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])

2586. “耶和华关闭了亚比米勒家的一切子宫” 表不孕, 也就是说, 教义的不孕. 这从彻底 “关闭子宫” 和 “亚比米勒家” 的含义清楚可知: 彻底 “关闭子宫” 就是防止怀孕本身; “亚比米勒家” 是指属于信之教义的良善, 由此明显可知所表示的是不孕. 在本章, 此前经上一直用 “神” 这个名, 现在首次提到 “耶和华”. 这是因为, 当论述的主题是真理时, 经上就用 “神”; 当论述的主题是良善时, 经上就用 “耶和华”. 教义全都从作为父亲的良善成孕, 并经由作为母亲的真理出生, 如前面数次说明的. 此处论述的正是教义的孕育, 并且由于教义从良善成孕, 故经上用 “耶和华” 这个名. 而上面论述的是它的出生, 并且由于它经由真理出生, 故经上便用 “神” 这个名, 如前一节: “神就医好亚比米勒和他的妻子, 以及他的女仆们, 她们便能生育”.

在圣言中, 凡涉及孕育的其它地方, 也是这种情况, 如以赛亚书:

耶和华从子宫中选召我; 从子宫作成我的耶和华这样说; 原来耶和华看我为尊贵, 我的神也成为我的力量. (以赛亚书 49:1, 5)

“力量” 是称谓真理的, 故经上提及 “神”. 同一先知书:

造作你, 又从你子宫造就你的耶和华如此说. (以赛亚书 44:2, 24等)

由于同样的原因, 经上说 “亚比米勒家”, “亚比米勒家” 是指信之教义的良善, “家” 表良善 (参看2048, 2233, 2234节), “亚比米勒” 表信之教义 (参看2509, 2510节). 显然, “她们便能生育” 和 “因撒拉的缘故关闭了亚比米勒家的子宫” 这些经文里面含有神性奥秘, 并且这个奥秘若不通过内义, 无法被揭开.