Download or read book Zion The Second Pillar of Zion The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood written by Larry Barkdull and published by Pillars of Zion Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is book 3 of The Pillars of Zion Series. This book takes an in-depth look at the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood, the second pillar of Zion. This book also explores priesthood keys, powers, principles and precepts, along with the "Constitution of the Priesthood," and the unequaled rewards for the chosen "few." This book includes the following: Section 1: The Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God -Doctrines of the Priesthood As They Apply to Men and Women -Melchizedek, the Title and the Man -King Benjamin, a Type of Melchizedek -The Restoration of the Priesthood -Elijah Restores the Sealing Keys -Elijah Restores the Fulness of the Priesthood -Moses Restores Priesthood Keys of Family Gathering -Elias Restores Priesthood Keys -Joint Missions of Elias and Elijah -Building One Priesthood Power upon Another -Rescuing This Generation -Eternal Principle of Power -Premortal Qualification for the Priesthood -Obligation of Zion Priesthood Holders -Our Priesthood Work Then and Now -Covenant of the Priesthood -Patriarchal Order -Grand Purposes of the Priesthood -Blessings of Adam -Blessings of Abraham -Abraham's Qualifications and Desire -Blessings of the Priesthood -Prize Is Worth the Price -Authority and Keys of the Priesthood -Doctrine of the Priesthood -"As My Father Hath Sent Me, Even So Send I You" Section 2: Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood-Our Agreements -If We Are Faithful . . . -If We Magnify Our Calling . . . -Obtaining Gospel Knowledge -Personal Righteousness -Grace to Grace by Grace for Grace -If Any of You Lack -Ultimate Magnification of Our Calling -Three Stages of the Priesthood Covenant Section 3: Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood-The Father's Oath, Instructions, and Promises -The Father's Two Oaths Guaranteeing Us the Blessings of Abraham -Sanctification by the Spirit unto the Renewing of Our Bodies -Progression of the Renewing of Our Bodies -Power Given to the Renewed and Sanctified -"I Sanctify Myself, That They Also Might Be Sanctified" -Sons of Moses and of Aaron -Seed of Abraham -Church and Kingdom of God -Elect of God -Calling and Election Made Sure -Receiving Christ and the Father -"All That My Father Hath" -Ministering and Protection of Angels -Be Careful and Be Diligent -"And the Father Teacheth Him of the Covenant" -Promise of Eternal Life -Penalties for Neglecting or Rejecting Section 4: Why Many Are Called but Not Chosen -A Satanic Strategy -Test of Loyalties -Restoration of the Constitution of the Priesthood -Marriage of the King's Son -"Many Will Say to Me in That Day" -Called and Chosen for Eternal Life -Abiding Zion's Celestial Law -End Purpose of Our Calling -Distinctions between Those Who Are Called and Those Who Are Chosen -Building a Sure House -Mortal Tests That Challenge Our Calling -The Daunting Test of Riches -Safety and Perfection in Consecration -Sacrifice of All Things-A "Hard Thing" -Safety in the "Royal Law" -Dangers of Rationalization and Postponement -Law of Restitution-An Hundredfold Reward -Babylon among Us -Walking in Darkness at Noon-day -"Rights of the Priesthood" -"Inseparably Connected" -Connecting to the True Vine -Amen to the Priesthood -Summary and Conclusion Section 5: Instructing the Chosen Few -Stages of Progression within the Covenant -No Power or Influence -Zion's Approach to Agency -Persuasion versus Babylon's Counterparts -Zion's Patient Persuasion -Patience and Long-suffering -Gentleness and Meekness -Feigned and Unfeigned Love -Love-The Greatest Power -Zion's Approach to "Pure Knowledge" -Cords of Death and Bonds of Love -Charity toward All -Let Virtue Garnish Thy Thoughts Unceasingly Section 6: The Rewards for the Chosen Few -"Then Shall Thy Confidence Wax Strong" -Now Is the Time -Change of Paradigm -Turning the Key -Obtaining a Perfect Knowledge of the Savior -Receiving the Greatest Comfort -Regaining the Presence of God -Standing in the Presence of God -"Doctrine of the Priesthood Shall Distil upon Thy Soul" And Much"
