Moses 7 Study Guide -- "The Lord Called His People Zion"
Key Takeaway
Moses 7 contains Enoch's breathtaking vision: the City of Zion taken to heaven, God weeping for His children, and the promise that righteousness and truth will sweep the earth in the last days.
Moses 7 is entirely a Restoration text -- nothing in Genesis corresponds to it. This chapter contains some of the most profound theology in all of scripture: God weeping, Zion being taken up, and a vision spanning from the Flood to the Second Coming.
The central revelation of Moses 7 is a God who weeps. When Enoch sees the wickedness of the world, he is astonished that God -- who is infinite and eternal -- sheds tears. "How is it that thou canst weep?" Enoch asks (Moses 7:29). God's answer reframes the entire nature of deity: "Behold these thy brethren; they are the workmanship of mine own hands... among all the workmanship of mine own hands there has not been so great wickedness as among thy brethren" (Moses 7:32, 36). A God who weeps is not a distant, impassive force. He is a Father whose heart breaks for His children.
This chapter also contains the pattern for Zion. Enoch's people were "of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them" (Moses 7:18). Note the three characteristics: unified in heart, unified in mind, and no economic inequality. Zion is not merely spiritual -- it requires temporal equality. This is why the law of consecration is a celestial law.
The Hebrew concept behind "Zion" (Tsiyyon) is debated, but it may relate to a root meaning "to mark" or "to distinguish." Zion is the marked or distinguished people -- set apart not by walls but by character.
Study questions: What does it teach you about God that He weeps? What would it take to build a Zion community today? How does Enoch's vision of the last days (Moses 7:60-67) relate to current events?
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