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And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
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And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
1020. That these things are meant becomes clear from the fact that everything put together as history from Genesis 1 down to Eber in Chapter 11 means something different from what appears in the letter, and from the consideration that the historical narratives there are purely made-up history customary among the most ancient people. When attesting the truth of some matter they would say that 'Jehovah said it'. Here however 'God' is used because the subject is the spiritual Church. And they did the same when anything true was being, or had been, put into effect.
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For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: