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“What is Zion? What is Mount Zion? And, What is the biblical meaning of Zion?” In this video Pastor Nelson with Bible Munch answers those questions.
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- Today's questions are, what is Zion, what is Mount Zion, and what is the biblical meaning of Zion?
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- In this video I'll answer those questions from a biblical perspective. Then afterwards, as always,
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- I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end. Psalm 87 verses 2 and 3 says,
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- The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the other dwellings of Jacob.
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- Glorious things are said of you, city of God. According to this verse,
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- Zion is synonymous with the city of God and is a place that God loves. Zion is
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- Jerusalem. Mount Zion is the high hill on which David built a citadel. It is on the southeast side of the city.
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- The word Zion occurs over 150 times in the Bible. It essentially means fortification and has the idea of being raised up as a monument.
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- Zion is described both as the city of David and the city of God. As the
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- Bible progresses, the word Zion expands in scope and takes on an additional spiritual meaning.
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- The first mention of Zion in the Bible is 2 Samuel 5 verse 7.
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- David captured the fortress of Zion, which is the city of David. Zion was originally an ancient
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- Jebusite fortress in the city of Jerusalem. After David's conquest of the fortress, Jerusalem became a possession of Israel.
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- The royal palace was built there, and Zion, or Jerusalem, became the seat of power in Israel's kingdom.
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- When Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem, the meaning of Zion expanded further to include the temple area.
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- This is the meaning found in the prophecy of Jeremiah in chapter 31 verse 6.
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- Come, let us go to Zion, to the Lord our God. In the Old Testament, Zion is used as a name for the city of Jerusalem, the land of Judah, and the nation of Israel as a whole.
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- The word Zion is also used in a theological or spiritual sense in Scripture. In the
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- Old Testament, Zion refers figuratively to Israel as the people of God. In the
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- New Testament, Zion refers to God's spiritual kingdom. We have not come to Mount Sinai, says the apostle, but to Mount Zion and to the city of the living
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- God, the heavenly Jerusalem. Hebrews 12, verse 22. Peter, quoting
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- Isaiah 28, verse 16, refers to Christ as the cornerstone of Zion.
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- See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.
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- 1 Peter 2, verse 6. Mount Zion as a geographical area is currently the center of much dispute.
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- The Bible is clear that, one day, Zion will be the sole possession of the Lord Jesus, and Zion, the nation, and the city will be restored.
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- Awake! Awake! Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion! Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments,
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- O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer come into you.
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- Isaiah 52, verse 1. And the children of your oppressors will come bowing before you.
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- All who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the city of the Lord, Zion, of the
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- Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60, verse 14. Want to learn more?
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