What is Zion, and how can we build up Zion?

Question

Be hesitant in your responses. I want a real answer. Thanks.

What is Zion, and how must it be built up, according to the standard works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (see http://scriptures.lds.org/).

Give me the best three scripture references you can find.

Answer 1

Zion is the kingdom of God on the earth. We build the kingdom by working to bring all unto Christ.


5 And Zion cannot be built up unless it is by the principles of the law of the celestial kingdom; otherwise I cannot receive her unto myself.


32 That the kingdoms of this world may be constrained to acknowledge that the kingdom of Zion is in very deed the kingdom of our God and his Christ; therefore, let us become subject unto her laws.


39 And lift up an ensign of peace, and make a proclamation of peace unto the ends of the earth;

Answer 2

Zion

Zion is a Dormition Church, situated on the modern "Mount Zion"Zion (Hebrew: צִיּוֹן, tziyyon; Tiberian vocalization: tsiyyôn; transliterated Zion or Sion) is a term that most often designates the land of Israel and its capital Jerusalem. The word is found in texts dating back almost three millennia. It originally referred to a specific mountain near Jerusalem (Mount Zion), on which stood a Jebusite fortress of the same name that was conquered by David.

"Zion" came to be applied to the section of Jerusalem where the fortress stood, and later became synonymous with Jerusalem. "Zion" is also a metonym for Solomon's Temple. Today, "Zion" is often used metaphorically, to symbolize Jerusalem and the Promised Land to come, in which God dwells among his chosen people.

Mount Zion is also the modern name of a hill south of the Old City's Armenian Quarter — the result of a misnomer dating from the Middle Ages when pilgrims mistook the relatively large, flat summit for the original site of the City of David. The Dormition Church (right) is located upon that hill.

Zionism is a national liberation movement[1], a political movement and an ideology that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where the Jewish nation originated over 3,200 years ago and where Jewish kingdoms and self-governing states existed up to the 2nd century CE. While Zionism is based in part upon religious tradition linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, the modern movement was originally secular, beginning largely as a response to rampant antisemitism in Europe during the 19th century. After a number of advances and setbacks, and after the Holocaust had destroyed Jewish society in Europe, the Zionist movement culminated in the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.

Answer 3

Zion is a level one reaches when they finally understand that they are a part of God.

The point at which we truly understand our fundamental nature.

You can build it up by helping more people understand this about themselves.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 4

Here are all the references to "Zion" in the Book of Mormon, D&C, and Pearl of Great Price.
I believe it is literally the preparing for the kingdom of God to be on the earth. We must strive to live the commandments, help others do the same and endure to the end!

1 Ne. 13: 37 blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion.
1 Ne. 22: 14 all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed.
2 Ne. 6: 13 (2 Ne. 10: 16) they that fight against Zion.
2 Ne. 26: 31 laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion.
2 Ne. 27: 3 all the nations that fight against Zion.
2 Ne. 28: 21 carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion.
Mosiah 15: 29 (3 Ne. 16: 18) they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
3 Ne. 21: 1 establish again among them my Zion.
4 Ne. 1: 17 they were in one, the children of Christ.
Moro. 10: 31 daughter of Zion, and strengthen thy stakes.
D&C 6: 6 (D&C 11: 6; D&C 12: 6) establish the cause of Zion.
D&C 38: 4 (Moses 7: 68) have taken the Zion of Enoch into mine own bosom.
D&C 45: 68 every man that will not take his sword . . . must needs flee unto Zion.
D&C 57: 2 land of promise, and the place for the city of Zion.
D&C 58: 7 land upon which the Zion of God shall stand.
D&C 58: 49 an agent . . . to receive moneys to purchase lands in Zion.
D&C 63: 25 land of Zion - I, the Lord, hold it in mine own hands.
D&C 63: 29 Zion shall not be obtained but by purchase or by blood.
D&C 64: 41 Zion shall flourish.
D&C 76: 66 these are they who are come unto Mount Zion.
D&C 82: 14 Zion must increase in beauty, and in holiness.
D&C 84: 2 Mount Zion . . . city of New Jerusalem.
D&C 84: 56 condemnation resteth upon the children of Zion.
D&C 90: 36 I . . . will contend with Zion.
D&C 97: 19 Zion is the city of our God.
D&C 97: 21 this is Zion - the pure in heart.
D&C 97: 25 Zion shall escape if she observe to do all things.
D&C 100: 13 Zion shall be redeemed, although she is chastened.
D&C 101: 17 Zion shall not be moved out of her place.
D&C 103: 15 redemption of Zion must needs come by power.
D&C 103: 18 as your fathers were led . . . so shall the redemption of Zion be.
D&C 105: 5 (D&C 105: 32) Zion cannot be built up unless it is by the principles . . . of the celestial kingdom.
D&C 105: 32 kingdom of Zion is in very deed the kingdom of our God.
D&C 109: 39 come forth to Zion, or to her stakes.
D&C 109: 51 thou didst appoint a Zion unto thy people.
D&C 113: 8 power of priesthood to bring again Zion.
D&C 115: 6 gathering together upon the land of Zion.
D&C 133: 9 that Zion may go forth unto the regions round about.
D&C 133: 12 Gentiles flee unto Zion.
D&C 133: 24 Jerusalem and the land of Zion shall be turned back into their own place.
D&C 133: 32 fall down and be crowned with glory, even in Zion.
D&C 133: 56 he shall stand upon Mount Zion, and upon the holy city.
D&C 136: 31 prepared to receive . . . the glory of Zion.
Moses 7: 18 Lord called his people ZION, because they were of one heart.
Moses 7: 19 Enoch . . . built a city . . . even ZION.
Moses 7: 20 Zion shall dwell in safety forever.
Moses 7: 21 Zion . . . was taken up into heaven.
Moses 7: 62 it shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem.
Moses 7: 68 days of Zion, in the days of Enoch, were three hundred and sixty-five years.
Moses 7: 69 Enoch . . . dwelt in the midst of Zion . . . thence went forth the saying, ZION is fled.
A of F 10 Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent.

Answer 5

What is the meaning of Zion?

Answer 6

Zion is the place in our hearts where we act from kindness, forgiveness and tolerance. We practice it today by being kind, forgiving and tolerant

Answer 7

hmmm, what is the point, it will just get crushed

Answer 8

......................(thats the hesitation)
BRING DOWN BABYLON FIRST!

www.votetoimpeach.org