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Food Storage etc. for the Coming Famine – Quotes from The Prophets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Food Storage etc. for the Coming Famine – Quotes from The Prophets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

-“The first season that we came here I recollect that Brother Brigham proclaimed the policy of our laying up grain, and told us to lay up a seven years supply, and prepare for a famine.” (Heber C. Kimball, The Deseret News 6:38; June 10, 1855)
-“The Lord, through his prophet, has called the mothers of Israel to prepare for a famine. . . .We are well assured that the time is fast approaching when the Lord will pour out his indignation on the nations, andalthough we should escape, we will feel the effects in a national capacity. Our hearts must be hard indeed if we will not feel for those who may come to us for help. The Lord showed his servant Joseph that such things would come, and it was of such a nature and so distressing and revolting to humanity to witness, that he asked the Lord to close it up.” (Woman’s Exponent, Dec. 1, 1876)
-“There are a few things I want to say. One is, take care of your grain; for it is of more worth to you than gold and silver. I know you will see harder times before another harvest than you have seen this season. There is enough, and we need never want bread, but if we do not take the right course we are sure to see sorrow, and the greatest you have ever seen.” (Life of Heber C. Kimball, p. 411, 1853)

-“Build yourselves good store-houses and save your grain for a time of famine, and sickness, and death upon the nations of the wicked, to get rid of the evil doers.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 3:227, 1856)
-“The time has come for us to lay up our stores. Will the world follow our example? No, they will not; and if we do our duty, who cares whether they do or not. They will come with their bonnets, their fine clothing, and their jewelry, and be glad to work for us to get their bread.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:10)
-“I would like to see the people take a course to make their own clothing, make their own machinery, their own knives and their own forks, and everything else we need, for the day will come when we will be under the necessity of doing it, for trouble and perplexity, war and famine, bloodshed and fire, and thunder and lightning will roll upon the nations of the earth, insomuchthat we cannot get to them, nor they to us.” (Life of Heber C. Kimball, p. 411)
-“After the Angel Moroni appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith September 21, 1832, he [Joseph] said: “He informed me of great judgments which were coming upon the earth, with great desolations by FAMINE, sword, and pestilence; and that these grievous judgments would come on the earth in this generation.”” (DHC 1:14)
-“Harder times are coming by and bye, and there is going to be an awful famine. And if we do right, we shall take a course to lay up our surplus grain.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 109, 1856)
-“I will not say much more about grain; you can do as you please. I might just as well say nothing about it, for I know none will listen to it but good Saints, men of God, and men that have an experience, and can see things as they are: they are the men that will save this people. If one to fifty proves a Savior in the end, I shall think that things are much better than I expected to find them.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 8:246, 1860)
-“I tell you in the name of the Lord God, I know the gate of plenty will be shut down, and your wheat and corn will be blasted; the earth will cease to yield in her strength if this people do not appreciate their blessings, and improve upon them. Further, if this people appreciate these blessings, we will see the time yet, in these mountains, when the people will come from our native countries for bread. If we are faithful, if we are true, if we are humble, and appreciate the blessings of heaven that are poured upon us, and improve upon them, strangers will seek bread at our hands, but, if we neglect our duty, if we become proud, idle, selfish, or covetous, and forget our God, the earth will cease to yield her fruits, they will be blasted, and we will be in poverty; that you may be assured of.” (Brigham Young, Deseret News, Oct. 16, 1852)
-“Will the United States send troops here? Yes. And when they have done, the other inhabitants of the earth will send them. . . . Will you go to work now, and lay up your grain?” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:180, 1857)
-“What is going to be the condition of this people and their surrounding neighbors. Do we not see the storm gathering? It will come from the northeast and the southeast, from the east and from the west, and from the northwest. The clouds are gathering; the distant thunders can be heard; the grumblings and mutterings in the distance are audible, and tell of destruction, want, and famine. But mark it well, if we live according to the holy Priesthood bestowed upon us, while God bears rule in the midst of these mountains, I promise you, in the name of Israel’s God, that he will give us seed-time and harvest. We must forfeit our right to the Priesthood before the blessings of the Heavens cease to come upon us. . . .
And here let me say to you, buy what flour you need, and do not let it be hauled away. Have you a horse, or an ox, or a wagon, or anything else, if it takes the coat off your back, or the shoes off your feet, and you have to wear moccasins? Sell them and go to the merchants who have it to sell, and buy the flour before it is hauled away. . . .My faith does not lead me to think the Lord will provide us with roast pigs, bread already buttered, etc. He will give us the ability to raise the grain, to obtain the fruits of the earth, to makehabitations, to procure a few boards to make a box, and when harvest comes, giving us the grain, it is for us to preserve it–to save the wheat until we have one, two, five, or seven years’ provisions on hand, until there is enough of the staff of life saved by the people to bread themselves and those who will come here seeking for safety. . . .
Do you see any necessity, Latter-day Saints, for providing for the thousands coming here?. . .The time is coming when. . .this is the only place where there will be peace. There will be war, famine, pestilence, and misery through the nations of the earth, and there will be no safety in any place but Zion, as has been foretold by the Prophets of the Lord, both anciently and in our day.. . .Buy flour, you who can;. . .And then, when the people come here by thousands, you will be able to feed them. What will be your feelings, when the women and children begin to cry in your ears, with not a man to protect them?You can believe it or not,but the time is coming when a good man will be more precious than fine gold. . . .Joseph said, many and many a time, to us,–“Never be anxious for the Lord to pour out his judgments upon the nation; many of you will see the distress and evils poured out upon this nation till you will weep like children.” (Brigham Young, JD 10:292-95, 1864)
-“Missouri is cracked up to be the greatest honey country that there is on the earth; but it will not be many years before they cannot raise a spoonful in that land, nor in Illinois, or in any other land where they fight against God. Mildew shall come upon their honey, their bees, and their crops; and famine and desolation shall come upon the nation like a whirlwind. . . .Shall we ever be brought to want? I tell you, if we live our religion, we never shall. Cannot God Almighty send manna here, honey, and everything else, just as well as he could in the days of Moses? This is the last dispensation, and it has got all the power, the interest, the miracles that were in all of them, and tenfold more. . .The maple trees in the States will be blasted; yes, and they might as well try to make sugar from an oak tree; and everything else will be mildewed and go to destruction, when we shall have thousands.
Have not we felt the rod? Yes; and God says judgment shall come, and it shallcommence at the house of God first, and then it will come upon those that have rebelled in the house of God; andof all the suffering that ever fell upon men and women will fall upon the apostates. . . .” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:93-94, 1857
-“Lay up your stores, and take your silks and fine things, and exchange them for grain and such things as you need, and the time will come when we will be obliged to depend upon our own resources; for the time is not far distant when the curtain will be dropped between us and the United States. . . You will also see the day that you will wish you had laid up your grain, if you do not do it now; for you will see the day, if you do not take care of the blessings God has given to you, that you will become servants, the same as the world will.. . . I will prove to you that I will put my faith with my works and layup stores for my family and for my friends that are in the United States, and I will be to them as Joseph was to the people in the land of Egypt. Every man and woman will be a saviour if they will do as I say. . . .It behooves us to be saving and to prepare for the time to come. The day will come when the people of the United States will come lugging their bundles under their arms, coming to us for bread to eat. Every Prophet has spoken of this from the early ages of the world. Already we begin to see sickness, trouble, death, famine, and pestilence; and more yet awaits the nations of the wicked. Jesus said, When you hear of these things in foreign nations–destruction and desolation, you may then look forth for my coming, and know that it is nigh at hand.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:10, 1857)
-“Follow the example if you think it is a good one, and lay up stores of grain, against the time of need, for you will see the time when there will not be a kernel raised and when thousands and millions will come to this people for bread.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 3:252, 1856)
-“We have done first rate; but we canwake up more, and keep waking up, and attend to the things you have been told to attend to; and one of them is, to lay up stores of corn, wheat, oats, peas, beans, buck wheat, andeverything else that can be preserved; for you will see a day when you will want it; and it will be when we shall feel the effects of famine, and when the United States have not any food. And inasmuch as we are wise and prudent in this matter, we shall have power over them, and they cannot help themselves.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 4:330, 1857)
-“But the day will be, and it is right at our doors, when thousands and millions in the United States and in the old countries will come to us and render to us all the rich things that this earth affords, in exchange for food.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:255, 1857)
-“The day will come when millions of people will flock to us for bread, and thousands of them will be honest; they will be the elect of God; they will come to us for salvation, either to this place or to Jackson County.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 8:89, 1860)
-“There are some who feel that they are secure as long as they have funds to purchase food. Money is not food. If there is no food in the stores or in the warehouses, you cannot sustain life with money. Both President Romney and President Clark have warned us that we will yet live on what we produce.” (J. Richard Clarke, Conference Report, Oct. 1980)
-“You have been warned before hand, and that by revelation from God through Joseph Smith, and afterward through brother Brigham who is our Prophet, you have been warned, time and time again, to take care of your grain. In future build yourselves good store-houses and save your grain for a time of famine, and sickness, and death upon the nations of the wicked, to get rid of the evil doers. . . .We must lay up grain against the famines that will prevail upon the earth. What shall we lay up that grain for? Shall we lay it up to feed the wicked? No, we shall lay it up to feed the Saints who gather here from all the nations of the earth, and for the millions of lovers of good and wholesome laws who will come from the old countries and from the United States, fleeing to this place for their bread, and I know it.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 3:227-228, 1856)
-“It has been prophesied, scores of times, to different ones of the Latter-day Saints that their relatives and friends who cast them out and scorned them, should yet come begging for bread; then be wise, and prepare yourselves with bread in abundance to feed the hungry.” (Woman’s Exponent, Nov. 15, 1876)
-“I have seen a hungry woman turn down food for a spool of thread. (Ezra Taft Benson, speaking of war-torn Europe at close of World War II;” Conference Report, Oct. 1973))
-“What good will be our greenbacks that we get from the government for security when all the crops of the earth are destroyed by hail?” (“And there shall be a great hailstorm sent forth to destroy the crops of the earth.”) D & C 29:16 (Mathew Cowley Speaks, p. 172)
-“I remember when the sisters used to say, “Well, but we could buy it at the store a lot cheaper than we can put it up.” But that isn’t quite the answer. . . Because there will come a time when there isn’t a store. I remember long years ago that I asked a very prominent grocer who had a chain of grocery stores, “How long would your supply of groceries last if you did not have trucks to bring in new supplies?” He replied, “Maybe we could stretch it out for two weeks from our storehouses and from our supplies.” People could get awfully hungry after two weeks were over. . . .Should trucks fail to fill the shelves of the stores, many would go hungry.” (Pres. Spencer W. Kimball, Conference Report, Oct. 1974)
-“Have you ever paused to realize what would happen to your community or nation if transportation were paralyzed or if we had a war or depression? How would you and your neighbors obtain food? How long would the corner grocery store or supermarket sustain the needs of the community?” (Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Oct. 1980)
-“I presume you have never had the great and trying experience of looking into the faces of people who are starving when you are unable to give them even a crust of bread. We faced that as we first met with the Saints in parts of Europe. But when the welfare supplies came, it was a time never to be forgotten by these faithful Saints. I can see them now in tears, weeping like children, as they looked upon those first boxes of welfare supplies when they reached occupied Germany.” (Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Oct. 1952)

-“I remember great tracts of once fertile and productive land lying idle… andpeople starving because there was no seed to plant, no machinery with which to plant, cultivate, and harvest, and no power because power machines had been destroyed and horses had been killed during the bombing and many others killed and eaten for human’s food. . . .” (Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Oct. 1952)
-“We are too accustomed to going to stores [and rationalizing]. . .that [we have] no time or space [for a garden]. May I suggest…you store seeds and have sufficient tools on hand to do the job.” (Pres. Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Oct. 1980)
-“The time will come when the judgments of God will be poured out upon this nation because of their wickedness in shedding the blood of the Prophets and other righteous men and women, and in passing laws against the Patriarchal order of marriage; and peace will be taken from the earth. A great revolution will take place in this land and those who will not take up the sword against their neighbor, and the honest in heart, will flee to places of safety; they will come over these Rocky Mountains with knap sacks on their backs and there will be so many to be fed that there will be a famine for the want of food, not because there will not be seed time and harvest, but because of the number of people that will come. Then a sack of wheat will be worth many times more than a bag of gold.” (John W. Taylor, Farmington, Utah, Spring, 1901)
-“Should evil times come, many might wish they had filled all their fruit bottles. . .cultivated a garden. . .planted a few fruit trees and berry bushes.” (Pres. Spencer W. Kimball, Conference Report, Oct. 1974)
-“Suppose you. . .sell all your wheat . . .and you are left with nothing more than a pile of gold, what good would it do you? You could not eat it, drink it, wear it, or carry it off where you could have something to eat. The time will come thatgold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat.” (Brigham Young, JD 1:250, 1853)
-“Obtain a year’s supply [by building] up your food supply just as you would a savings account. Save a little for storage each pay-check. Can or bottle fruits and vegetables from your gardens and orchards. Learn how to preserve food through drying and possibly freezing. Make your storage a part of your budget. . . . We urge you to do this prayerfully and do it now.” (Pres. Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Oct. 1980, “Prepare for the Days of Tribulation”)
-“Store up all your grain and take care of it. . . . it is almost as necessary to have bread to sustain the body as it is to have food for the spirit; for the one is as necessary as the other to enable us to carry on the work of God upon the earth.” (Orson Hyde, JD 5:17)
-“Learn to sustain yourselves, lay up grain and flour, and save it for a day of scarcity.” (Discourses of Brigham Young, pp. 291-93)
-“Some of the recent disasters in which Church members have been involved show that there is a need for diversification in places of storage and in types of containers. Perhaps not all storage should be concentrated in one area of the house, not all should be stored in tin or plastic containers, not all in glass containers.” (Barbara B. Smith, Conference Report, Oct. 1976)
-“Frequently I am asked, “What were the most valuable items in the days of starvation in Germany? As for what we needed, the food item we relied on most was vegetable oil.With a bottle of vegetable oil, one could acquire nearly every other desirable item. It had such value that with a quart of vegetable oil one could probably trade for three bushels of apples or three hundred pounds of potatoes. Vegetable oil has a high calorie content, is easy to transport, and in cooking can give a tasty flavor to all kinds of food items that one would not normally consider as food–wild flowers, wild plants, and roots from shrubs and trees. For me and my family, a high-quality vegetable oil has the highest priority in our food storage, both in times of daily use and for emergency usage. When vegetable oil is well-packed and stored appropriately, it has a long storage life without the necessity of refrigeration. We found ours to be in very good condition after twenty yearsof storage, but circumstances may vary. . . . . . .Honey could be traded for three times as much as sugar. . . . When a person is very hungry, the taste of food will change for him. In times of emergency, the Lord seems to provide a way to help our bodies adapt.”
(F. Enzio Busche, Ensign, June 1982)
-“The day will come when if this people do not lay up their bread they will be sorry for it.” (Wilford Woodruff, JD 18:127)
-“It will not surprise me, if times get harder and tighter, if somewhere along the line you will be required to give up what you yourselves have or part of it in your cellars. It will be fortunate if you have put away enough so that you can spare some and still be able to live.” (J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Church News, April 20, 1946)

-“[When] distributing food, clothing, and bedding to the suffering members of the Church in Europe following World War I, I witnessed the starving, the emaciated, and the barefoot. It was a piteous sight. My heart went out in compassion to all our Heavenly Father’s suffering children. . . .[Upon] arrival of our first Church welfare supplies in Berlin. . .I took with me the acting President of the mission. . ..[He] took [the] dried beans…put his hands into [them] and ran [them] through his fingers, then broke down and cried like a child with gratitude. We opened another box, filled with cracked wheat, nothing added or taken away. . . .He touched a pinch of it to his mouth. After a moment he looked at me through his tearful eyes–and mine were wet, too–and said, while slowly shaking his head, “Brother Benson, it is hard to believe that people who have never seen us could do so much for us.””(Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Apr. 1977)
-“Elder Lorenzo Snow. . .spoke of the prediction of the servants of God that wheat would be worth its weight in gold. He asked what preparation had been made for that time. . . .When this nation became disrupted by civilstrife, thousands would flock here and we should have to feed them. . . .As sure as there was a God in Israel, the famine predicted would come to pass.” (Des. Evening News, Jan. 31, 1877)
-“Brethren, go and build your storehouses before your grain is harvested, and lay it up, and let us never cease until we have got a seven years’ supply. You may think that we shall not see times in which we shall need it.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 4:337, 1857)
-“Let us go to work and lay up our grain, lay up wheat, and everything that will and can be preserved; and in so doing, we will save ourselves from sorrow, pain, and anguish; . . .This is a part of our religion–to lay up stores and provide for ourselves and for the surrounding country; for the day is near when they will come by thousands and by millions, with their fineries, to get a little bread. That time is right by our door. . . .Wake up, ye Saints of Zion, while it is called to-day, lest trouble and sorrow come upon you, as a thief in the night. Suppose it is not coming, will it hurt you to lay up the products of the earth for seven years? Will it hurt you, if you have your guns, swords, and spears in good condition, according to the law of the United States? . . .But wake up, ye Saints of the Most High, and prepare for any emergencythat the Lord our God may have pleasure in bringing forth. We never shall leave these valleys–till we get ready; no, never; no, never. We will live here till we go back to Jackson County, Missouri. I prophesy that, in the name of Israel’s God.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:164-65, 1857)
-“For years past it has been sounded in my ears, year after year, to lay up grain, so that we might have an abundance in the day of want. .. View the actions of the Latter-day Saints on this matter, and their neglect of the counsel given; and suppose the Lord would allow these insects to destroy the crops this season and the next, what would be the result? I can see death, miseryand want on the faces of the people. But some may say, “I have faith the Lord will turn them away.” What ground have we to hope this? Have I any good reason to say to my Father in heaven, “Fight my battles,” when He has given me the sword to wield, the arm and the brain that I can fight for myself? Can I ask Him to fight my battles and sit quietly down waiting for Him to do so? I cannot.” (Brigham Young, JD 12:240-241, 186)
-“Let us be in a position so we are able to not only feed ourselves through the home production and storage, but others as well.” (Pres. Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Oct. 1980)
-“The revelation to produce and store food may be as essential to our temporal welfare today as boarding the Ark was to the people in the days of Noah.” (Pres. Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, Oct.1987)
-“Joseph warned the people of a famine that was coming on the land, and laid up corn; so Brigham and Heber have taught you that we are going to see a day similar to that, but more terrible–more awful!
. . .I would advise you to take everything that is unnecessary, and buy wheat and barley, and such things as you need with it, and lay up your stores for the time that is to come, that you can feed your own kindred and friends, who will actually come to you.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:174, 175, 1857)
-“It’s better to have your food supply two years early than one day late. Nations shall be cut off when they are ripe in iniquity. . . . A desolating sickness shall cover the land. . . . Famine shall sorely oppress them–confusion and war shall make their hearts to faint, and their knees to tremble. Would to God that our nation had never given cause for the distress which they now only begin to suffer! . . . When these poor starving thousands flock here for food, will it not be glory enough for you to begin with, to feed them, to give them shelter, and administer to their sick? . . . If you will do as you are told,your eyes shall witness just such scenes!” (Orson Hyde, JD 2:206, 1855)
-“A few years ago President Young gave counsel to the people of the Territory–most of whom agreed to it–to lay byseven years’ provisions. We were to have commenced three years ago, and were to have laid up one year’s bread over and above the year’s supply. The following year we were to add another year’s supply, and so have continued until we had our seven years’ supply laid up. … I look upon the subject of storing grain and other kinds of food as a very religious matter. How could a man who was half starved enjoy his religion? How on the earth could a man enjoy his religion when he has been told by the Lord how to prepare for a day of famine, when, instead of doing so, he had fooled away that which would have sustained him and his family. I wish our brethren to lay this matter to heart, and not to rest until they have obeyed this particular item of counsel.  I also advise them to live within their means, and avoid getting into debt.” (George A. Smith, JD 12:141-143, 1867)
-“We have said much to the people with regard to laying up provisions to last them a few years. This is our duty now; it has been our duty for years. How many of our bishops have provisions laid up for one year, two years, or seven years. (Brigham Young, JD 12:106, 1867)

I tell you that the judgments of God are at the door of both Zion and great Babylon. …I want to ask you if you ever heard brother Kimball tell about laying up wheat? “Yes,” say some “we have heard him, but the famine has not come yet.” No, but it will come. The Lord is not going to disappoint either Babylon or Zion, with regard to famine, pestilence, earthquakes or storms, . . . they are at the doors . . . . Lay up your wheat and other provisionsagainst a day of need, for the day will come when they will be wanted, and no mistake about it. We shall want bread, and the Gentiles will want bread, and if we are wise we shall have something to feed them and ourselves when famine comes.” (Wilford Woodruff, JD 18:121, 1875)
-“I will tell you a dream which Brother Kesler had lately. He dreamed that there was a sack of gold and a cat placed before him, and that he had the privilege of taking which he pleased, whereupon he took the cat,and walked off with her. Why did he take the cat in preference to the gold? Because he could eat the cat, but could not eat the gold. You may see about such times before you die.”  (Heber C. Kimball, JD 3:262, 1855)
-“There are many very good people who keep most of the Lord’s commandments with respect to the virtuous side of life, but who overlook His commandments in temporal things. They do not heed His warning to prepare for a possible future emergency, apparently feeling that in the midst of all this trouble “it won’t happen to us.”” (Mark E. Petersen, Conference Report, April 1981)
-“I have asked of the Lord concerning His coming; and while asking the Lord, He gave a sign and said, “In the days of Noah I set a bow in the heavens as a sign and token that in any year that the bow should be seen the Lord would not come; but there should be seed time and harvest during that year; but whenever you see the bow withdrawn, it shall be a token that there shall be famine, pestilence, and great distress among the nations, and that the coming of the Messiah is not far distant.”” (TPJS, pp. 340-341)
-“Now is the time for us to be like unto Joseph of old–lay up stores for ourselves, and our children; and thousands, and hundreds of thousands from the old world, the United States, and North and South America will flee to this place to get down by the side of Joseph’s cribs, and granaries, and storehouses, to get that which will sustain life. . . .”(Life of Heber C. Kimball, p. 41

-“. . . but those who have known [God] and in the day of tribulation forsaken His laws will be beaten with many stripes. To all those who stand firm and steadfast when the love of many shall wax cold because of the famine and pestilence, and great trials with which the Saints of God are to be tried before the judgments pass from the house of God to the wicked, to all such He has made precious promises, and they will be fulfilled.”  (Parley P. Pratt, JD 3:311, 1856)
-“If we sin, and do not repent, God will chastise us until we do repent of and forsake all sin; but He never will scourge us so long as we do right. …Plan to build a good storehouse, every man who has a farm, and never cease until you have accomplished it. And do not forget to pay your tithing before you put the grain into the storehouse. Lay up enough for seven years, at a calculation for from five to ten in each family; andthen calculate that there will be in your families from five to ten persons to where you now have one, because you are on the increase. It now takes about one thousand bushels of wheat to bread my family one year, and I want to lay up six thousand for each year of the seven for which I calculate to store it up. . . . Where a family now requires only a hundred bushels a year, let the head of that family lay up a hundred bushels the first year, two hundred the next, and increase the amount every year in proportion to their probable requirements. When we have stored away our grain we are safe, independent of the world, in case of famine, are we not? Yes, we are; for, in that case, we will have the means for subsistence in our own hands. When the famines begin upon the earth, we shall be very apt to feel them first. If judgments must need begin at the house of God, and if the righteous scarcely are saved, how will it be with the wicked? Am I looking for famines? Yes, the most terrible and severe that have ever come upon the nations of the earth. These things are right before us, and some of this people are not thinking anything about them; they do not enter their hearts. Still there is not an Elder here who has read the revelation which says, Go forth and warn the inhabitants of this land of the sickness, the death, and disasters that are coming upon this nation, but what must be satisfied of the truth of what I am saying. …I consider that carefully storing our surplus grain against a time of need is of the greatest importance to this people, in connection with building the Temple. You may build that Temple, and at the same time neglect those things that I am speaking of, and you will perish temporally.
. . .I know that we will see those things of which I have spoken–such famines as this world never beheld. Yes, we have got to see those scenes;. . .and if you will wake up and do as you are told, you will escape. I will advise every man in every settlement to build a storehouse; and if one cannot do so alone, let two or three build one between them. Store up and preserve your grain, and then you will be safe. . . . I know that He is able to suffer famines to come upon us, and then to rain manna down from heaven to sustain us. I also know that He could increase our grain in the granaries and our flour in the bins, and make one small loaf of bread suffice for many persons, by exerting His creative power. . . .
 There are a great many things that we can save and take care of, as well as we can wheat, barley, and oats. We can dry pumpkins, squashes, currants, apples, peaches, &c, and save them; we can also save beans, peas, and like articles, and keep them for seven years. And if you will take the right care of your wheat, you can save it just as long as you may wish to; but, in the usual mode of storing it, you have got to stir it, move it, remove it, and turn it over, or it will spoil. . . .Then go to work and build up this kingdom, establish righteousness, and prepare yourselves for the famines that are coming upon the earth; for I tell you that they are coming. Do you suppose that God would give revelations and tell us to warn the inhabitants of the earth of things which were coming speedily upon them, if He did not intend that those things should come? He said that they should feel them, and I know that they are bound to feel them; for they will not repent. Let us go to work and prepare for the thousands upon thousands who will come unto us. . . . The day will come when people will gather here by hundreds and by thousands,–yes, fifty thousand in a year; and very many will come trudging along with their bundles under their arms.” (Heber C. Kimball, JD 5:19-23, 1857)
-“We can so live that we can call upon the Lord for His protection and guidance. . . . We cannot expect His help if we are unwilling to keep His commandments.  Those of us who read and believe the scriptures are aware of the warnings of prophets concerning catastrophes that have come to pass and are yet to come to pass.
There was the great Flood, when waters covered the earth and when, as Peter says, only “eight souls were saved” (1 Peter 3:20).
If anyone has any doubt concerning the terrible things that can and will afflict mankind, let him read the 24th chapter of Matthew. Among other things the Lord says: “Ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. . . .
“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
“All these are the beginning of sorrows. . . .
“And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! . . .
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
“And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened” (Matthew 24:6–8, 19, 21–22).
In the Book of Mormon we read of unimaginable destruction in the Western Hemisphere at the time of the Savior’s death in Jerusalem. Again I quote:
“And it came to pass in the thirty and fourth year, in the first month, on the fourth day of the month, there arose a great storm, such an one as never had been known in all the land.
“And there was also a great and terrible tempest; and there was terrible thunder, insomuch that it did shake the whole earth as if it was about to divide asunder.
“And there were exceedingly sharp lightnings, such as never had been known in all the land.
“And the city of Zarahemla did take fire.
“And the city of Moroni did sink into the depths of the sea, and the inhabitants thereof were drowned.
“And the earth was carried up upon the city of Moronihah, that in the place of the city there became a great mountain. . . .
” . . . The whole face of the land was changed, because of the tempest and the whirlwinds, and the thunderings and the lightnings, and the exceedingly great quaking of the whole earth;
“And the highways were broken up, and the level roads were spoiled, and many smooth places became rough.
“And many great and notable cities were sunk, and many were burned, and many were shaken till the buildings thereof had fallen to the earth, and the inhabitants thereof were slain, and the places were left desolate” (3 Nephi 8:5–10, 12–14).
What a terrible catastrophe that must have been.
The plague or Black Death of the fourteenth century took millions of lives. Other pandemic diseases, such as smallpox, have brought untold suffering and death through the centuries.
In the year A.D. 79 the great city of Pompeii was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted.
Chicago was ravaged by a terrible fire. Tidal waves have swamped areas of Hawaii. The San Francisco earthquake in 1906 ruined the city and took some 3,000 lives. The hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas, in 1900 killed 8,000. And more recently, as you know, has been the terrible tsunami of Southeast Asia, where thousands of lives were lost and where relief efforts are still needed.
How portentous are the words of revelation found in the 88th section of the Doctrine and Covenants concerning the calamities that should befall after the testimonies of the elders. The Lord says:
“For after your testimony cometh the testimony of earthquakes, that shall cause groanings in the midst of her, and men shall fall upon the ground and shall not be able to stand.
“And also cometh the testimony of the voice of thunderings, and the voice of lightnings, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds.
“And all things shall be in commotion; and surely, men’s hearts shall fail them; for fear shall come upon all people” (D&C 88:89–91).
How interesting are descriptions of the tsunami and the recent hurricanes in terms of the language of this revelation, which says, “The voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds.”
Man’s inhumanity to man expressed in past and present conflict has and continues to bring unspeakable suffering. In the Darfur region of Sudan, tens of thousands have been killed and well over a million have been left homeless.
What we have experienced in the past was all foretold, and the end is not yet. Just as there have been calamities in the past, we expect more in the future. What do we do?
Someone has said it was not raining when Noah built the ark. But he built it, and the rains came.
The Lord has said, “If ye are prepared ye shall not fear” (D&C 38:30).
The primary preparation is also set forth in the Doctrine and Covenants, wherein it says, “Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come” (D&C 87:8).
We sing the song:

