Arcana Coelestia # 38
38. Verse 18 And to have dominion over the day and the night, and to make a distinction between the light and the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
'The day' is used to mean good, and 'the night' evil. Consequently goods are called 'the works of the day', whereas evils are called 'the works of the night'. 'The light' is used to mean truth, and 'the darkness' falsity, just as the Lord says,
Men preferred darkness rather than light; he who does the truth comes to the light. John 3:19-21.
Verse 19 And there was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.
Luke 21:28-31
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But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near."
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He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.
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When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
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Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.
