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])

8483. “摩西便向他们发怒” 表所以他们厌恶神之真理. 这从 “发怒” 的含义清楚可知, 当指着代表神之真理的摩西来说时, “发怒” 是指厌恶它 (5034, 5798节). 表面上看, 好像主厌恶或转身离去; 而事实上, 是人转身离去 (5798节). 在圣言中, 向人所发的怒气, 忿怒, 甚至烈怒经常归因于耶和华; 而事实上, 耶和华只向人发出纯粹的爱和纯粹的怜悯, 不发一丝怒气. 在圣言, 如此谈论祂是由于表象; 因为当人们反对神性, 并因此切断爱与怜悯的流注时, 就陷入惩罚的痛苦和地狱. 这一点看似缺乏怜悯, 像是由于他们所行的邪恶所招致的神性那一方的报复; 而事实上, 这种东西丝毫不在神性里面, 只在邪恶本身里面. 关于这个主题, 可参看前面的说明 (1857, 2447, 6071, 6832, 6991, 6997, 7533, 7632, 7643, 7679, 7710, 7877, 7926, 8197, 8214, 8223, 8226-8228, 8282节). 由此明显可知, “摩西便向他们发怒” 表示他们厌恶神之真理.