Zion is first and foremost a pure people

"Zion is a society of people who have quietly re-engineered their lives to the pattern of celestial law, who sought and found the blessings of Divine company, and while in the presence of God, have asked for the privilege of being changed to the pattern of Zion.

Zion is first and foremost a pure people who have learned to live the law of the celestial kingdom, which is the law of Zion. The latter-day Zion will be equal in power and glory to Enoch's Zion."

John Pontius, "The Triumph of Zion", p. 75