What is Zion?

Question

I heard of this before but I don't know what it is. Is Zion metioned in the Holy Bible?

Answer 1

Zion or Sion, section of Jerusalem, defined in the Bible as the City of David. Originally the name referred to the Jebusite fortress conquered by David, on the southeastern hill of Jerusalem. Zion was later applied to the hill where the Temple stood, and in turn came to denote the Temple area itself. Zion is symbolic of Jerusalem, of the Promised Land, of Israel's hope of returning to Palestine (hence the term Zionism), and of heaven or God's dwelling-place with his people.

AND

Zionism is a political movement that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where Jewish nationhood is thought to have evolved somewhere between 1200 BCE and late Second Temple times, and where Jewish kingdoms and self-governing states existed up to the 2nd century CE.

In general, Zionism can be defined (as does Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary) as "an international movement originally for the establishment of a Jewish national or religious community in Palestine and later for the support of modern Israel." It has been described as a diaspora nationalism. Its proponents regard it as a national liberation movement.

While Zionism is based in part upon religious tradition linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, the modern movement was mainly secular, beginning largely as a response to rampant antisemitism in Europe during the 19th century. At first one of several Jewish political movements offering alternative responses to the position of Jews in Europe, Zionism gradually gained more support. The Holocaust accelerated Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel and ultimate creation of the State of Israel. On May 14, 1948, the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel stated: "In the year 5657 (1897), at the summons of the spiritual father of the Jewish State, Theodore Herzl, the First Zionist Congress convened and proclaimed the right of the Jewish people to national rebirth in its own country."

Answer 2

1.There is a big difference between Zionism and Judaism. Judaism describes the Jewish faith whereas Zionism defines the philosophy behind a Jewish state which is the physical and spiritual homeland meant for the Jewish people. The first is a religion that existed for long periods of time without a homeland while the latter is a political\social outlook aiming to establish a Jewish state.
2.Judaism is more about spirituality but Zionism is more about nationalism.
3.Most Zionist are Jews, but not all Jews are Zionists.
4. Most Jews are actually pretty supportive of Israel and are Zionist in one way or another.
5.It is true a few Jews are against Zionism, the sect of Neturei Karta creed claims that the Messiah will come only if Jews remain outside of Israel. They are the only section of Judaism that claims that, everyone else believe Israel to be the homeland for the Jews worldwide.
6.The resistance toward Zionism is a result of Anti-Semitism, pure hate. Otherwise there is no reasonably explanation for why on one hand Jews should be slaughtered in the Holocaust however, on the other hand the Jews don't deserve a country.
Fortunately, not everybody in the world is an anti-Semitic, the majority are normal.
7.Criticism of Israel is not anti-sematic, but the demonizing and singling out of the state of Israel certainly is. To single out Israel as the main cause of turmoil in the world while Saudi Arabia does not allow women to drive and Iran hangs homosexuals in their town squares clearly shows that the criticizer is clearly biased and probably that bias stems from anti-Semitism

Answer 3

Zion is mentioned a lot in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Zion is another name for Israel, basically.

Answer 4

Zion? Isn't that the underground civilization for humans in The Matrix?

Answer 5

Zion or mt. zion is the moutain where Jersulem is located.

Answer 6

A concept in which the way of fluencing on the world by jewishs is planned.

Answer 7

jaraman got it right. It is a section of Jerusalem known as the city of David.

Answer 8

heaven. yes it is mentioned in the bible

Answer 9

Israel