707# “有一个妇人，身披日头”表示在那些处于对主之爱，由此处于对邻之爱的人中间的教会。这从“妇人”、“日头”和“披”的含义清楚可知：“妇人”是指对真理的属灵情感，教会凭这种情感而为一个教会，因此，“妇人”也指这种情感方面的教会(对此，参看AE 555节)；由此可知，这意味着在当今基督教界的教会结束时，主要建立一个新教会。“日头”是指在神性之爱方面的主，因而也指来自主的对主之爱(对此，也可参看AE 401, 412a, b节)；“披”是指出于这爱生活，因为每个人的爱之生命或生活，无论世人的，还是灵人和天使的，都在他们周围形成一个气场，从该气场就能感知到他们的品质是什么样，甚至从远处就能感知到；此外，天堂和地狱里的联系和结合也通过这气场实现。由于此处论述的是处于来自主的对主之爱的教会，这教会由“妇人”来表示，这爱由“日头”来表示，所以“身披日头的妇人”表示在那些处于来自主的对主之爱的人中间的教会。之所以补充说“由此处于对邻之爱”，是因为对邻之爱源于对主之爱，如同在后之物源于在它以先之物，或外层源于它的内层，简言之，如同结果源于它的有效原因。因为对主之爱就是热爱并意愿那些属于主的事物，因而热爱并意愿主在圣言中所吩咐的事，对邻之爱则是出于该意愿行动，因而在于功用的执行，也就是结果。这“妇人”表示在现存于基督教界的教会结束之后，主将要建立的新教会，这一点可从本章接下来的经文清楚看出来，即：“她生了一个男孩子，龙想吞吃他，他被提到神那里去了”、“妇人就逃到旷野”，在那里“龙还想毁灭她”；因为从下文会清楚看到，“男孩子”表示新教会的教义真理，“龙”表示那些反对这教义真理的人。在对启示录21章的解释中会看到，此处由“妇人”表示的教会就是启示录21章和启21:9所描述的“新耶路撒冷”表示的教会，它被称为“新妇，羔羊的妻”。
707. A woman encompassed with the sun.- That this signifies the church with those who are in love to the Lord, and thence in love towards the neighbour, is evident from the signification of woman, as denoting the spiritual affection for truth, from which the church is a church, consequently also the church in regard to that affection (concerning which see above, n. 555) - it follows that this means a new church to be established by the Lord at the end of the present church in the Christian world; and from the signification of the sun, as meaning the Lord as to Divine Love, thus also love to the Lord from the Lord (concerning which also see above, n. 401, 412); and from the signification of being encompassed, as denoting to live from it; for the life of the love of every one, not only that of a man but also that of a spirit and of an angel, forms a sphere about them, from which they are perceived, as to their quality, even afar off. Also by means of that sphere consociations and conjunctions are effected in the heavens, and also in the hells. And because the subject here treated of is the church, which is in love to the Lord from the Lord, and because that church is meant by the woman, and that love by the sun, therefore the woman encompassed with the sun signifies the church with those who are in love to the Lord from the Lord. We have also said "and thence in love towards their neighbour," because love towards the neighbour is derived from love to the Lord, as what is posterior from its prior, or what is exterior from its interior, in a word, as an effect from its efficient cause. For love to the Lord is to love and will those things that are from the Lord, consequently those things which the Lord has commanded in the Word; and love towards the neighbour is to act from that will, thus it consists in the performance of uses, which are effects. That the woman signifies a new church, which is to be established by the Lord, at the end of that which exists in the Christian world, is evident from what follows in this chapter, namely, that she brought forth a male child, which the dragon wished to devour, and which was caught up unto God, and that the woman fled into a wilderness, and that there also the dragon wished to destroy her. For from what follows it will be evident that the male child means the truth of the doctrine of that church, and the dragon those who are opposed to the truths of that doctrine. That the church (here meant by the woman) is the same church as the New Jerusalem, which is described in chap. xxi., and in verse 9 there, is called the bride, the Lamb's wife, will be seen in the explanation of that chapter.
707. A woman arrayed with the sun, signifies the church with those who are in love to the Lord, and thence in love towards the neighbor. This is evident from the signification of "woman," as being the spiritual affection of truth, from which the church is a church, consequently also the church in respect to that affection (of which above, n. 21:9) called "the bride, the Lamb's wife," will be seen in the explanation of that chapter.
707. "Mulier circumdata sole." - Quod significet ecclesiam apud illos qui in amore in Dominum sunt, et inde in amore erga proximum, constat ex significatione "mulieris", quod sit affectio veri spiritualis, ex qua ecclesia est ecclesia; proinde etiam ecclesia quoad illam affectionem (de qua supra, n. 555); quod sit nova ecclesia, quae post finem hujus quae in ChriStiano orbe est, instauranda a Domino, sequitur: et ex significatione "solis, quod sit Dominus quoad Divinum Amorem, ita quoque amor in Dominum a Domino (de qua etiam supra, n. 401, 412 [a, b]): et ex significatione "circumdari", quod sit ex illo vivere; nam vita amoris cujusvis, tam hominis, quam spiritus et angeli, format sphaeram circum illos, ex qua percipiuntur, etiam e longinquo, quales sunt; per illam sphaeram etiam consociationes et conjunctiones fiunt in caelis, et quoque in infernis; et quia agitur hic de ecclesia, quae in amore in Dominum a Domino est, et illa ecclesia intelligitur per "mulierem", et amor ille per "solem", inde per "mulierem circumdatam sole" significatur ecclesia apud illos qui in amore in Dominum a Domino sunt: quod etiam dicatur, et inde in amore erga proximum, est quia amor erga proximum derivatur ex amore in Dominum, sicut posterius a suo priori, aut sicut exterius a suo interiori, verbo sicut effectus a sua causa efficiente; nam amor in Dominum est amare et velle illa quae Domini sunt, ita illa quae Dominus in Verbo praeceperat; et amor erga proximum est ex illo velle facere, ita consistens in usibus praestandis, qui sunt effectus. Quod per "mulierem" hanc significetur nova ecclesia, quae post finem hujus quae in Christiano orbe est, instauranda est a Domino, constare potest a sequentibus in hoc capite, nempe quod "pepererit filium masculum, quem devorare voluit draco, et qui raptus est ad Deum", et quod "mulier illa volaverit in desertum", et quod "draco etiam ibi illam vellet perdere"; ex sequentibus enim constabit quod per "filium masculum" intelligatur verum doctrinae illius ecclesiae, et per "draconem" intelliguntur qui contra illius doctrinae vera sunt. Quod ecclesia quae per "mulierem" hic intelligitur, sit eadem ecclesia cum "Nova Hierosolyma", quae describitur cap. 21, et vocatur "sponsa Agni uxor" (vers. 9 ibi), in explicatione illius capitis videbitur.