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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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Arcana Coelestia #1067

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1067. Verse 20 And Noah began to be a man (vir) of the ground, and planted a vineyard.

'Noah began to be a man of the ground' means in general a person who has been instructed from matters of doctrine concerning faith. 'And he planted a vineyard' means the Church resulting from this, 'vineyard' being the spiritual Church.

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

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Ecclesiastes 3:11

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11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.