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For the righteous the gospel provides a warning before a calamity, a program for the crises, a refuge for each disaster. The Lord has said that “the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven…” (Malachi 4:1), but he assures us that “he that is tithed shall not be burned. (D&C 64:23.) The Lord has warned us of famines, but the righteous will have listened to prophets and stored at least a year’s supply of survival food.
Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earthquake cannot happen here. Those who believe this are either not acquainted with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them. Those who smugly think these calamities will not happen, that they somehow will be set aside because of the righteousness of the Saints, are deceived and will rue the day they harbored such a delusion.
I do not want to be a calamity howler. I don’t know in detail what’s going to happen in the future. I know what the prophets have predicted. But I tell you that the welfare program, organized to enable us to take care of our own needs, has not yet performed the function that it was set up to perform. We will see the day when we will live on what we produce.
The little gardens and the few trees are very valuable. 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, is it, Sister Spafford? Because there will come a time when there isn’t a store.
And now I am prepared to say by the authority of Jesus Christ, that not many years shall pass away before the United States shall present such a scene of bloodshed as has not a parallel in the history of our nation; pestilence, hail, famine, and earthquake will sweep the wicked of this generation from off the face of the land, to open and prepare the way for the return of the lost tribes of Israel from the north country.
I prophesy, that that man who tarries after he has an opportunity of going, will be afflicted by the devil. Wars are at hand; we must not delay; but are not required to sacrifice. We ought to have the building up of Zion as our greatest object. When wars come, we shall have to flee to Zion. The cry is to make haste. The last revelation says, Ye shall not have time to have gone over the earth, until these things come. It will come as did the cholera, war, fires, and earthquakes; one pestilence after another, until the Ancient of Days comes, then judgment will be given to the Saints.
Do you think there is calamity abroad now among the people? Not much. All we have yet heard and all we have experienced is scarcely a preface to the sermon that is going to be preached. When the testimony of the Elders ceases to be given, and the Lord says to them, “Come home; I will now preach my own sermons to the nations of the earth,” all you now know can scarcely be called a preface to the sermon that will be preached with fire and sword, tempests, earthquakes, hail, rain, thunders and lightnings, and fearful destruction. What matters the destruction of a few railway cars? You will hear of magnificent cities, now idolized by the people, sinking in the earth, entombing the inhabitants. The sea will heave itself beyond its bounds, engulfing mighty cities. Famine will spread over the nations, and nation will rise up against nation, kingdom against kingdom, and states against states, in our own country and in foreign lands; and they will destroy each other, caring not for the blood and lives of their neighbors, of their families, or for their own lives.
My feelings are, if God blesses and sustains me, to build a good storehouse for my grain this season, I am going to lay up everything I can raise. I say this for the benefit of brother Hunter, and all the Bishops in the House of Israel. 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. You cannot believe it, can you? You may say, “If one of the old Prophets could rise from the dead and declare it, we would then believe it, but, brother Heber, it is hard to believe it from you.
Will you be slack, brethren, and let the evil come upon us, when we forewarn you of the future events that are coming? Now, supposing that I had not the spirit of prophecy upon me, then I had better sit down. If a man gets up here and lets the Spirit of God dictate him, he cannot help prophesying, for the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of prophecy, and he will foretell future events, and you cannot help it. We are telling of what the prophets have said–of what the Lord has said to Joseph. Wake up, now, wake up, O Israel, and lay up your grain and your stores. I tell you that there is trouble coming upon the world.
• Ether 8:24. The modern Prophet Benson and the ancient Prophet Moroni speak to us in unison: "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." (See God, Family, Country, pp. 322 & 349; italics added.)
• The Prophet has said: If you use the scriptures as a guide, you know what the Book of Mormon has to say regarding murderous conspiracies in the last day and how we are to awake to our awful situation today (see Ether 8:18-25). I find certain elements in the Church do not like to read the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants so much—they have too much to say about freedom." (The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 81; see also p. 42.)
The Prophet continues: The Book of Mormon warns us that when we see these murderous conspiracies in our midst, we should awaken to our awful situation (see Ether 8:24). Now, why should we awaken if the Lord is going to take care of us anyway? Let us suppose that it is too late to save freedom. It is still accounted unto us for righteousness' sake to stand up and fight. Some Book of Mormon prophets knew of the final desolate end of their nations, but they still fought on, and they saved some souls, including their own, by so doing. For, after all, the purpose of life is to prove ourselves, and the final victory will be for freedom." (Ibid., p. 660.)
• President Benson has warned: "Our complacency as a nation is shocking—yes, almost unbelievable! We are a prosperous nation. Our people have high-paying jobs. Our incomes are high. Our standard of living is at an unprecedented level. We do not like to be disturbed as we enjoy our comfortable complacency. We live in the soft present and feel the future is secure. We do not worry about history. We seem oblivious to the causes of the rise and fall of nations. We are blind to the hard fact that nations usually sow the seeds of their own destruction while enjoying unprecedented prosperity.
"I say to you with all the fervor of my soul: We are sowing the seeds of our own destruction in America and much of the free world today. It is my sober warning to you today that if the trends of the past continue, we will lose that which is as priceless as life itself—our freedom, our liberty, our right to act as free men. It can happen here. It is happening here. . . .
"The sad and shocking story of what has happened in America in recent years must be told. Our people must have the facts. There is safety in an informed public. There is real danger in a complacent, uninformed citizenry. This is our real danger today. Yes, the truth must be told even at the risk of destroying, in large measure, the influence of men who are widely respected and loved by the American people. The stakes are high. Freedom and survival is the issue." (Ibid., p. 582.)
"The fight for freedom is God's fight. . . . When a man stands for freedom he stands with God. And as long as he stands for freedom he stands with God. And were he to stand alone he would still stand with God—the best company and the greatest power in or out of this world. Any man will be eternally vindicated and rewarded for his stand for freedom." (Ibid., p. 656.)
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My Testimony During the Pandemic
Wow, where do I begin? I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I thought I had a testimony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I have many questions. There are things that I don’t understand. There are things that I don’t agree with. But, I have a testimony of my Savior, of Heavenly Father and Mother. I love that this Church brought those things to my knowledge.
In the October conference we were asked to prepare for the April 2020 conference by studying the restoration of the gospel. During the April 2020 conference we would be commemorating the 200th anniversary of the First Vision. Joseph Smith’s First Vision. My husband and I set out to do so. We read the First Vision, Joseph Smith history, the first few pages in the Book of Mormon with the witnesses and the title pages. And, we stumbled across the book Saints in the Gospel Library. My husband, Jim, heard about the book during a Sunday school lesson.
As we read we were learning and discussing and understanding. It was about Joseph Smith and his early years and the First Vision and the trials that came after. We had so much understanding and sympathy for what the Smith family was going through. As we read more about the organization of the church and the dedication of the saints, we again (I’m going to switch back and forth between “I” and “we”), I had understanding and sympathy. I felt my testimony growing. The saints were so faithful and time and time again got up and did what was right, what was hard, what was most important for their salvation.
Then I came to some more difficult areas of the Church’s history. Polygamy, Native Americans, massacres, Blacks, to name a few. I feel like most people had the right feelings and desires in their hearts, but not everyone and not even everyone in leadership positions had the right heart. Some mistakes were made. People were discriminated against. People were killed. Hearts were broken. Things were done in secret. This was a lot to swallow for me. It made me think of leaders today, local and general, and things I don’t like about some aspects of the Church today. I started to question and doubt. But, I prayed. I went into this journey with a purpose to learn. I prayed to understand. I prayed to retain my testimony. Jim and I planned to attend to the temple more often and more regularly. We had awesome discussions as we commuted to work together each day.
Then, Covid19 hit and the world was shut down. No more attending church, no more attending the temple, no more deep discussions in the time that was so easily set aside during our commute. Now we were home to fend for ourselves.
