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A 5-book series collection describing the three covenants that form the foundation of a Zion person's life.
This is Book 4 in The Pillars of Zion Series. This book explores the Law of Consecration, the third pillar of Zion. This book casts this law as a "template," and answers questions about the law's origin, past attempts, and future glory. This book demonstrates this law's validity today and its power to create a Zion person, marriage, family or priesthood society. This volume includes the following: Section 1: What Is the Law of Consecration? -Consecration-the Principle of Exaltation -Condition of Babylon -Definition of Consecration -Law We Must Live to Achieve the Celestial Kingdom -Consecrating the Good and the Bad -Consecration Is Nonnegotiable -Sanctified by Consecration: Law of the Celestial Kingdom -Ultimate Consecration-To Sacrifice a Prepared and Purified Heart -Live Consecration or Lose Eternal Life -Laying Everything on the Altar -Consecration and the Atonement -Temporal and Spiritual Salvation Section 2: Consecration Results in Equality and Unity -Equality-"In Mine Own Way" -Equality and the Law of Prosperity -Esteeming All Flesh in One -Seven Points of Equality -Taking Equal Responsibility for the Cause of Zion -Unifying Power of the At-one-ment -Antagonism-Opposite of Synergy -Unity and Prayer -How We Achieve Unity -End Result of Unity -All Things Common among Them -Law of Common Consent -Love Leads Us to Eternal Life -Is Baptism Sufficient for Exaltation? -Two Purposes of the Law of the Gospel -Interwoven Covenants -Law of Sacrifice -Sacrifice and love Section 3: Guiding Principles of Consecration -Guiding Principles of Consecration -Agency and Truth -Riches of the Earth Are the Lord's -God Becomes Our Paymaster -Stewardship and Equality -Profitable and Unprofitable Servants -Accountability -Idle Poor -Idle Rich -Virtue of Labor Section 4: Ultimate Test-God or Mammon -Test of Riches -Only the Pure in Heart Can Pass This Test -Lord's Willingness to Be Tested -Consecration Is All about Love -A Change of Orders -Love of Money Is the Root of All Evil -Covetousness-Last Law -Higher and Lower Laws of Prosperity -More Weighty Matters -Trying to Mix Mammon and Zion -Warnings against Compromise -Making Mammon Holy -Mormon's View of the Last Days -First Commandments of This Dispensation -No Security in Mammon -Slippery Treasures -Lazarus and the Rich Man -Nothing Compares to the Danger -Lessons in the Scriptures Concerning Wealth -Persecuting the Poor -Wo unto the Rich Who Despise the Poor -They Rob the Poor -Building Sanctuaries -Wealth-Seeking-Sin That Hinders and Destroys the Church -Ugliness of Inequality Contrasted with the Beautiful Work of Angels -Withholding from and Judging the Poor Harshly -Evil of the Age: Life for Money -A Curse on the Daughters of Zion -Blessings for Those Who Rescue the Poor -Poor of the Lord's People Shall Trust in Zion -Consequences of Seeking Wealth and Persecuting the Poor -Loss of the Providences of Heaven -Loss of Priesthood Power and Exaltation -Failure in Our Mission -Loss of Peace -Loss of National Security -Who Shall Enter? -What Doth It Profit? -Voice of Seven Thunders -Choosing God over Mammon -Obtaining a Hope in Christ -Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give -Feeding the Lord's Lambs -Choosing God's Marvelous Work over Babylon's Charms -Invoking the Law of Asking to Receive Section 5: Royal Law -Royal Law Explains the Principles of Consecration -Cornerstones of the Law of Consecration -Mutual Assistance -Faith and the Proper Use of the Priesthood -Consecrating a Sickness and a Life to the Lord -Administration and Forgiveness of Sins -Consecration Requires Faith -Reciprocal Love -Charity-Pure Love of Christ -Charity Strengthened by Faith and Hope And Much More!"
