made the two great lights, the greater light to have dominion over the day, and the lesser light to have dominion over the night; and the stars.
17. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth;
18. And to have dominion over the day and the night, and to make a distinction between the light and the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
19. And there was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.
20. And God said, Let the waters bring forth creeping things, living creatures; and let birds fly above the earth, upon the face 1 of the expanse of the heavens.
21. And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that creeps, which the waters produced abundantly according to their kinds; and all winged birds according to their kinds; and God saw that it was good.
22. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas; and let birds be multiplied upon the earth.
23. And there was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.
24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds, beasts and creeping things and wild animals of the earth according to their kinds; and it was so.
25. And God made wild animals of the earth according to their kinds, and beasts according to their kinds, and everything that creeps along the ground according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.
26. And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and they will have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, 2 and over the beasts, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
27. And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28. And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, 2 and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.
29. And God said, Behold, I give you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face 1 of the whole earth, and every tree in which there is fruit, the tree producing seed will be for you for food.
30. And to every wild animal of the earth and to every bird of the air, 2 and to everything creeping over the earth in which there is a living soul, [I give] every green plant for food; and it was so.
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.
CONTENTS
The six days or periods of time, which are so many consecutive states in man's regeneration, are in general as follows:
Footnotes:
John 9
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As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
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His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
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Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.
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I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
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While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
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When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,
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and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
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The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"
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Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks like him." He said, "I am he."
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They therefore were asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"
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He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight."
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Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."
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They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.
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It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
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Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."
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Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.
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Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
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The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
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and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
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His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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but how he now sees, we don't know; or who opened his eyes, we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself."
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His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
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Therefore his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."
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So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."
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He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see."
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They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
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He answered them, "I told you already, and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't also want to become his disciples, do you?"
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They insulted him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
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We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don't know where he comes from."
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The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
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We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
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Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
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If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."
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They answered him, "You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?" They threw him out.
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Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
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He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"
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Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."
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He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.
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Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
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Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"
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Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.
