At least 65 years before the invasion, Jared and his wife, followers of God, had welcomed a son into their home. They named him Enoch, a word meaning "teacher." Enoch grew in righteousness until, apparently when he was 65 years old, the Lord called him to be a spokesman. The Lord promised him, "My Spirit is upon you, wherefore all thy words will I justify; and the mountains shall flee before you, and the rivers shall turn from their course" (Moses 6:34).

The Lord was not speaking in hyperbole. Enemy armies approached, "and so great was the faith of Enoch that he led the people of God, and their enemies came to battle against them; and he spake the word of the Lord, and the earth trembled, and the mountains fled, even accord

* The Lord has reserved the return of Enoch and his people until a day when righteousness shall come (see D&C 45:11-12).

Yet Enoch's understanding did not end there. He knew the creations of God were so great that if it were "possible that man could number the particles of the earth, yea, millions of earths like this, it would not be a beginning to the number of thy creations." What astounded the seer was not the amount of real estate, however, but that, as he told the Lord, "Thou art there, and thy bosom is there" (Moses 7:30). The Lord confirmed that he was in direct contact with every world and every creature he had made, for he said, "I can stretch forth mine hands and hold all the creations which I have made; and mine eye can pierce them also" (Moses 7:36). Enoch came to truly understand that the Lord knew and loved them all.

In fulfillment of Enoch's vision of what was to occur, the scriptures record of this mighty prophet and his people: "It came to pass that Zion was not, for God received it up into his own bosom; and from thence went forth the saying, ZION IS FLED" (Moses 7:69).

The Prophet Joseph Smith affirmed "that God clearly manifested to Enoch the redemption which He prepared, by offering the Messiah as a Lamb slain from before the foundation of the world; and by virtue of the same, the glorious resurrection of the Savior, and the resurrection of all the human family, even a resurrection of their corporeal bodies" (History of the Church, 2:260).

* Jared, when 165 years old, fathered Enoch (see Gen. 5:18).

Enoch's great work on behalf of the Lord's kingdom had been recognized by the God he so diligently served. Today, the revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith allow us as modern Saints to learn from Enoch's profound teachings, which otherwise would have been lost to us. An understanding of Enoch's message and ministry provides us with an understanding of what is to come and a clear definition of our task. We must become like Enoch's people, who "were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them" (Moses 7:18). Then will we be ready to meet them in Zion, "and we will receive them into our bosom, and they shall see us; and we will fall upon their necks, and they shall fall upon our necks, and we will kiss each other" (Moses 7: 63). And there shall God make his abode forever (see Moses 7:21).

* Some time later into Enoch's ministry, the Lord appeared to him on Mount Simeon and opened the second vision recorded in Moses (see Moses 7:4).

Even so, God had reserved a special place for Zion; for, as Enoch testified, God had "taken Zion to [his] own bosom, from all [his] creations, from all eternity to all eternity" (Moses 7:31). Therefore, once it is established, it never fails or falls. When the world can no longer stand its glory, God takes Zion to himself.

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