AC 6737 - Compassion Is From the Lord; AC 6745 - Zion and Jerusalem

AC 6737 - Compassion Is From the Lord

And she had compassion on him.
(Exodus 1:6)

. . . the meaning of "having compassion,"
as being an influx of charity from the Lord;
for when anyone from charity sees another in misery
(as Pharaoh's daughter does here
when she saw the child in the ark of rush and weeping),
compassion arises;
and as this is from the Lord, it is an admonition.
Moreover, when those who are in perception feel compassion,
they know that they are admonished by the Lord to give aid.

AC 6745 [4] - Zion and Jerusalem

When Zion and Jerusalem are mentioned together,
they mean the celestial Church,
'Zion' the internal part of it
and 'Jerusalem' the external . . ..
But when Jerusalem is mentioned without Zion
in most cases it means the spiritual Church.