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.

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

2712. “他住在巴兰的旷野” 表属灵之人在良善方面的生命. 这从 “住” 的含义清楚可知, “住” 用来论及居于真理中的良善, 也就是属灵之善, 即属灵之人的良善. 它的品质以 “他住在巴兰的旷野” (稍后论述) 来描述. “住” 用来论及居于真理中的良善, 或对真理的情感. 这一事实从圣言中论述城的许多经文明显看出来. 这些城表示真理, 它们不会有任何居民, 居民表良善 (2268, 2450, 2451节); 由于良善居于真理中, 故没有良善的真理就像无人居住的城. 如西番雅书:

我使他们的街道荒凉, 以致无人经过; 他们的城邑毁灭, 以致无居民. (西番雅书 3:6)

耶利米书:

耶和华引导我们经过旷野, 那里无人经过, 也无人居住; 他们使他的地荒凉; 他的城邑也都焚烧, 无人居住. (耶利米书 2:6, 15)

同一先知书:

各城被撇下, 无人住在其中. (耶利米书 4:29)

同一先知书:

在这荒凉无人无居民无牲畜的耶路撒冷的街上. (耶利米书 33:10)

“街” 表真理 (2336节); “无人” 表无属天之善; “无居民” 表无属灵之善; “无牲畜” 表无属世之善. 同一先知书:

摩押的城邑必荒凉, 无人住在其中. (耶利米书 48:9)

先知书中的每个词都具有真理与良善的婚姻; 因此, 经上说 “城邑” 荒凉时, 也会补充说 “无人住在其中”; 因为城表真理, 居民表良善; 否则, 经上已经说城邑荒凉了, 又说没有居民就是多余的. 同样, 有些词始终表示属天之善的事物, 有些词始终表示属灵之善的事物, 有些词则始终表示真理的事物. 如以赛亚书:

你的种必拥有列族, 他们要住在荒凉的城邑. (以赛亚书 54:3)

此处 “拥有” 论及属天之善; “住” 论及属灵之善. 同一先知书:

我的选民必拥有它, 我的仆人要在那里居住. (以赛亚书 65:9)

此处意思是一样的.

诗篇:

神要拯救锡安, 建造犹大的城邑, 他们要在那里居住, 要拥有它; 祂仆人的种也要承受它, 爱祂名的人要住在其中. (诗篇 69:35-36)

“住” 同时 “拥有” 论及属天之善; 而 “住” 论及属灵之善. 以赛亚书:

对耶路撒冷说, 必有人居住. 对犹大的城邑说, 必被建造. (以赛亚书 44:26)

此处 “住” 或 “有人居住” 论及属灵教会, 也就是耶路撒冷的良善. 在圣言中, 论及他们自己的良善和自己的真理所用的词语到了这种程度, 即仅通过了解所使用的这些词, 人就能意识到总体上所论述的主题是什么.