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])

2822. “亚伯拉罕! 亚伯拉罕! 他说, 我在这里” 表试探过后在理性的神圣良善中发觉安慰. 这从 “说” 的含义清楚可知, 在圣言的历史部分, “说” 是指发觉, 如前面频繁所述. 此处之所以在理性的神圣良善中发觉, 是因为 “亚伯拉罕” 在此表主的理性或人性里面的神圣良善. 至于什么叫在理性的神圣良善里面发觉, 这无法解释清楚. 因为在解释它之前, 我们必须通过了解许多事对主的神性人形成一个概念. 若没有这样一个概念, 所解释的一切事都会落入空洞或模糊的观念中, 这些观念要么败坏真理, 要么将真理带入不一致的事物中.

本节论述的是主经历试探后的第一状态, 也就是安慰的状态. 正因如此, 经上没有再提及 “神” 这个名, 而是提到了 “耶和华”. 当论述真理时, 经上用 “神” 这个名; 而当论述安慰所源于的良善时, 则用 “耶和华” 这个名 (2769节). 试探后的一切安慰都被注入良善, 因为良善是一切喜乐的源头, 这喜乐从良善传到真理. 因此, “亚伯拉罕” 在此表示理性的神圣良善, 如他在其它地方, 以及凡 “耶和华” 这个名出现同一节的地方所表示的那样.