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.

(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 4539, 8938; The Apocalypse Explained 365 [35-38])

3104. “重半舍客勒” 表引入所需的量. 这从 “舍客勒”, “半舍客勒” 和 “重” 的含义清楚可知. “舍客勒” 表良善与真理的价值或估价; “半舍客勒” 表其确定的数量 (参看2959节). 很快我们就会看到, “重” 表与良善相关的某种事物的状态. 由此明显可知, “半舍客勒” 表示并包含 “金环” 所表示的良善的数量. 从上下文可推知, 这数量就是引入所需要的量.

“重” 是指与良善相关的某种事物的状态. 这从以下圣言经文明显看出来. 以西结书:

先知要按量吃食物: 每日二十舍客勒; 喝水也要按度: 要喝一欣六分之一; 看哪, 我必在耶路撒冷折断他们的粮杖, 他们吃饼要按量, 忧虑而吃; 喝水也要按度, 惊惶而喝, 使他们缺粮缺水. (以西结书 4:10-11, 16-17)

此处论述的是良善与真理的荒凉, 这荒凉由 “先知” 来代表. 良善荒凉的状态由他们 “按量吃食物和饼” 来表示; 真理荒凉的状态由他们 “按度喝水” 来表示. “饼” 表属天之物, 因而表良善 (参看 276, 680, 1165, 2177节); “水” 表属灵之物, 因而表真理 (参看739, 2702, 3058节). 由此明显可知, “量” (weight) 论及良善, “度” (measure) 论及真理.

又:

当有公道天平, 公道伊法, 公道罢特. (以西结书 45:10等)

这论及圣地, 圣地表主的天国, 这从先知此处提及的细节可以得知. 那里不会有天平, 伊法, 罢特, 只有这些量 (weight) 和度 (measure) 所表示的良善与真理. 以赛亚书:

谁曾用手心量诸水, 用手掌测苍天, 用升斗盛大地的尘土, 用秤称高山, 用天平平冈陵呢? (以赛亚书 40:12)

“用秤称高山, 用天平平冈陵” 表这一真理: 主是爱与仁的属天事物的源头, 唯独祂整理这些事物的状态. 这些称重所涉及的 “高山” 和 “冈陵” 表爱的属天之物 (参看795, 796, 1430, 2722节).

但以理书:

伯沙撒王宫墙上所写的文字是: 弥尼, 弥尼, 提客勒, 乌法珥新. 解释是这样: 弥尼, 就是神已经数算你的国国, 使它终止; 提客勒, 就是你被称在天平里, 被发现亏欠; 毗勒斯 (与 “乌法珥新” 同义), 就是你的国分裂, 归与玛代人和波斯人. (但以理书 5:25-28)

此处弥尼, 或 “已经数算” 论及真理; 而提客勒, 或 “称在天平里” 论及良善. 就内义而言, 所论述的是时代即将终结的时候.