Where Is the Kingdom Now, Chapter 20, Conclusion of Kingdom of God Volume 3

Where Is the Kingdom Now, Chapter 20, Conclusion of Kingdom of God Volume 3

 Page 224-235

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The building up of Zion is a cause that has interested the people of God in every age; it is a theme upon which prophets, priests and kings have dwelt with peculiar delight; they have looked forward with joyful anticipation to the day in which we live; and fired with heavenly and joyful anticipations they have sung and written and prophesied of this our day; but they died without the sight; we are the favored people that God has made choice of to bring about the Latter-day glory. (Joseph Smith, TPJS, p. 231)

The final clash between the two great kingdoms is imminent. At present, however, they are very unequal in power. The great powers displayed by contemporary Babylon are fulfilling the desires of every conqueror and tyrant. The kingdoms of the world possess all the economic, military, and legal powers they desire. Combined together there is very little that stands in the way of this “super-power” and its “super-government.”

By contrast, the Kingdom of God has become less and less powerful. It has been mis-identified and disorganized. It has no wealth, no identity and no organized body. The very people who were given the Kingdom of God over 150 years ago now willingly participate in and work for the kingdoms of the world.