'Wilderness' signifies something with little life in it, as described in the internal sense in Luke 1:80 'Wilderness' signifies somewhere there is no good because there is no truth. 'Wilderness,' as in Jeremiah 23:10, signifies the Word when it is adulterated.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

The church is made up of men and women together, but the Writings tell us that the church as a “bride” is neither masculine nor feminine; it is a picture of truth wedded to the Divine goodness of the Lord. On a human level, a bride represents the affection for what is true, and the bridegroom represents the affection for what is good. Most references in the Bible, however, use the terms at a deeper level, where bridegroom represents the Lord – who is Divine Love or Divine Goodness – and the bride represents the church, united to the Lord through ideas and knowledge of what is true.

(Odkazy: Exodus 4)