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Secrets of Heaven #899

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899. Genesis 8:14. And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth dried up.

The second month symbolizes all the stages that precede rebirth. The twenty-seventh day symbolizes holiness. The earth dried up means that they were reborn. These words are the conclusion to the verses above and the beginning of all that follows.

  
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Genesis 8:14

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14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.