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 […]
self-sufficiency
Thoughts on Zion 27 — Saints Built Zion Through Economic Independence From Babylon
The Latter-Day Saints’ second decade in the Utah Territory was marked by monumental efforts under Church direction to establish Zion by achieving economic independence from the American economic system, which they called “Babylon”. The Church’s motivation to achieve total economic self-sufficiency for the Saints before Babylon’s fall is reflected in statements like this one by […]