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Leviticus 1:13

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13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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Explanation of Leviticus 1:13

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 13. And sensuous feelings and thoughts interior and exterior shall be purified by the application of the truth in the work of repentance; and then the whole spiritual man may be devoted to the Lord in worship from good or from pure love, which will be grateful and acceptable to the Lord, and productive of heavenly rest and peace.

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Arcana Coelestia #6314

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6314. As it is with light, so it is with the heat that is vital to a person's existence. In no way at all does that vital heat originate in the heat radiated by the sun in the world; rather, it originates in spiritual heat, which is love and radiates from the Lord. This heat is what angels have. Consequently the amount of vital heat a person has is determined by the amount of love he has. His body however is warmed by worldly heat, as is his sensory awareness within it; yet vital heat flows into that worldly heat and imparts life to it. Differences in the purity and intensity of this heat are akin to variations in the clarity of the light. This vital heat is what one should understand by the holy fires mentioned in the Word, and therefore heavenly loves are meant by those fires. But in a contrary sense that worldly heat is what one should understand by the fires of hell, and therefore hellish loves and the desires that go with them are meant when these fires are mentioned in the Word.

  
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