728# “她的孩子被提到神和祂宝座那里去了”表示主对该教义的保护，因为它是给新教会的。这从“孩子”、“被提到神和祂宝座那里”的含义清楚可知：“孩子”(或身披日头，脚踏月亮，头戴十二星冠冕的妇人所生的男孩子)是指取自圣言的教义，事实上是指真理的教义，也就是对主之爱和对邻之仁的教义，以及最后信之教义。“被提到神和祂宝座那里”是指主的保护，免受“龙”的伤害，因为龙站在即将生产的妇人面前，意图并渴望吞吃所生产之物。这些话在此表示主的保护，免受“龙”所指的那些人伤害。由于这教义将是被称为新耶路撒冷的教会的教义，所以经上说它受到保护，因为它是给新教会的。经上说“被提到神和祂宝座那里”，“神”表示主，“祂的宝座”表示天堂；它被提到主和天堂那里，是因为这教义来自主，天堂处于该教义。
此处论到妇人所生、被提到神那里去的孩子的话，也论及雅列的儿子以诺，不过是以这些话来论及的：
以诺与神同行，神将他取去，他就不在了。(创世记5:24)
此处“以诺”是指谁，“以诺”表示什么，已经从天堂揭示给我了，即：他们是那些将属世事物与属灵事物的代表和对应收集起来的上古教会之人；因为上古教会之人处于对他们用肉眼所看见的一切事物的属灵理解和感知，他们由此从世上的物体中清楚感知到它们所对应的属灵事物。由于主预见这属灵的感知将在他们的后代中间灭亡，与这感知一道灭亡的，还有对应的知识，而人类通过对应的知识拥有与天堂的结合，所以主规定，那些生活在上古之人当中的人中的一些人要汇集对应关系，把它们收集成手稿，或说变成书本形式；“以诺”就是指这些人，此处所表示的，就是这本书或手稿。由于这本书或手稿要为大洪水之后主将要建立的即将到来的众教会提供在属世事物中的属灵事物的知识或科学和认知，所以主保存了它，以供他们使用，它也被保护起来，免得邪恶的上古教会最后的后代对它造成伤害。因此，这就是“以诺不在了，因为神将他取去”在灵义上所表示的。由此可见，“妇人的孩子被提到神和祂宝座那里去了”表示什么。
728. And her child was caught up unto God and His throne.- That this signifies the protection of the doctrine by the Lord, because it is for the New Church, is evident from the signification of the child or male child, which was brought forth by the woman who was encompassed with the sun, under whose feet was the moon, and on whose head was a crown of twelve stars, as denoting doctrine from the Word, and in fact the doctrine of truth, that is, the doctrine of love to the Lord and of charity towards the neighbour, and lastly of faith; and from the signification of being caught up unto God and His throne, as denoting protection by the Lord from the dragon, that stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, with the intention and desire of devouring that which should be brought forth. Such protection by the Lord against those who are meant by the dragon is signified here by these words. And as that doctrine is to be the doctrine of the church which is called the New Jerusalem, therefore it is said to be protected because it is for the New Church. It is said, "Caught up unto God and His throne," God meaning the Lord, and His throne heaven; it is caught up unto the Lord and to heaven, because that doctrine is from the Lord, and heaven is in that doctrine.
[2] An expression is also used of Enoch, the son of Jared, similar to that applied here to the child born of the woman, which it is said "was caught up unto God," but in these words "Enoch walked with God, and was no more, because God took him" (Genesis 5:24). Who are meant by this Enoch, and what Enoch signifies has been disclosed to me from heaven, namely, that they were those of the Most Ancient Church who collected together the representatives and correspondences of natural things with spiritual. For the men of the Most Ancient Church had a spiritual understanding and perception of all things which they saw with their eyes, and thus from the objects in the world they clearly perceived the spiritual things to which they corresponded. And because the Lord foresaw that this spiritual perception would perish with their posterity, and with this perception also the knowledge of correspondences, through which the human race has conjunction with heaven, therefore the Lord provided that some of those who lived among the most ancient people should make a compilation of correspondences and reduce them to book form (in codicem conferrent); these are meant by Enoch, and it is this book that is here signified. Because this book was to furnish the coming churches, to be established by the Lord after the deluge, with a knowledge (scientia) and cognition of what is spiritual in natural things, therefore it was preserved by the Lord for their use, and also guarded lest the final posterity of the Most Ancient Church, who were evil, should do injury to it. This therefore is the signification, in the spiritual sense, of Enoch being no more, because God took him. From these things it is evident what is signified by the child of the woman being caught up unto God and His throne.
