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])

8876. “我必追讨自父及子的罪” 表随之源于邪恶的虚假的繁衍. 这从 “追讨父的罪” 和 “子” 的含义清楚可知. “追讨父的罪” 是指邪恶的繁衍; “追讨” 之所以表示繁衍, 是因为此处论述的主题是那些完全弃绝神性的人, 因而是那些不同支接受良善, 而是接受邪恶, 并且常常如此的人, 邪恶不断在这类人身上增长, 这就是它的繁衍; “父” 表示良善, 在反面意义上表示邪恶 (参看3703, 5902, 6050, 7833, 7834节). “子” 是指真理 (1147, 2623, 3373节), 因而在反面意义上是指虚假. 就最接近文字的意义而言, “追讨自父及子的罪” 并非表示儿子要为父亲的罪孽受惩罚, 因为这违反神性 (申命记 24:16); 相反, 就这层意义而言, 意思是邪恶在父亲那里增加, 进而通过遗传传给孩子; 于是, 邪恶便代代累积增加 (2910, 3701, 4317, 8550, 8551节). 然而, 就灵义而言, “父” 并非表示父亲, 而是表示邪恶; “子” 也并非给儿子, 而是表示虚假; 因此, 这些话表示源于邪恶的虚假的不断繁衍.