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Genesis 1:31

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31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Resurrection of the lord

  

'The resurrection of the Lord' denotes that He rises daily in the minds of the spiritually regenerate.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2405)

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Arcana Coelestia #2195

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2195. 'And Sarah heard it at the tent door' means rational truth at that time close to holiness. ]his is clear from the representation of 'Sarah' as rational truth, dealt with in 2173, 2174, and also from the meaning of 'a tent' as holiness, dealt with in 414, 1102, 1566, 2145, and so from the meaning of 'tent door' as the entrance to holiness, and thus close to holiness, dealt with above in 2145. The implications of these matters follow next.

  
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