We love working from home. We love being together. We love sleeping in longer. My scripture study began to suffer. Our discussions weren’t happening. Jim was still reading Saints and sharing with me more and more of what he learned about polygamy and each time I thought this is it. This is the thing we learn that makes us think, no more. We will not go to church anymore. This is too much. These things are too hard to understand. It can’t be true. But we kept praying. I kept praying. I want to understand. I want to learn.
I had to work harder to make time to care for my body physically and spiritually. This new routine was so different and didn’t feel as much like a routine. I had to work to create a routine. So, I set out to do so. I didn’t want to lose too much of what we got from our commute time (even though I hated the extra hours it added to our work day). I found time to water our yard more, and spend more time with the dogs and spend more time sewing masks and doing my hobbies, but it took some time and effort to make time for God. I finally started getting up a little earlier and exercising, then even a little earlier so that I could read scriptures first. This was not easy, but I did it. I am doing it. I am so glad I am.
Not attending church seems to go on and on. We realize what a blessing it is that the Home Centered, Church Supported curriculum and model came out when it did so we would all have time to get used to teaching ourselves and our families on our own in our homes. Because, now we have to. Isn’t that amazing? How perfect this is and how divine the callings of our leaders are. We love this home church for other reasons too. No happy face to put on when we don’t want to. No pretending that I understand it all and agree with it all. I don’t have to socialize with people I don’t want to see. I don’t have to watch others serve in callings that I think I could do better at, I would do things differently, I don’t agree with that. I like having church in my PJs. I like watching Book of Mormon Central. I have had a more spiritual experiences with their lessons than I do at church. I feel more comfortable having deep discussions with Jim and feeling free to be totally honest. I start to realize that I don’t want to go back to church.
So, we are learning. We are doing pretty good on Sundays. We are praying and reading scriptures and Saints. Our testimonies are growing in some ways and in others waning. We start to wonder how many people are considering not going back to church when this is all over, we can't be the only ones feeling like this. We start to wonder if we will be one of those that doesn’t go back. Why do we have to go back? We can just do our own thing. We have testimonies. We’ll be fine.
Then so much more erupts in our society. Racial divide, political divide, economical divide, power and authority divide. I am very political. I think I know everything and my thoughts come from a place of common sense and a desire to do what is right. But what if I am wrong? What if I need to unlearn some things and see things from a different perspective. So, I start to reach out to others. I ask some hard questions. I read different points of view from the very diverse group of friends I have on Social Media. I see how each thing I read starts to sway my thinking and I can feel me wanting to regroup and possibly change. But, am I wrong? I love everyone. I don’t judge. At least not the kind of judgement that is reserved for God. I am reading my scriptures and following the Come Follow Me lessons. I see such similarities in the stories of Alma and in our day. How so much can be taken out of context and twisted. How educated people can seem so right, but without God’s wisdom are really not. I realize through prayer and thought and discussions with Jim that I need to be careful. I believe the things I believe, because they make sense and because I have the gift of the Holy Ghost that helps me discern truth.
One day after Jim and I prayed sincerely to understand polygamy I received an answer. The answer came in the form of me day dreaming. I dreamt that I was bearing my testimony that I know the gospel of Jesus Christ is true, but the church and the people are not. The people make mistakes which in turn makes it appear the church makes mistakes. I imagined that I then asked myself if I am going to not go to church anymore, but I am going to retain my testimony and I want to keep the commandments, who am I going to pay tithing to? I could continue paying tithing to the church. I could choose a worthy charity. But, I know the church spends the money correctly and I feel this money goes to God. No other charity fits that bill the way the church does. So, I will pay it to the church. I also asked myself where would I renew my covenants. This one hit me hard. I have a testimony. I have a testimony of the priesthood. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has the prophet and apostles that hold all the keys to the Priesthood that I have a testimony of. There is no where else that I could partake of the sacrament with the authority from Christ. My answer was that I am not going to understand polygamy the way I want to. I am not going to know for sure who made mistakes and what all those mistakes were. But, the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and I will turn to it for answers to my questions and comfort when I just don’t get it.
I read in a post on social media that what people want is for others to learn and if they learn something that needs to change about themselves that they do so. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and all the people charged with organizing it in its infancy had to learn and grow. The Church has corrected mistakes. The Church has learned and grown and continues to do so, because we have modern day revelation. The Church is the example of what people want and what people need and how they should be.
One of the most important things that I am learning during this order to stay home is that I am so thankful that the church has taught me to seek a personal relationship with my Savior and my Heavenly Father and has taught me that I have a Heavenly Mother. My relationship with the church is personal as well. I will return to church when we reopen, because I have a testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the church has the fullness of this gospel. One of the lessons in Alma was when many groups of people were coming back to gather at Zarahemla. These groups were very different. Some believed in the Savior, some did not. Some were filled with terrible sin, some were struggling to do what is right. But, they all came together with the saints in Zarahemla to unite as one. This made me think of when the world comes together in the end as one. We will all come from different backgrounds, different teachings, different traditions handed down from past generations. I think most people of the world want to be good and kind and when we get to the end and all come together we will all be surprised at the changes we will have to make to be one. Yes, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints houses the Priesthood and ordinances we all need. But, God loves all of His children and we will all have to come together.
One thing my younger (not blood related) sister shared today as she went back to Sacrament meeting today for the first time since the shut down is that she had fear about returning as well. When she walked into the chapel not being able to socialize like we used to she realized that socialization had begun to overshadow why we are really there and that is to renew our covenants through partaking of the sacrament and worship God and our Savior. The ordinances are what is important. One thing I learned in one of the lessons on Book of Mormon Central was that sustaining our leaders doesn’t mean that I understand all of the things they do or agree with how they each carry out their callings, but that I will have their back. I support them in their journey to learn about their calling and carry it out to the best of their ability. I would want that from others. I will give that more whole heartedly now when I sustain people in their callings local and general.
This shut down has been hard and it has been enjoyable. I have had to learn and grow and I am thankful for my testimony. I know that my Savior loves me and has atoned for my sins and has overcome death for me. The most important thing I can do is try to love as He did.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be cast into the sea; it shall be done.
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
After spending time in prayer this evening, the Lord began speaking to me first with the following questions:
He first asked me, What does the pilot of the plane shout out when they are about to crash? What? I asked. He replied, BRACE FOR IMPACT!
He then asked me, What does the captain of the ship shout out when the ship is on a collision course? What? I asked. He replied, BRACE FOR IMPACT!
Again, He asked me, What does the spotter shout to the race car driver when he's about to collide with a crash on the track? What? I asked. Again, He replied, BRACE FOR IMPACT!
I replied, Yes. He repeated, BRACE FOR IMPACT! I then asked the Lord if that is the title of this word, and He replied, Yes, and spoke the following to me.
My son, just as the one who controls the vehicle sees that a collision is about to occur, he SHOUTS OUT to the people on board -- BRACE FOR IMPACT!!! I, TOO, AM THE CAPTAIN, AND I SHOUT OUT TO MY CHILDREN -- BRACE FOR IMPACTS!!! (Plural) I say -- IMPACTS -- because there will be many. Some are starting to hit now.
One IMPACT WILL BE THE RIOTS AND CIVIL WAR that will sweep across this nation and the world. As love is squashed, hatred will abound, and this world will grow colder.
Another IMPACT WILL BE ON THE SOCIETIES OF THE WORLD AS THEY EMBRACE THE SODOMITES AS NORMAL. Even when My chosen people worshiped other gods over Me, I did not destroy them utterly. I DID DESTROY the Cities of the Plain for their wickedness and sodomitic desires. I WILL DESTROY those nations whose laws embrace the sodomites.
Another IMPACT ON THE HORIZON IS THE STARS THAT FALL FROM HEAVEN. These IMPACTS WILL CAUSE GREAT FEAR AND GREAT DEATH. Many will NOT EVEN KNOW what hit them until they are standing before Me!
Another IMPACT WILL BE ALL THE EARTHQUAKES that will SHAKE SUDDENLY and WITHOUT WARNING.
I SAY NOW -- BRACE FOR IMPACT!!! FOR THE SHOCK WAVES WILL KNOCK ALL TO THEIR KNEES!!!
