Divine Love and Wisdom (Rogers) n. 325

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325. Since all constituents of the universe resemble in an image the human being, Adam is described in respect to his wisdom and intelligence by the garden of Eden, which had in it trees of every kind, and also rivers, precious stones and gold, and moreover animals, to which Adam gave names. By all of these things are meant the qualities which he had in him and which constituted the being that we call man. Assyria is described in very similar terms in Ezekiel 31:3-9, by which is symbolically meant the church in respect to its intelligence. So, too, Tyre in Ezekiel 28:12, 13, by which is symbolically meant the church in respect to its concepts of goodness and truth.


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