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])

6175. “雅各的日子, 他一生的岁数是一百四十七岁” 表总体的状态及其性质。如果将数字 “七”、“四十” 和 “一百” 的含义解开, 这一点是显而易见的。至于 “七” 表示什么, 可参看前文 (395, 433, 716, 728, 881, 5265, 5268节); “四十” 表示什么 (730, 862, 2272, 2273节); “一百” 表示什么 (1988, 2636, 4400节)。不过, 要解释这些数字的和却不容易, 因为它们所包含的事物远远超出任何人所能清楚计算或解释的。一般来说, 这些数字包含了 “雅各” 所代表的实物的整体状态及其性质。天使通过一百四十七这个数字能在一个整体中看见这些事物; 因为对天使来说, 圣言中的所有数字都会转化为关于属灵实物的观念。这一点也通过以下事实向我清楚显明: 有好几次, 一长串数字出现在我面前; 每当它们出现时, 天使都会告诉我, 这些数字依次含有他们正在彼此谈论的实物在里面。此外, 这解释了为何属于属天教会的上古之人也有一种数字计算方法, 用来表达几乎无法以属世心智的观念来理解的天上事物。但是, 他们的时代过后, 这些计算方法, 连同对天上事物的觉知都一道灭亡了。所存留下来的, 只是有关几个简单数字的一般含义的知识, 如 “三”、“六”、“七”、“十二”; 而存留下来的有关复合数含义的知识却不多。然而如今, 就连圣言中的数字除了表示数字外, 还表示某种事物也不为人知了; 因此, 关于该主题所说的这些话, 恐怕也被视为难以置信了。