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])

9437. “摩西在山上四十昼又四十夜” 表指示和流注方面的完整性. 这从 “四十” 的含义清楚可知,

“四十” 是指完整性.

“四十” 表示完整性, 是因为 “四” 表示完整或完全之物 (参看9103节),

“十” 也是 (3107, 4638节), 四十是四和十的乘积. 因为乘积和相乘的简单数具有相同的含义 (5291, 5335, 5708, 7973节); 在圣言中, 一切数字皆表示属灵的真实事物 (参看575, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 6175节). 这一切都解释了为何摩西在山上四十天, 四十夜.

“四十” 在此表示指示和流注方面的完整性, 这一点从接下来25到32章明显看出来, 其中就记录了摩西接受的指示, 也就是关于约柜, 亚伦, 乌陵和土明, 以及祭祀的指示.

“四十” 之所以表示流注方面的完整性, 是因为从那个时候起, 摩西就开始代表圣言的外在圣洁, 而这外在圣洁是主与百姓之间的媒介; 调解是通过流注经由这外在圣洁进入存在于那百姓中间的代表而实现的 (参看9419节).

正因 “四十” 表示完整性, 所以摩西才在西乃山上呆了四十天, 四十夜, 不仅这次是, 另一次也是 (出埃及记 34:28; 申命记 9:18, 25; 10:10). 由于同样的原因, 以色列人在旷野漂流四十年, 直到如经上所说 “那一代人都消灭了” (民数记 14:33, 34; 32:13); 约拿告诉尼尼微人:

“再等四十日, 这城必倾覆了” (约拿书 3:4); 由于这个原因, 先知被吩咐 “要向右侧卧四十天, 担当犹大家的罪孽” (以西结书 4:6); 也由于这个原因, 经上论到埃及说, 它必完全荒废四十年, 四十年后他们要从各民中被招聚起来 (以西结书 29:11-13); 还是由于这个原因, 地上降雨四十昼夜, 以致洪水泛滥 (创世记 7:4, 12, 17). 由此明显可知为何经上规定, 恶人要被 “打四十下” (申命记 25:3), 因为 “四十下的打” 表示完整的惩罚. 由此也明显可知在底波拉和巴拉所作的预言歌中,

“那时以色列四万人中, 岂能见藤牌枪矛呢” (士师记 5:8) 是什么意思;

“以色列四万人中” 表示在他们所有人当中. 由此也明显可知为何所罗门所建的圣殿 “长四十肘” (列王纪上 6:17); 以西结书 (41:2) 中所描述的新圣殿也是; 因为 “圣殿” 在至高意义上表示主, 在内义上表示天堂和教会; 因此 “四十” 表示重生方面的完整性. 它在其它地文具有类似含义.

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