Come, Follow Me
Old Testament Lesson 5:
January 24–30
“The Lord Called His People Zion”
Moses 7
As you read and ponder Moses 7, record your spiritual impressions. By doing this, you show that you value guidance from the Lord and that you want to receive more of His guidance.
Moses 7: Enoch teaches, leads the people, and moves mountains—The city of Zion is established—Enoch foresees the coming of the Son of Man, His atoning sacrifice, and the resurrection of the Saints—He foresees the Restoration, the Gathering, the Second Coming, and the return of Zion.
Resources on ChurchofJesusChrist.org
- Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
- Come, Follow Me—For Sunday School (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
- Come, Follow Me—For Primary (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
- “Love at Home,” Hymns, no. 294.
Resources on Interpreter Foundation
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 5: Moses 7, Jonn Claybaugh
- Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 5 (Moses 7)
- Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 5 (Moses 7)
Additional Posts & Roundtables on the Interpreter Foundation Website
- Book of Moses Bibliography, Interpreter Foundation
- Book of Moses Essays, Book of Mormon Central Staff, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, and others, July 12, 1905
- Introduction to the Book of Moses, Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, May 2, 2020
- Book of Moses FAQ, Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, May 9, 2020
- Enoch, the Book of Moses, and the Book of Giants, S. Kent Brown, May 17, 2021
- Essay #30: Enoch’s Grand Vision: God Receives Zion unto Himself (Moses 7:18–19, 68–69), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, October 21, 2020
- Essay #29: Enoch’s Grand Vision: The Earth Shall Rest (Moses 7:60–69), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, October 14, 2020
- Essay #28: Enoch’s Grand Vision: The Weeping of Enoch (Moses 7:28–43), Book of Mormon Central Staff, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Jacob A. Rennaker, and David J. Larsen, October 7, 2020
- Essay #27: Enoch’s Grand Vision: The Weeping Voice of the Heavens (Moses 7:28–29, 40, 42–43), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, 31, 2020
- Essay #26: Enoch’s Grand Vision: The Complaining Voice of the Earth (Moses 7:48–49, 54, 61, 64), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, 24, 2020
- Essay #25: Enoch’s Grand Vision: A Chorus of Weeping (Moses 7:18–49), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, 17, 2020
- Essay #24: Enoch, the Prophet and Seer: The End of the Wicked and the Beginnings of Zion (Moses 7:12–18), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, 10, 2020
- Essay #23: Enoch the Prophet and Seer — Enoch’s Prophecy of the Tribes (Moses 7:5–11, 22), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, 3, 2020
- Essay #22: Enoch the Prophet and Seer — Enoch’s Transfiguration (Moses 7:1–3), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, September 26, 2020
- Essay #13: Enoch’s Preaching Mission — Imprisonment of the Gibborim (Moses 7:38), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, July 25, 2020
- Essay #12: Enoch’s Preaching Mission — The Defeat of the Gibborim and the Roar of the Wild Beasts (Moses 7:13), Book of Mormon Central Staff and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, July 18, 2020
- In God’s Image and Likeness 2 — Moses 7: The City of Enoch, Administration, March 16, 2020
- KnoWhy OTL05D — What Did Hugh Nibley Have to Say About the LDS Enoch and the Aramaic Book of the Giants?, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, April 9, 2018
- KnoWhy OTL05C — Could Joseph Smith Have Drawn On Ancient Manuscripts When He Translated the Story of Enoch?, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, January 26, 2018
- KnoWhy OTL05B — How Does Moses 5-8 Illustrate the Consequences of Keeping and Breaking Temple Covenants One By One?, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, January 25, 2018
- Scripture Roundtable: Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 5, "If Thou Doest Well, Thou Shalt Be Accepted", Administration, January 28, 2014
- Scripture Roundtable: D&C Gospel Doctrine Lesson 46, "Zion—The Pure in Heart", Administration, 30, 2013
Articles in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
- Moses 6–7 and the Book of Giants: Remarkable Witnesses of Enoch’s Ministry, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, 25, 2021
