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])
出埃及记 20
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不可为自己雕刻偶像,也不可做甚麽形像彷佛上天、下地,和地底下、水中的百物。
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不可跪拜那些像,也不可事奉他,因为我耶和华─你的神是忌邪的神。恨我的,我必追讨他的罪,自父及子,直到三四代;
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不可妄称耶和华─你神的名;因为妄称耶和华名的,耶和华必不以他为无罪。
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但第七日是向耶和华─你神当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜,并你城里寄居的客旅,无论何工都不可做;
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因为六日之内,耶和华造天、地、海,和其中的万物,第七日便安息,所以耶和华赐福与安息日,定为圣日。
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当孝敬父母,使你的日子在耶和华─你神所赐你的地上得以长久。
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不可杀人。
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不可奸淫。
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不可作假见证陷害人。
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不可贪恋人的房屋;也不可贪恋人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴,并他一切所有的。
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众百姓见雷轰、闪电、角声、山上冒烟,就都发颤,远远的站立,
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对摩西说:求你和我们说话,我们必听;不要神和我们说话,恐怕我们死亡。
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摩西对百姓说:不要惧怕;因为神降临是要试验你们,叫你们时常敬畏他,不致犯罪。
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耶和华对摩西说:你要向以色列人这样说:你们自己看见我从天上和你们说话了。
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你要为我筑土坛,在上面以牛羊献为燔祭和平安祭。凡记下我名的地方,我必到那里赐福给你。