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])

6991. “岂不是我耶和华吗” 表这些不同状态的存在是由于来自神性的生命流注. 这从以下事实清楚可知: “哑巴”, “聋子”, “瞎子”, 以及 “口” 和 “看见” 所表示的各种状态出现在人身上是由于来自耶和华或主的生命流注. 因为由该流注产生了存在于每一个人身上的邪恶和良善. 然而, 邪恶是由人产生的, 良善是由主产生的. 邪恶之所以由人产生, 是因为从主所流入的生命, 也就是良善和真理, 被人转变为邪恶和虚假, 因而转变为生命的对立面, 也就是所谓的属灵死亡. 这就像阳光, 它照着接受它的物体而转化为具体的颜色. 在有些物体上它被转化为充满生命活力的鲜活色彩, 在有些物体上则被转化为死气沉沉的阴郁色彩. 表面上看, 好像那赋予生命的主也带来邪恶, 所以在圣言中, 由于表象, 邪恶被归于耶和华或主, 这从大量经文可以看出来. 此处也一样, 因为经上说 “耶和华使人口哑, 耳聋, 眼瞎”; 由于这些状态是由来自神性的生命流注产生的, 故经上说耶和华把它们带来. 但内义阐明并指教事情本来的样子, 而非它的表象.