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Genesis 8:2

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2 Natakpan din ang mga bukal ng kalaliman at ang mga dungawan ng langit, at napigil ang ulan sa langit;

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Arcana Coelestia #930

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930. Verse 22. During all the days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. “During all the days of the earth” signifies all time; “seed-time and harvest” signifies the man who is to be regenerated, and hence the church; “cold and heat” signifies the state of the man when he is being regenerated, which is like this in respect to the reception of faith and charity; “cold” signifies no faith and charity, “heat” faith and charity; “summer and winter” signifies the state of the regenerate man in respect to what is of his new will, the alternations of which are as summer and winter; “day and night” signifies the state of the same regenerate man in respect to what is of his understanding, the alternations of which are as day and night; “shall not cease” means that this shall be the case in all time.

  
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