[Teachldsseminary] REQUEST: New Jerusalem

Mon Oct 2 10:54:13 MDT 2006

This is the information I have gathered on New Jerusalem, I hope it helps.

Information gleaned from:
http://www.ldsces.org/inst_manuals/doc-gosp/doc-gosp-31-37.htm

The latter-day Zion will be called the New Jerusalem (see D&C 45:65–66; 3
Nephi 20:22; D&C 84:2–5; Ether 13:3, 6, 8).

"In the day of regeneration, when all things are made new, there will be
three great cities that will be holy. One will be the Jerusalem of old which
shall be rebuilt according to the prophecy of Ezekiel. One will be the city
of Zion, or of Enoch, which was taken from the earth when Enoch was
translated and which will be restored; and the city Zion, or New Jerusalem,
which is to be built by the seed of Joseph on this the American continent"
(Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, 2:105).

 "Jesus will never receive the Zion of God unless its people are united
according to celestial law, for all who go into the presence of God have to
go there by this law. Enoch had to practice this law, and we shall have to
do the same if we are ever accepted of God as he was. It has been promised
that the New Jerusalem will be built up in our day and generation, and it
will have to be done by the United Order of Zion and according to celestial
law" (Wilford Woodruff, in Journal of Discourses, 17:250).

2. The Savior will appear to those in the New Jerusalem in America (see 3
Nephi 21:23–25; D&C 45:66–67).

 "[Christ's] next appearance [after his appearance in the New Jerusalem]
will be among the distressed and nearly vanquished sons of Judah. At the
crisis of their fate, when the hostile troops of several nations are
ravaging the city and all the horrors of war are overwhelming the people of
Jerusalem, he will set his feet upon the Mount of Olives, which will cleave
and part asunder at his touch. Attended by a host from heaven, he will
overthrow and destroy the combined armies of the Gentiles, and appear to the
worshipping Jews as the mighty Deliverer and Conquerer so long expected by
their race; and while love, gratitude, awe, and admiration swell their
bosoms, the Deliverer will show them the tokens of his crucifixion and
disclose himself as Jesus of Nazareth, whom they had reviled and whom their
fathers put to death. Then will unbelief depart from their souls, and 'the
blindness in part which has happened unto Israel' be removed" (Charles W.
Penrose, "The Second Advent," Millennial Star, 10 Sept. 1859, 583).

"The great and crowning advent of the Lord will be subsequent to these two
appearances [to the New Jerusalem and to the Jews]; but who can describe it
in the language of mortals? The tongue of man falters, and the pen drops
from the hand of the writer, as the mind is rapt in contemplation of the
sublime and awful majesty of his coming to take vengeance on the ungodly and
to reign as King of the whole earth.

 "When Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, he learned that America
is the land of Zion which was given to Joseph and his children and that on
this land the City Zion, or New Jerusalem, is to be built. He also learned
that Jerusalem in Palestine is to be rebuilt and become a holy city. [3
Nephi 20:22; 21:20–29; Ether 13:1–12.] These two cities, one in the land of
Zion and one in Palestine, are to become capitals for the kingdom of God
during the millennium" (Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 3:71).

This information is from: http://scriptures.lds.org/en/gs/n/20

GUIDE TO THE SCRIPTURES
New Jerusalem

The place where the Saints will gather and Christ will personally reign with
them during the Millennium. Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the
American continent, and the earth will be renewed and receive its
paradisiacal glory (A of F 1: 10<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/a_of_f/1/10#10>).
It also refers to a holy city that will come down out of heaven at the
beginning of the Millennium.

The law shall go forth out of Zion, Micah 4:
2<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/micah/4/2#2>.
The name of the city of my God is New Jerusalem, Rev. 3:
12<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/rev/3/12#12>.
John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, Rev. 21:
1-5<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/rev/21/1-5#1>.
This people will I establish in this land, and it shall be a New Jerusalem, 3
Ne. 20: 22 <http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/20/22#22>. A New Jerusalem
will be built in America, Ether 13: 3-6,
10<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/13/3-6,10#3>.
The city of the New Jerusalem shall be prepared, D&C 42: 9, 35,
62-69<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/42/9,35,62-69#9>.
Saints are to gather and build the New Jerusalem, D&C 45:
63-75<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/45/63-75#63>.
The New Jerusalem is to be built in Missouri, D&C 84:
1-5<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/84/1-5#1>(D&C
57: 1-3 <http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/57/1-3#1>). The Lamb shall stand
upon Mount Zion and upon the holy city, the New Jerusalem, D&C 133:
56<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/133/56#56>.
My tabernacle shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem, Moses 7:
62<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moses/7/62#62>.

On 10/2/06, happymom90 at aol.com <happymom90 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Hi oh wise and wonderful list,
>
> I am looking for information for an upcoming church history trip to
> Independence, MO. I have been assigned to prepare a presentation on the
> future of New Jerusalem...what it will look like, how it will be
> arranged, what one might expect for the inhabitants, what people will
> be doing, basically ANYTHING would be good.
>
> I would really appreciate it. We had our pick on what to speak about
> and you would think my husband would have picked something for me that
> I could have easily accessed with the various books we have been given
> for Seminary this year...but no. I got this topic instead. :-)
>
> Any help you can give me would be so appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tina
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