Download or read book The Pillars of Zion Series The First Pillar of Zion The New and Everlasting Covenant Book 2 written by Larry Barkdull and published by Pillars of Zion Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 2 in Pillars of Zion Series. This book explores in detail the laws, ordinances and blessings comprising the New and Everlasting Covenant, the first pillar of Zion. This book also contrasts the Covenant with the customs of the Jewish marriage, which metaphor permeates the scriptures. This volume includes the following: Section 1: Preface to the New and Everlasting Covenant - The Plan of Happiness - The Covenant of the Gods - Happiness Encompasses All That Is Good - Balancing Justice and Mercy - Placed beyond Our Enemies - How Mercy Appeases Justice - Experiencing Contrasts Leads to Happiness - Overview of the New and Everlasting Covenant - The Covenant of Justice - Who Are the Just, and How Are They Justified? - Justification and Agency - Celestial Law - Preserved, Perfected, and Sanctified by the Laws of God - Blessed As If We Understood - The Covenant of Mercy - Mercy and Grace - Justification - Purification - Sanctification - Our Responsibility - The Crucible-The Baptism of Fire - Purified and Sanctified to Make an Offering - Oneness or Unification - Oneness and the Law of Restoration - Restoration and Resurrection - Hundredfold Restoration - Oneness and Deliverance - Summary and Conclusion Section 2" The New and Everlasting Covenant-The First Pillar of Zion - The Structure of the Covenant - The New and Everlasting Covenant As an Agreement - 1. Introduction - 2. The Covenant of Justice - 3. The Covenant of Mercy - 4. The Covenant of Baptism - 4a) Agreement to Renew and Abide in the Covenant of Baptism - 4b) Agreement to Live the Law of the Sabbath Day - 5. Agreement to Receive the Covenant of the Priesthood - 5a) Worthy Men Agree to Be Ordained - 5b) Ordained Men Agree to Magnify Their Calling - 5c) Ordained Men Agree to Continued Faithfulness - 6. Abide in the Covenant to the End - Blessings for Enduring to the End - The Father's Guarantee - Effective Signatures Section 3: Abide in the Covenant - The Leavening Power of the Doctrine of the Covenant - The Covenant Separates Us from Babylon, or the World - Zion People Are Distinguished by Observing the Sabbath Day - Power in the Covenant - Other Powers Manifested in the Covenant - Safety in the Covenant - Safety through Consecration in the Covenant - The Great Discovery - Examples of Safety in the Covenant - Progressing in the Covenant - Discovering the Relationship through Progression - Order in the Covenant - Order and Ordinances - Order and Consecration - Abide in the Covenant - Abiding in the Covenant Summons Divine Love - Abiding in the Covenant through the Sacrament - Summary and Conclusion Section 4: The New and Everlasting Covenant-The Holy Marriage - Born to Marry - The Parents' Responsibility and the Bride's Choice - Requirements to Legalize the Covenant - Initiating the Marriage Proposal - Entering into the Covenant - Bought with a Price - The Marriage Contract - The Gift of Value - The Pledge - The Cup to Seal the Covenant - The Covenantal Feast - The Father's Announcement - The Bride's Veil - The Friend of the Bridegroom - Preparing for Each Other - The Serious Nature of Preparing - The Bride's Final Preparations - Invitation to the Wedding - The Wedding Processional - Claiming the Bride - The Wedding - The Bridegroom's Plea"
Download or read book The Three Pillars of Zion Zion our origin and our destiny written by Larry Barkdull and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses in depth the three covenants (pillars) sufficient to establish Zionlike qualities in our individual lives, in our marriages, families or in a priesthood society. This series explores former Zion societies, the contrast between Zion and Babylon, the three covenants upon which Zion lives are built, the elememts of our journey to achieve a Zionlike life, and a portrait of the pure in heart.
