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])

8282. “耶和华啊, 你用右手摔碎仇敌” 表全能在邪恶和由此衍生的虚假上面所拥有的效果, 其能力被消灭. 这从 “耶和华的右手”, “摔碎” 和 “仇敌” 的含义清楚可知: “耶和华的右手” 是指主的全能, 如刚才所述 (8281节); “摔碎” 是指消灭; “仇敌” 是指邪恶和虚假, 因为在圣言中, “仇敌”, “敌人” 和 “仇恨的人” 并非表示别的. 他们被称为 “敌人”, “仇敌” 和 “仇恨的人”, 不是因为主是他们的敌人, 或对他们心怀仇恨, 而是因为他们仇恨神性, 与神性为敌. 然而, 当他们经历他们给自己带来的荒凉, 把自己投入诅咒和地狱时, 表面上看, 好像这一切是从神性来的. 这种表象或幻觉就像一个人看见太阳每天绕我们地球旋转, 于是就以为太阳在移动, 而事实上, 是地球在移动; 或像一个人触犯了法律, 因此从国王或法官那里收到判决, 受到惩罚, 于是以为惩罚来自国王或法律, 而事实上, 这一切来自他自己, 因为他触犯了法律. 这种表象又像是一个人将自己扔进水中或火中, 或扔到拔出的剑上, 或一帮仇敌当中, 然后以为是这些东西或人毁灭了他, 而事实上, 是他自己毁灭了自己. 那些沉浸于邪恶, 起来反对神性, 并将自己投入毁灭当中的人就是这种情况.