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Latter-Day Events Timeline, Key Scriptures & Commentary

Contents:

  1. Introduction

  2. Key Time-frame Element

  3. 6th Seal Events

  4. The 7th Seal, then what?

  5. 7th Seal Apostasy

  6. Last Mission to the World

  7. Every Nation and Tongue

  8. 7-Year Tribulation and What comes Before?

  9. First Latter-Day Assyrian Invasion

  10. The "Remnant" shall "vex" the Gentiles

  11. American Zion must Travail

  12. Blow Ye the Trumpet in Zion

  13. The Lord’s Punishing Army

  14. An LDS Scourge

  15. Assyrian Yoke Broken

  16. After the Chastening

  17. Destruction in America

  18. Fall of Babylon in America

  19. Serve the Lord or be Swept off

  20. New Jerusalem - a Prerequisite to the End-time

  21. Mine Elect Hear My Voice

  22. Who will be at the Wedding Supper?

  23. A Lion Among the Flocks

  24. America's Assyrian is Not Jerusalem's Assyrian

  25. New Jerusalem - a Place of Safety

  26. Ten Tribes, Temple work, New Jerusalem

  27. Day of Manasseh

  28. The Branch and the Temple

  29. The Two Prophet Witnesses

  30. Further Witness Details

  31. The 7-Year Tribulation Arrives

  32. New Global Alignments

  33. From the Present time [2022/23] Forward

  34. Secret Combinations/Gadianton Cabal

  35. Decline Precedes the Assyrian Invasion

  36. Travail of the Saints

  37. The Pestilence Factor

  38. Invasion Aftermath: Chaos, Lawlessness/Mobocracy

  39. Wars and Rumors of Wars

  40. Gabriel Explains Jewish End Times

  41. Antichrist's Diverse End Time Kingdom

  42. The Patience of the Saints

  43. Satan’s Spiritual Hierarchy

  44. Antichrist vs Babylon

  45. Assyrian Deliverance from Babylon

  46. End Time Covenant Challenges

  47. Tribulation Period Good/Evil Showdown

  48. The "Abomination that maketh desolate" and "the Mark of the beast"

  49. "Mark of the Beast" Universal?

  50. The False Prophet

  51. Two Mighty Witnesses

  52. Isaiah/Nephi address the Two Prophets

  53. The End Nears

  54. Eye of the Storm

  55. The Dream

  56. Armageddon

  57. Adam-ondi-Ahman

  58. Antichrist Destroyed

  59. Triumph of the "Weak Things"

  60. Healing Waters issue from Temple and Throne of God

  61. Marriage Supper of the Lamb

  62. Holy Cities of the Millennium

  63. The Assignment of Inheritances in the Holy Land

  64. Some New Jerusalem Details

  65. Summary

  66. Conclusion

  67. Latter-Day Event Timeline Chart

  68. Old Testament Event Timeline Chart

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1. Introduction

There will be no general warning to the membership [of the Church] that things will be shortly falling apart. We have been commanded to follow the signs of the times and that is all the warning we need or will be given, but the membership is asleep. Like the ten virgins, we have been commanded to watch and prepare. But like the people in the days of Noah, many members have become lulled into a sense of security. This “lack of warning” is designed to weed out the tares, the “all is well in Zion” crowd… When the cry sounds, there is no time for preparation. 

(President Spencer W Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle)

This document represents personal best estimates or, in some cases, guestimates, of what lies in the future. While not pretending to be a prophet, one cannot have a testimony of Jesus Christ without having some of the spirit of prophecy (Rev 19:10). Having done diligent research on the clues and cues contained in Holy writ on this and related subjects, an important factor in writing this article was reliance on prayer. In spite of the fact that no man is to know the day nor the hour, there are certain anchor points detailed in the scriptures, which give us some definitive framework with which to work. There is also the fact that LDS scriptures provide an advantage over all the sectarians who have written and posted end-time presentations and speculative scenarios.

 

These same latter-day scriptures could also assist some LDS persons who have posted their conjectures online. many of which are incorrect and even absurd. Many of the interpretations of scriptures and events in this document will be found to be unique to the author. The reader is also cautioned that, during its composition, this work acquired greater scope of detail than originally intended. There are so many good scriptures on the related subjects! A set of summary bullet points and a simple timeline chart are provided at the end of this document.

 

These timeline details should only be considered as pertinent rather than definitive. The times of events herein are not to be taken as fact, unless personally substantiated with the reader by the Lord. Also, they should not be used to put off any personal plans or changes unless the Spirit of the Lord directs. The time to prepare for the future is NOW. Our personal timelines are unique to ourselves. Personal revelation is the key to navigating life's path, and repentance is the key to personal revelation. In other words, don't try to figure out what to do. Its ok to research things but find out from the Lord what to do. Personal ego-mind is not the best way to navigate what time and events remain in this dispensation.

 

2. Key Time Frame Element

 

A key time frame element is the period of time between the beginning of the millennium [opening of the 7th Seal, Rev 8:1] and the return of the Savior.

 

The key essentials necessary to frame a reasonable inference of latter-day end-time events requires some estimation of the timing of the opening of the 7th Seal mentioned in the Book of Revelation 8:1 which reads: “And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”

 

According to the above, the space of time referred to as an approximate half-hour period of silence in heaven begins at the opening of the 7th Seal. And from the 88th section of the Doctrine and Covenants we know the following:

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. And they who have slept in their graves shall come forth, for their graves shall be opened; and they also shall be caught up to meet him in the midst of the pillar of heaven (D&C 88:95-97, emphasis ours).

 

Taken together these scriptures seem to dictate that essentially all the 7th Seal events prior to or even including the Savior's return in glory are encompassed, or nearly so, within the approximate half hour of silence in heaven. 

 

Among most LDS gospel writers, including the late Elder Bruce R McConkie, there is general consensus that the half hour may be calculated according to one 24-hour day being as 1,000 years with the Lord (PofGP, Abr 4:3). We agree with this idea. This provides a figure of 20.83 years. However, by use of the term “about” we may only take this as an approximation. Nevertheless, we know from the above scriptures cited that everything in the 7th Seal, which includes the return of the Savior, essentially happens within this “half hour of silence” time frame.

Correspondingly, we know the 7th Seal starts the approximately 21-year period of silence in heaven. As previously mentioned, according to the D&C passage quoted above, appearance of the Lord in glory comes immediately after the conclusion of this period. Therefore, it can be assumed that this approximate or “about” one half hour in heaven essentially encompasses everything that has to happen between the opening of the 7th Seal and the Savior’s return. Also, from the angelic "silence" attributed to this 7th seal opening, one gets the impression the angels in heaven are figuratively holding their breath in anticipation of what is about to occur. Once this 7th Seal opening takes place there is much less conjecture about what and when things are going to happen. At this juncture we and the angels are or will be on the fast-track to the end of earth’s history as a telestial sphere.

