No man or woman on the face of the earth will ever be disappointed with regard to the fulfillment of the word of the Lord, for he has uttered decrees, made covenants, and through his servants the Prophets has declared his word and will concerning the world and its inhabitants, and not one of his […]
Monthly Archives: January 2018
290. Babylon – Zion’s Antithesis – Brigham Young quote, 1872
Suppose we should examine a city in a stake of Zion conducted after the order of Enoch! We would like to look, for a few moments, upon the facts as they would exist. If a people were gathered together, were they many or few, who would follow out the instructions given them in the Bible […]
287. What Zion is and is not – John Taylor quote, 1884
Let us observe the laws of God, and keep His commandments, and the blessing of God will be with us. We will go forward and build our temples and labor therein. [1] We will go forth and build up the Kingdom of God; [2] we will go forth and purify the Church of God; [3] […]
285. What Building Zion Requires of Us – Lorenzo Snow quote, 1878
Many of us expect to go forth and build up the Center Stake of Zion; but before we are called, we must understand these things [Consecration & Stewardship], and conform to them more practically than many of us do at the present time. – Lorenzo Snow, 4/21/1878
284. What Zion is and is not – John Taylor quote, 1884
We are here for the purpose of becoming acquainted with the will of God, with the law of God, with the order of God, with the dominion of God; and we are here to establish the kingdom of God. We are here to be taught in things pertaining to the Church of God, and its […]
Thoughts on Zion #59 – Have we left Babylon behind?
During the early 1870s, LDS leaders spoke about how the Saints left ‘Babylon’ for Utah. Have we left Babylon behind us? “We are living in that eventful time, and the Lord has set his hand to gather his people. He has called them forth out of Babylon…. that they receive not of her plagues and […]