From: "Jong Kim" 

1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the
LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be
exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach
us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go
forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and
they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more.

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

(Old Testament | Isaiah 2:1 - 5)

Art Bulla (Teachings of the One Mighty and Strong, 3):

GOVERNMENT OF GOD
ZION

"Father, thy will be done and thy Kingdom come on earth as it is in
heaven." Jesus of Nazareth.

The Church as the body of Saints is comprised, is nothing more than a fruit
of the Priesthood of the Son of God and the Priesthood can and does
function independent of the Church when the will of its members is in
conflict with eternal laws, saith the Lord, for the Church is a free voting
body and God will not force the human mind, only by the force of pure
reasoning alone, with meekness, long-suffering and love-unfeigned. Any
other power is not of God, but of the devil who uses coercion and fear and
conformity as chains to bind the people down. The Church can as a body
reject the revelations of Jesus Christ, and the Priesthood, which if they
do, they cease to be the people of God, for the Priesthood can and will go
on throughout the world in building up the Kingdom of God. This brings me
to another subject, what then, is the Kingdom of God? The Kingdom of God is
comprised of other bodies all presided over by the Priesthood of the Son of
God, than the Church. For instance, Alma was the head of the Church, but
Mosiah was at the head of Alma and upon his shoulders rested the uniform
government of the people.1 Joseph Smith envisioned this as the Lord has
also revealed it to me, that another body than the Church must function as
the uniform government of the people, providing religious liberty to all
under its benign influence, comprised of wise and honorable men from all
persuasions or beliefs, but each committed to the common enterprise of
securing the liberties of all. This was known anciently as the Council of
50. This council is to be the ruling body of the Kingdom of God on the
earth and is comprised of both members and non-members of the Church of
Jesus Christ. The Priesthood however presides in righteousness over both
the ecclesiastical and secular arms of government, for in it resides from
before the foundation of the world, the right to rule and reign and is the
best government there is. This then, in brief, is the Kingdom of God on the
earth. Hard matters only will be brought before the Presiding High Priest
or King of Zion, as the term was used anciently when referring to
Melchizedec as the King of Salem.2 And thus saith the Lord, in him resides
the ultimate veto authority, although a democracy shall be the rule except
when deemed appropriate through revelation to the one appointed to receive
such, which would be the man holding the keys of this Priesthood. Thus it
is that the day to day affairs of the kingdom and the Church will be
conducted by those in these positions, while ultimate authority shall rest
upon the shoulders of him whose right it is to rule and reign, a King and a
Priest forever after the Order of Melchizedec. Since I, Art Bulla, am the
man holding the keys of this authority, I, as soon as the people are
prepared, am fully authorized to establish the Council of 50 as well as
build up and regulate the affairs of the Church of God. The Council of 50
will legislate the laws, the fewer laws the better, since men and women
function at their best when free to pursue life, and liberty unto
themselves, but the few laws which are a guarantee for life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness, shall be swiftly and vigorously and without
rancor, prosecuted, such as laws against murder, rape, robbery, etc,
capital punishment for capital crimes the rule rather than the exception
and that swiftly and publicly if need be. For it is, saith the Lord, that
the Kingdom of Heaven will tolerate none of the confusion upon these
matters as now done among men, for fear, shall it not be placed in the
heart of the murderer for the terribleness and swiftness of the law of the
land? It is a weak and a spineless society that feels that the murderer is
as justified in his continued existence as they, the law-abiding citizen,
thus placing no difference between the innocent and the guilty! Heaven
hides itself in shame from such societies. What kind of right or justice is
it that does not demand the life of the murderer for the life of his
victim, and this swiftly as a deterrent, if not an outright cauterizing of
society from the misdeeds of a violent few. This then in brief is the best
government there is and is modeled after that government which exists in
the heavenly spheres, and is the only government that has the power to
secure the happiness and liberty of all men. False prophets have no
business in this kingdom, for they abuse all that is right and holy and
true, and trample whenever they can the liberty of the people underfoot and
laugh and rejoice in their discomfort, even in these things, as I have
observed in the past, devouring souls, and rejoicing and exulting in the
destruction of souls, as wolves in sheep's clothing, ravening the prey.
True prophets, on the other hand, detect and rebuke and vigorously
prosecute with death them who perpetrate such misdeeds with vehemence, for
at their heart is the spiritual and temporal salvation of the people, for
as it is written, when the wicked rule, the people mourn.* Even so. Amen.

1. Mosiah 25:19; 26:8-12; 27:1
2. Hebrews 7.
* Isaiah 52: 5.
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JJ Cale:

Many loves in a lifetime, they seem to go astray Many people come and go,
they never seem to stay Sometimes I kid myself, then I realise I'm just
living in an artificial paradise A hundred times, my hopes and dreams are
blown into the air A thousand times, it always seems no one is really there
Then I know I'm fooling myself, I'm not so wise I'm just living in an
artificial paradise Plastic state of mind, superficial clothes Living in a
vacuum, close to zero
Sometimes I kid myself, then I realise I'm just living in an artificial paradise.

"He that loveth his life shall destroy it: and he that hateth his life
in this world shall keep it unto life eternal."  John 12:25, William
Tyndale Version (upon which the King James Version is based, and the New
Testament portions of both are English translations of the Erasmus Greek
texts, the best currently available).

WTV Revelation 18:4-8
"And I heard another voice from heaven say: come away from her my
people, that ye be not partakers in her sins, that ye receive not of her
plagues. For her sins are gone up to heaven, and God hath remembered her
wickedness. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and give her double
according to her works. And pour in double to her in the same cup which she
filled unto you. And as much as she glorified herself and lived wantonly,
so much pour ye in for her of punishment, and sorrow, and hunger, and she
shall be burnt with fire: for strong is the Lord God which judgeth
her."

