The Lord has always provided witnesses of His work. Although the most recognized compilation of His witnesses is contained in the Bible, there are many others, even living witnesses. In this episode, we will discuss the importance of witnesses, in and outside of the Bible, that are entirely consistent with what is contained in the Bible concerning the last days. By using two or more verifiable witnesses of the same events, we can weave a clear picture of future events. There is no greater source...
Feb 13, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Welcome to an Extra episode, Episode 2. The first Extra was a four-minute introduction on why I felt these extras were needed. In this podcast we discuss how the cleansing, prior to the second coming, will begin. And it begins with cleansing the inner vessel.... Learn about the only two things that angels envy us for...
Feb 07, 2023•18 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Heavenly signs of future events were first mentioned in Genesis 1:14. The word appears frequently in both the Old and New Testament several times in both the Hebrew and the Greek, respectively. Not ony are there heavenly signs about the end of the world (or destruction of the wicked) but also signs of the second coming of Jesus Christ, or the "coming of the Son of Man" on earth. Jesus describes a number of them privately to his disciples in Matthew 24. In this podcast we discuss broadly the impo...
Feb 05, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 21
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." The objective of Vision of Zion is not merely to share insights and information about prophecies concerning the last days, but to teach and encourage you to develop your own ability to understand them through personal effort, guided by the Holy Ghost. In this podcast, I suggest some of the things that I have done to help me better understand prophecies concerning the last days, in the hopes tha...
Jan 30, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 20
We are about to embark on a study of the prophecies concerning the Last Days, as contained in the Tanakh (Old Testament), the New Testament, and more. In this podcast I explain what we are going to be studying, and why.
Oct 10, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 19
One of the valuable lessons we can learn is how to apply the art of reason. There are two kinds of reasoning: deductive and inductive. Deductive is drawing conclusions from axioms--it works great with math--but not so good with the natural sciences. It took humankind centuries to go from a geocentric solar system to a correct, heliocentric understanding. Inductive reasoning gathers data and facts first (i.e., the empirical method) before trying to draw conclusions. This method has its own set of...
Sep 15, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 18
While preparing to review lessons from the book, "Evolution Under the Microscope," by David W. Swift, I found some thoughts that came to me when I read this book a few years ago. I thought I'd share some of them with you. They are kind of random. My notes deal with the best of things is yet to come, some truths about truth, and one of the limits of evolution. Spoiler on the last one: evolution has not explained how life began; it can only (partially) attempt to explain what happens to life after...
Sep 14, 2022•5 min•Season 1Ep. 17
God taught Adam and Eve they had the power to crush the head of the serpent, or Lucifer, even though he could bruise their heal. By calling upon the name of Jesus Christ, we can cast the devil out from our midst, out of our lives, as often as is needed. Casting out Satan is as fundamental to Christianity as any other principal Jesus exemplified. We should be well-versed in recognizing the power we have been given to command him, "Get thee behind me, Satan!" In this podcast, the author describes ...
Sep 13, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 16
I've attended Church my entire life! Have I ever been tempted to drop out? Only on rare occasions when I felt like a social outsider. Let me share with you why I've seen people choose not to go to church, and why I have decided to keep going. I've never regretted my decision! If you're thinking about leaving? Please reconsider. I'll give you a few reasons why you should stay, based upon personal experience.
Sep 11, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 15
When someone wrongs you, is it easy for you to forgive? In this podcast, the presenter shares an experience in real time about the importance, in fact the requirement, that we forgive one another. We need look no further about the power and necessity of forgiving others than the example of Jesus Christ.
Aug 28, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 14
The prophets spoke to God, and they describe how powerful yet friendly the exchange was! They testified that they spoke to God face to face, the same way we speak to each other. These prophets encourage us to do the same. No one brought God down to our level than Jesus Christ. The Son of God walked among us, and taught that us we knew him, we would know the Father. (John 14:7). He let us know we can have the same quality of relationship with God that He has. (Romans 8:17). The notion that God ha...
Aug 27, 20220•Season 1Ep. 13
God wants to bless you. Jesus has encouraged us to ask, seek, and knock. God is not stuck in the past, he is as able to answer you today as he was in days of old. God has spoken in the past, he is speaking, and he will speak to you if you approach him. He is liberal in his answers, as a father treats his child. In this podcast, the presenter describes recent blessing given to his brother, and shares some of the specifics of that experience, to illustrate and help you understand how much love God...
