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])

101.“你们必受苦难十日”表这种争战会持续下去, 直到日期满了, 也就是说, 只要他们愿意留在虚假中, 这种争战就会持续下去. “苦难”在此表侵扰(33, 95节) , 因而表试探. “十日”表这种状态持续到完满. 故可知, “你务要至死忠心”表对真理的接受和承认, 直到虚假通过它们被移走, 仿佛被清除了. “十日”之所以表示状态持续到完满, 是因为“日”表状态, “十”表完满. 在圣言中, 时间皆表状态(947节) , 数字则表状态的品质(10节).

“十”既表完满, 自然也表大量, 众多, 以及每一个和全部, 如以下经文所证实的:

这些看见我的荣耀, 仍然试探我十次的人. (民数记 14:22)

你们这十次羞辱我. (约伯记 19:3)

王发现但以理的智慧胜过占卜家十倍. (但以理书 1:20)

那时, 必有十个女人在一个炉子烤饼. (利未记 26:26)

必有十个人从说各样语言的列族中出来, 拉住一个犹大人的衣襟. (撒迦利亚书 8:23)

因为“十”表众多, 也表全部, 所以耶和华写在十诫石版上的话故被称为“十条诫(或十句话) ”(申命记 4:13; 10:4) ; “十条诫(或十句话) ”表一切真理, 因为十条诫包含它们. 也正因为“十”表全部和一切事物, 所以主将天国比作“十个童女”(马太福音 25:1). 同样, 主以比喻论到一位贵胄说, 他交给仆人“十锭”银子去做生意(路加福音 19:12-27). 在以下经文中, “十”也表众多:

从海中上来的那兽有十角. (但以理书 7:7)

从海中上来的那兽有十角, 角上戴着十个冠冕. (启示录 13:1)

龙也有十角. (启示录 12:3)

那女人所骑朱红色的兽有十角. (启示录 17:3, 7, 12)

“十角”表极大的权能. 从数字“十”指完满, 众多和全部的含义可以看出经上为何有这样的规定:

地全部出产的十分之一要献给耶和华, 耶和华又将之赐给亚伦和利未人. (民数记 18:24, 28; 申命记 14:22)

以及为何:

亚伯兰将所得的十分之一交给麦基洗德. (创世记 14:18, 20)

因为这表示他们所获得的一切都来自耶和华, 理当分别为圣(参看玛拉基书 3:10). 从这些事明显可知, “你们必受苦难十日”表这种争战会持续下去, 直到日期满了, 也就是说, 只要他们愿意留在虚假中, 这种争战就会持续下去. 因为只要人不愿意, 虚假就永远不会被拿走.