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	Zion - MormonWiki - Mormonism - the LDS Church, Beliefs & Religion
		Zion, in Mormonism, represents the perfect, just society ruled by Jesus Christ where all the inhabitants live in harmony, equally sharing all things.
		Unlike the city of Enoch, which was established by Enoch and his righteous followers, the city of Salem appears to have been an unrighteous city (Alma 13:17-18) which was brought to repent under the influence of Melchizedek's preaching.
		At one time in the history of the Mormon Church the Lord counseled his people to gather together in Zion, which is why so many people crossed the plains to Utah so that they could be together in one place and try to build a just society.
	www.mormonwiki.com /Zion (687 words)

	Zion - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Zion or Tzion (צִיּוֹן "Height", Standard Hebrew Ẓiyyon, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣiyyôn; Arabic صهيون Ṣuhyūn) originally was the specific name given to a Jebusite fortress near modern-day Jerusalem that was conquered by David.
		Zion, or Sion, is an archaic term that originally referred to a section of Jerusalem, which, by Biblical definition, is the City of David.
		This city became so righteous and pure that it was translated (taken) (http://scriptures.lds.org/moses/7/21#18) from the presence of the earth (http://scriptures.lds.org/moses/7/69#69) and brought into the presence of God, leaving behind on earth only Methuselah and his family (including Noah) to repopulate the earth with righteous people.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Zion (918 words)

	Zion (Mormonism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In another sense, Zion refers to the New Jerusalem, a physical, Millennial city expected to be headquartered in Jackson County, Missouri.
		Geographical uses of the name "Zion" are associated with references in the Book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price, where Enoch the son of Jared founds a city for the righteous descendants of Adam (Moses 7:19).
		In a literal sense, Zion (the New Jerusalem) (Articles of Faith:10) is a city that Latter-day Saints believe will be built (Covenant 57:113) in Jackson County, Missouri, and a common reference to both North and South America as the "Promised Land".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zion_(Mormonism) (571 words)

	New Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is referred to both as "the city of Zion" and as "the city of New Jerusalem" (DandC 57:2; 84:2; cf.
		It is to be built by the remnant of the seed of Joseph of Egypt (Ether 13:3-10).
		The future rebuilding of the Holy Land for the house of Judah and the building of the New Jerusalem in the Western Hemisphere for the house of Joseph are associated with the return of the Messiah to the earth.
	www.lightplanet.com /mormons/basic/gospel/last_days/new_jeru_eom.htm (1413 words)

	Splendid Sun » Zion and the Coming of the Lord
		Zion is now the pure in heart, and in my experience a large proportion of the current LDS membership doesn’t even know that Zion was once supposed to be Independence, MO. This just goes along with the blood of Israel, the kingdom of God, etc.
		The city has accused the church of hording land for a future Zion, but the church has repeatedly denied it, saying their purchases are purely for investment purposes.
		Before them, it seems that Mormon eschetology was a matter of Zion, Gathering of Isreal, Temples, and the sign of the Son of Man. It wasn’t until later in the 20th century that all of the cosmic complexities were introduced.
	www.splendidsun.com /wp/index.php/2005/10/07/158 (1947 words)

	Richard Dutcher's film "Brigham City" - Page 7
		Brigham City was made for approximately $300,000, whereas Morton describes independent features he's worked on as having budgets as "little" as one million.
		Brigham City is the perfect small town that is shaken to its core at the discovery of a murder.
		This Mormon murder mystery may be full of religion, but it won't come knocking on your door.
	www.ldsfilm.com /BC/BrighamCity7.html (7429 words)

	MORMON CENTRAL - JOSEPH SMITH - LDS TEMPLES - BOOK OF MORMON - MORMONISM
		But in June 1833 a draft containing a drawn plat of the city of Zion with explanations regarding the city center and plans for a number of houses called temples was sent to Missouri.
		The new city of Zion plat was drawn by F. Williams and the area for the storehouse in the earlier draft was removed, the lots for homes made smaller, changes in the location of the twelve temples for the lesser priesthood were made and street names added to the plat.
		The new sketch of the City of Zion "Drawn by F. Williams" is housed in the LDS archives.
	www.xmission.com /~research/central/temple1.htm (6415 words)

