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English
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The Great Temple of the New Jerusalem
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The Missouri Mormon Experience
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Columbia, Mo.
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University of Missouri Press
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62-74
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"Since their beginning, Latter-day Saints have been fired with the vision of this holy city, or Zion, on earth. The Book of Mormon, published in March 1830, declared that New Jerusalem would be built upon 'this land,' meaning the American continent. In December of that year, when Joseph Smith published the writings of the ancient prophet Enoch, Latter-day Saints were not only thrilled with descriptions of the power and glory of the ancient city of Zion, but also learned that in a future era of righteousness the elect would be gathered into a similar 'Holy City' to be known as Zion or the New Jerusalem. Two months later, Joseph Smith revealed that there would be a temple in the New Jerusalem. As he unveiled the 'law of consecration,' he indicated that, among other things, the consecrated funds would be used for the 'building up of the New Jerusalem' where the faithful would gather at the time Christ would come to His temple. Another revelation the following month intensified the Saints' anticipation of establishing this latter-day Zion: 'And it shall be . . . a land of peace, a city of refuge, a place for safety for the saints of the Most High God; And the glory of the Lord shall be there." [p.62]