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.

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

3861. “就给他起名叫流便” 表它的本质, 就是所描述的样子. 这从 “名” 和 “起名” 的含义清楚可知, “名” 和 “起名” 是指本质 (参看144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006, 3421节). “耶和华看见我的苦情, 如今我的男人必爱我” 这句话, 也就是 “流便” 之名的字义就描述了这种性质本身. 在圣言中, 所有名字都表示真实事物, 这在前面已频繁说明 (1224, 1264, 1876, 1888节); 古人所取的名字都表示某种状态 (340, 1946, 2643, 3422节). 此处将看到, 雅各所有儿子的名字表示教会普遍属性. 一种具体的普遍属性被融入在每个名字中, 但是, 人若不知道每个儿子以之得名的这些话的含义, 就不可能知道这种属性是什么. 也就是说, 他须知道流便以之得名的 “看见”, 西缅以之得名的 “听见”, 利未以之得名的 “联合”, 犹大以之得名的 “赞美”, 以及有关其他儿子的那些话的内义.