(Isa_1:27): This is a
portrait of that final deliverance of the Church when we are set at liberty
from the hold this world has on us and given a new body in His likeness (Rom_8:17-23; 1Co_15:45-58;
1Jn_3:1-3; Php_3:20-21).
The term "Zion" has a very
interesting history and is interpreted variously. Gesenius, the famous Hebrew
scholar said Zion is derived from a Hebrew root צהה, cāhāh, “to be dry.” He gives the Arabic equivalent ṣihw, the Arabic ṣahwat signifying “ridge of a mountain” or “citadel.”
Delitzsch claims it is from the Heb. root צוּה, ciwwāh, “to set up.” Wetzstein thinks it is from צין, cīn, “to protect.”
J. F. Witty said Zion can signify (1) a heap of stones (2) a monument
(3) a sepulcher.
Some say it means "Sunny" or "Sunny Mountain." It
is often referred to in the Bible as Mount Zion sometimes speaking of Mount
Moriah. Others say it means fortress. We know in the days of the Jebusites it
was their fortress then David captured it and it became known as the "City
of David," then referred to at times as Jerusalem and in the Book of
Revelation as the "New Jerusalem." Paul refers to it as the Church (Heb_12:22). Isaiah said the Messiah will set up
His government there and all nations will flow into it (Isa_2:1-4).
I will not take the time here to blend all of these views of Zion into
the kaleidoscope of the Church of Jesus Christ but when you view the various
perspectives of the Church as the Bible describes it you find the Masterpiece
of Jesus Christ (Eph 2:10), the beauty of holiness, the glory and splendor of
God.
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