When the earth begins to tremble,
Bid our fearful thoughts be still;
When thy judgments spread destruction,
Keep us safe on Zion’s hill.
(“Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah,” Hymns, no. 83)

We can so live that we can call upon the Lord for His protection and guidance. This is a first priority. We cannot expect His help if we are unwilling to keep His commandments. We in this Church have evidence enough of the penalties of disobedience in the examples of both the Jaredite and the Nephite nations. Each went from glory to utter destruction because of wickedness.
We know, of course, that the rain falls on the just as well as the unjust (see Matthew 5:45). But even though the just die they are not lost, but are saved through the Atonement of the Redeemer. Paul wrote to the Romans, “For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord” (Romans 14:8).
We can heed warnings. We have been told that many had been given concerning the vulnerability of New Orleans. We are told by seismologists that the Salt Lake Valley is a potential earthquake zone. This is the primary reason that we are extensively renovating the Tabernacle on Temple Square. This historic and remarkable building must be made to withstand the shaking of the earth.
We have built grain storage and storehouses and stocked them with the necessities of life in the event of a disaster. But the best storehouse is the family storeroom. In words of revelation the Lord has said, “Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing” (D&C 109:8).
Our people for three-quarters of a century have been counseled and encouraged to make such preparation as will assure survival should a calamity come.
We can set aside some water, basic food, medicine, and clothing to keep us warm. We ought to have a little money laid aside in case of a rainy day.
Now what I have said should not occasion a run on the grocery store or anything of that kind. I am saying nothing that has not been said for a very long time.
Let us never lose sight of the dream of Pharaoh concerning the fat cattle and the lean, the full ears of corn, and the blasted ears; the meaning of which was interpreted by Joseph to indicate years of plenty and years of scarcity (see Genesis 41:1–36).
I have faith, my dear brethren, that the Lord will bless us, and watch over us, and assist us if we walk in obedience to His light, His gospel, and His commandments. He is our Father and our God, and we are His children, and we must be in every way deserving of His love and concern. That we may do so is my humble prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.” (If Ye Are Prepared Ye Shall Not Fear; by President Gordon B. Hinckley)

 

Prophecy: Key to The Future by Duane S Crowther. Summary by Nate Richardson

Prophecy: Key to The Future by Duane S Crowther

Summary by Nate Richardson

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-In this document, 4 items are presented in the following order:

1. Full Table of Contents of the Text by Crowther (begins at pg. 1)
2. Full Chronological Index of Events by Crowther (begins at pg. 4)
3. Crowther’ s Full Summary of the Text (begins at pg. 14)
4. Nate Richardson’s Summary of the Text (this is the most extensive; it’s focused on LDS prophet quotes here cited, chapter by chapter) (begins at pg. 25)

-The way this document is sorted is short overall summaries, followed by a more in depth summary where each statement is backed by the name of the prophet who said it. Many students will enjoy the latter-half of this document than the first for that reason, hearing who said what in all of this. The student who wants the exact source for each statement can see the text document of this summary, wherein I put the page number from Crowther’s book where each quote is found. It would take me too long to type each source in here. Refer to these page numbers to take you to them in the text of Crowther.

-*This book is the best I’ve seen on the subject of future events, what leads the Millennium, etc.

-For a list of other helpful resources on the subject including links to other articles I’ve compiled on the subject, see document “Millennium Study Resources” at this link: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/millennium-study-resources/.

-The author wrote a companion volume to go with this book presenting more prophets’ words in his book “Inspired Prophetic Warnings: Volume 2 to Prophecy Key to the Future: Book of Mormon and Modern Prophecies about America’s Future”.

-The author’s website is http://www.duanescrowther.com.

-May you enjoy reading of the blessings to be heaped upon you in the near future!

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS by Crowther:

 

Ch1 War to be poured out on all nations

-the beginning of war in the last days

-slaves are to rise up against their masters

-the purpose of the wars is to prepare for the preaching of the gospel

-two periods of war: preparatory wars and wars of complete destruction

-United States warned of conflict during period of preparatory wars

– Third World War

 

Ch2 Missionary Work Among the Gentiles

-the gospel must be taught to every nation

-4 periods of missionary labor

-who are the Gentiles?

-what are the “Times of the Gentiles?”

-what is the Fullness of the Gentiles?

-Conditional promises made to the Gentiles in The Americas

-most of the Gentiles will reject the Gospel

-The fulfilling of The Times of the Gentiles: The gospel will be taken instead to The House of Israel

-signs of the approaching fulfillment of the Times of the Gentiles

-the fulfilling of the times of the Gentiles is an important chronological event

 

Ch3 God will pour out his judgments

-great calamities are to come after the Gospel is taken from the Gentiles

-the Lord’s desolating scourge

-famine, drought and pollution

-an earthquake in America

-Jackson County to be swept clean

-will the Saints escape the judgments?

 

Ch4 Internal Wars and the collapse of the United States Government

-future war and strife within the United States

-the government of the United States will completely collapse

-war will spread from America to other lands

-a remnant of Jacob to tread down the Gentiles

-the gathering of the Saints to the mountains

-the righteous Gentiles will also gather to the mountains

-the Saints will eventually be cut off from the rest of the land

-the influx of people will bring danger of famine in the west

 

Ch. 5 The establishment of the Kingdom of God (a political organization, not the Church)

-when the United States government fails, the Saints will uphold the Constitution

-the foundation for The Kingdom of God was laid through revelation to Joseph Smith

-the future policy of The Kingdom of God

-The Kingdom of God will eventually gain world-wide dominion

 

Ch. 6 Establishment of the New Jerusalem

-a leader like unto Moses is to be chosen

-the eastward journey of the Saints while strife continues in the United States

-many Saints will remain in the west

-establishing the New Jerusalem under the Law of Consecration

-an inspired plan for the city and for the temple

-who will build the New Jerusalem

-life within the New Jerusalem

 

Ch7 Four important events in America

-the conversion of the Lamanites

-the Lord shall come to His Temple in Zion

-coming of the Ten Tribes

-calling of the 144,000

 

Ch8 The gathering of the House of Israel to Palestine

-time of the gathering of the Jews

-the present – A period of preparatory gathering

-times of the conversion of the Jews

 

Ch9 Plagues and the Book of Revelation

-chronological importance of the choosing of the 144,000 High Priests

-the beginning of the 7th thousand-year period

-trumps and plagues are literal

-the plagues

-comparison with other series of seven angels in the book of Revelation

-comparison with angels with trumpets in the D&C

 

Ch10 Universal Conflict and the Fall of Christian Nations

-world-wide conflict

– 4th world war

-the Christian nations will fall

 

Ch11 Christ’s appearance in the Council at Adam-ondi-Ahman

-Adam is the Ancient of Days

-location and description of the council at Adam-ondi-Ahman

-Christ’s appearance and acceptance of dominion

 

Ch12 Growth and Development in Zion and Palestine after the era of universal conflict

-growth of Zion in America

-David, The Prince

-removal of the Ten Tribes from Zion to Palestine

-distribution of the land among the Tribes

-construction of the temple in Jerusalem and the restoration of sacrificial worship

-prophecies concerning Israel’s political affairs

 

Ch13 The battle of Armageddon and Christ’s appearance on the Mount of Olives

-nations will attack Palestine

-location of the battlefield

-the battle

-Christ’s coming

-the earthquake

-conclusion of the battle

-the conversion of the Jews and Christ’s coming to the Jerusalem temple

-interval between the coming of Christ to Palestine and Christ’s coming in glory

-missionary work in the interval between the battle of Armageddon and Christ’s coming in glory

 

Ch14 Christ’s Coming in glory

-trumps introduce Christ’s coming

-Saints also ascend

-description of the Lord at his coming

-every eye shall witness his advent

-changes in the configuration of the earth

-the earth will be cleansed by fire

-the marriage of the lamb

 

Ch15 the Millennium

-extended life and resurrection

-a period of peace and righteousness

-home life and sociality as the Lord dwells among men

-government of The Saints

-spirit to be poured out

-many churches during the Millennium

-missionary work

-temple work

-Saints will be prepared for exaltation

 

Ch16 Events at the end of the earth

-the battle of Gog and Magog

-consideration of chronological sequence of final events

-second resurrection

-final judgment

-Christ and the Saints to be crowned and exalted

-dissolution and re-establishment of the earth

 

Ch17 The Earth’s final state

-descent of New and Old Jerusalem

-meaning of living in the presence of God

-life on the Celestial earth

 

Appendix 1: The US Constitution will hang by a thread

Appendix 2: Analysis of the White Horse prophecy

Appendix 3: notes on Jackson County and the plot of the city of Zion

 

 

INDEX II: CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX OF EVENTS Summarizing Quotations of prophets in the text: by Crowther:

(summarizes quotes of the prophets upon which the chronology of this study is based)

 

Times of the Gentiles:

-The fullness of the gospel shall break forth when the times of the Gentiles is come in

 

Fullness of the Gentiles:

-the fullness of the Gentiles was soon to come in 1823

 

World wars began in the last days:

-When England calls on other nations for assistance, war shall be poured out upon all nations

 

Preparatory wars cause governments to be formed which will accept the missionaries:

-God shall soon cast down thrones and form other governments more favorable to religious liberty and the missionaries of this Church will visit those nations

-the Elders of the Church will traverse all the nations of Europe after the despotic governments are torn down.

-God will bring his gospel unto those who are of the House of Israel

-the missionaries are to preach in Russia during the coming century after communism is overruled

-Christ contrasts the two periods of wars

-Nephi, while expounding Isaiah’s prophecies, contrasts the two periods of wars.

 

Mission to the Gentile Nations (1st period of missionary labor):

-after they have been fully warned by God’s servants, the Spirit of God will withdraw from the Gentile nations

-the missionaries will preach in Russia during the coming century after communism is overruled

-the gospel is to be preached unto all nations and then comes the destruction of the wicked

-God will send the gospel to every Gentile nation before he will permit his servants to go to the scattered remnants of Israel

-the last warning will be taken first to the Gentiles and then to the House of Israel after the Gentile nations reject the Gospel

 

Slaves to rise up against their masters:

-the slaves will rise up at a time many days after Great Britain calls on other nations for assistance (WW1)

-the slaves will rise in a time when their masters shall be marshaled and disciplined for war.

 

Third World War:

-the war will begin after the US has spent its strength and means warring in foreign lands

-God will send Russia down to defeat never to rise again, and will bring about a speedy victory for America and her allies

-the missionaries will preach in Russia during the coming century after communism is overruled

-God is moving in Russia to break up the older order of things- preparing the way for the blood of Israel in that land

 

Saints to remain in foreign lands and suffer persecution during the preparatory wars:

-multitudes will gather to fight against the Saints

-the unconverted in Europe, Asia, and Africa will fight against the Saints

-while the Saints and the descendants of Joseph are scattered among all the nations and kingdoms of the Gentiles, the multitudes will gather against them to battle.

-the Gentiles will stop fighting against the Saints in their midst when the Spirit of God withdraws from the Gentile nations (they will then go war against each other)

-during the preparatory wars nations will fight against Israel and persecute the Church

-the Church is to be established in Russia and multitudes will fight against it there

-after the Gentile nations have accounted themselves unworthy and have persecuted the Saints and closed their meeting houses, the Lord will say, “It is enough.”

-persecution will test the Saints after Salt Lake City has become wicked and the Saints have come into financial bondage through speculation. Darkness will cover the minds of the people.

-The Saints are to be tried and tested before Jackson county is swept clean.

-The “Horn” made war with the Saints and overcame them, until the Ancient of Days came.

 

Fulfilling of the times of the Gentiles:

-if the Gentiles are filled with wickedness God will bring his Gospel from among them.

-The times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled in the generation when they don’t receive the Gospel.

-the last warning will be taken first to the Gentiles and then to the House of Israel after the Gentile nations reject the Gospel.

-The Lord will tell his servants among the Gentile nations to come out of them for their times are fulfilled

-when the Gentile nations reject the Gospel the missionaries will go to the scattered remnants of the House of Israel. Then shall Jerusalem be rebuilt and the temple reared.

-the Jews will remain scattered until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

-persecution will test the Saints after Salt Lake City has become wicked and the Saints have come into financial bondage through speculation. Darkness will cover the minds of the people.

-the fulfilling of the times of the Gentiles ends the period of preparatory wars and begins the period of wars of complete destruction

-the arm of the Lord shall be revealed in power in the day the word of the Lord is taken from the Gentiles and turns to the Jews.

-when the Gospel is sealed among the Gentiles, and it turns to the House of Israel the judgments of God will back up the testimony of the elders of this Church.

-the remnant of Israel will remain scattered until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

-when the Gentiles are drunken with iniquity and abominations they shall be visited with earthquake, storm, and fire.

-when the Lord tells the missionaries to come home he will preach a sermon of great destruction.

-when the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled there will be an uprooting of their governments and institutions.

-when we have laid the foundation for Zion and built the temple there we must be sent forth as missionaries to the Lamanites – not to the Gentiles for their times will be fulfilled.

-when the Gentiles are drunken with iniquity and abominations they shall be visited with earthquake, storm, and fire

-when the Lord tells the missionaries to come home he will preach a sermon of great destruction.

-when the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled there will be an uprooting of their governments and institutions.

 

Saints and friends in foreign lands to gather to America:

-the Saints will not remain among the Gentile nations but will gather to Zion out of every nation

-mine elect shall be gathered from the four quarters of the earth.

-the Lord will tell his servants among the Gentile nations to come out of them for their times are fulfilled.

-There will be a gathering together on the land of Zion when the wrath of God shall be poured out upon the whole earth

-the Gentiles will come here as a flowing stream when their nations crumble to ruin.

-when the Gentiles reject the gospel and the upright withdraw from them, the nations will engage in frightful and bloody warfare.

 

Judgments to be poured out:

-the gospel is to be preached unto all nations and then comes the destruction of the wicked

-the arm of the Lord shall be revealed in power in the day the word of the Lord is taken from the Gentiles and turns to the Jews

-when the gospel is sealed among the Gentiles and it turns to the House of Israel the judgments of God will back up the testimony of the elders of this Church.

-judgments by famine, sword, and pestilence will be poured out in this generation.

-judgments are to be poured out and the missionaries called home before the Saints return to Jackson county

-judgments will sweep the wicked off the land to prepare for the coming of the lost tribes from the north country.

-go among the Gentiles for the last time to seal up the testimony… after your testimony cometh wrath and indignation

-after your testimony comes earthquakes and the sea heaving itself beyond its bounds

-when the Gentiles are drunken with iniquity and abominations they shall be visited with earthquake, storm and fire

-there will be men standing in the generation when the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled that will see an overflowing scourge; for a desolating sickness will cover the land

-there will be a gathering together on the land of Zion when the wrath of God shall be poured out upon the whole earth

-an inland empire for millions will be established in the mountains when the great day of the judgments of God comes upon the earth

– when the Saints return to Jackson county there will be no owners left to occupy the country

-The Rocky Mountains have been designed to hide up the Saints in the last days, until the indignation of the Almighty be over.

 

Wars of complete destruction:

-all nations are to be engaged in deadly war except the Latter-day Kingdom

-the Saints will be gathered to Zion out of every nation

-iniquity shall abound and the love of many shall wax cold

-the wars will be accompanied by famines, pestilences, and earthquakes

-wars will follow the withdrawing of God’s Spirit from the Gentile nations

-Christ contrasts the two periods of wars

-Nephi, while expounding Isaiah’s prophecies, contrasts the two periods of wars

-when the Lord tells the elders to “come home,” nation will rise against nation and states will rise against states in our own land

-when the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled there will be an uprooting of their government and institutions

-when the Gentiles reject the gospel, and the upright withdraw from them, then nations will engage in frightful and bloody warfare

 

Internal wars in the United States:

-when the Lord tells the elders to “come home,” nation will rise against nation and states will rise against states in our own land

-it is not very far in the future till the Lord will lay his hand on this American nation and bring about internal war

-those who will not take up the sword against their neighbors during the internal wars must flee to Zion

-when calamities come upon this nation the wicked will slay the wicked

-a remnant of Jacob will be like a lion among the Gentiles when the cities and strongholds are cut off and God executes fury upon them such as they have not heard

-when the nations shall be convulsed the Saints will stand forth as Saviors and redeem a ruined world in both a religious and political manner.

-when the Lord shall waste away this nation he will command this people to return to Missouri

-when you see this land bound with iron you may look toward Jackson county

-The Saints will return to Jackson county defending themselves on the right and the left as when they came to the west.

-when this nation reaps the whirlwind, when he who will not take up the sword against his brother must flee to Zion, when the judgments will commence at the house of the Lord will have passed away, Utah will be undisturbed and be the most delightful place in all the Union

-we will offer protection there

 

World-wide warfare during the U.S. internal wars:

-when the Lord tells the elders to “come home,” nation will rise against nation and states will rise against states in our own land

-people will be fleeing from state to state during the internal wars. It will mean the complete overthrow of this nation and the nations of Europe.

-peace will be taken from the earth and there will be no peace except in the Rocky Mountains

-when the nations shall be convulsed the Saints will stand forth as Saviors and redeem a ruined world in both a religious and political manner.

-I expect one nation after another to rise against us until they will all be broken in pieces

-when the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled there will be an uprooting of their governments and institutions

 

Saints to gather to the mountains:

-Cache valley will be filled with tens of thousands of Saints during or after the time when New York, Boston, and Albany are destroyed

-those who will not take up the sword against their neighbors during the internal wars must flee to Zion

-peace will be taken from the earth and there will be peace only in the Rocky Mountains. This will cause many to gather there.

-let them who are among the Gentiles flee to Zion

-there will be a gathering together on the land of Zion when the wrath of God shall be poured out upon the whole earth

-the Rocky Mountains have been designed to hide up the Saints in the last days, until the indignation of the Almighty is over.

-an inland empire will be established in the mountains to which millions will gather when the judgment of God come upon the earth

 

Famine during the internal wars:

-the pursuit of farming and agriculture will be neglected and people will think themselves will off if they can flee from city to city

-you will be so numerous that you will be in danger of famine when many come to escape the calamities

 

Political Kingdom of God to be established:

-when internal wars come we shall be obliged to have a government to preserve ourselves in unity and peace.

-when the people shall have torn to shreds the Constitution of the U.S. the elders will be found holding it up to the nations of the earth

-the first principles must be preached to all nations before there can be a kingdom of God

-when the nations shall be convulsed the Saints will stand forth as Saviors and redeem a ruined world in both a religious and political manner

 

Law of consecration to be established:

-Zion cannot be built up unless it is by the principles of the law of the celestial kingdom

-there will be an approximation of the United Order here in the mountains

-let these laws be fulfilled after the redemption of Zion

-the Saints will not be permitted to enter until their hearts are prepared to honor the law.

 

New Jerusalem to be established in Western Missouri:

-Judgments are to be poured out and the missionaries called home before the Saints return to Jackson county.

-Zion is to be redeemed after the gospel is taken from the Gentiles and God brings it to the House of Israel

-Jackson county will be purged and the evil doer cut off to prepare for the return of the Saints

-when the Saints return to Jackson county they won’t find so much as a yellow dog.

-God will visit Jackson county in judgment and there will be no owners left to occupy the country.

-the Saints are to be tried before Jackson county is sweep clean

-when the Saints return to Jackson county three will be no owners left to occupy the country

-first, a Lamanite remnant will be converted; second, the city will be built; third, the Lamanites will be gathered in; and then the Lord will be in their midst

 

Conversion of the Lamanites:

-the door for the establishing of the Gospel among the Lamanites will be opened in the Rocky Mountains

-the remnants of Joseph will come into the covenant in the days of the New Jerusalem

-after Zion is redeemed and the New Jerusalem temple has been built, then we are to assist the Lamanites to gather in, and then Christ will come and his powers will be in your midst

-when we have laid the foundations for Zion and built the temple there we must be sent forth as missionaries – not to the Gentiles, for their times will be fulfilled. We must gather in the Lamanites; and then the Lord will be in their midst

 

Ten tribes to come from the North:

-the ten tribes are to come after the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled and while the Jews are gathering to Jerusalem.

-Judgments will sweep the wicked off the land to prepare for the coming of the lost tries from the north country

-the ten tribes and the scattered remnants of Israel will look to the political kingdom of God

-after the Church has been sanctified and the glory of the Lord has rested upon them the ten tribes will be revealed in the North

 

Christ’s coming to the temple in the New Jerusalem:

-he will come after Joseph Smith is resurrected and long before he will destroy the wicked from off the face of the earth

-after Zion is redeemed and the New Jerusalem temple has been built, then we are to assist the Lamanites to gather in, and then Christ will come and his powers will be in your midst. He won’t come before the temple is constructed.

-after the New Jerusalem has been built and the Lamanites gathered the Lord will be in their midst

-we will see the Savior in the flesh in the temple but not till after the temple is built

-after the building of the New Jerusalem has begun then the world will commence among the tribes which have been lost

-the ten tribes will help build the New Jerusalem

-the priesthood will see the Lord in the New Jerusalem temple before he comes in his glory

 

Calling of the 144,000:

-12,000 from each of the tribes are to be sealed

-12,000 are to be selected from each of the ten tribes after they have been crowned with glory in the midst of Zion. This will probably be in the morning of the 7th thousand years.

-a series of plagues will come upon the earth following the choosing of the 144,000 and before the Battle of Armageddon

-the ten tribes will linger in Zion for a good while and during that time there will be 12,000 chosen from each tribe

 

Removal of the ten tribes from Zion to Palestine:

-the ten tribes will linger in Zion for a good while and during that time there will be 12,000 chosen from each tribe

-the 12 tribes are to return to Palestine and rebuild the city and temple preparatory to the coming of the Lord

-there won’t be 2 nations divided but one nation, and David will be their king and the sanctuary will be set in the midst of them.

-John’s prophecy that Israel would be gathered between the 6th plague and the Battle of Armageddon

 

Trumpets and plagues of the Book of Revelation (Ch. 8-11 thereof)

-the events in Revelation nine are to be accomplished after the opening of the 7th seal but before the coming of Christ

-a series of plagues will come upon the earth following the choosing of the 144,000 and before the Battle of Armageddon.

 

Universal conflict:

-there will be one general revolution throughout the earth, the Jews fleeing to their own country.