My son, I want to say also that DURING THIS TIME OF IMPACTS, MY SPIRIT WILL BE IMPACTING LIVES ALL AROUND THE GLOBE!! FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST, I WILL COVER THE EARTH WITH MY SPIRIT AND RAISE THOSE ONCE DEAD NOW TO LIFE!!
I say, REPENT NOW, for soon you will be BRACING FOR IMPACT and not be able to repent. During this TIME OF DARKNESS, FEAR WILL RUN RAMPANT, and those who do NOT walk by faith will NOT be able to stand!
Another IMPACT IS THE WORLD ECONOMY. Most people, including My children, think that everything is all good. I say, BRACE FOR IMPACT!!! The ECONOMIC SHIP HAS HIT THE ROCK AND IS SINKING FAST!
My children ask, What can we do?? How will we survive?? I say, WALK BY FAITH, lean not on your own understanding, and follow Me. My children now walk by SIGHT -- NOT BY FAITH -- but soon THIS IMPACT will affect the whole world!
BRACE FOR IMPACT!!! BLOOD WILL FLOW IN THE STREETS OF MANY CITIES!!!
EUROPE, AMERICA, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA -- PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR FAITH TESTED!!! CITIES WILL ERUPT INTO INFERNAL FIRE BOMBS!! PEOPLE WILL BURN EVERYTHING BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING FED BY THE ONE WHO WILL SPEND ETERNITY IN FIRE!! My son, BRACE FOR IMPACT!!! FOR I AM COMING TO MY REMNANT AND WILL TURN THEM INTO NEW BEINGS OF LIGHT!! I WILL MAKE THEM BRIGHTER THAN THE THICK DARKNESS THAT WILL COVER THE WORLD!! ALL PEOPLE WILL KNOW THEY ARE MY REMNANT!!! I LOVE YOU, MY CHILDREN!! I AM COMING SOON -- BRACE FOR IMPACT -- NOW!!!!! Amen.
“The Lord does communicate some things of importance to the children of men by men by means of visions and dreams as well as by the records of divine truth. And what is it all for? It is to teach us a principle. We may never see anything take place as we see it in a dream or a vision, yet it is intended to teach us a principle.” (Wilford Woodruff, Journal of Discourses p. 286)
“There are among us many loose writings predicting the calamities which are about to overtake us. Some of these have been publicized as though they were necessary to wake up the world to the horrors about to overtake us. Many of these are from sources upon which there cannot be unquestioned reliance.“… We need no such publications to be forewarned, if we were only conversant with what the scriptures have already spoken to us in plainness.” (Harold B. Lee, In Conference Report, Oct. 1972, 128; or Ensign, Jan. 1973, p. 106.)
“Brothers and Sisters, keep the doctrine of Christ pure and never be deceived by those who tamper with the doctrine.” (Elder Ballard, The Trek Continues, General Conference, Nov. 2017)
“When a man goes about prophesying, and commands men to obey his teachings, he must either be a true or a false prophet. False prophets arise always to oppose the true prophets, and they will prophesy so very near the truth that they will deceive almost the very chose ones.” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p. 365)
“This incredible blindness which led to the rejection of those truths spoken by prophets and which prevented the recognition of Jesus for who he was, according to Jacob came, “by looking beyond the mark’, Those who look beyond plainness, beyond the prophets, beyond Christ and beyond his simple teachings, waited in vain then, as they will wait in vain now. For only the gospel of Jesus Christ teaches us things as they really are and as they really will be.” (Elder Neil A. Maxwell, On Being a Light address delivered at the Institute of Religion Jan 2, 1974)
“I have learned that strong, Impressive spiritual experiences do not come to us very frequently, and when they do, they generally are for our own edification, instruction, or correction. Unless we are called by proper authority to do so, they do not position us to counsel or to correct others.”
“Be ever on guard lest you be deceived by inspiration from an unworthy source. You can be given false spiritual messages. There are counterfeit spirits just as there are counterfeit angels. (See Moroni 7:17) Be careful lest you be deceived, for the devil may come disguised as an angel of light.” The spiriual part of us and the emotional part of us are so closely linked that it is possible to mistake an emotional impulse for something spiritual. We occasionally find people who receive what they assume to be spiritual promptings from God, when those promptings are either centered in the emotions or are from the adversary.” (Boyd K Packer, The Candle of the Lord, Ensign 1983 51-56, From a talk given at a seminar for new mission presidents, 25 June 1982)
“The Lord has promised to reveal his mysteries to those who serve him in faithfulness. The gospel is very simple so that even children at the age of accountability may understand it. Without question there are principles which in this life we cannot understand, but when the fullness comes we will see that all is plain and reasonable and within our comprehension. The simple principles of the gospel such as baptism, the atonement, are mysteries to those who do not have the guidance of the spirit of the Lord.” (Joseph Fielding Smith, Book of Mormon Student Manual Religion 121-122)
“There is also a restricted and limited usage of the expression mysteries; it is more of a colloquial than a scriptural usage, and it has reference to that body of teachings in the speculative field, those things which the Lord revealed in plainness in this day. It is to these things that reference is made when the elders are counseled to leave the mysteries alone.” (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon doctrine 2nd edition 1966 524.)
“Satan has shown himself to be an accomplished strategist and skillful imitator; the most deplorable of his victories are due to his simulation of good, whereby the undiscerning have been led captive. Let no one be deluded with the thought that any act, the immediate result of which appears to be benign, is necessarily productive of permanent good. It may serve the dark purposes of Satan to play upon the human sense of goodness, even to the extent of healing the body and apparently of thwarting death.” (Elder James E. Talmage, p. Articles of Faith:211)
“Nothing is a greater injury to the children of men than to be under the influence of a false spirit when they think they have the spirit of God.” (Joseph Smith, Times and Seasons, 1 April 1842, p. 744)
Come Follow Me Lesson - Acts 16:16-18 Institute Manual - Paul Rebuked the Evil Spirit in the Damsel
While still in Phillippi, Paul and his companions encountered a damsel with “a spirit of divination”. Divination is the act of foretelling, or pretending to foretell, the future by using occult practices. Divination, which is also called soothsaying, was and is forbidden to the Lord’s people.
The evil spirit in the damsel bore witness of the divine mission of Paul and his companions, but they rebuked the evil spirit and cast it out of the young woman. The scriptures also record instances when evil spirits bore witness of the divinity of the Savior and His disciples but were rebuked.
Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles explained why the Lord and His servants reject the testimony of evil spirits: ”The testimony of the devil-led damsel was true. Paul and Silas were prophets; they had the words and power of salvation. But true testimony from Satan’s servants does not lead to salvation. In effect the damsel was saying ‘go ahead and believe in Paul and Silas and this Jesus whom they preach. I agree they and their Master are of God; and since we are now united on that point ( I, Jamie, personally believe this is where things get tricky). You can also continue to follow me and enjoy the fruits of my divination.’ And how many other practitioners of false religions there are who give lip service to Jesus and his doctrines so that people will the more readily follow them and their special brand of ‘saving’ grace. It was for the very reason here involved that Jesus himself forbade the devils whom he cast out to testify that he was the Son of God (Luke 4:41).
