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Arcana Coelestia #492

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492. Verse 5. And all the days that Man lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. By “days” and “years” are here signified times and states, as above by “Man’s dying” is signified that such perception no longer existed.

  
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The Bible

 

Revelation 10:9

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9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.