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])

9435. “摩西进入云中间” 表外在意义上的圣言. 这从 “摩西” 的代表清楚可知.

“摩西” 是指圣言, 在此是指外在意义上的圣言, 因为经上说, 他 “进入云中间”;

“云” 表示圣言的外在意义.

“摩西” 代表圣言 (参看9414节),

“云” 表示圣言的外在意义 (9430节). 摩西在山脚呆了六天, 到了第七天, 他受到呼召, 走进云中, 上了山. 这样做是为了让他能代表百姓和主之间的一个媒介, 正如前面所述 (9414节). 从百姓上升到主那里的台阶就是被如此描述的. 当摩西最终上了山时, 他首次代表圣言的外在圣洁, 这外在圣洁就是那充当媒介的; 因为西乃山表示天堂, 圣洁就住在那里. 然而, 他只被允许进入天堂的第一道门槛处, 即最外层, 圣言的外在圣洁就在那里终止. 他只被允许进入那么远的地方, 这一点通过一个灵人以一种代表性的方式被指给我看; 这个灵人脸的上半部分直到下巴出现在天堂之光中, 而下半部分, 包括下巴, 连同整个身体, 却在云中. 由此明显可知, 摩西代表了多少作为媒介的外在圣洁. 摩西在山脚所停留的六天表示真理的状态, 他上山之时的第七天表示良善的状态, 正如前面所解释的 (9431, 9432节). 原因在于, 那些正在被主重生的人以同等程度从世界攀升到天堂. 此人从外在事物被提升到内在事物, 因为他从外在事物所在的属世人的层次被提升到内在事物所在的属灵人的层次. 这种提升或上升也由取得作为媒介的外在圣洁的代表之时的摩西来代表; 因为圣言的外在圣洁是进入良善状态, 因而进入天堂的入口.