AR 534, 535 - The Doctrine of the New Church Is Opposed by the Dragon

AR 534

And on her head a crown of twelve stars.
(Revelation 12:1)

. . . the crown of twelve stars on the woman's head
symbolizes the wisdom and intelligence
of the New Church
resulting from its concepts
of Divine goodness and truth drawn from the Word.

AR 535

Then being with child,
she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
(Revelation 12:2)

This symbolizes the emerging doctrine
of the New Church
and the difficulty of its being accepted
owing to the opposition to it
by people meant by the dragon.

Being with child symbolizes the emerging doctrine
because the child that she had in her womb . . .
 symbolizes the doctrine of the New Church.
For to be with child, to be in labor,
and to give birth means,
symbolically in the spiritual sense,
to conceive and give birth to such things
as are matters of spiritual life . . ..
To cry out in labor and be in pain to give birth
symbolizes the difficulty
of that doctrine's being accepted
owing to the opposition to it
by people meant by the dragon.