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.

(références: Arcana Coelestia 4539, 8938; The Apocalypse Explained 365 [35-38])

1685. “就是与以拦王基大老玛, 戈印王提达, 示拿王暗拉非, 以拉撒王亚略” 表外在人中的真理与良善. 这从本章第1节中这四王的含义清楚可知.

1685a.“以拦王基大老玛” 表真理, “戈印王提达” 表良善, 其他二王表源于这些真理与良善之物. 这从以下事实清楚可知: 此处列举这些王的顺序不同于第1节. “以拦王基大老玛” 在那里处于第三位, 而在此处于第一位; 而 “戈印王提达” 在那里处于第四位, 在此则处于第二位. 首先交战的是真理, 因为交战来自真理; 人通过真理意识到何为假, 何为恶. 故在人具有真理与良善的知识与认知之前, 这类交战从不会发生. 故此处首先提及的 “基大老玛” 表主里面的真理. 这从 “以拦” 的含义也清楚可知, “以拦” 是指源于仁之信, 这信与真理是一回事 (如前所述,创世记 10:22). 由此可知, “戈印王提达 (或各族)” 表良善, 另外两个王表源于基大老玛和提达所表示的良善与真理的真理与良善.