“Teaching prematurely or at the wrong time some things that are true can invite sorrow and heartbreak instead of joy intended to accompany learning… The Scriptures teach emphatically that we must give milk before meat. The Lord made it very clear that some things are to be given only to those who are worthy. It matters very much not only what we are told but when we are told it.” (Boyd K Packer, The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect, Brigham Young University, 22 August 1981)
"There is indeed a system of gospel prerequisites. Milk must come before the meat. As we grow in holiness, it is vital that we grow steadily and surely, feeding regularly and consistently upon the fundamental and foundational doctrines of salvation. Too often members of the church, supposing that they are deeper and stronger than they really are, make an effort to feast upon heavy meat---doctrinal matters that are clearly beyond the purview of what is taught by the Brethren today---well before they are ready to do so. A friend serving as a bishop indicated that after a member of his ward a good man but one who had wrestled for years with the Word of Wisdom had attended a series of discussions on unusually deep doctrines, he had said, “Bishop, I’m convinced that if I can simply make my calling and election sure, I can then get the strength to stop smoking.” What is wrong with this picture? In Mosiah 4 it reads, “see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order.”(Robert L. Millet's: More Holiness Give Me, Jan. 28, 2004)
“Some who are not authorized want to speak for the Brethren and imply that their message contains the meat’ the Brethren would teach if they were not constrained to teach only the milk.’ Others want to counsel the Brethren and are critical of all teachings that do not comply with their version of what should be taught…..another sign of spiritual immaturity and sometimes apostasy is when one focuses on certain gospel principles or pursues gospel hobbies with excess zeal. Almost any virtue taken to excess can become a vice." (Elder Quentin L. Cook, Looking Beyond the Mark, Liahona March 2003)
“You may not be aware of it, but there are false prophets rising within and without the Church. They believe they have had revelations, that they know something the First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles don’t know. You need to be very careful of such people. If you are ever approached by anyone who claims special authority or revelation from God outside the sustained priesthood authority, turn and run from them as fast as you can. The Savior said that in the last days even the very elect could be pulled away from the truth by such false prophets.” (M. Russell Ballard, When Shall These Things Be?, Devotional March 12,1996)
"There are some among us now who have not been regularly ordained by the heads of the Church and who tell of impending political and economic chaos, the end of the world---something of the ‘sky is falling, chicken licken’ of the fables. They are misleading members…….” (Elder Boyd K. Packer, To Be Learned Is Good If..., General Conference, October 1992)
“We must gain learning, but we must apply it wisely. The spiritual power line conveys revelation. Revelation is given to the President for the Church, and to leaders and teachers in their respective callings. Personal revelation is provided for the glorification of individual members and families in the Church. These lines are well insulated, and they are not scrambled! Our Father is a God of order! No one else receives revelation to govern the church. It is possible to disregard or even misuse spiritual power. Like cutting the cord with clippers, it is possible to use spiritual power so carelessly as to destroy one’s very connection to that power. Worship strengthens our power line to deity. There can be no true worship without sacrifice, and there can be no true sacrifice without a cause. The cause that earns our love and priority is the cause of Jesus Christ. As we carefully and prayerfully protect the spiritual power line that link us to the Savior, we become more like him.” (Russell M. Nelson, Protect the Spiritual Power Line, General Conference, October 1984)
We are constantly being faced with truth and error and need to be on guard because as President Dallin Oaks said, “Satan is the great deceiver and the father of lies, but he will also tell the truth when it suits his purposes.”
President Russell M Nelson said, “Anything that opposes Christ or His doctrine will interrupt our Joy. That includes the philosophies of men, so abundant online and in the blogosphere, which do exactly what Korihor did.” His Wife Sister Nelson stated, “we must focus on the doctrines of Christ and not every wind of doctrine that blows through a blog.”
“But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and they despised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and sought for things that they could not understand. Wherefore, because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall; for God hath taken away his plainness from them, and delivered unto them many things which they cannot understand, because they desired it. And because they desired it God hath done it, that they may stumble.” (Jacob 4:14)
Many apostates respect / believe in Joseph Smith. Here are a few quotes of his which they should remember in regards to apostasy as well as the future of the church he restored:
“I will give you a key which Brother Joseph Smith used to give in Nauvoo. He said that the very step of apostasy commenced with losing confidence in the leaders of this church and kingdom, and that whenever you discerned that spirit you might know that it would lead the possessor of it on the road to apostasy.” (Heber C. Kimball, Deseret News, Apr. 2, 1856, p. 26)
Here's another:
“I will give you one of the Keys of the mysteries of the Kingdom. It is an eternal principle, that has existed with God from all eternity: That man who rises up to condemn others, finding fault with the Church, saying that they are out of the way, while he himself is righteous, then know assuredly, that that man is in the high road to apostasy; and if he does not repent, will apostatize, as God lives.” (TPJS 156-157) and this one:
“He then remarked that any man, any elder in this Church and kingdom, who pursued a course whereby he would ignore or, in other words, refuse to obey any known law or commandment or duty—whenever a man did this, neglected any duty God required at his hand in attending meetings, filling missions, or obeying counsel, he laid a foundation to lead him to apostasy and this was the reason those men had fallen. They had misused the priesthood sealed upon their heads. They had neglected to magnify their calling as apostles, as elders. They had used that priesthood to attempt to build themselves up and to perform some other work besides the building up of the kingdom of God.” (Journal of Discourses Vol 21-22 p.190)
And this one: A member of the church (Brother Behunin was his name) marveled at how men, who were once righteous and dedicated priesthood holders, were now fighting against the church and persecuting members...this member told the Prophet that if he left the church, he would simply move somewhere new and never mention that he had been a Mormon:
“The great Seer immediately replied: ‘Brother Behunin, you don’t know what you would do. No doubt these men once thought as you do. Before you joined this Church you stood on neutral ground. When the gospel was preached, good and evil were set before you. You could choose either or neither. There were two opposite masters inviting you to serve them. When you joined this Church you enlisted to serve God. When you did that you left the neutral ground, and you never can get back on to it. Should you forsake the Master you enlisted to serve, it will be by the instigation of the evil one, and you will follow his dictation and be his servant.’” (Daniel Tyler, in “Recollections of the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Juvenile Instructor, Aug. 15, 1892, pp. 491–92)
And here are a couple of quotes of prophesy given by Joseph Smith which I feel are very important prophesies:
Orson Hyde, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, reported: “Joseph the Prophet … said, ‘Brethren, remember that the majority of this people will never go astray; and as long as you keep with the majority you are sure to enter the celestial kingdom.’” (Orson Hyde, Deseret News: Semi-Weekly, June 21, 1870, p. 3)
William G. Nelson reported: “I have heard the Prophet speak in public on many occasions. In one meeting I heard him say: ‘I will give you a key that will never rust,—if you will stay with the majority of the Twelve Apostles, and the records of the Church, you will never be led astray.’ The history of the Church has proven this to be true.” (William G. Nelson, in “Joseph Smith, the Prophet,” Young Woman’s Journal, Dec. 1906, p. 543)
Ezra T. Clark remembered: “I heard the Prophet Joseph say that he would give the Saints a key whereby they would never be led away or deceived, and that was: The Lord would never suffer a majority of this people to be led away or deceived by imposters, nor would He allow the records of this Church to fall into the hands of the enemy.” (Ezra T. Clark, “The Testimony of Ezra T. Clark,” July 24, 1901, Farmington, Utah; in Heber Don Carlos Clark, Papers, ca. 1901–74)
I'd encourage apostates who preach against the leadership of the church to carefully review these statements uttered by our dispensation's prophet head. It is the same prophet who stated that the church he restored would fill the entire earth and that her missionaries would preach to every nation. This has not been fulfilled yet; there are many nations not yet visited by our missionaries. The church has it's problems, the people have their imperfections, even some leaders falter, but the church as a whole will continue and the prophet will exercise the keys he holds as directed by the Lord. I'd encourage everyone to follow them as Joseph Smith suggests.
I to am looking for signs of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. I have always had an interest in searching the scriptures to understand the times we are living. I am a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days.
I have read Julie’s First book of her NDE which I found fascinating to hear of these accounts. I was interested in what she said about this because it testified of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ but as I continued to hear some of her early interviews with Erik, I really didn’t feel the spirit, and soon lost interest. She touched upon energy healing, which I find interesting but do not practice as I have read Vision of Glory and find the reference to still be of a mystery.
So when your video came out about her. I was surprised to find how far into all this healing energy has been practiced by her. I’m wondering what her sources is to cast out demon, if it’s not from the priesthood line of Authority. Every prophet knows their line of Authority and is sustained by the members of the church.
Here is a portion of how it has affected some people. Have you seen this from her RS President?
