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])

1733. “天地的主宰” 表内在人, 或耶和华与内层人和外层人的结合. 这从 “天地” 的含义清楚可知. 人里面的内层之物被称为 “天”, 外层之物被称为 “地”. 天表人里面的内层之物, 其原因在于, 就内层之物而言, 人是天堂的一个形像, 因而是一个微型天堂. 主的内层人本来就是天堂, 因为主是天堂的全部中的全部, 因而是天堂本身. 由此可知, 外层人被称为地. 也由于同样的原因, 先知书和启示录中提及的 “新天” 和 “新地” 无非表示主的国度, 和每一个是主的国度之人, 也就是里面有主的国度之人. 至于 “天地” 具有这些含义, 可参看前文 (关于 “天”, 参看82, 911节; 关于 “地”, 参看82, 620, 636, 913节).

“天地的主宰, 至高的神” 表主里面的内在人与内层人和外层人的结合. 这从以下事实可以看出来: 就内在人而言, 主就是耶和华自己, 因为内在人或耶和华指引并教导外在人, 就象父亲教导儿子. 因此, 相对耶和华来说, 外在人被称为神的儿子; 但相对母亲来说, 外在人被称为人子. 在此被称为 “至高神” 的, 就是主的内在人, 也就是耶和华自己. 在实现完全的结合或联结之前, 它被称为 “天地的主宰”, 也就是内层人和外层人中一切事物的主宰. 因为如前所述, 这些事物就是此处 “天地” 所表示的.