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])

10255. “一半, 就是二百五十” 表相应的量. 这从系之前数字的一半的数字的含义清楚可知, 系前一个数字的一半的数字是指在某种程度上存在之物, 以及足够的量, 或目的或功用所需的量, 因而也指相应的量. 正因如此, “二百五十” 因是之前数字的一半, 也就是说, 是数字 “五百” 的一半, 故表示相应的量. 举个例子有助于阐明这一切. 以数字 “十” 为例. 当这个数字表示所有人时, 它的一半, 或五就表示他们当中的一些人; 当十表示完整或完全之物时, 五就表示一个足够的量; 但当十表示大量时, 五就表示些许等等. 其它所有数字在减半时也是这种情况. “五” 表示人们当中的一些, 以及在某种程度上存在之物, 或些许, 同样表示一个足够的量和目的或功用所需的量 (参看4638, 5708, 5956, 9102, 9689节). 因此, 当 “十” 表示所有人, 完整或完全之物, 或大量时, “五” 的各种含义都与数字 “十” 的含义有关. “五十” 相对于 “一百”, “二百五十” 相对于 “五百” 的含义也一样. 数字是大还是小则无所谓; 大数字和构成它们的小数字具有同样的含义 (参看5335, 5708, 7973节); 在圣言中, 数字表示属灵的真实事物 (参看9488, 10127节提到的地方). 由此可见, 现在这个数字, 就是之前数字的一半, 并非表示对内层真理的感知相对于对外层真理的感知是一半, 而是表示相应的量. 天上的事物不像地上的事物那样可以测量和数算, 因为天上没有空间和时间, 取而代之的是状态, 状态的性质和数量不是用任何数算来感知的. 数算和测量与诸如属于时空的那类事物, 因而与那些适合自然界的最低层的事物有关.