Arcana Coelestia #9
9. The third state is one of repentance, a state in which he speaks piously and devoutly from the internal man and brings forth goods, like charitable acts which are nevertheless inanimate since he imagines that they originate in himself. They are called a tender plant, then a seed-bearing plant, and finally a fruit tree.
Fly into the wilderness
In Revelation 12:14, this signifies divine circumspection over the new church and its protection when there are only a few members. (Apocalypse Revealed 561)