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])

5414. “在前来的人当中, 以色列的儿子们也来要买” 表它渴望通过记忆知识获得属灵真理, 就像获得其它一切真理一样. 这从 “以色列的儿子们”, “买” 和 “前来的人当中” 的含义清楚可知: “以色列的儿子们” 是指属灵真理, 因为 “儿子” 是指真理 (参看5403节), “以色列” 是指从属世人出来的属天-属灵人 (4286, 4570, 4598节), 因此 “以色列的儿子们” 是指属世层里面的属灵真理; “买” 是指获得; “前来的人当中” 是指像其它一切真理一样, 也就是说通过记忆知识获得它们.