Locating & Building Zion | D&C 51-57 | May 26-June 1 | Come Follow Church History with Lynne Wilson

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On August 2, 1831 a group of saints gathered twelve miles west of Independence in Kaw township. Twelve men, representing the Twelve Tribes of Israel, laid a log as a “foundation in Zion.” Before Sidney Rigdon offered the dedicatory prayer, he asked the saints gathered there, Do you pledge yourselves to keep the laws of God on this land, which you never have kept in your own lands? [The audience responded,] “we do.” Do you pledge yourselves to see that others of your brethren who shall come hither do keep the laws of God? [Those present again said,] we do. After [the dedicatory] prayer [Elder Rigdon] arose and said, I now pronounce this land consecrated and dedicated to the Lord for a possession and inheritance for the Saints (in the name of Jesus Christ having authority from him). And for all the faithful servants of the Lord to the remotest ages of time. Amen” (Institute Manual, Church History, 107). From that time until October 1838, the Saints sought to build Zion in Missouri. Establishing a Zion society proved difficult. The Lord warned them in 1831 that Zion’s glory would only come “after much tribulation” (D&C 58:4). Are you ready for Zion? Join Lynne Hilton Wilson and special guest Professor Alex Baugh for this special edition of Come, Follow Church History. Professor Baugh is an expert on the time period in Missouri detailed in sections 51-59 of the Doctrine and Covenants. Thank you for joining us at Scripture Central! We hope that you have enjoyed this content.

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0:00.0	To become a Zion society, we want everyone to have enough to eat.
0:04.0	You know, yes, I believe we need to teach a man to fish, but right after the fire is time for the food.
0:09.0	You know, I don't want these people on my property, so now we've got a problem.
0:14.0	60 people who have just traveled 300 plus miles.
0:17.0	Yeah, you can just imagine, they barely get there, start getting settled, and now we got to keep moving.
0:22.4	The things that they were asked to do are enormous sacrifices.
0:26.7	Once you get down there, I'm going to reveal the location of Zion.
0:30.4	Wherefore, this is the land of promise and the place of the city of Zion.
0:35.1	Wow.
0:36.1	Hello, welcome back to Scripture Central. I'm Lynn Hilton Wilson,
0:42.9	inviting you to come follow church history. We at Scripture Central try to defend and build faith,
0:50.3	enduring faith, in Jesus Christ, by illuminating restored scripture. And to do that today, I am absolutely
0:58.0	thrilled to have Alexander Baugh. Alex is one of our premier scholars in Missouri, in the church,
1:04.4	and we are so fortunate to have you here today looking for a three-month period between section 51 and 57 of the doctrine covenants.
1:13.2	Welcome, Alex.
1:14.2	I am so happy to be here, and you can never talk too much about Missouri, although we're
1:20.9	going to be in Ohio for a little bit, but the focus is going to be on these saints who are
1:27.4	going to make their way down to Missouri to the land
1:29.3	of promised. And I'm just thrilled to be with you. And I love Scripture Central. Thank you for
1:35.1	doing all that you do to promote the gospel and scriptural understanding. This means a lot to me.
1:43.3	And we need a lot of understanding in Missouri.
1:45.3	So that's why you are here. It is complicated. And I also wanted to just check in real briefly with
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