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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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Marriage #45

  
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45. In short, several wives and one man cannot become one flesh, that is, one mind, which is made up of the will and the understanding. The marriage of these two or - 1 - makes marriage in its very existence; for all things in the universe have reference to the marriage of good and truth, and so to marriage, in order that they may be something and bring forth something. And marriage itself in its own form from its own essence is produced in man together with his mate and likewise in an angel.

Footnotes:

1. Two words here unreadable.

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

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Matthew 24:29

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29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: