The Bible

 

Genesis 1:8

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8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Commentary

 

Firmament

  

The firmament of heaven represents mutual love. The firmament, as in Genesis 1, signifies the internal man.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 24)


Commentary

 

Call

  
Two whitetail deer, photo by Joy Feerrar

To call someone or summon someone in the Bible represents a desire for conjunction between higher and lower states of life.