-when the missionaries are called home there will be a desolating war that will lay the European nations in waste.

-there will be no nation of Gentiles that will not be engaged in deadly war, except the Latter-day Kingdom. When that day comes, the Jews will flee to Jerusalem.

-the 4th beast (Europe) will be slain and given to the burning flame. The lives of the rest of the beasts will be prolonged.

-after God has visited and overthrown the nations he will gather out the tribes of Israel and return them to their own land

-the length of time involved shows that this war is separate from the battle of Armageddon

 

Council at Adam-ondi-Ahman:

-I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit.

-the council will be before Jesus comes in his glory

-wars, fires, pestilence and earthquakes will continue until the Ancient of days comes, then judgment will be given to the Saints

 

Gathering to the New Jerusalem after the universal conflict:

-many people will say, “Come, let us be subject to her laws.” That will be after the Lord has broken up the nations and wasted them away

-many cities will be left vacant when their inhabitants are swept off. Their houses will remain until Zion shall enlarge the place of her tents.

 

Mission to the House of Israel (2nd period of missionary labor):

-God will send the gospel to every Gentile nation before he will permit his servants to go to the scattered remnants of Israel

-blindness is happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in

-the last warning will be taken first to the Gentiles and then to the House of Israel after the Gentile nations reject the gospel.

-when the Gentile nations reject the gospel the missionaries will go to the scattered remnants of the House of Israel. then shall Jerusalem be rebuilt and the temple reared.

-the last shall be first and the first last.

-the gospel shall go to the Gentiles first then turn unto the Jews.

-the gospel shall be taken from the Gentiles and given to the House of Israel before Zion is redeemed.

-when the Jews shall come to a knowledge of their redeemer they shall be gathered.

-when Christ appears on the Mount of Olives then shall they know that he is the Lord.

 

Gathering of the tribes of Israel to Palestine:

-the subjugation of Japan was to take place before the gathering of the tribes of Israel to Palestine

-the Jews will remain scattered among the nations until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled

-after the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled the tribes will return

-after the Gentiles have received the gospel and have hardened their hearts against the Lord he will remember his covenant with Israel and gather them.

-when the Jews shall come to a knowledge of their redeemer they shall be gathered

-when Christ appears on the Mount of Olives then shall they know that he is the Lord

-there will be one general revolution throughout the earth, the Jews fleeing to their own country.

-there will be no nation of Gentiles that will not be engaged in deadly war except the Latter-day Kingdom. When that day of universal war comes, the Jews will flee to Jerusalem.

-after God has visited and overthrown the nations he will gather out the tribes of Israel and return them to their own land.

-after the Kingdom of God has spread upon the face of the earth and the sun is turned to darkness, then the Devil will gather up millions of people to Armageddon to destroy the Jews after they have gathered.

 

Rule of David the Prince:

-He shall build the temple of the Lord

-He shall call a nation that he does not know (the gathering of Israel)

-He will approach the Lord when he appears in Jerusalem

-He will build the temple which will stand before the battle of Armageddon

-there won’t be two nations divided but one nation, and David will be their king and the sanctuary will be set in the midst of them.

 

Jerusalem temple to be built:

-when the Gentile nations reject the gospel the missionaries will go to the scattered remnants of the House of Israel. Then shall Jerusalem be rebuilt and the temple reared.

-the 144,000 sealed are the priests who should be anointed to administer in the daily sacrifice

-the 12 tribes are to return to Palestine and rebuild the city and temple preparatory to the coming of the Lord.

-Judah must return, Jerusalem and the temple be rebuilt and all this must be done before the Son of Man will make his appearance.

 

Battle of Armageddon:

-a series of plagues will come upon the earth following the choosing of the 144,000 and before the battle of Armageddon.

-in the days of David’s rule shall Judah be saved.

-after the kingdom of God has spread upon the face of the earth and the sun is turned to darkness, then the Devil will gather up millions of people to Armageddon to destroy the Jews after they have gathered.

-the length of time involved shows that this battle is separate from the universal conflict.

-surely in the day when Gog shall attack there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel and the mountains shall be thrown down.

 

Christ’s coming on the Mount of Olives:

-Judah must return, Jerusalem and the temple be rebuilt, and all this must be done before the Son of Man will make his appearance.

-the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision (Armageddon)

-at the crisis of the battle of Armageddon when Jerusalem is being ravished Christ will appear on the Mount of Olives

-the Jews will see Christ’s wounds and then shall they know that he is the Lord

 

Mission to the heathen nations (3rd period of missionary labor):

-after the heathen nations have seen my coming like a whirlwind I will send people to declare my glory unto them

-many people and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord in Jerusalem

 

Final mission to all mankind (4th period of missionary labor):

-after Jerusalem has put on the garments of the priesthood, then shall a cry go forth: go ye out from that which is unclean

 

Christ’s coming in glory:

-Christ’s coming will be at least a generation after the battle of Armageddon for the sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee

-when Christ comes the wicked will not as yet have been destroyed

-when the veil which covers the earth is taken off all flesh shall see me together.

 

Resurrection of the righteous:

-this resurrection will take place in conjunction with Christ’s coming in glory

 

The Millennium:

-the final judgment will take place more than 1,000 years after the council at Adam-ondi-Ahman

-when Christ comes the enmity of man and of all flesh shall cease from before my face

-the angel laid hold on the Devil and bound him 1,000 years

 

Battle of Gog and Magog:

-when the 1,000 years are expired Satan shall be loosed and shall gather the nations of the earth to battle

-the battle of Gog and Magog will be after the millennium

-when Satan is loosed again for a little while, when the thousand years shall be ended, it will be through mankind departing from the principles of God

-when the period called the Millennium has passed away, Satan will again be loosed

-there will be a great division of the people at the end of the 1,000 years.

 

Resurrection of the unjust:

-before the earth shall pass away shall all the dead awake

-Satan’s hosts will attack the beloved city, then the trump will bring forth the sleeping nations, and Christ will appear on his white throne. Then the heaven and earth will flee away.

-before the earth shall pass away Michael shall sound his trump and then all the dead shall awake.

-and these are the rest of the dead, and they live not again until the 1,000 years are ended, neither again, until the end of the earth.

-after men have become immortal they must appear at the judgment seat

 

Final Judgment:

-the final judgment will take place more than a thousand years after the Council at Adam-ondi-Ahman

-Satan’s hosts will attack the beloved city, then the trump will bring forth the sleeping nations, and Christ will appear on his white throne. Then heaven and earth will flee away.

-the wicked are reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day, which shall come at the end of the earth.

-after men have become immortal they must appear at the judgment seat.

 

Dissolution and resurrection of the earth:

-Satan’s hosts will attack the beloved city, then the trump will bring forth the sleeping nations, and Christ will appear on his white throne. Then the heaven and the earth will flee away.

-when this white throne appears the earth and heaven will flee away

-before the earth shall pass away Michael shall sound his trump and then shall all the dead awake

-and these are the rest of the dead; and they live not again until the 1000 years are ended, neither again, until the end of the earth

-the wicked are reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day, which shall come at the end of the earth.

-when the earth has become like a sea of glass and has been placed in the cluster of the celestial kingdoms, then the Saints will receive their everlasting inheritances.

-as the earth passes through its final change the old and New Jerusalem will be caught up into heaven. These two cities will descend on the glorified earth.

 

 

Crowther’ s Full Summary of the Text:

Ch1 War to be poured out on all nations

1. There is a period of preparatory wars, which began with the rebellion of South Carolina in 1861. This period of wars has its purpose the overthrow of despotic governments which prohibit the preaching of the gospel. It is in progress now and will continue for an unknown time until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
2. the slaves are to rise against their masters. This seems to be in the process of being fulfilled now.
3. The United States will spend her strength and means warring in foreign lands. Other nations (which appear to be Russia and her allies) will attack her and war will be waged. This war will end with the USA emerging victorious, after help is provided for the US Army in a miraculous fashion by the Elders of the Church. This will be WW3.
4. The gospel will be carried to Russia and other countries where the word has not yet penetrated.
5. As more and more of the countries become receptive to the Church’s missionary efforts, converts will be made within them. These converts will be instructed to remain in those countries. There they will be subjected to varying degrees of persecution because of their religious beliefs.
6. There is to be a period of terrible wars of destruction.
7. The times of the Gentiles will be fulfilled. The Gentiles, because of their wickedness, will have the missionaries taken from them. The time of fulfillment of the times of the Gentiles is the time when God’s judgments of plagues, famine, pestilence, earthquakes, tidal waves, etc. will begin to sweep the wicked off the earth with greatly increased violence.
8. The converts and members of the Church living in other countries will be called out and instructed to come to Zion in America when the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
9. An internal war will rage within the USA which will bring about the collapse of national and state government.
10. A world war or wars of terrible destruction will be fought which will lay waste the Gentile world. The Saints will, for the most part, escape the impact of this war This war apparently will be WW4.

 

Ch2 Missionary Work Among the Gentiles

1. The Lord has commanded that the gospel be preached unto every nation. This will be done in 4 periods of proselyting activity:
2. Mission to the Gentile Nations
3. Mission to the House of Israel
4. Mission to the Heathen Nations
5. Final mission to all makind.

The first of these periods has already begun and the last will be immediately proceeding and during the Millennium.

2. Five terms were defined in the sense in which they are usually used in prophecies:
3. Gentiles: The nations which have embraced Christianity.
4. Heathen Nations: The nations which have not embraced Christianity.
5. Times of the Gentiles: The period which began with the restoration of the Church in which the Gentile nations are to hear the gospel.
6. Fullness of the Gentiles: The period during which the Gentile Nations will have a full opportunity to have the gospel preached to them.
7. Fulfilling of the times of the Gentiles: The ending of the missionary labor to the Gentiles because of their wickedness and refusal to accept the Gospel. When this event takes place, the second missionary period will begin, in which the gospel will be carried to those of the House of Israel.
8. Certain signs indicate the nearness of the fulfilling of the times of the Gentiles, yet there are many Gentile nations who must still be reached by our missionaries before their times are fulfilled.
9. The members of the Church have been warned of the wickedness which will penetrate their ranks if they adopt the ways of their non-member neighbors.
10. The fulfilling of the times of the Gentiles is an important item in the chronology of the future. The teachings and prophecies of the scriptures and of general authorities indicate that the following happenings will definitely come after this event:
11. Wars of complete destruction will begin.
12. God’s judgments will be poured out on the world.
13. Israel will be gathered to Palestine.
14. The Saints will go back to build up the New Jerusalem.
15. The Lost Tribes will come down from the North.

 

 

Ch3 God will pour out his judgments

Great calamities and disasters caused by nature are predicted to come upon the earth beginning at the time when the missionaries are called home and the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. It appears that these disasters have already begun but will be sent by God with greatly increased intensity at that time. These judgments can be classed under 3 general headings:

1. Pestilences.
2. A desolating sickness is to cover the USA.
3. It will come rapidly and will cause people to lie by the hundreds and thousands unburied.
4. The sickness will come mainly upon the wicked, but some of the Saints who are righteous will also suffer and die.
5. Pestilence will continue to be poured out, from time to time “until the earth is empty.”
6. Famines.
7. The Lord has said that a great hailstorm will destroy the crops of the earth. Famines may also be caused by the changing of seasons (which will affect growing periods), and by lack of water.
8. A serious lack of water already exists in the US. Government specialists predict that by 1970 the problem of water shortage will be of disaster proportions in many areas.
9. Water pollution is also a serious problem and is increasing in intensity. The purification processes in use today do not remove all dangerous elements from the water supply and some diseases have already been found to have been transported through the culinary water supply.
10. Earthquakes, floods, tidal waves, storms, etc.
11. Prophecies say that New York will be destroyed by earthquake, Albany by fire, Boston by tidal wave, and that many other cities on the American continent will be destroyed or left desolate.
12. Earthquakes are increasing in number and intensity. They are happening frequently in the US. They are far more destructive than atomic bombs.
13. Although the manner of its destruction has not been revealed, Jackson County, Missouri, the site for the New Jerusalem, is to be swept clean of its inhabitants.

 

The Saints will suffer from these calamities to a degree, but will, in general, escape the worst of these disasters to the extent that they are righteous.

 

Ch4 Internal Wars and the collapse of the United States Government

Latter-day Saint prophets have made many prophecies concerning a series of internal wars which will bring about the collapse of the government and dominion of the US. The wars are to have the following characteristics and results:

1. The wars will involve family strife. Fathers will be pitted against their sons and mothers will fight against their daughters.
2. Instead of one general war, there will be many local wars involving neighborhoods, cities, and states.
3. Instead of battles between armies, the struggles will be between mobs which will roam from one location to another intent on destroying their opposition.
4. Farming and manufacturing will cease. The farmers will flee before the pillaging mobs. This will, undoubtedly, cause famine and starvation in many areas.
5. It appears that the Lamanites, or Indians of North, Central, and South America will also rise up and challenge the Gentile people during this period of internal wars.
6. The struggle in the US will take place after the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled – in the same period as earthquakes, droughts, great storms, and pestilence are being poured out upon that nation and the other nations of the world.
7. Wars will rage during this period in foreign lands.
8. The Saints will gather to the tops of the mountains for protection. Those members of the Church who remain in other areas of the country will be persecuted and driven by the mobs.
9. Righteous non-members will also come to the tops of the mountains for protection.
10. The Saints and Gentiles in the tops of the mountains will eventually be completely cut off from the rest of the country.
11. The great increase in population in the West will place the people in danger of famine unless the Saints have sufficient food supplies stored to provide for the newcomers as well as for themselves.
12. The wars will cause the complete collapse of national and state governments in the United States.

 

Ch. 5 The establishment of the Kingdom of God (a political organization, not the Church)

When law, order, and government collapse in the US, the Church will be compelled to establish a government to preserve peace in the Western US. This government will be known as the “Kingdom of God.” Much has been said about the history, characteristics, and future of this kingdom:

1. History
2. The Kingdom of God was first organized by Joseph Smith shortly before his death.
3. It was to be governed by a “General Counsel” which was also called the “Council of Fifty.”
4. This organization played an important part in the Westward exodus of the Church, but became a source of antagonism to the non-members in the West and so it was discontinued by the Church.
5. Characteristics
6. The Kingdom of God will be led by a Council of Fifty. Some of them might not be Latter-day Saints.
7. It will uphold the rights of men of all creeds and will be dedicated to rule justly.
8. The Kingdom will be a theocracy.
9. It will uphold the principles of the United States Constitution and be somewhat similar in method of operation to the present US Government.
10. In the Kingdom will be including people of all nations.
11. Future (3 stages)
12. The beginning stage: The Saints will be in the West. Here the influence of the Kingdom will be relatively limited and unknown.
13. The growth stage: During this period many of the Saints will journey from the West to Missouri to establish the New Jerusalem. There the Kingdom of God will rise in power, not by waging war on other nations, but by being a standard of peace and lawfulness while other governments collapse through corruption and war.
14. The world-ruling stage: This period will commence with the second coming of Christ and will take place during the Millennium.

 

 

Ch. 6 Establishment of the New Jerusalem

1. When the time comes for the saints to return to Jackson County, Missouri, the Lord will raise up a man “who shall lead them like as Moses.” There has been speculation as to the identity of this man which includes the possibility of the Prophet Joseph being raised from the dead to guide the Saints in their return.
2. The Saints will make the journey eastward during the period when internal strife is stiff raging in the US. They will have to defend themselves against their enemies and will apparently be denied the more modern means of transportation because of the poor condition of the roads and facilities.
3. many of the Saints are expected to remain in the West although the center of Church influence will remove to Jackson County.
4. The Saints, as they begin to lay out the city, will organize themselves under the United Order. There will be an approximation of this program in the West as a preparatory measure.
5. The Saints will have great wealth and will purchase those lands which they do not already own.
6. The land, as the Saints arrive, will be in a desolate and abandoned condition.
7. The plan for the city was given to Joseph Smith by revelation. It is anticipated that further revelation will be given directing the construction of the city and the temple.
8. The city will be built by three groups of people over an extended period of time. These groups are
9. The members of the Church and those of the House of Israel including the Ten Tribes.
10. The Lamanites, or Indians.
11. The Gentiles who will come into the Church after the period of internal strife in the US.
12. The Saints expect to grow and prosper there and to construct a mighty city. Their activities will be designed to sanctify and exalt the people.

 

Ch7 Four important events in America

Four important events are anticipated in the early days of the New Jerusalem:

1. The Gospel will be taken to the Lamanites.
2. While a relatively small number of the Lamanites have been and will be converted before the return to the New Jerusalem, the main period of their conversion will begin in the early days of that city.
3. Millions of Lamanites are expected to come into the Church. They will gather to the area surrounding Jackson County and inhabit the nearby cities which will have been left desolate.
4. The Lord will visit the Saints in the New Jerusalem.
5. The faithful Saints will be able to see him in the Temple. His stay will be prolonged and He will enter into the homes of the members of the Church.
6. The city will glow because of the presence of God’s glory. The light will be visible for many miles around. The presence of God will work some change in the temple to make it resistant to decay – it will become immortal.
7. The Ten Tribes will be revealed in the North and will come to the New Jerusalem
8. A great earthquake will accompany their coming.
9. They will settle in the New Jerusalem area and will receive their priesthood and ordinances there.
10. A group of 144,000 High Priests will be chosen to administer the gospel.
11. There will be 12,000 from each of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
12. These men will undergo physical changes which will protect them against the ravages of severe plagues which God will pour out after they are called.

 

Ch8 The gathering of the House of Israel to Palestine

1. The Gathering of the Jews was identified by the Savior as being a process which will follow the fulfilling of the times of the Gentiles and the construction of the New Jerusalem.
2. However, Latter-day Saints recognize the hand of the Lord in the preparation of the Jewish people to return to Palestine. Beginning with the reiteration of the keys for the gathering of Israel in 1836, a series of important events have led to the recent establishment of the nation of Israel in Palestine and an increased Jewish population in that country.
3. When the time for the gathering of the Jews arrives, they will be brought from throughout the world to Palestine in varying conditions of religious belief.
4. Some Jews will accept the gospel before gathering to Palestine.
5. Others will be converted in Palestine after gathering there.
6. A large group, if not the majority, will not accept the gospel until Christ manifests himself to them on the Mount of Olives.

See Ch13 for more on the subject.

 

Ch9 Plagues and the Book of Revelation

1. The choosing of the 144,000 is an important chronological link because it relates the many prophecies concerning America and the New Jerusalem with the Biblical prophecies of later happenings. It also represents a shifting point from prophecies which have been made predominantly by modern prophets in the last days back to prophecies found in the Bible.
2. The calling of the 144,000 is an event which is prophecies to take place during the sixth thousand-year period of the earth’s temporal existence. Chronologies indicate that the end of this thousand-year period is near.
3. The Revelation account also describes a great earthquake which will happen during the sixth thousand-year era. Since we know of no fulfillment of this prophecy in the past it is expected to transpire in the future. The nearness of the end of the thousand-year period seems to indicate that the earthquake will immediately precede the calling of the 144,000. This links the earthquake with the earthquake which will accompany the return of the Ten Tribes, whose coming will of necessity need to precede the calling of the 144,000 since many of the 144,000 will be taken from the returning tribes.
4. The seventh thousand-year period will encompass the Millennium. Beginning shortly after the calling of the 144,000, this period will be preached by a series of plagues which were prophecies by John the Revelator.
5. These plagues will be introduced by angels sounding trumps. These will be literal trumpet blasts and will be heard throughout the world.
6. It appears that the plagues spoken of in Revelation 8-11 may be the same plagues prophesied in Revelation chapter 16. If they are not, then the plagues of Revelation 16 begin after the sixth trump of the plagues prophesied in Revelation 8-11.
7. It appears that the angels sounding the trumps in Revelation 8-11 are different than the angels spoken of in D&C 88:95-110. Apparently the angels mentioned in the D&C fulfill their responsibilities after those mentioned in Revelation.

 

Ch10 Universal Conflict and the Fall of Christian Nations

1. There is to be a period of universal conflict when terrible war will engulf the world. It will come after the New Jerusalem is built and during the period in which Israel will be gathering to Palestine.
2. The only place which will be free from war at this time will be the New Jerusalem – apparently because of the glory of God which will be radiating from it.
3. The conflict will apparently serve as a force which will cause many Jewish people who otherwise would have remained in other lands to gather to Palestine.
4. The conflict will destroy, as political entities, the nations which have descended from the Roman Empire. Since these are the nations which have accepted Christian principles, this represents a major judgment upon present-day Christianity.
5. Non-Christian, or heathen nations, will also be affected by the war. They will lose their power and dominion but will maintain their national identities.
6. The war will be far more devastating than any war which has yet been fought, for it will cause the death of 1/3 of the world’s population. The survivors will be left in a disorganized condition in lands filled with rubble and chaos.

 

Ch11 Christ’s appearance in the Council at Adam-ondi-Ahman

1. During the period of universal conflict an important council will be held at Adam-ondi-Ahman, Missouri.
2. The Council will be under the direction of the Ancient of Days, who is Adam.
3. According to Daniel, there is to be a vast number of participants in the Council. Some of them will apparently be from beyond the veil.
4. The Savior is to appear to Adam and receive the dominion which comes through the acceptance of the Kingdom of God.
5. The Council at Adam-ondi-Ahman will fulfill 5 purposes:
6. The keys for each dispensation will be turned over to Adam.
7. The members of the Church will be organized into one grand family with Adam as the patriarch.
8. Each priesthood quorum which has existed down through the ages will be assigned its place in the government of the Church.
9. Judgment will be set. In addition to judging the affairs within the Church, the Saints are expected to judge the nations then in existence and determine their fate.
10. Power, glory, and dominion will be turned over to the Savior.

 

Ch12 Growth and Development in Zion and Palestine after the era of universal conflict

In the era between the universal conflict and the battle of Armageddon, both the New Jerusalem and the land of Palestine will experience an important period of expansion.

1. The New Jerusalem will grow and extend its boundaries outward for many miles in all directions.
2. The Lamanites and the Ten Tribes who will have recently gathered there will be joined by Gentiles from throughout the world who will come because their nations will have been devastated. They will come because of the standard of peace and lawfulness which the New Jerusalem will maintain.
3. The Kingdom of God will extend its rule throughout the two American continents and unite all the peoples of the Americas during this period.
4. This will be the period in which both Judah and the Ten Tribes of Israel will gather to Palestine. They will be apportioned parallel east-west strips of land on which the people from each of the twelve tribes will settle.
5. The boundaries of Israel will be much larger in that era than they are at the present time.
6. The temple will be rebuilt in Jerusalem and sacrificial worship will be restored there.
7. As the people of Israel return to Israel an important leader known as David, the Prince, will be raised up by God to lead them. He will:
8. Be the ensign to which Israel will gather.
9. Build the Jerusalem temple.
10. Officiate in the temple services and receive the Messiah when becomes to the temple.
11. Judge the people with righteousness.
12. Live just before the beginning of the Millennium and into that period.
13. Be a descendant of both Judah and Joseph.
14. Several wars or political disputes are prophesied which will seemingly involve Israel after all the tribes have gathered but before the battle of Armageddon. The present day counterparts of Egypt, Philistia, Edom, Moab, and Assyria are to be conquered.

 

Ch13 The battle of Armageddon and Christ’s appearance on the Mount of Olives

Following the return of the Jews and the Ten Tribes to Palestine the Israelite people will rise in wealth and power. Their prosperity will attract the surrounding nations which will wage war against them because of jealousy and greed.

1. It will be the surrounding nations which will attack Palestine, Because their forces are to be so numerous several passages say that all nations will be gathered to battle, yet it has been seen in a preceding chapter that Europe, during this period, will be in devastated condition and the Americas will be under the influence of Zion. Ezekiel’s description (the most complete one found in the scriptures) indicates that the war will be local rather than world-wide in character.
2. The war takes its name from the valley of Armageddon which is located about 60 miles northwest of Jerusalem. The war is expected to cover most of the area of Palestine and to continue for at least 3.5 years.
3. During the battle there will be two prophets in Jerusalem who will have power to control the elements. They will be killed and then brought back to life.
4. As the strength of the Israelites is waning and they are about to succumb to their enemies, the Savior will suddenly appear on the Mount of Olives. An earthquake will then split the mount apart and will shake both Palestine and other nations.
5. Many people have understood that Christ’s coming on the Mount of Olives was his final coming in glory which would be seen by all men and which would cleanse the earth by fire. This is a mistune assumption. Numerous events which are prophesied to follow Christ’s appearance indicate that his coming on the Mount of Olives is of a local nature with effects which are not typical of his final coming in glory:
6. The earthquake accompanying his coming destroys part of the city of Jerusalem but does not cause the mountains to melt as will the heat of his coming in glory.
7. The opposing army continues to fight.
8. They are driven back to the North.
9. They are smitten with pestilence, hailstones, and a plague which rots their flesh.
10. They will turn on one another and fight among themselves.
11. Most of the opposing army including Gog, their leader, will be slain. Their bodies will lie on the mountains and be eaten by the birds and the beasts.
12. The weapons of warfare will litter the hills of Israel and provide fuel for fires for seven years.
13. The victors will rob and spoil the bodies of the vanquished.
14. The dead bodies will stink.
15. Burying of the dead will continue for seven months.
16. Converts are still being called and gathered out from among the wicked.

All of these items are in strong contrast to Christ’s coming in glory, during which the corruptible things of the earth, both animate and inanimate which have not abided by terrestrial law, will immediately be destroyed by fire.

6. Christ’s coming on the Mount of Olives will bring about the conversion of the Jews when he shows them the scars of the wounds from his crucifixion.
7. Following the conclusion of the battle there will be an interval before the final coming of Christ in glory in which the gospel will be carried to the heathen nations. There will also be a final mission to all mankind to gather the righteous out from among the wicked in preparation for the cleansing of the earth by fire.

