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])

4191. “雅各又对自己的弟兄说” 表那些处于行为良善的人. 这从 “雅各” 的代表和 “弟兄” 的含义清楚可知: “雅各” 是指主的神性属世层, 如前所述; “弟兄” 是指良善 (参看3815, 4121节), 在此是指那些处于行为良善的人, 也就是外邦人, 如前所示 (4189节). 因为凡处于良善的人都与主的神性结合, 并因着该结合而被主称为 “弟兄”; 如马可福音:

耶稣就四面观看那周围坐着的人, 说, 看哪! 我的母亲, 我的弟兄. 凡遵行神旨意的人, 就是我的弟兄姐妹和母亲了. (马可福音 3:31, 34-35)

一切结合皆通过爱与仁实现, 这是谁都能明白的; 因为属灵的结合无非是爱与仁. 显然, 对主之爱就是与祂结合; 对邻之仁也是与祂结合, 这一点从主在马太福音中的话明显看出来:

这些事你们既做在我这弟兄中一个最小的身上, 就是做在我身上了. (马太福音 25:40)

此处论述的主题是仁爱的行为.