Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8432

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8432. 'And in the morning bread to the full' means that at the beginning of a new state they will have as much good as they can receive. This is clear from the meaning of 'bread' as the good of love, dealt with in 2165, 2177, 3464, 3478, 3735, 3813, 4211, 4217, 4735, 4976, 5915, 8410, but at this point the good of truth, which is the spiritual Church's good since 'bread' is used to mean the manna, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'the morning' as the beginning of a new state, as above in 8427; and from the meaning of 'to the full' as, as much as they might wish to have, dealt with above in 8410, at this point as much as they could receive, since good that flows in from the Lord is not imparted in the measure that people wish but in the measure that they can receive it. But they are allowed as much evil as they wish to have.


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