48. From these considerations it is now clear that the fifth state is one in which a person speaks from faith which is part of the understanding and in so doing confirms himself in truth and good; and that what he produces at that point are the animate things called 'the fish of the sea and the birds of the air. ¹ It is also clear that the sixth state exists when he utters truths and performs good deeds from faith which is part of the understanding and so from love which is part of the will. What he produces at that point is called a living creature and a beast. And because at that point he begins to act both from faith and from love simultaneously, he becomes a spiritual man, who is called an image; and this is dealt with next.

Footnotes:

8236. 'And Jehovah saved Israel on that day from the hand of the Egyptians' means that in this state the Lord protected those belonging to the spiritual Church from any violence on the part of falsities arising from evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'saving' as protecting; from the meaning of 'on that day' as in this state, 'day' meaning state, see 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785, 4850; from the representation of 'Israel' as those who belong to the spiritual Church, dealt with often; and from the representation of 'the Egyptians' as those steeped in falsities arising from evil, also dealt with often; from all of which it is evident that 'saving from their hand' is protecting from the violence of those steeped in falsities arising from evil.