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])

4670. “十七岁” 表祂的状态. 这从圣言中所提及之人的年岁清楚可知, 和其它数字一样, 年岁也表示事物和状态. 在圣言中, 一切数字都表示事物和状态 (参看575, 647, 648, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495节); 年岁也是如此 (487, 488, 493, 893节).

诚然, 表面上看, 年数或年岁似乎没有进一步的含义, 因为它们似乎比其它数字更具历史性. 但这些数字也包含事物和状态在里面, 这从 (数字) 在创世记第五章的运用, 以及关于亚伯拉罕岁数 (创世记 17:1; 25:7) 和以撒岁数 (创世记 35:28) 的说明清楚可知; 同样从以事实清楚看出来: 在圣言中, 没有一个历史细节不含有某种天上之物在里面; 当这个历史细节从阅读之人的思维传到与他同在的天使那里, 并通过天使传到天堂时, 它还会变成天上的事物; 因为在天堂, 灵义就从圣言的一切历史中产生.

至于约瑟十七岁表示什么, 这从该数字在其它地方的含义可以看出来, 即它表示一个开始, 但在此表示藉由约瑟的代表

的开始. 这个数字表示一个开始和新的东西 (参看755, 853节). 此外, 该数字以一种普遍和潜在的方式包含 “约瑟” 所代表的全部事物在里面; 因为 “七” 表示神圣事物, “十” 表示余留. 在圣言中, “七” 将神圣添加到任何意义上 (参看881节); 而 “十” 表示余留 (576, 1906, 2284节). 主里面的余留是神性和祂自己的东西, 祂通过它们将人身本质与神性本质联结起来 (参看1906节).