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Genesis 1:4

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4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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Genesis 9:6

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6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

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Apocalypse Explained #479

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479. And he who sitteth on the throne shall dwell over them.- This signifies the influx of Divine Good into the truths which they possess, as is evident from the signification of "he who sitteth on the throne," as denoting the Lord as to Divine Good see above (n. 297, 343, 460); and from the signification of dwelling over them, as denoting to flow in with good into their truths. For in the Word, to dwell is said of good, therefore dwellers signify those who are in good; when, therefore, to dwell is said of the Lord, as in the present instance to dwell over them, it signifies the influx of Divine Good. The influx is into truths, because the subject just treated of is concerning the truths which they possess, also because all who are in the heavens are held in truths by the influx of Divine Good from the Lord into truths. For the Divine Good can flow only into truths, since truths are from good, being the forms of good; therefore it is necessary for man to be in good, because the Lord by means of that flows into the truths which correspond to the good. He who imagines that the Lord flows immediately into the truths which a man possesses, is much deceived. This influx is treated of in the Arcana Coelestia, as follows; the influx of the Lord is into the good with man, and through the good into truths with him, but not vice versa (n. 5482, 5649, 6027, 8685, 8701, 10153). Influx is through good into truths of every kind, but especially into genuine truths (n. 2531, 2554). In good there is a power of receiving truths (n. 8321). The influx of the Lord is not into truths separated from good (n. 1831, 1832, 3514, 3564). From these statements it is now evident how the details contained in this and the preceding verse are connected, teaching that those in whom truths from the Lord have been implanted by temptations, are continually held in those truths by the influx of Divine Good into these. That to dwell, in the Word, is said of good, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia 2268, 2451, 2712, 3613, 8269, 8309, 10153). The dwelling-place of the Lord denotes heaven and the church as to good, consequently the good of those who are in heaven, and in regard to man, the good which is in him (n. 8269, 8309).

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