Zion is where God, the creator lives. He is its glory. The righteous live with God. The just ones stay in it. In Zion lives all the beauty. The green hills and plants surround the city. What a Zion!
In Zion, justice rules! Wickedness is denounced. Every judgment is equal and fair. On earth, justice is not deserved. It is given to the undeserved. The powerful dominates the rule of law. The law is made for the voiceless. When a rich person commits a crime, it is not a crime. It is a mistake. But when a poor person commits a crime, it is a double crime. What works is who has the voice. They are arrested and detained who do not have the voice. I am longing for Zion where justice rules.
Zion is walled with peace. Peace reigns eternally in it. You are already in Zion if peace reigns in you. You belong to Zion hosts if you embrace peace in your life. A nation ruled by peace qualifies for Zion. A home settled with peace is a Zion. A work place having peace the emblem is Zion. I need peace. I must go to Zion.
In Zion, we are one. There is no wall dividing the human race. On earth they will group you under a tribe for humiliation. They judge you according to where you come from. In Zion, everyone is a child of God. A brother is a brother. And a sister is a sister. There is no brother or sister just by words. Let’s march to Zion.
In Zion, love is not bought. Love is not for free on earth. You must pay for it. Your big position will buy you love. Your money will buy you love. Your family history will buy you love. Have no title, it means, you won’t be recognized. Don’t support injustice, you won’t be loved. Be against evil on earth, you will be hated by all. We should march to Zion where love is free.
In Zion, God is the counsellor. You meet him anytime you want. On earth, you need a counsellor, you hardly get. They are all busy. They have no time for you. They counsel you with words but with no actions. They speak this but mean the other. They want you to bribe them. They want you to humiliate yourself. We have free counselling in Zion.
In Zion, it is not food that makes friends for you. Everyone is your friend. You don’t condition anybody to be your friend. On earth, you must work hard to make friends. Beggars don’t make friends. The poor die without making friends. They will come when you have food. And they will leave as soon as your food finishes. I one time wanted so badly to get a friend. Unfortunately, it was the time I only need the help of a friend. You can’t get a friend if you only need his/her help. You get a friend if you only need to help him/her. We get free friends in Zion.
In Zion, help is not given to who can help in return. Those who cannot help themselves are helped. On earth, if I know you can help me, I help you. Rich help themselves. If I conclude that you cannot help me in anyway, I convince myself that I have no reason to help you either. Help should go without expecting anything in return.
In Zion, our stony hearts are changed into hearts of flesh. On earth, our hearts are hard. We cannot get transformed. We live with jealousy. We are ruled by hatred. We feel happy when we are gaining. Our bad times are times when we see someone else is gaining more than us. The heart of flesh which we will get in Zion will make us share our joy with others. We live to accept everyone. We must march to Zion.
In Zion, protection is assured. There is no fear of attacks by night or by day. God is the shelter in the times of storms. On earth, reaching the next day is a mirth sometimes. Bombardments on innocent souls are the breaking news each day. To kill is strength and a celebrated joy. Protection on earth is mystery. You can be removed from your house at night and no one will come for your help. They say that your security is on you. I just need to get to Zion where I will be secured. I will live without fear.
In Zion, your knowledge is not a threat to others. You are not avoided or hated because you know better than others. But on earth here, know more, your life is in danger. Know less you are despised. I am very confused! If I become lazy, you mock me. But if I work hard work, you again hate me. What is the truth? I have seen it with own eyes. A man was murdered just because he was excellent than others. But his knowledge was almost benefiting everybody. He was an excellent medical doctor. He was surely helping the entire city. He was murdered. At least, in Zion, the story is not the same. Your knowledge is appreciated.
In Zion, every living saint is important. There is no selection of who is important. Everyone is equal. But on earth here, your importance depends. Something must make you important. You work hard for social recognition. You must prove to people that you should be respected. Social recognition should be free. We are all born human beings. We must die human beings.
In Zion, we hold the hands of the weak. Weakness is not wickedness in Zion. On earth, weakness is wickedness. The weak are pressed down. They are not allowed to express themselves. When people talk; the strong want to sound more. In Zion, we will walk side by side. We will support the weak. We will supplement one another. No one will be left behind. If we mean to run, we will all run together. If we mean to dance, we will all dance together.
In that Zion home, servants are not treated as inferior beings. According to George Bernard Shaw, servants deserve the treatment that their masters deserve. They are not lower beings. In Zion, the food that masters eat is the same food their servants eat. To make it more clearer, in Zion, there is neither servant nor master. Everyone is the same. I want to be there.
In Zion, there are solutions to all kind of problems. There is no problem without a solution. Everyone is a problem solver. Here on earth, we are problem creators. We create problems instead of solving them. We see someone in problem and we double the load. Problem can be solved. On earth, people fight, but they don’t easily solve their differences. They continue to fight thinking it will solve the problem. You may get rid of the person, but you may not get rid of the problem. The problem does not die because the person thought to be the cause of the problem dies. We should be problem solvers.
In Zion, everything is open to the knowledge of everyone. There are no hidden things. Every word is spoken out. On earth, you think someone is your friend, but that person has many hidden things in his/her heart. You share a journey with someone, but the same person will pierce you on the back. You share a bed with someone but the same person will pick a knife and knife you while you’re asleep. Thank God. Nothing is hidden in Zion. Whether bitter or sweet, it is open to everyone’s knowledge.
In Zion, I face you. I don’t speak behind you. If you annoy me, I immediately stand up to tell you. On earth, you are not confronted. They will only speak when you are not there. They are all cowards. They don’t speak to your hearing. They lack the confidence of debating with you. They think debate is criticism. Even if a criticism, healthy criticism is fine. It builds our analytic world. We should live to critically evaluate things. Facing your friend or brother or sister for anything is victorious for peace. The time, I face you; it’s the time I forgive you. Zion is better.
We live our Zion here on earth. How we live today determines how we will live tomorrow. Our tomorrow cannot come without our today. We cannot think of living in Zion which we don’t see forgetting living it here on earth. Earth is the shore to any beautiful place we think of going to one day. If we need peace tomorrow, we should create peace now.
We are tasked with making life easy for everyone. The pain we create for others; is the reward we create for ourselves. If you laugh at me today, prepare to be laughed at some other days. The scripture says in Hebrews 12:14, “No man will ever see God without having peace with everyone.” Be kind to your fellow humans.