Zion and Jerusalem.—David's ancient empire, which parted in twain, forming the Kingdom of Judah and the Kingdom of Israel, may it not have been a foreshadowing of God's greater empire of the last days, which will consist of two grand divisions—two in one? Here upon the Land of Zion, "a land choice above all other lands,"[[11]] the children of Joseph, the descendants of Ephraim, are even now assembling to make preparation for Messiah's advent. The Jews will greet him at Jerusalem. Christ's Kingdom will have two capitals, one in the Old World, one in the New; one in America, the other in Palestine. "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem."[[12]]
Footnotes
[1]. Mormon 9:32.
[2]. Hist. Church, Vol. 1, p. 15.
[3]. 3 Nephi 21:23, 24; Ether 13:3-8.
[4]. 1 Nephi 13:10-19; 22:7, 8.
[5]. 2 Nephi 10:11-13.
[6]. Ether 2:8-12.
[7]. Gen. 49:22-26.
[8]. Deut. 33:13-15.