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])

95.“苦难和贫穷”表他们处于虚假, 因而不处于良善. “知道他们的苦难”表看见他们处于虚假; “知道他们的贫穷”表看见他们并未处于良善, 因为在圣言中, “苦难”论及虚假(33节) ; “贫穷”论及良善的缺乏; 属灵的贫穷不是别的什么. 圣言常提及 “困苦穷乏”, 在灵义上, “困苦”表未处于真理之人, “穷乏”表未处于良善之人. 后面还加了一句:“你却是富足的”, 放在括号内, 因为某些抄本没有这句话.