 

We know from the D&C that the events detailed in the book of Revelation chapter 9 are also to occur after the opening of the 7th Seal and before the return of the Savior:

 

Q: When are the things to be accomplished, which are written in the 9th chapter of Revelation?

A: They are to be accomplished after the opening of the seventh seal, before the coming of Christ (D&C 77:13, emphasis ours).

 

Consequently, chapters 8 (7th Seal opening) and 9 of the Revelation of St. John contain the events which occur after the opening of the 7th Seal, including those associated with a sequence of the sounding of six angelic trumpets in heaven. Punctuating the silence the trumpets signal a series of woes, destructions and calamities upon the earth. These woes culminate in a description of a massive army comprising elements from many nations in the battle of Armageddon compassing Jerusalem. As all of this goes on during the half hour of silence, we may conclude that the silence likely pertains to an angelic concern, pain and reticence to speak during this intense cosmic crucible.

 

Today (2023/24), we are still under the 6th Seal awaiting the 144 thousand Saviors on Mount Zion to be sealed up unto eternal life with power over the physical elements and a charge to bring the gospel to all the nations of the world with great power.

3. 6th Seal Events

 

The other major consideration in determining any timeline of events has to do with what, if anything, remains in terms of both time and events to be accomplished under the present 6th Seal period. Though many people think we are already in the millennial 7th Seal period of time, there are some very significant events described by John under the 6th Seal that do not yet appear to have occurred. They are as follows:

 

And I beheld when he [the Lamb, Christ] had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? (Rev 6:12-17)

 

The first event important enough for description detailed under the 6th Seal is a great earthquake. We must assume that this is an earthquake of unusual magnitude if it is related to such dramatic effects as those described above. Since we understand that each of the seven seals represents a thousand-year period in the earth’s mortal history (ref D&C 77:6-7), the 6th Seal would pertain to the sixth thousand-year period. This is the 6th millennia that precedes the 7th, the one we are still in. It seems obvious that the opening of the 7th Seal did not correspond with the year 2000 and that we do not know the actual year the 7th thousand years of temporal existence begins. Therefore, this current period must expire before the opening of the 7th Seal. If we were now past the 7th Seal opening, all the things described in the above scripture, if correct, would had to have happened already, including the ordination of the 144,000 which also occurs under the 6th Seal (Rev 7:2-4).

 

So, one question is: Has there been an earthquake of this description starting since around the year 1000 AD (the approximate beginning of the 6th Seal) so that we could check that off as having been accomplished?

 

A Wikipedia search of an extensive list of major earthquakes turns up several with large but mainly local death tolls, the largest ones having been in Azerbaijan, Iran and China. There has also been an increase in frequency of earthquakes in recent times that exceed 8.0 on the Richter Scale. However, there is nothing in recorded history that approaches the description of the extensive effects possibly associated with the earthquake referred to in the prophecy of John quoted above—which appears to be a significant and appropriate physical and geological call to repentance for the world just prior to the opening of the 7th Seal and its ominous portents.

 

There are other earthquakes also prophesied under the 7th Seal, but my personal feeling is that this earthquake is yet to happen and will be centered in or around the Holy Land and will have some serious geological effects. One of these may be to create an appropriate space on which to build the Jerusalem temple. We will discuss future temple sites in more detail later.

 

In this same chapter of Revelation there follows additional detail of 6th Seal events which are still indicated to occur between now (2023/24) and the opening of the 7th Seal and, therefore, the beginning of the half-hour of silence in heaven:

 

And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads (Rev 7:1-3).

Who is this angel "ascending from the east"? 

Q: What are we to understand by the angel ascending from the east, Revelation 7th chapter and 2nd verse?

 

A: We are to understand that the angel ascending from the east is he to whom is given the seal of the living God over the twelve tribes of Israel; wherefore, he crieth unto the four angels having the everlasting gospel, saying: Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And, if you will receive it, this is Elias which was to come to gather together the tribes of Israel and restore all things (D&C 77:9, emphasis ours).

Since Elias is an office [e.g. forerunner, preparer of the way] as well as the name of an ancient prophet there has been speculation as to this particular Elias. Is it the Elias, the prophet responsible for proclaiming the gospel of Abraham (D&C 27:7, 110:12); is it Elijah with his sealing powers [sometimes referred to as Elias, the Greek form of Elijah, in the New Testament]; is it John the Baptist [the forerunner of Christ in the Meridian of time], or is it someone else? In this case the answer is only a few verses later in D&C 77,

Q: What are we to understand by the little book which was eaten by John, as mentioned in the 10th chapter of Revelation?

 

A: We are to understand that it was a mission, and an ordinance, for him to gather the tribes of Israel; behold, this is Elias, who, as it is written, must come and restore all things (D&C 77:14, emphasis ours).

In this case it is John the Revelator who is seeing an aspect of his own future end-time mission in vision. He is the angel ascending from the east. In this regard Joseph Smith stated that John, the apostle whom Jesus loved, was already ministering to the lost and scattered tribes of Israel (History of the Church, 1:176). John and the other four angels mentioned in Revelation 7:1 above are combing the four quarters of the earth locating and preparing lineal descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel to be part of the great future missionary force to the world and to lead the righteous also to the Church of the Firstborn.

And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel (Rev 7:4).

We also have a modern scriptural reference substantiating the assignment by the Lord of the calling and ordaining of the 144,000 out of the various tribes of Israel under the 6th Seal:

Q: What time are the things spoken of in this 7th chapter [of Revelation] to be accomplished?

A: They are to be accomplished in the sixth thousand years, or the opening of the sixth seal.

Q: 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 every tribe? 

A: We are to understand that those who are sealed are high priests, ordained unto the holy order of God, to administer the everlasting gospel; for they are they who are ordained out of every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, by the angels to whom is given power over the nations of the earth, to bring as many as will come to the church of the Firstborn (D&C 77:10-11, emphasis ours).

Notice several things of potential significance. These are high priests who are ordained unto the holy order of God. We know from the Book of Mormon and the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible that this holy order includes a generous application of priesthood intercession and a preaching requirement to focus on 1) crying repentance, and 2) calling and election or entering into the rest of the Lord (see also GT 4: Oath and Covenant).

 

Besides a warning voice to the world, the 144 thousand are to bring people to the Church of the Firstborn. Notice also that they are ordained to their ministering offices by the angels of heaven and empowered in this manner to administer the everlasting gospel. These missionaries have power over the elements. Among them there could be some translated beings but these are mainly men who have qualified for the sealing power while yet in mortality. This ordination arrangement with angels, in this case at least, appears to portend a new wrinkle in our modern church authority and structure.

