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.

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

4499. “各拿着剑” 表虚假与邪恶. 这从 “剑” 的含义清楚可知: “剑” 是指用来争战的真理, 因而是指对真理的捍卫; 在反面意义是指用来争战的虚假, 因而是指真理的荒废 (参看2799节). “剑” 在此之所以也表示邪恶, 是因为还牵扯到利未, 利未代表仁爱, 因而代表良善; 当良善变成邪恶时, 它就出于邪恶用虚假来争战, 在这种情况下, 它所行的就是邪恶.