"I was the RS president in our ward when a couple were going through some issues over Julie. Julie was telling this man that he had been Moroni in a different estate and that he was to be a very integral part of the tribulations. She and others in her circle tried diligently to make this man "remember" where to find the plates. His wife was not having any of this and Julie told him that this wife was of the dark and would be taken out by God if she didn't get on board. Julie convinced this man to buy 75,000 dollars worth of guns and ammo as he would be the captain of an army to fight incoming troops. Subsequently, he has lost his business and almost his marriage. So when people say no harm has been done, they are wrong."
There are other testimonies of this nature. In light of the recent excommunication of Energy Healer, Julie Rowe, we received a Private Message from someone sharing this personal experience.
The Administrators of this Page support Julie Rowe's Priesthood leaders who made a very difficult yet wise decision to excommunicate Julie so she could no longer use the name of the Church to harm the innocent.
There is safety in staying close to the those who hold Priesthood Keys and not listening to those who have not been called, presented before the church, or set apart.
A victim of Julie Rowe's deception writes:
"Asking what kind of harm Julie Rowe has caused is like saying what kind of harm did Jim Jones, Marshall Applewhite & Bonnie Lu Nettles, and Joseph Di Mambor cause. Their followers had their agency to choose to follow them. It [is] religious freedom.
I'm not here to tear someone down, my purpose in writing this post is to make people aware of the risk associated with following a[n] on-the-fringe self-declared prophet. My wife is a die-hard Julie Rowe follower. Here's a list of the influence Julie Rowe has had on my family:
1) She told my wife that it was okay for us to both quit our jobs and liquidate our retirement because the end was going to happen within 9 months. This was 5 years ago. I didn't agree with my wife on this request, so my wife threatened to divorce me. In an effort to save my marriage I liquidated my 401K a few years ago...right before the strongest stock market surge we've seen in decades. I've r[u]n retirement simulation calculations and figure I've lost (conservatively speaking) a half a million over the life of my retirement fund. Not to mention being forced to move and leave my fantastic job so we could be closer to the tent city. Five years later I've had a couple complicated career pivots, with [a] lower salary and less fulfillment, and have been unemployed twice--which never helps a marriage.
2) Julie Rowe has predicted a couple earthquakes. My wife was so convinced that she texted every close friend and relative that the big one was going to happen. She took all of the pictures off our walls, tied our cupboards closed, put all of the vases and fragile knick-knacks on the floor, put shoes and a flashlight next to each of my children bed and coached them what to do when the big earthquake hits. Can you imagine the anxiety and fear this caused in dozens of people's lives. Who knows the kind of irreversible damage it caused my kids.
3) Julie Rowe told my wife they were sisters in another estate, and that they were murdered together. That's why they are kindred spirits. Julie Rowe also told my wife that she was Joan of Arc, among other famous wom[e]n in her other lives in the past. This has wreaked havoc in my family because my wife believes she was family with Julie Rowe, and so she places her at an equal priority as my kids and I. From these multiple estate talks, my wife has elevated Julie Rowe to Wonder Woman status. She believes she is a warrior goddess. Let's not forget that Julie Rowe removed her infamous podcast where she stated she was married to Eric Smith in a previous estate. How screwed up is this?! Can you imagine if I told my wife that the woman I travel with all over the country was my wife in a previous life? You can hear the sexual tension they experience on every podcast. It's disgusting!
4) Julie Rowe claims to have visions, dreams, and experiences meeting immortal beings. For example, she claimed to meet Cain at the Salt Lake City airport, and that Cain tried to poison her. Despite trying to kill Julie Rowe, Cain had enough gentlemanly manners to wait outside of the women's restroom while Julie Rowe could compose herself. Shortly after this podcast aired, I was with my family at the movie theater. We were sitting near the front of the theater. An average middle-aged man sat in front of us. I went to get popcorn and my wife followed me out and said the man sitting in front of her is pure evil and he is from a different dimension, and he came to torment or even hurt her. She begged me to take my family and sit in the back of the theater. I wasn't about to move all of my kids and all of their stuff in the middle of a movie. So she went sat in the back while I stayed up front with my kids. I watched the immortal being from a different dimension in front of me. He did seem to enjoy sipping his Coke. Perhaps I would feel the same way if I traveled from a different dimension. I'll bet he was thirsty. My wife now has [the] paranoia that everyone is out to torment her. She hears things, sees things, and has dreams and visions, just like her previous estate sister, Julie Rowe. You are probably asking, why would my wife believe any of this is happening to her? It is because she has unwavering trust in Julie Rowe, and when she tells Julie Rowe about all of these experiences, Julie Rowe confirms that they are real and true. When she talks with Julie Rowe, it's like adding fuel to the fire.
5) Julie Rowe has done these energy healing seminars across the country. Well, my wife has been to two of them. My brother died unexpectedly, and the day we all found out and were in mourning, and when we all needed to support each other, my wife decided to leave our family and drive four hours to go to Julie Rowe's energy class, because she didn't want to offend Julie Rowe by missing it (even though she just went two months before). I could hardly function, and my kids were distraught, but mom decided she needed to go get her Julie Rowe fix. I heard about the Julie Rowe seminar. Everyone has to turn their phones in (because dark spirits travel through portals through electronic devices--which is much more convincing than saying we don't want anyone to record the session). At the beginning of the session, everyone in the class raise[s] their right arm to the square and they all repeat a chant. My wife has spent a lot of money on these sessions, and now she wants to become an Energy Healer. She has done energy healing on several friends and family members. She "worked" on my brother's wife once for about an hour. That session was so traumatizing for my brother's wife, she ended up leaving the church. Which has been very difficult on my brother and his little family? My wife also "worked" on my niece, and it took months for my sister and her husband to deprogram the damage caused during that session. I haven't seen anything good come from any of this. It just takes my wife away from our family, and it is quite demanding on me to work 55 hours a week, and then complete most of the housework, yard work, meals, homework, putting kids to bed, so my wife can devote all of her time "healing" the afflicted. The energy work gives her a high for a day or two, but then she crashes and crashes hard. She'll stay in bed for several hours, usually on her phone, listening to podcasts or reading blogs to get that high again. This is extremely addicting. I've never seen anything like it. It's as addicting as heroin.
6) Because Julie Rowe has validated and encouraged my wife and all of her dreams, my wife can't sleep enough, because she believes that is how God communicates to her. She is constantly trying to go to sleep. Some days she sleeps 10-12 hours. I don't think I've ever seen my wife help my kids with their homework. My kids are late to school almost every day because she doesn't want to wake up and take them. I've started taking them to school, which makes me late for work. I'd wake up earlier, but I'm up late helping with homework, doing dishes, doing laundry, cleaning the house.
7) Julie Rowe has told my wife that God called her as a "prophet" with a small "p". Not the capital "P" prophet, but the smaller "p". I don't even know what that means, but she obviously wants to elevate herself to attract as many followers as possible. My wife believes everything that comes out of her mouth to be prophetic--which is dangerous. I have a small fear that my wife will do anything Julie Rowe requests. I've heard of mentally ill mothers harming themselves or their children. If Julie Rowe asked my wife to make the ultimate sacrifice--I can't say for sure that she wouldn't do something drastic. I try not to even think about it, but it truly gives me pause.
8) Julie Rowe encouraged my wife to buy a tent. We ended up spending $2,000 on a canvas tent...this was while I was unemployed. My wife has also spen[t] thousands on food storage and every type of camping equipment. I don't mind being prepared, but now my wife wants to sell our house to use the equity to purchase more supplies and food. I told her I'm not going to sell my house. So now she is threatening me with divorce. She believes if she divorces me, we will split the equity in half, and then she will have plenty of money to pay off her debt and buy more food and supplies. Julie Rowe told her that she cannot enter the tent city if she has any debt. My wife has so much anxiety over her debt that it is crippling. She is working her guts out, and hardly ever spends any time with our kids because she is so consumed with getting out of debt. We have given a lot of money to Julie Rowe's foundation through donations and fees for energy healing, yet Julie Rowe isn't even a licensed practitioner, and she lives in a home on a property that was all donated to her. How is any of this legal? It's sounding more and more like a satanic cult leader, isn't it?
