Well, actually we can't know, because there is no certain interpretation given by the Bible of unfulfilled prophetic riddles, there is only uncertain private interpretation based on assumtions.
Then why discuss assumptions in an argumentative way? Let the scripture do the talking.
*"But
ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels," (Hebrews 12:22) Present tense..........
"And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in
heavenly places in Christ Jesus:" (Ephesians 2:6) Present tense..........
"Let
mount Zion rejoice, let the
daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments." (Psalm 48:11) Past tense during the reign of King David...........
"Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in
mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously." (Isaiah 24:23) Foretelling of the future promise..........
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an
hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the
mount Sion, and with him an
hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. (Revelation 7:4 and Revelation 14:1) Future tense...........
This is what the children of God (His church) are to ask of God by the name of Christ Jesus. "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
in earth, as it is in heaven." (Matthew 10:6)
What needs to be understood is the relationship between King David of Israel, and the Kingdom of God in Christ Jesus.
"Nevertheless David took the strong hold of
Zion: the same is the city of David." (2 Samuel 5:7)
"The Lord shall bless thee out of
Zion: and thou shalt see the good of
Jerusalem all the days of thy life." (Psalm 128:5)
"and the name of
the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem,
which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name." (Revelation 3:12b)
Zion is the earthy representation of the heavenly. Zion always represents God with His children (His Kingdom) whether on earth or in heaven. So Zion represents the physical of the Old Testament, and the spiritual of the New Testament, both having One heavenly King. We can describe His Kingdom as Israel, the bride, or the church. All are correct in the New Jerusalem.
*"And I John saw the holy city,
new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." Revelation 21:2 (Hebrews 12:22)
"And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the
daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the
daughter of Jerusalem." (Micah 4:8)
The “
daughter of Zion and Jerusalem” is mentioned several times in the Old Testament, usually in prophecy and once in poetry. “Zion” meant Jerusalem and, later, Israel as the people of God. “Daughter of Zion,” then, does not refer to a specific person. It’s a metaphor for Israel and the loving, caring, patient relationship God has with His chosen people. Consider God's children in relation to the bride of Christ.
Ezekiel 37 verses 16, 17, 21, 22, and 26 thru 28 (future prophecy enveloping all the above)
[SUP]16 [/SUP]Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For
Judah, and for the children of
Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions:
[SUP]17 [/SUP]And
join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the
children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
[SUP]22 [/SUP]And I will
make them one nation in the land upon the
mountains of Israel; and
one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them
for evermore.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them
for evermore.
"Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of
Zion,
Behold, thy salvation cometh;
behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him." (Isaiah 62:11)
Nuff said