Download or read book The Pillars of Zion Series The Third Pillar of Zion The Law of Consecration B written by Larry Barkdull and published by Pillars of Zion Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 4 in The Pillars of Zion Series. This book explores the Law of Consecration, the third pillar of Zion. This book casts this law as a "template," and answers questions about the law's origin, past attempts, and future glory. This book demonstrates this law's validity today and its power to create a Zion person, marriage, family or priesthood society. This volume includes the following: Section 1: What Is the Law of Consecration? -Consecration-the Principle of Exaltation -Condition of Babylon -Definition of Consecration -Law We Must Live to Achieve the Celestial Kingdom -Consecrating the Good and the Bad -Consecration Is Nonnegotiable -Sanctified by Consecration: Law of the Celestial Kingdom -Ultimate Consecration-To Sacrifice a Prepared and Purified Heart -Live Consecration or Lose Eternal Life -Laying Everything on the Altar -Consecration and the Atonement -Temporal and Spiritual Salvation Section 2: Consecration Results in Equality and Unity -Equality-"In Mine Own Way" -Equality and the Law of Prosperity -Esteeming All Flesh in One -Seven Points of Equality -Taking Equal Responsibility for the Cause of Zion -Unifying Power of the At-one-ment -Antagonism-Opposite of Synergy -Unity and Prayer -How We Achieve Unity -End Result of Unity -All Things Common among Them -Law of Common Consent -Love Leads Us to Eternal Life -Is Baptism Sufficient for Exaltation? -Two Purposes of the Law of the Gospel -Interwoven Covenants -Law of Sacrifice -Sacrifice and love Section 3: Guiding Principles of Consecration -Guiding Principles of Consecration -Agency and Truth -Riches of the Earth Are the Lord's -God Becomes Our Paymaster -Stewardship and Equality -Profitable and Unprofitable Servants -Accountability -Idle Poor -Idle Rich -Virtue of Labor Section 4: Ultimate Test-God or Mammon -Test of Riches -Only the Pure in Heart Can Pass This Test -Lord's Willingness to Be Tested -Consecration Is All about Love -A Change of Orders -Love of Money Is the Root of All Evil -Covetousness-Last Law -Higher and Lower Laws of Prosperity -More Weighty Matters -Trying to Mix Mammon and Zion -Warnings against Compromise -Making Mammon Holy -Mormon's View of the Last Days -First Commandments of This Dispensation -No Security in Mammon -Slippery Treasures -Lazarus and the Rich Man -Nothing Compares to the Danger -Lessons in the Scriptures Concerning Wealth -Persecuting the Poor -Wo unto the Rich Who Despise the Poor -They Rob the Poor -Building Sanctuaries -Wealth-Seeking-Sin That Hinders and Destroys the Church -Ugliness of Inequality Contrasted with the Beautiful Work of Angels -Withholding from and Judging the Poor Harshly -Evil of the Age: Life for Money -A Curse on the Daughters of Zion -Blessings for Those Who Rescue the Poor -Poor of the Lord's People Shall Trust in Zion -Consequences of Seeking Wealth and Persecuting the Poor -Loss of the Providences of Heaven -Loss of Priesthood Power and Exaltation -Failure in Our Mission -Loss of Peace -Loss of National Security -Who Shall Enter? -What Doth It Profit? -Voice of Seven Thunders -Choosing God over Mammon -Obtaining a Hope in Christ -Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give -Feeding the Lord's Lambs -Choosing God's Marvelous Work over Babylon's Charms -Invoking the Law of Asking to Receive Section 5: Royal Law -Royal Law Explains the Principles of Consecration -Cornerstones of the Law of Consecration -Mutual Assistance -Faith and the Proper Use of the Priesthood -Consecrating a Sickness and a Life to the Lord -Administration and Forgiveness of Sins -Consecration Requires Faith -Reciprocal Love -Charity-Pure Love of Christ -Charity Strengthened by Faith and Hope And Much More!"
Download or read book Zion and the Melchizedek Priesthood written by Gordon E. Gainey and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Baxter s Explore the Book written by J. Sidlow Baxter and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 1846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Book is not a commentary with verse-by-verse annotations. Neither is it just a series of analyses and outlines. Rather, it is a complete Bible survey course. No one can finish this series of studies and remain unchanged. The reader will receive lifelong benefit and be enriched by these practical and understandable studies. Exposition, commentary, and practical application of the meaning and message of the Bible will be found throughout this giant volume. Bible students without any background in Bible study will find this book of immense help as will those who have spent much time studying the Scriptures, including pastors and teachers. Explore the Book is the result and culmination of a lifetime of dedicated Bible study and exposition on the part of Dr. Baxter. It shows throughout a deep awareness and appreciation of the grand themes of the gospel, as found from the opening book of the Bible through Revelation.
Download or read book The Mourning Dove written by Larry Barkdull and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1959, in Boise, Idaho. Nine-year-old Hannibal has lost his parents and moves in with his recently widowed grandfather, Pop. Hannibal grows up under the loving guidance of Pop, who subtly imparts life's important lessons: the responsibility that comes with love, the nature of charity respect for all living things, and the dangers in telling a lie. Pop is a humble man whose loving example extends far beyond his small circle. While he has attained no social recognition or position, the ripple effect of his example reaches generations into the future. With simple storytelling and honest sentiment, The Mourning Dove answers the question, "What is the worth of one person?"
