portrayed by things in nature

It has been shown before [2477-9] that the things that are the Lord's in the innermost and very inward regions are inscrutable, and that they are portrayed in the human being when conceived, formed in the ovum, in the womb, later when born and growing up, by the fact that all, even the very least of those phases are contained in the seed together with all those wonderful changes the person undergoes when first conceived, and then one after another. These are all most wonderful series of things that are to follow together with their continual changes within, and yet all of these phases, that is, series of potential events, are contained in the first inconspicuous seed, so that nothing whatever is lacking of the whole chain. Therefore, since such a series is obvious and well known within the realm of nature, and such a providence or series of events in succession,