All Is Not Well In Zion

"Otherwise he who shall go up unto the land of Zion shall not be accounted as a wise steward. This is also an ensample. Amen"        -- Doctrine and Covenants 72:26

I consider myself to be a patient guy but sometimes life tests your patience to the max. As Lupe Fiasco sings in his song "The Show Goes On," sometimes we see people in the world who like to "treat you like a slave" and "put chains all on your soul and whips up on your back." At such times it may seem like the whole world has conspired to leave you out, that there is no justice, that you are all alone, trapped, suppressed and destined by the world to fail.

But then a thought crosses your mind, maybe just maybe, there is order in the universe. Maybe there is a concept called karma that catches up to the wicked and maybe the tides really do change and allow movement in society. 

Being oppressed is a hard lesson to learn, I wouldn't know, I have never been a slave exactly or been made to kneel, but I have been incarcerated and felt a little of what it feels like. I think we all need to feel "a little of it" every now and then to keep us honest. 

Now I'm not saying I'm Jesus or anything and some of my isolated and vexing experiences in life could be my own fault, but I have felt for a long time now that I need to call the world to repentance. What I'm saying and what I feel God wants me to say is that most people today are grossly wicked, unfeeling, faithless and willfully ignorant of God and divine law and need to repent in a serious way. 

America is at a tipping point and mark my word, people are going to be smitten unto destruction if they do not repent soon. I am not saying how or when God's justice will come upon America, but I am saying the current course we are on is unsustainable. There are the haves and have-nots in our society and some of our laws and government institutions literally prevent economic freedom and the pursuit of happiness. 

Our economy is so backward, unfair and driven by exploiting the younger generations, the poor, the unfortunate and the oppressed, that we don't even remotely consider economic opportunity and the right to work a basic human right. Maybe I am missing something about human nature, but I don't think we think enough about how our false economic system could be changed. 

Today we are incarcerating and disenfranchising a whole sector of people in America and no one seems to care. The media is more gay than ever. Our millennial generation is becoming more and more militantly gay. They don't want values, they don't want justice, they don't want sound money. Today there is more disparity between rich and poor than ever before.  

Then there is a huge combination and conspiracy to overthrow the freedoms of America and the world. The New World Order is plying harder than ever to control the money, people, resources and data of the world. 

It is now year 2021 and we are righting it, but for the longest time America was declining and losing its morality. The middle class was shrinking and giving into idle appetites. 

Despite all the above, here in Utah, there are many people who say, "All is well in Zion, Zion prospereth, all is well." For some reason, they don't see the malignant moral problems and hypocrisy we have here. They don't notice these things in our church even, and for all our so-called religiosity, no one wants to address it. 

As it says in the Book of Mormon about these all is well sayers, "Thus the devil cheateth their souls and leadeth them carefully down to hell." Let me just say it again for the record, ALL IS NOT WELL IN ZION AND THE WORLD TODAY! Consider what I'm saying. I mean well and you can always benefit from an outside perspective if you think real hard.  We don't always have to learn things from sore experiences and hardships.

I pray to God everyday that he gets me away from this cursed state. I didn't know any better when I first came to Utah, but somehow in the process of going to school and working I kind of got stuck here, literally. (ha, ha, ha) 

There is hardly any innovation, notable art or architecture or much creative genius really, coming from this state --everything is dull, depressed and by the book. There is also no economic opportunity here as the economy is pretty much dead and stagnant. I swear, it is like the book "1984" here where virtually all business is complicit with Big Brother, i.e. the mental health system. 

As I said earlier, there is something very sinister in the Mormon church here too. This is evidenced by all these religious people's insane preoccupation with everything mental health. In Utah they will jail you and "treat" you for the smallest infraction, especially social and religious nonconformity. There are so many "Peter Priesthoods" and "Jack Mormons" running around here they are actively persecuting the good people. It is sad because in the Mormon church they have much of the religious truth but are rebelliously sinning against it. These people are walking in darkness in the light of day.