What does the Bible Dictionary say about Zion?
The Bible Dictionary has the following definitions for “Zion:” • The pure in heart (D&C 97:21). Zion also means a place where the pure in heart live. • The city built by Enoch and his people that was eventually taken to heaven because of righteousness was named Zion (D&C 38:4; Mos. 7:18-21,Mos. 7:69). • In the latter-days a city named Zion will be built near Jackson County, Missouri (United States of America), to which the tribes of Israel will gather (D&C 103:11-22; D&C 133:18). • The Saints are counseled to build up Zion wherever they are living in the world. • The city of David was called Zion, 1 Kings 8:1. • The New Jerusalem shall be called Zion, D&C 45:66-67. • Independence, Missouri, is the place for the city of Zion, D&C 57:1-3. • The Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, Mos. 7:18-19. • Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent, Articles of Faith 1:10.
