Apocalypse Explained # 729
729. Verse 6. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and sixty days.
6. "And the woman fled into the wilderness," signifies the church among a few, because with those who are not in good, and consequently not in truths n. 730; "where she hath a place prepared by God," signifies its state, that in the meantime provision may be made for it among more n. 731; "that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and sixty days," signifies until it grows to fullness n. 732.
Psalms 107:33-36
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He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
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A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
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He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
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And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
