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])

4138. “击鼓, 弹竖琴” 表在属灵良善方面, 也就是说, (出于自我思想) 它原以为自己在属灵良善方面会处于的状态. 这从以下事实清楚可知: “鼓” 和 “竖琴” 论及良善, 不过是论及属灵的良善, 这一点从圣言中的许多经文可以看出来. 属灵良善就是那被称作信之良善的, 是仁; 而属天良善则是那称作爱之良善的, 是对主之爱. 主在天上有两个国度, 其中一个被称作祂的属天国度, 那些处于对主之爱的人就在这个国度; 另一个被称作祂的属灵国度, 那些处于对邻之仁的人就在这个国度. 这两个国度彼此截然不同, 互相分离, 然而在天上却行如一体, 并构成一体. 关于这两个截然不同, 互相分离的属天和属灵国度, 可参看前面频繁所述.

很早以前的教会都会用到各种各样的乐器, 如鼓, 弦乐器, 管乐器, 竖琴, 十弦乐器和许多其它乐器. 其中一些乐器属于与属天事物有关的那一类, 有些则属于与属灵事物有关的那一类. 当这些乐器在圣言中被提及时, 它们就含有这类属天或属灵事物, 以至于一提到乐器就能知道所论述的是哪种良善, 是属灵良善还是属天良善. 鼓和竖琴就属于与属灵事物有关的那一类, 故此处才说 “在属灵良善方面”. “竖琴” 论及属灵事物, 弦乐器表示属灵事物, 而管乐器, 或吹奏乐器则表示属天事物 (参看418-420节).