Zion is the dwelling of God, which means God is in Zion. Therefore, to meet God we must come to Zion.
Pslam 132:13 For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying, 14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.
Since God is in Zion, we can find God in Zion, who can forgive our sins. We can be set free from sins and death in Zion. And we can receive salvation of God in Zion.
Isaiah 33:20 Look on Zion, the city of our festivals…..21 There the Lord will be our Mighty One…….22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; it is he who will save us….. 24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”; and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
As true and righteous judge, God in Zion gives us forgiveness and salvation. Just like a judge in the world makes a judgment on the basis of a law, God as judge in Zion makes a judgment based on the law of God. Then what is the law in Zion that gives us forgiveness and salvation. What is the law that justifies us that we are not a sinner any more. We must be under that law to receive salvation.
According to the bible, there are two different laws of God. The first law or the old covenant was the law God gave to the Israelites when he led them out of Egypt, the land of slavery. With the old covenant (the Law of Moses) God gave them freedom for the slavery and led them to the Promised Land of Canaan. The Law of Moses or the old covenant was declared to the Israelites on Mountain Sinai among thunders and lightnings. The Jews kept the old covenant for the blessings of forgiveness.
However, in the time of the new covenant, the law of the new covenant or the Law of Christ is coming from Mt. Zion to the holy people of God to give them forgiveness and salvation. Christ established the new covenant for us, all the people of God. (Luke 22:19) Through the new covenant, we can be set free from the slavery of sins and death. And the Christ is leading us to the spiritual Canaan, that is, heaven.
Jeremiah 31:31 “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah……..“I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people……“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
God declared that he would establish the new covenant. Unlike the old covenant which was written in the tablets of stone and could be broken when Moses threw them down the mountain, the new covenant would be written in the tablets of our heart and can never be broken or taken away. Through this new covenant, we can be the people of God and God gives us forgiveness of sins.
Therefore, as people of God, we must keep the new covenant. 2000 years ago, Jesus established the law of the new covenant through his sacrifice on the cross. He established the Sabbath of the new covenant and the Passover of the new covenant. When we keep the laws of the new covenant in Zion, we can be under the love and grace of God and receive abundant blessings from God.