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.

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

8819. “西乃山全山冒烟” 表属天良善处于最大模糊之中的表象. 这从 “西乃山” 和 “冒烟” 的含义清楚可知: “西乃山” 是指属天良善 (8818节); “冒烟” 是指处于模糊之中的一种表象. 模糊是指信的模糊, 就是诸如与属于属天教会的人相比之时, 那些属于属灵教会的人所拥有的那种 (2708开头, 2715, 2718, 2831, 2935, 2937, 3241, 3833, 6289节). “西乃山全山冒烟” 表示最大的模糊, 接下来的话, 即 “山的烟气上腾, 如烧窑的烟一般”, 表示以色列民族所处的那种模糊, 这种表象就发生在他们面前. 因为耶和华或主照着各人的品质或本质向各人显现 (参看8788, 8814节), 因此祂向那些处于良善的人显为爱和真理之光, 向那些陷入邪恶的人则显为敌人和复仇者. 祂向以色列人就如此显现的, 这一点从摩西五经中的其它地方也可清楚看出来:

耶和华荣耀的形状在山顶上, 在以色列人眼前, 好像吞噬的火. (出埃及记 24:17)

申命记:

你们近前来, 站在山下, 山上有火燃烧, 直冲焰天心, 并有黑暗, 密云, 幽暗. 耶和华从火中间对你们说话. (申命记 4:11, 12; 5:22)

又:

当你们听见从黑暗中间出来的响声, 山上有火烧着时, 你们都来就近我, 说, 这大火将要烧灭我们, 我们何必冒死呢? 若再听见耶和华我们神的响声, 就必死亡. (申命记 5:23-25)

这是因为, 每个人都只能出于诸如存在于自己里面的那种东西看见神. 例如, 陷入仇恨的人出于仇恨看见祂, 冷酷无情的人在冷酷无情中看见祂. 而另一方面, 处于仁爱和怜悯的人出于并在仁爱和怜悯中看见祂. 此中情形如同光线, 它们照到丑陋的形式上, 就会变成丑陋的颜色; 但照到美丽的形式上, 就会变成美丽的颜色. “烟” 是指真理的模糊, 以及属于虚假的幽暗, 这一点明显可见于相关经文 (以赛亚书 9:18, 19; 34:9, 10; 约珥书 2:30, 31; 何西阿书 13:3; 启示录 9:17, 18; 18:18; 19:3).