AE 609 - "to create"

AE 609
. . . the signification of "to create,"
as being not only to cause to be,
but also to be perpetually,
by holding it together and sustaining it by the Divine proceeding;
for the heavens have had existence and perpetually have existence,
that is, subsist by means of the Lord's Divine,
which is called the Divine truth united to Divine good.

. . . "to create," in reference to the church and to people of the church,
means to create anew, that is, to regenerate . . .