Lest we think that only the Brethren during Brigham’s era were interested in building Zion, here’s a great quote by Apostle L. Tom Perry in the April 2001 General Conference which brings out an element of building Zion that we often over-look – the economic side of Zion: “The Prophet had a design to build […]
Monthly Archives: October 2015
57. We are obligated to build Zion, Erastus Snow, 1860
But so long as they remain upon the earth in the flesh, they remain under the same obligation to serve the Lord today as much as yesterday, and then continue the next day and the next week as they were at first to repent and be baptized for the remission of their sins, when the […]
How to Become a World-Class Zion Builder
Throughout the scriptures, both ancient and modern, prophets have foreseen our day and rejoiced that we, of all people in the history of the Earth, are blessed. We are the people God has entrusted with the task of becoming and building a Zion society, prepared to receive the Savior of the world when He returns […]
56. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Brigham Young, 1857
We can make Zion, or we can make Babylon, just as we please. We can make just what we please of this place. The people can make Zion: they can make a heaven within themselves. When people gather here, they should come with a determination to make Zion within themselves, with the resolution that, “I […]
55. Early Utahns Were Building Zion, Brigham Young, 1857
You hear brethren talk of coming to Zion to enjoy the blessings of this land; but do you not see that it is the short-sightedness of men which causes their disappointment when they arrive here? They read in the Bible, in the Book of Mormon, and Book of Doctrine and Covenants, about Zion, and what […]
We Have Everything We Need to Build Zion Now
Prophets and Apostles, past and present, tell us that building Zion is up to us – no waiting required. We are Called to Build Zion “The kingdom of God is before us; we have it to build up, and to establish the Zion of our God upon this land. And if I am right in […]
54. Building Zion is God’s Will, Brigham Young, 1863
Are we not all under obligation to be Saints, to build up the kingdom of God, to bring forth righteousness and deliverance to the honest-in-heart, to gather up the lost sheep of the house of Israel, to send the Gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth, giving all a privilege to hear and believe […]
53. Central to The Gospel, Daniel H. Wells, 1860
This Gospel is meat to my soul; it affords me continual pleasure; I contemplate it with delight. If I had the tongue of an angel, or of the most eloquent upon the earth it would be my delight to speak of the goodness of God and of the work he is performing; for it appears […]
Thoughts on Zion 33: Saints counseled to become economically self-sustaining
Previously, we mentioned that the 1868 General Conference focused on preparing the Saints to support a church-wide roll-out of the Brigham City system of cooperatives with ZCMI as its centerpiece. Let’s look at relevant ideas the prophet discusses in one of his talks at that conference. It shows that his motivation was to lead the […]