AE 850a - Zion and riding into Jerusalem

AE 850a [2,4]
"Mount Zion" signifies heaven and the church
where the Lord reigns by His Divine truth,
for the reason that Zion was a city built by David,
and in which he afterwards dwelt,
and was therefore called "the city of David,"
and as "David" represented the Lord in respect to His royalty,
which is the Divine truth,
"Zion" signifies in the Word heaven and the church,
where the Lord reigns by His Divine truth.
For the same reason the ark of Jehovah,
in which the law was deposited,
was carried into that city by David;
for that law also signifies in a broad sense
Divine truth going forth from the Lord.
And for the same reason Jerusalem,
which lay below that mountain,
signifies the church in respect to doctrine;
for every doctrine of the church
is from the Divine truth that goes forth from the Lord,
consequently is from the Word.
That city was built upon a mountain
for the reason that at that time mountains,
because of their height, represented the heavens,
and thence also in the Word signify the heavens.

Jesus sent two disciples that they might bring to Him an ass and her colt.
This was done that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
Tell ye the daughter of Zion,
Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, sitting upon an ass,
and upon a colt, the son of a beast of burden.
(Matthew 21:1, 2, 4, 5; John 12:14, 15)

That "riding upon an ass and upon a foal of an ass" was a sign of royalty,
and therefore the Lord so rode when He entered Jerusalem,
and He was therefore called King by the multitude crying aloud,
and branches of palm trees and garments
were strewn upon the way before Him,
. . . and as the Lord thus entered Jerusalem as a King
it is evident that "Zion" means heaven and the church,
in which the Lord reigns by means of His Divine truth.
That the kings of Judah and Israel
represented the Lord as to the Divine truth,
and that consequently "kings"
mean those who are in truths from good from the Lord
. . . especially David represented in the Word the Lord as to royalty,
which is the Divine truth.