The Bible

 

Genesis 1:3

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3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Commentary

 

Resurrection, the first

  

'The first resurrection,' mentioned in Revelation 20:5, 6, does not mean a first resurrection, but the essence and primary part of resurrection, which is salvation and eternal life. There is only one resurrection to life. A second does not happen, and is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 6; Apocalypse Revealed 851; Revelation 20:5-6)

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Marriage #59

  
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59. Care is taken in the societies there that wives should not dominate their husbands. The men there live on one side and the women or wives on the other, and when the men so desire, they send and summon their wives, and subsequently part and live separately. If the wives take offence at this and are angry and assail their husbands, when they are summoned to serve and obey them, they are then sent out of the society, and wander through various places, being given a desire to depart and leave their husbands. While they thus wander, they meet at every turn a blockage or obstacle, such as a marshy place, water or a wall, and so on. As this continues, their wish to depart is lessened, and they do this until they get tired and eventually return to their society, and to the lodging where they were formerly. This is how the Dutch women are trained.

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