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])

8888. “六日你要劳碌, 作你一切的工” 表在这婚姻之前到来并为该婚姻做准备的争战. 这从 “六日” 和 “劳碌作工” 的含义清楚可知: “六日” 是指争战的状态, “六” 表示争战 (参看720, 737, 900节), “日” 表示状态 (参看23, 487, 488, 493, 2788, 4850, 5672, 5962, 6110, 8426节); “劳碌作工” 是指做那些对生命来说有必要的事, 在此是指那些对属灵生命, 也就是天堂里的生命来说有必要的事.

此外, 在天上的婚姻之前到来并为该婚姻做准备的争战是指属灵的争战或试探. 在一个人进入天上的婚姻之前, 也就是在重生之前, 他会卷入与他自己里面的邪恶和虚假的争战之中, 因为在来自主的真理和良善能被接受之前, 这些必须被移走. 这些邪恶和虚假通过信之真理被移走, 因为通过这些真理, 此人不仅学习何为良善, 还被引向良善. 这种状态是正在重生之人所经历的第一种状态, 被称为在天上婚姻之前到来并为该婚姻做准备的状态. 但当此人处于良善, 并被主通过良善引导时, 他就进入天上的婚姻, 因而在天堂里, 因为天上的婚姻就是天堂. 前一种或第一种状态就是第七日之前的 “六日” 所表示的, 后一种或第二种状态则是 “第七日” 所表示的. 关于人所具有的这两种状态, 可参看前文 (7923, 8505, 8506, 8510, 8512, 8516, 8539, 8643, 8648, 8658, 8685, 8690, 8701, 8722节).

由于 “安息日” 表示天上的婚姻, 也就是天堂, 所以主在天上的国被称为永恒的安息日, 也就是永远的安息和平安, 不再有六日的劳碌.