707. A woman arrayed with the sun, signifies the church with those who are in love to the Lord, and thence in love towards the neighbor. This is evident from the signification of "woman," as being the spiritual affection of truth, from which the church is a church, consequently also the church in respect to that affection (of which above, n. 555; it follows that this means the New Church to be established by the Lord after the end of the present church, which is in the Christian world. This is evident also from the signification of the "sun," as being the Lord in relation to the Divine love, thus also love to the Lord from the Lord (of which also above, n. 401, 412); also from the signification of "arrayed" as being to live from that love, for the life of the love of everyone, both of man and of spirit and angel, forms a sphere about them from which what is their quality is perceived, even afar off; moreover, by means of that sphere consociations and conjunctions are effected in the heavens and also in the hells; and as here the church which is in love to the Lord from the Lord is treated of, and that church is meant by "the woman," and that love by "the sun," so "the woman arrayed with the sun" signifies the church with those who are in love to the Lord from the Lord. It is added, and thence in love towards the neighbor, because love towards the neighbor is derived from love to the Lord, as what is posterior is derived from its prior, or what is exterior from its interior; in a word, as an effect from its effecting cause; for love to the Lord is to love and to will those things that are of the Lord, consequently those things that the Lord has commanded in the Word, and love towards the neighbor is to act from that will, thus it consists in the performance of uses, which are effects. That this "woman" signifies the New Church, which is to be established by the Lord after the end of the church now existing in the Christian world, can be seen from what follows in this chapter, namely, that "she brought forth a son, a male child which the dragon wished to devour, and that was caught up to God," and that "the woman fled into the wilderness," and there too "the dragon wished to destroy her;" for from what follows it will be seen that "the son a male" means the truth of the doctrine of that church, and "the dragon" means those who are opposed to the truths of that doctrine. That the church here meant by the "woman" is the same church as "the New Jerusalem" that is described in the chapter, chap., and is there (verse 21:9) called "the bride, the Lamb's wife," will be seen in the explanation of that chapter.

2954. Je donnerai l'argent du champ, reçois-le de moi, signifie la rédemption quant aux vrais de l'Eglise, rédemption qui est opérée par le Seigneur : on le voit par la signification de donner l'argent, en ce que c'est racheter par le vrai, numéro 2937, car l'argent est le vrai, numéro 1551 ; par la signification du champ, en ce qu'il est l'Église, et la doctrine du vrai, numéros 368, 2936 ; et par la signification de recevoir de moi, en ce que c'est le réciproque chez ceux qui sont de l'Église ; le réciproque est la foi que la rédemption est opérée par le Seigneur seul. Quant à ce qui concerne la Rédemption, elle est la même chose que la Réformation et la Régénération, et par suite la délivrance de l'enfer et la salvation ; la Rédemption, ou la réformation et la salvation des hommes de l'Eglise spirituelle, s'opère par le vrai, mais celle des hommes de l'Eglise céleste se fait parle bien ; les raisons en ont déjà été données çà et là, savoir, que les spirituels n'ont rien de la volonté du bien, mais qu'à la place de cette volonté ils ont été gratifiés de la faculté de comprendre ce que c'est que le bien, l'entendement du bien est principalement ce qu'on appelle le vrai, et même le vrai de la foi, tandis que vouloir ce vrai et par suite le faire, c'est ce qu'on appelle le bien ; les Spirituels sont donc par l'entendement du bien, ou, ce qui est la même chose, par le vrai, introduits dans la volonté du bien, ou, ce qui est la même chose, dans le bien, non pas dans quoi que ce soit de la volonté du bien d'après eux-mêmes, parce que la volonté du bien chez eux a été entièrement détruite, numéros 895, 927, 2124, mais dans une volonté nouvelle qu'ils reçoivent du Seigneur, numéros 863, 875, 1023, 1043, 1044, et lorsqu'ils ont reçu cette volonté, ils sont spécialement appelés rachetés.