Land
'Land' in the Word, denotes the church, for the things which signify the church also signify the things relating to the church, for these constitute the church. The reason why 'land' denotes the church in the Word is because the land of Canaan was the land in which the church had been since the most ancient times. Hence, when 'land' is named in the Word, it means the land of Canaan, which then means the church. For when the expression 'the land' appears there, people in the spiritual world do not concern themselves with the idea of a land, only with the idea of the nation inhabiting it. And yet not with an idea of that nation but with an idea of the essential nature of it.
'Land' or 'earth,' as in Genesis 20:15, signifies the doctrine of love and charity.
'Land' signifies the celestial principle of love in Genesis 24:4.
In Genesis 26:12, 'land' signifies rational things.
In Genesis 28:13, this signifies the good of the natural.
The 'land' represents the divine of the rational principle in Genesis 30:25.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 5577)
Ephesians 5:8-14
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For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
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proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
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Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
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For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
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But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
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Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
