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Genesis 1:6

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6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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Spiritual Experiences #1973

  
Yiya esigabeni / 6110  
  

1973. What "evening and morning," "day," Genesis I, are

I discussed with spirits what "day" means, and what "evening and morning," Gen. I. That "day" means time in general one can very readily learn from the Scriptures, where that expression stands for time.

  
Yiya esigabeni / 6110  
  

Thanks to the Academy of the New Church, and Bryn Athyn College, for the permission to use this translation.

Amazwana

 

Stretch out the earth and heavens

  

This is a common phrase in the prophets when discussing spiritual regeneration.

(Izinkomba: Arcana Coelestia 25; Isaiah 44:24)