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])

425. 迄今为止, 世人尚不知道 “铜” 表属世良善, 也不知道圣言中提到的每种金属都有特定的内在含义: 如 “金” 表属天良善, “银” 表属灵真理, “铜” 表属世良善, “铁” 表属世真理; 其它金属, 以及 “木”, “石” 等等也是如此. 约柜, 会幕和圣殿所用的 “金”, “银”, “铜”, “木” 等材料就表示这类事物, 对此, 蒙主怜悯, 容后再述. 从先知书明显可知, 这就是它们的含义, 如以赛亚书:

你也必吃万国的奶, 又吮列王的乳. 我要拿金代替铜, 拿银代替铁, 拿铜代替木, 拿铁代替石; 并要以和平为你的官长, 以公义为你的监督. (以赛亚书 60:16-17)

这是指主的降世, 祂的国度, 属天教会. “金代替铜” 表属天之善代替属世之善; “银代替铁” 表示属灵真理代替属世真理; “铜代替木” 表属世之善代替肉体之善; “铁代替石” 表属世真理代替感官真理. 以西结书:

雅完人, 土巴人, 米设人都与你交易; 他们用人口和铜器兑换你的货物. (以西结书 27:13)

这指的是推罗, 推罗表拥有属灵和属天财富者. “铜器” 表属世良善. 在摩西书:

那地的石头是铁, 山内可以挖铜. (申命记 8:9)

同样, 这里的 “石头” 表感官真理; “铁” 表属世或理性真理; “铜” 表属世良善. 再如以西结所见的四活物或基路伯的例子, 它们的腿都是灿烂如光明的铜 (以西结书 1:7), 此处, “铜” 仍表属世良善, 因为人的 “脚” 表属世之物. 但以理也看见类似事物:

有一人身穿细麻衣, 腰束乌法精金带. 身体如水苍玉, 手和脚如光明的铜. (但以理书 10:5-6)

事实上, 民数记 (21:9) 中提到的 “铜蛇” 表主的感官和属世的良善, 对此, 可查看197节.