. . . time in the spiritual world
is nothing other than a quality of state.
It is owing to this that
hours, days, weeks, months and years in the Word
symbolize states and their progressions
in their sequence and in their entirety.
Thus when times are mentioned in reference to a church,
by its morning is meant its first state,
by its noon or midday its fullness,
by its evening its decline,
and by its night its end.
The same stages are meant by
the four seasons of the year,
namely spring, summer, fall, and winter.
It can be seen from this
that time accords with thought from affection,
for thought from affection is what determines
the quality of a person's state.
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