Go Out of Babylon
In section 133:4, the Lord commands, “For behold, the day cometh that all the proud … shall be as stubble; and the day which cometh shall burn them up.” What is the symbol of pride that the Saints are told to depart from?
What is Babylon?
Section 133:17 asks us to be ready for something. What is it?
What is the coming of the Bridegroom / the Second Coming of Jesus Christ?
What does section 133:9 say the Lord is calling his people to do?
What is to go forth unto Zion, build up a people, and prepare a holy city?
Which section (133 or 134) addresses the Saints’ relationship to government?
What is section 134?
Which verse begins both section 1 and section 133? (“Hearken, O ye people of my church…”)
What is verse 1?
According to section 133:5, what two places or conditions are contrasted?
What is going out of Babylon and going forth unto Zion?
In section 133:19 the Lord describes a period of “time of the judgment of the living and the dead.” True or false?
What is true?
The Saints were asked to flee the pollutions of the world and receive the blessings of Zion (133:14). Name one ‘pollution of the world’ in this context.
What is worldliness, pride, idolatry,
Section 134:1 states: “It is my will that the laws of the land be sustained by the voice of the people.” What principle is this?
What is sustaining laws by consent of the governed / obeying government?
Section 133:57 says the Lord teaches his gospel in what manner?
What is plainness and simplicity?
Section 133:37 says to “go … unto every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.” What is the mission the Saints are given?
What is to spread the message of the Lord to all the earth?
Section 133:52 invites us to “mention the loving-kindness of [our] Lord.” What does this teach us to do while awaiting His return?
What is remember and share the Lord’s loving-kindness?
In section 133:10 the Lord speaks of “the city of Zion … founded upon the pure principles of the gospel.” What are “pure principles of the gospel”?
What are faith, repentance, baptism, Holy Ghost, obedience?
Section 134:2 mentions the right of religious freedom. Complete this phrase: “Church and State should be separate as…
What is as the wool and the flax?
Section 133:3 says: “For I will reveal myself from heaven with power … and I will make bare my holy arm.” What is “holy arm” a symbol of?
What is divine power and salvation?
In section 133:14, what invitation is given to the Saints regarding Babylon?
What is to depart from Babylon?
Section 133:56 mentions that at His return the Lord will “make his arm bare … and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.” What does “making his arm bare” symbolize?
What is manifesting power and delivering the righteous / revealing his might?
Section 133:56 repeats “all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.” How is this promise tied to Zion?
What is the gathering of the Saints and the building of Zion help fulfil the promise of salvation to all the earth?”
How might the early Saints’ experience with mob violence and expulsion (referenced in the lesson for 133) have influenced section 134's teachings on government?
What is the Saints’ recognition of the need for lawful protection, freedom of worship, and correct citizen-government relations?
In section 134:1 it states: “it is my will that the laws of the land be obeyed, … that the people may be preserved in righteousness.” What two things are linked in this verse?
What is obeying the laws of the land and being preserved in righteousness?