'Waters' particularly signify the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual aspects of faith, and also their opposites.

'The waters above the firmament,' as in Genesis 1:7, signify the knowledges in the internal self, and 'the waters beneath the firmament' signify the knowledges of the external self.

'Waters,' as in Ezekiel 47:9, refer to the New Jerusalem, and they signify spiritual things from a celestial origin.

'Many waters,' as in Revelation 17:1, signify truths of the Word adulterated. 'Waters' or 'rivers' signify spiritual, rational, or scientific things pertaining to truth.

'Waters … that go softly,' as in Isaiah 8:6-7, signify spiritual things, and 'waters … strong and many,' signify falsities.

'Waters,' as in Psalms 104:3, signify divine truths.

'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities.

'The waters were dried up from off the earth,' as in Genesis 8:7, signifies the apparent dissipation of falsities.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 17; Apocalypse Revealed 50; Genesis 8)

1413. “往我使你看到的地去” 表要呈现出来的属灵和属天之物. 这从 “地 (或陆地)” 的含义清楚可知, 事实上, 此处指的是迦南地, 它代表主的国, 这从圣言中很多其它经文可以看出来. 因此, 迦南地被称为圣地, 还被称为天上的迦南地. 由于它代表主的国, 故它也代表和表示属于其国度的属天, 属灵之物, 在此则代表和表示那些属于主自己之物.