"And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one."
Zechariah 14:9
This idea of God as an earthly king seems so mind-boggling and far away that it seems totally out of reach, but this is God we are talking about, so it isn't really out of reach at all. Can you imagine God being the actual political leader of the earth, and what would change, and how things would be different? It's an immense idea, and one that won't happen until the Second Coming, along with all the rest of the things this chapter talks about, but it's cool to think about.
The scriptures tell us of the city of Enoch and the people in 3rd Nephi after Christ visited the Americas, and those times seem so amazing, I think probably a lot of us want to jump into the pages and be there. :) Cool to think that someday it will really happen again... and we can be part of it, whether we are working towards that day, or get the chance to live it.
And you know, even if it isn't something that we experience in this life, that is what all of this is working towards anyway, right? That return to God and the "rest from all [our] troubles and from all care, and sorrow" (Alma 40:12). Today, let's be willing to make God our primary focus and priority in our hearts and everyday lives, and work towards the day when he can bring his kingdom to bless us all.
Zechariah 14:9
This idea of God as an earthly king seems so mind-boggling and far away that it seems totally out of reach, but this is God we are talking about, so it isn't really out of reach at all. Can you imagine God being the actual political leader of the earth, and what would change, and how things would be different? It's an immense idea, and one that won't happen until the Second Coming, along with all the rest of the things this chapter talks about, but it's cool to think about.
The scriptures tell us of the city of Enoch and the people in 3rd Nephi after Christ visited the Americas, and those times seem so amazing, I think probably a lot of us want to jump into the pages and be there. :) Cool to think that someday it will really happen again... and we can be part of it, whether we are working towards that day, or get the chance to live it.
And you know, even if it isn't something that we experience in this life, that is what all of this is working towards anyway, right? That return to God and the "rest from all [our] troubles and from all care, and sorrow" (Alma 40:12). Today, let's be willing to make God our primary focus and priority in our hearts and everyday lives, and work towards the day when he can bring his kingdom to bless us all.
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