This is just the tip of the iceberg. There is so much more I could say. My biggest word of advice for anyone that is curious about Julie Rowe. Julie Rowe is a dangerous cult leader that has developed a counterfeit gospel that is a plague spreading through many many families. I have never seen anything cause more harm, and do more damage to a family than the teachings and influence of Julie Rowe. I know of a surety that Julie Rowe is false, is a fraud, is counterfeit, and is led by the adversary. "By their fruits, ye shall know them." I encourage everyone to stand up to this apostasy and fight it like a plague. I'm not saying this because I have the antidote, I'm saying this because I've seen first-hand the damage it has caused me and my entire family. I don't know where else to turn. I welcome any type of support or encouragement. I just don't know what to do"
I’m just wondering your thoughts. I pray her and all those that are involved in all negative light on the church and if the Lord is cleaning his church. It would be wise for all of us who uplifted by these testimony to follow the Counsel of the church in this matters.
The apocalypse, or end of the world, has caught the imagination of religious and non-religious alike. Consumed with a morbid curiosity, human nature has conjured up a hundred different scenarios. Many movies have dealt with the subject in one form or another. Countless sermons have expounded on and speculated about the Second Coming and its attendant destructions. Others have preferentially studied the book of Revelation in an uninspired attempt at understanding the prophesied plagues and sequence of events.
Living in the last days, we, too, concern ourselves with the "signs of the times," always wondering whether we are really prepared. We wish that the prophet would announce the time of His Coming even though that day, and hour, no one knoweth; no, not the angels of God in heaven (Matthew 1:40 JST). Yet, here in the Book of Mormon we are given a vivid description of what apocalyptic destructions are like. We should not wonder about phrases like all the earth shall quake, or the sun shall be darkened, or there shall be weeping and wailing among the hosts of men, or there shall be a great hailstorm (D&C 29:13-16). How terrible will these destructions be? Mormon gives us the answer in his description of the destructions which occurred among the Nephites at the time of Christ's death. Even scriptural history repeats itself.
My mom had a dream. She saw the righteous being gathered into a safe zone while fire being poured down the sky. The wicked burned. The righteous were protected by some kind of dome/shield.
When she told me this, I explained to her it was going to happen someday because it is written.
"For the time speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a great division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy; and he will spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he must destroy the wicked by fire." (2 Nephi 30:10)
I found myself headed to an indoor stadium with a ticket in my hand. I had a few friends with me who I don't recognize now, but in the dream, I knew them. We each had a special ticket to get into this stadium. I understood that this was a lucky ticket that many people wished they could have received, so I felt lucky to be one of the few to receive it. As we entered the stadium, I found that it was a small, round room. The size and shape remind me now of the old tabernacle before the new conference center was built. Not many people fit in there, which further highlighted to me the realization that I was very lucky to be invited to this event. I estimated that maybe a few hundred people were there.
The room was red. The carpet was red, the chairs were red, the walls were red, and even the screen was red. Everything was red. I noticed the president in front of the screen at the bottom of the stadium. He was talking casually to people. My friends and I sat down and I noticed that the chair was very comfortable. I didn't know what this event was going to be. I thought [to go] in that I had tickets to a football game, but this was clearly not a football game. I had no idea where I was, I only knew I was lucky and rare to be invited, but I felt very out of place. I thought maybe a mistake had been made in inviting me. Then I heard a voice tell me "It wasn't a mistake. You were called here." Then all of a sudden, I was asked to come forward and answer some questions. Everyone around me thought I was so lucky. Now, I wasn't just lucky to be picked to attend whatever this event was, but I was even luckier to be selected to do some kind of pre-show trivia challenge. It was bizarre. The questions were all worldly, having to do with things I just didn't know anything about. The voice came back to my mind and said, "If you don't know what to say, then don't speak." So I kept my mouth shut and just smiled. It was awkward at first, but then someone else was chosen in my place and I was off the hook. But before I could go back to my seat, I was escorted out of the building by a man with silvery-white hair in a suit. He had a very calming, humble, but authoritative presence. I knew he was someone important, and I felt very comfortable and safe with him. He told me he needed to consult with me about a gathering that would be held after the event ended. I asked him why he thought I should consult with him - I didn't even really feel I belonged here, and I had nothing valuable to offer. He just smiled at me and brushed off my concerns. He showed me a vision of the near future. In the vision, I noticed that outside, the weather was to become very bad. [The] wind would knock people off their feet, make buildings sway and even cause the ground to shake. As the vision ended, I started to see it become a reality as the wind started to pick up and the sky started to turn darker. We walked towards a building that looked like a small, modest, but lovely temple. He told me, "This is what I had in mind. After the event, we can gather the people inside here." I replied, "With the weather becoming this way, I almost wonder if it's safe for them to even go outside to come here." He just looked at me again with that unaffected smile. I then said, "This truly is a beautiful place to gather, and it's really not that far from the event. If they all stay together, I know they'll get here safely." The man was very delighted at this and said that it was settled. Suddenly, I found myself away from that temple-like building and back on the outside grounds of the stadium. The man showed me another vision where I saw myself playing with my two children. I felt so much love for them, and a deep desire to protect and nurture them. I know I saw things I can't remember, and he must have said things I can't remember because I felt myself become emotional. The man then started to walk away. I looked at the sky and started to see a thick, dark cloud building. I don't know if I was still being shown a vision by the man, who was now gone, but it seemed very real and I no longer saw my kids. Nobody outside seemed to notice this dark cloud forming except for some stranger in the distance who was running my direction and towards the front doors of the stadium. He shouted that this dark cloud of smoke, or whatever it was, would consume and destroy us. I believed him, and as this cloud of smoke became bigger and quickly moved closer towards me, I followed behind that stranger and we ran into the building, and down many halls to get back inside the stadium. We got inside just in time. I could hear screaming and panic outside as the doors were sealed shut behind me. I was now back inside the red stadium with only a portion of the people who had originally been there. Less than half the invited group was there. I looked around me and saw people weeping bitterly for their loved ones who were outside. We all assumed that whatever that thick cloud of smoke was outside had destroyed everyone, and only we survived. Thinking of my family, especially my husband and two little kids, I started to weep too. I wept bitterly. It was true anguish that felt very real. The horrifying sadness on the faces of the people in the room with me was the most surreal part of the dream, and I felt their sadness myself. But then a voice was heard at the stage, that a few children had been rescued from outside just in time. A little boy was there who, from a distance, looked just like my 3-year-old son. I stood up and he noticed me and ran to me. As he approached me, I noticed that he still looked very much like my son, but different. He looked a little older. I asked him his name and he said, "Oliver." I hugged him in relief but asked why he looked older. He said he was five years old now, which made me wonder how much time had passed between when I left the stadium with the silver-haired man and when I had come back after escaping the storm. What was the cause of this 2-year jump in time? Had I been with the silver-haired man that long? I didn't understand, but I held him close to me, determined to never let go of him as the people in the room became anxious. The walls of the stadium became transparent so we could see through them to the halls, which we saw become overtaken by the dark smoke. I feared for a moment that the smoke would enter the stadium, too, but a voice told me the smoke could not enter where we were, and I believed the voice. But people around us were becoming hysterical, shoving each other and stealing bottles of water from each other. I cried out desperately, begging people to have faith and trust in each other, but no one heard me. I held my little boy close to me and then woke up.
An email received on January 23, 2019, by Ivan from Montreal
In Revelation 8, one third of Earth's land is said to be destroyed.
But if we look beyond that chapter, we notice that a lot is still going on in the Middle East area, including north & east Africa (Eze. 38 coalition), Europe and Asia (the Kings of the east). So, apparently, life (though very difficult) would still be sustained on those continents.
What's left then? The Americas. North, Central, and South. That would make up for that missing 1/3.
Now, if we look at the map below, we see [the] eclipse covered essentially the Americas.
