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])

213. “知道自己赤身露体”, 表示他们发现并承认自己已落入恶中, 不再像从前那样天真无邪. 因为上一章最后一节说, “夫妻二人赤身露体, 并不羞耻”, 乃表示他们天真无邪. 此处觉得羞耻, “便编织无花果树的叶子, 为自己作裙子”, 自然就表示他们已不再天真无邪. 因为当天真失落了, 赤身就被认为是一种羞耻, 因有邪恶的思想意识在其中.

是故, 在圣经中, “赤身” 被用来代表羞耻和罪恶, 描述一个已颠倒的教会, 例如: “你赤身露体, 滚在血中.” (以西结书 16:22) 又如: “留下你赤身露体, 裸体暴露.” (以西结书 23:29) 再如: “我劝你买白衣穿上, 叫你赤身的羞耻不露出来.” (启示录 3:18) 再如: “那警醒, 看守衣服, 免得赤身而行, 叫人见他羞耻的, 有福了.” (启示录 16:15) 这是说末后的日子. 再如: “人若发现妻子有什么赤裸之事, 就可以写休书休她.” (申命记 24:1) 因同样的缘故, 亚伦和他的儿子在就近祭坛供职时, 要穿细麻布的裤子, “以遮掩赤身, 免得担罪而死” (出埃及记 28:42–43).