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Genesis 47:19

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19 ἵνα οὖν μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν ἐναντίον σου καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐρημωθῇ κτῆσαι ἡμᾶς καὶ τὴν γῆν ἡμῶν ἀντὶ ἄρτων καὶ ἐσόμεθα ἡμεῖς καὶ ἡ γῆ ἡμῶν παῖδες φαραω δὸς σπέρμα ἵνα σπείρωμεν καὶ ζῶμεν καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν καὶ ἡ γῆ οὐκ ἐρημωθήσεται

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255 - Saving the Tree of Life

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: Saving the Tree of Life

Topic: First Coming

Summary: The Lord's salvation takes two forms: an ongoing saving of individual souls that respond, but also a one-time rescuing of the whole human race from destruction and oblivion.

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References:
Isaiah 53:9
Matthew 20:25, 28
Luke 2:9-10; 3:2, 4-6
John 12:44, 47
Acts of the Apostles 13:47
Romans 5:18-19
1 Timothy 2:1-4, 6; 4:10
Hebrews 5:8-9
Genesis 1:27-28; 12:1, 3; 13:4; 15:5; 22:17; 28:12, 14
Deuteronomy 1:10
Genesis 47:27
Exodus 1:20
Jeremiah 33:25
Ezekiel 36:8
Acts of the Apostles 6:7
Matthew 1
Luke 3:23

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Arcana Coelestia #6114

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6114. 'For the corn which they were buying' means that they were to be sustained by this. This is clear from the meaning of 'corn' as truth that the Church possesses, dealt with in 5402; and from the meaning of 'buying' as making one's own, dealt with in 4797, 5374, 5397, 5406, 5410, 5426, and therefore being sustained. For spiritual food, meant by 'corn', is what is referred to here, and when this food is made a person's own it sustains his spiritual life.

  
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