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])

8226. “到了天一亮, 海水回到原流的分量” 表由于主的同在, 邪恶所生的虚假流回到他们身上. 这从 “回到”, “海”, “天一亮” 和 “原流的分量” 的含义清楚可知: 当论及 “红海的水” 所表示的邪恶所生的虚假时, “回到” 是指流回或返回到他们身上, 如刚才所述 (8223节); “海”, 此处即海水, 是指存在于地狱中的邪恶所生的虚假 (6346, 7307, 8137节); “天一亮” 是指主的同在, 如下文所述; “原流的分量” 是指照着存在于地狱中的正常状态和秩序. 因为和天堂一样, 地狱也有秩序; 在地狱, 灵人照着不同种类的邪恶而彼此联系在一起生活, 就像天使照着不同形式的良善而彼此联系一起一样; 只是地狱里的联系就像强盗间的联系. “天一亮” 表示主的同在, 这一点从前面 (8211节) 关于早晨的说明可以看出来, 即: “早晨” 对恶人来说, 是一种黑暗和毁灭的状态, 对善人来说是一种启示和得救的状态, 这些状态仅仅由主的同在 (7989, 8137, 8138, 8188节), 也就是其神性人身的同在 (8159节) 带来的

与此处论及 “埃及人” 的话相类似的话也论及耶利米书中的 “巴比伦”:

祂是形成万有的, 尤其是祂产业的支派, 万军之耶和华是祂的名. 你是我的棒槌和战器; 我要用你打散列族, 用你毁灭列国, 用你打散马和骑马的, 用你打散战车和坐在其上的. 我必在你们眼前报复巴比伦人和迦勒底所有居民在锡安所行的诸恶. (耶利米书 51:19-21, 24)

此处 “巴比伦” 表示那些属于教会, 亵渎良善的人; “迦勒底” 表示那些亵渎真理的人; “马”, “战车” 和 “坐在其上的” 也表示其理解力部分和随之而来的教义事物, 以及推理; 它们被 “打散” 表示荒凉. 神性人身方面的主, 他们因其同在而被打散, 由这些话来表示: “祂是形成万有的, 尤其是祂产业的支派, 万军之耶和华是祂的名. 你是我的棒槌和战器; 我要用你打散列族, 用你毁灭列国”; “列族” 表示邪恶, “列国” 表示虚假. 由此也明显可知, 他们对别人所行的邪恶会流回或返回到他们自己身上; 因为经上说, 他们的邪恶必报复在他们身上, 在圣言的各处还说, 到降罚或追讨的日子, 要报仇, 必有报复.