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Exodus 12:24

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24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

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Head and tail

  

In Isaiah 19:15, this signifies the interiors and exteriors of the church. (Arcana Coelestia 9656[2])

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Arcana Coelestia #7986

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7986. 'And so it was at the end of the four hundred and thirty years' means the time of the Lord's Coming, when they were saved. This is clear from the meaning of 'the four hundred and thirty years' as a state made complete and the duration of the vastation or molestation of those belonging to the spiritual Church who were held back on the lower earth until the Lord's Coming, when they were delivered, dealt with immediately above in 7985, and in 6854, 6914, 7035, 7091, 7828, 7932. So it is that 'at the end of those years' means the time of the Lord's Coming, when they were saved.

  
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