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.

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

8814. “在山上有浓云” 表与那些即将接受的人有关的神性状态. 这从 “云” 的含义清楚可知. “云” 是指为那些即将接受之人所调整的真理, 因而是指文字上的圣言 (参看8443, 8781节); 在此是指为出身于雅各的百姓所调整的神之真理. 由于这百姓在神之真理上处于极大黑暗, 所以此处提到 “浓云”, 前面 (19:9) 提到 “密云”, 后面 (19:18) 提到 “如烧窑的烟一般”. 他们所处的黑暗何等的大, 这可从前面关于这个民族的阐述 (8788节), 以及这一事实明显看出来: 涉及内在人的事物并未揭示给他们, 揭示给他们的, 只是涉及外在人的事物. 事实上, 他们不理解, 或根本不愿理解内在事物, 因为这些违背他们的爱, 而他们的爱是这样: 他们应成为世界上所有人民当中地位最高, 最显赫的, 也是最富有的; 与他们自己相比, 其它一切民族都如无有. 凡这些爱所在之处, 天堂的爱都无法被接受, 因为天堂的爱会的扼杀并窒息世俗的爱. 这就是为何耶和华, 也就是主在浓密的云中向他们显现的原因. 类似情形存在于来世, 在那里, 那些沉浸于邪恶所生的虚假之人被浓密的乌云笼罩, 这云的浓密和黑暗程度取决于虚假的质和量. 这一景象出现在那里的每个人眼前; 尽管如此, 那里的太阳仍在不停地照耀着. 关于这些事, 可参看前面的阐述 (6832, 8137, 8138节). 一般来说, 在来世, 神性照着各人信和爱的性质或品质而向各人显现.