As a Christian what does Jerusalem, Zion, mean to you?

Answer 1

Not much...

The promise to Abraham which created the "chosen people" status was fulfilled at Jesus' resurrection and His kingdom, the church. References to Jerusalem in prophecy were mostly fulfilled when it was destroyed. "New Jerusalem" in scripture seems to represent heaven, NOT the earthly city.

Answer 2

Jerusalem is a bronze age Canaanite city that was known as Urusalayem. It was captured in the early Iron age by David, and turned into his Judaean capital. In two different eras, the temple stood on that spot - the hill known as Zion, a spot still holy to Jews today.

The temple for me, as a Christian, is a prefiguration.... the "bread of the presence", the "holy of holies", and even the temple itself being prefigurements of Christ. As a Christian, Christ is the temple on the hill to me, and I bow before Zion every day.

Answer 3

Jerusalem...the city where Jesus was crucified. Destroyed in 70AD by Titus, as according to Jesus' prophecy...not one stone left upon another. (Interestingly, some archeologists have suggested that the famous "wailing wall", long supposed to be all that was left of the original Temple is actually a remnant of the Antonian Fortress...what irony!)
Zion...the people who decreed His death. All in their graves and gone to dust now...but His tomb is empty!!
And He is with me always, even until the end of the world.
Halelujah, and Amen!!

Answer 4

means for us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Also Jerusalem is located in the center of the earth. God's holy city.

Answer 5

Jerusalem is a city which to me is very important to my faith as a Christian. It is the place of my Lord's death and the place where Christ will one day reign upon this earth forever. Jerusalem does have a place in my faith but it is not more important than Christ.

Answer 6

I don't have the full techinicolor birds-eye view of it, but I do know that I'm part of it. To me, it falls in the category of "eye has not seen, ear has not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared." I'm so grateful for the verse that follows: "But by His Spirit He has revealed His plans to those who love Him."

It's fair to say that if I counted it sacred enough and hungered and thirsted after seeking Him to know more about Zion, about Jerusalem, I know that He would definitely not withhold revealing what's in His heart for me to know about it. And He's not withholding anything of His heart. It's just about whether I'm going to take the time to seek Him out to know His heart.

Answer 7

The city of Jeruselem is where Jesus was killed by the people of Zion. Thats religous fact. In reality it means that all who reside there in either the city or Zion must according to he who they killed accept him as their link to God or continue to be persecuted by the world. Hey, tradition means jackdiddly to me, and if I can avoid some sadness, you bet I will. However, sadness seems to be respected better than happiness in this world. Isn't that strange?

Answer 8

In a literal sense, nothing, as Israel lost the blessings of God when they rejected his Messiah, as evidenced by the exposing of the Most Holy for all to see that his Spirit no longer resided there.

In a symbolic sense, New Israelites (Born Again Christians), reside there upon their resurrection as spirits in heaven.

Answer 9

The Future seat of God's throne.
Home is where God is -thus Heaven will be New Jerusalem>

Answer 10

in a number of of situations heaven or Kingdom of Heaven is what Zion refers to. God's residing position in a number of of situations. bless you. it would want to signify different issues, yet really it stands for the above answer I gave.