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])

6771. “法老听见这事, 就设法要杀摩西” 表虚假的记忆知识因发现这事, 就想要毁灭从神来的律法所拥有的真理. 这从 “听见” 和 “杀” 的含义, 以及 “法老” 和 “摩西” 的代表清楚可知: “听见” 是指发现 (参看5017节); “法老” 是指反对教会真理的记忆知识, 因而是指虚假 (参看6651, 6679, 6683节); “杀” 是指毁灭 (6767节), 因此 “设法要杀” 是指想要毁灭; “摩西” 是指神的律法和神的真理 (6752节), 因而是指神的律法所拥有的真理. 之所以说 “神的律法所拥有的真理”, 而不是简单地说 “神的律法”, 是因为所论述的主题仍是神的律法在主的人身里面的发展. 由此明显可知, “法老听见这事, 就设法要杀摩西” 表示虚假的记忆知识因发现这事, 就想要毁灭神的律法所拥有的真理.