 

Ch14 Christ’s Coming in glory

1. Christ’s final coming in glory will be preceded by a series of angels’ trumpeting’s. Each angel will predict an important event which is to take place between Christ’s coming in glory and the end of the earth. Each angel will also reveal the secret acts of men for one of the thousand years of the earth’s existence.
2. When Christ comes he will be accompanied by the hosts of heaven – the Saints of former times. He will be arrayed in red garments.
3. The righteous dead will be resurrected before or at his coming and will be caught up to meet Him in the air. The living Saints who are worthy will also be caught up and will descend with the Savior and his angels. Others will be resurrected when Christ arrives on the earth.
4. Every eye will witness his coming. Even the dead will see him.
5. At his coming, the earth will be tossed by mighty earthquakes. The seas will be driven back to the north. The mountains will melt with fervent heat. The entire configuration of the earth will be changed.
6. The earth will be cleansed by fire. Those who have not abided by terrestrial or celestial law will be swept off. Both animate and inanimate objects will be destroyed.
7. The cleansing of the earth by fire is regarded as a baptism by fire to follow the baptism of water which the earth received at the time of Noah.
8. Christ’s coming to his Church is known as the “marriage of the Lamb.”

 

Ch15 the Millennium

1. The millennium will be a thousand-year period during which the Lord and his Saints will dwell together upon the earth. Christ will not always be on the earth but will come here when he is needed.
2. The period will be one of peace and righteousness. Satan will be bound, but men will still be capable of committing sin.
3. The New and Old Jerusalem will serve as two world capitals. The authority for the two divisions of the Kingdom of God is to be united at some time in a council in old Jerusalem. Christ will be the King. Under him will function the two original sets of Twelve, who will judge the people of the earth. the other Saints will serve under them in various administrative capacities.
4. The Spirit of the Lord will reveal many things during the millennium which men will not have previously known. In this time nothing will be withheld from man. Resurrected beings will be on the earth and will teach men many important things.
5. During the Millennium all men will acknowledge that Jesus is the Christ but many of them will refuse to join His church. There will be many other churches on the earth.
6. The efforts of the Church will be directed towards three major objectives during the millennium:
7. Missionary work: the final mission to all mankind.
8. Temple work: Spirit beings and resurrected beings will reveal the information needed to conduct the work in the thousands of temples which will have been constructed.
9. Teaching the Saints and preparing them for exaltation – this will be done to a great extent by resurrected beings sent from the presence of God.

 

 

Ch16 Events at the end of the earth

1. At the end of the Millennium many will become wicked. Satan will be loosed and will surround the Saints in the beloved city. The Saints will be led by Michael, or Adam. Fire will come down from heaven and devour the hosts of Satan and they will be banished from the face of the earth. This will be known as the battle of Gog and Magog.
2. The next event to take place will be the second resurrection, in which all who have not previously been resurrected will take up their bodies. Those who are to inherit the telestial kingdom will come forth first and then those who are to be sons of perdition. They will be called forth at the sounds of a trumpet blown by the archangel Michael.
3. Christ will then turn the kingdom over to the Father and will be crowned with glory. The Saints will also be crowned and exalted. Responsibility for governing this earth will be delegated back to Jesus.
4. The cities of New and Old Jerusalem will be caught up into the heavens and the earth will disintegrate or go back to its original elemental form. The earth will then be resurrected, or recreated into a celestial sphere. The two cities and their inhabitants will descend to the earth, which will then be placed “in the cluster of the celestial kingdoms.” The Saints will then receive their eternal inheritances.

 

 

Ch17 The Earth’s final state

1. The final state of the earth will be an immortal one in which it will have the appearance of crystal. It is to serve as an Urim and Thumim to its inhabitants, thereby enabling them to look into the earth to receive revelation concerning those on other creations.
2. According to John the Revelator, in the earth’s celestialized state there will be separate nations ruled by kings. These kings will seemingly be beings who will have attained exaltation and godhood and their nations will be made up of those who will have attained the celestial kingdom but who did not merit exaltation, and also the progeny of the gods. According to Orson Pratt, the offspring of exalted beings will dwell on the celestialized earth until there is no longer room for them and then their parents will create a new world for them to occupy.
3. It appears that celestialized beings will have a capacity for communication with God which will allow them to speak with him and see him even though he may be millions of miles away. God will not always dwell on this earth. They will also have the ability to travel rapidly from planet to planet.
4. There will be a resurrected animal life on the earth in its celestial state.

 

 

 

Nate Richardson’s SUMMARY OF THE TEXT:

-This, my summary, deals mainly with quotations of the LDS prophets. There are many more scriptures to support these things, and many of such are cited in the text.

 

Introduction:

-D&C 93:24: part of knowing truth is knowing what will come in the future. pxi

-George A. Smith: all prophecies speak of gathering and salvation at last. pxi

-Parley P Pratt: Comfort and patience come to those who learn a knowledge of prophecy. pxi

-Orson Pratt: those with the spirit of prophecy will be able to tell which events are when and understand the signs of the times. pxi-xii

-D&C 34:10: Orson Pratt was given specific command from God to prophecy and spare not; this is partly why he is featured in so many quotes about these things; His brethren accepted his future last days prophecies. pxii

 

Ch1 War to be poured out on all nations p1-16

-Bishop Joseph L. Worthlin: slaves rise against masters and marshal for war also will apply to people in Russia and China whom are captives of their atheist governments. p3

-Harold B Lee, Parley P Pratt: Japan subjugation before Israel to Palestine. P5

-Elder Levi Edgar Young: these dark days in scripture of darkness covering the earth are for bring us closer to God. p7

-Orson Pratt: 1st are wars to prepare people to hear the gospel, then wars of utter destruction. p7

-Orson Pratt: after fully preached to Gentiles, then they stop persecuting Saints in their midst, and heavy war with each other. Everywhere but the Kingdom of God. p7-8

-Orson Pratt: all nations of the earth except the Latter-day Kingdom will be at war. p8

-Joseph Smith: The Independent American party is to be created from Republican and Democratic parties. The U.S. will spend its strength warring abroad. Others want divide it. USA citizens stand against it, swearing to stay United States on the blood of their forefathers. 1/2 of the US army dies in this conflict against the foreign nations who want to split up the US, and then mountain boys of God rush in and save it from ruin. They are thankful and want from then on only to receive men who can talk with God. p10

-Ezra Taft Benson: unless we make communism treason, our nation will be destroyed. p11

-Ezra Taft Benson: The world-wide secret conspiracy which has risen up in our day to fulfil these prophecies is easily identified. p12

-Joseph Smith: The Chinese will attack west USA, an area beyond the Rocky Mountains, if they don’t take great care. p13

-Joseph Smith: When Russia (the bear) attacks Britain (the lion), then the end is near. p13

 

Ch2 Missionary Work Among the Gentiles p17-34

-Crowther: There are 4 stages. Each is an era of missionary work with types of war associated therewith:

1. gospel to the Gentile: preparatory wars
2. gospel to Israel: complete destruction wars
3. gospel to Heathen nations: just after Armageddon
4. gospel to all: Immediately before and during Millennium

p18

-Orson Pratt: Gentile nation = Christendom nation; Heathen nation = those which have not accepted Christianity. p18-19

-D&C 45:28: the times of the Gentiles is when the gospel is restored in 1831. p19

-Orson Pratt: specifically Israel preach to after Gentiles. p20; p22

-Orson Pratt: when they shut down our meeting houses the end is near of the times of the Gentiles. p22

-Joseph Fielding Smith: the time of Gentiles almost fulfilled. We are in transition period into Israel time. p24

-Orson Pratt: after Gentile time, no official messengers to them; official Israel time then; but Gentiles can still come of their own accord. p24.

-D&C 63:32: God is angry with the wicked. p24

-Wilford Woodruf: people of Joseph Smith’s day were wicked as the Jews’ day at the time of Christ and 1000 times more. p25

-Crowther: crime is 3x more than FBI report; it is going up; they are getting younger and more violent. Usually they’re not reported. p25

-extravagance and speculation by Saints in SLC then persecution. p26

-Brigham Young: LDS in mountains dress as Babylon; only leaving to tents could save them; better to live with Indians in wigwams than dwell in Babylon and miss the spiritual blessings. p26-7

-Heber C Kimball: SLC classed as one of the wicked cities of the world. p26

-Brigham Young: when in poverty no worry for the Saints but when Lord open great oil reserves in Utah worry for them. p27

-Joseph Smith: the gospel to Gentiles then Jews then to heathen nations and the house of Joseph. p31

-D&C: we will be gathered in after the time of the Gentiles fulfilled. p31

-Wilford Woodruf: Gospels to Gentiles, then the big destructions begin. p31

-D&C 90:9-10: gospel to Gentiles, then Jews and all Israel, then heathens. p31

-Heber C Kimball: gospel to Gentiles then to Jews then Joseph Smith appear and others and then go to New Jerusalem. p32

-Orson Pratt: before Zion is redeemed gospel must be taken from Gentiles and given to Israel. p32

-Joseph Smith: destructions prepare the way for the 10 tribes to return from the north. p33

 

 

Ch3 God will pour out his judgments p35-48

-D&C 88:84: the major destruction time happens after the time of the Gentiles. p35

-D&C 88:89-91: fear to come upon all when the calamities come. p36

-D&C 88:88: after missionary testimony comes destruction. p36

 

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-2 Ne. 27:1: Gentile are in America and elsewhere. Destruction to them all.

-D&C 87:6: Full end of all nations is decreed. p37

-Brigham Young: whole cities etc. will be destroyed after the missionaries are called home. P37

-Orson Pratt: thousands will be left unburied in the US from so swift destruction. p39

-Orson Pratt: The judgment is sure to come, not a mere chance. p39

-US President Kennedy: our water is polluted and there is not enough water in general; 80% of diseases from bad water; 1.2 billion not have portable water as of 1994. p41

– Commonweal article in 1994: predicted in 2030 water drought in USA. p42

-New York Times in 1994: 4 million under 5 years old died in 3rd world countries from respiratory disease because of pollution. Also 4 billion from diarrhea. These are killing more than cancer. p42

-Brigham Young and Wilford Woodruf: New York will be destroyed by earthquake, Boston by sea, Albany by fire. p44

-Orson Pratt: New York and others will have no inhabitants. p44

-D&C 84:114-5 New York, Boston, Albany, these to be destroyed if not repent. p44

-Wilford Woodruf: New York to be a mass of ruins, people will be in awe; houses remain but are left desolate. We will remenis about days before New York, Boston, and Albany were destroyed. Brigham Young said this saying of Woodruf is prophecy and will be fulfilled. p45

-Wilford Woodruf: Judgments of God come to Babylon and Zion. p46

-Wilford Woodruf: Only righteous priesthood have right to protection. p47

-Brigham Young: The LDS if 3/4 good, good. If 1/2 good, destructions. If good the LDS as a people will get more to eat, wear, and better homes to live in. p47

 

 

Ch4 Internal Wars and the collapse of the United States Government p49-66

-Joseph Smith: the Saints and the world will have little peace from hence forth. p49

-Orson Pratt: civil war 2 in the US will stop farming and manufacturing; fighting will be between neighborhood vs. neighborhood. Civil War 1 was nothing compared to what this will be. p50

-Joseph Smith: the whole government of the US will become one big mob. p51

-Orson Pratt said in 1868: Many 100,000’s to be destroyed in civil wars in USA. p51

-Orson Pratt: farming neglected as people flee city to city in an upcoming civil war. p52

-Wilford Woodruf: In USA natural disasters and plagues while wicked slay the wicked until the wicked are wasted away. p52

-Joseph Smith: If USA not hear petition of LDS, will be totally obliterated – not a potshard left. p52-3

-Wilford Woodruf: destruction awaits the USA, and prophets should warn. p53

-Moses Thatcher (Apostle): A secret band will sap the life of this nation and it will fall. p53

-Joseph Smith: US Supreme Government will cease to exist, people will run from place to place and families will turn on each other. p53

-Orson Pratt: government end and we (the LDS Church) make our own. p54

-Brigham Young: strife and opposition within communities is the knife that will cut down the USA. p54

-Orson Pratt: LDS make their own government as USA falls. It will be based on US Constitution. p54

-Orson Pratt: Eventually fall of USA and Europe and in them all business cease from the chaos. p55

-Joseph Smith: All will go to the west USA who want peace and won’t use sword against neighbor. p55

-Wilford Woodruf: just as Book of Mormon peoples destroyed, so SHALL it be again here. p55

-3 Ne. 21:12-21; 20:15-17: A remnant of Jacob (usually refers to Lamanites or the house of Israel) will tread down the Gentiles if they don’t repent. They’ll destroy the witchcraft, vehicles, cities, priestcrafts, graves, and we thus won’t worship the works of our hands any more. These will happen at an unheard of level. p56-57

-Crowther: apparently Lamanites rise against the Gentiles when end of time of Gentiles and before Israel gathered. Thus it seems to happen at the time of the US internal wars. p57

-D&C 88:84-92 says times of Gentiles, then destructions, then a voice calls us to go out to meet the bridegroom. p58

-D&C 133:8-12 says Elders gather Gentiles then Jews then a call to go meet the bridegroom, and a call for the Gentiles to flee to Zion. p58

-D&C 115:6 Gather to Zion and her stakes for a refuge when wrath is poured out over all earth. p58

-Brigham Young: When great day of judgments of God comes millions of righteous will gather in the valleys of the mountains. p58

-Brigham Young: everyone will be against everyone; these mountains are the best place for the Saints to hide till all the indignation is over. There is no place better suited in all earth’s history or geography. p58

-Brigham Young: Saints now all over, but will return to the west, a refuge for millions as judgments poured out. “We will be shut out from the rest of the world” It will be an inland empire for the refuge of millions during the time of the indignation of God “Our people will go east, west, north and south, but the day will come when they will be glad to come back”. p58

-Brigham Young: the battles will even be Christians against Christians; all who won’t fight will need to come to Zion to escape the fighting. p58

-Orson Pratt: LDS missionaries will be sent to all the world declaring there is a place in the heart of USA where peace and refuge from the major destructions can be found. p59

-Brigham Young: Jordan River area through Salt Lake will have over 3 million living there. p59

-J Golden Kimball: Many LDS who have gone elsewhere will have a burning desire to return to where the church leaders have asked us to settle (the west) and will give anything to live there. p59

-Brigham Young: 3 million will live west of the Jordan River area. p59 (*Currently in 2016, 3 million is the population of all of Utah)

-Wilford Woodruf: 10,000’s will live in Logan. p60

-Joseph Smith: Make haste, when the wars come, we will need to flee to Zion. Gentiles will flow to us a constant stream then and our doors will be constantly open to them. p61

-Joseph Smith: When wars come we will have to flee to Zion, those who don’t go when they have a chance to go will be afflicted by the devil. p61

-Orson Pratt: As flowing stream goes continual, so shall the Gentiles come to us in Zion seeing God protects Zion and that there is no safety in their nations. Their nations will be tottering and crumbling to ruin. They’ll come not to be baptized, but for safety, having heard also our officers are for peace, and our tax collectors righteous. p61

-Heber C. Kimball: millions on millions will come but not with handcarts, only with bundles and their children fleeing. p62

-George Q. Cannon: The LDS will be the people to maintain Constitutional government in this land. More of the prophecy of not take sword against neighbor need flee to Zion is yet to be fulfilled. The going away from the Constitution will cause people to be compelled to flee to the Mormons though they are hated now, and this fleeing to escape civil broils and strife. p62

-Brigham Young: Eventually there will be a gulf between the righteous and the wicked so they cannot trade with each other and national intercourse will cease. p62

-Heber C Kimball: trade your silks and fine things for grain and other needs, for we will have to depend on our own resources, for soon the curtain will be dropped between us and the rest of the USA. When that time comes you’ll wish you had made your own clothing earlier. God requires that we go into home manufacturing. p63

-Orson Pratt: Gate will be shut; we won’t be able to do foreign imports. Do have (your own) productions. p63

-Joseph Smith: England (and France some also) will be neutral until the USA is so terrid they will try to step in to stop the bloodshed. It will seem they rule USA. USA will have so many claiming government power till it has none at all. In the Rocky Mountains, there will be peace because of a cordon band of the white horse (the church) and the red horse (the Lamanites?) (The horses seem to represent peoples in America and based on skin color). p63

-Joseph Smith: So many, danger of famine. (apparently speaking of the time of the US internal wars and gathering to the west, how there will be famine there because of so many flocking there for refuge) p64

-Heber C Kimball: They’ll come with mere bundles and children coming to us for bread to eat. p64

-Heber C Kimball: One dreamed that given the choice between a bag of gold and a cat, a person would choose the cat as you can eat a cat. This may happen. p64

-Heber C. Kimball: risk of Saints famine since so many flee to west. Store extra food for them. p64

-Wilford Woodruf: We will want bread; if we are wise we will store enough for us and those who come to us for food. p65

-Brigham Young: no famine upon this people if we do right. p65

 

 

Ch. 5 The establishment of the Kingdom of God (a political organization, not the Church) p67-82

-Orson Pratt: They’ll overthrow USA, we’ll need our own government, all else will be mobs, we will base it on the US Constitution. p67

-George Q Cannon: The Church of God is separate from the Kingdom of God. p68

-Brigham Young: US Constitution won’t be destroyed, at crucial time, the LDS “will hold it inviolate”, and “save it from destruction”. p68

-Orson Hyde: Joseph Smith said if the Constitution will be saved, it will be by this people. Hyde says if we are righteous, God will give us a Constitution. p68

-John Taylor: when US Constitution is torn to shreds, this people will hold it up to all nations and proclaim liberty for all. p69

-John Taylor: US Constitution is a design for a new world. p69

-Orson Pratt: US Constitution is a stepping stone toward higher government where God choses the leaders and is based on divine laws. p69

-D&C 65:2, 5-6: The Kingdom of God must go forth before the Kingdom of heaven can. p70

-Brigham Young: Joseph Smith organized the Kingdom of God completely and fully a few months before his death. It has its own constitution and officers which will be operating in the future. p70

-History of the Church: A council of 50 made for the kingdom of God. p70

-History of the Church: The council of 50 isn’t part of the church, it is for political things and its members need not be LDS. It can’t organize the church, only the Priesthood can do that. The Council of 50 sometimes is called the General Council. p70

-Brigham Young: The Kingdom of God is actually organized but won’t be in operation till the Lord sees fit. p70

-Duane Crowther (author): The Kingdom of God like polygamy was source of antagonism for the LDS and Utah and hence is discontinued until needed. p72

-Brigham Young and George Q Cannon: Religious people can be a part of the political body which makes laws in the Kingdom of God. p72

-Brigham Young: The Kingdom of God is a republican form of government. The USA government represents theocratic government more than any other nation except with Israel elected a king. p73

-John Taylor: Church of God must be here before Kingdom of God (political) comes, for it can only exist with a people who have the spirit of revelation. p73

-Brigham Young: when we say theocracy is to come we mean its officers have the priesthood. p73

-George Q Cannon: The Kingdom of God will be to protect the rights of all people not just the LDS. p74

-Parley P Pratt: The political Kingdom of God will start small like a mustard seed and be in the mountains where a majority of Gods people are.

-Daniel H Wells: God will give the political Kingdom of God to the Saints when they’ve proven themselves capable of running it, having done well in every trial. p76

-John Taylor: When the nations are convulsed we are to redeem them politically as saviors and finally redeem a ruined world. p76

-John Taylor: The LDS will rule politically. One by one the nations will come against it and fall. p77

-Parley P Pratt: The political Kingdom of God will come as other nations are falling. p77

-Statement from The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: The time will come that as political Kingdom of God grows, all nations will either be for or against it. None will be neutral. Thus there will become a 1 political and religious standard – people will join and take lively interest with the LDS, or you’ll do all in your power to stop them. p77

-Joseph Smith: England, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and Holland, these have blood of Israel in them and will submit to the Kingdom of God. England will be the last to do so. p78

-Parley P Pratt: The 10 Tribes know the prophecy of Abraham that in their seed will all the earth be blessed, and they will look to the spiritual and political kingdom of God as the group they will go to. It is there that the promise will be fulfilled. p78

-Brigham Young: Jesus Christ will rule all nations of earth by the Kingdom of God. The centers for this kingdom will be found in Zion (Missouri) and the Old Jerusalem. p78

-Orson Pratt: USA and all other governments will end and the Kingdom of God will rule all. The nucleus of that government is formed and is from God. Also all will respect this government and obey it. Its law will go forth from Zion to all like how now Washington DC sends the law to all USA.  p79

-Charles W Penrose: The Kingdom of God will rule all earth and the LDS will rule it. All other kingdoms will be broken, like Nebukenezer’s dream. p80

 

Ch. 6 Establishment of the New Jerusalem p83-106

-D&C 103:15-17: A Moses-like man to lead Israel out of bondage is to come. This will be for the redemption of Zion. p83

-Orson Pratt: We know not who that man (referring to D&C 103:15-17) will be but that he will lead us as our fathers were in the wilderness. This Moses figure will lead us to Missouri. Also angles and Jesus will lead those LDS to Missouri.  (This statement was made AFTER they were in the West US). p84

-Orson Pratt: The Moses man bringing LDS to Missouri may be yet the slain Joseph Smith. p84

-Erastus Snow: Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith will help prepare the way in Zion and her stakes and temples and will be resurrected and help the resurrection happen. p85

-Erastus Snow: Jesus Christ will appear in his temple and teach his servants and this long before the destruction of the wicked. p86

-Heber C Kimball: Things will get so bad that the LDS will call on God day and night. Then Joseph Smith and others will come and help take the faithful to Missouri. They’ll help build that holy city the New Jerusalem. p86

-Orson Pratt: a march of tens of thousands of LDS will march to Missouri as a group; pillar of fire by night and cloud by day with them, and the voice of the Lord heard. Will frighten all nations as a body the Saints will return there after a few go ahead to purchase more land. Army of angels will protect them on the journey. p86-87

-Orson Pratt: when the Lord is about to lay waste to the USA, he will call his people back to New Jerusalem. p87

-Orson Pratt: after a few go ahead to prepare the way and purchase some land in Missouri, the LDS will go there as a body, the Lord going with them. p87

-Joseph Smith: Angels of heaven will protect the LDS in their return to Zion. p87

-Orson Pratt: The time the LDS will go to Missouri is when the USA is in ruin. p87

-Joseph Smith: When you see this land (USA) bound with a yoke of iron, you may look to Jackson County Missouri. (referring to this being the time that we will gather there for refuge to build the New Jerusalem). p87

-Joseph F. Smith: Hundreds go to Missouri with their cattle warding off many foes. It will be as real of a journey as the track west to Utah. Many will not understand that God is who brings them. Many hardships will be faced in the journey, so much so that perhaps only the children of those who embarked will see the victory and deliverance. p87

-Wilford Woodruf: women with bundles go by foot to the mountains, many of them. p87

-Joseph F. Smith: much peril on the journey to Missouri, ever fending off foes from taking your cows and family. Not go by modern transportation nor railroad, but herding animals along the way etc. The success of the journey may only be seen by the children of who embarked. It might be not as visible to outsiders that God is helping. Most of the men will be gone (*from war probably). p87-89

-Wilford Woodruf: Women with bundles by foot go to the mountains. p89

-Orson Pratt: The majority of the LDS will return as a great people to Missouri and do so in peace. p90

-Brigham Young: Many of the Saints will stay in the west where they’ve built homes rather than going to Missouri. P90

-door for establishment of the gospel among Lamanites will be in the Rocky Mountains. p90

-Orson Pratt: though not all the LDS will be consolidated into one body to leave the west mountains all as one body, there will be a future time when many hundreds of the LDS will be consolidated as a body and go to the eastern parts of Kansas and western Missouri to settle. p90-91

-Orson Pratt: The majority of the LDS will immigrate to Missouri not staying in Utah. p91

-Wilford Woodruf: Missouri will be desolate with no one there when the time comes to lay the cornerstone for the New Jerusalem.

