Arcana Coelestia: The Heavenly Arcana, Contained in the Holy Scripture Or Word of the Lord Unfolded, Beginning with the Book of Genesis. Together with Wonderful Things Seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels. Translated from the Latin, Volume 9Swedenborg Foundation, 1850 |
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... turned into good that is suited to him who is in combat . The reason of this originates in the fact that the Lord's kingdom is a kingdom of uses , and there- fore nothing can be done there that is not a source of good . From all this it ...
... turned into good that is suited to him who is in combat . The reason of this originates in the fact that the Lord's kingdom is a kingdom of uses , and there- fore nothing can be done there that is not a source of good . From all this it ...
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... turned back and made it another vessel , as was right in the hand of the potter to make it . Then was the word of Jehovah effected unto me , saying , Cannot I do with you , O house of Israel , as this potter ? saith Jehovah . Behold ...
... turned back and made it another vessel , as was right in the hand of the potter to make it . Then was the word of Jehovah effected unto me , saying , Cannot I do with you , O house of Israel , as this potter ? saith Jehovah . Behold ...
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... turned into things magical ; for by the representatives and sig- nificatives of the church of that time there was communication with heaven . This communication was with those who lived in the good of charity , and was open with many ...
... turned into things magical ; for by the representatives and sig- nificatives of the church of that time there was communication with heaven . This communication was with those who lived in the good of charity , and was open with many ...
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... turned into magic , the Israelitish peo- ple was taken , with whom the representatives and significatives of the church might be restored ; which people was of such a nature that it could not make anything magical therefrom , be- cause ...
... turned into magic , the Israelitish peo- ple was taken , with whom the representatives and significatives of the church might be restored ; which people was of such a nature that it could not make anything magical therefrom , be- cause ...
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... turned into blood , and every fish died in the river , and the river stank ( Exod . vii . 17-21 ) ; and Aaron also was commanded to stretch out his hand with the rod over the rivers , over the streams , and over the pools , whereupon ...
... turned into blood , and every fish died in the river , and the river stank ( Exod . vii . 17-21 ) ; and Aaron also was commanded to stretch out his hand with the rod over the rivers , over the streams , and over the pools , whereupon ...
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Page 67 - And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord ; (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord ;) and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Page 510 - And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle ; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men: and they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions...
Page 2 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Page 359 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are : then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are ; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Page 93 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt...
Page 136 - And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Page 603 - ... thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 427 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin : but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Page 129 - And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt...
Page 398 - For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised : he is to be feared above all gods.