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.

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

8284. “你发出烈怒” 表恶人的强烈欲望及其施暴的企图. 这从 “烈怒” 的含义清楚可知, “烈怒” 当归于耶和华或主时, 是指就那些反对神性, 想要对神性所保护的人施暴之人而言, 对他们企图的压制和惩罚. 表面上看, 怒气和烈怒似乎来自神性, 而事实上, 它们在那些反对神性的人里面 (5798, 6071, 6997节); 不仅怒气和烈怒, 而且所发生的一切祸事都被归因于神性, 而事实上, 它们来自恶人自己 (参看2447, 6071, 6991, 6997, 7533, 7632, 7643, 7679, 7710, 7877, 7926, 8223, 8227, 8228节). 努力作恶的气场不断从地狱发出, 而努力行善的气场则不断从天堂发出 (8209节).