-Heber C. Kimball: those who get to make the journey to Missouri will be those who are most worthy and most prepared, those who “do right and honor their calling” p91

-Heber C Kimball: there will be not so much as a yellow dog to wag its tail in Missouri, it will be swept clean. p91

-Wilford Woodruf: at the time the New Jerusalem cornerstone is to be put in place, Missouri and Illinois will be totally desolate, a complete desert with no one living there. p91

-Journal of Discourses: Those who live well the law of consecration, using the Lords property well, get an eternal inheritance. p92

-Orson Pratt: When we return to Missouri the law of consecration will be immediately in force; no one will be allowed to get property from the Church there unless they commit to consecrating it to the trust of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. p92

-Orson Pratt: The LDS will be the richest people on earth; they’ll have plenty of money to buy plenty of land around Missouri and thereabouts, building many cities and the headquarters in Jackson County. p93

-Joseph Smith: The LDS won’t think there’ll be time to build the New Jerusalem temple, but with all the help we will be receiving it will go up very fast, and we will have plenty of money to do it, and plenty of craftsmen. p93

-Orson Pratt: an approximation of the law of consecration to be lived in the Rocky Mountains, later it in fill in Missouri. p93

-Orson Pratt: in Missouri, when Zion is redeemed, the law of consecration will be lived. p94

-Orson Pratt: part of the Lords storehouse to go toward building New Jerusalem and temples and farming tools and books for the remnants of Joseph, to make it as near perfect a place as possible. p94

-Joseph Smith intended that the cities built by the LDS would fill the whole world. p95

-Wilford Woodruf: In the future we will see that all the visions Joseph Smith had about the New Jerusalem and its structure and the stakes of Zion will be fulfilled. p95

-Joseph Smith spoke of the New Jerusalem plan, that in the middle of it there would be temples and city buildings, and people living not more than 6 blocks from such. As the population increased, more similar plots would be built in adjoining areas. The temples will have 24 sections and each will serve a part of the Priesthood leadership. p95-96

-History of the Church 1:359: Names of the temples of New Jerusalem will be thus:

for building numbers 10 11 and 12: House of the Lord, for the Presidency of the High and most Holy Priesthood, after the order of Melchizedek, which was after the order of the Son of God, upon Mount Zion, City of the New Jerusalem. HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

for building numbers 7 8 and 9: The Sacred Apostolic Repository, for the use of the Bishop. HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

for building numbers 4 5 and 6: The Holy Evangelical House, for the High Priesthood of the Holy Order of God. HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

for building numbers 1 2 and 3 The House of the Lord, for the Elders of Zion, an Ensign to the Nations. HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

for building numbers 22 23 and 24: House of the Lord for the Presidency of the High Priesthood after the Order of Aaron, a Standard for the People. HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

for building numbers 19 20 and 21: House of the Lord, the Law of the Kingdom of Heaven, and Messenger to the People; for the Highest Priesthood after the Order of Aaron. HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

for building numbers 16 17 and 18: House of the Lord for the Teachers in Zion, Messenger to the Church. HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

for building numbers 13 14 15: House of the Lord for the Deacons in Zion, Helps in Government. HOLINESS TO THE LORD. (p96)

-Orson Pratt: The New Jerusalem will have 24 buildings, and those joined in the middle by arches, all in circular layout. These buildings will be for Priesthood administrative purposes. Around that there will be meeting houses for the Saints to gather to on Sabbath days. p97

-Orson Pratt: The Lord will raise up a servant to help with the New Jerusalem. p98

-John Taylor: The New Jerusalem will have multiple cities. The Lord will guide the architecture of it; it is to surpass what we could make. It will be a city prepared to last forever. When the Zion from above comes down, this city will be the Zion that goes up and associates with the other Zion. p98

-Heber C. Kimball: In Jackson County Missouri, historic Church leaders will be there in the flesh helping lay out the lands of our inheritance. They will also be at the grand council of God at Jerusalem, and the Church of the Firstborn. Some of these individuals will be Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Brigham Young, Kimball, Wells, David, and Parley. p99

-Brigham Young: The Lord won’t have the angels be who do the manual labor of building the New Jerusalem; we will have to do it. We must rely on God so he can do it through us. If we don’t rely on God it won’t be possible and we won’t have the privilege. p99

-3 Ne. 21:23 speaks of people helping to build the New Jerusalem. p99

-Crowther: it seems that the New Jerusalem will take a good amount of time to make in the process of becoming a metropolis. First the LDS will make it, and the ten tribes who return to there, then we in larger scale preach to the Lamanites which results in their coming in large numbers to help build it, then with the USA government falls, the good folks among the Gentiles will flee to it and their help will in added in great numbers. p100

-Orson Pratt: It’s the Lamanites who will have the privilege of building the New Jerusalem for they have the blood of Israel in them, we will be auxiliary help to them. p100

-Joseph Fielding Smith: It’s not the Lamanites who’ll lead in building the New Jerusalem, the passages of 3 Nephi which people use to teach that don’t seem through on their conclusions. It says that the remnant of Jacob and the seed of Joseph will do it. Jacob is Israel. Joseph is Ephraim and Manasseh. It is them, Ephraim and Manasseh, who are at the head to bless the rest of the House of Israel. The Gentles in this land were designed to be a scourge to the Lamanites, then nursing fathers to them. The scourging is done, and the nursing fathers part is now beginning. The Gentiles are promised that if they would repent they would get the fullness of the gospel. But any nation where the Gentiles don’t repent, the fullness of the gospel will be withdrawn from them. These passages speaking of Gentiles refer to Gentiles in all lands. These passages speaking about the remnant of Jacob refers to all the House of Israel. p101

-Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles: We command all kings and nations of earth to join the Church and send your treasures here for the building up of the kingdom of God. The only salvation that you gentiles will find is here in the Kingdom of God. There is only one Lord, and he will rule as king of all earth. You must come and worship at the same alter as Israel for your salvation. p102

-Orson Pratt: when the LDS people settle Kansas and Missouri areas, we will have many schools and universities and farmers and storehouses, much frugal industry, and we will live densely populated there, not one person per every 6 miles. They will have their orchards, fruit trees, fields of grain, beautiful houses with shade trees, etc. They will come from many nations of earth, and from various parts of the LDS. People will recognize that this area is a habitation of the LDS. p103

-John Taylor: There will be a temporal Kingdom of God. Zion will become the praise of the whole earth; the LDS will build up magnificent cities which will be the pride and glory of the whole earth. We will have most fine and expensive clothing, most magnificent buildings, most beautiful gardens, and will be the most rich and intellectual people of the whole earth. The LDS will excel in literature, science, arts, and manufactures. p104

 

 

Ch7 Four important events in America p107-126

-Orson Pratt: we begin building New Jerusalem before we do a major missionary fleet to gather the Lamanites (not the Gentiles) p108

-Orson Pratt: after city of New Jerusalem build, missionaries go for Lamanites, and bring them to Jackson on a 5,000-8,000 mile trek from South America too. p108

-Benjamin F Johnson said that Joseph Smith said: a path from South America to New Jerusalem center stake of Zion will be made. p109

-Orson Pratt taught this order of events: 1. Lamanite remnant converted. 2. Zion redeemed. Believers help build New Jerusalem. 3. missionaries gather all dispersed people of the Lord to the New Jerusalem from out of all of “this continent”. 4. Gods power and God will be in their midst. p109

-Orson Pratt: Jackson County will be the nucleus of Zion, and as the Lord wipes out neighboring places, Zion will increase hundreds and hundreds of miles, being filled with the people coming to it. There they will be a united people, and Jesus will come, bringing the righteous society down to earth with him, and they’ll find these people on earth’s Zion are united like they, those of above, are. Those of Jackson County and round abouts in Zion will be perfected and carrying out the law of heaven as it is in heaven. p111

-Twelve Apostles statement: The natives, whom are the remnant of Joseph in America, will come out of the forest and say I am Joseph whom ye sold into Egypt. Does my father yet live? This to mean, I am a descendant of Joseph sold into Egypt, and I am come for my blessings. They shall receive such in the temple and receive thrones. p111-112

-Brigham Young: When Jesus returns in glory, it will first be to America, for that is where it all began. That is where he made the Garden of Eden. p113

-Joseph Smith: Jesus will come to his people at the New Jerusalem and the world at large won’t notice it. It will be totally natural for him to be there among those people at the New Jerusalem. He will give to them his laws and minister to them. p113

-Charles W. Penrose: the first major appearance of Jesus Christ in the last days will be to his people in the New Jerusalem. The world at large won’t know about this, and Jesus will teach them how to make the kingdom enduring and strong, and how to further develop and beautify Zion. His people will there gaze upon his face, and see his glory. p113

-D&C 42:34-36 “(34) Therefore, the residue shall be kept in my storehouse, to administer to the poor and the needy, as shall be appointed by the high council of the church, and the bishop and his council; (35) And for the purpose of purchasing lands for the public benefit of the church, and building houses of worship, and building up of the New Jerusalem which is hereafter to be revealed-(36)That my covenant people may be gathered in one in that day when I shall come to my temple. And this I do for the salvation of my people.”

-Twelve Apostles, speaking of the natives of the Americas and the time in which they’ll be at the New Jerusalem: Jesus will appear to them with all the resurrected Saints of former days, and Christ will establish his kingdom and laws throughout all the land. p114

-D&C 84:2 declares that “mount Zion” means the New Jerusalem; hence, it is of the New Jerusalem which Isaiah 4:5-6 speaks of when he says that it will have “a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory shall be a defense…a place of refuge and a covert from storm and from rain.”

-3 Ne. 20:22: In the New Jerusalem, Jesus himself will be in their midst.

-Orson Pratt: The light emanating from the New Jerusalem will be so bright that it will cause others to fear; it will cause people to want to come cross the ocean to see it for themselves. When the congressmen and kings of the earth are yet several days off in their journey to see the New Jerusalem, they will see its light illuminating the whole sky, like the northern lights of the arctic regions. When the wicked see this their knees will tremble and they will flee as soon as possible for fear. But when the righteous see this they will know it is the Lord and go to it, saying with Isaiah, that “the gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising”. p115-6

-Orson Pratt: God has higher laws than those of nature which we know of, and he will use those to preserve New and Old Jerusalem temples and cities. They will never decay, they will be eternal. His presence there has part to do with that. p116

-3 Ne. 21:26: show that the 10 tribes work among them will commence after the New Jerusalem is built; they’ll also help build it. p117

-Orson Pratt: AFTER temple built in New Jerusalem, we will see the Lord there. p117

-Lorenzo Snow: in New Jerusalem, Jesus will be a guest in our homes, we will shake his hand, and he will eat and drink with us. p117

-Oliver Cowdry: the 10 tribes will be revealed in the north country wither they’ve been a long time. They’ll help build New Jerusalem. p117

-Crowther: it seems that the moon will be red because of a great earthquake preceding the return of the 10 tribes. Compare D&C 133:26-31; JD 18:346; Rev. 6:12-14. p118

-Orson Pratt: full priesthood not to come to the 10 tribes until they come to Zion. John the revelator will be preparing them while they are in the north. p119

-Joseph Smith: John the Revelator is working among the lost tribes. p119

-Wilford Woodruf: The ten tribes will receive Priesthood authority and their endowments in the land of Zion. p120

-2 Ne. 29:12-14: the records of the ten tribes will be combined with those of Jews and Nephites.

-Orson Pratt: Joseph Smith got the plates from Cumorah, but Moroni deposited many more records than that in a nearby place. Those records contain all the records of the western continent people’s histories. Angels guard these records until the time comes for them to be transferred to the sacred temple of Zion. p120-121

-Orson Pratt: the 144,000, the Priesthood, see Jesus’ face in the temple before mission. They receive power to withstand the plagues and destructions and earthquakes of the earth such as the earth has never before known. This is why the scripture in Revelation says that the destroying angels are not to hurt the earth until these are sealed, it’s to protect them as they go forth among all this desolation to do their missionary work and yet be protected. Their bodies will be refined like gold and silver in a furnace in the temple. They’ll preach in midst of the whirlwind of judgments on the wicked.   p122-3

-Joseph Smith: this sealing to come to the 144,000 means getting their calling and election made sure, sealing the blessing upon their heads. p123

-Orson Pratt: The 144,000 selected after the 10 tribes return. The 10 tribes will be crowned with glory by Ephraimites. The 144,000 get power to gather out of all nations. The 144,000 gather in the morning of the 7th thousand years. We are living upon the great eve of this. p 123-4

-Joseph Smith: an innumerable host will accompany the 144,000. Go and make your calling and election sure! The 144,000 are Saviors on Mt. Zion.p124

-Joseph Smith: The selection of the persons in the 144,000 has already begun. p124

-Crowther: Some of the journals kept by the early brethren of the Church state that they are to be among the 144,000; this suggests that resurrected persons will be among that number. p124

-Joseph Smith: righteousness and truth sweeping the earth as a flood. Men and angels will be co-workers in this work p125

-Joseph Smith: The 144,000 are the priests who should be anointed to administer in the daily sacrifice. p125; (this suggests that the length of time from the choosing of the 144,000 to the building of the temple in old Jerusalem will be less than a generation) (read more on priests at Palestine and temple service at Ezek. 44-45).

 

 

Ch8 The gathering of the House of Israel to Palestine p127-140

-D&C 45:21-26, esp. 25 “they (the Jews) shall be gathered again; but they shall remain until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled”

-3 Ne. 20:28-29 The Jews will return to their promised land, Jerusalem.

-Crowther:

1836 the keys for the gathering of Israel were given to Joseph Smith.

1841 Palestine was dedicated for the return of Israel by Orson Hyde.

1873 George Albert Smith also dedicated the land of Palestine.

1878 the “Lovers of Zion” Jewish organization was formed.

1896 the Zionist Organization was organized and had its first conference a year later in Switzerland to establish the spirit of nationalism among the Jewish people.

1917 British forces took Palestine from Turkish forces and put a man of Jewish descent as governor of it, Sir Herbert Samuel. A proclamation called the Balfour Declaration invited the Jews to return to Palestine, and British helped fund such.

Many more treaties and positive and negative things reported in the text about the 20th century and Israel as a nation, including the republic of Israel choosing its first chosen president in 1949. They became a state around this time.

p129-135

-Isa. 11:12; 1 Ne. 22:25; 3 Ne. 16:5: these show that Jews will be gathered in from all the four quarters of the earth.

-Crowther: p136-8 discussion of highways in the Palestine area, and which areas now are the areas spoken of in scripture of old.

-Orson Pratt: many Jews whose fathers didn’t consent to crucify Christ will accept the gospel before going to Jerusalem, and others will go because other Jews are going. Some Jews will continue to preach against Christ in Jerusalem. p138

-2 Ne. 10:7 Jesus Christ has covenanted that when the Jews believe in Him he will gather them to the lands of their inheritance.

 

Ch9 Plagues and the Book of Revelation p140-158

-D&C 77:12 The plagues come after 7th seal and before 2nd coming; Rev 8 happens then. p143

-D&C 29:13: Trumps will sound like on Mount Sinai, audible, literal.

-Orson Pratt: There will be a set of plagues followed by trumps; these will all be literal. It will be just before the Lord comes. There will be 7 each, and then Jesus comes. p144

-Orson Pratt: God will literally use thunder and cause the voice from that thunder, even the voice of the thunder, to say these audible words which everyone on earth will hear, “Repent, o ye inhabitants of the earth and prepare the way of The Lord, prepare yourselves for the great day of the Lord.” It won’t be a common ordinary thunder storm. In addition to the voices of thunder and lightning, the Lord himself will speak so all can hear him, commanding them to repent and prepare for his coming. p145

-Crowther: plagues happen after 144,000 chosen before Armageddon (makes sense, need 144,000 special protection at that time). p148-153

-Orson Pratt: After Jerusalem is rebuilt by the Jews, the 2 witnesses to prophecy there 3.5 years come there. By their prophecies and Gods power, nations gathered together against Jerusalem will be stayed, these witnesses holding them at bay by their faith and power. Eventually the witnesses are overcome. All this takes place after the trumps begin to sound. The witnesses mission is 3.5 years, so the trumps aren’t all at once, things must happen in between them. When all 7 have sounded, they begin to sound a 2nd time. The 2nd set of trumpets won’t be for destructions, but to declare Gods works in each of the 7 thousand years, 1 thousand year period per trump. When the 7th trump sounds a 2nd time, it’s to pronounce that the work of God is finished so far as the great preparation for the 2nd Coming is concerned. The sounding of the 1st trumpet of the 2 sets of 7 trumpets is when the 1st resurrection happens; and all these great works are to be performed on the earth, and years elapse before Jesus descends with all his saints. p154-5

-see the text for a more detailed lining out of the trumps, timelines, etc. masterfully done.

 

Ch10 Universal Conflict and the Fall of Christian Nations p159-167

-Orson Pratt: someday the missionary message will be more focused on repent or destruction eminent. A worldwide revolution will occur. Jews will flee to their home land. p160

 

-D&C 45:69: Every nation except New Jerusalem will be at war against each other. P160

-Orson Pratt: war in Europe to desolate it; no prisoners of war, all vacant or burned. No rules of war. p161

-Orson Pratt: Universal war, all except Latter-day Kingdom; at this time Jews flee to Jerusalem. p161

-Orson Pratt: Britain will fall once the righteous are gathered out of it. P162

-Orson Pratt: 4th beast is Roman Empire and all descended from it and shall be laid waste. Tis Europe and Russia. p163

-Charles W. Penrose: new diseases will eat the wicked silently. p163

-Charles W. Penrose: The very elements will seem effected by the national and social convulsions. The masterminds among nations will be taken away. Fear will take hold of the hearts of all men. P163

-Charles W. Penrose: fruits withhold in their season when people withdraw from the spirit. p163

-Orson Pratt: Europe (the 4th beast) falls before heathen nations (the 3 beasts). p164

 

-Orson Pratt: People of Christendom have more light and knowledge than the heathens so they’ll be under more condemnation. P164

-Orson Pratt: American and European and US and Asian ultimate destiny is total destruction, no matter their power. P165

 

Ch11 Christ’s appearance in the Council at Adam-ondi-Ahman 167-177

 

-Joseph Smith: Ancient of Days = Adam = Michael; he presides over the human family; all who have keys stand before him here; Adam delivers up his stewardship to Jesus Christ and remains head of the human family. P167-8

-Joseph Smith: Adam is over all dispensations; in this the last dispensation, all will be as it was in prior dispensations. Adam watches over the ordinances, and reveals them to mankind, sending messengers. P168-9

-Joseph Smith: Spring Hill of Daviess County Missouri is where the meeting of Adam-ondi-Ahman will be. P169

-Orson Pratt: 20 million will be at Adam-ondi-Ahman. P169-172 (*Elder Bruce R McConkie agreed with this, that there would be a vast number in attendance, as a reflection of what the first meeting at Adam-ondi-Ahman was in the days of mortal Adam when he gathered his posterity to bless them and foretell them of all the days of the earth. All the righteous Saints are who get to attend he says, as well as all the righteous from ages past. See “The Millennial Messiah”. The prophet Daniel speaks of there being a vast multitude before which the Ancient of Days comes to do all of this.)

-Joseph Fielding Smith: Adam-ondi-Ahman will be unknown of to the world at large, and to the church at large, it comes as a thief in the night, and only those officially called to attend will know of it and attend. P172 (His interpretation of this seems to come from 1 Thes. 5:2, but nothing there specifically suggests that said passage is referring to the meeting of Adam-ondi-Ahman.)

-Orson Pratt: in Adam-ondi-Ahman, Adam will arrange all the dispensations of the Priesthood into one large family and household. These judgments and opening of books are to prepare the way for the 2^nd coming of Christ in glory. P173

Orson Pratt: Every quorum of the Priesthood of the church will be present at this meeting. Resurrected beings will also be there. This is before the 2^nd coming of Christ. P173-4

-Joseph Smith: at Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daniel says the judgment was set and the books opened. This is for the purpose of giving the power of judgment to the Saints. Wars plagues fires etc. will continue until this meeting. P174.

-Orson Pratt: 12 Apostles were chosen among the 10 tribes in the north! p174

-Orson Pratt: be good so you’ll be counted worthy to participate in the august (respected and impressive) ceremonies of Adam-ondi-Ahman. p174

-Orson Pratt: at Adam-ondi-Ahman judgment will come to all nations. p174

-Orson Pratt: The judgments to come after Adam-ondi-Ahman are the judgments from the Saints upon all the people of the world. Not the final judgment, but a judgment still. P174-5

-Crowther: At Adam-ondi-Ahman, Christ becomes the literal head of the kingdom of God, and that kingdom ceases to be a preparatory kingdom, and asserts its power over all the nations of the earth. P175

-Orson Pratt: the kingdom of God will assert power over all other nations of the world, and those nations which will not unite themselves with it, honoring its laws and institutions, will utterly perish, and no place will be found for them. P175

-BH Roberts in History of the Church: associated Dan. 7:13-14 with Dan. 7:9-10, meaning that Adam-ondi-Ahman was the time when dominion is given to the kingdom of God and all nations are to serve it. P175

-Joseph Smith: The Saints are persecuted until Adam-ondi-Ahman. Yes, the “horn” (see book of Revelation) made war with the Saints and overcame them until the Ancient of Days came; then he, Adam, gives judgment to the Saints, and they possess the kingdom. They become ministers here and in eternity. P176

 

Ch12 Growth and Development in Zion and Palestine after the era of universal conflict 177-196

-Orson Pratt: People will say of the city of Zion, surely this is the city of God, for his power might and terror are there! Come let us be subject to its laws! They will say this after the Lord has broken the nations. The laws of Zion will liberally be sent forth to all the nations of the earth. P178

-Orson Pratt: when the inhabitants of the USA are swept off, much of their homes will remain, and will be desolate and uninhabited until the Saints expand to fill all those areas. P178

-Quorum of the 12 Apostles: North and South America will become united via the expansion of Zion. P178

-Joseph Smith: the Saints will fill the west, and through Mexico, central and south America would do a great work for the remnant of Jacob. The kingdom of God will be organized upon the earth through all nations learning war no more, and all adopting the God-given Constitution of the United States as a palladium of liberty and equal rights. P179

-Joseph Smith: David of old lost part of his glory because of transgression, and “the throne and kingdom of David is to be taken from him and given to another by the name of David in the last days, raised up out of his lineage.” P179

-Crowther: apparently the next David will come just before the battle of Armageddon and reign as a prince. He will be a new leader for Israel. P179

-Jeremiah: the Lord will raise up a David as king of Israel in the time when that people shall serve the Lord their God (Jer. 30:9). P179

-Zechariah: he, this David, is the branch, and that he would have the great responsibility of building the temple of the Lord, and that he will sit upon a throne, and be a priest (Zech. 6:11-13; 3:8-9; Jer. 23:5-6; Hosea 3:4-5). P179

-Ezekiel: This David will be a shepherd over Israel whom shall feed them (Ezek. 34:23-24).

-(*Elder McConkie in “The Millennial Messiah” seems to suggest that this David is Christ himself, but it seems the text shows this David figure as a leader who helps prepare the way for Christ to return by building the temple in Jerusalem, and that he is to be a powerful servant in the hands of Christ (D&C 113:4))

-Isaiah: God gives this David as a commander and leader of the people and a witness to the people. The Lord will glorify him and cause that he “shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.” (Isa. 55:3-5)

-Crowther: it could be that the passage in Isa. 11:1-5 is also referring to this David: “ 1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.”

-D&C 113:4: The stem of Jesse in Isa. 11:1-5 is Christ. The rod in Isa. 11:1-5 is someone from the house of Jesse and Ephriam: “ 1 Who is the Stem of Jesse spoken of in the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th verses of the 11th chapter of Isaiah?

2 Verily thus saith the Lord: It is Christ.

3 What is the rod spoken of in the first verse of the 11th chapter of Isaiah, that should come of the Stem of Jesse?

4 Behold, thus saith the Lord: It is a servant in the hands of Christ, who is partly a descendant of Jesse as well as of Ephraim, or of the house of Joseph, on whom there is laid much power.

5 What is the root of Jesse spoken of in the 10th verse of the 11th chapter?

6 Behold, thus saith the Lord, it is a descendant of Jesse, as well as of Joseph, unto whom rightly belongs the priesthood, and the keys of the kingdom, for an ensign, and for the gathering of my people in the last days.”

-Isaiah 11:10: The root of Jesse “shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.” p180. Crowther speaks of this being this David, given that D&C 113:4 refers to him as the rod being one of Jesse and Ephriam lineage.

-D&C 113:5-6: The root is: “ 5 What is the root of Jesse spoken of in the 10th verse of the 11th chapter?

6 Behold, thus saith the Lord, it is a descendant of Jesse, as well as of Joseph, unto whom rightly belongs the priesthood, and the keys of the kingdom, for an ensign, and for the gathering of my people in the last days.”

-Isaiah and the D&C speak of this root rod branch person as that:

1. he will live during a period before the Millennium wherein he can both judge the poor with righteousness and cause the wicked to be slain (Isa. 11:1-5).
2. he will live on into the Millennium (Isa. 11:6-10)
3. he will stand as an ensign of the people (Is. 11:10) and to him will the Gentiles seek (this could be as the Gentiles covet the wealth of Palestine and cause the Battle of Armageddon).
4. He will be an important and powerful servant in the hands of Christ (D&C 113:4)
5. He will be a descendant of both Judah (through Jesse) and Joseph (through Ephraim). (D&C 113:4, 6)

-Moroni speaking to Joseph Smith: the prophecy of Isa. 11 is about to be fulfilled. P181

-Ezekiel: a prince (David?) will help in temple offerings. P181

-Ezekiel: a prince (David?) is given a special door in the temple to approach the Lord while the Lord is there. (*This shows the prince being referred to can’t be the Lord himself!) P181

-Ezekiel: this prince will have political lands, not just religious influence. P181

-Orson Pratt: the 10 tribes will come from the north to Missouri Zion and do farming and ranching there for a while, then 12,000 from each tribe will be chosen to fill the ranks of the 144,000, they go back to Palestine (the land of their inheritance). The 144,000 will be sealed in their foreheads to be immune to the plagues and death. p182

-Orson Pratt: John the revelator will be laboring among the 10 tribes. p183

-Orson Pratt: the “whole of the tribes of Israel” return to Palestine to build the temple there before the 2nd Coming and before Armageddon. p183.

-Orson Pratt: Asia and Africa have Israel in them though they are heathen nations. p183

-Orson Pratt: some of Asia and Africa will repent since they’ll see the power and glory of God manifested in Israel. p183.

-Orson Pratt: the biblical feasts etc. will return. p183

-Orson Pratt: after God overthrow nations, will gather tribes of Israel and return them to their own land. p183

-gather Israel to Palestine between 6th plague and Battle of Armageddon. p185

-the heathen will come to knowledge of God by seeing Gog fall in battle of Armageddon. p185

-Crowther: apparently Israel and Judah will be united in battles before Armageddon. p185

 

 

Ch13 The battle of Armageddon and Christ’s appearance on the Mount of Olives p197-226

-Orson Pratt: “When the Rothschilds and the great bankers among the Jewish nation shall return back to their own land to rebuild the city of Jerusalem, carrying their capital with them, it will almost ruin some of the nations, and the latter will go up against Jerusalem to take a spoil.” P198

-Ezekiel names several places as the persons who attack Jerusalem, and the modern day equivalent geographical nations to that are Turkey, Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, and the southern tip of Russia just above the Caspian Sea. More information in the text is presented about these things, including a map. P199

-Ezekiel 39:21-3: The heathens will see Gods judgment when he overthrows Gog and his forces.

