'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.

(Reference: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

In Revelation 1:4, this signifies the Lord's presence and providence; for the throne of God signifies the divine truth; thus heaven, which is the receptacle. (Apocalypse Explained 25)