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by Larry Barkdull (Author)
This is Book 2 in Pillars of Zion Series. This book explores in detail the laws, ordinances and blessings comprising the New and Everlasting Covenant, the first pillar of Zion. This book also contrasts the Covenant with the customs of the Jewish marriage, which metaphor permeates the scriptures. This volume includes the following: - Section 1: Preface to the New and Everlasting Covenant - The Plan of Happiness - The Covenant of the Gods - Happiness Encompasses All That Is Good - Balancing Justice and Mercy - Placed beyond Our Enemies - How Mercy Appeases Justice - Experiencing Contrasts Leads to Happiness - Overview of the New and Everlasting Covenant - The Covenant of Justice - Who Are the Just, and How Are They Justified? - Justification and Agency - Celestial Law - Preserved, Perfected, and Sanctified by the Laws of God - Blessed As If We Understood - The Covenant of Mercy - Mercy and Grace - Justification - Purification - Sanctification - Our Responsibility - The Crucible-The Baptism of Fire - Purified and Sanctified to Make an Offering - Oneness or Unification - Oneness and the Law of Restoration - Restoration and Resurrection - Hundredfold Restoration - Oneness and Deliverance - Summary and Conclusion - Section 2" The New and Everlasting Covenant-The First Pillar of Zion - The Structure of the Covenant - The New and Everlasting Covenant As an Agreement - 1. Introduction - 2. The Covenant of Justice - 3. The Covenant of Mercy - 4. The Covenant of Baptism - 4a) Agreement to Renew and Abide in the Covenant of Baptism - 4b) Agreement to Live the Law of the Sabbath Day - 5. Agreement to Receive the Covenant of the Priesthood - 5a) Worthy Men Agree to Be Ordained - 5b) Ordained Men Agree to Magnify Their Calling - 5c) Ordained Men Agree to Continued Faithfulness - 6. Abide in the Covenant to the End - Blessings for Enduring to the End - The Father's Guarantee - Effective Signatures - Section 3: Abide in the Covenant - The Leavening Power of the Doctrine of the Covenant - The Covenant Separates Us from Babylon, or the World - Zion People Are Distinguished by Observing the Sabbath Day - Power in the Covenant - Other Powers Manifested in the Covenant - Safety in the Covenant - Safety through Consecration in the Covenant - The Great Discovery - Examples of Safety in the Covenant - Progressing in the Covenant - Discovering the Relationship through Progression - Order in the Covenant - Order and Ordinances - Order and Consecration - Abide in the Covenant - Abiding in the Covenant Summons Divine Love - Abiding in the Covenant through the Sacrament - Summary and Conclusion - Section 4: The New and Everlasting Covenant-The Holy Marriage - Born to Marry - The Parents' Responsibility and the Bride's Choice - Requirements to Legalize the Covenant - Initiating the Marriage Proposal - Entering into the Covenant - Bought with a Price - The Marriage Contract - The Gift of Value - The Pledge - The Cup to Seal the Covenant - The Covenantal Feast - The Father's Announcement - The Bride's Veil - The Friend of the Bridegroom - Preparing for Each Other - The Serious Nature of Preparing - The Bride's Final Preparations - Invitation to the Wedding - The Wedding Processional - Claiming the Bride - The Wedding - The Bridegroom's Plea
Author Biography
Larry Barkdull is a longtime publisher and writer of books, music, art, and magazines. For nine years, he owned Sonos Music Resources and published the Tabernacle Choir Performance Library. He was also the owner and publisher of Keepsake Books. Over the past thirty years, he's published some six hundred products for numerous authors, composers, and artists. He's founded two nonprofit organizations: The Latter-day Foundation for the Arts, Education and Humanity (to promote LDS arts), and Gospel Ideals International (to promote the gospel of Jesus Christ on the Internet). His books have sold in excess of 300,000 copies, and they have been translated into Japanese, Korean, Italian, and Hebrew. He is the recipient of the American Family Literary Award; the Benjamin Franklin Book Award; and Foreword Magazine's GOLD Book of the Year Award for best fiction. His most recent books are Priesthood Power-Blessing the Sick and the Afflicted, Rescuing Wayward Children, and The Shepherd Song. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have ten children and a growing number of grandchildren. They live in Orem, Utah. Read more of his writings at Meridian Magazine.com.