-Orson Pratt: by miracles the devil gathers many to fight the Jews at Jerusalem in Armageddon. It is when the Kingdom of God is over the whole earth and sun turned dark; millions upon millions come for war. Christendom will be so darkened from priestcraft that they will not understand these things. The Devil will drive them around at this time as a whirlwind. p201-202

-Crowther: Rev. 9:13-21 seems to show with the 2 prophets laboring for 1260 days (42 months), that the time of universal conflict and the time of the battle of Armageddon are 2 separate times. Armageddon might be the consummation of the period of universal conflict. P205

-Rev. 11:13: major earthquake at the time the 2 prophets are taken into heaven. p209

-D&C 45:47-50: There will be a great earthquake at the time when Christ puts his foot on the Mount of Olives. p209-211

-Crowther: there seems not to be evidence to support the idea that the 2^nd coming starts with Christ putting his foot on the Mount of Olives. p211

-John: after the Armageddon, beasts will pray upon the bodies a long time. This is the supper of the great God. p213-4

-Ezekiel: Christ comes to the temple in Jerusalem. P215. Much more from scripture presented here about these times and events.

-Zechariah, etc.: after Armageddon, a time period where those who won’t worship at Jerusalem and keep feast of tabernacles will have no rain and will have plague. This is pre-millennium. p216-219 for references etc.

-Crowther: the David rule before Armageddon, then after Armageddon is a missionary work to heathen era, then the Millennium. The David will still be alive when the Millennium begins so this must be a short interval. For references, see Ch. 12. p220

-Crowther: there is to be a final gathering at time of heathen gathering or shortly after for all regardless of all and this before the burning, and after Armageddon. The righteous are at this time gathered to New Jerusalem or Palestine. p220

 

 

Ch14 Christ’s Coming in glory p227-246

-D&C 88:95-110 shows the drama that will accompany the coming of Christ. P228-9

-Orson Pratt: The silence in heaven for a half hour comes immediately after a trump. This half hour may be our time or the Lords time. It may be extensive time. During it, all is perfectly still. No angels flying, no trumpets sounding, no noise in heavens above. Then immediately after it, the curtain of heaven is unfolded as a scroll. P230

-Orson Pratt: when Christ comes the mortal Saints will be transfigured and sanctified, not immortalized. They’ll be prepared for the Millennial reign. Then tables will be spread and they will eat the sacrament. P230

-Orson Pratt: there will be an audible sound of a trump, that of the archangel, when this coming happens. At that time, the dead in Christ will come forth out of their tombs. Also at this trump the Saints still living will instantaneously be caught up in the air to meet the Lord. P231

-Joseph Fielding Smith: At the coming of Christ, those whom will dwell forever with God, the exalted, will resurrect. They will meet the Lord in the air. Then those who were honorable but not qualifying for the highest blessings, those of the Celestial and Terrestrial kingdom but not the highest part thereof, will resurrect. They will not get to meet Christ in the air. This includes honorable Christians who wouldn’t join the LDS Church. After the Millennium is over, the telestial people resurrect, namely the wicked who are condemned to suffer the wrath of God on the earth. P231-3

-D&C 88:110 & Rev. 20:1-3 It’s after each of the angels has sounded their trumpet twice that Satan is to be bound for 1000 years for the Millennium.

-D&C 29:9-13 at the coming of Christ a trump will sound long and loud even as it did on Mount Sinai (Ex. 19:13-19). P234

-Orson Pratt: when the Lord appears, some of those who will come with him will be all the former day Saints, the city of Enoch, Abraham Isaac and Jacob sitting upon thrones, all the redeemed persons. This is when the people of earth meet those of the Church of the Firstborn, and long to be with them. This is what Paul meant when he said all things in heaven and earth are to be brought together in one in the dispensation of the fullness of times. P234 (This seems to be an interpretation of D&C 27:5-14)

-Crowther: based on several scriptures, it’s hard to tell weather Christ coming in red is referring to the coming in glory, or to the coming during the battle of Armageddon wherein he steps on the Mount of Olives. The coming in glory is to be so bright that it makes the sun look pale. P236

-Isa. 63: 1-6 speaks of the Lord coming in red and telling the people he tread the winepress alone, and that he will (future) trample the people in his fury. In this passage he also speaks of how his fury upheld him during the Atonement. 237

-Orson Pratt: when the Lord comes in glory all will see him, even the dead. P237

-Moroni 9:2-5 When Christ comes we will see our nakedness and the glory of God, and it will cause a flame of unquenchable fire to come upon the wicked. The wicked would be more comfortable living with the damned in hell than with the Lord. P238

-D&C 133:21-25 The land of Jerusalem and the land of Zion will return to their own place. The earth will become as it was before it was divided. This happens after Christ puts his foot on the Mount of Olives. P239 (*D&C 133:26 says those of the North countries will remember God at this time, and return on a highway, overcoming all their enemies. This could be referring to the lost tribes of Israel gathering to Jerusalem. This could mean that those tribes are the persons in the heathen nations which will not be converted until after Armageddon. Elder Bruce R McConkie in “The Millennial Messiah” said that the gathering of the lost 10 tribes would be after the Millennium started; after Christ’s coming in glory that is. This passage seems to fit well with that. However, as referenced earlier in this book, these is much supporting evidence that the 10 tribes will return before the Millennium so the 144,00 can preach before the Millennium happens. Another theory is that only 12,000 from each tribe of the lost `10 tribes are gathered in before the Millennium to fill the ranks of the 144,000, then after the Millennium begins, the rest of the masses of those tribes are gathered in. All who accept the gospel of course.)

-Joseph Fielding Smith: Adam dwelt on this American continent. But when he did, it wasn’t the American continent or even the western hemisphere. The land was all in one place, and the water was all in one place. No Atlantic ocean separated the hemispheres. The creation account even tells that God caused the water to gather in one place, as well as the land. Then in Genesis we read of a time where the earth was divided. That means the land was actually divided, not just a sociology statement. The land returning to its original form is part of the great restoration. John saw this and said that every island will flee, and mountains are not found. P239-240

-In JS 2:27, Moroni said to Joseph Smith: those who come with the Lord at his Second Coming will be who burn the wicked. P240-241 (Thus it won’t be bombs that do it! (*Though I say some bombs could do some of the job, then these that come finish the job.)) Also in D&C 29:9 the Lord says he will burn the wicked.

-3 Ne. 26:3 the elements will melt. P240

– Orson F Whitney: The earth was baptized with water at the time of Noah, and it is to be burned, baptized with fire and the Holy Ghost in the day of the coming of the Lord. P241

-Orson Pratt: As man becomes righteous man via baptism of water and the spirit, so does the earth become righteous earth. These purifying elements will come upon earth. P242

-Joseph Fielding Smith: Those who will be burned at the 2^nd coming will be the telestial law livers. Those who have lived virtuously, and been honest, doing good to the best of their understanding, will survive, regardless of their beliefs and religious doctrine. P242

-Joseph Smith: we believe the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory. This means it will be like it was before there was death or evil in it. P243

-John Taylor: The Zion city of Enoch went into the sky. At the 2^nd coming of Christ in glory, it will descend, and the city of Zion on earth which the Saints will have built up will ascend, and they will meet each other in the air, and fall on each others necks and kiss each other. They will be similar peoples. P243

-Joseph Fielding Smith: the prophecy of the marriage of the Lamb is about the 2^nd coming of Christ and the feast the righteous will have with him at this time. The bridegroom represents Christ. P244

 

 

Ch15 the Millennium p247-268

-D&C 63:50-52 rather than lying down dead, you’ll be changed in the twinkling of an eye.

-Orson Pratt: in the Millennium mortals will mingle with immortals, but part of the glory of the immortals will probably be withheld from the mortals during the entire Millennium. Ancestors will mingle freely with their posterity. Mortals can be taught by immortals, which will prepare them in essential ways for when the earth will go through a greater change.

-Erastus Snow: Satan being removed from earth will cause earth itself and its atmosphere to improve; the curse will be removed; the elements will be sanctified; those growing up in the Millennium without sin won’t experience pain and sickness like we do because Satan won’t be involved; there will be no breach to the laws of life and health; no intemperance; no evil spirit to allure and draw into sin; the Spirit of the Lord will be with every person to guide him constantly; all will know the way of the Lord to such an extent that we won’t have to teach or encourage each other to do what is right. There will be good influence continually, and persons will grow up without sickness pain or death. P249-50

-Joseph Fielding Smith: Joseph Smith: There will still be wickedness on earth during the Millennium; those who won’t come to up to worship will be destroyed eventually from off of the face of the earth. When Joseph Smith refers to wicked in this statement, he is referring to those who have not yet embraced the gospel. D&C 84:49-53 says wicked means you have not embraced the gospel, and such a person is in a condition of being under the bondage of sin, having not been baptized. The terrestrial order will remain on the earth during the Millennium, and this class is without the gospel ordinances. P250

-Orson Pratt: People will be capable of sinning in the Millennium because they still have their agency. Wherever you find intelligent beings, there you will find agency, to some extent. Satan’s agency will be very limited when locked in the pit and unable to tempt men. If people sin in the Millennium it will be not because of being tempted by Satan, but of choosing to do so of their own free will. P251 (*I note that Satan is without light and truth which is intelligence so he ceases to be an object to act and becomes an object to be acted upon, one with minimal or no agency, because he has minimal or no intelligence, intelligence being defined as light and truth in the D&C.)

-Brigham Young: The Millennium consists in every heart in the Church and Kingdom of God being united as one; the Kingdom increasing to the overcoming of everything opposed to the economy of heaven, and Satan being bound with a seal set upon him. All else, eating drinking wearing clothing, will be as it is now. P 251 (*But note that 3 scriptures in the D&C say there will be no immodesty in the New Jerusalem; obviously BY is here referring to the fact that food and clothing continue in the Millennium; we also won’t eat meat in the Millennium, we see a few changes from how we do things now; TONS of changes; recall Nibley saying that we are a million miles away from how things are done in heaven, not even close)

-Orson Pratt: out of Zion will go forth the law; that law will be to regulate the nations; to teach them how to be saved; to inform all how to save themselves and their dead. P252

-1^st Presidency Statement: When the Saints receive their inheritances, it will be by the authorized channels in the Church according to that order of government. P253

-Orson Pratt: The righteous dead get their inheritances, then the righteous living gets theirs. The Saints will get inheritances divided by lot based on their faithfulness in their stewardships. The revelation (D&C 88:95-110) shows that when the Saints are resurrected and caught up into heaven, and the Saints living caught up also, and the 7^th trump blown, then the Saints shall receive their inheritances. Yes, the earth will be divided out to them. P254

-Orson Pratt: Jesus and the 12 Apostles will be in our midst. The 12 tribes will come back and 12 men sitting on 12 thrones in the land of Palestine will reign over them. Also the 12 disciples of  ancient America some 1800 years ago are to have their thrones. They’ll be judged by the Twelve at Jerusalem whom judge the remnant of the tribe of Joseph. They will have that work to do in the eternal worlds. P255

-Orson Pratt: To some of the Saints will be given 1 city to rule over, others 5, etc., according to their works in this life. The 12 will each have a throne to judge the 12 tribes of Israel. The tribes will need judging during the whole 1000 years they live on the earth; they will need judges in their midst to show them what is important for them to know. Along with them will be other judges who have proven worthy.  p256

-Brigham Young: When judgment is given to the Saints it will be because of their righteousness, that they’ll judge like the angels and gods in heaven; not like the present situation;  rather they’ll love justice kindness love mercy and truth. P256

-B.H. Roberts: the passage of Joel 2:18-9 refers to the Millennium: Everyone will have the spirit during the Millennium.

-Orson Pratt: When the knowledge of God covers the earth, even animals will manifest greater intelligence than they show now in their fallen condition. They’ll have language, and praise God. P260

-George Q. Cannon: When the will of God is written on peoples’ hearts, they’ll understand his law. This will be the case in the Millennium. P260

-Brigham Young: In the Millennium, people of other religions will come to Zion, wondering at the wisdom and knowledge of those people, and thinking that their wisdom is merely from the cunning and craftiness of men. Various religions won’t be allowed to persecute each other. Everyone will be required to bow the knee to confess that God rules the world, and that Jesus Christ is the redeemer thereof, of all humans and creatures therein, and once they do that, they’ll be allowed to go and worship whatever, even a white dog or the sun, and however they want as long as they mind their own business and leave they neighbors alone to let them also worship how they will. P262

-Brigham Young: You’ll be able to do the religion of your choice in the Millennium, but you won’t be able to take God the Father and Jesus Christ so lightly; you must confess their glory. P262

-Brigham Young: The kingdom that Daniel saw will actually make laws to protect every man in his rights, as our government does now, whether the religions of the people are true or false. Everyone will have sufficient evidence to believe in the New Testament and Jesus the Christ and the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith the prophet and revelator, but those who won’t humble themselves won’t join the Church, and thus they won’t get the benefits of the everlasting Priesthood. These people don’t live by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God. All persons are capable of accepting these things. P263

-Brigham Young: During the Millennium there’ll still be millions who won’t believe Christ, but they will be obliged to acknowledge his kingly government. There is no true government on earth but the government of God, or the holy Priesthood. It is a perfect system of government. There is no other true government in heaven or upon the earth. Do not blame me for believing in a pure and holy government. P263

-Joseph Fielding Smith: The gospel will be taught with greater intensity and power during the millennium until all the inhabitants of the earth shall embrace it. Satan will be bound and unable to tempt man. Anyone who refuses the gospel in these circumstances will be cursed. Eventually in the millennium, every person will embrace the truth universally. It will become unnecessary to introduce people to the Lord. P264

-George Q. Cannon: In the millennium there will be neither disease nor crime, and we will do the temple work for the unnumbered millions who lived and died on the earth without hearing and obeying the plan of salvation. P264

-John Taylor: in the millennium 1000’s of temples will be in use. P265

-Wilford Woodruf: in the millennium there will be many temples in North and South America and Europe and many other places. All the posterity of Noah must be officiated for in temples before Christ can say “it is finished.” P265

-Brigham Young: Angels of God will reveal information we need to do temple work so all can be recorded correctly. Their relatives will officiate for them. The wicked will be cleansed and purified as by fire; some of them will be saved as by fire. P265

-Brigham Young: Resurrected bodies walk eat drink and enjoy. Those who are not yet resurrected are who do the temple ordinances. Those who are resurrected are who take orders from God on what is to be done. They’ll go into the temples and commune with God. When Saints have passed through death, they cannot officiate in this wicked world, but will dictate to those who are here.  P266

-Erastus Snow: The resurrection is soon upon us; Joseph Smith and the Elders of Israel will direct temple work, we will find this to be the case. This will continue in the Millennium. P266

-Orson Pratt: Ancient Patriarchs like Adam will come here to earth during the Millennium “from their ancient celestial world, where they were first made spiritual”; they will have a homestead here, and will gather with the faithful frequently; they will teach us many things we know not of which they have gained from dwelling with God; they will teach us what is to be enjoyed by those in the highest celestial kingdom; even those not yet resurrected, those still mortal, will learn these things from them; By degrees, we will at this time learn more than we are now capable of learning; these teachings will go forth until the whole earth is familiar with the ways and countinence of heaven and Christ. The Millennium is the great Sabbath of the creation. P267

 

 

Ch16 Events at the end of the earth p269-287

-Joseph Smith: the Battle of Gog and Magog will be after the Millennium; The remnant of nations that fight against Jerusalem were commanded to go up to Jerusalem to worship in the Millennium. P269

-George Q Cannon: When the adversary can’t tempt us, it’s from our obedience; and when we stop obeying, he can tempt us more. His best way of getting power over men is by their cupidity, avarice, and low selfish desires. P269

-Orson Pratt: After the Millennium, Satan can tempt people for a season, but not the resurrected beings. When they get their immortal bodies, Satan will have no power over them. The tempting will be to the posterity who aren’t yet resurrected. During the Millennium, many generations will live and become resurrected. When this generation of post-Millennium non-resurrected people sin, it will be open rebellion, not dwindling or ignorance as the Lamanites did. So great will be the power of Satan that he will gather them against the beloved city, and fire will come out of heaven and consume them. P270

-Rev. 12: 4, 7-9: The battle of Gog and Magog will be akin to the preexistence battle when Michael fought Satan and his forces. P270

-Orson Pratt: There will be government during the Millennium, and it will continue 1,000 years, then there will be a great divide away from it because of Satan. The Saints at this time will have become more numerous than ever before. They’ll be so large that they’ll have to pitch their tents round about the beloved city, it will not be large enough for them. Satan will gather every fallen angel from premortality and otherwise and all apostates. His army will be so great it will be able to come upon the Saints on all sides. Satan probably doesn’t understand all the designs of God. P271

-Rev. 20:9-10: Satan and all of his army will be destroyed forever. P272

-D&C 43:31-33 seems to say that the battle of Gog and Magog will be at the end of the Millennium, the fire on them then, and this marks the end of the Millennium. Then those still mortal all become resurrected. P272

-Rev. 20:11-15 Some ordering of events is as follows: God appears on a white throne, then earth and heaven flee, then judgment, then resurrection. P273

-Orson Pratt: After the Millennium and the little season after, in which Satan’s army marshals against the Saints, then the last trump sounds and the last resurrection occurs.  Jesus comes with greater glory than ever before at this time. Also at this time the glory of Jesus will cause the earth and heaven to flee. P273-4

-Orson Pratt: After Satan and his army are cast into hell, all will be judged, the white throne with Christ seated on it will be there, and when this happens the earth itself and the literal temporal heavens that are over them will flee away, and no place shall be found for them. P274

-D&C 29:26: the final resurrection happens before the earth passes away. P274

-Crowther: Thus the order apparently is: 1. The 2^nd Resurrection. 2. Jesus appears on a white throne and the final judgment takes place. 3. Heaven and earth pass away. P274-5

-Orson Pratt: God will probably use agents to help him judge the dead. P279

-First Presidency Statement: The Saints will rule once they are crowned. That is why they are going to be crowned, to be rulers. P281

-Brigham Young: All of this dispensation of the fullness of times will be inspected and approved by Joseph Smith before they can enter heaven, the Holy City. Jehovah has decreed this. P282-3

-Heber C. Kimball: Joseph Smith had a vision showing that every member of the church who will be crowned kings and priests unto God will be conducted to the throne of God by Adam, one by one. P283

-D&C 63:20-21: Those who overcome are given an inheritance in earth once earth is translated. P283

-Brigham Young: In the Millennium there will be 1,000’s of temples. The Saints will receive inheritances of their own once all those assigned to this earth have been preached to, even the dead, and when Jesus presents the work as finished to his father, and the earth is placed in the cluster of the Celestial Kingdoms, and the Savior is crowned. Not until this will the Saints receive their everlasting inheritances. P283-4

-Orson Pratt: If we aren’t sanctified in the fullness of the gospel, if we fail to endure to the end, we will not dwell in the Celestial kingdom, but in a lesser creation prepared for such persons. There the glory of God will not be made manifest to the same extent. They will be governed by laws adapted for their inferior capacity and to the condition which they have plunged themselves in. They will suffer after this life, and they will not receive exaltation and glory and power in the presence of God the Eternal Father; they will fail to receive an everlasting inheritance on this earth.  p284

-D&C 88:25-6: The earth will die and be resurrected.

-Orson Pratt: Because of the fall of Adam, the earth must die. Fire will waste away its element. But, like the humans, because of Christ, it will also be born again, and be the same as it was when it first issued from the womb of chaos. P285

-Orson Pratt: Though all will be redeemed from the Fall of Adam, the original sin as some call it, we have great reason to fear that but few will be redeemed from their own sins. Those who are redeemed will receive the earth for an eternal inheritance.  The earth has been corrupted from the sins of men and hence needs redemption, and will receive such. P285-6

-Orson Pratt: Before the earth dies the New Jerusalem will be taken into heaven as well as the holy city. When these are taken up, the earth flees from Christ on his throne, and dies.  When earth dies, it will cease to exist as an organized globe. It won’t be a world capable of habitation. The globe will pass away. Fire will convert its elements into their original form. When the earth dies, it will return to its elemental state and will pass away into space. It then will be called back and resurrected just as the bodies of mankind will be. The power of bringing the earth back together will be by a power greater than any known to man. It will be by the power of God’s word. Death will no longer be connected with it as we see it is now. It will be the same as it was when the Lord first formed it.  P286

-Orson Pratt: Before earth dies, New Jerusalem on the western continent and Old Jerusalem on the eastern continent will go up into heaven. Then these cities with their glorified throng, will descend on resurrected earth and be the world capitals of the new creation. No whoremongerers or idolaters or murderers or sorcerers will be there. P286-7

 

 

Ch17 The Earth’s final state p289-295

-D&C 130:9: Sanctified earth will be immortal, like crystal, and will be an Urim and Thumim, and those dwelling thereon will know all things pertaining to lesser kingdoms. P289

-John speaks of the Holy Jerusalem to be 1377 miles in each of its 3 dimensions; this could be a way of putting the people onto the celestial earth; transporting them thereto after its death and resurrection. The cubit numbers is all 12’s and compounds of 12, and thus may have dual meaning of God’s presence, the whole city being a Holy of Holies.

-Rev. 21:24-7: There’ll be kings and nations on the Celestial earth.

-Rev. 22:1: A river of water of life will proceed out from Gods throne on the Celestial earth.

-Orson Pratt: Jesus in the Millennium will have a throne in Zion (the New Jerusalem in Missouri) and another throne in the temple at Jerusalem (Palestine). The original 12 Apostles will be with him. After 1,000 years, Jesus leaves to visit people on other planets for whom he is Lord. Celestial worlds are, by and by, after their temporal state, glorified together. Then from then on, there will be no veil between God and his people who are sanctified and glorified, and Jesus will not be in the need of withdrawing from one to see another, for they will all be in his presence. P292

-Orson Pratt: No matter which Celestial place you are you’ll be able to see God at all times no matter where God is dwelling, because the only thing shutting us from the presence of God are the fall and the veil, and those will have ended. This will be the case despite even millions of miles of distance between you. You’ll see each other as easily as one person sees another whom is in the same room. This is perfect redemption, enjoying His presence always. This is only for Celestial exalted people. A channel of communication. Those who are made like him will be able to see, understand, and converse with each other though they be millions and millions of miles apart. P292-3

-Rev. 21:4: No more sorrow pain or death.

-Orson Pratt: When this earth in its wonderful Celestialized state gets full, more worlds will be created for the posterity of the exalted beings. Yes they continue to have posterity. P294

-D&C 29:23-5; 77:2 Animals will also be resurrected, and not one hair of their head to be lost, for it is the workmanship of Gods hand.

-Orson Pratt: Generations of the children of exalted people on the earth will dwell here on this earth when it’s celestialized  until it’s too full for them, then they’ll create more worlds. Exalted beings indeed continue to have children of their own, the same as you and I were before we took these mortal tabernacles. P294

-Orson Pratt: Like the resurrected Lord, exalted beings will be able to go from one world to another. Heaven is not one place, but many. It is many worlds. New worlds continue to be made for the offspring of exalted beings. P295

 

Appendix 2: Analysis of the White Horse Prophecy:

-Brigham Young: there will be a time of wrath of God upon the whole earth; at this time, it is at the Rocky Mountains, there the Saints to be hid. p31

 

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Here are some things I recall reading in the text but can’t find the page for or who said it:

-Brigham Young: dreaded day when LDS would be popular. He would rather we live in tents with Indians than partake in Babylon

-even those of South America must march to the New Jerusalem in Missouri

– The rest of the world won’t notice him Christ at the New Jerusalem, but the city will be shining and they will notice that.

-Patriarch: we will have a bomb war with Russia.

-Judah return and Jerusalem temple rebuilt before 2nd coming.

-time of total is division to come: either totally with the LDS Church or against.

-God’s sermons of destruction after missionaries called home.

-Gentiles reject the gospel then the missionaries are assigned to Israel.

-LDS and U.S. Indians to unite.

 

Reflections on “Reflections of a Scientist by Henry Eyring” by Nate Richardson

Reflections on “Reflections of a Scientist by Henry Eyring” by Nate Richardson

-For more I’ve written in favor of contemporary mainstream science and it’s theories, and particularly quoting prophets in favor of such, see this link to my document “In Favor of Science”: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/in-favor-of-science/

-For a more critical view of contemporary mainstream science and it’s theories, quoting prophets on that topic, see this link to my extensive document “Considering the Creation”: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/considering-the-creation/

-For a summary of some of the scientific backings behind the creationist theory, see my summary notes on a documentary of such, as well as the link to the actual documentary, at this link to my article “Creationist Video Notes: 6,000 year creation and dinosaurs, etc.”: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/creationalist-video-notes-6000-year-creation-dinosaurs-etc/

-To begin, I loved this book and hope everyone will read it. You might not think that in that this essay is in debate with the book. I merely want to put out the platform that those who believe in science and religion don’t necessarily have to be whole hearted organic-evolutionists or big-bang-theoryists or man-from-apeists or old-earthists; however true those THEORIES may be. One may be familiar with several of the cosmological and philosophical explanations of the theories of the universe which are in fact NOT these theories, and much evidence is there to support them in their own arguments. I took a class on astronomy just a little while ago where we considered some of these, along with the other mainstream contemporary theories. While I’m not one to give a grand presentation on these alternate theories, I do feel that some of what I have to say is of value, and I must say, non-dogmatic.

