Ps. 145:13-"Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations."

Isa. 9:7-"Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end."

Dan. 2:44-"In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed."

Dan. 4:34-"I praised and honored him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation."

2 Nephi 7:44-"That ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God."

PREACHED BY JOHN, JESUS, AND HIS DISCIPLES

Matt. 3:1, 2-"Came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (27, 28)."

Mark 1:14, 15-"Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand" (12, 13).

*Luke 4:43-"And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent."

*Luke 8:1-"He went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve who were ordained of him, were with him."

Luke 9:12-"Then he called his twelve disciples, . . . together, And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick."

*Luke 9:11-"And he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing."

Luke 9:60-"Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God."

*Acts 1:3-"He showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, . . . . speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God."

Acts 8:12-"When they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized."

Acts 19:8-"He went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God."

Acts 28:23-"There came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God."

REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTERING THE KINGDOM

*Matt. 19:24, 26-"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God . . . but if they will forsake all things for my sake, with God whatsoever things I speak are possible."

*Matt. 21:31, 32-"The publicans and harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and bare record of me, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and ye, afterward, when ye had seen me, repented not, that ye might believe him"

Mark 10:12, 13-"Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein" (14, 15).

*Mark 10:23-"Children, how hard is it for them who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!" (24).

Luke 9:62-"No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

*John 3:5-"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water, and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."

Acts 14:22-"Exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God."

*Mat. 5:21, 22; Gal. 5:19-21;2 Pet. 1:10, 11.

I Nephi 4:58-"There can not any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God."

NATURE OF THE KINGDOM

*Matt. 5:5-"Blessed are the poor in spirit, who come unto me; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (3).

Mark 4:21-"So is the kingdom of God; as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how" (26, 27).

Mark 4:25-"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth; but, when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it" (31, 32).

Mark 9:47-"It is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God, with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire."

*Luke 6:20-"And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are the poor; for theirs is the kingdom of God."

Luke 13:20, 21-"Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."

Luke 18:16-"Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God."

John 3:3-"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

John 18:36-"My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence."

Rom. 14:17-"For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost."

I Cor. 4:20-"For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."

I Cor. 6:9, 10-"The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God."

I Cor. 15:50-"Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."

*Matt. 13:22-29; *13:46-48; Gal. 5: 19-21.

(Also see Church, Functions of the Church.)

NEARNESS OR ACCESSIBILITY OF THE KINGDOM

Matt. 4:16-"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (17).

Matt. 10:6-"And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand" (7).

Matt. 12:23-"But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you" (28).

Matt. 23:10-"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in" (13).

Mark 12:39-"When Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God" (34).

*Luke 16:18-"Since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every man who seeketh truth presseth into it" (16).

*Luke 17:20, 21-"The kingdom of God cometh not with observation; neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, Lo, there! For, behold, the kingdom of God has already come unto you."

Col. 1:13-"Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son."

*Col. 4:11-"These only are my fellowworkers in the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me."

Rev. 1:9-"I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ."

D. and C. 140:5-"The work of preparation and the perfection of my Saints go forward slowly, and Zionic conditions are no further away nor any closer than the spiritual condition of my people justifies; but my word shall not fail, neither will my promises, for the foundation of the Lord standeth sure."

*Luke 7:28; 10:9-11; *11:21; *12:34; *19:11-26; *Heb. 12:28.

D. and C. 32:2; 39:5; 65:1; 96:1.

TRIUMPHANT KINGDOM TO COME

Dan. 7:13, 14, 18-"One like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven. . . . And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. . . . But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever."

Micah 4:7, 8-"The Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever . . . the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem."

Matt. 16:31-"There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom" (28).

Luke 21:31-"So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand."

Luke 22:18-"I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come."

2 Tim. 4:18-"The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom."

2 Pet. 1:11-"An entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."

*Rev. 11:15-"The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."

DISCIPLES AUTHORIZED TO BUILD THE KINGDOM

*Matt. 6:38-"Seek ye first to build up the kingdom of God, and to establish his righteousness" (33).

Matt. 16:19, 20-"I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (18, 19).

*Luke 10:17-"He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me" (16).

*Luke 12:34, 35-"Therefore seek ye to bring forth the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom" (31, 32).

Luke 22:28, 29-"Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptation; and I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me."

*Col. 4:11-"These only are my fellowworkers in the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me."

*Heb. 12:28-"Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, should have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear."

John 17:18; 20:21.

D. and C. 94:3; 101:10; 102:2; 103:1; 107:40; 110:10, 14, 20.

TAKEN FROM THE JEWS AS A NATION

AND GIVEN TO THE GENTILES

*Matt. 21:45, 53-"Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. . . . And the kingdom of God shall be taken from them, and shall be given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof" (meaning the Gentiles) (43).

*Mark 12:10-"What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? Lo, he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others" (9).

Acts 13:46-"It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you; but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles."

Acts 28:28-"Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it."

*Rom. 11:17-24,

RICHES IN RELATION TO THE KINGDOM

Jacob 2:23, 24-"Before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of God. And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ, ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them, for the intent to do good; to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick, and the afflicted."

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN THE FUTURE

I Nephi 4:52-63-"The day should come that they must be judged of their works . . . if they should die in their wickedness, they must be cast off. . . . And if their works have been filthiness . . . they can not dwell in the kingdom of God . . . there can not any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God; wherefore, there must needs be a place of filthiness prepared for that which is filthy. And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful hell . . . and the devil is the foundation of it. Wherefore, the final state of the souls of men is to dwell in the kingdom of God, or to be cast out . . . the wicked are rejected from the righteous and also from that tree of life, whose fruit is most precious and most desirable above all other fruits: and it is the greatest of all the gifts of God."

