I've tried to think about it and search all I could on the subject of redeeming and establishing Zion. There's nothing really there other than just some old examples that definitely didn't work out. I've also tried to figure it out in my head and asked everyone I know about it. Nothing. Then I read the Redemption of Zion talk given by Orson Pratt and it made sense why I was having so much trouble... "Now, a great many, without reading these things, have flattered themselves that we are the ones who are going to do all this work. It is not so; we have got to be helpers, we have got to be those who cooperate with the remnants of Joseph in accomplishing this great work; for the Lord will have respect unto them, because they are of the blood of Israel, and the promises of their fathers extend to them, and they will have the privilege of building that city, according to the pattern that the Lord shall give." -Orson Pratt, The Redemption of Zion It's the Lamanites, the Native Americans that have it written in their hearts. Our instinct is that of gatherers, that's what Ephraimites do. I think it has been postponed, but we are the ones postponing it. The Lord isn't waiting for something...we are.
