Often translated as “edge,” “border,” “boundary,” “outskirts,” “far places” and other ways, this term is used in the Bible for the farthest reaches of an area, and generally represents either an introduction into the state it surrounds, a protection for that state or simply the area within that state which is lowest and furthest from the Lord.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2349, 2936, 8104, 8539, 8796)

8104. 'On the edge of the wilderness' means the first state of temptations. This is clear from the meaning of 'the wilderness' as a state for undergoing temptations, dealt with above in 8098; and since that state begins 'on the edge of the wilderness', the first state is therefore meant by 'the edge of the wilderness'.