The Bible

 

Genesis 1:21

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21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Commentary

 

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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Spiritual Experiences #504

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504. He also said today that he is persecuting the Church, or those who have faith, according to what is said in Revelation, that he persecuted the seed of the woman, Rev. Chap. 12 [verses 13, 17].

  
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Thanks to the Academy of the New Church, and Bryn Athyn College, for the permission to use this translation.