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.

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

2762. “马” 表心智的认知部分, 这一原义唯源于来世的代表物. 在灵人界经常会看到马, 并且多种多样, 还能看到骑马的人. 每当看到它们时, 它们均表认知. 这类代表物不断出现在灵人当中. 正因为马是认知的代表物, 故当马在圣言中被提及时, 与人同在的灵人和天使立刻就知道所论述的是认知. 也正因如此, 当来自某个其它星球的灵人被赋予聪明智慧, 从灵人界被提升到天堂时, 那马就会显现, 并且闪闪发光, 仿佛全身着了火. 这些人被提升时, 我也曾见过这样的景象.

我由此明白以利亚乘旋风升天时, 以利沙所看到的火车火马, 以及以利沙当时的呼叫分别表示什么:

我父啊! 我父啊! 以色列的战车马兵啊! (列王纪下 2:11, 12)

当以利沙快要死亡时, 以色列王约阿施对以利沙也说了同样的话:

我父啊! 我父啊! 以色列的战车马兵啊! (列王纪下 13:14)

蒙主怜悯, 我们将在别处说明以利亚和以利沙代表主的圣言. 也就是说, 我们将在别处说明, “火车” 表示取自圣言的爱与仁的教义, “火马” 表示源于这些的信之教义. 信之教义就是对圣言内在内容, 也就是其内义的理解或认知. 在天上, 马车和马会在灵人和天使当中被看到, 这一点不仅从众先知, 如撒迦利亚 (1:8-10; 6:3-7), 以及其他人看到马的事实明显看出来, 还可通过以利沙的仆人明显看出来:

耶和华开了以利沙的少年人的眼目, 他便能看见; 见满山有火车火马围绕以利沙. (列王纪下 6:17)

此外, 在灵人界, 凡有聪明智慧的地方, 马车与马就不断显现. 原因在于, 如前所述, 马车和马代表属智慧聪明的事物. 人死后苏醒, 进入来世时, 会看到呈现给他们的是: 一个年轻人骑在马上, 然后从马上下来. 这表示在进入天堂之前, 他们必须在真理与良善的认知方面接受教导 (参看第一卷,187-188节).

马车和马表示这些事物, 这在古教会是众所周知的. 这一事实从约伯记也能明显看出来, 约伯记就是古教会的书, 里面有这些话:

神使他忘却了智慧, 也未将聪明赐给他; 他几时将自己举升高处, 就嗤笑马和骑马的人. (约伯记 39:17-19)

“马” 表认知这层含义从古教会传到周边地区的智者那里, 甚至传到希腊. 由于这个原因, 当描述太阳 (太阳表爱,2441, 2495节) 时, 他们将其智慧聪明之神置于这太阳当中, 并且赋予他一辆战车和四匹火马. 当描述海之神时, 由于海表总的知识 (28, 2120节), 所以他们也将马赋予了他. 当描述知识因认知或悟性而急剧增长时, 他们用一匹飞马来描绘, 其蹄踏出灵感泉, 文艺女神就住在那里. 特洛伊木马无非表示其认知为摧毁城墙而发明的装置. 直到现在, 当描述认知时, 人们仍延续从这些古人传下来的习俗, 常常将认知描述为飞马或珀伽索斯, 将学问描绘为泉源. 然而, 几乎没人知道, 就神秘意义而言, “马” 表示认知, “泉源” 表示真理, 更不知道这些具有灵义的形像是从古教会传到外邦人那里的.