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Genesis 1:8

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

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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)

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Heaven and Hell #116

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116. THE SUN IN HEAVEN.

In heaven neither the sun of the world, nor anything from that sun, is seen, because it is wholly natural. For nature has its beginning from that sun, and whatever is produced by means of it is called natural. But the spiritual, to which heaven belongs, is above nature and wholly distinct from what is natural; and there is no communication between the two except by correspondences. What the distinction between them is may be understood from what has been already said about degrees (38), and what the communication is from what has been said in the two preceding chapters about correspondences.

  
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