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Question: During the millennium, will there be a secular government in addition to Christ's reign?
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== During the millennium, will there be a secular government in addition to Christ's reign? It seems that I had heard that there will be a "government headquarters" in a different location to the "church headquarters". Do we know where they will be located?
Answer
The following quote is from Gospel Principles, which is the class manual used in the Church's Gospel Essentials class for investigators and new members:
- Jesus Christ will not only lead the Church during the Millennium, but he will also be in charge of the political government. This government will be based on principles of righteousness and will preserve the basic rights and freedoms of all people. Mortals, both members of the Church and nonmembers, will hold government positions (see Brigham Young, in Journal of Discourses 2:310). They will receive help from resurrected beings. At this time there will be two capitals in the world, one in Jerusalem, the other in America (see Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation 3:66-72). "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem" (Isaiah 2:3)."
Further reading
External links
- "The Millenium", chapter 44 in Gospel Principles (online version at LDS.org)
- "The Kingdom of God", discourse by President Brigham Young, 8 July 1855 (Journal of Discourses 2:309–17)
Printed material
- Bruce R. McConkie, ed., Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1954), 3 vols.