ZION'S NEW DAUGHTER

Isaiah the prophet spoke about the events subsequent to Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. He stated that as soon as the Word or the Gospel message goes out from Jerusalem, Zion's new daughter (the church) is born. Isaiah states: "Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet, no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children" (Isaiah 66:8). As was prophesied by Isaiah, no sooner had the apostle Peter, an Israelite, begun to speak than three thousand men and women were baptized in Jerusalem, and the first church, the Daughter of Zion, was born ((Acts 2:38.41). Of course, this first church consisted of all Jews who had traveled to Jerusalem for the feast of Pentecost. They exercised their inheritance rights and accepted God's promise of eternal life.