	Blue Letter Bible - Study Tools
		Which city shall be built, beginning at the temple lot, which is appointed by the finger of the Lord in the western boundaries of the State of Missouri, and dedicated by the hand of Joseph Smith, Jun., and others with whom the Lord was well pleased.
		Verily this is the word of the Lord, that the city New Jerusalem shall be built by the gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even the place of the temple, which temple, shall be reared in this generation.
		Zion shall not be moved out of her place, not withstanding her children are scattered.
	www.blueletterbible.org /study/cults/exposem/xm05.html (2992 words)

	WDIST - False prophecies by LDS Church Leaders
		Joseph Smith - City of Zion, Missouri shall "become glorious, very great and very terrible," and "Surely Zion is the city of our God, and surely Zion cannot fall, neither be moved out of her place...".
		More than twenty months [since the Fall of 1840] ago Bennett went to a lady in the city and began to teach her that promiscuous intercourse between the sexes was lawful and no harm in it, and requested the privilege of gratifying his passions;...
		Mormonism is in its entirety revelation from God or nothing at all.
	www.irr.org /mit/WDIST/wdist-false-prophecies.html (1019 words)

	Mormonism’s Three Millennial Cities
		This Zion, in the process of time was taken up into heaven… It is this City of Zion which is to return in the last days, probably shortly after the ushering in of the millennial era… The New Jerusalem to be built in Jackson County, Missouri is also called the City of Zion or Zion.
		The Mount Zion spoken of is identified by latter-day revelation as the New Jerusalem to be built (by LDS) in Jackson County, Missouri [D. and C. Mormon Doctrine, pp.
		Zion or the New Jerusalem, is yet to be built in Jackson County, Missouri.
	www.ankerberg.com /Articles/apologetics/AP1105W1.htm (1443 words)

	Mormonism Research Ministry - Articles - "The Work and the Glory"
		As is common when Mormon history is retold, it is full of emotional aspects that tend to blur the actual facts.
		In a subplot similar to the film Legacy, which was produced by the LDS Church in the mid 1990s, Joseph Smith and his followers are looking for "Zion." In a revelation found in Doctrine and Covenants 57:2-3, Smith proclaimed, "Wherefore, this is the land of promise, and the place for the city of Zion.
		When the LDS printing press in Independence is destroyed and the Mormons are forced out of Independence, Smith, who at that time was headquartered in Kirtland, reacted by organizing what was known as Zion's Camp, an armed militia of approximately 210 men.
	www.mrm.org /multimedia/text/the-work-and-the-glory.html (708 words)

	Times & Seasons » A Plat for the City of Zion
		The idea with the JS Zion model was that it could be replicated…you’d have small cities dotting the entire hemisphere.
		Whatever their function, I would hope that the skyline of the New Jerusalem, and other Zion cities, will be dominated by the spires of a temple–the mountain of the Lord’s house–rather than a monument to corporate capital and the egos of developers.
		All the numbers and the structure for the city of zion fit very nicely together with the priesthood quorums that each “Church..Stake” of zion is to have..
	www.timesandseasons.org /archives/000770.html (3368 words)

	Mormonism Research Ministry - Articles - An American Garden of Eden
		Tenth Mormon President Joseph Fielding Smith wrote, "In accord with the revelations given to the Prophet Joseph Smith, we teach that the Garden of Eden was on the American continent located where the city of Zion, or the New Jerusalem will be built.
		Mormon Apostle John Widtsoe wrote, "Since Adam called together seven generations of his descendants at Adam-ondi-Ahman, it can well be believed that there was his old homestead.
		Mormon Apostle Bruce McConkie makes reference to this event and stated that a portion of Adam's altar had remained through the ages.
	www.mrm.org /multimedia/text/american-eden.html (1239 words)

