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.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 4539, 8938; The Apocalypse Explained 365 [35-38])
Psalms 76
1
In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
2
His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
3
There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
4
Glorious are you, and excellent, more than mountains of game.
5
Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
6
At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
7
You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
8
You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,
9
when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.
10
Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
11
Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
12
He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is feared by the kings of the earth. For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph.
