'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.

(参照: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

'Behold I stand at the door and knock,' as in Revelation 3:20, signifies the perpetual presence and workings of the Lord with man.

(参照: Apocalypse Explained 248)