The Deliverer, Jesus Christ, came out of Sion 2000 years ago.
Yep, and Paul wrote this several years after his coming out of Sion.
And now Through him God is calling out a people for his name. The fulness of the Gentiles.
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. -----Sion brought forth this man child--------
And
he is the head of the body, the church: who
is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence. Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. ----- Presently Jesus is the only child Sion has given birth. The other children are born of Sion at his coming.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? [or] shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. ---That takes place after the next appearing of the Lord. There is a reason Paul called the coming of the Lord the blessed hope.
Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said,
and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. ---Those, "and in's," are those resurrected like Jesus was resurrected and are the same as the following from Acts 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord,
and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.----This is after the I will return. These are the children of Sion, resurrected like Jesus quickened, spiritual beings, children of God. Luke 20:26
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels;
and are the children of God,
being the children of the resurrection.
Christianity has totally negated the importance of the resurrection of Jesus the Christ and there is no reason for our resurrection at all except so we can feel good about ourselves by having a body.
JMHO
