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])

9545. “又要把脸饼摆在桌子上” 表那里属天良善方面的主. 这从 “桌子”,

“饼” 和 “脸” 的含义清楚可知:

“桌子” 是指属天赐福或事物的容器;

“饼” 在至高意义上是指主, 在相对意义上是指源于祂的爱之良善, 因而是指属天良善方面的主 (参看2165, 2177, 3464, 3735, 3813, 4211, 4217, 4735, 4976, 5915节),

“饼” 表示所有天上的食物, 或滋养人的属灵生命的食物 (参看3478, 6118, 8410, 9323节);

“脸” 当论及主时, 是指源于神性之爱的一切事物, 如纯真, 平安, 喜乐, 因而与世人和天使同在的天堂本身 (参看222, 223, 5585, 9306节).