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])

6112. “约瑟收聚了所有的银子” 表含有真理在里面并适合的一切记忆知识。这从 “收聚” 和 “银子” 的含义, 以及 “约瑟” 的代表清楚可知: “收聚” 是指集合成一单一整体; “约瑟” 是指内在属天层, 如前面频繁所述; “银子” 是指真理 (参看1551, 2954, 5658节), 但在此是指含有真理在里面并适合的记忆知识, 因为经上说这银子埃及地和迦南地的, 如下文所述。这一切表明, “约瑟收聚了所有的银子” 表示内在属天层将含有真理在里面并适合的一切记忆知识集合成一个单一整体。当没有使记忆知识变暗的幻觉或谬论时, 可以说记忆知识含有真理在里面, 是适合的; 因为只要这些无法被驱散, 记忆知识就变得不适合。因被其他人或人自己运用于虚假与邪恶而变得败坏的记忆知识也是如此; 事实上, 一旦被烙印到记忆知识上, 这些虚假与邪恶就会保留下来。因此, 凡没有受这种损害的记忆知识, 或说凡没有在这些缺陷之下变得衰弱的记忆知识都是含有真理在里面并适合的记忆知识。