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])

3355. 就内义而言, “地震” 表教会状态的改变. 这从 “地” 和 “震 (动)” 的含义清楚可知: “地” 是指教会 (566, 662, 1066, 1068, 1262, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118, 2928节); “震 (动)” 或移动是指状态的改变, 在此是指构成教会的事物, 也就是良善与真理的改变. 这也可从圣言的其它地方明显看出来, 如以赛亚书:

躲避恐惧声音的必坠入陷坑; 从陷坑中上来的必被网罗缠住. 因为高处的水闸都开了, 地的根基也震动了. 地全然破坏, 尽都崩裂, 大大地震动了. 地要东倒西歪, 好像醉酒的人; 又摇来摇去, 好像茅屋. 它的罪过在其上沉重, 它必然塌陷, 不能复起. 到那日, 耶和华在高处必惩罚高处的众军, 在地面上必惩罚地面上的列王. (以赛亚书 24:18-21)

很明显, 在这段经文中, “地” 是指教会. 因为所论述的主题是教会, 当良善与真理不再为人所知时, 经上就说它的 “根基震动”, 而教会本身也 “尽都崩裂, 大大震动, 摇来摇去”. “地面上的列王” 是指真理, 在此是指将要面临惩罚的虚假. “王” 表真理, 在反面意义上表虚假 (参看1672, 2015节); “地面” 和 “地” 一样, 表教会, 不过也有区别 (参看566, 1068节).

又:

我必使人比精金还少, 使人比俄斐的金更少! 因此, 在万军之耶和华的震怒中, 当祂发烈怒的日子, 我必使天震动, 使地摇撼, 离其本位. (以赛亚书 13:12-13)

此处论述的主题也是审判之日, “地” 明显表教会, 当它经历状态的改变时, 经上说它 “离其本位”, “位 (置)” 或地方表状态 (参看1273-1275, 1377, 2625, 2837节). 又:

这不是那使大地战抖, 使列国震动, 使世界如同旷野, 使其城邑倾覆的人吗? (以赛亚书 14:16-17)

这论及路西弗. “地” 表教会, 当人将它的一切归给自己时, 经上说他 “战抖”. “国” 表示教会所接受的真理 (参看1672, 2547节).

以西结书:

到那日, 就是歌革上来攻击以色列陆地的时候, 我的震怒在怒气中升起; 我在妒恨和怒火之中说: 到那日, 以色列的地面上必有大地震. (以西结书 38:18-20)

“歌革” 表已经脱离内在, 从而变成偶像崇拜的外在敬拜 (1151节). “以色列陆地” (Israel's land') 和 “以色列的地面” (ground of Israel) 表属灵教会, “地震” 表其状态的改变. 约珥书:

地在祂面前震动, 天颤抖, 日月昏暗, 星宿无光. (约珥书 2:10)

此处论述的主题也是最后审判之日. “地震动” 表教会已改变的状态, “日和月” 表爱之善和信之真 (1529, 1530, 2441, 2495节), 当良善与真理不再得到承认时, 经上就它们 “昏暗”. “星宿” 表对良善与真理的认知 (2495, 2849节). 诗篇:

因祂发怒, 地就摇撼震动; 山的根基也战抖摇撼. (诗篇 18:7)

“地就摇撼震动” 表教会状态变得堕落.

启示录:

揭开第六印的时候, 我观看, 见大地震发生了, 日头变黑像毛布, 满月变得像血, 天上的星辰坠落于地. (启示录 6:12, 13)

此处 “地震, 日, 月和星辰” 的含义和上面约珥书中的一样. 又:

正在那时辰, 发生了大地震, 城就倒塌了十分之一, 因地震被杀的人名有七千. (启示录 11:13)

由所有这些经文明显可知, “地震” 无非是指教会状态的改变; 就内义而言, “地” 是指教会, 没有其它含义. 由于 “地” 是指教会, 故很明显, 将要取代先前的天与地的新天与新地 (以赛亚书 65:17; 66:22; 启示录 21:1) 无非是指既内在又外在的新教会 (1733, 1850, 2117, 2118节).