Download or read book Approaching Zion written by Hugh Nibley and published by Shadow Mountain. This book was released on 1989 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pillars of Zion Series Zion Our Origin and Our Destiny Book 1 written by Larry Barkdull and published by Pillars of Zion Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a comparison between the Zion account in 3rd Nephi and latter-day Zion, a look back at ancient Zion societies, how we were prepared to become Zion people, and a vivid description of Babylon. This volume explores the following: Introduction - Parallels between the 3 Nephi Saints and the Latter-day Saints - An Important Key to Establishing Zion - Enoch's Dispensation Is a Pattern - The Three Pillars of Zion Section 1: Zion - What Do We Know of It? - Zion Is Our Ideal - The Celestial Order - Zion and Babylon - Exact Opposites - Becoming a Zion Person Section 2: Overview of Zion Peoples - Fall from Zion - The Way Back to Zion Revealed - Zion - A New Way of Life - Surety of a Better World - Adam's Zion - Enos's Zion - Enoch's Zion - Methuselah and Noah's Zion - Melchizedek's Zion - Abraham's Zion - Moses' Attempt at Zion - Alma the Elder's Zion - King Benjamin's Zion - Alma the Younger's Zion - The Apostles' Zion - The Nephites' Zion - Joseph Smith's Zion - Latter-day Zion - Summary and Conclusion Section 3: We Were Prepared to Become Latter-day Zion People - Divine Appointment - Special Spirits of the Royal Generation - Perspective on the Cosmic War - Preparation in the "First Place" - Summary and Conclusion Section 4: Babylon the Great - Anti-Christ Philosophy - Cain - Nimrod - Sodom and Gomorrah - Descriptions of Babylon - Babylon As a Religion - The "Great Church" of the Devil - Babylon As a Temple - Nephi's Description of Babylon - Spiritual Babylon - Competition - Hypocrites - False Philosophies - Popularity - Latter-day Babylon - Prophetic Description of Our Time - Babylon Today Compared to the Days of Noah - Paul's Prophecy - Inverting the Truth - Moroni's Prophecy - The Fall of Babylon - Samuel the Lamanite's Parallel Denunciation of Babylon - Go Ye Out from Babylon - And Much More"
Download or read book Bible Matrix written by Michael Bull and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wish someone could give you a big handle on the entire Bible without years of study? Well, this book not only promises to give you that big handle—it will deliver on the promise. You should be asking, how is this possible? The Bible is one story told over and over again, with many variations on the same theme. This structure is the Bible’s DNA. This basic seven-point pattern is the heartbeat of the Creation. It is the cycle of a human day and a human life. It is the pattern of the Tabernacle. It is the process of agriculture. It undergirds the speeches and Laws of God. It orders the rise and fall of nations and empires. It is also the structure of our worship. It is the rhythm of Christ, and it will open the Bible for you like never before.
Download or read book Gospel Principles written by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This book was released on 1997 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Study Guide and a Teacher’s Manual Gospel Principles was written both as a personal study guide and as a teacher’s manual. As you study it, seeking the Spirit of the Lord, you can grow in your understanding and testimony of God the Father, Jesus Christand His Atonement, and the Restoration of the gospel. You can find answers to life’s questions, gain an assurance of your purpose and self-worth, and face personal and family challenges with faith.
