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])

9467. “紫色” 表对良善的属天之爱. 这从 “紫色” 的含义清楚可知,

“紫色” 是指对良善的属天之爱. 这爱之所以由 “紫色” 来表示, 是因为红色表示属天之爱. 事实上, 基本的颜色有两种, 其余的颜色都来自这两种颜色, 即: 红色和白色. 红色表示属于爱的良善, 而白色表示属于信的真理. 红色之所以表示属于爱的良善, 是因为它来自火, 而火表示爱之良善; 白色之所以表示属于信的真理, 是因为它来自光, 而光表示信之真理.

“火” 表示爱之良善 (参看5215, 6314, 6832, 6834, 6849, 7324, 9434节);

“光” 表示信之真理 (2776, 3195, 3636, 3643, 3993, 4302, 4413, 4415, 5400, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407节);

“红” 表示爱之良善 (3300节);

“白” 表示信之真理 (3993, 4007, 5319节).

由此明显可知其余的颜色表示什么; 因为它们照着带有红色的程度而表示爱之良善; 照着带有白色的程度而表示信之真理. 出现在天堂的一切颜色都是在这两个层面上的天堂之光和火焰的修改. 因为天堂之光是真光, 本身是从主的神性良善发出的神性真理. 因此, 这光和火焰的修改就是真理和良善, 因而聪明和智慧的不同变化.

这一切表明为何帐幕的幔子和帘子, 以及亚伦的衣服都要用蓝色, 紫色, 染过两次的朱红色线, 并细麻织成 (出埃及记 26:1, 31, 36; 27:16; 28:6, 15); 也就是说, 是为了它们可以代表属于良善的属天事物和属于真理的属灵事物, 这些事物是下文的主题.

在以西结书,

“紫色” 也表示来自一个属天源头的良善:

你的篷帆是用埃及刺绣的细麻布做的; 你的篷是用以利沙岛的蓝色, 紫色布做的.(以西结书 27:7)

这论及推罗, 推罗表示关于真理和良善的认知或知识;

“蓝色, 紫色篷” 表示来自一个属天源头的关于真理和良善的认知或知识.

在路加福音,

“紫色和细麻布” 表示类似事物:

有一个财主, 穿着紫色和细麻布衣服, 天天奢华宴乐.(路加福音 16:19)

“财主” 在内义表示犹太民族和他们当中的教会, 它因取自存在于那里的圣言的关于良善和真理的认知或知识而被称为 “财主”;

“紫色和细麻布衣服” 是指这些认知或知识;

“紫衣” 表示关良善的认知或知识;

“细麻布衣服” 表示关于真理的认知或知识; 这二者都来自一个属天源头, 因为它们来自神性. 在启示录,

“紫色” 也具有类似含义:

一个女人骑在朱红色的兽上, 穿着紫色和朱红色的衣服.(启示录 17:3, 4)

这论及巴比伦, 巴比伦表示这样的教会: 其中圣言的圣物被用于亵渎的功用或目的, 也就是被用来在天上和地上掌权, 因而被用于源于地狱的自我之爱和尘世之爱的目的.