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])

895. “地上的水都干了” 表这时虚假不再显现. 这一点从刚才所述清楚可知. 这句话尤表虚假已从属于该教会成员的意愿之物中分离出去. 此时出现 “地上的水都干了” 这句话, 是因为这里的 “地” 表人的意愿, 而人的意愿无非是恶欲. 如前所述, 土地位于人心智的觉知部分, 真理就被播种在这一部分. 真理绝不会被播种在意愿部分, 意愿部分在属灵之人里面已经与觉知部分分离. 这就是为何在本节最后经上会说 “土地面干了” 的原因. 对上古教会成员而言, 其心智的意愿部分有土地, 主在此植入良善. 因此, 他正是通过良善而认识和感知真理, 即他正是通过爱而拥有信. 然而, 若同样的事发生在现在, 那人必永远灭亡, 因为他的意愿已全然败坏. 至于在意愿部分和觉知部分到底植入了什么, 这从以下分析清楚可知: 事实上, 上古教会成员享有天启, 他自小就经由天启开始进入对善与真的感知. 但由于这些天启被植入在他的意愿部分, 故他无需进一步的教导就能感知无数事物. 因此, 他仅从总体原则就能通过主知道细节和更细微之处, 而如今, 人们必须学习才能了解这些细节, 甚至所知不及他们的千分之一. 属灵的教会成员若不学习, 就什么也不知道. 他将以这种方式所知道的一切保留下来, 并信以为真. 实际上, 若他学到了错误的东西, 并且这错误的东西给他留下深刻印象, 仿佛真的一样, 那他也会相信它. 因为他只会感知某件事是真的, 他已经以这种方式相信了它. 那些有良知的人通过良知拥有某种指示. 然而, 对他们而言, 某件事之所以是真的, 仅仅是因为他们听说并得知它是真的. 这就是构成他们的良知之物, 这一点从拥有虚假的良知之人清楚看出来.