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])

2145. “亚伯拉罕坐在帐棚门口” 表那时祂所具有的神圣, 也就是爱的神圣, 这爱用 “那天正热” 来表示, 如下文所解释的. 这从 “帐棚” 的含义清楚可知, “帐棚” 是指神圣之物, 如前所述 (414, 1102, 1566节, 那里也解释了 “帐棚” 具有这种含义的原因). 由于那时主拥有 “幔利橡树” 所表示的直觉, 这是一种较为低级的理性真理, 但却比 “摩利橡树” 所表示的直觉更为内在, 故它在此用祂坐在帐棚门口, 即坐在神圣事物的入口处来代表和表示. 至于直觉是更内在还是不那么内在, 这可通过上古之人所拥有的直觉来说明. 我从他们那里听说, 他们越沉浸于从视听之物所获得的记忆知识, 其直觉就越低级; 而他们越从中被提升向仁与爱的属天之物, 其直觉就越内在, 因为那时他们更接近主.