Wilderness
'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.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 1927)
Luke 21:20
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"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.
