Jerusalem
Jerusalem, on Mount Zion, signifies the doctrine of love to the Lord, and how it governs your life. Jerusalem first comes to our attention in 2 Samuel 5, when King David takes the city from the Jebusites and makes it his capital. In the next chapter he brings the Ark of the Covenant there, and later it is where Solomon builds the temple, and his own palace. From then on Jerusalem is the center of worship of the Israelitish church. It is the place where the Lord was presented in the temple as a baby, where He tarried to talk to the priests at age twelve, where He cleansed the temple, had the last supper, was crucified and then rose. It is a central place in both the old and new Testaments. The city was built on Mount Zion, the highest point of the mountains of Judea. A city, in the Word, represents doctrine, the organized knowledge of the truths of the church. Mountains represent love of the Lord and the consequent worship. If you put those things together, Jerusalem on Mount Zion signifies the doctrine of love to the Lord, and how it governs your life. This is why David was led to make Jerusalem the most important city of the land, and why all worship was conducted there. And this is also why Jeroboam was condemned for introducing idol worship in Samaria. In the Book of Revelation, John's vision of the city New Jerusalem descending from God is a prophecy of a new dispensation of doctrine coming from the Lord.
(Препратки: Arcana Coelestia 4539, 8938; The Apocalypse Explained 365 [35-38])
创世记 35
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神对雅各说:起来!上伯特利去,住在那里;要在那里筑一座坛给神,就是你逃避你哥哥以扫的时候向你显现的那位。
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雅各就对他家中的人并一切与他同在的人说:你们要除掉你们中间的外邦神,也要自洁,更换衣裳。
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我们要起来,上伯特利去,在那里我要筑一座坛给神,就是在我遭难的日子应允我的祷告、在我行的路上保佑我的那位。
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他们就把外邦人的神像和他们耳朵上的环子交给雅各;雅各都藏在示剑那里的橡树底下。
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他们便起行前往。神使那周围城邑的人都甚惊惧,就不追赶雅各的众子了。
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於是雅各和一切与他同在的人到了迦南地的路斯,就是伯特利。
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他在那里筑了一座坛,就给那地方起名叫伊勒伯特利(就是伯特利之神的意思);因为他逃避他哥哥的时候,神在那里向他显现。
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利百加的奶母底波拉死了,就葬在伯特利下边橡树底下;那棵树名叫亚伦巴古。
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且对他说:你的名原是雅各,从今以後不要再叫雅各,要叫以色列。这样,他就改名叫以色列。
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神又对他说:我是全能的神;你要生养众多,将来有一族和多国的民从你而生,又有君王从你而出。
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他们从伯特利起行,离以法他还有一段路程,拉结临产甚是艰难。
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正在艰难的时候,收生婆对他说:不要怕,你又要得一个儿子了。
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他将近於死,灵魂要走的时候,就给他儿子起名叫便俄尼;他父亲却给他起名叫便雅悯。
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雅各在他的坟上立了一统碑,就是拉结的墓碑,到今日还在。
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以色列住在那地的时候,流便去与他父亲的妾辟拉同寝,以色列也听见了。雅各共有十二个儿子。
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利亚所生的是雅各的长子流便,还有西缅、利未、犹大、以萨迦、西布伦。
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拉结所生的是约瑟、便雅悯。
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拉结的使女辟拉所生的是但、拿弗他利。
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利亚的使女悉帕所生的是迦得、亚设。这是雅各在巴旦亚兰所生的儿子。