Jerusalem
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])
出埃及记 26
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你要用十幅幔子做帐幕。这些幔子要用捻的细麻和蓝色、紫色、朱红色线制造,并用巧匠的手工绣上基路伯。
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这五幅幔子要幅幅相连;那五幅幔子也要幅幅相连。
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在这相连的幔子末幅边上要做蓝色的钮扣;在那相连的幔子末幅边上也要照样做。
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要在这相连的幔子上做五十个钮扣;在那相连的幔子上也做五十个钮扣,都要两两相对。
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要把五幅幔子连成一幅,又把六幅幔子连成一幅,这第六幅幔子要在罩棚的前面摺上去。
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在这相连的幔子末幅边上要做五十个钮扣;在那相连的幔子末幅边上也做五十个钮扣。
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罩棚的幔子所馀那垂下来的半幅幔子,要垂在帐幕的後头。
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罩棚的幔子所馀长的,这边一肘,那边一肘,要垂在帐幕的两旁,遮盖帐幕。
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又要用染红的公羊皮做罩棚的盖;再用海狗皮做一层罩棚上的顶盖。
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在这二十块板底下要做四十个带卯的银座,两卯接这块板上的两榫,两卯接那块板上的两榫。
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和带卯的银座四十个;这板底下有两卯,那板底下也有两卯。
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帐幕後面的拐角要做板两块。
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板的下半截要双的,上半截要整的,直顶到第一个环子;两块都要这样做两个拐角。
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必有八块板和十六个带卯的银座;这板底下有两卯,那板底下也有两卯。
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为帐幕那面的板做五闩,又为帐幕後面的板做五闩。
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板腰间的中闩要从这一头通到那一头。
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板要用金子包裹,又要做板上的金环套闩;闩也要用金子包裹。
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你要用蓝色、紫色、朱红色线,和捻的细麻织幔子,以巧匠的手工绣上基路伯。
32
要把幔子挂在四根包金的皂荚木柱子上,柱子上当有金钩,柱子安在四个带卯的银座上。
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要使幔子垂在钩子下,把法柜抬进幔子内;这幔子要将圣所和至圣所隔开。
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把桌子安在幔子外帐幕的北面;把灯台安在帐幕的南面,彼此相对。