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])

7499. “耶和华希伯来人的神这样说” 表来自主, 就是教会之神的一个命令. 这从 “说” 和 “希伯来人” 的含义清楚可知: “说” 是指一个命令 (参看7036, 7107, 7310节); “希伯来人” 是指那些属于教会的人, 因而是指教会 (5136, 5236, 6675, 6684, 6738节). “耶和华” 当在圣言中被提及时, 是指主 (参看1343, 1736, 2921, 3023, 3035, 5041, 5663, 6280, 6281, 6303, 6905, 6945, 6956节). 在圣言中, 就神性良善而言, 主被称为 “耶和华”, 因为神性良善是神性本身; 就神性真理而言, 主被称为 “神的儿子”, 因为神性真理从神性良善发出, 如同儿子来自父亲, 也可以说从神性良善而生. 不过, 有必要详细说说这是怎么回事. 当主在世时, 祂使得祂所取的人身变成神性真理, 那时称神性良善, 也就是耶和华为祂的父. 祂之所以如此行, 是因为如刚才所述, 神性真理从神性良善发出并出生. 但主完全荣耀了祂自己之后 (当祂在十字架上经历最后的试探时, 这事便成就了), 祂将祂的人身也变成了神性良善, 也就是耶和华; 神性真理本身由此从祂的神性人身发出. 这神性真理就是那被称为 “圣灵” 的, 是从神性人身发出的神圣. 由此明显可知主在约翰福音中的话是什么意思:

圣灵还没有来, 因为耶稣尚未得着荣耀. (约翰福音 7:39)

被称为 “父” 的, 是神性良善, 被称为 “子” 的, 是神性真理 (参看3704节).