Concerning Zion

"And I swear by Myself and by Zion, the Tabernacle of My Covenant, which I have created for a mercy seat and for the salvation of men, that in the latter days I will make it to come down to thy seed and that I will have pleasure in the offerings of thy children upon the earth, and the Tabernacle of My Covenant shall be with them forever. And whenever a cloud shall appear in the sky, so that they may not fear the image that a flood is coming, I will make to come down from My habitation of Zion the Bow of My Covenant, that is the rainbow, which shall crown the colours the Tabernacle of My law. And it shall come to pass that when their sins multiply and I am wishful to be angry with them, I will remember the Tabernacle of My Covenant, and I will set the rainbow in the sky, and I will put away Mine anger and will send compassion.

And I will not forget My Word, and that which hath gone forth from My mouth I will not take back. Though heaven and earth pass away My Word shall not pass away." And the patriarchs who where there answered and said to the blessed Gregory; "Behold now, we understand clearly that before every created thing, even the angels, and before the heavens and the earth, and before the pillars of heaven and the abysses of the sea, He created the Tabernacle of the Covenant, and that which is in heaven goeth about upon the earth.

Declaration Of The Patriarchs

And they answered and said unto him: "Veryly the Tabernacle of the Covenant was the first thing to be created by Him, and there is no lie in thy Word; it is true, correct, righteous and unalterable.
He created Zion before everything else, to be the habitation of His glory, and the plain of His Covenant was that which he said: "I will put on the flesh of Adam which is of the dust, and I will appear unto all those whom I have created with My hand and with My voice."
"If the heavenly Zion had not put on the flesh of Adam, then God the Word would not have appeared and our salvation would not have taken place. The testimony is in the similarity...The heavenly Zion is to be regarded as the similitude of the Mother of the Redeemer, Mary.
For in Zion which is built, there are deposited the 10 Commandments of the law which were written by His hands, and He Himself, the Creator dwelt in the womb of Mary, and through Him everything came into being.

CONCERNING THE GLORY OF KINGS