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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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Marriage #20

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20. (7) Heavenly joy is founded upon conjugial love.

  
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The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Teachings #173

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173. Regeneration

Anyone who does not begin to live a spiritual life-that is, who is not born anew by means of the Lord-cannot come into heaven. This is what the Lord tells us in John: "Truly, truly I say to you, unless you are born again you cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3).

  
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