1. Zion 21.0 would be based on scriptural principles, particularly
those revealed in the 1830s.

Church leaders have explained the system of consecration and stewardship.

Here are some examples: 

  • J. Reuben Clark Jr., “Private Ownership…under the United Order,” in One Hundred Thirteenth Semi-Annual Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1942), 54–59, available here.
  • Marion G. Romney, “The Purpose of Church Welfare Services,” Ensign, May 1977, 93, available here.
  • Victor L. Brown, “The Law of Consecration,” Devotional Speeches of the Year, (Provo, UT: BYU Press, 1976), 429–442, available here.

Church publications have explained the system of consecration and stewardship.

For instance,

  • Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, Vol. 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815–1846 (Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2018), 118–19, available here.
  • Church History in the Fulness of Times (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1993), 97–99.
  • William O. Nelson, “To Prepare a People,” Ensign, January 1979, 18–23, available here. 

Scholars have explained the system of consecration and stewardship.

These include the following: 

  • Richard L. Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005), 154–55.
  • James W. Lucas and Warner P. Woodworth, Working Toward Zion: Principles of the United Order for the Modern World (Salt Lake City: Aspen Books, 1996), 41–42.
  • Leonard J. Arrington, Feramorz Y. Fox, and Dean L. May, Building the City of God: Community and Cooperation among the Mormons, 2nd ed. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992), 15–17.
  • Lyndon W. Cook, Joseph Smith and the Law of Consecration (Provo, UT: Grandin Book Company, 1985), 5–22.