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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 #86

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86. When the spiritual man, already made 'the sixth day', starts to become celestial, which is the subject here at the beginning, it is 'the evening of the Sabbath'. This was represented in the Jewish Church by the holiness of the Sabbath extending from evening onwards. The celestial man, dealt with in what follows next, is the morning.

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

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Genesis 2:3

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3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.