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Genesis 1:23

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23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

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#123 What Does the Spirit of the Lord Do, Exactly?

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: What Does the Spirit of the Lord Do Exactly

Topic: Word

Summary: The Bible tells us that the Spirit of the Lord does many different things and is very active in every phase of our spiritual lives.

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References:
Genesis 1:1-2
Exodus 31:1-3
Numbers 11:27; 24:2
Judges 3:8; 6:34; 11:29; 13:24-25; 14:5-6, 19; 15:14
1 Samuel 10:6, 9-10; 11:6; 16:13-14; 19:20-24
2 Samuel 23:1-2
1 Kings 18:7, 12; 22:6
2 Kings 2:16
2 Chronicles 20:14; 24:20
Job 33:4
Isaiah 11:1-2; 40:13; 59:19; 61:1-3
Ezekiel 11:5, 24; 37:1
Micah 2:7; 3:8
Zechariah 7:12
Matthew 12:24-28
Acts of the Apostles 8:36
1 Corinthians 2:14
2 Corinthians 3:17-18
Ephesians 3:14-16
John 7:37
Revelation 22:1
Proverbs 20:27

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Arcana Coelestia #47

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47. That these words contain arcana concerning regeneration becomes additionally clear from the fact that verse 24 above spoke of the earth bringing forth 'living creatures, beasts, and wild animals of the earth', while in the verse that followed the order was different, namely that God made the wild animals of the earth first and then the beasts. Indeed a person does first produce things so to speak from himself, and continues to do so until he becomes celestial. And so regeneration begins with the external man and moves on to the internal. This is why there is a different order here, with external things coming first.

  
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