–This is an interesting book, very compelling, he breeds tolerance for those of different ideas than your own within the realm of reason and toleration, even to a religious man, and even particularly to a religious man.  But I have some very strong objections. Since Eyring is here bold about questioning the teachings of the prophets, I will here be bold about questioning his teachings, and receive the similar respect of a questioner. AKA, Eyring probably wants people to question his scientific theories. If we didn’t question him, we would not be very good scientists.

-But in this article, I will not limit my thoughts on the subject only to science, I will try to, as has been my area of scholarship, include other realms of consideration which can, and helpfully so, be brought into the contemplation of these issues.

-He does not consider the thieving men who, not being scientists, pushed the study of science into the field of evolution and that sort of thing, for their own purposes of discrediting religionists, showing that things happening very very slow meant that no God needed to be involved. (See book “Using the Book of Mormon to combat the Falsehoods in Organic Evolution” by Clark Petersen)

-He does not recognize the miracles of the bible, like Jesus walking on the water, as having happened. If he fails to recognize this, is he treating the scripture as a buffet in which he glides around, choosing to embrace only what suits his fancy, setting aside half of the commandments which pertain to things he is not so sure about? The authors point of view is that the miracles in the bible could have really happened, or not. He doesn’t care. He says they can be expressions or mistranslations for all he cares. He also gives the theory that they are higher laws being expressed. I suppose the author is right in all of this, but I think we are allowed more boldness in our belief of the events of the bible!

-Some historians, for example, and this is actually their current “desition” of what the facts are, discredit the prophet Job as being a true, historical character, who once lived like you and me, and classify him as an imaginary character. But then comes in the word of God in the D&C, when God tells Joseph to cheer up, as his lot is not yet as difficult as Job’s was. Would God do something so mean as to compare a person with a fictional character as basis for the persons’ need for fidelity in the face of trial? That would not be fair. That would be the equivalent of you chastening your children by saying, “Come on, Barney the Purple Dinosaur goes around loving people all day, why can’t you!?” So here we have one of ten thousand examples wherein the wisdom of man is foolishness unto God. (And for the further inquirer, no, I think Job not an alien from another planet, I think him a person of this earth subject to what we are, and that especially because of the scripture in modern revelation which reveals that any ministers to this earth, yes any angels which visit and teach us here, will be those whom have lived out their mortality on this earth. (Even Jesus did his mortal life on this earth. The Father did his elsewhere in yonder earth creation of his father, but such is of no import, Father is over all, and even he abides the law of not ministering to this fallen earth, and has his son do the vast majority of those personal encounters.))

-When one takes the view of “you don’t have to belief anything that is not true”, which he presents in the text, though true, it’s very dangerous that you’ll get into hesitating obedience. How would such a person respond to something like, per se, the law of polygamy which God had the Saints practice in early church history? Would he regard that as a mere false opinion of the leaders of the church? He confesses that revelation is possible, that God can come and give instruction to man, but does he reject some of that instruction? I’m not saying that he necessarily does, but it’s with great care that one should take up these views; One interesting point on this topic is Hugh Nibley says the way to tell when a prophet is speaking as a men vs merely as himself, that one must decide for themselves. But the difficulty of this remains. Eyring seems to keep this discusion about science, and points out that little is mentioned of the topic in official scripture standard works, and thus says it could merely be a topic not very important for us, and hence we can go either way with it. But what about when the Lord speaks a certain instruction, though not frequently. Should we heed it, or brush it aside because of it’s infrequence? I don’t accuse the author of doing such a thing, but I point out that perhaps such a pitfall would be a powerful temptation to one who takes such views. If one is to put himself deep into the philosophies of man, he had better make well sure that he is simultaneously putting himself in deep in the philosophies of God. Let not the scientist be ignorant of the other dimensions of human experience, which, though harder to measure, must be addressed in the all encompassing reality we call truth.

– I think Eyring is more trained in science than he is in religion. Yes he has had greater training than most people when it comes to religion. But one example I sight about his ignorance is that he suggests manna doesn’t need to have come from heaven, but that it could have merely been something that fell off of a tree which they ate. The symbolism of the manna is that it is like Jesus Christ. It came from heaven miraculously to save the people from otherwise certain death. Same with Jesus Christ, he came from heaven to save the people. But if we take the scientific view that the manna was not from heaven, it seems to break down the whole purpose for all of this, as well as a multitude of other scripture symbolism.

-It seems that much science is presented which impresses the mind in this text and indeed does fascinate, but not much of it seems to explain the why of Darwinism, organic evolution, the big bang theory, evolution, and other controversial topics of contemporary mainstream science. Some of the science shown could possibly go towards this, but it’s QUITE reasonable to say that it could also go the other, or another, way entirely. One must beware of brainwashing when he has attended 25 years of education in the same society, especially one as fragile and politically loaded with ladder climbing and social prestige as this society is. It should be all too familiar to us how a cunning adult can load a child with unfair data only supporting his way of looking at things, while neglecting to show the child the debates on the other teams’ platform. So may it be with scientists, or any other field of study.

-This world is run on money as its premiere motivator, and that doesn’t exclude it’s dealings with science. The prince of this world is Satan, he has taken over and is running things quite his own way. We have got certain things under the table in our underground resistance efforts, like true Christianity and mechanics which allow us to build sky scrapers and other technological conveniences, but the fact remains that he is in charge of the mainstream flow around here. Jesus always taught that broad is the way that leads to death, but narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it. This statement from the master should cause us to be skeptical of all major theories held by the world at large which are not expressly simultaneously taught in the Kingdom of God, which is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

-This article is not about a debate pertaining to weather the LDS Church is true. It is addressed to those who already know (not merely believe) that it is. Those who wish to tangle with theories of weather the LDS Church is false are not wanted here. Here we are scientists and lovers of truth, and we care not of your telling us that the sun is not shining at noon day when we have seen that it is. In brief: certain facts are beyond debate to those to whom they have been revealed. If I reveal what cards I am holding in a game to my partner, he then knows with certainty what my hand is. Similarly, God does reveal himself to persons. Just ask Joseph Smith. Just ask any of the LDS whom have received similar (though not necessarily in the same way) witnesses, like myself, and they will likewise confirm what they know to be true, despite all hell combining against them, even to the taking of their lives. Religion is a special thing, and God is a special thing. I have NOT had a a supernatural experience assuring me that contemporary mainstream science isn’t correct. No, I’m not one claiming to KNOW many of these answers. But I HAVE had a supernatural experience, which not even the air I breath, could persuade me otherwise, revealing to me that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true. This is not to say that it’s leaders always speak as prophets; they themselves have confessed that they give their own opinions at times rather than always speaking the word of the Lord. But the fact remains, that this church is true. Cry about this all day if you like, but it’s not going to effect me. I have 10 trillion evidences toward it’s truthfulness, and 0 towards its falsehood. Amen, I need say no more, my soul desires no further explanation of the matter. One can argue and debate things all day long, but nothing can be said about a declaration of testimony of a human soul. We live in a day of psychological programing and brainwashing, but I stand a convicted soul, with no trace of doubt as to weather I’ve strayed off on some strange road; no hinting of the conscience that what I’ve become involved in may not be the best way when it comes to this the membership in a particular religion. There are no senses of my body requiring psychotropic drugs to suppress feelings which might be hinting that I should turn another way. There is no doublethink taking place here. I’ve learned no such technique (of suppressing knowledge a for knowledge b because knowledge b is politically correct). Nor am a phased by a memory of abuse in churches in the past. The soul of the human race, that spirit of freedom and independence, that spirit of cunning and intellect to stand alone upon ones feet without the support of the mind of a neighbor, this is the force with which I am a fully committed, fully invested, fully involved member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

-Much evidence is coming out in contemporary scientific journals which opposes many of the traditional scientific views which Eyring states in his theory of science, such as the methods of Carbon dating; many chinks in that armor are coming out and revealing vulnerabilities. If one is willing to give controversial (anti-religious, humanist, Darwinian, otherwise morally-progressive) theories a chance, they should also give the other opinions a chance. We look at the scientific evidence the philosophers have come out with showing chinks in the chain of theories of evolution, including the half life radioactive decay being too long for reproduction to the level it has supposedly evolved into; we look at how fresh lava flowing from a volcano is carbon dated to be millions of years old despite it’s newness; we look at the new theories in science suggesting that the speed of light won’t be constant when reacted with several other factors, which would destroy the timelines of the evolutionists. These things raise questions which are often stifled out of the conversation by the thieving men we spoke of earlier, who have hidden agendas for why they will and won’t publish certain scientific findings. Recall the treatise “Brave New World” which illustrated how it can be to the benefit of certain political rulers to stifle the progression and awareness of scientific studies in certain fields for political controlling purposes. Recall the instability factor recently determined by scientists.

-Though the title of this book is not congruent with our conversation here, I refer the reader of this book to read this book which addresses who were the first promoters of evolution and what their hidden agendas were to get that into the public sphere of thought and curricula: “Using the Book of Mormon to combat the Falsehoods in Organic Evolution” by Clark Petersen. Another book, “Darwin’s Black Box” which shows many scientific loopholes in the theory of evolution. Also, a study of the philosophy of religion will point out many more of these scientific loopholes like an age of evolution which was supposed to take a certain long period of time according to the Darwin organic evolutionists, actually jumped and went blazing by much faster in the progression of its stage of life than could have been predicted, this stage being somewhere in the supposed evolution from amoeba to human. Another book about political or other social agendas getting into school curriculum  is “None Dare Call it Education” by John Stormer.

-Recall that in all of human history, conspiring political rulers have sought control at all costs, and have come up with the most deceptive means of propagating such. They’ve come up with such clever lies. Recall that it would be ridiculous to think that the nature of men has changed merely because we have more technology now.

-Yes let us continue in good science, and let us try to promote our work. There are many examples of good science getting hushed by the power elites, such as engines which run on better fuel being banned. I’ve heard several engineers give lectures on this topic, and it’s quite evident that we don’t have quite the level of freedom of speech (to share our research of good science) as we thought we had.

-Look at the repercussions of some of the theories of contemporary mainstream science; the moral darwinism plague has caused our women to hate men, and to drive them mad by not dressing modestly, then to throw them in jail when the men respond to their flagrant flirtations. Look at the lawyers who are taught that lying is merely a business tequnique used to attain the most beneficial results of a trade deal. Look at how these scientific theories justify these workings, and tie in so closely. Now it could be that much from these theories of contemporary mainstream science have much truth in them; much of it is mere theory, aside from the parts which they show in laboratories as being reasonably plausible; but speaking of another matter, it is true that Satan creates a counterfeit edition of every good thing which God does. He rips off the inventor, and twists things for his purposes. At any rate, weather the contemporary scientific theories are correct or not, I think we as a society aren’t good enough scientists in looking into where these things originated from, and not good enough scientists of holding our media accountable to truth rather than letting them use money to motivate which stories they do and don’t publish; we are too far into believing whatever authoritative figures, be they persons or companies such as media companies, as selling us, and yes I do mean selling. Why do so many scientists become atheist? Well, perhaps that’s another talking point from the devil, and perhaps many of our best scientists don’t, but the fact remains that we are going into a less and less transparent world because of the monopolies on the media market, the monopolies on which schools our children must go to, and other monopolies which we look the other way for whilst they’re being rooter further and further into our society. Brainwashing is a larger problem than most will admit. Let us establish a more free scientific community; I believe that at it’s current stage, the scientific community and establishment is too infant to be taken too seriously as it’s been so suppressed by politics. Give me a Millennium where the earth is governed by God, and liars are burnt to stubble, where ideas are not suppressed, then I’ll get more seriously into a study of science when I’m in an environment where my ideas won’t be crushed. Until then, yes, that time when souls are saved, I’ll focus on saving souls from hell. That is the clear priority from the prophets. That is the outline of their message constantly. Get the soul safe, and worry about the other stuff only secondarily. The conversation and research of science is an important part of all this, and to those of you who feel called upon to base your contributions primarily in this field, so be it. May God bless you in it. But I feel the devil is getting too many of us locked into this field which is so unstable, so fragile upon the whims of the rulers as to what we can hear of this. May those who chose to take science as their theme demand of themselves a sharp questioning of the mainstream, and a dedication to publish their findings even if it pushes them to the gutter, out of the schools and leagues, and into the underground black market of unpopular truth.

-By saying that there is higher priority on helping save souls than there is on progression of science, I’m not saying that those who choose to devote their lives work on science are of less importance than those who devote their lives work to saving souls. I’m rather saying that the majority should choose the latter. Both fields are honorable, but the one is in higher demand in our society than the other. I look forward to the day when such will not be the case, and more can be devoted to scientific research of the physical world. I shall be ever more thrilled to learn of such things in their purity! I delight in the little discoveries and uncovering of knowledge of the physical world we have even now! None can disputer that there are many beautiful things God has helped us figure out. But what I’m saying is that the main work to be done in this life is to prepare to meet God, and to help others in that process (the which helping others is actually a central factor in the preparations of the “prepared” person also). The other work (research of the physical world itself) is auxiliary.

-To those of you inclined toward the study of theology, literature, poetry, humanities and arts, languages, history, culture, tradition, antiquity among cultures, anthropology and the indigenous tribes, and all the powerful evidence they bring toward your conclusions, don’t let the mainstream contemporary scientists scare you away from bringing to light a critical portion of the conversation which, if neglected, would hinder the human race from the finding of truth all the more.

-While it’s true that we don’t want to throw out the baby with the bath water when it comes to science, its also equally and perhaps moreso true, or at least more important, that we don’t throw the baby out with the bath water when it comes to religion! Go on believing, go on hoping, go on rejoicing, looking forward to the fulfillment of the words of the prophets about the glorious things which are going to come to pass in the near future, for verily prophets have testified with all boldness in the name of Christ of the major events to come in the near future which will be of such favor and beauty and holiness and glory to the righteous, and such woe to the wicked! Yes, press forward Saints, feasting upon the word of Christ, AND I MEAN FEASTING!

-In essence, I am not against the author, I’m with him in his overall thesis of the book which is that we should seek and embrace true science. I merely question weather much of our current science is true science.

GUN CONTROL HISTORY BY Harrison Lapahie

A LITTLE GUN CONTROL HISTORY BY Harrison Lapahie

(THIS SHOWS THE HISTORICALLY PROVEN IMPORTANCE OF HAVING GUNS TO AVOID TYRANNICAL DICTATORSHIPS)

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

56 million defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control:

You won’t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.

With guns, we are “citizens”. Without them, we are “subjects”.

During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!

If you value your freedom, please spread this antigun-control message to all of your friends.

SWITZERLAND ISSUES EVERY HOUSEHOLD A GUN!

SWITZERLAND’S GOVERNMENT TRAINS EVERY ADULT THEY ISSUE A RIFLE.

SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!

IT’S A NO BRAINER!

DON’T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.

Spread the word everywhere you can that you are a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment!

It’s time to speak loud before they try to silence and disarm us.

You’re not imagining it, history shows that governments always manipulate tragedies to attempt to disarm the people.

Audio files of Richardson Studies Documents

Audio files of Richardson Studies Documents:

-The Great and Abominable Church of the Devil by H Verlan Anderson, Summary:  (Who is this author? H. Verlan Andersen was in the first and second quorums of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called by Ezra Taft Benson, and a BYU professor. He went to law school at Stanford and advanced legal studies at Harvard.)

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuQ2FWdHZ4Q1liNmM/view?usp=sharing
Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-great-and-abominable-church-of-the-devil-by-h-verlan-andersen-summary-by-nate-richardson/

–Temple Marriage: Importance of. Composition by Nate Richardson:

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuR0V2eXpkS0poRkk/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/temple-marriage-importance-of/

-Missions: Commanded to Go: Composition by Nate Richardson: 

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuY3lXeTBuekRlY0k/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/missions-commanded-to-go/

–Faith Proceeds the Miracle: by Spencer W. Kimball. Summary by Nate Richardson

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuR1g5TmQ2NEY1NWc/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/faith-proceeds-the-miracle-by-spencer-w-kimball-summary-by-nate-richardson/

–A Marvelous Work and a Wonder by LeGrand Richards. Summary by Nate Richardson

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuRGJvbDl0SzZ0aDQ/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/a-marvelous-work-and-a-wonder-by-legrand-richards-summary-by-nate-richardson/

–The Mortal Messiah: by Elder Bruce R McConkie: Summary by Nate Richardson

Audio (all volumes): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuRWwzUWh1bHAwRTA/view?usp=sharing

Text:

vol 1: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-mortal-messiah-by-bruce-r-mcconkie-volume-1/

vol 2: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-mortal-messiah-by-bruce-r-mcconkie-volume-2/

vol 3: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-mortal-messiah-by-bruce-r-mcconkie-volume-3/

vol 4: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-mortal-messiah-by-bruce-r-mcconkie-volume-4/

–The Kolob Theorem by Lynn M Hilton PhD: Summary by Nate Richardson

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuVXRzSlJlUlVnQ1k/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-kolob-theorem-by-lynn-m-hilton-lds-author-on-astronomy-and-the-gospel/

–Communist Leader VS LDS Missionary: Marion Law’s Confrontation with the “Melbourne Man”

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuQnJsQnR2OTlyVTQ/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/communist-leader-vs-lds-missionary-marion-laws-confrontation-with-the-melbourne-man/

–Hiding In Plain Sight: Unmasking the Secret Combinations of the Last Days: by Ken Bowers. Summary by Nate Richardson

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuWDluRENNZ2k5eVE/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/hiding-in-plain-sight-unmasking-the-secret-combinations-of-the-last-days-by-ken-bowers-my-notes/

–Study Guide of The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham by Allen Fletcher summary by Nate Richardson:

Audio:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuZHlNbE5oTWxqSFk/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/a-study-guide-to-the-facsimiles-of-the-book-of-abraham-by-allen-j-fletcher/

-Missionary Work Lecture by Nate Richardson July 2016:

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhucm9vRlQzNld1WlU/view?usp=sharing

–The Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Truman G Madsen. Summary by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuX3cwNEZZNXUwTGc/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-presidents-of-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-summary-of-lectures-by-truman-g-madsen/

–When is the Second Coming by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhudUowMnBDVFNLRTA/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/when-is-the-second-coming-of-jesus-christ/

–Valleys Exalted by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuOGViWVdKWkYyOVE/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/valleys-exalted/

–The True Cost: Who Pays the Price For Our Clothes? Film by Andrew Morgan. Summary by Nate Richardson. Audio:https:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuaFI3Q0MwR1h6QWc/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-true-cost-who-pays-the-price-for-our-clothes/

–The Majesty of God’s Law by W. Cleon Skousen. Summary by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuTm9oU0tMcnQtTVU/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-majesty-of-gods-law-its-coming-to-america-by-w-cleon-skousen/

–Prophecy: Key to The Future by Duane S. Crowther. Summary by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhub0JDeUkwaWhudWs/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/prophecy-key-to-the-future-by-duane-s-crowther-summary-by-nate-richardson/

–The Joseph Smith Translation: Precious Truths Restored by W. Jeffery Marsh. Summary by Nate Richardson.

Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuWnhPN1ZaeGliak0/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-joseph-smith-translation-precious-truths-restored-by-w-jeffrey-marsh/

–The Book of Revelation Event Chronology by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhubGlHTmo5c0lpRWM/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/the-book-of-revelation-event-chronology/

–Scriptures on the Last Days: Presented by Nate Richardson. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuYW52MW5ocWF5ZEk/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/scriptures-on-the-last-days-several-topics/

–The Book of Revelation by Richard D. Draper. Summary by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuRVB6MnczX0VOelE/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/book-of-revelation-richard-d-draper-audio-cd-summary/

–Personal Glimpses of the Prophet Joseph Smith compiled by Hyrum Andrus and Helen May Andrus. Summary by Nate Richardon. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuNTRnc2R5MlUyemM/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/personal-glimpses-of-the-prophet-joseph-smith-complied-by-hyrum-l-andras-and-helen-may-andrus/

–Miss Representation, film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Summary by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuUGF6U3FYU3hIRVE/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/miss-representation-a-movie-on-media-portrayal-women/

–Exaltation Theory by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuVFV2QkZBeFJLeU0/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/exaltation-theory/

–Exaltation Logic Analysis by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhubGtSQjN1aXFMQUE/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/exaltation-logic-analysis-by-nate-richardson/

–Exaltation by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhudDV2YnNkUExDdkU/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/exaltation/

–Events Preceeding the Second Coming of Jesus Christ by Nate Richardson. Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuaXg1U1h4LTcwUE0/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/events-preceding-the-second-coming-of-jesus-christ-reference-list/

–Daughters in My Kingdom by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Summary by Nate Richardson.

Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuWE8tVzUwaV9qOXM/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/daughters-in-my-kingdom-book-published-by-the-church-pertaining-to-the-womens-organization-the-relief-society/

–Creationist Video, 6,000 Year Creation, Dinosaurs in Recent Past, etc. Summary by Nate Richardson.

Audio:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuVnliYVhsS2VTTUU/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/creationalist-video-notes-6000-year-creation-dinosaurs-etc/

–50 Signs of the Times by David Ridges. Summary by Nate Richardson. Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuaV9rRzU5S0FYb00/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/50-signs-of-the-times-by-david-ridges/

-Children: Why to Have Lots of Them and Not Wait Around About It:

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuazRwWkVMSGJra00/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/children-why-to-have-lots-of-them-and-not-wait-around-about-it/

-In Favor of Science by Nate Richardson

Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuYmFJdGYxRENBdTg/view?usp=sharing

Text: https://richardsonstudies.wordpress.com/category/in-favor-of-science/

On prioritizing of family and the execution of duties of all members thereof: By Nate Richardson 2016

On prioritizing of family and the execution of duties of all members thereof: By Nate Richardson 2016

Housekeeping should be lively, energetic,  clean and with food prepared when father comes home, all within the ability of mother. The food need not be extravagant, like the women in old Israel, let them simply make some bread every day, perhaps with a little jam; meat was not eaten except on days of festivals and feasts. When all members of family are home at last in the evening of the day, there is time for joyful celebration. This celebration need not be lavish or overbearing, but it can be handsome in it’s modesty, and satiable in it’s orderliness. Father by his toil all the day long has provided for the feast and other needs and wants. Mother by her toil has presented the feast and good fortune in a way that pleases the heart and encourages the soul. For mother, having children is a shift of leaving the world of workforce, into the world of home place. One mother says “I have no time to clean I am too busy caring for the children”. I say, that those priorities are incorrect. The mother should love the husband as well as love the children. Don’t neglect the husband at expense of the children. The time at home is not just for playing with children and memorizing poetry, nor merely for formal schooling or other needed pursuits, it’s for teaching them how to take care of a house so they in turn can do so while raising their children. All education and recreation is good, but if the nucleus, the maintained home, is not kept well, then the entire system collapses, and where there should have been joy, there is dismay. Failure where there could have been success. Mother may find her hands full with merely chasing after the children and keeping them safe from fires and other dangers, as well as picking up after them. But in time, mother and father have worked together to teach the children that they ought not be a great burden upon the family, and that they should care to themselves in all able matters. If progress is absent in this matter, more family counsel is to be taken, and the matter not left where it stands, constantly afflicting mother from such irresponsibility.  One mother says “I have no time to care for the home as I am busy caring for the children.” But the caring for the home is caring for the children. Teach the children to clean the home. Maintain the hope so the soul of the father does not become depressed at the dismay and chaos. Father cannot maintain the workplace as well as the home. Nor can mother. One must take one charge, the other the other. The mother doesn’t tend to the house once she is done with the children, the maintaining of the house is the very way she does take care of the children. She fosters an environment where the kiddos can teach themselves, and have fun on their own imagination, and learn to contribute to a family by helping in the maintenance of the home. The home is the temple of the family. For the spirit to teach and direct and sweeten and heal all things, it must be maintained. To have an unkept home is to convey a message that the family is not important. The mother must care to not spend too much time playing with the children at the expense of the management of the home. The mothers task is not easy, nor is the fathers. But the tasks are manageable, and rewarding, and worth the effort. The benefit exceeds the cost. The ability exceeds the inability. The soul is quietly seated in comfort and able to maintain peace. For the father, the majority of the day is spent earning dollars for his family. He tries to find something tolerable in this field, lest he become depressed and unable to proceed. For the mother, the majority of the day is spent tending to the home, and assuring it is well kept. This is the place she raises the children, and is the very arena of her genius. Here she will teach the children all the needed skills of life, and participate with them in the discoveries of humanity which thrill the soul and inspire the being. She will divulge her own methods in how she executes these things, so that her soul does not become depressed, and  her tasks not exceed her strength. But succeed she must, just as the father. Should the father fail to bring the needed income for a family, though he be a wise philosopher and a kindly chap, he has failed his family, and does them less good than he ought. Likewise for the mother, though she teach the child all manner of learning and frugality in every decent kind, charm, talent, beauty, should she do these things at the expense of the management of the home, her children will grow up with incorrect understandings of reality, and will fail. Father and mother help each other, but the roles of one cannot be replaced by the other. The father is more stern in his demeanor, he is more capable of physical labor and other traits which enable him to provide. Mother is more gentle, and persuasive – her role in the home is one that no man could parallel even with the best of his efforts. The biological foundations for father and mother did not evolve in science’s generations, they were appointed from the beginning. Though there be challenges unique to each family, the tasks of father and the tasks of mother can be carried out with success. When father is unable to provide in a certain job he may prefer more than others, it is his duty as a noble man sealed to his family to put aside that position, and execute the alternative which will meet the family needs. Likewise for mother – she may desire the child to have the finest education, and the most intensive studies, or the deepest talent in artistry. But should these things be so complex, these sports or classes or whatever they be – that they take time needed for the fulfilled of the other duties of the management of the home such as cleaning and cooking and beautifying the home according to a wholesome environment, then she must re-prioritize and place more focus on the centrality of the home environment as the location for the execution for all needful growth of the child. Not only the children, but father depend on mother for these things. She is in a sense, the nucleus of the home, more crucial than any other member on accounts of nurturing and encouragement. Father takes lead in finance and protection of the family, though when these duties are satisfied, he will turn his attention to the comforting of his family. He loves them and wants them happy, but they cannot be without his doing his duty toward them. Mother loves the family and wants them to prosper with her as she enjoys their company above that of the kings of the earth, but their company will not be so delightful nor productive with the home they daily reunion in at odds. Father nor children expect mother to maintain a perfect home with all desired comforts, neither may mother and children expect father to provide so handsomely that their toils will all cease. But father mother and children rely on each other for a continual improving of the situation of the family, and a minimum level of performance in order for the family to continue on in fluidity. Despite the challenges inevitable to come in family life, mother and father and child can have confidence that they will have splendid success in thriving at their duties and pleasures all pertaining to this life which is appointed them to have joy. Father mother and child need beware to avoid extracurricular, pleasurable hobbies, church service, and community service, which gets in the way of their fulfillment of their duties at home. If one is struggling in their realm, the other may come and help. All help each other when possible, but the divergent interests of one can cripple the function of the whole. Family may even call on extended family for help, but not when much of their time is being devoted to extra-family service projects or recreation. Those who are loved at church or community but neglect the decency and thriving of their home should reconsider that family is their main pursuit, the most eternal aspect of their lives. Church and community, those other areas of interest, will prosper best when the platform of the home and it’s duties are being attended to. When family is put first above all other interests, more energy is alive in all members of the family, and all they do throughout the day will be more pleasant and useful both to them, and the rest of society at large. What if a woman wants to be in business or professions of some other types? Well, let her do it. But don’t let these things hinder you from your most important work of parenting. Good for you ye mothers like Phyllis Schlafly, mother of 9 and constitutional lawyer, head of the Eagle Forum defending Constitutional principals in current politics. Well to you mothers of this type who contribute while not diminishing your family to do so. What of the mother whose only focus is her children? It’s a fool who calls such a person less important. Indeed, mothering is the most important object on this planet, and bears more sway accordingly. Does a mother need to have 9 children to get to heaven? No. But she does need to recall the law of consecration, that all of her time and efforts, are to be dedicated toward building the kingdom of God, with particular attention to the direction of the prophets. Father also recalls the law of consecration, and puts aside his selfish persuits in order to provide for an increasingly larger family. I am the youngest of 8, lets not be so silly as to say “x number is the limit!” for would you limit me my friend? My words echo across time from voices yet unborn. Do you love your child? Imagine life without it. Such it is for every less child we chose to have. Are not humans as the gods, with potential to become like them? Do not think for a second that God will not multiply your capacity to love as more children come into the home. Rather, you like God in whose image and likeness you are created, can have infinite love for every child that comes to you.