1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work
thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

2 [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them;
[how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did
their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light
of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we
tread them under that rise up against us.

6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

(Old Testament | Psalms 44:1 - 8)

34 O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. I will
not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that
putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that putteth his
trust in man or maketh flesh his arm.

35 Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh. Yea, my God
will give me, if I ask not amiss; therefore I will lift up my voice unto
thee; yea, I will cry unto thee, my God, the rock of my righteousness.
Behold, my voice shall forever ascend up unto thee, my rock and mine
everlasting God. Amen.

(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 4:34 - 35)

WTV Hebrews 4:12-13
"For the word of God is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper
than any two-edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing
asunder of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and the mary
[marrow]: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart: neither is
there any creature invisible in the sight of it. For all things are naked
and bare unto the eyes of him, of whom we speak."

WTV Matthew 24:14
"And this glad tidings of the kingdom shall be preached in all the
world, for a witness unto all nations: and then shall the end come."

Joseph Smith's Inspired Revision of the KJV Matthew 24:14-39 "And
again, this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a
witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come, or the destruction
of the wicked; And again shall the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, be fulfilled. And immediately after the tribulation of
those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her
light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall
be shaken. Verily, I say unto you, this generation, in which these things
shall be shown forth, shall not pass away until all I have told you shall
be fulfilled. Although, the days will come, that heaven and earth shall
pass away; yet my words shall not pass away, but all shall be fulfilled.
And, as I said before, after the tribulation of those days, and the powers
of the heavens shall be shaken, then shall appear the sign of the Son of
Man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; and they
shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and
great glory; And whoso treasureth up my word, shall not be deceived, for
the Son of Man shall come, and he shall send his angels before him with the
great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together the remainder of
his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Now
learn a parable of the fig-tree-When its branches are yet tender, and it
begins to put forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh at hand; So
likewise, mine elect, when they shall see all these things, they shall know
that he is near, even at the doors; But of that day, and hour, no one
knoweth; no, not the angels of God in heaven, but my Father only. But as it
was in the days of Noah, so it shall be also at the coming of the Son of
Man; For it shall be with them, as it was in the days which were before the
flood; for until the day that Noah entered into the ark they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage; And knew not until the flood
came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man
be."

WTV 2 Peter 3:9-15
"The Lord is not slack to fulfil his promise, as some men count
slackness: but is patient to us-ward, and would have no man lost, but would
receive all men to repentance. Nevertheless the day of the Lord will come
as a thief in the night, in the which day, the heavens shall perish with
terrible noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth with
the works that are therein shall burn. If all these things shall perish,
what manner persons ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness:
looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, in which the
heavens shall perish with fire, and the elements shall be consumed with
heat. Nevertheless we look for a new heaven and a new earth, according to
his promise, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore dearly beloved,
seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of
him in peace, without spot and undefiled. And suppose that the
longsuffering of the Lord is salvation, even as our dearly beloved brother
Paul, according to the wisdom given unto him, wrote to you,"

WTV 1 Thessalonians 5:2-10
"for ye yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come
even as a thief in the night. When they shall say peace and no danger, then
cometh on the sudden destruction, as the travailing of a woman with child,
and they shall not escape. But ye brethren are not in darkness, that that
day should come on you as it were a thief. Ye are all the children of
light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night neither of
darkness. Therefore let us not sleep as do other: but let us watch and be
sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that be drunken,
are drunken in the night. But let us which are of the day, be sober, armed
with the breast-plate of faith and love, and with hope of salvation as an
helmet. For God hath not appointed us unto wrath: but to obtain salvation
by the means of our Lord Jesus Christ which died for us: that whether we
wake or sleep, we should live together with him."

4 And again, verily I say unto you, the coming of the Lord draweth nigh,
and it overtaketh the world as a thief in the night-

5 Therefore, gird up your loins, that you may be the children of light, and
that day shall not overtake you as a thief.

(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 106:4 - 5)

31 ¶ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image,
whose brightness [was] excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof
[was] terrible.

32 This image's head [was] of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver,
his belly and his thighs of brass,

33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the
image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken
to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found
for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and
filled the whole earth.

36 ¶ This [is] the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof
before the king.

45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay,
the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what
shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream [is] certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure.

(Old Testament | Daniel 2:31 - 36,45)

1 HEARKEN, and lo, a voice as of one sent down from on high, who is mighty
and powerful, whose going forth is unto the ends of the earth, yea, whose
voice is unto men-Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

2 The keys of the kingdom of God are committed unto man on the earth, and
from thence shall the gospel roll forth unto the ends of the earth, as the
stone which is cut out of the mountain without hands shall roll forth,
until it has filled the whole earth.

3 Yea, a voice crying-Prepare ye the way of the Lord, prepare ye the supper
of the Lamb, make ready for the Bridegroom.

4 Pray unto the Lord, call upon his holy name, make known his wonderful
works among the people.

5 Call upon the Lord, that his kingdom may go forth upon the earth, that
the inhabitants thereof may receive it, and be prepared for the days to
come, in the which the Son of Man shall come down in heaven, clothed in the
brightness of his glory, to meet the kingdom of God which is set up on the
earth.

6 Wherefore, may the kingdom of God go forth, that the kingdom of heaven
may come, that thou, O God, mayest be glorified in heaven so on earth, that
thine enemies may be subdued; for thine is the honor, power and glory,
forever and ever. Amen.

(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 65:1 - 6)

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