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])

8176. “你们只管静默” 表凭自己的能力, 他们绝对一事无成. 这从 “静默” 的含义清楚可知, “静默” 是指默许, 由于所论述的主题是试探, 故 “静默” 是指不要以为或相信他们能凭自己的能力成就什么事. 关于这个主题, 可参看前面的阐述和说明 (8172, 8175节). 即便如此, 他们仍不可松手, 等候直接的流注; 反而要如同凭自己争战, 然而仍承认并相信他们靠主行事 (参看1712, 1937, 1947, 2882, 2883, 2891节).