I think Jan.21st eclipse may have been a warning (or a popular word nowadays: a harbinger) of very bad thing to soon occur to our continent, partially if not totally explaining the absence of the USA in the final days (I say that because I believe the Rapture will also accelerate its disappearance from end-times scenarios).
I know that red moons are generally meant at Israel, but this could be for us this time.
Just a thought.
Please allow me to share also an opinion about what the 2014-15 tetrad may have meant.
As you may know, [lunar] eclipses are signs for the nations and moon's are a bad omen for Israel.
The 4th and last blood moon took place on September 28, 2015.
So, if these blood moons meant something bad soon to appear for Israel - what took place around that September 28th date that would affect her greatly?
No need to look very far. As a matter of fact, only 2 days later.
On September 30th, Russia officially entered in the Middle East and got involved in the Syrian war.
For decades, Russia was absent from this area. They wanted, but never dared enter so close to Israel.
Now, their involvement in the region with military alliances with both Iran & Turkey, mean[ing] that the stage is now set for Gog's war to begin soon. This was not the case before September 2015.
So, the blood moon tetrads meant for Israel to prepare for that war.
I have, due to circumstantial evidence as well as based on many prophecies, said that I believe that the meeting at Adam-Ondi-Ahman has already occurred in the fall of 2017.
I believe we will know that as a fact at some point within the next few years.
I believe that we will have the Sealed Portion of the Book of Mormon within our reach as we prepare to bring about the Terrestrial life here in preparation for the coming of the Savior in Glory. You will see it within your natural lifetime.
Ask yourself what you just felt with my bold statements. Did you feel a stupor? Or did you feel a feeling of peace and distill over your mind? In that, you have your answer.
I had a woman comment on my blog years ago (2014 or 2015) that "furthermore, the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon is being translated at this time". I do not doubt it. I believe all things are being readied to come forth and prepare a people who are of one heart and one mind to receive the Savior. It is a process. Many are being translated, as we speak. I believe President Nelson is going through that process.
We are going to see amazing things come about.
We need to repent and live for it:
"One apostle in particular expounded on the future coming forth of these records and what he thought they would contain. In a discourse delivered at the tabernacle in Ogden on 18 May 1873, Orson Pratt said: “Will these things be brought to light? Yes. The records, now slumbering in the hill Cumorah, will be brought forth by the power of God, to fulfill the words of our text, that ‘the knowledge of God shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the great deep.’”⁵ Regarding what these records might contain, Elder Pratt taught, “When these plates, now hidden in the hill Cumorah, are brought to light we shall have the history of the Old Testament much more fully, with the addition of a great many prophecies that are not now contained in the record.” These additional prophecies are, according to Elder Pratt, “the prophecies of Joseph in Egypt . . . [and of] Neum, a great Prophet who prophesied concerning Christ; also those of Zenos and Zenock, and others of which only bare reference is given.”⁶ Thus we are to understand that such records will yet serve an important role in the future of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
"For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round." (1 Nephi 10:19) Dear LDS Marco
I would like to share with you an experience I had last year in relation to your 'the time is now video.'
On Thursday 20 July 2017 I was studying 1 Nephi 10 and when I read verse '19' the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said that night I would have a dream and I am to write down the things that I see.
The dream was as follows:
I saw in front of me a table and on this table rolled out before me was a type of blueprint map. I compare it to the construction worker blueprint maps that are commonly used. In my mind, I knew it represented Heavenly Father's timeline for the earth. I couldn't see the start of the timeline only the end. It read like a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with a cell grid style. Each column had 7 boxes down and then a new column would start. At the very top right corner, I saw was the world's current stage on the timeline. Beneath were 5 boxes and then the last box had in it clearly "19 minutes until the Lord's return."
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As I pondered this dream I was impressed to turn to the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price, and as I was reading I came across Abraham 3:4
"And the Lord said unto me, by the Urim and Thummim, that Kolob was after the manner of the Lord, according to its times and seasons in the revolutions thereof; that one revolution was a day unto the Lord, after his manner of reckoning, it being one thousand years according to the time appointed unto that whereon thou standest. This is the reckoning of the Lord’s time, according to the reckoning of Kolob."
to which I wrote down the following equation.
1 day to the Lord is equal to 1000 years (365,000 days)
365,000 ÷ 24(hrs) = 15,208 days
15,208(days) ÷ 60(min) = 253 days
*253 days on earth is equal to one minute in heaven
253(1 min) x 19(min) = 4807 days
4807(days) ÷ 365(days) = 13 years
This projected me to the year 2030
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I thought I would share with you and yes I'm aware no man knows the day or the hour
What is the most exciting thing you can imagine happening next year? Our Heavenly Father knew that the child of men would be anxious to know about the future. However, his primary purpose in revealing the unfolding of spectacular events which no one could have anticipated is so that we can better prepare ourselves. That is the primary purpose of this presentation. As you will see, there is much for which we need to be prepared, and the Lord says “If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear.”
WE TURN TO THE REVELATION OF THE APOSTLE JOHN
The marvelous reve1ation to the Apostle John on the Isle of Patmos is sometimes difficult to analyze because he recorded events which he saw in heaven right along with things which he saw happening on earth. Sometimes it is difficult to tell which sphere is being discussed. For example, he talks about the 144,000 being sealed in their foreheads during the sixth seal 8 but seven chapters later he speaks of the 144,000 performing their great mission on earth after the opening of the seventh seal. 9
Is this a contradiction?
We have reason to believe that the first reference to the 144,000 during the sixth seal is referring to the selection and sealing up of these choice servants IN THE SPIRIT WORLD before they came into the earth. That there were such foreordinations in the spirit world is described by Alma:
“And this is the manner after which they were ordained – being called and prepared from the FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD according to the FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD. “10
And we also have the words of Joseph Smith who said:
“Every man who has a calling to minister to the inhabitants of the world was ordained to that very purpose in the Grand Council of heaven before this world was. I suppose that I was ordained to this very office in that Grand Council.”11
“Question: What are we to understand by the angel ascending from the east is he to whom is given the seal of the living God over the twelve tribes of Israel
“Answer: If you will receive it this is Elias which was to come to gather together the tribes of Israel and restore all things.
“Question: What TIME are the things spoken of in this chapter to be accomplished?
“Answer: They are to be accomplished in the sixth thousand years or the opening of the SIXTH seal.
“Question: What are we to understand by sealing the one hundred and forty-four thousand out of all the tribes of Israel – twelve thousand out of each tribe? [the opening of the seventh seal and the gathering of the Ten Tribes]?
“Answer: We are to understand that those who are sealed… to administer the everlasting gospel; for they are ordained out of every nation [THE ANGELS to whom is given power over the nations of the earth, and bring as many as will come to the church of the Firstborn.” 12
“Question: When are the things to be accomplished, which are written in the 9th chapter of Revelation [the cleansing of the earth]? They are to be accomplished after the opening of the SEVENTH seal, before the coming of Christ.”13
From these scriptures it is quite clear why we have the foreordination and sealing up of the 144,000 in the spirit world as described in the seventh chapter of Revelation, and a description of the subsequent ministry of the 144,000 among the children of men in Revelation, chapter fourteen.14
JOHN BEGINS DESCRIBING MODERN TIMES AFTER THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEAL
Now John is ready to transfer his attention from the five chapters outlining the preparations in heaven for the Second Coming and concentrate on the unfolding of these events on earth. All of these events are controlled by the factor of “time.” He therefore defines the period in which these events will occur. John says:
“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.” 15
This immediately raises four highly significant questions. For example:
#1. According to OUR calendar, when will the seventh seal be opened, and the half-hour of silence begins in heaven?
Until 1582 A.D. our calendar was not at all accurate, but Pope Gregory employed a group of mathematicians and astronomers to restructure the calendar. They set up the new calendar so that it was in perfect harmony or calibration with the sun. To make it completely accurate they had to add one day every four years and that is how we got our “leap year.”
