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.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 4539, 8938; The Apocalypse Explained 365 [35-38])

9881. “用纯金” 表通过属天良善. 这从 “金” 的含义清楚可知.

“金” 是指爱之良善 (参看113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 6914, 6917, 8932, 9490, 9510节); 由于经上用的是 “纯金” 这个词, 故所表示的是属天良善. 因为既有属天良善, 也有属灵良善, 这二者既可以是内在的, 也可以是外在的; 属天良善是对主之爱的良善, 属灵良善是对邻之爱的良善. 在圣言中, 所有这些良善都被称为 “金”. 但它们彼此有别, 分为来自 “乌法”,

“俄斐”,

“示巴”,

“哈腓拉”, 以及 “他施” 的金子: 来自乌法的金子 (耶利米书 10:9; 但以理书 10:5) 表示属天良善; 来自俄斐的金子 (以赛亚书 13:12; 诗篇 45:9; 约伯记 22:24; 28:16) 表示属灵良善; 来自示巴的金子 (以赛亚书 60:6; 以西结书 27:22; 诗篇 72:15) 表示宗教知识层面的良善; 来自哈腓拉的金子 (创世记 2:11, 12), 以及来自他施的银和金 (以赛亚书 60:9) 表示记忆知识层面的真理和良善.