ZION

TAKEN TO HEAVEN

†Gen. 7:78-"And it came to pass, that Zion was not, for God received it up into his own bosom; and from thence went forth the saying, Zion is fled."

†Gen. 14:34-"And his people wrought righteousness, and obtained heaven, and sought for the city of Enoch which God had before taken, separating it from the earth, having reserved it unto the latter days, or the end of the world."

†Gen. 7:23-28, 30, 38; †9:22, 23; *Ps. 14:7.

D. and C. 36:3, 6, 9; 77:1.

TO COME FROM HEAVEN

†Gen. 7:70-72-"There shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion; a New Jerusalem. And the Lord said unto Enoch, Then shalt thou and all thy city meet from there; and we will receive them into our bosom; . . . 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 shall the earth rest."

*Isa. 60:14-22; Heb. 12:22; Rev. 14:1; Ether 6:3.

D. and C. 36:12, 13; 108:5.

ZION, JERUSALEM

Zech. 1:17-"Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem."

Zech. 9:9-"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King cometh unto thee; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."

2 Sam. 5:7-"Zion, the same is the city of David."

I Kings 8:l-"The city of David which is Zion."

JERUSALEM AND MT. ZION

2 Kings 19:31 (Out of Jerusalem and out of Mt. Zion).

Ps. 48:2 (City of the great king).

Isa. 24:23; *37:32; Micah 4:7 (The Lord reign in Mt. Zion).

Isa. 33:5 (Fills Zion with righteousness).

I Chron. 11:5; Ps. 2:6; 20:2; 87:2; Zech. 2:7-10.

Ether 6:4, 5.

ZION OF LAST DAYS, A NEW JERUSALEM

†Gen. 7:70-"Be looking forth for the time of my coming; for there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion; a New Jerusalem."

†Gen. 9:21-"Covenant, which I made. . . . that, when men should keep all my commandments, Zion should again come on the earth."

†Gen. 14:34-"And sought for the city of Enoch which God had before taken, separating it from the earth, having reserved it unto the latter days, or the end of the world."

Ps. 2:6, 7-"Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee."

Ps. 132:13-"For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation."

Joel 3:16-"The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake."

Zech. 1:17-"The Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem."

Isa. 18:1-7; Amos 1:2; Micah 4:2; Zech. 2:7, 10; *Rom. 11:26.

Nephi 10:1, 2, 4-"But if they [the Gentiles] will repent, and hearken unto my words, and harden not their hearts, I will establish my church among them, and they shall come in unto the covenant, and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob. . . . . They shall assist my people, the remnant of Jacob, and also as many of the house of Israel as shall come, that they may build a city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem; . . . . And then shall the power of heaven come down among them; and I also will be in the midst."

Ether 6:4, 8-"Ether saw the days of Christ, and he spake concerning a New Jerusalem upon this land. . . . And it shall be a land of their inheritance, and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old."

3 Nephi 9:58, 59.

D. and C. 83:2-"The city New Jerusalem shall be built by the gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even the place of the temple, which temple shall be reared in this generation."

D. and C. 64:8-"Behold, I say unto you that Zion shall flourish, and the glory of the Lord shall be upon her; and she shall be an ensign unto the people."

D. and C. 45:13-"And it shall come to pass, among the wicked that every man that will not take up his sword against his neighbor must needs flee unto Zion for safety. . . . and it shall be the only people that shall not be at war one with another."

D. and C. 58:3, 4, 15.

2 Nephi 7:17-20-"But behold, this land, saith God, shall be a land of thine inheritance; and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land. And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles: and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles. And I will fortify this land against all other nations; and he that fighteth against Zion, shall perish, saith God."

D. and C. 45:12-"It shall be called New Jerusalem, a land of peace, a city of refuge, a place of safety for the saints of the most high God and the glory of the Lord shall be there."

D. and C. 94:5-"Surely Zion is the city of our God; and surely Zion can not fall, neither be moved out of her place, for God is there, and the hand of the Lord is there, and he hath sworn by the power of his might to be her salvation, and her high tower; therefore verily thus saith the Lord, Let Zion rejoice, for this is Zion, THE PURE IN HEART."

D. and C. 98:4, 10-"They that remain and are pure in heart shall return and come to their inheritances; they and their children, with songs of everlasting joy; to build up the waste places of Zion. . . . And let honorable men be appointed, even wise men, and send them, to purchase these lands; and every church in the eastern countries when they are built up, if they will hearken unto this counsel, they may buy lands and gather together upon the land, and in this way they may establish Zion. There is even now ready in store a sufficient, yea, even abundance, to redeem Zion, and establish her waste places, no more to be thrown down, were the churches, who call themselves after my name, willing to hearken to my voice."

Ether 5:3, 6, 10.

D. and C. 49:5; 62:2; 63:8; 68:4; 72:3; 87:8; 97:4; 1004 3, 5; 107:1; 108:4, 6.

CONDITIONS IN ZION

2 Nephi 11:106, 109, 118-"He commanded that there shall be no priestcrafts; for, behold, priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for a light unto the world, that they may get gain, and praise of the world; but they seek not the welfare of Zion. . . . But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they labor for money, they shall perish. . . . And all the nations that fight against Zion, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision."

Isa. 34:8; *52:7; 62:11.

I Nephi 3:187; 2 Nephi 5:31, 33; 12:30; 3 Nephi 9:86.

2 Nephi 11:109-"The laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if they labor for money, they shall perish."