2. Christ Appears in New Jerusalem (24 jun 2023 año – 22 mayo 2024 año)

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D&C 97:10, 15–17
D&C 42:35–36

Doctrine: Tenth Article of faith
10 We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the bTen Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

From <https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1?lang=eng>


Where is it?
2 Yea, the word of the Lord concerning his church, established in the last days for the restoration of his people, as he has spoken by the mouth of his prophets, and for the gathering of his saints to stand upon mount Zion, which shall be the city of New Jerusalem.
3 Which city shall be built, beginning at the temple lot, which is appointed by the finger of the Lord, in the western boundaries of the State of Missouri, and dedicated by the hand of Joseph Smith, Jun., and others with whom the Lord was well pleased.
4 Verily this is the word of the Lord, that the city aNew Jerusalem shall be built by the gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even the place of the temple, which temple shall be reared in this dgeneration.
5 For verily this generation shall not all apass away until an bhouse shall be built unto the Lord, and a ccloud shall rest upon it, which cloud shall be even the dglory of the Lord, which shall fill the house.

From <https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/84?lang=eng>

11 But verily I say unto you, I have decreed that your brethren which have been scattered shall return to the alands of their inheritances, and shall bbuild up the waste places of Zion.
12 For after amuch tribulation, as I have said unto you in a former commandment, cometh the blessing.
13 Behold, this is the blessing which I have promised after your tribulations, and the tribulations of your brethren—your redemption, and the redemption of your brethren, even their restoration to the land of Zion, to be established, no more to be thrown down.

From <https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/103?lang=eng>






New Jerusalem being ZION - the centre stake of ZION
The centre

Quoted by an angel to Joseph Smith
1 Behold, I will asend my bmessenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly ccome to his dtemple, even the emessenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

From <https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/mal/3?lang=eng>

The Saviour will come to new Jerusalem temple and sanctify it.

144,000 high priests to go out and collect in all the inhabitants


What will it look like?
66 And it shall be called the aNew Jerusalem, a bland of cpeace, a city of drefuge, a place of esafety for the saints of the Most High God;
67 And the aglory of the Lord shall be there, and the bterror of the Lord also shall be there, insomuch that the wicked will not come unto it, and it shall be called Zion.
68 And it shall come to pass among the wicked, that every man that will not take his sword against his aneighbor must needs flee unto bZion for safety.
69 And there shall be agathered unto it out of every bnation under heaven; and it shall be the only people that shall not be at cwar one with another.
70 And it shall be said among the wicked: Let us not go up to battle against Zion, for the inhabitants of Zion are aterrible; wherefore we cannot stand.
71 And it shall come to pass that the righteous shall be gathered out from among all nations, and shall come to Zion, singing with asongs of everlasting bjoy.

From <https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/45?lang=eng>




Why dont people just sin now and then when they hear of the New Jerusalem being built, then repent and go. Why would this not work? What will the world be like that will prevent people just changing their minds?


President Joseph F. Smith has spoken of these two gathering places as follows: “Jerusalem of old, after the Jews have been cleansed and sanctified from all their sin, shall become a holy city where the Lord shall dwell and from whence he shall send forth his word unto all people. Likewise, on this continent, the city of Zion, New Jerusalem—shall be built, and from it the law of God shall also go forth. There will be no conflict, for each city shall be headquarters for the Redeemer of the world, and from each he shall send forth his proclamations as occasion may require. Jerusalem shall be the gathering place of Judah and his fellows of the house of Israel, and Zion shall be the gathering place of Ephraim and his fellows, upon whose heads shall be conferred ‘the richer blessings.’” (Improvement Era, vol. 22 [1919], pp. 815–16.)







In the Temple in the New Jerusalem
In the due time of the Lord, the city of Zion will be built up in Jackson County, Missouri, and a magnificent temple constructed within its boundaries (see D&C 57:1–5; 84:4; 136:18). The Prophet Joseph Smith explains that this will occur sometime before the Second Coming: “Zion and Jerusalem must both be built up before the coming of Christ . . . and when these cities are built then shall the coming of the Son of Man be.”9

The Savior revealed, in regard to the New Jerusalem temple, that a “cloud” or “the glory of the Lord” will rest upon it and also fill it (D&C 84:2–5). In speaking specifically of this temple in “the land of Zion,” the Savior stated that as long as this temple remains undefiled, not only will His “glory . . . rest upon it” but His “presence shall be there, for [He] will come into it, and all the pure in heart that shall come into it shall see God” (D&C 97:10, 15–17). In D&C 42, the Savior confirms that He will come to His temple, which is located in “New Jerusalem” (see D&C 42:35–36).

These scriptures, however, do not speak of a formal appearance to a large group of assembled Saints—as when the Nephites saw the Lord as they stood outside the temple in the land of Bountiful (see 3 Nephi 11:1–11). D&C 97 suggests, rather, a number of appearances to worthy persons who enter the New Jerusalem temple. A statement made by Elder Orson Pratt also seems to limit this type of event to either personal appearances or small group appearances. In alluding to this section of the Doctrine and Covenants, Elder Pratt says, "All of them who are pure in heart will behold the face of the Lord and that too before He comes in His glory in the clouds of heaven, for He will suddenly come to His temple, and He will purify the sons of Moses and of Aaron [i.e, priesthood holders—see D&C 84:31–32], until they shall be prepared to offer in that temple an offering that shall be acceptable in the sight of the Lord. In doing this, He will purify not only the minds of the priesthood in that temple, but He will purify their bodies until they shall be quickened, renewed and strengthened, and they will be partially changed, not to immortality, but changed in part that they can be filled with the power of God, and they can stand in the presence of Jesus, and behold His face in the midst of that temple."10

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