This book contains a comparison between the Zion account in 3rd Nephi and latter-day Zion, a look back at ancient Zion societies, how we were prepared to become Zion people, and a vivid description of Babylon. This volume explores the following: Introduction - Parallels between the 3 Nephi Saints and the Latter-day Saints - An Important Key to Establishing Zion - Enoch's Dispensation Is a Pattern - The Three Pillars of Zion Section 1: Zion - What Do We Know of It? - Zion Is Our Ideal - The Celestial Order - Zion and Babylon - Exact Opposites - Becoming a Zion Person Section 2: Overview of Zion Peoples - Fall from Zion - The Way Back to Zion Revealed - Zion - A New Way of Life - Surety of a Better World - Adam's Zion - Enos's Zion - Enoch's Zion - Methuselah and Noah's Zion - Melchizedek's Zion - Abraham's Zion - Moses' Attempt at Zion - Alma the Elder's Zion - King Benjamin's Zion - Alma the Younger's Zion - The Apostles' Zion - The Nephites' Zion - Joseph Smith's Zion - Latter-day Zion - Summary and Conclusion Section 3: We Were Prepared to Become Latter-day Zion People - Divine Appointment - Special Spirits of the Royal Generation - Perspective on the Cosmic War - Preparation in the "First Place" - Summary and Conclusion Section 4: Babylon the Great - Anti-Christ Philosophy - Cain - Nimrod - Sodom and Gomorrah - Descriptions of Babylon - Babylon As a Religion - The "Great Church" of the Devil - Babylon As a Temple - Nephi's Description of Babylon - Spiritual Babylon - Competition - Hypocrites - False Philosophies - Popularity - Latter-day Babylon - Prophetic Description of Our Time - Babylon Today Compared to the Days of Noah - Paul's Prophecy - Inverting the Truth - Moroni's Prophecy - The Fall of Babylon - Samuel the Lamanite's Parallel Denunciation of Babylon - Go Ye Out from Babylon - And Much More"
This is Book 2 in Pillars of Zion Series. This book explores in detail the laws, ordinances and blessings comprising the New and Everlasting Covenant, the first pillar of Zion. This book also contrasts the Covenant with the customs of the Jewish marriage, which metaphor permeates the scriptures. This volume includes the following: Section 1: Preface to the New and Everlasting Covenant - The Plan of Happiness - The Covenant of the Gods - Happiness Encompasses All That Is Good - Balancing Justice and Mercy - Placed beyond Our Enemies - How Mercy Appeases Justice - Experiencing Contrasts Leads to Happiness - Overview of the New and Everlasting Covenant - The Covenant of Justice - Who Are the Just, and How Are They Justified? - Justification and Agency - Celestial Law - Preserved, Perfected, and Sanctified by the Laws of God - Blessed As If We Understood - The Covenant of Mercy - Mercy and Grace - Justification - Purification - Sanctification - Our Responsibility - The Crucible-The Baptism of Fire - Purified and Sanctified to Make an Offering - Oneness or Unification - Oneness and the Law of Restoration - Restoration and Resurrection - Hundredfold Restoration - Oneness and Deliverance - Summary and Conclusion Section 2" The New and Everlasting Covenant-The First Pillar of Zion - The Structure of the Covenant - The New and Everlasting Covenant As an Agreement - 1. Introduction - 2. The Covenant of Justice - 3. The Covenant of Mercy - 4. The Covenant of Baptism - 4a) Agreement to Renew and Abide in the Covenant of Baptism - 4b) Agreement to Live the Law of the Sabbath Day - 5. Agreement to Receive the Covenant of the Priesthood - 5a) Worthy Men Agree to Be Ordained - 5b) Ordained Men Agree to Magnify Their Calling - 5c) Ordained Men Agree to Continued Faithfulness - 6. Abide in the Covenant to the End - Blessings for Enduring to the End - The Father's Guarantee - Effective Signatures Section 3: Abide in the Covenant - The Leavening Power of the Doctrine of the Covenant - The Covenant Separates Us from Babylon, or the World - Zion People Are Distinguished by Observing the Sabbath Day - Power in the Covenant - Other Powers Manifested in the Covenant - Safety in the Covenant - Safety through Consecration in the Covenant - The Great Discovery - Examples of Safety in the Covenant - Progressing in