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])

7232. 出埃及记 6:26-30. 这亚伦和摩西, 耶和华曾对他们说, 将以色列人按着他们的军队从埃及地领出来. 这些就是那对埃及王法老说要将以色列人从埃及领出来的. 就是这摩西和亚伦. 当耶和华在埃及地对摩西说话的日子, 耶和华告诉摩西说, 我是耶和华; 我对你说的一切话, 你都要告诉埃及王法老. 摩西在耶和华面前说, 看哪, 我口中没受割礼, 法老怎肯听我呢?

“这亚伦和摩西” 表这些人或这教会当中的教义和神之律法源于他们. “耶和华曾对他们说” 表命令来自他们. “将以色列人从埃及地领出来” 表那些属于主的属灵国度的人将被解救出来. “按着他们的军队” 表照着真理里面的良善的属和种. “这些就是那对埃及王法老说的” 表来自他们对那些通过完全的虚假进行侵扰之人的警告. “要将以色列人从埃及领出来” 表要离开他们, 不侵扰他们. “就是这摩西和亚伦” 表这警告来自神之律法和源于它的教义. “当耶和华在埃及地对摩西说话的日子” 表那时教会的状态, 就是当命令通过从神来的律法被赐给那些属于主的属灵国度的人, 然而他们仍与地狱里的人非常接近的时候. “耶和华告诉摩西说” 表来自神性的教导. “我是耶和华” 表神性的确认. “我对你说的一切话, 你都要告诉埃及王法老” 表从神性流入的事物给予那些通过完全的虚假进行侵扰之人的警告. “摩西在耶和华面前说” 表那些沉浸于虚假的人对于神之律法的思维. “看哪, 我口中没受割礼” 表它是不洁的. “法老怎肯听我呢” 表因此, 那些沉浸于虚假的人不会接受它.