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])

7859. “要带着腿和中部上的头” 表从至内在之物到外在之物. 这从 “头”, “腿” 和 “中部” 的含义清楚可知: 当经上说 “头” 在 “腿和中部上” 时, “头” 是指至内在之物, 因为头在至高处, 就灵义而言, 至高之物就是至内在之物 (2148, 3084, 4599, 5146节), 因为 “头” 表示内层事物, “身体” 表示外层事物 (参看6436节); “腿” 是指外层事物, 因为相对于头来说, 腿是低的, 正如高层部位表示内层事物, 低层部位则表示外层事物; “中部” 是指一切更低的部位, 如腹和肠的部位. 烤腿和中部上的头这一命令代表内层事物与外层事物必须结合, 也就是必须行如一体. 因为构成内在人的, 是内层事物; 构成外在人的, 是外层事物. 或说, 构成属灵人的, 是内层事物; 构成属世层的, 是外层事物. 这些事物必须结合, 也就是必须行如一体, 以便人能拥有主的国度在自己里面. 当属世人或外在人去行别的, 而不去行属灵人或内在人所意愿的事时, 它们就分离了. 由此可见这个命令表示什么, 即: 逾越节的羔羊要用火烤, 要带着腿和中部上的头. “中部” 表示属世层的更外在部分, 也就是感官层. 谁都能看出, 这些命令里面有一个神性奥秘; 因为逾越节的羔羊在该教会中是至至之物. 不过, 这个神圣奥秘若不通过对此所描述的这些事和话的属灵理解, 是不会显明的.