1 Kings 8:1 “Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.”
Mr. Smith chose to falsely prophesy about Zion’s location, but truth stands forever, just as God’s word!
As I’ve stated in the past, you can worship the rocks in your backyard and call them ‘God’, but that doesn’t make it true. The same can be said for what Smith did with the meaning of Zion.
The transliteration for Zion is ‘ṣiyyôn’. Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary defines it this way –
‘the same (regular) as <H6725> (tsiyuwn); Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem :- Zion.’
Smith obviously didn’t care too much for what the prophets had to say about Zion so he decided he’d just randomly change its meaning, and location. How sad for the Mormon people who blindly accept this nonsense, and carry on as if nothing’s amiss.
We’re praying the Mormon people would stop to think about this when doing their homework, and then accept the fact that Zion is Jerusalem, not America!
With Love in Christ;
Michelle