8 Comments on “Stanek Sunday quote: “Among the survivors will be those whom the Lord calls””

1. 
   JackBorsch
   

   September 2nd, 2012 at 10:22 am
   

   Can someone tell me what Mount Zion is? I am pretty sure what my parent’s cult taught me about Mount Zion isn’t really what Christian theology teaches, lol, and I am curious. 

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2. 
   Pamela
   

   September 2nd, 2012 at 1:05 pm
   

   The most important use of the word “Zion” is in a theological sense. “Zion” is used figuratively of Israel as the people of God . The spiritual meaning of “Zion” is continued in the New Testament, where it’s given the Christian meaning of God’s spiritual kingdom, the heavenly Jerusalem. Peter refers to Christ as “The Cornerstone Of Zion”:
   “See I lay a cornerstone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in Him will never be put to shame”. 1 Peter 2:6.
   Does that help explain it, Jack?

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3. 
   Jill Stanek
   

   September 2nd, 2012 at 5:17 pm
   

   Thanks, Pamela. Am reminded of the old hymn:

   Chorus:

   We're marching to Zion, 
   	beautiful, beautiful Zion; 
   	we're marching upward to Zion, 
   	the beautiful city of God. 
   

   A couple of the verses:

   3.	The hill of Zion yields 
   	a thousand sacred sweets 
   	before we reach the heavenly fields, 
   	before we reach the heavenly fields, 
   	or walk the golden streets, 
   	or walk the golden streets. 
   
   4.	Then let our songs abound, 
   	and every tear be dry; 
   	we're marching through Emmanuel's ground, 
   	we're marching through Emmanuel's ground,
   	to fairer worlds on high, 
   	to fairer worlds on high. 

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4. 
   JackBorsch
   

   September 2nd, 2012 at 7:27 pm
   

   Thank you Pamela, that makes sense. 

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5. 
   Denise Noe
   

   September 3rd, 2012 at 3:18 am
   

   That pictured “abortion survivor” has been adopted.
   The truth is that BOTH abortion AND adoption would decrease if the only women getting pregnant were those who want to have babies.
   They might not disappear. Something might happen during the pregnancy to lead the pregnant woman to not want to complete it.  After a baby is born, a woman might find that she strongly dislikes caring for it or that she doesn’t have the interest she thought she would. That woman would place for adoption.
   However, decreasing the number of pregnancies to those who do not yearn to have babies would make the world a far, far better place. That should be the focus. 

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6. 
   LS
   

   September 3rd, 2012 at 11:58 pm
   

   Jill,
   This is a precious story, and the young man is precious as well.
   It is a sad thing that all women cannot have a baby anytime they want, but there are thousands of women unable to conceive who are thankful that other women placed their children for adoption…
   …actually, because of Romans 8:15-16, I am personally thankful for adoption… 

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7. 
   Tyler
   

   September 7th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
   

   Jack, I am little curious – what did your parents tell you about Mount Zion?

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8. 
   JackBorsch
   

   September 7th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
   

   Oh, that it was a heaven for only Jewish people that Jews made up and I guess hacked the Bible to put references in about it or something, because they are evil or something. That cult hated Jews about as much as they hated Catholics. I knew they were full of crap, I just didn’t know what real Christians meant when they talked about Zion. Now I do. 

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