Bøger af Lds Book Club

This is Book 5 of The Pillars of Zion Series. This book describes the universal journey to our individual lands of promise-Zion! This book also describes the end of our journey, and what it really means to be pure in heart. This volume includes the following: - Section 1: Come to Zion: The Universal Journey to the Land of Promise - Zion Is Our Heritage - The Fall - The Wilderness of Sin - The Awakening - The Cry for Help - The Lord's Wilderness - Experiencing Opposites - Strangers and Pilgrims - Separation from Babylon - Fleeing for Safety - The Crucible - The Tragedy of Murmuring - Finding Joy in the Journey - Conditions of the Lord's Wilderness - Living by Manna - Hard Work - Traveling by Revelation - Journeying According to the Lord's Will - Angels Attend Us - Safety and Security - Deliverance Experiences - The Fourth Watch - Lessons to Be Learned in the Lord's Wilderness - Preparation to Live the Higher Law - Putting Off the Natural Man - Learning the Formula of Obedience - Learning to Trust God: The Universal Lesson - Bountiful-A Reprieve - Confronting Satan - The Abrahamic Test - Taking upon Us the Name of Jesus Christ - Taking upon Us the Name of Christ through Baptism and the Sacrament - Common Ways of Taking upon Ourselves the Name of Christ - Born of God-The Mystery of Spiritual Rebirth - Fully Taking upon Us the Name of Jesus Christ - The Temple and the Name of Christ - The Name of Christ and Coronation - Coming to Christ - Deliverance - Giving Ourselves Free - Restoration and Exaltation - Sent Back as an Emissary of Zion - Section 2: The Pure in Heart - Blessings for the Pure in Heart - Commanded to Seek the Lord's Face - Purification - Sanctification - Who May Seek the Lord's Face? - How Do We Come into the Presence of the Lord? - Knowing and Living the Correct Process - Knowing and Living the Higher Law and Its Principles of Progression - Receiving Power from on High - Receiving More Doctrine - Receiving More Doctrine by Choice - Receiving More Doctrine by Desire - Receiving More Doctrine by Faith - Receiving More Doctrine by Persistence and Improvement - Receiving More Doctrine by Service - Receiving More Doctrine by Seeking - Receiving More Doctrine by Treasuring Up - The Significance of the Temple Recommend - By What Power Might We Seek the Lord's Face? - Holiness to the Lord - A New Commitment - "It Is High Time to Establish Zion" - Priesthood Holders Must Set the Example - A Few Could Form the Foundation of Zion - According to Revelation - Our Duty to Individually Become Zion - 3 Nephi-Latter-day Guide to Establishing Zion - "Which We Might Have Received in One Year" - The Pure in Heart Shall See God - The Father's Testimony - The Savior's Testimony - Coming Forth to See and Know - Rejoicing, Worshipping, and Bearing Testimony - Receiving an Endowment of Knowledge - Healing - The Savior's Prayer for Us and Our Prayer to Him - Encircled About by Angels - Partaking of the Lord's Supper in His Presence - Receiving a Greater Endowment of the Holy Ghost - The Hundredfold Law - Revelations, Prophecies, and Explanations - Greater Commandments - The Greater Commandment to Pray Always - The Greater Commandment to Have All Things in Common - The Greater Commandment to Be "Even As the Lord Is" - Receiving a Special Gift - Beautiful Zion - Blessings for the Beautiful Ones

This book is the introduction to the Zion series. It explores many of the defining qualities, characteristics, and attributes of a Zion person. This book is the foundational work upon which the 7-book Zion series was written. It explores the following topics: Living in the Highest Priesthood Society Gathering Around Zion Principles for an Exalted Purpose Embracing Beauty Becoming Unified-"Of One Heart and One Mind" Striving for Equality-"No Poor Among Them" Becoming Selfless and Giving Christian Service Exhibiting the Pure Love of Christ Experiencing True Happiness, Joy, and the Fullness of Life Becoming Holy Achieving the State of Blessedness Experiencing True Safety and Security Obtaining an Abundance in All Things Embracing the Law of Consecration and Enjoying God's Presence