锡安在圣经中是什么意思?耶路撒冷的山与上帝之城



  • 锡安最初是耶路撒冷的耶布斯人堡垒,大卫攻占了它并将其命名为大卫城。
  • 在诗篇和先知书中,锡安指的是圣殿山、整个耶路撒冷城以及上帝的子民。
  • 没有人确切知道这个词的来源;各种说法包括堡垒、干旱之地和流动的水。
  • 今天被称为锡安山的地方,即拥有马可楼和大卫墓的那座山,与大卫当年攻占的那座山并非同一座。
  • “锡安的女儿”指的就是锡安本身,即被描绘成女儿的城市及其居民。马太福音认为,当耶稣骑驴进入耶路撒冷时,撒迦利亚对她的应许得到了应验。
  • 在新约圣经中,锡安山是天上的耶路撒冷,基督徒已经来到那里归向永生上帝。
  • 一位哈巴德(Chabad)导师解释说,锡安可以指耶路撒冷、圣地和犹太民族,“犹太复国主义”(Zionism)一词也由此而来。

Zion is a hill in Jerusalem, and in the Bible its name grows until it means the city, the people and the place where God dwells. It was first a fortress: “David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David” (2 Samuel 5:7). In the New Testament it is the city of God in heaven. Zion is a word the Bible says with longing. The psalm remembers the exiles in Babylon: “By the rivers of…

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