AE 223b [9]
Thus said Jehovah; I will return to Zion,
and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem;
then Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth.
And the streets of the city
shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets.
(Zechariah 8:3-5)
Here "Zion" does not mean Zion, nor "Jerusalem" Jerusalem;
but "Zion" means the celestial church,
and "Jerusalem" that church in respect to the doctrine of truth;
therefore it is called "a city of truth;"
"the streets of the city" signify the truths of doctrine;
"boys and girls playing in the streets"
signify the affections of truth and good.
. . . "to play" means what pertains to interior festivity,
which is the affection of truth and good.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
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