Chapter XV - Genesis
Spiritual ideas apprehended
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sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?"
sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?"
How much more should we seek to apprehend the spirit-
ual ideas of God, than to dwell on the objects
of sense! To discern the rhythm of Spirit
and to be holy, thought must be purely spiritual.
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Genesis i. 15. And let them be for lights in the firma-
Genesis i. 15. And let them be for lights in the firma-
ment of the heaven, to give light upon the earth: and it
was so.
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Truth and Love enlighten the understanding, in whose
Truth and Love enlighten the understanding, in whose
"light shall we see light;" and this illumination is re-
flected spiritually by all who walk in the light and turn
away from a false material sense.
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Genesis i. 16. And God made two great lights; the
Genesis i. 16. And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the
night: He made the stars also.
Geology a failure
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The sun is a metaphorical representation of Soul out-
The sun is a metaphorical representation of Soul out-
side the body, giving existence and intelligence to the
universe. Love alone can impart the limit-
less idea of infinite Mind. Geology has never
explained the earth's formations; it cannot explain them.
There is no Scriptural allusion to solar light until time has
been already divided into evening and morning; and the
allusion to fluids (Genesis i. 2) indicates a supposed for-
mation of matter by the resolving of fluids into solids,
analogous to the suppositional resolving of thoughts into
material things.
Spiritual subdivision
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Light is a symbol of Mind, of Life, Truth, and Love,
Light is a symbol of Mind, of Life, Truth, and Love,
and not a vitalizing property of matter. Sci-
ence reveals only one Mind, and this one shin-
ing by its own light and governing the universe, including
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man, in perfect harmony. This Mind forms ideas, its
man, in perfect harmony. This Mind forms ideas, its
own images, subdivides and radiates their borrowed light,
intelligence, and so explains the Scripture phrase, "whose
seed is in itself." Thus God's ideas "multiply and re-
plenish the earth." The divine Mind supports the sub-
limity, magnitude, and infinitude of spiritual creation.
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Genesis i. 17, 18. And God set them in the firmament of
Genesis i. 17, 18. And God set them in the firmament of
the heaven, to give light upon the earth, and to rule over
the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Darkness scattered
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In divine Science, which is the seal of Deity and has
In divine Science, which is the seal of Deity and has
the impress of heaven, God is revealed as in-
finite light. In the eternal Mind, no night is
there.
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Genesis i. 19. And the evening and the morning were
Genesis i. 19. And the evening and the morning were
the fourth day.
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The changing glow and full effulgence of God's infi-
The changing glow and full effulgence of God's infi-
nite ideas, images, mark the periods of progress.
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Genesis i. 20. And God said, Let the waters bring forth
Genesis i. 20. And God said, Let the waters bring forth
abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl
that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of
heaven.
Soaring aspirations
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To mortal mind, the universe is liquid, solid, and aeri-
To mortal mind, the universe is liquid, solid, and aeri-
form. Spiritually interpreted, rocks and mountains stand
for solid and grand ideas. Animals and mor-
tals metaphorically present the gradation of
mortal thought, rising in the scale of intelligence, taking
form in masculine, feminine, or neuter gender. The
fowls, which fly above the earth in the open firmament