| Re: The role that I feel I am intended to play [message #914 is a reply to message #907] |
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Denryu
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Dragon wrote on Wed, 15 August 2012 07:30
I had not previously considered that Zion may have a part of the population living up to Terrestrial Laws. I think it is possible, but then, I've only been focused on preparing the city for the Lost Ten Tribes. There will be many of them, so the 144,000 will build it far greater than their own needs require.
One reason I hadn't considered Terrestrialistic people on the outer edge is that the inhabitants will be so righteous that the Glory of God will dwell upon it, sending a beam of light up into the sky. It is this light which will prevent all the wicked from approaching the city. There may be a distinct in the reaction of those living telestially, and those living terrestrially.
Let me clarify my impressions a bit: I feel that there will be those that flee unto Zion that are not able or ready to live the celestial law. There is one central area that I feel is the Holy of Holies, where the inhabitants will need to live worthily to abide the Lord's presence.
I believe thise area will be surrounded by those friendly to Zion, who have fled to Zion, who simply cannot or will not live the higher law. Perhaps it will only be a matter that they need to be taught the higher law. At any rate, I believe they will support the purposes of Zion but are perhaps afraid or have some other reason to not enter the Lord's presence.
So it may simply be a matter of semantics of where you define the boundaries of the city: at the Holy of Holies or to include those surrounding it. Of course, during the millenium the entire rest of the world will be living at minimum a terrestrial law. At that point, certainly, the boundaries will be Celestial IN, and everything else OUT. Will Celestial Zion only exist in the Old and New Jerusalems, or will there be other celestial level Zion societies scattered around the globe? I don't know. The 144,000 at least will be going out and trying to draw others in. Do you (or anyone else) know if there will be other stakes of Zion, or will all who join the Church of the First Born relocate to one of the Jerusalems?
Libertas optimas rarem, nunquam servili sub nexu.
"There is no gift like Liberty, therefore never live under slavery."
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