Communist Leader VS LDS Missionary: Marion Law’s Confrontation with the “Melbourne Man”

Communist Leader VS LDS Missionary: Marion Law’s Confrontation with the “Melbourne Man”

For an audio recording I made of this document you can download, see this link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuQnJsQnR2OTlyVTQ/view?usp=sharing

(This is from the book “Two Churches Only” by Christian Markham. He has shared the full 500 pg book at his website http://www.twochurchesonly.com; there are 2 volumes and I most highly recommend them)

Marion Albert Law worked in the LDS Church Educational system for many years. He worked with BYU President Wilkerson in the 1960’s and 70’s, and often worked closely with the First Presidency and Apostles on a variety of matters.

Back in 1983, he gave a fireside in which he detailed an extremely unique experience as an LDS missionary serving in Melbourne, Australia back in 1947. A recording was made of this fireside, which was transcribed into text and posted online at a few LDS-based websites. However, his talk meanders a bit mid-topic, has some unintelligible moments [from either a poor or degraded recording], and parts of it do not flow well as a narrative.

As interest in his story grew, in 2010 Brother Marion Law composed a tighter, more direct retelling. The following is a complete reproduction of this 2010 autobiographical account3 (emphasis added):

“In 1947, I was a 21-year-old missionary Elder, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My assignment was in Melbourne, Australia. My companion and I were going door-to-door in a quaint little section of the city. The lanes were narrow and wandered around, with no sense of plan at all.

“Missionaries are not supposed to leave their companions for any reason. But here in this compact area, we decided to each take a side of the lane. Opportunities to teach anyone were so rare that we thought it wise to cover as much territory as possible. If a friendly reaction was received by one of us, the other would cross the street to share in the visit. Usually, we could see each other every minute and could almost touch hands across

the lane. So the plan was working well, as we doubled our tracting efficiency.

“At one door, a man answered and said yes, he would like to hear more about our beliefs. I looked for my companion, but he had disappeared. So I tried to stall until the Elder came back. He had obviously gone around one of the numerous meanderings and should reappear at any moment. I explained that my companion would be back in a minute or two. (Much later, I discovered that around the corner was a “milk bar”, where he had gone for a milk shake while he waited for me. The Elder assumed that since I was right behind him, I would soon show up there.)

“After a few more minutes, the man became impatient and said, “I don’t talk standing in the lane. If you’re not interested, never mind.”

“So I said, “Okay, I’ll come in.” My intention was to visit briefly, make an appointment, and return with my wandering companion.

“As I began to explain our purpose, he interrupted, “Mr. Law, we have a better plan.” So I asked about his “better plan”.

“The Melbourne man, as I call him, described how Plato, an ancient Greek philosopher, had designed a different kind of society. This man’s plan would follow similar lines. There would be three classes of people: the leaders, the workers, and the teachers. The teachers would be trained to condition a sinless society (“…as you call sin…”, he said) – there would be no hate, no greed, no jealousy, no envy, no lust, no malice – no sin. The workers would not be envious of the leaders. The leaders would not oppress the workers. The teachers would condition each class to willingly accept their assigned role in this “perfect” society.

“The Melbourne man further described how breeders would be chosen, based on superior intelligence, physical perfection and longevity genes. Children would be taken from their mothers at birth and placed in communal nurseries, and through various tests, their classes would be determined. They would then receive specialized conditioning for that particular class. All defective babies had to be eliminated. The total number of births would need to be controlled to prevent overpopulation and depletion of natural resources. By this selective breeding, a master race of geniuses could be created.

“Worker-scientists were assigned to research life extension techniques until future generations could “live forever”. Through space research, they would reach out into the universe to develop planets hospitable to human life. This perfect society then spreads throughout space in a never-ending cycle.

“I asked, “How will you condition them?” He then explained, in detail, the basic conditioning tools. They included diet, drugs, music, movies, education, etc.

“He described how diet (the basic elements of life, food and water) could be a major desensitizing and conditioning instrument. The Melbourne man said that by using additives and special formulas, by changing plants and animals [i.e. chemicals, hormones, genetically engineered seed (GMO), etc], the diet of the people leaves them submissive and easily controlled.

“When that man told me that the materials, systems and procedures were already in place in 1947, my farm-boy mentality refused to accept it. Especially when he explained drug addiction. He outlined how drug addiction changes personalities, making them so dependent that they will agree to anything to satisfy their needs. I protested that people will not allow themselves to be manipulated that way. He just laughed and said, “Mr. Law, you’re such a child. Wait and see.”

“I did not see how music could be used. The man then described “melodic dissonance” for me, in detail. He told of the conditioning experiments of the Russian scientist Pavlov in communist Russia, using dogs and metronomes. Pavlov found that he could condition a dog to salivate when a metronome beat at 60 beats per minute. Then he learned that he could condition the same dog to never produce saliva when the metronome beat at 120 beats per minute.

“In another experiment with the same dog, Pavlov had both metronomes beating at the same time, one at 60 beats, the other at 120 beats per minute. The conditioned dog was required to do two totally opposite functions at the same time. This produced nervous shock, and the dog collapsed, unconscious.

“Next, with the same dog, Pavlov had the 60-beat metronome suddenly jump to 120 beats per minute. At the same instant, the 120-beat metronome dropped to 60 beats per minute. This produced a melodic dissonance. When the metronomes were switched back and forth rapidly, the dog became so distressed that it died. In communist Russia, these experiments were then extended to humans, with similar results.

“Using variations of this melodic dissonance, a new music form was created. Musical scores and lyrics were developed. A team of musicians, called “the Beatles”, was trained in Europe and introduced to America on the popular Ed Sullivan Talent Show, on national television. They were an instant hit, and all other forms of music became “old-fashioned”.

“I could not understand such a phenomenon in 1947. But years later, when I first heard “rock & roll”, everything flashed back to 1947; I realized that the Australian did know that it would be a powerful tool for their conditioning plan.

“The Melbourne man said they had already begun “behavior modification conditioning” in government schools, using audio-visual programs. When they introduce their messages, beginning in preschool, the results are intense and permanent.

“A monster was emerging, that I found sinister and all-controlling. I could not believe what I was hearing. But over and over, he said, “Wait and see. You will live to see our perfect plan in full operation. When we control all the conditioning processes, everything will fall neatly into place.”

“I protested that they were forcing their will and control on people, taking away freedom of choice. His answer was, “No, they can still choose, but they will always choose exactly what they are conditioned to choose.”

““But that’s not right!”

“He laughed at my evident simplicity.

“So I protested again, “But God won’t allow it.”

““Why not? How can a just God – there is no such being – keep these sinless souls out of heaven? That’s what you believe, isn’t it, Mr. Law?”

“So he began a different tactic. “Who do you love, Mr. Law? You certainly don’t love the Australian people.”

““Oh yes, I do, that’s why I came on a mission.” ““So, how many have you saved?”

“This was a hard mission. Few and far between were our welcomes. Fewer were our converts. I admitted grudgingly, “Not many.”

““And,” he said, “all the rest are consigned to hell.”

““Oh no, there are three degrees of glory, and…”

““We know all about your three degrees of glory. It means that many are called to be Mormons, but few are chosen to be gods. We know all about your church. We control every church in the world, except yours, and we will infiltrate that.”

““Mr. Law, you don’t love anybody, do you?”

““I love my mother.”

““No, you don’t. Under your plan, she can either choose to go to hell, or make a mistake and fall through the cracks into hell. If you really loved your mother, you’d be eager to guarantee that she would go to heaven. With our plan, it is guaranteed. In fact, no one will he [sic, should be “be”] lost; they will all go to heaven. Of course, we don’t believe in heaven or hell, anyway. But if you really love your fellow man, our plan is the only way to show it.”

“I said, “I think I’ve heard this plan before.” ““Where could you have heard it?”

““It must have been in the Council in Heaven, before I was born.” He just laughed.

“I was reeling under his attack, but I could not leave. There were no chains on me. But I felt as if I was bound, hand and foot, to the chair – as though I was paralyzed. [Ed. note: this is a form of spiritual attack, similar to what Joseph Smith experienced prior to his First Vision. Do not be surprised if you experience a spiritual attack in connection with reading this book! Be ready for them. Pray and sing hymns until such passes.] So I asked, “Who are you? What do you call this plan?”

““I am one of three members of the central planning committee of the communist party for Australia.”

“I said, “I’ve heard of communism.” But I knew very little about it.

“The Melbourne man told me that the world understood economic, and political, and military communism. But the plan he was outlining to me, he called “spiritual communism”, that would evolve into a worldwide government. He said they were using the current governments until they controlled the world. Then those political, economic, and military leaders would need to be eliminated because they are violent men. Then the new world order would take over.

“I asked how they could make the plan work, when there are so many people who are not prepared to accept it. He said, “We will have to annihilate all who cannot be conditioned to be either a worker or a teacher.”

““How many will you kill?”
““Hundreds of millions, maybe even you and me.” ““But that is murder.”

““That is a Christian term that has no meaning. It is really a part of cleansing. We need to reduce the population to a more manageable size, anyway. Only the inner corps of the elite leaders know about the plan. The present communist leaders don’t know it. Spiritual communism is not written or recorded anywhere. It is a secret plan.”

““Then why did you tell me?”

“He was a bit perplexed, but he had an answer. “I don’t know. But we are looking for zealous young men who will join this work to help bring about this heaven on earth. Think about it, not one soul will be lost.”

“I was not ready to give up yet. “You’ll never take over the world!”

“He answered, “Mr. Law, we now control two-thirds of all world governments, politically or militarily or economically. Only the United States of America remains as the last major hurdle to world domination.”

“So I boldly declared, “You’ll never take over the United States!”

“But he said, “Mr. Law, let me tell you how it is!” He said they controlled all major conditioning instruments in America now: the entertainment industry, the news media, the education system, the courts, the financial system, political parties. Where they don’t have full control, they have infiltrated and have embedded their agents into all important decision-making bodies. He said they control every agency that affects daily living in America. Their agents were everywhere, doing their jobs.

“But since I was a high school graduate, twelve years in an education system, I thought that made me an expert in education. Quite triumphantly, I said, “You don’t control the education system.”

“Again, “Mr. Law, let me tell you how it is! When you get home, examine any textbook in any school, at any level, from preschool to university graduate school. You will find no mention of Jesus Christ or God or His plan. But you will find our plan being taught at every level. It’s written into every textbook.”

“How right he was. I have spent almost 40 years of my life in education, as a teacher and an administrator, in public and private school systems. Satan’s plan is there; God’s plan is forbidden by law. God has even been declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court.

“I asked when would all this take effect, and his spiritual plan be put into operation. He said, “We have a progressive agenda. We are prepared to take two steps forward, one step back, two forward, one back, until it is time. The American people won’t even know it is happening. When it is favorable, then everything will move swiftly to the purging, or cleansing stage. People will be stunned into immobility. We won’t want a time lag between take-over and full operation of our spiritual phase.”

“Then he asked, “What do you think? Are you ready to join our forces?”

“I fell back to the only sure ground I knew. “I believe in God, our Heavenly Father and in His Son, Jesus Christ. It’s their plan that I will follow.”

“The Melbourne man became violently angry and shouted, “There are no such beings! They are myths created to enslave the minds of men. They don’t exist!” [Ed. note: pot calling the kettle black.]

“I answered simply, “But I have felt the power of the Holy Ghost fill me with fire from the top of my head to the soles of my feet, and I have heard the voice of God testify to me that Jesus Christ is His Son. His plan is the truth, and that is what I teach.”

“He lunged across the room and attacked me with his fists. Suddenly, I was free. I could move, and I ran outside into the lane. I found my companion wandering around, desperately looking for me. He didn’t dare leave, but had kept on searching for me. He had to help me on and off the tram. I was so exhausted that I was unable to get out of bed for a couple of days. [Ed. note: intense spiritual attacks are both physically and emotionally draining, as can be confronting difficult or painful truths. Pray for strength during such times.]

“Elder Matthew Cowley, of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, was President of all the Pacific missions. He visited us often in Australia. In my interview with him, shortly after this experience, he sensed that something was disturbing me. He asked if I would like to tell him what was wrong.

“So I outlined the Melbourne man’s spiritual communism to him. Elder Cowley told me why the man told me the plan. Now that I had been permitted to hear Satan’s plan, in detail, I could choose which I would follow, Satan or Christ. [Ed. note: after reading this book, this line is drawn more narrow for the reader, as well. Prepare to make a choice if one hasn’t already.]

“Twenty-five years after this event, I was in Elder Ezra Taft Benson’s office and told him the account. He said that he had never heard Satan’s plan in this life. But he recognized the details that Satan used to persuade one- third of our brothers and sisters to follow him in the pre-existence. They were willing to trade their agency to choose, for Satan’s guaranteed salvation. Now, I could choose again which I would follow, Christ’s plan of agency, or Satan’s plan of total control. After sixty-three years, my choice is more firmly anchored than ever before.

“I have watched spiritual communism eat its ghastly way into every country and into every government, including our own. It is everywhere. All 10 points of Karl Marx’s communist manifesto have been quietly incorporated into American life. They have been accepted as “social progress”.

“The Book of Mormon tells how secret combinations destroyed two great civilizations, the Jaredites and the Nephites. The Prophet Moroni warns us:

““Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you.” Ether 8:24

“Are we awake? Evidences of the secret combination – spiritual communism – are everywhere. What can we do about it? When the

Jaredites and the Nephites followed the Prophets, they were protected. When they rejected the Prophets, they were destroyed. My only escape from the Melbourne man was my witness of Jesus Christ.

“The Prophet Nephi warned his people:

““…nothing can save this people save it be repentance and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ…Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind guides?…” Helaman 13:6, 29

“There is a wonderful lesson to be learned from the Jaredites and the Nephites. There is safety in following the Prophets. I encourage all of us to follow the temporal and spiritual counsel of the latter-day Prophets, Seers and Revelators!”

Additional Testimony and Personal Experience Shared by Marion Law

In addition to what is expressed in Brother Law’s autobiographical retelling of his Melbourne experience, many segments of the original 1983 fireside transcript paint not only a more detailed account, but also highly pertinent information. …

This part of his account begins after he entered the home of the Melbourne Man (emphasis added):

“I just barely began to explain the gospel and the man said to me, ‘Mr. Law, we have a better plan.’ And I said, ‘What is your plan?’ Then he began to unfold to me this experience that I’m telling you about tonight. But I was unable to leave the chair where I sat. It was as though I was physically bound and I felt as though I was chained. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t breathe, and he began to unfold this experience to me – a very foreboding feeling. I have felt the presence of evil, I have had the experience of casting out evil spirits myself from a house and I know what that’s like and this was the most terrifying thing of my life [as] the man began to unfold this ‘other plan.’

“He said, ‘The nature of man occurs in 3 phases. First, man is an economic animal and therefore it is necessary for the state to control the economy so that we can have equality, and it will always be fair because man will always be inhuman to man until he can ‘learn’ to control that side of his nature.’

“And then he said, ‘the second part of man is that man is a political animal and therefore it will be necessary for us to establish a dictatorship

kind of government, what you would call a dictatorial form of government,’ but he said, ‘when we bring into effect the third phase of our program that won’t be fearful anyway.’

“’And so the third part, man is a spiritual animal,’ and he said, ‘we control some parts of the political world, some parts of economic world.’ He said, ‘we control all the churches except The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.’ He said, ‘we have them in our control” and he said that when we have political and economic control of the world, we will then be able to establish our total spiritual program.’

“He said, ‘we have done research on thousands of animals and thousands of men, we know that we can create a perfect society because that by using psychological manipulation and psychological conditioning through the use of drugs, diet, and music, and force where necessary. We can condition the mind of man so that man will be sinless.’

“He said, ‘there would be no, as you define it, sin. We don’t believe in that, but you would call it sin. There would be no hate, no envy, no malice, no lust, no greed, no jealousy, no viciousness, none of the those things that you would classify as sin.’

“Now he said, ‘if we were ‘the Gods’, Mr. Law, how could God keep sinless souls out of heaven, if there is a heaven (we don’t believe in those things) but if there is, how could a just God keep a sinless soul out of heaven?’

“He indicated that they would function as Plato’s Republic functioned in his description of a republic that the leaders would not oppress the workers, the workers would not be envious of the leaders and the teaching groups would perpetuate this sinless condition. And he said, ‘if we could have started with the first thinking man, you claim that’s Adam, but we don’t believe in that myth either, if we could have started with the first thinking man, he said, we would not have lost a single soul.’…

“He described the drug culture to me, something I just couldn’t comprehend, and he described how it would be used to condition people… and he described a process that 25 years later came into being… so we have literally become a part of that drug culture [Ed. Note: which, since the 1990’s, has evolved into the prescription drug culture for the middle class. As of 2011, a turning point has been reached where legal prescription drug deaths not only outnumber illegal drug deaths, they also outnumber nationwide traffic fatalities]….

“’We will use diet,’ he said. ‘We will put into food things that will make it possible for us to condition people.’ [Ed. Note: as mentioned earlier, GMO foods have these things “put in” at the DNA level] The whole purpose of the program is to make us conditionable, so that we are susceptible to whatever they wish to teach us….

“…but the thing that was the most shocking and I didn’t understand it at the time was music…. [The key is] the underlying beat that goes on and it constantly changes, it is constantly changing. That’s why you’ll have several guitars and several instruments that are the same, the instruments are the same, they don’t have a trumpet and saxophone and a violin because what they need is the conditioning ability of those instruments. They need intense volume, they can deliver any message whatsoever, whether it is backward or forward, doesn’t matter whether you can hear the words in the language that [you] are speaking or whether it’s exactly the opposite, but the brain will unscramble [it and] pick it up.

“’And so we know, for example, that this melodic dissonance can create a conditioning effect so that you will believe whatever it is that you are taught.’ This is the beginning of the free love revolution, is the beginning of the drug culture, the beginning of anti-authority revolution, the beginning of our deterioration of our respect for the flag, the country, the policemen, all the institutions that hold the fabric of our society together.

“And so these things, he described to me, in great detail. It was fascinating. It just was sort of overwhelming to me…. He indicated of course that they would use force where necessary. He said to me that, ‘we’ll take the children from their parents, early enough so that we can condition them, we eliminate all mental, emotional, and physical cripples at birth. They would, of course, have to be terminated.’

“He said, ‘we are now researching and doing experimentation with science so we can extend the life span so that man can live forever.’ He said, ‘the day will come when we will be able to reach into the planets and create a whole universe of these perfect, sinless souls.’…”

“[He said,] ‘If you love everybody, you would embrace our plan. Yours is failing. You have admitted it. How many people have you brought into the light of the gospel?’ ‘Well, not very many,’ [I replied]. He said, ‘You are right. But in our plan, every living soul will be saved.’

“And I said, ‘Well, that’s a great plan, but I, everyone is going to have their free agency.’ … This guy [was] a very sophisticated, intellectual individual, and he said ‘I can even prove it with your own arguments.’ He said, ‘Who do you love?’ Well, just 2 or 3 months earlier, I had gotten a Dear John [i.e. a break-up letter] from a girl I’d left behind, so I said, ‘I love my mother.’ He said, ‘I can prove you don’t even love your mother.’ He said, ‘We know, for example,’ he said, ‘that the Mormons believe that straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth to heaven and few there be that find it.’

“And I said ‘Yes, oh yes, but there is–’ [Melbourne Man interrupting] ‘Don’t tell me about the 3 degrees of glory, we also know that many are called… but few are chosen. Isn’t that Mormon doctrine? Many are called but few are chosen?’ ‘Well, yeah.’ He said, ‘So that means that your mother can

choose Hell if she wants.’ ‘Well, yeah.’ ‘Or she might even fall through the cracks in the church.’… He said, ‘So you don’t even love your Mother. Under our plan, it’s guaranteed that she’ll be saved.’

“I said, ‘but I can’t force her to go into heaven.’ [He said,] ‘When she finds out how beautiful it is, if there is such a place and it is as good as you say it is, she’ll spend eternity thanking you for making sure that she was saved. Well,’ he said that, ‘we’re only lovers of humanity, we are the only ones, who truly love our fellow men, you don’t, you’re prepared to let them go to hell. We don’t want anybody to be hurt or abased or offended or wounded or punished or anything. Why should they be punished? We’ll save ’em all, we’ll condition their minds,’ He said, ‘we know we can do it. When we take political and economic control of the world, we will institute our spiritual part of our plan to you.’

“And I said, ‘Well, boy, uhhh, I have heard some of this before.’ He said, ‘that is not possible.’ He said, ‘You might have heard of the political part of the plan, you might have heard pf the part of the economic part of the plan, but never the spiritual part of the plan. He said, ‘the spiritual part of the plan is not written or recorded, only the hard core elite are exposed to the spiritual part of our plan.’ And he said, ‘I’m one of those in Australia who controls our plan.’ And I said to him, ‘Why did you tell me?’ He said, ‘I’m not sure. I felt inspired to tell you.’…

“Well, he asked me where I had heard this plan of his, and I said, ‘well, I must have heard it in the councils of heaven.’ And he laughed at that. He said, ‘we would like to bring some of you young dedicated missionaries into our program.’ He said that, ‘the one thing we lack is dedication and commitment to our spiritual part of our plan.’

“I said to him ‘What is your plan? What is it? What do you call it?’ He said, ‘I’m a member of the Central Planning committee of the Communist Party in Australia. There are 3 of us who control it.’ And I said, ‘I’ve heard of communism.’ He said, ‘You have heard of the political communism and the economic communism,’ he said, ‘you have never heard of spiritual communism.’

“Now, I’ve heard Pres. [David O.] McKay talk about it since. Spiritual Satanism is what he called it. He defined communism as spiritual Satanism.

“I said, ‘You have to give people their right to choose.’ And he said, ‘They’ll go to hell if they choose and you are not saving anybody. How many people are in your church?’ There was about, then I think, there was less than a million people. He said, ‘out of 2 and 1⁄2 billion? And the rest of them are going to hell. No, don’t give me any of that 3 degrees stuff,’ he said. ‘If [they] don’t make the top, they haven’t made it.’ …

“[After bearing my testimony of Jesus Christ,] he became violently angry. He said, ‘we don’t believe in that myth. That’s a myth, that’s a mystery.

They are just parables.’ And I said, ‘No! I have heard the voice of the Lord, I have felt his power and I know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.’ This man became so violent with me, he attacked me and only then could I break loose and run out into the middle of the street….

“[My companion] had to help me onto the street car, and take me home… that 3 hour experience was a nightmare.

“I haven’t taken the time to recount to you all the things, because he did go through in detail in the method in which they would use diet, the drugs and the music and I’ve explained to you just a little bit how they would introduce this music and then the drugs, they would introduce it into our diet, our foods [Ed. Note: he’s not just referring to the introduction of illicit drugs beginning through the conduit of hippie culture of the 1960’s, but also “drugs” in our food and our diet, as well.], they would do all kinds of things that would condition us so we that we would be susceptible and easily led. We would not fight against them so that we would literally embrace their principles and these doctrines.””