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Genesis 1:24

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24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

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Revelation 4:11

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11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

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Arcana Coelestia #744

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744. That 'the clean beast' means affections for good has been stated and shown already at verse 2 of this chapter, consequently there is no need to pause over it here. It has in similar fashion been shown at that verse that 'the beast that is not clean' means evil desires or affections.

  
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