Aug 22, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Many people have seen God and Jesus Christ in their spiritual glory. Visions, out-of-body and near-death experiences can be found in scripture, journals, books, and other recorded accounts. While such spiritual events occur, Satan is raging to suppress knowledge of the very existence of God--deceiving many. From the time that old serpent, the Devil, appeared in the Garden of Eden, God has promised Adam and Eve--and their posterity--that through Christ, we have had the power to crush his head. Wi...
Aug 15, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 11
The last three episodes described Zion or Heaven on Earth, and the power that can be generated by a group or city of righteous people, and the power, protection and the joy that comes from this collective righteousness: God protects his people. In this episode, return to the fundamental principles and ordinances that are central to how we, individually, get to that point. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is simple, and consists of faith, repentance, baptism, and the gift of the Holy Ghost--nothing mor...
Aug 11, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 10
According to Methodist Scholar Margaret Barker, and others, the accounts of Enoch and Melchizedek were scrubbed from the post-exilic Jewish scriptural compilations. Why? Were their miraculous stories and incredible successes too fantastic to believe in a modern world? 1 Enoch also speaks about an end-times Messiah--was it too much to believe? Although today's Bible barely mentions them, Enoch and Melchizedek were known to the ancients, and there is clear evidence that the book of 1 Enoch was rea...
Aug 09, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Are the Church and Kingdom of God the same thing? Initially the two enjoy a symbiotic relationship, as a mother and child. But they become separate entities with separate functions. The Kingdom of God is destined to become a secular organization. Within its structure, a plurality of religions and religious beliefs will be protected and permitted to exercise freedom of conscience. Has the Kingdom of God been born yet, as described in Revelation 12, or is it still waiting to be born?
Aug 08, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar had a disturbing dream that only the exiled Jewish prophet, Daniel, could interpret: the stone cut out of a mountain, without hands, filling the whole earth, crushing every remaining kingdom set up by man. This was the kingdom of heaven, and it's still coming. Flashes of this kingdom have been set up upon the earth in the past. We'll explore in some detail the church and kingdom that Peter and the apostles established following 40 days of instruction from the r...
Aug 05, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Trials of faith are more valuable than gold. 1 Peter 1:7. We won't receive an affirmation of our faith, or witness, until we are tried first. In this life, we face opposition in all things. For every good thing we receive, we can expect opposition from the adversary. Expect it and be aware of it. But there is no comparison to the joy we can feel versus the opposition we will have to endure. Instead of focusing on the obstacles that the adversary is putting in our way, we need to remain focused o...
Aug 01, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 6
What does it mean to be born again? Who can be born again? In this episode, I talk briefly about my approach to Bible study before beginning an examination of the Savior's doctrine that we must be born again as set forth in John chapter 3. We study the examples of the Day of Pentecost, Saul's conversion, Alma the Younger, and personal experiences of witnessing the Holy Spirit speaking to and converting others. Also, what do we do after we have been born again? Is it a guarantee that we will stay...
Jul 31, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this podcast, I explain what faith is, as I have come to understand it, through scripture, scriptural examples, personal experience, and the testimony of others. There is no greater force that will change the world than your exercise of faith in Jesus Christ.
Jul 27, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4
The prior episode dealt with how the Lord uses his servants who are on the earth, prophets, you and me, to accomplish his work. This podcast addresses people who give blessings to the sick and afflicted. Giving blessings to loved ones is a privilege. Let go and let God speak through you to those need his help. (The picture for this podcast cover depicts Jesus ordaining one of the apostles, which is also performed by the laying on of hands).
Jul 25, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 3
How does God accomplish his designs? Does he operate from the heavens above using a top-down approach? Or does he rely upon his children upon the earth to call down the powers of heaven, a bottom-up approach. The answer may surprise you.
Jul 25, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to my new podcast, Vision of Zion! I will be examining the end-time prophecies of the Bible and will also add insights from other scriptures that are part of the standard works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I take literally the prophecies of the last days as contained in the Bible, and together we will explore their meaning in light of today's unfolding events. It's time we learn and become engaged in the things that the Lord has in store for us.
Jul 25, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 1
