6/6/2017 - Section 38:1-9
June 6, 2017 Section 38:1-9 Zion Establishing, Obedience, God Powers of, Prayer Blessings Of, City of Enoch AND Others, Work, Growth, Sanctification & Purification, Second Coming & Atonement, This revelation was received during the third general conference of the church. Joseph feels that two things are needed before Zion (just as Enoch’s Zion) can be built in this dispensation: revelation from the Lord giving His law and the order of Zion, and the Preparation and sanctification of the Saints. V 32 tells just why the Lord had commanded the Saints to gather in Ohio: “ There I will give unto you my law; and there you shall be endowed with power from on high.” There evidently were some members of the Church living in New York who wondered why they should move three hundred miles to the west in the dead of winter. This verse could well be the answer to their questions. In v 2 the Lord is continuing in His description of Himself: “ The same which knoweth all thing...