- The People of Canaan: A New Reading of Moses 7, Adam Stokes, September 17, 2021
- “Strong Like unto Moses”: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses Based on Book of Mormon Usage of Related Content Apparently from the Brass Plates, Jeff Lindsay and Noel B. Reynolds, March 26, 2021
- Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Matthew L. Bowen and Ryan Dahle, 23, 2020
- Textual Criticism and the Book of Moses: A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 1 of 2, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Matthew L. Bowen and Ryan Dahle, 16, 2020
- Could Joseph Smith Have Drawn on Ancient Manuscripts When He Translated the Story of Enoch?: Recent Updates on a Persistent Question, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw and Ryan Dahle, 4, 2019
- Compassion as the Heart of the Gospel, Daniel C. Peterson, July 5, 2019
- “This Son Shall Comfort Us”: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs, Matthew L. Bowen, February 3, 2017
- “Zion” and “Jerusalem” as Lady Wisdom in Moses 7 and Nephi’s Tree of Life Vision, Samuel Zinner, 24, 2014
- Enoch and Noah on Steroids, Bryan Buchanan, January 3, 2014
- Ancient Affinities within the LDS Book of Enoch Part Two, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw and David J. Larsen, March 8, 2013
- Revisiting the Forgotten Voices of Weeping in Moses 7: A Comparison with Ancient Texts, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Jacob A. Rennaker and David J. Larsen, 26, 2012
- The Status of Women in Old Testament Marriage, Noel B. Reynolds, March 23, 2018
- A Modern Translation of Genesis 1–11 in the Traditional Sense, Dominic Kent, September 29, 2017
- Lehi’s Dream and the Garden of Eden, David M. Calabro, August 25, 2017
- The Scale of Creation in Space and Time, John S. Lewis, November 27, 2013
- An Early Christian Context for the Book of Moses, David M. Calabro, September 20, 2021
- Mormon, Moses, and the Representation of Reality, Richard L. Bushman, August 16, 2021
- Adam, Eve, the Book of Moses, and the Temple: The Story of Receiving Christ’s Atonement, Bruce C. Hafen and Marie K. Hafen, July 19, 2021
- Scriptures through the Jeweler’s Lens, Mark J. Johnson, February 28, 2020
- The Brass Plates Version of Genesis, Noel B. Reynolds, October 15, 2019
- Sorting Out the Sources in Scripture, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, April 4, 2014
Resources on Other Sites
- Come, Follow Me Week 5 – Moses 7, FAIR
- FAIR Conference Podcast #76 – Jeff Bradshaw, “Since Hugh Nibley: Remarkable New Findings on Enoch and the Gathering of Zion”, FAIR
- Old Testament Minute: Moses 7, by Jeff Bradshaw, Bible Central
- Jan 24-30 (Moses 7) Come Follow Me Insights with Taylor and Tyler, Book of Mormon Central
- What Can We Learn From Enoch? (Come Follow Me: Moses 7) Week 5, Part 1/7, Book of Mormon Central
- Evidence for Enoch in the Pseudepigrapha (Come Follow Me: Moses 7) Week 5, Part 2/7, Book of Mormon Central
- Enoch and the People of Zion (Come Follow Me Genesis: Moses 7) Week 5, Part 3/7, Book of Mormon Central
- God Weeps! (Come Follow Me: Moses 7) Week 5, Part 4/7, Book of Mormon Central
- The Chiasmus in Moses 7 (Come Follow Me: Moses 7) Week 5, Part 5/7, Book of Mormon Central
- Comfort in the Cross (Come Follow Me: Moses 7) Week 5, Part 6/7, Book of Mormon Central
- Enoch’s Vision of the Last Days (Come Follow Me: Moses 7) Week 5, Part 7/7, Book of Mormon Central
- Come Follow Me Old Testament Moses 7 (Jan. 24-30) Don’t Miss This, Don’t Miss This
- Come Follow Me – Moses 7: “The Lord Called His People Zion”, Unshaken
- Is it Possible to Become a Zion People?—Come Follow Me Old Testament Podcast #5 – Moses 7, Meridian Magazine
- January 24–30, 2022 Come, Follow Me Songs, Music for Latter-day Life
- Moses 7 – “The Lord Called His People Zion”, BYU Studies
BYU Religious Education Old Testament Roundtables
BYU Studies Recommended Reading
- Enoch and the City of Zion: Can an Entire Community Ascend to Heaven?, David J. Larsen, BYU Studies, Vol. 53, no. 1
- Enoch the Prophet, Hugh Nibley
- Prophets and Priesthood in the Old Testament, Robert L. Millet, Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, and Deseret Book 2005), 48–68
- The LDS Story of Enoch as the Culminating Episode of a Temple Text, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, BYU Studies, Vol. 53, no. 1
- The Temple According to 1 Enoch, George W. E. Nickelsburg, BYU Studies, Vol. 53, no. 1
- What We Are, C. Terry Warner, BYU Studies, Vol. 26, no. 1