	Eber D Howe - Mormonism Unvailed part 3 (chapter 15- chapter 19)
		It is also to be a city of Refuge, and a safe asylum when the storms of vengeance shall pour upon the earth, and those who reject the Book of Mormon, shall be swept off as with the besom of destruction.
		From the time that Mormonism first made its appearance upon the stage, until the grand tour of the Missouri, an expectation universally pervaded the church, that the time was not far distant, when the deaf, the dumb, the maimed, the blind, &c.
		The laying of the foundation of Zion was attended with considerable parade and an ostentatious display of talents, both by Rigdon and Cowdery.
	www.angelfire.com /az2/arizonadry/truth/howe.html (17002 words)

	Mormonism Exposed - Zarahemla City Limits
		Mormonism has recently obtained a footing upon European shores, and in England the notions of the prophet have met with considerable favor.
		The ferry-man swore terribly at the Mormons, and said they were all a d--d pack of villains, and would go to hell any how, as the devil was at the head of the caravan.
		I saw an old Mormon woman, with an old cart, hauled by an old horse, who was just returning from Missouri, having apostatised from the faith, and who had been at the ferry for two or three days, trying to beg her passage over.
	zarahemlacitylimits.com /wiki/index.php/Mormonism_Exposed (4623 words)

	West to Deseret, Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Mormon exodus to the west began long before the settlement of Great Salt Lake City in 1848; the church was first based around Joseph Smith's hometown in New York, then in Kirkland, Ohio.
		Although the other local communities protested the "immorality" of Mormonism in regard to its beliefs and practices, the actual reason for their condemnation of the Mormon communities seems to have been largely economic.
		The Mormon economic system, far out of harmony with the tenets of the Jacksonian era, was an affront to a society motiviated chiefly by individual profit.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~ma98/haven/mormons/west.html (397 words)

	Brigham City -- Gripping Murder Mystery, Amazingly Spiritual
		It is one of the attributes that makes them likely candidates to stand in line when the mark of the beast is enforced, with pain of death being the consequence of refusal to comply -- because of some 'socially justifying' expediency like Sept.
		While Dutcher does a good job of portraying mainstream Mormonism with honesty, he seems to be somewhat naive when it comes to knowing what it is to be a "remnant" spoken of in the scriptures, who overcome all things and triumphantly establish Zion.
		Nevertheless, the redemptive ending of "Brigham City" is a fantastic spiritual accomplishment for which Dutcher deserves the highest of accolades.
	www.greaterthings.com /Bookstore/Videos/Reviews/BrighamCity.htm (853 words)

	TIME.com: A Peculiar People -- Jul 21, 1947 -- Page 1
		Mormons today do not expect divine intervention in this sinful world before they have exhausted their own final resources.
		It is one of the cleanest and friendliest cities in the U.S., and one of the healthiest.
		Mormon women walk with a high-bosomed and girdleless litheness which seems a little startling to visitors.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,779210,00.html (611 words)

	LDS Creation Model: LDS Objections: Lamanites Were a Small Group in Central America
		Some Mormons claim that the Lamanites were only a small group of people who were geographically restricted to a particular location, such as Central America.
		Mormon invites the Lamanites of the latter days to believe in Christ, accept his gospel, and be saved--All who believe the Bible will also believe the Book of Mormon.
		And now, behold, I say unto you that it is not revealed, and no man knoweth where the city Zion shall be built, but it shall be given hereafter.
	www.godandscience.org /cults/sld044.html (860 words)

	Chap 3
		Zion now became more a “condition” than a “place,” whereas Joseph Smith taught that it was both.
		RLDS members were no longer being encouraged by their leadership to “gather to Zion,” and the influx of members to Independence began to slow down.
		Just north of the City of David is the temple mount where David's son Solomon built Israel's first temple, resulting in its designation as “Mount Zion.” In subsequent centuries the term Zion came to refer to the entire ever-expanding city of Jerusalem.
	www.help4rlds.com /chap_3.htm (5354 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Salt Lake City Works: Salt Lake City - City Guide"
		No matter how you look at it, Salt Lake City defies most stereotypes, and any story about Utah's capitol is ultimately a tale of two cities.
		No other major U.S. city boasts mountains so close to a metropolitan center, with striking alpine views at the end of every street and soaring peaks serving as a backdrop to the city skyline.
		Salt Lake City, which has taken on a more cosmopolitan look in recent years, defies stereotypes.
	travel.howstuffworks.com /salt-lake-city-city-guide.htm (314 words)

