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.

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

426. 以西结论到推罗的话进一步表明, “铁” 表属世真理. 以西结书: 他施人因你多有各类的财物, 就作你的客商, 拿银, 铁, 锡, 铅兑换你的货物. 威但人和雅完人拿纺成的线, 亮铁, 桂皮, 菖蒲兑换你的货物. (以西结书 27:12, 19)

从这些话以及本章上下文所述明显可知, 这表属天属灵的财富. 一切独有的表述, 甚至所提到的名字都有某种特定含义, 因为主的圣言是属灵的, 不是字义的. 耶利米书:

谁可以折断铁, 就是从北方来的铁和铜呢? 因你在四境之内所犯的一切罪, 我必把你的财产和宝物, 白白给敌人作掠物. (耶利米书 15:12, 13)

“铁和铜” 表属世的真理与良善. “从北方来的” 表感官和属世的, 因为相对于属灵和属天, 属世如同黑暗或北方, 相对于光明或南方, 属世则如同阴影, 也就是此处母亲 “洗拉” 的含义. 显而易见, “财产和宝物” 表属天属灵的财富. 以西结书:

你又要拿一个铁的煎盘, 放在你和城的中间当作铁墙. 你要面向着城, 象征城要被围困, 你就是围攻那城的. (以西结书 4:3)

很明显, 这里的 “铁” 表真理. 力量属于真理, 因为它不可阻挡, 由于这个缘由, 经上用 “铁” 表真理, 或信之真理, 因为 “铁” 能 “打碎” 和 “砸碎” (但以理书 2:33, 40). 启示录:

我要赐给他权柄制伏列国; 他必用铁杖辖他们, 将他们如同窑户的瓦器打得粉碎. (启示录 2:26, 27)

又:

妇人生了一个男孩子, 是将来要用铁杖辖管万国的. (启示录 12:5)

“铁杖” 就是真理, 真理出于主的圣言, 启示录解释了这一点:

我观看, 见天开了. 有一匹白马, 骑在马上的称为诚信真实, 他审判, 争战, 都按着公义. 祂穿着溅了血的衣服; 祂的名称为 “神之道”. 有利剑从他口中出来, 可以击杀列国. 他必用铁杖辖管他们 (启示录 19:11, 13, 15).