​The 144 thousand are a special class of souls chosen and reserved in the pre-mortal councils in heaven upon whom are laid a great responsibility in the end time scenario. Bringing souls to the Church of the Firstborn on both sides of the veil, they constitute a catalyst for everything that follows in the Lord’s timeline. As divinely designated spirits they have already been laboring on their assignments from beyond the veil with mortals since creation in preparation for their coming mortal assignments. The same is also true of many of us. Many of us as premortal spirits participated in the creation, nor did we sit idle within these millennia waiting the assignment to our bodies. 

So, unless this angelic ordination of representatives of each of the 12 tribes has been going on very quietly behind the scenes (which could be the subtle manner in which this program is carried out), it would seem that this is likely another item of some substance that has not yet occurred at the time this is written. Our feeling is that it can't be far off.

Considering that the 6th Seal is likely near its expiration, this sealing program, ought shortly to come to pass, Also, it seems to be operating under the auspices of heavenly administration and may even be occurring during a time of laxity or distraction in the Latter-day Saint kingdom on the earth. By the time the 144 thousand go forth it will probably be too dangerous to send young elders and sisters throughout the world. (Note: at this time [2023/24] we have the greatest number of missionaries there have ever had in the LDS mission field].

However, according to John the Revelator, there is yet more significant detail to transpire during the remaining period of the 6th Seal. The sun darkened, the moon turning to blood, and stars falling from heaven are yet another physical call to repentance. How do we understand this prophecy? Is its meaning literal or figurative, or both? There is also the question as to whether these are universal phenomena, local or pertaining to more Biblical geography? If the sun figuratively represents the Lord, its darkening can represent the withdrawal of His Spirit and the moon turning to blood a symbol of the Atonement. Such a physical effect on both the sun and the moon can be accomplished by warfare, earthquake or can be the result of volcanic eruption having its effect upon the earth’s atmosphere. Or it could be the result of war and even invasion. All of the above are possible.

One other point:

With respect to 6th Seal timeline events the calling and ordination of the 144 thousand may require some other serious 

prerequisite developments. According to Isaiah [Isa 13:1-2] there is a relationship between the destruction of Babylon and the travail of the married wife [the LDS Church, versus Israel, the "forsaken... wife of youth" Isa 54:6]. The travail of the married wife is necessary to give birth to the priesthood man, that is the category of men able to receive and exercise the fulness of the Melchizedek priesthood, including the sealing powers.

 

Taking these facts into consideration there appears to be a strong possibility the American version of the Assyrian invasion happens already or still within the sixth Seal. If the travail of the American Zion is a necessary prerequisite to the priesthood man [the man holding the fulness of the priesthood, including the sealing powers], then it must also be the prerequisite to the calling and ordination of the 144 thousand Saviors on Mount Zion. These men with the seal of God in their foreheads are the epitome of what we are referring to as the priesthood man.

 

Consequently, slated for destruction by the Antichrist, is the current iteration of Babylon [globalist elites] under which we [the LDS] are presently held captive and marginalized. Its removal, therefore, is imperative. The angel that explains Lehi's vision of the tree of Life to Nephi also shows him many other things pertaining to the future. One of those details pertinent to the present subject is the following:

And when the day cometh that the wrath of God is poured out upon the mother of harlots, which is the great and abominable church of all the earth, whose founder is the devil, then, at that day, the work of the Father shall commence, in preparing the way for the fulfilling of his covenants, which he hath made to his people who are of the house of Israel (1 Ne14:17, emphasis ours).

Notice the timing and sequence of events in the above reference. It is not until after the wrath of God is poured out upon Babylon [the globalist elites that now run the world] that the work of the Father [Lord of the vineyard] and His Servant [Christ] can commence in fulfilling their covenants to the latter-day House and tribes of Israel. See also GT 22: Allegory of the Tame and Wild Olive Trees.

The description of the 6th Seal events in the Book of Revelation make more sense if seen as an American foreshadowing of the end-time for Jerusalem and the Holy Land. And the destruction of Babylon being a two-phase operation that happens first in America [the promised land of the New Jerusalem] and later in the rest of the world. In this case the scourging and refinement of America and the LDS membership [and leadership] is a precursor to the calling and ordination of the 144 thousand and may be considered as the transition event or events that usher in the 7th Seal.

 

This combination of events [earthquake and/or invasion, etc. and ordination of 144 thousand] would likely mark the end of the 6th Seal and beginning of the 7th Seal and possibly accounting for the drastic geographical and physical phenomenon previously referenced under the 6th Seal. See also GT 26: Isaiah 13 Commentary.

4. Opening of the 7th Seal, then what?

While watching world events through the lens of the Spirit of the Lord we will see clues to the transition from the 6th to the 7th Seal time period. Creating a confrontation with Russia by virtue of the Ukranian proxy war with them may be a cue to what lies yet ahead under what remains of the 6th Seal. If the calling and ordination of the 144 thousand high priests with the seal of God in their foreheads requires the refiners fire of invasion with all of its challenging ramifications, such a combination of calamity and birth pains may signal for the transition of the 6th into the 7th Seal.

 

We may only have several years, a decade at most [from 2023/24] until the opening of the 7th Seal or the beginning of the seventh thousand-year period [though it could be longer]. Consequently, the prophesied earthquake designated under the 6th Seal, if correct, could also be a sign or signal that the 7th Seal opening is approaching or even immanent. Additionally, whether as a result of this earthquake or others that are prophesied under the 7th Seal time period (Rev 8:5, 11:13,19, 16:18), among the resultant geological changes local to Israel and Jerusalem may be ground cleared for the building of what is considered by the Jews as the "third temple." 

Among the Jewish people as well as almost everyone with an opinion on the subject, it is supposed that the Jewish temple must be a model of either Solomon’s temple or what was known as Herod’s Temple (in the days of Jesus)—to be built on Mount Moriah where the Muslim structures, known as the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa, now stand. There is an ongoing problem with Mount Moriah [considered the Temple Mount] as the Jewish temple site, as the Arabs believe this is where Mohammed ascended to heaven and considered one of the most sacred of Muslim worship sites.

The reasons for this Jewish temple location belief stem from traditions contradicted by the historian Flavious Josephus and other historical accounts. The ancient temples of Solomon and Zerubbabel, later known as Herod’s temple in the days of Jesus’s ministry, apparently encompassed the Gihon Spring in the City of David. According to eyewitness historical sources the Jewish temple was just below what is now would incorrectly be called the Temple Mount. The Roman General Titus and his army, having paid a severe price to conquer Jerusalem, left not one stone to mark the temple’s location as prophesied by the Savior (Matt 24:2). Adding to Jewish confusion on this subject is the fact that the design of Ezekiel’s prophesied millennial temple (Ezekial chapters 40-44) is a departure from previous designs and is to be built some distance north of Jerusalem. This position of confusion regarding the original location as well as the corresponding future location of the yet to be built third temple will necessarily clarify as future events unfold and as the Lord’s will is revealed to the appropriate parties.

