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Come Follow Me is discussing Doctrine and Covenants 133-134 this week. A few questions about section 133 and 134. Joseph claimed to have received a revelation about the time before the Second Coming of Christ. He reported that God said believers would need to gather out of all nations and come to the land of Zion (verses 7-16). It's also confirmed in the Introduction - "All men are commanded to flee from Babylon, come to Zion, and prepare for the great day of the Lord". There is one exception - some are not initially commanded to go to Zion. "Wherefore, prepare ye, prepare ye, O my people; sanctify yourselves; gather ye together, O ye people of my church, upon the land of Zion, all you that have not been commanded to tarry". Is this land of Zion Missouri or all of America as Joseph Smith taught? Why not gather to Europe or Australia before the Second Coming? In the Second Coming, will Christ stand upon upon "the mount of Olivet, and upon the mighty ocean, even the great deep, and upon the islands of the sea, and upon the land of Zion"? What is the land of Zion in that verse (20)? Will he physically stand on all those other destinations? Another verse says "And the land of Jerusalem and the land of Zion shall be turned back into their own place, and the earth shall be like as it was in the days before it was divided". What is the land of Zion in that verse (24)? Doctrine and Covenants 101:77-80 mentions the Lord established the Constitution to maintain the rights and protection of all flesh according to just and holy principles. In Doctrine and Covenants 134:12, why would LDS missionaries choose not preach the gospel to slaves when the early disciples did not need to seek permission from Roman masters? Paul even preached to Roman soldiers.