The Bible

 

Genesis 1:29

Study

       

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #26

Study this Passage

  
/ 10837  
  

26. Verse 8 And there was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

What 'evening', 'morning', and 'day' mean, has been shown already at verse 5.

  
/ 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Apocalypse Explained #869

Study this Passage

  
/ 1232  
  

869. (Verse 6) And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven. That this signifies manifestation everywhere from the Lord, is evident from the signification of the angel flying in the midst of heaven, as denoting manifestation from the Lord, everywhere. For an angel signifies something from the Lord, because angels are not angels from themselves, but from the Lord; for they are recipients of the Divine truth which proceeds from the Lord; therefore also angels, in the Word, signify Divine truths. Nor is heaven itself heaven from the proprium of the angels, but from the Divine, which is within them; concerning which see above (n. 130, 200, 302). By flying is signified circumspection and presence; concerning which also see above (n. 282); but, here, manifestation, because it manifested the Advent of the Lord, which is meant by having an eternal gospel; and, also, the approach of the Last Judgment. And by in the midst is signified everywhere; concerning which also see above (n. 313). It is therefore evident that by the angel flying in the midst of heaven is signified manifestation everywhere from the Lord.

  
/ 1232  
  

Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.