 

The stars falling from heaven can also be both literal and figurative. Meteorite showers certainly give the appearance of falling stars and the prophesied perturbations of the earth exceeding its normal axial behavior could also give the appearance of stars falling, as our normal night sky is shifted to some degree (see Isa 24:20). As far as a figurative interpretation of falling stars is concerned, this almost always refers to apostasy of the Lord's people. Taken this way it would appear that there might be a falling away from the Church under this latter stage of the 6th Seal—more or less the present and near-term future.

 

The description of the falling stars as “untimely figs” also supports the interpretation of apostasy. The phrase untimely figs refer to fruit that does not ripen during its normal season. Remaining on the tree until removed by strong autumn and winter winds, this fruit did not qualify for the Lord’s harvest and will fall when the storms come. The storms are coming.

 

However, as this particular apostasy appears to be under the 6th Seal, which period is now most likely in its final stages. A near term departure from the LDS Church could be associated with members being disaffected, for example, by learning the truth about the mRNA so-called vaccines which members were urged to take. This is, unfortunately, only one aspect of our leadership being blindsided by a Gadianton style takeover of our nation despite warnings in the Book of Mormon and from earlier prophets of this dispensation. There is also the fact that a large percentage of members at this time are unknowingly and complacently apostate. For instance, rather than more appropriate forms of compassion we are courting tolerance for progressive ideology and its immoral absurdities unchallenged by often weak and compromised leadership awash in pseudo-gospel marketing and vain popularity contests. People are leaving the Church because they are not fed and not challenged. While we possess the fulness of the gospel, it is not being taught. Instead of being spiritually inoculated against the sophistries of the day by "pure doctrine" we are being entertained while being literally inoculated with gene and neuron altering drugs that have pernicious biological, emotional and spiritual effects possibly for generations. See also PT2: Safe and Effective?

The 6th Seal apostacy, possibly exacerbated by the stresses and challenges of war and breakdown of civil society also sets the stage for further apostasy under the 7th Seal.

 

5. 7th Seal Apostasy

 

On my mission many years ago, we used this scripture to prove the original apostacy of the church founded by Christ and his apostles to prospective converts. However, the Apostle Paul more specifically makes clear that there will be a serious end-time falling away associated with the appearance of the Antichrist or Son of Perdition.

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness (2 Thess 2:3, 9-12).

 

This falling away described by Paul pertains essentially to events closer to the end-time period described mainly within the 7th Seal—the effects of the spirit of antichrist and apostasy beginning in his day but more particularly the latter-days (the day of the Antichrist)—in other words departure of Latter-day Saint Church members and even Church leaders as the going gets rough. Notice that it is God who sends members who apostatize “strong delusion.” The tares must be separated from the wheat so that they can be tied in bundles and burned (Matt 13:30, 41-42, D&C 86:7). This delusion (e.g. philosophies of men mingled with scripture) among the Saints is already rampant and growing at the present time [2023/24].

The Apocryphal work known as the Ascension of Isaiah has particular reference to this period of time in which the social and cultural gospel often eclipses and supersedes the genuine gospel of sacrifice and service in the similitude of the Only Begotten.

And afterwards [referring to this, the last dispensation], on the eve of His [the Savior's] approach, His disciples will forsake the teachings of the Twelve Apostles, and their faith, and their love and their purity [refers to the teachings of the original Apostles and the righteous Apostles of this dispensation]. And there will be much contention on the eve of His advent and His approach. And in those days many will love office, though devoid of wisdom. And there will be many lawless elders, and shepherds dealing wrongly by their own sheep, and they will ravage [take advantage of] them owing to their [the member sheep] not having holy shepherds. And many will change the honour of the garments of the saints for the garments of the covetous, and there will be much respect of persons in those days and lovers of the honour of this world. And there will be much slander and vainglory at the approach of the Lord, and the Holy Spirit will withdraw from many. And there will not be in those days many prophets, nor those who speak trustworthy words, save one here and there in divers places, On account of the spirit of error and fornication and of vainglory, and of covetousness, which shall be in those, who will be called servants of that One [LDS members and leaders] and in those who will receive that One [those who aspire to be worthy of the lord's return]. And there will be great hatred in the shepherds and elders towards each other. For there will be great jealousy in the last days; for everyone will say what is pleasing in his own eyes. And they will make of none effect the prophecy of the prophets which were before me, and these my visions also will they make of none effect, in order to speak after the impulse of their own hearts (Ascension of Isaiah, 3:21-31). 

The situations described above relate to the present time, as well as advancing in degree into the 7th Seal time period as the approach of the Savior of the world draws nearer. It is also interesting to note, in this context, that though we often hear quotes from Isaiah in talks and the fact that the Savior himself specifically instructs us in the Book of Mormon about the importance of studying the words of Isaiah. Despite 21 chapters quoted in the Book of Mormon, Isaiah is little understood by LDS members. The Lord's warnings and instructions to us through Isaiah are only dimly perceived if understood at all. In other words, they are "of none effect." *

What does the Lord have to say regarding this period of time [end of the 6th Seal and beginning of the 7th Seal] through John the Revelator?

Revelation chapter 8, verses 14 through 16 above can be a bit confusing in the sense that they refer to rather miraculous effects that one might normally ascribe to the end time and more particularly to the 7th Seal. However, if we assume the accuracy of the scripture, it is apparent that whether because of war, invasion, earthquake or other physical phenomena associated with manifestations of the Lord’s cleansing power, there is a striking effect upon people of the earth prior to the opening of the 7th Seal and the technical beginning of the millennium. If we are, at this time, not yet under the 7th Seal we can expect that some tumultuous events are looming. Upheavals in nature and society can also be viewed as a call to repentance to the peoples of the world in preparation for the worldwide ministry of the 144 thousand Saviors on Mount Zion. The physical conditions and convulsions here described may also be an LDS and American foreshadow to the period just before the final appearance of the Savior in Jerusalem.

Correspondingly, there are details in Revelation chapter 8, such as the heavens being “rolled together as a scroll” (Rev 6:14) that more aptly apply to the very last stages of the 7th Seal end time events. This raises the question as to whether timing of other details in this chapter may also carry over into the 7th Seal time frame such as through multiple fulfillment.

