Gospel topic
Garden of Eden
Tagged content
-
Quote
In the beginning, after this earth was prepared for man, the Lord commenced his work upon what is now called the American continent, where the Garden of Eden was made. In the days of Noah, in the days of the floating of the ark, he took the people to another part of the earth: the earth was divided, and there he set up his kingdom.
President Brigham Young
.
-
Quote
We have been taught that our Father and God, from whom we sprang, called and appointed his servants to go and organize an earth, and, among the rest, he said to Adam, “You go along also and help all you can; you are going to inhabit it when it is organized, therefore go and assist in the good work.” It reads in the Scriptures that the Lord did it, but the true rendering is, that the Almighty sent Jehovah and Michael to do the work. They were also instructed to plant every kind of vegetable, likewise the forest and the fruit trees, and they actually brought from heaven every variety of fruit, of the seeds of vegetables, the seeds of flowers, and planted them in this earth on which we dwell. And I will say more, the spot chosen for the garden of Eden was Jackson County, in the State of Missouri, where Independence now stands; it was occupied in the morn of creation by Adam and his associates who came with him for the express purpose of peopling this earth. Heber C. Kimball, in Journal of Discourses, 10:235a. Credit: Barbara Shortt OBrien
President Heber C. Kimball
.
-
Quote
The Ancient of Days
Elder George Q. Cannon
.
-
Quote
The Garden of Eden is in Jackson County, Mo
Eliza R. Snow
.
-
Quote
Garden Of Eden And City Zion Same Place
President Joseph Fielding Smith
.
-
Quote
Many great events have transpired in this land of destiny. This was the place where Adam dwelt; this was the place where the Garden of Eden was located. It was here that Adam met with a body of great high priests at Adam-ondi-Ahman shortly before his death and gave them his final blessing, and the place to which he will return to meet with the leaders of his people. This was the place of three former civilizations: Adam’s, the Jaredite, and the Nephite. This was also the place where our Heavenly Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, appeared to Joseph Smith inaugurating this great and last dispensation. The Lord has also decreed that this land should be “the place of the New Jerusalem, which should come down out of heaven, . . . the holy sanctuary of the Lord” (Ether 13:3). Here is our nation’s destiny! To serve God’s eternal purposes and to prepare this land and people for America’s eventual destiny, he “established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom [he] raised up unto this very purpose, and redeemed the land by the shedding of blood” (D&C 101:80).
President Ezra Taft Benson
.
-
Quote
From the days of Noah, America was dedicated to one great purpose: ‘‘Wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him who dwell upon the face thereof.”’ (Ether 13:2.) The land must have been choice prior to the flood also, for it was the home of God’s ancient people, the Garden of Eden. In the creation it was pronounced ‘‘good’’ and ‘“‘very good.’’ The Garden of Eden, we know from the teachings of the
Elder Mark E. Petersen
.
-
Quote
Many great events have transpired in this land of destiny. This was the place where Adam dwelt; this was the place where the Garden of Eden was; it was here that Adam met with a body of high priests at Adam-ondi-Ahman shortly before his death and gave them his final blessing, and the place to which he will return to meet with the leaders of his people (D&C 107:53—57). This was the place of three former civilizations: that of Adam, that of the Jaredites, and that of the Nephites. This was also the place where our Heavenly Father and
President Ezra Taft Benson
.