Enoch lived before the flood. He was
born in a righteous faily but in a wicked world.
Cain became the first son of
perdition.
Enoch was a child prodigy who “walked
with God” He went about preaching to the people and their reaction was, “A wild
man has come upon us”. Some believed but others tried to hurt him. Enoch had
the sealing power; he made the earth tremble, mountains flee, etc. Moses 6 and
7. He was commanded to build a city to
protect and be safe. It took 365 years to get the city to the point that they
were taken up.
Neal Maxwell wrote a book called Enoch’s
Letters. They lived the law of consecration. All deeded all their property and
belongings to the bishop and were given back just what they needed. Compare to
a pot luck dinner. There were other times in history when people lived the
consecrated order, like Acts 2:24 and 4th Nephi.
Enochwanted others to be happy – no cheating,
lying no cutting line. His city was moved to a terrestrial neighborhood and all
were translated. Then they were resurrected with Christ in the twinkling of an
eye. In the mean time they are ministering angels to other planets. When the
earth is renewed, the whole city will return to the Gulf of Mexico (per Joseph
Smith) where it came from.
The City of Enoch is a type and shadow
of things to come – the New Jerusalem will be in Independence, MO. This is
where the Garden of Eden was; it was a temple because God walked and talked
there and taught the Plan of Salvation.
(Joseph Smith’s code name was Enoch;
he is like the next Enoch)
The Arc was built in North Carolina
and landed in the Middle East..
Thanks to Satan, Independence became
the bloodiest place; that’s where there was an extermination order against the
Mormons.
In 1831 they tried to build the New
Jerusalem but they were not ready; there was too much contention. D&C 58:44
says the time has not come and won’t come for many years for the New Jerusalem to
be built there. They hadn’t yet been endowed and didn’t have the protection of
garments against Satan.
The Army of Israel has to be strong
enough to build the city of Zion. Now we have endowments in 150 temples. We
have to be tithing payers; we have to be ready to live the Law of consecration.
We are being tested by being sent to serve. There are 70,000 missionaries –
they are the army of Israel. We are more generous as a Church.
The Church changed the 3-fold mission
of the Church to 4-fold, adding care for the poor and changed “Missionary work”
to “Gather Israel”.
10 times in the Doctrine and Covenants
we are told 10 ties to purchase land. Ow the Church has been buying land for
farms, cattle ranches, orchards, vineyards and to grow food for our people.
Isaiah says “Enlarge the place of thy
tent”. This refers to our Stakes/the Church. They are a place of shelter and
safety. We are trying to set up stake centers everywhere. The stakes of a tent
hold up the tent and give it stability.
Moses 7 says God will prepare a new
city before the 2nd coming. It is a myth that we will walk to
Missouri. People will be called to build the New Jerusalem. We have lots of
land there. The center will have a 24 complex temple (Journal of Discourses)
D&C 24 talks about the New
Jerusalem. It will be the only place where people won’t be at war with each
other. There will be so much light and glory that the wicked won’t be
comfortable there. It will be protected by a cloud of smoke by day and fire of
flame by night.
The New Jerusalem will be prepared as
a bride for her bridegroom. In the New Testament it says Zion will again rise when
the City of Enoch which will be taken up to meet Christ in 2nd
coming. Hymn #41.
Temples now are built to stand through
the millennium.
The purpose and goal of the Church is
to build up Zion. We do that by serving, praying for Zion to come, be a Zion
people, help neighbors. We can pray as a family, “How can we help the ???
family.” “Help us not to have contention” We need to become Zion families to be
ready to live in Zion.
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