As we now proceed into the 7th Seal portion of the timeline, according to the scriptures pertaining to this period, it is obvious that the Lord’s 6th Seal call to repentance has upon the larger world only a short-term effect. Elsewhere Babylon is doing business as usual.

 

Nevertheless, at this point we have the missionary work conducted by the 144 thousand High Priests into all the world. There will be much new conversion to replace the effects of various phases of destruction and apostasy. Though the significance of this conversion is that it is focused on gathering the remnants of Israel and bringing disciples into the Father’s Church of the Firstborn against the backdrop of a troubled and chaotic world. This process of missionary work, conversion, sanctification and acquisition of the sealing powers may be very subtle with respect to the world and even to the LDS Church membership.

According to the passage referenced, the 144 thousand are not just bringing converts into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but they are bringing them through the LDS Church ordinances and then via sanctification into the Church of the Firstborn. There is a distinction between the two (e.g. the Kingdom of God on the earth and the Church of the Firstborn, which is the Heavenly Church). Only the solidly sanctified are members of Church of the Firstborn (D&C 76:53-60).

Please note here some details the Lord has given us about the 144 thousand High Priests:

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God (Rev 14:1-5, emphasis ours).

With respect to these men, who have the seal of God in their foreheads and possess the fulness of the priesthood (including sealing powers) being virgins, we may understand this to be symbolic in a significant way. In order to be a High Priest after the Holy Order and to hold the fulness of the priesthood, one must be married in the New and Everlasting Covenant. The significance of the virgin label is explained in the associated scriptural observation that they are “not defiled with women.” It is by virtue of this non-defilement that these men are able to "follow the Lamb withersoever he goeth". Not only do they not get distracted from their mission by things pertaining to women, but more importantly is the fact that their wives are living the Divine Order in their marriage.

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For a man to become a Savior on Mount Zion in the full sense, he must come to the point that he can “follow the Lamb withersoever He goeth.” This requires a marriage in which the wife allows her husband the freedom to seek the Lord and receive revelation for his life and his family. As a recipient of continuous revelation, the husband then is on the path of acquiring the fulness of the priesthood. The doctrine of the priesthood shall distill upon his soul “as the dews from Heaven” (D&C 121:45-46). See GT17: Saviors on Mount Zion.

The tendency, or even necessity, of the man to please his wife first and then the Lord is why the apostle Paul advises widowers to remain unmarried (1 Cor 7:8). Unless the wife facilitates the freedom of the husband to please the Lord first and foremost, the man is "defiled of woman.” Conversely, the man will not progress sufficiently unless he and his wife are equally yoked in the Lord and serving each other lovingly and respectfully. 

The wife is actually the key to the production or realization of a Savior on Mount Zion. For this to happen she must also follow the Lamb withersoever He goeth in her own right. She must also serve the Lord and be receiving her own revelation in serving the Lord, her husband and family. It is the worldly considerations on both partners that interfere with the Savior on Mount Zion process. Too often, in order to climb socially in the LDS Church it is more important to many wives for their husbands to excel in Babylon than to seek and follow the will of the Lord.

 

It is unfortunate that we are no longer taught the true Order—which is one of the mysteries of godliness and salvation. For any home in which the wife consistently takes the lead or usurps power will never enjoy the blessings and benefits of sanctification and exaltation. Without the inspired support of the wife and the observance of the divine order on the part of both in the home [husband as head and patriarch, wife as first counselor and Holy Ghost as 2nd counselor] it is almost impossible for the man to obtain the fulness of the priesthood. (see GT11: What Satan Taught Eve in the Garden).

The man’s sacred obligations are also dictated by the Divine Order (see D&C 121;37-42, also GT 4: Oath and Covenant).

 

That the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness. That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man (D&C 121:36-37, emphasis ours).

The man also holds the keys of sanctification of the wife by forsaking any form of unrighteous dominion and facilitating her freedom to willingly choose righteous support and develop the inspiration and revelation that will constitute her essential input as first counselor in the home and family presidency. Both the husband and the wife are to forsake unrighteous dominion in order for the 2nd counselor, the Holy Ghost, to inspire and direct them both. In this Order neither will exercise undue or inappropriate control or influence over the other.

Created in the image of our Heavenly Parents the nature of both the woman and the man are distinctly different and for good reason. The divine nature of each is complimentary to the other and necessary for the ultimate divine union required of the Celestial Kingdom and of gods. "Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord" (1 Cor 11:11). In Heavenly Father's plan neither gender is inferior or dispensable.

* The only LDS person or scholar we know of currently attempting to teach a thorough understanding of Isaiah is that of Dr. Avraham Gileadi (also referenced in the text earlier above). His background in actual Hebrew scripture instruction is helpful but also serves as a platform for erroneous doctrines and misleading conclusions. For more details relative to this concern see the summary notes at the beginning of the GT 22: Allegory of the Tame and Wild Olive Trees - Commentary on this website and also the initial notes in the Ede Family Archive pertaining to the Book of Mormon Isaiah Podcasts that address Dr Gileadi's doctrinal concepts with our corresponding analysis and commentary in more detail.

6. Last Mission to the World

 

This mission of the 144 thousand will probably last at least three and one-half years. After this mission to the world under the Holy Order of the Son of God (having great power derived from the fulness of the Melchizedek priesthood, serving as intercessors and declaring repentance as the main message, bringing people to the Church of the Firstborn), the emphasis will shift even more dramatically to divine expression of climatic, geological and political messages of national and global calamity.

 

Now the portentous trumpets of the D&C 88 and Book of Revelation chapter 8 begin to sound. Their effects begin to take place upon the earth. The silence in heaven certainly does not preclude the sounding of trumpets, rather it has to do with pain as the angels watch the decadence of Babylon and experience a sort of collective holding of breath of anticipation as the 7th Seal unfolds.

 

For all flesh is corrupted before me; and the powers of darkness prevail upon the earth, among the children of men, in the presence of all the hosts of heaven—Which causeth silence to reign, and all eternity is pained, and the angels are waiting the great command to reap down the earth, to gather the tares that they may be burned; and, behold, the enemy is combined (D&C 38:11-12, emphasis ours).

 

So, where are we right now as this is written? Notice that the enemy is combined. This is already now the case as the Babylonian globalists are in the throes of a blatant power grab. However, regardless of the fact it is now 2023/24 AD, according to the scriptural indications we are still, as of this writing, living within the 6th Seal. We still have the earthquake, likely war and/or invasion the calling of the 144 thousand, more apostasy and some other dramatic manifestations in some parts of the world before the 7th Seal commences. Some prophesied signs of the times and related events may be local, some regional and some global. 

Then, having given birth to the priesthood man, and the ordination of the 144,000 by the angels of heaven "... this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come" (Matt 24:14).