But even with all that restructuring, how are we certain that it is completely accurate? The best answer to that question is in the Doctrine and Covenants. On two occasions the Lord used the Gregorian calendar in such a way that it seemed to clearly imply his approval of it.
In Section 20 the Lord said he wanted the Church established on the sixth day of April because it would be “one thousand eight hundred and thirty years since the coming of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the flesh.” 16
In the very next section we are told the Church was set up by Joseph Smith under the guidance of the Holy Ghost and then it says:
“Which church was organized and established in the year of your Lord eighteen hundred and thirty, in the fourth month, and on the sixth day of the month which is called April.” 17
So if our calendar is accurate and apparently approved by the Lord, there is no question about the date of the opening of the seventh seal and the half hour of silence in heaven. It will commence in the year 2000 AD .
#2. Why is there suddenly “silence in heaven” when the SEVENTH seal is opened?
Apparently there is a great deal of furious activity in heaven right up to the time the seventh seal is opened. The Priesthood of this dispensation are required to work at a tremendous pace to get ready for the Second Coming. This was explained to Wilford Woodruff the last time he was allowed to see Joseph Smith in the spirit world. He says:
“Joseph Smith continued visiting myself and others up to a certain time and then it stopped. The last time I saw him was in heaven. In the night vision I saw him at the door of the temple in heaven. He came and spoke to me. He said he could not stop to talk with me because he was in a hurry. The next man I met was Father Smith; he could not talk with me because he was in a hurry. I met a half a dozen brethren who had held high positions on earth and none of them could stop to talk with me because they were in a hurry. I was much astonished. By and by I saw the Prophet again, and I got the privilege to ask him a question. ‘Now,’ said I, ‘I want to know why you’re in a hurry. I have been in a hurry all through my life but I expected my hurry would be over when I got into the kingdom of heaven, if I ever did.’ Joseph said, ‘I will tell you, Brother Woodruff, every dispensation that has had the Priesthood on the earth and has gone into the celestial kingdom, has had a certain amount of work to do to prepare to go to the earth with the Savior when He goes to reign on the earth. Each dispensation has had ample time to do this work. We have not. We are the last dispensation, and so much work has to be done and we need to be in a hurry in order to accomplish it.’ Of course, that was satisfactory with me, but it was a new doctrine to me.” 18
Joseph Smith made it plain to Wilford Woodruff that the Priesthood of this dispensation are working under a fantastic deadline to teach everyone who has died without the gospel since the apostolic times. This task has to be completed by the time of ‘the opening of the seventh seal when the hosts of heaven will have a new task connected with the final preparation and cleansing of the earth for the Second Coming.
#3. DO WE KNOW WHEN THE HALF HOUR OF SILENCE ENDS?
From a modern revelation we learn when the half hour of silence ends. Here is what the Lord says:
“And there shall be silence in heaven for the space of half an hour, and IMMEDIATELY after shall the curtain of heaven be unfolded, as a scroll is unfolded after it is rolled up, AND THE FACE OF THE LORD SHALL BE UNVEILED; and the saints that are upon the earth, who are alive, shall be quickened and be caught up to meet him.” 19
Obviously we are talking about the Second Coming. So this tells us when the half hour of silence ends. It is just before the Second Coming.
#4. CAN WE calculate THE ACTUAL DURATION OF TH HOUR OF SILENCE?
Since we know the half hour of silence begins at 2,000 A.D. when the seventh seal is opened and since we know from a modern revelation that the half hour of silence ends with the Second Coming, can we calculate in terms of years the length of time which will elapse between these two monumental events? In other words, can we determine about how long the half hour of silence lasts?
One of the apostles felt that such a calculation was possible. Here is the way Elder Bruce R. McConkie suggested it could be done. After talking about the half hour of silence, he says:
“If the time here mentioned is ‘ Lord’s time’ in which one day is a thousand years, the haft hour would be some twenty-one of our years.”
Elder McConkie reached this conclusion based on the following scriptures:
“A day with the Lord after his manner of reckoning, it being 1000 years according to the time appointed to that [ whereon thou standest.”
And again:
“But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that ONE DAY is with the Lord as a THOUSAND YEARS, and a thousand years as one day.”
The next step was to divide 1,000 years by 24 to determine what an hour would be according to God’s time. It turned out to be 41.66 years or just under 42 years. This means that a half hour of God’s time would be ? 7 years or nearly 21 years. This would clearly suggest that this is the duration of the half hour of silence in heaven and the period of time when the angels undertake the calamitous preparation of the earth for the Savior’s second coming.
WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN DURING THE HALF HOUR OF SILENCE?
In the next five chapters John tells us of the careful and precise assignment of the angels in heaven so the earth can be cleansed of all wickedness and prepared for the Second Coming.
Here is a brief summary of each of these chapters.
Chapter 8. After the seventh seal is opened, the first four angels receive their assignments to cleanse certain portions of the earth.
Chapter 9. The fifth and sixth angels are assigned their ministry of cleansing the earth but they are not ‘to torment or destroy those who have the “seal of God in their foreheads.” (verse 4) This probably refers to those who are under the Lord’s covenant, or members of the church. However, all others will be tormented until they “seek death and shall not find it.” (verse 6) But in the end over a third of mankind will be destroyed. (verse 15) During the raging wars over two hundred million men will be under arms. (verse 16) There is an amazingly accurate description of the highly mechanized instruments of war that will be employed. (verses 17-19) Nevertheless, in spite of all this period of turmoil and bloodshed the people not only refuse to repent but become more depraved and debauched than ever. (verse 20-21)
It will be recalled that when Joseph Smith was asked the specific time when the 144,000 would be foreordained and sealed he said: “In the sixth thousand years or the opening of the sixth seal.” 23but later Joseph Smith was asked, “When are the devastating things to be accomplished which are written in the 9th chapter,” he replied: “After the opening of the seventh seal, before the coming of Christ.” 24 as we shall see later, the coming of the ten lost tribes and the ministry of the 144,000 to every nation just before the Second Coming, all occur after the opening of the seventh seal.
Chapter 10. The seventh angel (identified in verse 7) holds up a little book whereupon seven thunders roar out a message which John was forbidden to record. (verse 4)
When Joseph Smith was asked what this little book represented, he said:
“We are to understand that it was a mission, and an ordinance, for him to gather the tribes of Israel; behold, this is the Elias, who, as it is written must come and restore all things.” 25
During the June Conference of 1831 Joseph Smith revealed that John the Beloved was already among the ten tribes of Israel who had been led away by Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, to prepare for their return from the long dispersion. 26
This is not referring to the remnants of Israel scattered among the various nations, but that supremely righteous segment of the Ten Tribes whom Moses said eventually would be gathered in from the “outmost parts of heaven.” 27
chapter 11. This is a heavenly vision of the climax to the second worldwide dictatorship. It will culminate in the great battle of Armageddon which we will discuss later.
chapter 12. This chapter provides the background for the fall of Lucifer and his hosts after the war in heaven. John says it was there that the righteous fought against Satan “by their word and their testimony” trying to persuade the confused and uncommitted spirits to support Christ’s gospel plan. In the end, two-thirds rallied behind Jehovah but one-third supported Satan and were cast out into the mortal earth. (verses 7-11)
John depicts the Saints of God as being like “a woman clothed with the sun.” (verse 1) John looks back through the centuries and realizes that because of Satan’s persecution of God’s kingdom there would be “a time and times and half a time” (verse 14) when the woman would have to flee into hiding. This would be off and on throughout the 3,500 years incorporated in the dispensation of Joseph, Moses and the apostles. John saw that not until 1,830 A.D. would the woman of the Church of Jesus Christ come forth in all her power and glory. Then John says:
“And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed (God’s servants in the latter days] which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” (verse 17)
It will be appreciated that the previous five chapters are describing the elaborate structure of the angelic forces in heaven to prepare for the mighty contest that will take place on the earth after the opening of the sixth and seventh seals. John wants us to know that during this contest Satan will lay the foundation for two worldwide dictatorships. Now we are ready for Revelation, chapter thirteen.
