Six Days You Shall Labor, and Do All Your Work
Type of Event: Worship Service: Children & Adult
Date Recorded: September 05, 2010
Location: Ivyland New Church, PA
Topics: Charity / Life of Use / Service, Regeneration / Spiritual Growth
Spiritual Life... Work It!
(Genesis 2:2,3; Exodus 20:8-11; Arcana Coelestia 9431)
"Six days" means passing through the state of truth, because "six days" means a state of labor and conflict. A person who is being regenerated by the Lord experiences two states of mind - the first of which is called the state of truth and the second the state of good. The reason why the first state is called the state of truth is that during it the person is being brought by means of truth towards good; and the reason why the second state is called the state of good is that the person, when governed by good, has been brought to it. Also, while the person is in the state of truth he is outside heaven; but when governed by good he is in heaven, and has accordingly been brought to the Lord. Furthermore while the person is passing through the first state or the state of truth he experiences labor and conflict, since he undergoes temptations then; but when he is in the second state or the state of good he experiences rest and the serenity which peace brings. The former state is what has been represented in the Word by the six days which come before a seventh, whereas the latter state is what has been represented by the seventh day or the Sabbath. (Heavenly Secrets #9431)
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