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

 

Resurrection of the lord

  

'The resurrection of the Lord' denotes that He rises daily in the minds of the spiritually regenerate.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2405)

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Apocalypse Explained #311

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311. To open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. That this signifies that He knows and has cognisance of all men and every man, and the most secret things of every one, is evident from what was shown above, n. 299, 303, 304, where similar things occur.

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