The Redemption of Zion Podcast

Aaron taught Lamoni’s father (the Lamanite king) how to come unto Christ and be born of God. The steps were simple, precise and accurate. The king followed these instructions with faith, believing he too could enjoy the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost. Ammon witnessed first hand the mighty conversion of the king and the remarkable fruits in the lives of his believing people.

A “marvelous work and a wonder” is the Lord’s description of His efforts to gather and save his elect from the most severe bondage and destruction plot in history. Joseph Smith laid the foundation of Zion 190 years ago. But he’s returning again with vengeance to scatter watchmen, tear down hedges, destroy their towers and redeem the Lord’s vineyard. Zion will return triumphant.

In the last days, only a portion of those who have entered into the Everlasting Covenant will endure to the end and avoid destruction. The rest will have become as “salt that loses its savor.” Isaiah’s metaphors illustrate the cutting back of the terebinth tree, and it regrowing upright again from its tenacious root stock. Those that prove true and faithful (the 10% of the 10%) will dwell in the N...

An angel sent Alma back to Ammonihah one last time to finish the job. Alma and Amulek taught the people a highly divisive higher doctrine, boldly proclaimed repentance and sealed their testimony with a prophecy of destruction. Our modern society today is very similar to the evil and conspiring Nehorites and their sleeping citizen slaves, who “do study at this time that they may destroy the liberty...

Isaiah saw the symbols of the house of Israel in the metaphor of the “vineyard in a very fruitful hill.” In his song of the vineyard (Isaiah 5), he explains how the lord’s vineyard produced wild fruit, to which the Lord says “I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.” The Lord of the vineyard starves the vineyard of weeding and withholds rain. Compare these parallels to the last days in the p...

Alma’s baptism by fire and the Holy Ghost and immediately turned to preaching the pure doctrine of Christ. His worked to sanctify his people. Alma’s calling was identical to that of Joseph Smith, Moses and every other true prophet. The story of Alma holds a key to understanding the crucial invitation to sanctify ourselves that’s still on the table. The clock is ticking.

Ecclesiastical and political leadership is rotten to the core with secret combinations. These clandestine groups plot to deliver the sleepy gentiles into bondage in the last days. God leads the humble followers of Christ who “take the Holy Spirit as their guide” on the great end-time exodus. The Lord’s true servants gather out faithful Israel back to their promised land, where the Lord fights thei...

Understanding what happened during Joseph Smith’s day requires one to become an investigative reporter. One must gather data points and then connect the dots. The scriptures and authentic church history accounts illustrate that the Lord removed the fullness of the priesthood from the Saints. The Lord calls the LDS Church and the restoration branches “my house.”

Bondage and destruction or repentance and deliverance? This is the question of our day for those who call themselves Christians. There is no legitimate response of “neither.” The account of King Limhi’s people details the results of ignoring a prophetic message delivered with power by the Holy Ghost, compared to those who were wise enough to listen to the voice of the Lord through Abinadi and Alma...

The horrific sins of the latter-day gentiles (defined as those who had a chance at the fulness of the gospel but rejected it) have led them into bondage in the last days. Ever willing to rescue His lost sheep, the Lord’s tender mercies include a promise to all who will repent and return to Him: He will heal them, convert them, deliver them from bondage, raise up Zion among them and save them. But...

Alma asks “have you received His image in your countenance?” The journey of Alma’s people from wickedness to bondage to repentance to righteousness prepared them to receive Jesus Christ. Those who accept his promises, take upon themselves his name, take up their cross and following him with a broken heart and contrite spirit are they who can answer yes to that crucial question.

Alma led a group of 200 “apostates” (according to King Noah’s corrupted quorum of Twelve) into the wilderness to teach them of Christ and baptize them by water into the preparatory gospel. Alma later received his calling as a true High Priest and led a new dispensation of the Church of Christ (a terrestrial order), which included the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost.

Despite the stumbling blocks of the gentiles and their rejection of the fullness of the gospel, the Lord extends his arm of mercy to them in the last days. God promised that he will deliver the faithful from bondage, gather them to safety and fight their battles. But first they must repent and return to the Lord, and forsake the woes pronounced upon them as detailed in the writings of Nephi and Is...

Nephi’s last writings hit hard on the doctrine of Christ, leaving simple, plain and unmistakable instructions on how to come unto Christ. Jacob was commanded by Nephi to continue teaching this core doctrine to the Nephites with power and clarity. This isn’t just one of many doctrines. Rather, this is “the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” We must underst...

In the last days, there are prophecies about the true conversion of the Jews, the Lamanites and some of the gentiles. Nephi and Isaiah warned us of the state of the gentiles (the LDS church and the restoration branches) prior to Christ’s second coming, and identified the stumbling blocks that would lead to all but the humble followers of Christ being led astray, they being “taught by the precepts...

Lehi obtained a great vision of the Tree of Life and taught it to his entire family. Nephi believed, but wanted something more: Knowledge for himself. God is able and willing to teach us the way that we can “ourselves, also, through the infinite goodness of God, and the manifestations of his Spirit, have great views of that which is to come; and were it expedient, we could prophesy of all things.”

A desolating scourge and judgment will be poured out upon the earth, but the promise of the Lord is that the righteous may be saved “inasmuch as they are willing to be guided in a right and proper way for their salvation.” The wheat will be gathered out from the tares, and the wise virgins will be spared only if they receive the truth, take the holy spirit as their guide and avoid deception.

King Benjamin’s angelic tutoring showed him exactly how his people could be completely reborn as children of Christ and receive their true endowment of the Holy Ghost. Moroni also taught the doctrine of Christ with purity and power, that our generation might escape the apostate and corrupted teachings of our day and become the sons and daughters of Christ through a true spiritual rebirth.

The “abomination of desolation” was shown to the prophet Daniel and cautioned by Jesus Christ during his ministry. In the latter days, it’s still a major emphasis in many revelations to Joseph. Destruction and captivity of Jerusalem happened as prophesied, despite those who couldn’t believe that it was possible. The parallels to the last days are crystal clear, as is the warning “I tell you these...

Moroni, like many true prophets boldly declares “I have seen Jesus, and that he hath talked with me face to face.” Men of God in every generation have tried to teach the people to come unto Jesus Christ and let Him heal you, convert you, minister to you and even show Himself to you. The possibility is real, but we’re taught that like the prophets of old, we too will “receive no witness until after...

True Christians denounce war and proclaim peace. God despises tyranny, oppression and every violation of universal human rights to life and liberty. When one’s fundamental rights are breached by wicked men, is violence or murder ever justified under God’s law? Under what conditions does the Lord declare warfare to be just, authorize its use, and expect godly men to use deadly force in the protecti...