Riassunto
When Moses visited Joseph Smith in the Kirtland Temple and gave him the keys to gather Israel, and when a later revelation from the Lord identified the location of the city of Zion, men, women, and children joyfully left Ohio to gather in their promised land - western Missouri. Independence was the center place, declared the Lord, and hopes were high as thousands of Saints flooded into the state. A printing press was dedicated; the United Order was established; and stores, farms, and homes flourished. But the light of Zion soon faded under the weight of relentless persecution and the apostasy of many early Church leaders. Joseph and others were arrested, jailed, and sentenced to death. And although their lives were spared, the dream of Zion and the eventual gathering of Israel before the great and dreadful day of the Lord was postponed until that future day when the Saints could gather before the throne of their Lord and King.
Informazioni sull?autore
E. Keith Howick was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served his mission in the West Central States mission (today the Montana, Billings mission). Upon his return, he married Gail Braithwaite and attended the University of Utah, from which he received Baccalaureate and Masters degrees in Political Science and a Juris Doctor degree in Law. Brother Howick and his wife have six children and ten grandchildren.Brother Howick has enjoyed a long career teaching the Gospel. While on his mission he began compiling his first book, the Index to The History of the Church, which is still published by Deseret Book. More recently, he presented a series of firesides in the St. George Tabernacle discussing the life of our Savior. He has taught New Testament and Church History classes at Brigham Young University, New Testament classes at the University of Utah and Montana State University Institutes of Religion, and The Book of Mormon during early morning Seminary. He has served as a substitute teacher for CES, has spoken at regional and local firesides, and has taught countless Gospel Doctrine classes.Over the years, Brother Howick has served a stake mission and in a stake mission presidency, as ward mission leader, ward Seventies Group Leader, Branch President and Bishop. During these years he wrote his first books about the Savior, The Life of Jesus the Messiah series, that discuss the life of Jesus Christ topically. During the last three years, Brother Howick has published the Challenged by the Restoration series of activity and study books and Prophets of the Old Testament. He also writes weekly e-mail newsletters about the Gospel, Joseph Smith, and the Restoration.Brother Howick is currently the Gospel Doctrine teacher and assistant Melchizedek Priesthood leader in the Wallace Branch of the Hayden Lake Idaho Stake.
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