The Bible

 

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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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)

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Arcana Coelestia #3435

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3435. 'And we shall be fruitful in the land' means increases of good from there. This is clear from the meaning of 'being fruitful' as increases of good, for 'being fruitful' has reference to good, and 'being multiplied' to truth, see 43, 55, 913, 983, 2846, 2847; and from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church and whatever belongs to the Church, dealt with in 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 1733, 1850, 2928, 3355.

  
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