Arcana Coelestia #9
9. The third state is one of repentance, a state in which he speaks piously and devoutly from the internal man and brings forth goods, like charitable acts which are nevertheless inanimate since he imagines that they originate in himself. They are called a tender plant, then a seed-bearing plant, and finally a fruit tree.
Genesis 1:14-17
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And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
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And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
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And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
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And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
