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Secrets of Heaven #1009

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1009. Genesis 9:6. "Those shedding the blood of a person in a person will have their own blood shed, because [blood] has made humankind into God's image."

Shedding the blood of a person in a person means obliterating charity; within a person means as it exists with us. Will have their own blood shed symbolizes their damnation. Because [blood] has made humankind into God's image symbolizes charity, which is God's image.

  
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Genesis 9:6

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6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.