Download or read book The Pillars of Zion Series No Poor Among Them Book 6 written by Larry Barkdull and published by Pillars of Zion Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is book 6 of the Pillars of Zion Series. This book questions our attitude toward wealth-seeking and accumulating and our treatment of those who live in poverty. In the end, how we answer these questions determines whether or not we are Zion people. The principles outlined in this book describe how to achieve unequalled abundance the Lord's way while not devolving into Babylon. This volume includes the following: Introduction: Dream of a Better World -Giving Opens the Doors to Blessings -Laying the Foundation -Lessons from the Good Samaritan Chapter 1: Ultimate Test-God or Mammon -Test of Riches -Only the Pure in Heart Can Pass This Test -Lord's Willingness to Be Tested -Consecration Is All about Love -A Coming Change of Orders -Conclusion Chapter 2: Thou Shalt Not Covet-Last Law -Covetousness-Last Law -Higher and Lower Laws of Prosperity -More Weighty Matters -Trying to Mix Mammon and Zion -Warnings Against Compromise -Making Mammon Holy -Mormon's View of the Last Days Chapter 3: First Commandments of This Dispensation -No Security in Mammon -Slippery Treasures -Lazarus and the Rich Man -Take Heed and Beware of Covetousness Chapter 4: Lessons in the Scriptures Concerning Wealth -Scriptural Description of the Last Days -Scriptures about Idolatry and Wealth -Scriptures about Seeking Wealth and Forgetting God -Scriptures about Mammon, Inequality, and Divisiveness -Scriptural Evidence That the Lord Despises the Selfish Rich Chapter 5: Persecuting the Poor -Wo unto the Rich Who Despise the Poor -They Rob the Poor -Building Personal Sanctuaries -Wealth-Seeking-Sin That Hinders and Destroys the Church -Ugliness of Inequality Contrasted with the Beautiful Work of Angels -Withholding from and Judging the Poor Harshly -Evil of the Age: Life for Money -A Curse on the Daughters of Zion -Blessings for Those Who Rescue the Poor -Poor of the Lord's People Shall Trust in Zion Chapter 6: Consequences of Seeking Wealth and Persecuting the Poor -Loss of the Providences of Heaven -Loss of Priesthood Power and Exaltation -Loss of the Spirit -Loss of Revelation -Loss of the Lord's Help -Loss of True Worship -Failure in Our Mission -Loss of Peace -Loss of National Security Chapter 7: Who Shall Enter? -What Doth It Profit? -Voice of Seven Thunders -Choosing God over Mammon -Obtaining a Hope in Christ -Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give -Feeding the Lord's Lambs -Choosing God's Marvelous Work over Babylon's Charms -Invoking the Law of Asking to Receive -Conclusion Chapter 8: Becoming the Pure in Heart -Burning Out Impurities -Persecution of the poor -Charitable Service Propels Zion -Grace to Grace by Grace for Grace -Lacking for Nothing -If Any of You Lack Chapter 9: Charity-Lifeblood of Zion -Charity Defines Discipleship -Keeping and Feeding-Two Tests of Charity -Charity-Lifeblood of Zion -Charity Is Defined by Service -Charitable Service Saves and Exalts -Charitable Service Protects the Giver -Charity Is an Absolute -Charity Is a Gift-Greatest Gift Chapter 10: Without Charity We Are Nothing -Charity-Pure Love of Christ -Charity Emerges from Faith and Hope -Charity Transforms the Heart -Charity Promotes Equality, Unity and an Abundant Life -Charitable Service Saves and Exalts -Moroni's Prayer for Latter-day Charity -Patience and Charity -Charity and Virtue-Essential Elements of Priesthood Power -Charity Draws the Lord Near -Charity Empowers All Gospel Laws Chapter 11: Hundredfold Law -Law of Restoration -Struggling with Zion and Babylon Principles -New Math -What Doth It Profit to Cling to Our Property? -Safety and Perfection in Consecration -Hundredfold Law -Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give Chapter 12: Ultimate Abundance, Safety, and Security -True Safety and Security -Obtaining an Abundance in All Things -Telestial and Celestial Wealth -Wealth-seeking is Strictly Forbidden -God or Mammon-Ultimate Test -Abundance and Personal Righteousness -Exceedingly Prosperous And Much More"
Download or read book Normative and Sectarian Judaism in the Second Temple Period written by Moshe Weinfeld and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2005-07-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book brings together the essays on Second Temple Judaism by Moshe Weinfeld, one of the leading figures in comparative literature and the history of religion in ancient Near Eastern studies. This integrated collection centers on the religious debates within Second Temple Judaism between the sectarian Qumran community and the Pharisees. It examines topics such as liturgy, law, theology and ideology; issues that established Jewish religious forms for normative, Rabbinic Judaism. It also sets these debates in the broader context of texts and ideas from the Bible and ancient Near East texts on one hand and the New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism on the other. The book comprises four sections. The first, 'Prayer and Worship' analyzes constitutive ideas reflected in the definitive prayers of Qumran and Pharisaic liturgy. The second, 'The Qumran Scrolls' engages various legal and hermeneutic issues in the literature of the Qumran sect. Section three, 'Theology and Ideology' treats a group of foundational Jewish concepts from the historical point of view. The final section 'The New Testament' brings several basic concepts and conceptions of Judaism into New Testament context. This is volume 54 in the Library of Second Temple Studies series (formerly the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement series).
Download or read book Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion written by Cotton Mather and published by . This book was released on 1694 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Divine Covenants written by Arthur Walkington Pink and published by Fig. This book was released on 1973 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man written by Herman Witsius and published by . This book was released on 1803 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man: Comprehending a Complete Body of Divinity by Herman Witsius, first published in 1803, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Download or read book Zion written by Larry Barkdull and published by KenningHouse. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
