'A hole and cleft of a rock,' in scripture, signifies an obscurity and falsity of faith.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 10582)

In Genesis 8:22, this signifies, with winter, the state of the regenerate man in his new will, the alternations of which are like Summer and Winter. (Arcana Coelestia 930)

In Matthew 24:32, this signifies the full state of the church. (Divine Love and Wisdom 73)