the Covenant - Discovering the Relationship through Progression - Order in the Covenant - Order and Ordinances - Order and Consecration - Abide in the Covenant - Abiding in the Covenant Summons Divine Love - Abiding in the Covenant through the Sacrament - Summary and Conclusion Section 4: The New and Everlasting Covenant-The Holy Marriage - Born to Marry - The Parents' Responsibility and the Bride's Choice - Requirements to Legalize the Covenant - Initiating the Marriage Proposal - Entering into the Covenant - Bought with a Price - The Marriage Contract - The Gift of Value - The Pledge - The Cup to Seal the Covenant - The Covenantal Feast - The Father's Announcement - The Bride's Veil - The Friend of the Bridegroom - Preparing for Each Other - The Serious Nature of Preparing - The Bride's Final Preparations - Invitation to the Wedding - The Wedding Processional - Claiming the Bride - The Wedding - The Bridegroom's Plea"
This is book 3 of The Pillars of Zion Series. This book takes an in-depth look at the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood, the second pillar of Zion. This book also explores priesthood keys, powers, principles and precepts, along with the "Constitution of the Priesthood," and the unequaled rewards for the chosen "few." This book includes the following: Section 1: The Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God -Doctrines of the Priesthood As They Apply to Men and Women -Melchizedek, the Title and the Man -King Benjamin, a Type of Melchizedek -The Restoration of the Priesthood -Elijah Restores the Sealing Keys -Elijah Restores the Fulness of the Priesthood -Moses Restores Priesthood Keys of Family Gathering -Elias Restores Priesthood Keys -Joint Missions of Elias and Elijah -Building One Priesthood Power upon Another -Rescuing This Generation -Eternal Principle of Power -Premortal Qualification for the Priesthood -Obligation of Zion Priesthood Holders -Our Priesthood Work Then and Now -Covenant of the Priesthood -Patriarchal Order -Grand Purposes of the Priesthood -Blessings of Adam -Blessings of Abraham -Abraham's Qualifications and Desire -Blessings of the Priesthood -Prize Is Worth the Price -Authority and Keys of the Priesthood -Doctrine of the Priesthood -"As My Father Hath Sent Me, Even So Send I You" Section 2: Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood-Our Agreements -If We Are Faithful . . . -If We Magnify Our Calling . . . -Obtaining Gospel Knowledge -Personal Righteousness -Grace to Grace by Grace for Grace -If Any of You Lack -Ultimate Magnification of Our Calling -Three Stages of the Priesthood Covenant Section 3: Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood-The Father's Oath, Instructions, and Promises -The Father's Two Oaths Guaranteeing Us the Blessings of Abraham -Sanctification by the Spirit unto the Renewing of Our Bodies -Progression of the Renewing of Our Bodies -Power Given to the Renewed and Sanctified -"I Sanctify Myself, That They Also Might Be Sanctified" -Sons of Moses and of Aaron -Seed of Abraham -Church and Kingdom of God -Elect of God -Calling and Election Made Sure -Receiving Christ and the Father -"All That My Father Hath" -Ministering and Protection of Angels -Be Careful and Be Diligent -"And the Father Teacheth Him of the Covenant" -Promise of Eternal Life -Penalties for Neglecting or Rejecting Section 4: Why Many Are Called but Not Chosen -A Satanic Strategy -Test of Loyalties -Restoration of the Constitution of the Priesthood -Marriage of the King's Son -"Many Will Say to Me in That Day" -Called and Chosen for Eternal Life -Abiding Zion's Celestial Law -End Purpose of Our Calling -Distinctions between Those Who Are Called and Those Who Are Chosen -Building a Sure House -Mortal Tests That Challenge Our Calling -The Daunting Test of Riches -Safety and Perfection in Consecration -Sacrifice of All Things-A "Hard Thing" -Safety in the "Royal Law" -Dangers of Rationalization and Postponement -Law of Restitution-An Hundredfold Reward -Babylon among Us -Walking in Darkness at Noon-day -"Rights of the Priesthood" -"Inseparably Connected" -Connecting to the True Vine -Amen to the Priesthood -Summary and Conclusion Section 5: Instructing the Chosen Few -Stages of Progression within the Covenant -No Power or Influence -Zion's Approach to Agency -Persuasion versus Babylon's Counterparts -Zion's Patient Persuasion -Patience and Long-suffering -Gentleness and Meekness -Feigned and Unfeigned Love -Love-The Greatest Power -Zion's Approach to "Pure Knowledge" -Cords of Death and Bonds of Love -Charity toward All -Let Virtue Garnish Thy Thoughts Unceasingly Section 6: The Rewards for the Chosen Few -"Then Shall Thy Confidence Wax Strong" -Now Is the Time -Change of Paradigm -Turning the Key -Obtaining a Perfect Knowledge of the Savior -Receiving the Greatest Comfort -Regaining the Presence of God -Standing in the Presence of God -"Doctrine of the Priesthood Shall Distil upon Thy Soul" And Much"
The Pillars of Zion series is intended to be completed in eight books, an introductory volume and 7 books. The series of books discusses in depth the three covenants (pillars) sufficient to establish Zionlike qualities in our individual lives, in our marriages, families or in a priesthood society. This series explores former Zion societies, the contrast between Zion and Babylon, the three covenants upon which Zion lives are built, the elememts of our journey to achieve a Zionlike life, and a portrait of the pure in heart.
The Three Pillars: How Family Politics Shaped the Earliest Church and the Gospel of Mark, examines how family relationships played a key role in the earliest Christian church. By disentangling the two disparate genealogies of Jesus, the author reconstructs the families of Joseph and Mary. Presented here for the first time is the full ancestry of Jesus' mother, Mary, who was descended from the anti-Hasmonean high priest Alcimus. The author suggests that Mary and her daughter Mary played a hitherto unrecognized role in the church's earliest leadership struggle and that a composite of these two women, not Mary Magdalene, was the basis for the Gnostic Mary of later Christian works. The author next explores how this early leadership conflict shaped the Gospel of Mark, which she argues was written by Peter's son. She discusses Mark's footprint in this Gospel and how Mark's resentment of the relatives of Jesus, his ambivalence toward his father, and his anger at the disciples for ceding leadership to these relatives is at the heart of some of the most distinctive features of the Second Gospel, features that have perplexed biblical scholars and laymen for centuries. The last section examines the mysterious Beloved Disciple in the Gospel of John. The author concludes that the many unlikely elements in the account of the arrest and interrogation of Jesus can only be explained by seeing the Beloved Disciple as a close relative of the high priest Caiaphas and that this family relationship was crucial to the protection of the early Christians in Jerusalem. The book's final chapter offers reflections on how kinship played an important role in Jesus' ministry and how the high priestly-leadership responded to him in part because of his family lineage.
The Pillars of Zion series is intended to be completed in eight books, an introductory volume and 7 books. The series of books discusses in depth the three covenants (pillars) sufficient to establish Zionlike qualities in our individual lives, in our marriages, families or in a priesthood society. This series explores former Zion societies, the contrast between Zion and Babylon, the three covenants upon which Zion lives are built, the elememts of our journey to achieve a Zionlike life, and a portrait of the pure in heart.
The Pillars of Zion series is intended to be completed in eight books, an introductory volume and 7 books. The series of books discusses in depth the three covenants (pillars) sufficient to establish Zionlike qualities in our individual lives, in our marriages, families or in a priesthood society. This series explores former Zion societies, the contrast between Zion and Babylon, the three covenants upon which Zion lives are built, the elememts of our journey to achieve a Zionlike life, and a portrait of the pure in heart.