One reason the promised land is considered “choice above all other lands” is that “Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent” (Articles of Faith 1:10; see also 3 Nephi 21; Ether 13). Another reason is that the Lord would raise up there a mighty nation in the last days. President Gordon B. Hinckley testified: “I marvel at the miracle of America, the land which the God of Heaven long ago declared to be a land choice above all other lands. … God bless America, for she is His creation” (Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, 9–10).