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Exodus 34:12

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12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

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Sailing ships at dawn by Constantine Volanakis

Since the sun represents the Lord, the early morning and sunrise represent a state of enlightenment with a new and clear understanding coming after a time of darkness. There are many ways this representation appears in modern life. For one, it’s long been tradition to orient churches with the sanctuary in the east, toward the rising sun. People grappling with a problem often decide to “sleep on it,” anticipating that answers will be more clear in the morning. And we actually use “dawn” as a verb for sudden enlightenment: “As he stared out the window, it dawned on him that the answer had been in his hands all along.”

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Arcana Coelestia #4522

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4522. 'Is he going to treat our sister like a prostitute?' means on account of the fact that they had no affection [for truth]. This becomes clear from the representation of 'Dinah' after she had been defiled or treated like a prostitute, as the affection for falsities, and so a corrupted Church, dealt with in 4504, one therefore which no longer had any affection for truth, as may also be seen in that paragraph.

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