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Ezekiel 20:23

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23 I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

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Fire

  
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Fire, in the spiritual sense, can mean either love or hatred depending on the context, just as natural fire can be either comforting in keeping you warm, or scary in burning down your house. Our language reflects this, too -- we use concepts like a smoldering hatred or a burning love. So fire signifies a love, either a good love of the neighbor and to the Lord, or, in a bad sense, selfish love of oneself that, if unchecked by conscience, leads to hatred of anyone that opposes it.

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Arcana Coelestia # 10572

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10572. 'Since you have found grace in My eyes and I know you by name' means that he has been accepted on account of his character. This is clear from what has been stated and shown above in 10562, 10563, where similar words occur.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.