“We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.” I was thinking about that and that just is amazing how the Lord works. Through all these centuries and all the confusion all the wars and turmoil, the ten tribes will literally be gathered. Those that are part of their individual tribes will be found and brought unto the gospel. That amazes me and how glorious the power of the Lord is and His wisdom – it just spans through numberless years; He doesn’t know time and nothing hinders Him, that blows my mind, but I got thinking about how the Lord will reign personally on the earth. He will rule and govern, and it caused me to reflect a little bit because government is difficult and I’m not sure how there’s going to be a perfect government in the millennium. I started studying that and I found a quote by N. Marion law; it says, “We need to be aware that the agency of force, of unrighteous dominion, the greatest agency is government because government administers out of the end of the barrel of a gun. It’s always that simple, until we come to the day where we have a government of God based on the Constitution… then we will have the only true form of government upon the earth.” Government is force and it is difficult; it’s difficult to handle; it’s difficult to be righteous; it’s difficult to be free, and I’m just glad the Lord is going to be the head of the government in the millennium that we may all be free, we may all have our rights and we can be one hundred percent faithful in our religious duties in the millennium, that we may have temples, that we may be able to do all the things that the gospel requires of us. Joseph Smith said, “It will not be by sword or gun that this kingdom will roll on: the power of truth is such that all nations will be under the necessity of obeying the Gospel.” This government, it’s going to be one of truth and of the gospel. That’s how He solves that problem. Truth is Christ; Christ is light, and He has organization skills; He organized matter; He organized us; our souls came from His light, and His government is going to rule, and it will have organization, and we’ll have freedom. Brigham Young said, “Few, if any, understand what a theocratic government is,” theocratic is the government that is to be set up; that’s what it’s going to be called when under Christ’s rule. He said, “In every sense of the word, it is a republican government, and differs but little in form from our National, State, and Territorial Governments” He says on a different occasion, “The Constitution and laws of the United States resemble a theocracy more closely than any government now on the earth, or that ever has been so far as we know, except the government of the Children of Israel to the time when they elected a king,” and I love that. The truth is amazing to me. The United States government, the Constitution, we know that it was raised up, that God raised up the people to create this; we know that it was inspired; it had the stamp of approval by Christ and by God, and I love that. We live in a country whose government is approved by God. None other – I don’t think – none other can say that. That is going to be similar to the government we are going to have in the millennium. The United States government – the one we are familiar with will be the one that rules that Christ will be the head of during the whole millennium – and that… I love that. It just shows how wonderful the country is that we live in right now, how the world will be, how wonderful God’s plan is and how it all works together; I love seeing that. Brigham Young again said. “I have had some people ask me how I manage and control the people. I do it by telling them the truth and letting them do just as they have a mind to,” and we all know the Joseph Smith quote that says I do not govern my people – he said something along these lines – I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves. That’s how we function right now, and that’s how the Lord will function. There will be righteous people everywhere. That’s the reason there can be no wickedness during the millennium. All the wicked will be purged and will be thrown from the earth because they cannot govern themselves and we cannot have a forceful government in the millennium. They will have to be purged and there will be no one but righteous people all over the earth governing themselves; they will be teaching each other; they will be learning truth, receiving light from the head of the church, Christ, and the head of the government. He will rule and there will be truth and peace and prosperity everywhere, and I love that. I look forward to it every day. I love how uniform and consistent the Lord is. He rules heaven and He rules church and He’s going to rule the government all the same ways – by truth and by righteousness, by patience; it’s never force. He will never force us to our knees – I love that quote – he brings us there gently. As it says in Matthew 6:10, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” It will be the same everywhere. The Lords righteousness will reign, and we will all feel it; we will all share it; we will all be learning more of it and living it, and it will be the millennium as we all know it. There will be peace; it will be light; it will be wonderful. D&C 65:2-6 mentions a little bit of this. “The keys of the kingdom of God are committed unto man on the earth, and from thence shall the gospel roll forth unto the ends of the earth, as the stone which is cut out of the mountain without hands shall roll forth, until it has filled the whole earth,” the gospel as we all know, “Yea, a voice crying—prepare ye the way of the Lord, prepare ye the supper of the Lamb, make ready for the Bridegroom. Pray unto the Lord, call upon his holy name, make known his wonderful works among the people. Call upon the Lord, that his kingdom may go forth upon the earth, that the inhabitants thereof may receive it, and be prepared for the days to come, in the which the Son of Man shall come down in heaven, clothed in the brightness of his glory, to meet the kingdom of God which is set up on the earth. Wherefore, may the kingdom of God go forth, that the kingdom of heaven may come, that thou, O God, mayest be glorified in heaven so on earth, that thine enemies may be subdued; for thine is the honor, power and glory, forever and ever. Amen.” “May the Kingdom of God go forth, that the kingdom of heaven may come.” It’s going to be the gospel, the truth that we have now, the church that we are sending throughout all the world – that I’m about to go share in Japan and bring souls unto with love and with patience. That is preparing the way for the kingdom of heaven to come. This is what the millennium is going to be. I urge you to learn of the kingdom of God familiarize yourself with it. Love the gospel. Open the scriptures with joy, not because it’s a commandment, not because we’re suppose to; we should open the scriptures because we love it, because we know that it’s true, because we know it is the only way to joy and eternal happiness. We need to familiarize ourselves with the gospel, read scriptures often, not daily, all day, always keep it in our hearts and minds. We need to familiarize ourselves with righteousness, with God’s light because that is the light that will be ruling us – in our spiritual means, in our government ways, in the millennium – which is soon to come. It will rule everywhere; it will be omnipresent – as it were. Familiarize yourselves with it and prepare the way for it. It says, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, prepare ye the supper of the Lamb, make ready for the Bridegroom.” Prepare it that it may come. As we teach and as we share it, as this rock rolls forth to all the ends of the earth the millennium comes closer. It becomes greater; everything will become greater. I just don’t even know how to explain it. It’s exponential; it never ends. The more we preach the greater it becomes and the more there is to preach and the more there is to receive; the gospel is amazing. It can touch everyone’s hearts; it can change everyone’s lives. It will rule in everyone’s daily affairs; it will rule for eternity, and Christ’s light will flow through the universe and flow through everybody. Learn of it; share it; prepare for it that we will be ready for it. I don’t want to see anyone scourged off because they were not ready for it because they were not familiar with it. Prepare the way that the Lord may come. For “We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be BUILT upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.” I say these things humbly in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.