Are we going to enter into the kingdom? Are we going to be prepared for the coming of the Son of Man? Are we going to be prepared to enter into the fullness of the glory of the Father and the Son? Not so long as we live according to the principles of Babylon. Now […]
Monthly Archives: April 2018
313. What Zion is and is not – George Q. Cannon quote, 1883
…when Zion is organized properly, it will be found to be as admirably adapted to the wants of the children of men as the organization of the Church is today to the wants of the people. There will be nothing lacking. In every particular it will be found adequate to the wants of humanity. The […]
311. Babylon – Zion’s Antithesis – Brigham Young quote, 1874
We have gone just as far as we can be permitted to go in the road on which we are now traveling. One man has his eye on a gold mine, another is for a silver mine, another is for marketing his flour or his wheat, another for selling his cattle, another to raise cattle, […]
Thoughts on Zion #61 – Crossing From Babylon to Zion
Over the last eight columns, we’ve reviewed teachings of the early LDS leaders regarding Babylon, Zion’s “antithesis and antagonist”. They taught: We live in Babylon, both spiritually and economically. Though the Saints left Babylon to build a Zion in Utah, they unfortunately brought Babylonian values, practices, and traditions with them. Babylon is “the false organization […]
309. Economic Unity – Lorenzo Snow quote, 1876
I tell you, in the name of the Lord God, that the time is coming when there will be no safety only in the principles of union, for therein lies the secret of our temporal and spiritual salvation. We have been enabled to establish settlements, towns, and villages, and we have been abundantly blessed with […]