"Zion"

PSALMS 87 [A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.] "His foundation is in the holy mountains." (verse 1)
No, this is not a new habit, at least I don't think that it is; Matthew Henry just suggested that the first verse may have been part of the title, so I thought I would go in that general direction, at least for this introduction. For anyone that might not agree that the Psalms are in some sort of pattern, I will have to disagree, because if it's a sign you are looking for, then "Zion" is that sign. The title above this Psalm in my Bible simply says, "Zion." God can choose anything He wants to, and call it holy; He has that right, because He has created everything and everything is His. Just look at the example God gives in His vision to Peter, as Peter rejects the Lord's request to eat the common foods on display in the sheet, He says, "What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common." (Acts 10:15) This Psalms is only seven verse long, put it packs a message that is eternal and established by God. And when God establishes something to last forever, you can bet that even "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18) I had a chance to hear a pretty interesting Bible lesson yesterday by Pastor Scott. In this message he spoke about the birth place of Jesus, that being Bethlehem in the region of Zion. It was a message packed with tons of information, and had I not been driving, I would have been taking notes. The main point I gathered was about Jesus being the Bread of Life, and how His place of birth, being that of a stable, as would a lamb be born, and the place where He lay, being that of a feeding trough, as food to be eaten. There was something else that I heard, which I don't remember ever hearing before, at least not with such clarity. He explained that swaddling clothes were the type of clothes used to wrap the dead before being placed in a tomb; strips of cloth used to wrap the body in order to keep it intact, as also a baby would be swaddled to keep it snuggled. Oddly enough, one of the gifts given by the Wise Men was myrrh, which was a spice used to help preserve the body before being wrapped for burial. Babies are usually swaddled for six to eight weeks after birth, so the time line and the gift would fall right into place. Besides that, the Shepherds that came to inspect the child, were shepherds of sheep; most likely sheep that would be used for sacrifices in the Temple, seeing how this area was close to Jerusalem, about 6 miles. I don't know about you, but if that's not a sign, I don't know what other kind of sign could be given...
"See my servant will prosper; he will be highly exalted. But many were amazed when they saw him. His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human, and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man. And he will startle many nations. Kings will stand speechless in his presence. For they will see what they had not been told; they will understand what they had not heard about." (Isaiah 52:13-15) NLT