The history and translation of the Lost Ten Tribes¹ mirrors the history and translation of Enoch's people in ancient Zion.² Both groups went from a state of great wickedness³ to their translated condition when they were taken into the bosom of God⁴ in heaven.⁵ Their futures will also converge at the Second Coming⁶ when Christ gathers all things together in one.⁷ In that day, the inhabitants from the ancient City of Enoch (Zion) and those from the New Jerusalem (Zion) will become as one.⁸ That is, at the Second Coming, Enoch's city of Zion and all people translated before the time of Christ will descend with Christ from heaven⁹ at the same time the citizens of New Jerusalem‒those quickened, translated and resurrected since the time of Christ‒shall ascend to meet them.¹⁰ They will all be joined together with Christ in the clouds of heaven.¹¹ When saints descend from heaven as saints ascend from earth they will be like a symbolic scroll that is rolled together at the Second Coming.¹²

Enoch's people in the ancient city of Zion were converted and translated¹³ as a type or pattern¹⁴ for other saints to follow.¹⁵ For example, people in the days of Melchizedek also went from a state of wickedness to righteousness until they sought and became translated citizens of Enoch's Zion in heaven.¹⁶ Some mortal citizens in the city of New Jerusalem (Zion) will also be translated at the Second Coming.¹⁷ The following additional likenesses exist between the translated people of Enoch and the translated Lost Ten Tribes:¹⁸

1. Enoch established his church among a people that became so righteous that they were translated and preserved from physical death during the worldwide flood.¹⁹ Similarly, the Savior established his church among the Lost Ten Tribes when he visited them as a distinct people after his resurrection in about 34 AD.²⁰ Sometime after John's vision on Patmos island in 96 AD,²¹ he began his little book mission, which was an Enoch-like ministry among the Lost Ten Tribes.²² John's little book mission began among the Lost Ten Tribes before the Great Apostasy could overcome them entirely,²³ as it overcame the Nephites on the American continent.²⁴ The translation of righteous people among the Lost Ten Tribes preserved them from a spiritual (second) death during the worldwide Great Apostasy²⁵ just as Enoch's righteous people were preserved from physical death during the flood.
2. Enoch ministered among his people to prepare them for translation to a terrestrial state²⁶ and for their return to earth in a resurrected celestial condition at the Second Coming.²⁷ John likewise ministered among the Lost Ten Tribes during his little book mission²⁸ to prepare them to receive the ordinance of translation.²⁹ After the Lost Ten Tribes were translated, John continued to prepare them for their return to earth³⁰ during the future gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman,³¹ which will take place 3½ years before the Second Coming.³²
3. The people of Enoch and the Lost Ten Tribes were both translated to preserve the power of the priesthood on earth during separate times of extreme wickedness and apostasy³³ so that Satan could never have complete dominion of the earth.³⁴ However, the translated people of Enoch were resurrected with Christ in the meridian of time.³⁵ Therefore, the Lost Ten Tribes were translated and became their successors on earth until Christ's Second Coming.³⁶ The translated Lost Ten Tribes were the unseen priesthood presence on earth throughout the time of the Great Apostasy.³⁷