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Genesis 1:28

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28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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Firmament

  

The firmament of heaven represents mutual love. The firmament, as in Genesis 1, signifies the internal man.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 24)


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Acts 4:8

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8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,