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And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:2
Resurrection and rise again
In Matthew 22:23 and Luke 20, this signifies continuing life after the death of the body. (Conjugial Love 41)
In Matthew 27:53, this signifies that the Lord rises again daily in the minds of the spiritually regenerate. (Arcana Coelestia 2405)
In Revelation 20:5, 6, this signifies that the real and primary resurrection is salvation and eternal life. (Apocalypse Revealed 851)
In John 5:29, this signifies that man is a man according to the quality of his life, whether of charity, or of mere piety without charity. (Arcana Coelestia 8256)
In Luke 14:13, 14, this signifies internal happiness from doing well without reward. (Arcana Coelestia 6393[3])
In John 11:25, this signifies that once conjoined with the Lord, they are conjoined with Him to eternity. (Apocalypse Revealed 851)
Coronis (An Appendix to True Christian Religion) #18
18. VI. FROM THIS NEW HEAVEN THE LORD JEHOVIH DERIVES AND PRODUCES A NEW CHURCH ON EARTH, WHICH TAKES PLACE BY MEANS OF A REVELATION OF TRUTHS FROM HIS MOUTH, OR FROM HIS WORD, AND BY INSPIRATION. It is written that John:
"Saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband". (Rev. 21:2).
By the holy city, New Jerusalem, is meant the doctrine of the New Church, consequently the Church as to doctrine; and by Jerusalem descending from God out of the new heaven, is meant that the true doctrine of the Church is from no other source. That the doctrine descended, is because a Church is a Church from doctrine and according to it; apart from doctrine, a Church is no more a Church than a man is a man without members, viscera and organs, thus from the mere covering of skin, which only defines his external shape; nor any more than a house is a house without bed-chambers, dining-rooms and articles of use within, thus from the wall and arched roof alone. The case is similar with the Church apart from doctrine. That Jerusalem signifies the Church with respect to doctrine, may be seen proved from the Word in the work itself, THE TRUE CHRISTIAN RELIGION (n. 782). From these things, it is manifest that the Church on earth is derived and produced by the Lord by means of the angelic heaven.
