In priesthood the Elder's quorum presidency spoke on the "revised" emphasis from the First Presidency and the pursuit of Zion. They used the example of the children of Israel and their fear of seeing the Lord on Mount Zion.
It struck me that we are like the Children of Israel in our faith. They had to wander 40 years in the wilderness to kill off the wicked older generation who came from Egypt in order to give the next generation a chance to found the kingdom of Israel correctly. This letter was first given in 1995 and is being revised 14 years later. Are we going to take another 26 years to own up to this and watch our children become that generation while we are slowly "killed" off to no longer prevent their entrance into the kingdom? Or are we going to step up and be that generation so that we might find our own way in thus enabling the children further in their efforts than they would on their own?
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