475. 'Who created heaven and the things therein, and the land and the things therein, and the sea and the things therein' signifies who makes all who are in heaven and who are in the Church, and all the things with them, collectively and separately, alive. By 'to create' in the natural sense is signified to create, but in the spiritual sense by to create is signified to reform and regenerate (n. 254, 290), and this also is to make alive. By 'heaven' is understood the heaven where angels are; by 'land' and 'sea' the Church is signified, by 'land' those who are in the internal things thereof, and by 'sea' those who are in its external things (n. 398, 470). By 'the things therein' are signified all the things with them, collectively and separately.