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])

2769. “就对他说, 亚伯拉罕” 表主出于神圣真理的直觉. 这从 “说” 在圣言历史部分中的含义和亚伯拉罕的代表清楚可知: “说” 是指发觉 (参看1898, 1919, 2080, 2619节); “亚伯拉罕” 是指主. 直觉来自神圣真理, 这一点从以下事实可以看出来: 即所提及的是 “神” 这个名, 而非 “耶和华” 这个名. 因为在圣言中, 凡论述真理的地方, 都会出现 “神” 这个名; 凡论述良善的地方, 则会出现 “耶和华” 这个名 (参看2586节). 正因如此, 在本节, 以及接下来的几节, 直到11节, 经上用的都是 “神” 这个名, 因为这几节论述的是试探. 在11节及之后的几节, 经上用的是 “耶和华”, 因为这几节论述的是释放. 一切试探和定罪皆通过真理发生, 而一切释放和拯救皆通过良善实现. 真理定人的罪, 而良善则拯救 (参看1685, 2258, 2335节).