7. Every Nation and Tongue

 

If we take the prophecy of the ordination of 12,000 High Priests from every tribe of Israel literal, we may need further missionary access in the near future to countries such as China, India and Iran where proselyting work is currently forbidden. On the other hand, it may be the 144,000 that open up these countries to missionary work. It would also seem to be fortuitous that we are building temples everywhere possible throughout the globe to facilitate this great missionary force and its converts.

 

Some LDS scholars suppose that all these missionaries will be either translated or resurrected beings. However, the scriptures indicate that these missionaries are being ordained and sealed by the angels of heaven. If they were all resurrected or translated beings from previous dispensations this ordaining and sealing activity would not be required within the 6th or 7th Seal periods, which seems to be the indication in D&C 77:10-11. They would have already been sealed. A small percentage may be translated beings from earlier in this dispensation while the rest are or will be powerful mortals with sealing powers. We know, for instance, according to Joseph Smith, that John the Revelator has been working with the lost tribes for essentially this entire dispensation (History of the Church 1:176). As mentioned above some suppose that the various tribes in this missionary force are made up mainly of Ephraimite members assigned to represent the various tribes. However, we take the scriptures on this subject exactly as they stand.

 

It is likely that the opening of the 7th Seal is not far off. This would require some compression of the above events and activities in a fairly short period of time. Judging from the past that could seem unlikely, but perhaps the past is not indicative. Right now, our nation and the world in general are going through an unprecedented emotional and spiritual upheaval over aforementioned power grabs by globalist secret combinations and wars in the middle east threatening to become global in nature. The rapid advance of the Satanic globalists long planned world takeover which has recently become more visible and pronounced leaving many people in the world paralyzed and fearful while others are obliviously marching to the globalist (Gadianton) drumbeat. Despite the Book of Mormon warnings against secret combinations, current LDS members who understand what is happening to them appear to be in the minority. See PT1: Secret Combinations and The Fake Pandemic.

 

Fortunately, such flagrant violations of human and civil rights as we are now witnessing from the enemy (Satan/Lucifer) may be met by counterbalanced intervention by the Lord to and through His called and chosen people. So, while Satan is accelerating his program, the Lord, who knows all things from beginning to end, surely has countermoves in process, which are not yet so obvious. Those events which remain in the 6th Seal may also be scheduled in a dramatic way and time frame. At some stage we know that the Lord will “cut short His work in righteousness” (D&C 52:11, 84:97, 109:59). We also know Zion must “travail” to bring forth her children—mainly the priesthood man (Micah 5:3-5).

 

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore, shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall be as] flames. Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir (Isa 13:6-12, emphasis ours).

 

The travail that the Lord’s Church, Zion, must endure comes through a rough but effective cleansing likened unto the refinement of gold and silver (Mal 3:3, D&C 128:24). This refinement requires great heat. This will include the heat of the Assyrian invasion of America.

 

The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land (Isa 13:4- 5, emphasis ours).

 

To what host of the battle is this referring? It is the fall of American Babylon by the Lord's Assyrian army of destruction. This indignation begins upon His house [LDS Church] and the American nation possibly within a decade. It is by this means that Zion travails, is delivered from Babylonian captivity and brings forth the new strength required for what follows. In the aftermath of this cleansing of Zion the righteous remnants who have obeyed the gospel, been sanctified and protected may now become the Lord’s righteous army and builders of the New Jerusalem in the midst of a scourged nation and people.

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8. Seven Year Tribulation and What Comes Before

 

Besides the half-hour of silence, the other scriptural time frame reference we have to work from is the seven-year tribulation period, divided into two three and one-half-year sections. We know from Biblical references (Dan 8:10-14, Zech 14:1-2, Rev 11:1-2) that the midpoint of this period pertains to when the Antichrist removes the daily sacrifice that will have been re-instituted at the newly built temple in Jerusalem. Since the destruction of the Antichrist and his "false prophet" comes at the end of this 7-year period also associated with the return of the Savior, we must necessarily place this "tribulation" time period near the end of the twenty some odd year half-hour of silence. Both time periods [7-year tribulation and half-hour of silence] end in near proximity timewise with the Savior’s return. See the Timeline Diagram at the end of this article.

 

Some people have mistakenly supposed we are already in the 7-year tribulation period. However, since we are still under the 6th Seal (as explained earlier) the very beginning of the seven-year tribulation must be at least 14 years away (e.g. the approximate 21 year "half hour" minus 7 years = 14 years+ or -) plus whatever remains at this current time within the 6th Seal time period. Consequently, the main variables in our time frame estimations have to do with the time now remaining until the opening of the 7th Seal and whatever variability exists in the approximate half-hour of silence in heaven. Bruce R McConkie estimates this half-hour to be around 20-22 years duration. Regardless, the 7th Seal events will likely not take any longer than this. 

For the sake of an exercise, if we choose, for example, 7 years as an estimation of the time from the present to the opening of the 7th Seal, we would add 7 to 14 years giving us 21 years as an approximation of the beginning of the 7-year Tribulation period. We would then add 3 1/2 years to this figure as the midpoint of the Tribulation [21 + 3 1/2 = 24 1/2 years from today], the point at which the Antichrist's true intentions become manifest in an invasion of Israel and siege of Jerusalem. The addition of another 3 1/2 years brings us to the final scenes of the martyrdom of the Two Witnesses, Armageddon and the return of the Savior in glory shortly thereafter. This all takes just approximately 28 or 29 years. If the 7th Seal opening is further away, such as ten years, this puts us just 31 or 32 years in the future, etc. 

9. Latter-Day Assyrian Invasion of America

If the Patriots of our nation, the world and the Saints or members of the Lord’s Restored Church are worthy, the Lord will turn back the globalist tide under which we now labor and give us some respite. This projected restoration of American liberties requires an honest and valid election by or before 2024. Otherwise, the negative prophecies may be expected sooner rather than later. Taking this idea of a respite from the Gadianton globalist program in faith, prayer and testing, have suggested we have about 6 or 7 good years until the forces of evil regain the upper hand in the US again—such as through economic troubles, weaponized pathogens, vaccination related and other diseases, impossible promises to new immigrants, etc. This resultant and already progressive national weakness will eventuate within a couple more years (after the aforementioned good ones) in an invasion from what probably will be a military force spearheaded by Russia. This will be America’s invasion of the scriptural Assyrian (Isa 10:5-12,24-27).

