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.

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

6750. “妇人把他带到法老的女儿那里” 表对记忆知识的一种情感. 这从 “法老的女儿” 的代表清楚可知, “法老的女儿” 是指一种宗教信仰 (参看6729节); 在此是指对记忆知识的一种情感. 因为本节描述了第三个状态, 在这种情况下, “女儿” 表示情感 (2362, 3963节), 而 “法老” 表示总体上的记忆知识 (6015节), 因此 “法老的女儿” 表示对记忆知识的一种情感. 这一点从内义上的思路也明显看出来, 因为摩西代表神之律法方面的主, 若法老的女儿和以前一样代表一种宗教信仰, 他就无法被带到法老的女儿那里给她作儿子; 此外, 记忆知识是那些正在重生的人必须先获得的东西, 因为它们是构成理解力的事物的一个基础层面, 理解力是信之真理的接受者 (6125节), 信之真理是仁之良善的接受者. 由此可见, 记忆知识构成是人在重生时的第一个层面.

记忆知识还构成当主将祂的人身变成神性真理或神性律法时置于祂里面的第一个层面. 这就是主还是小孩子时就被带到埃及 (马太福音 2:13, 14), 因而何西阿书中的预言所表示的,

我从埃及召出我的儿子来. (何西阿书 11:1; 马太福音 2:15)

前面多次说明, “埃及” 表示记忆知识; 但记忆知识不是指世俗知识, 而是指教会所拥有的知识 (对此, 参看4749, 4964-4966, 6004节). 后一种知识也是 “埃及” 真正意义上所表示的. 第一个层面通过这些知识形成 (参看5901节).