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Matthew 7:9

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9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

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Hogs

  

In Leviticus 11:7 and Matthew 7:6, this signifies filthy loves of those in the hells of adulterers. (Apocalypse Explained 1044[4]) Swine signify people who love only worldly riches. (Apocalypse Revealed 727)

In Isaiah 65:4, this signifies appropriation of infernal evils. (Apocalypse Explained 659[2]) 'Swine' or 'hogs' correspond to the life of greed and its delight.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1742)

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Arcana Coelestia #10018

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10018. 'By the statute of an age' means in accordance with eternal laws of order. This is clear from the meaning of 'the statute' as a law of order, dealt with in 7884, 7995, 8357; and from the meaning of 'an age' as what is eternal.

  
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