It seems the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the American nation (also referred to as Zion in the scriptures) are to undergo a purging prior to the cleansing of the nation of Israel and the rest of the world. We, as members of the Lord’s Restored Church, have received the first latter-day dominion [responsibility and authority] from the Lord (see Micah 4:8).  We [LDS] must be refined as gold and silver ahead of the others in order to carry out and complete our mission to the rest of the world and to the tribes of Israel in particular. We must also be jolted out of our subcultural popularity contest and our all-is-well-in-Zion mentality.

Consequently, we do not have time to wait upon the end-time Antichrist to chasten us. We know from D&C 112:24-25 and the following that the scourging of the world first begins upon the Lord's house. People do not talk about this in Church or think it has already happened. Many, perhaps most, of us are asleep.

And until that hour there will be foolish virgins among the wise; and at that hour cometh an entire separation of the righteous and the wicked; and in that day will I send mine angels to pluck out the wicked and cast them into unquenchable fire (D&C 63:54, emphasis ours).

Putin, the present leader of Russia, is not part of the globalist cabal. Rather he has his own regional ambitions and concerns. In the case of Russia under Putin, it is aligned against the globalists. This is why the modern day Gadianton band [globalist secret combinations] want a war between America and Russiato bring us both down for easier control and establishment of a one world autocracy. The initial intention of a future Russian invasion of America would likely be a government takeover and occupation of strategic power centers. [Edit note as of 03/2022: Putin's current invasion of the Ukraine can be taken as an example of his larger intentions. His objective was not to destroy the Ukraine, but rather to eliminate strategic dangers to the Russian homeland and extend Russian influence over a larger population, many of whom are ethnic Russian].

 

The globalist backed US Biden administration created this war by establishing illegal bioweapons labs adjacent to Russia's border and pushing Ukraine to join NATO. These were understandable red lines for Putin. [Edit note 10/15/2023: The ridiculous war the US in which the US has engaged with the Ukraine as our proxy has been a disaster and has only served to lay the groundwork for the coming Assyrian/ Russian invasion of a weakened America.] Putin, as already mentioned, is anti-globalist. The Antichrist on the other hand, will not mind obliterating conquered territory as a warning to potential opposition. The more near-term version of Isaiah’s Assyrian [described in this timeline as a precursor or forerunner of Armageddon] is intended to eliminate America as competition and strengthen Russia’s position opposite the globalists. Russia’s forces will focus on strategic targets including Washington DC, elements of both coasts and Salt Lake City.

Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth (Micah 4:11-13).

Zion in this context refers to America. Many nations are envious of America and want to control it or bring it down. At the time of the American invasion Russia’s [the Assyrian] military leadership will attempt to seize the opportunity presented by America’s progressive weakness. Both China and Russia have been studying for decades how to defeat and control the US, However, China is suffering its own internal problems, not the least of which is a shaky and overextended economy.

Thanks to our [US} political ineptitude and social and political insults of Russia ever since the Iron Curtain came down and the more recent nonsense of blaming Russia for putting Trump in office, the Russians will be looking to settle a score with us while strengthening their global position. The daughter of Zion, members of the LDS Church, will not “beat in pieces many people” (Micah 4:13, see above) until after the Assyrian army has completed its purging assignment from the Lord upon America and the LDS community.

 

It is in conjunction with this travail that Zion brings forth the priesthood man. LDS members who left spiritual Babylon early and sanctified themselves shall be delivered and protected while some others will be sanctified through the crucible of affliction, while yet others will perish.

10. The “Remnant” shall “vex” the Gentiles

When the predicted chaos comes and the US government can no longer provide subsidies and basic services, there will be an uprising of indigenous tribes and others. They will then play their prophesied part in the Lord’s scourge of this nation—another subject often avoided or misinterpreted by commentators.

And the remnant of Jacob [native Americans] shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. Thine hand [the remnant of Jacob, Lehi’s descendants] shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries and all thine enemies shall be cut off. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy [USA] horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard (Micah 5:8-15, emphasis ours, see also 3 Ne 20:15-22).

Micah is talking about America. The time is coming when it will not be recognizable. However, returning in our account to Salt Lake City and Utah, now scourged, cleansed and ready to serve, the arrival of the ten tribes will have catalyzed a significant round of temple work for them and their ancestors, at the hands of the mainly Ephraimite [LDS Gentile] temple workers at the numerous temples built and now being built along the Wasatch Front.

And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee [LDS Ephraimite members] shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? Is thy counsellor perished? For pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail (Micah 4:8-9, emphasis ours).

The "first dominion" of the Restoration of the gospel comes initially to the latter-day Ephraimite LDS converts from among the Gentiles. This pertains to Ephraim's Israelite birthright given as a blessing and a responsibility. Whereas the rightful kingship belongs to the tribe of Judah and the Lion of the tribe of Judah, who is Christ.

In order for latter-day Ephraimite members to achieve their mission they must be delivered from the context of their worldly Babylonian preoccupations and captivity and bring forth out of the crucible of affliction the priesthood man—the man holding the fulness of the priesthood.

11. American Zion must Travail

On January 2nd,1831, at a conference of the early Saints in Fayette, New York the Lord's instructions included the following important points:

For all flesh is corrupted before me; and the powers of darkness prevail upon the earth, among the children of men, in the presence of all the hosts of heaven—Which causeth silence to reign, and all eternity is pained, and the angels are waiting the great command to reap down the earth, to gather the tares that they may be burned and, behold, the enemy is combined. And now I show unto you a mystery, a thing which is had in secret chambers, to bring to pass even your destruction in process of time, and ye knew it not (D&C 38:11-13).

And again, I say unto you that the enemy in the secret chambers seeketh your lives. Ye hear of wars in far countries, and you say that there will soon be great wars in far countries, but ye know not the hearts of men in your own land. I tell you these things because of your prayers; wherefore, treasure up wisdom in your bosoms, lest the wickedness of men reveal these things unto you by their wickedness, in a manner which shall speak in your ears with a voice louder than that which shall shake the earth; but if ye are prepared ye shall not fear. And that ye might escape the power of the enemy, and be gathered unto me a righteous people, without spot and blameless (D&C 38:28-31, emphasis ours).

 

This allusion to the possible dramatic effects of a lack of wisdom and spiritual preparation upon the Saints pertains more specifically to the times ahead than any time in the past. If Satan's secret combination was already planning to destroy the Saints then, we can be certain that such a possibility is only more pertinent in the period of time we are now entering. If we have the eyes to see, we shall see.

If we are honest with ourselves, we see that a purge of the Saints is necessary because we are by no means ready to fulfill our latter-day assignment to build the New Jerusalem, gather Israel and help defend Old Jerusalem from the formidable power of the Antichrist.

Presently, we as a people, have little conception of what is required in the days ahead. We must be worthy of miracles. Zion must first travail for which the invasion will be a key element and source of the birth pangs that will bring forth a sanctified Ephraimite priesthood army prepared to fulfill their birthright obligations to the world and to the other waiting tribal remnants of Israel. Unfortunately, in this process many LDS men will die. Why?

