"Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah."
Psalms 50:2-6
I like the idea that Zion is the perfection of beauty. I think that this idea, of God coming down in fire to judge his people, is also beautiful, even though it is also scary in a lot of ways, since we're probably not feeling prepared for that... but the idea of Christ having kept silence for so long at injustice and wrong, in order to give us a chance to change and grow, but then finally able to break that silence and right all the wrongs and restore justice and perfection to the world, that's powerful. I think maybe the whole idea of heaven is tied up in this. Heaven can't really be heaven if evil continues. It can only get there when it can rest from that struggle that seemed eternal and really see the perfection of a world *without* evil and injustice, and a place where everyone is united in love. That's what Zion is about as the symbol of an ideal community, and I think that is why its beauty is perfect... not because of external beauty, although I'm sure it will have that too, but because internally no one needs to fear, ever again. That is beautiful.
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