728. And her offspring was caught up unto God and His throne, signifies the protection of the doctrine by the Lord, because it is for the New Church. This is evident from the signification of "the offspring" (or the son, a male) brought forth by "the woman arrayed with the sun, under whose feet was the moon, and upon whose head was a crown of twelve stars," as being doctrine from the Word, and indeed, the doctrine of truth, that is, the doctrine of love to the Lord and of charity towards the neighbor, and finally of faith. Also from the signification of "caught up unto God and His throne," as being protection by the Lord from "the dragon" that stood before the woman about to bring forth, with the intent and desire of devouring what was brought forth. That protection by the Lord from those who are meant by "the dragon" is here signified by these words. And as that doctrine was to be the doctrine of the church that is called the New Jerusalem, therefore it is said protection because it is for the New Church. It is said "caught up unto God and His throne," "God" meaning the Lord, and "His throne" heaven; it is caught up to the Lord and to heaven because this doctrine is from the Lord, and heaven is in this doctrine.
[2] What is here said of the offspring born of the woman, who "was caught up unto God," is also said of Enoch, the son of Jared, but in these words:
Enoch walked with God, and was no more; because God took him (Genesis 5:24).
Who are here meant by "Enoch," and what "Enoch" signifies, has been disclosed to me from heaven, namely, those of the men of the Most Ancient Church who collected together the representatives and correspondences of natural things with spiritual; for the men of the Most Ancient Church were in the spiritual understanding and perception of all things they saw with their eyes, and thence from the objects in the world they saw through to the spiritual things corresponding to the objects. Because the Lord foresaw that this spiritual perception would perish with their posterity, and with that perception also the knowledge of correspondences through which the human race has conjunction with heaven, therefore the Lord provided that some of those who lived with the most ancient people should collect together the correspondences, and gather them into a manuscript; these are here meant by "Enoch," and that manuscript is what is here signified. Because that manuscript was to serve the coming churches that were to be established by the Lord after the deluge with the knowledge and cognition of the spiritual things that are in natural things, it was preserved by the Lord for their use, and was also guarded, lest the last posterity of the Most Ancient Church, who were evil, should offer injury to it. This, therefore, is what is signified in the spiritual sense by "Enoch was no more, because God took Him." From this it can be seen what is signified by "the offspring of the woman was caught up unto God and His throne."
728. "Et raptus est fetus ejus ad Deum et thronum Ipsius." - Quod significet tutationem doctrinae a Domino, quia pro Nova Ecclesia, constat ex significatione "fetus" seu "filii masculi", quem "peperit mulier circumdata sole, sub cujus pedibus luna, et super cujus capite corona stellarum duodecim", quod sit doctrina ex Verbo, et quidem doctrina veri, id est, doctrina amoris in Dominum et charitatis erga proximum, et denique fidei; et ex significatione "rapi ad Deum et ad thronum Ipsius", quod sit tutatio a Domino pro "dracone", qui adstitit parienti, animo et cupiditate devorandi illum; illa tutatio a Domino pro illis qui per "draconem" intelliguntur, hic per illa verba significatur; et quia doctrina illa futura est doctrina ecclesiae, quae Nova Hierosolyma vocatur, ideo dicitur tutatio quia pro Nova Ecclesia: "raptus ad Deum et thronum Ipsius" dicitur; et per "Deum" intelligitur Dominus, et per "thronum Ipsius" caelum; quod ad Dominum et ad caelum, est quia doctrina illa est a Domino, et caelum in illa doctrina est.
[2] Similiter ut hic de "fetu a muliere genito", quod "raptus sit ad Deum", etiam dicitur de Chanocho Jaredis filio, sed his verbis,
"Ambulavit Chanoch cum Deo, et non amplius, quia sumpsit illum Deus" (Genesis 5:24):
quinam per "Chanochum" hunc intellecti sunt, et quid significatum est, mihi e caelo detectum est; nempe quod illi qui ex hominibus Antiquissimae Ecclesiae in unum collegerunt repraesentativa et correspondentias naturalium cum spiritualibus; homines enim Antiquissimae Ecclesiae fuerunt in spirituali intellectu et perceptione omnium quae viderunt oculis; et inde ex objectis in mundo perspexerunt spiritualia, quae objectis correspondebant; et quia Dominus praevidit quod spiritualis illa perceptio apud posteros illorum periret, et cum perceptione illa quoque cognitio correspondentiarum per quas generi humano est conjunctio cum caelo, ideo providit Dominus ut quidam qui apud antiquissimos vixerunt, in unum colligerent correspondentias, ac in codicem conferrent; hi erant qui per "Chanochum" intelliguntur, et ille codex qui significatur: is codex, quia inserviturus erat ecclesiis venturis, quae post diluvium a Domino instaurandae erant, pro scientia et pro cognitione spiritualium in naturalibus, in usum illarum conservatus est a Domino, et quoque tutatus, ne ultima posteritas Antiquissimae Ecclesiae, quae mala fuit, illi codici damnum inferret: hoc itaque est quod in sensu spirituali significatur per quod "Chanoch non amplius, quia sumpsit illum Deus." Ex his constare potest quid significatur per quod "fetus mulieris raptus sit ad Deum et ad thronum Ipsius."