- 62) And righteousness will I send down out of heaven; and truth will I send forth out of the earth, to bear testimony of mine Only Begotten; his resurrection from the dead; yea, and also the resurrection of all men; and righteousness and truth will I cause to sweep the earth as with a flood, to gather out mine elect from the four quarters of the earth, unto a place which I shall prepare, an Holy City, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming; for there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem.
- 63) And the Lord said unto Enoch: Then shalt thou and all thy city meet them there, and we will receive them into our bosom, and they shall see us; and we will fall upon their necks, and they shall fall upon our necks, and we will kiss each other;
- 64) And there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall come forth out of all the creations which I have made; and for the space of a thousand years the earth shall rest.
- New Jerusalem to be established on the American Continent.
- The Dead Sea Scrolls, 4Q537
- A vision of Jacob. This is understood to contain a description of the New Jerusalem.
- I see in it a description of both the new and the old Jerusalem. Of particular interest is the description of an area divided into squares. This description parallels the description of the New Jerusalem in 4Q554. (This is why the description in this scroll is taken to be a description of the New Jerusalem.)
- Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith", p. 84-85
- Joseph Smith remarks on the distinction to be made between Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem is to be caught up into heaven and is to descend from heaven. The New Jerusalem is to be established in the Americas.
Notes
Jerusalem means "New Salem", or "New Peace", but also possibly something like "New Completion", or "New Wholeness". See: Hebrew/roots/shin-lamed-mem
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