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Now this is the three days' journey into the wilderness [Ex., 3, 18];

this is the triple illumination of one day, first as the evening, second as

the morning, third as noon; this signifies the threefold existence of

things, as in matter, in [creative] intelligence, and in eternal art,

wherefore it is said, "Be it made, He made it," and "it was so done" [Gen.,

1]; and this also means the triple substance in Christ, Who is our ladder,

namely, the corporeal, the spiritual, and the divine.