The Bible

Genesis 1:8

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

From Swedenborg's Works

Arcana Coelestia #9974

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9974. EXODUS CHAPTER 29.

TEACHINGS ABOUT CHARITY AND FAITH

Those who think that by the good deeds they perform they merit heaven perform good deeds which commence in self, not in the Lord.

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