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])

8267. “耶是诗歌” 表整个信和由此而来的荣耀的源头是来源于祂的神性真理. 这从 “诗歌” 的含义清楚可知, 当论及耶和华时, “诗歌” 是指将荣耀归与主 (8261节); 但当论及人时, 如此处, 是指由于信而存在的荣耀, 因而是指荣耀所来自的信; 事实上, 属于人的整个荣耀由于信主而存在, 因为真正为信的信来源于主, 因而主在信里面, 所以荣耀本身也就存在了. 人的荣耀之所以是由于信, 还因为神性真理, 即信的源头和传送者, 在天使眼前显为光, 还显为白亮和光辉. 这光辉与来自这光的天堂壮丽景象一起被称为 “荣耀”, 因此, 这荣耀无非是神性真理, 因而无非是信. 这就解释了为何论及人的 “诗歌” 表示由于信的荣耀.

“耶” 表示从主的神性人身发出的神性真理, 这是因为 “耶” 源自 “耶和华”, 经上之所以用耶这个名, 是因为它不是指存在, 而是指由存在所生的显现; 因为神性真理是显现, 而神性良善是存在 (6880节). 这也是为何经上说 “耶是我的诗歌”, 因为 “诗歌” 表示作为神性真理产物的信. 在诗篇, “耶” 也表示神性真理:

你们当向神歌唱, 赞美祂的名! 以耶之名歌颂那驾云的, 要在祂面前欢乐. (诗篇 68:4)

此处 “以耶之名赞美和歌颂神” 是指通过神性真理如此行. 又:

我在急难中求告耶; 耶就在宽阔之地应答我. 耶和华帮助了我. 耶和华是我的力量和诗歌. 我要从义门进入, 要称谢耶. (诗篇 118:5, 13, 14, 17, 19)

此处 “耶” 是指神性真理方面的主; “哈利路耶” 中的 “耶” 具有同样的含义 (诗篇 105:45; 106:1, 48; 111:1; 112:1; 113:1, 9; 115:17, 18; 116:19).