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.

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

8172. “只管站住! 看耶和华的救恩” 表救恩唯独来自主, 根本不来自他们自己. 这从 “只管站住, 看” 和 “耶和华的救恩” 的含义清楚可知: “只管站住, 看” 是指有信, 或忠信, “看” 表示理解, 承认并有信或忠信 (参看897, 2150, 2325, 2807, 3863, 3869, 4403-4421, 5400节); “耶和华的救恩” 是指来自主的救恩. 此处, 就是论述从诅咒中得释放的地方, 意思是救恩唯独来自主, 根本不来自他们自己. 在圣言中, “耶和华” 是指主 (参看1343, 1736, 2921, 3023, 3035, 5041, 5663, 6281, 6303, 6905, 6945, 6956节). 此处之所以说他们必须忠实地相信救恩唯独来自主, 根本不来自他们自己, 是因为这是试探中所要信的主要的事. 凡认为当受试探时, 能凭自己的力量进行抵制的人都会屈服; 原因在于, 他陷入虚假, 这虚假使得他将功劳归于自己; 他在这样做时声称自己救了自己, 或说自己完成了自己的救赎, 从而关闭了来自神性的流注. 但是, 凡认为唯独主在试探中进行抵制的人都得胜了; 因为他处于真理, 并将功劳归于主, 觉得他的救赎唯独由主成就. 一个处于仁之信的人会将救恩的一切都归于主, 丝毫不归于自己.