	Parley P. Pratt's 1838 pamphlet
		The other conveys an idea of a city, which has already descended, which is perfectly ridiculous; and none but the most abandoned and hardened of liars, could possibly have as misrepresented another's statement.
		It is not Mormonism alone, that is struggling for existence beneath your infidel thrusts; but it is the whole truth of Heaven, which was ever revealed to man, or ever will be.
		But secondly, "Mormonism is cruel in taking from its votaries their property and refusing to restore it again." And then Mr.
	www.solomonspalding.com /docs/prt1838b.htm (13633 words)

	New Jerusalem of Mormonism
		On the next page McConkie said that the City of Enoch (which LDS believe was caught up to heaven with Enoch) will return to earth and join the New Jerusalem at Jackson County, Missouri.
		The early Mormon concept of "gathering" to Independence, MO, has now been replaced with the current teaching that converts to Mormonism are to stay in their own lands and not gather to the USA (Ensign, March 2000, p.
		Since Mormons were expelled from Independence, MO, it was not a place of safety for them nor was it an eternal inheritance as their scripture said it would be.
	www.ankerberg.com /Articles/apologetics/AP1205W1.htm (1287 words)

	BYU Master's Theses on Mormonism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This ever-growing and eclectic Mormon studies collection represents a broad look at the history, culture, and sociology of Mormonism.
		It is an ever-growing and eclectic Mormon studies collection representing a broad look at the history, culture, and sociology of Mormonism.
		Hyrum Andrus' 1952 examination of the City of Zion
	www.lib.byu.edu /spc/masters (512 words)

	Dave's Mormon Inquiry: City on a Hill
		Characteristically, Joseph Smith drew his inspiration from the Old Testament rather than New Testament: Zion, the City of Enoch, and the New Jerusalem were his symbols of the ideal Christian society.
		For all the talk of cities, the "city on a hill" image is rarely applied to Zion in LDS discourse; instead it is used to illustrate the simpler "be a good example" lesson.
		Maybe that's because, modernly, LDS Zion is now seen as a way of life or a societal concept, not as a blueprint for a city.
	mormoninquiry.typepad.com /mormon_inquiry/2005/11/city_on_a_hill.html (1318 words)

	Issue 71 - Salt Lake City Messenger
		Mormons often ask how it is possible that an unlearned boy like Joseph Smith could create a religion that would bring in millions of converts and have such an influence upon the world.
		Mormon writer William E. Berrett explains: "In the latter part of 1831, it was decided by a council of Church leaders to compile the revelations concerning the origin of the Church and its organization.
		Mormon apologists have often referred to Joseph Smith's prophecies concerning the Latter-day Saints coming to the Rocky Mountains and the fact that Steven A. Douglas would aspire to the presidency of the United States but fail if he opposed Mormonism as evidence of Smith's divine calling.
	www.utlm.org /newsletters/no71.htm (15599 words)

	Issue 88 - Salt Lake City Messenger
		For example, if a large flood of immigrants were to suddenly come into a city like Logan, Utah, proclaiming that God had given them the city because it was the land of their inheritance, it is likely that the Mormons who lived there would be very concerned about the matter.
		While it is undoubtedly true that most of the Mormons were a peaceful people who took their religion seriously, some of the leaders of the church and also some in lower positions were greedy for power and misused public trust.
		Mormon historical records demonstrate that Smith not only felt that he was superior in physical strength to most men, but he also believed he had the inside track with God.
	www.utlm.org /newsletters/no88.htm (12577 words)

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