In conjunction with the travails ahead, the Lord, through the prophet Isaiah (the prophet of the restoration) points the finger at the daughters of Zion and says that their “men shall die by the sword… in the war,” and that the daughters of Zion “being desolate shall sit upon the ground” (see Isa 3:16-26). While the daughter of Zion phraseology refers to the LDS Church and the Lord’s people in general, in these references the Lord refers specifically to female individuals, the daughters of Zion (plural)—a fact conveniently overlooked by most LDS commentators. We must first cleanse our no longer sufficiently "peculiar" subculture.

Traditionally the women in the world and in the Church were generally more righteous than the men. Among the Lord’s people they were stalwarts, valiant, firm and steadfast in the support of their men holding the priesthood. The women were leaders in terms of righteousness, even prophetesses. However, in this, the last dispensation, Satan has successfully gained the upper hand with too many women of the Lord’s Church and turned their heads to worldly preoccupations, false doctrines and invalid philosophical ideas. The role, function, power and objectives of the priesthood have become a mystery and the subject of debate. The women of Zion have also become “careless” and “at ease.” See GT11: What Satan Taught Eve in the Garden.

Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins (Isa 32:9-11).

It is because Zion’s women have become careless in observing their covenants and at ease in their participation and support of the divine order of the priesthood that their men will die. It is because the women ignore or reject the divine order (and because their men have acquiesced) that pertinent priesthood doctrines have been lost to common knowledge in the Church. It is because the LDS women do not qualify, support or demand genuine priesthood leadership that their men do not walk the path of sanctification and acquire the fulness of the priesthood—priesthood power and direction that would save their lives when the crucible of affliction, which must surely come (not far off) descends upon the Saints. The end and the return of the Savior are not yet, but at the time of the coming LDS scourge, the careless women who survive shall be troubled for many days and years, whereas the sanctified [men and women] will be protected and at peace.

I have been hoping… that the sayings contained in that chapter [Isaiah 3] would never apply to the daughters of Zion in our day; but I believe they will… Some of the daughters of Zion do not seem willing to forsake the fashions of Babylon. I, to such, would say hasten it, and let the woe that is threatened on this account come, that we may get through with it, then we can go on and build up the Zion of God on the earth… Think not, ye elders of Israel, ye sons and daughters of Zion, that we are going to live after the order of Babylon always. We are not. We shall be chastised and afflicted, and shall feel the chastening rod of the Almighty, unless we serve the Lord our God, and build up his kingdom (The Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, p. 226-227, emphasis ours).

If we were living after the manner of Babylon in Wilford Woodruff's day, we are all the more so today. With regard to the necessary cleansing President Woodruff seems to be saying, "Bring it on, so we can move on and do our job,"

12. Blow Ye the Trumpet in Zion

 

Moving forward from today [2023/24] to the time of the invasion, if a likely weakened and diverse US military has not effectively stopped it at that time, local resistance to the Russian/Assyrian army on part of the Saints would be futile. The day of the Lord is a day of cleansing. This happens before we can return to Jackson County, Missouri. It is one of the necessary precursory events. So, why Zion? Why Salt Lake City?  I used to think that Utah would be a safe place throughout the American tribulations, but it is now apparent Utah will not be safe until after its telestial inhabitants have been removed.

 

Whereas the sanctified will be safe wherever they are as long as they have sought the Spirit of the Lord for direction and protection and followed its promptings.

 

The LDS Church and its organization probably represents the closest thing to an alternative government in the US and this fact will not be lost upon the enemy (or upon Satan). Utah probably also contains the largest amount of deadwood membership and apostate ideas of any state—another reason for the Lord to allow a particular cleansing of the Wasatch Front in preparation for what is to come next.

Behold, vengeance cometh speedily upon the inhabitants of the earth, a day of wrath, a day of burning, a day of desolation, of weeping, of mourning, and of lamentation; and as a whirlwind it shall come upon all the face of the earth, saith the Lord. And upon my house shall it begin, and from my house shall it go forth, saith the Lord; First among those among you, saith the Lord, who have professed to know my name and have not known me, and have blasphemed against me in the midst of my house, saith the Lord (D&C 112:24-26, emphasis ours).

Brigham Young and other early church leaders expressed several key concerns about Utah and the Saints. These concerns focused on the trial of wealth, apostasy and the influx of degenerate Gentiles. President Young, Heber C Kimball and Joseph F Smith each said that Salt Lake City would become one of the wickedest cities in the nation (Journal of Discourses 11, 82-83;13, 339–40, Deseret News, 23 May 1931).

Since Satan is pretty much in charge of worldly things at the point in time in which this invasion occurs, the LDS Church will also come under increasing focus as we progress through the end-times. The Church, because of its divine mission, commitment to principle, and its extensive organization and numbers, will also be seen as a potential opposition force that must be neutralized.

Just as did Covid, the arrival of the invasion will come as a surprise to America and to the Saints. Though we will have certainly been warned in the past and will again in the future the Saints will mostly be at ease in Zion. Consequently, at the time of the surprise invasion, the Church leadership may have to flee into hiding. Much of the burden of leadership will subsequently fall upon stake and local leaders. There may be a great deal of unnecessary confusion. Any lack of timely personal revelation on the part of Church leadership as well as lack of personal spiritual preparation in the membership will become apparent at this time. There will be leaders and members who are spiritually prepared and those who are not.

Notice that the approach and arrival of this terrible army is identified in Joel as “the Day of the Lord” characterized by darkness, gloominess and destruction. There is, unfortunately, another reason for the Lord’s “rod” of punishment to target Zion. The Lord has become the Saint’s enemy. 

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them (Isa 63:10).

This is a time of scourging and the refiner’s fire, and many will die (see Isa 48:9-11). However, America will never have a king except its rightful One (2 Ne 10:11). In the days ahead the hand of the Lord is going to be displayed beyond anything we have ever seen before. Such will be necessary.

The reason the Lord destroys the wicked is, if left unchecked, the truly wicked are determined to destroy the righteous. Also, the tares in the Church would keep the wheat from maturing and being harvested. We will no longer be teaching regurgitated gospel milk, false doctrines and the philosophies of men mingled with scripture. Nor will everyone in Utah and the Wasatch Front be destroyed. The righteous, those who have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide, will survive so that they may supply the ordinance workers required to provide the necessary temple ordinances to the subsequent arrival from the "north countries" of the ten tribes and their ancestors (see D&C 133:26-33).

13. The Lord’s Punishing Army

Once recognized, the immanent approach of the Assyrian/Russian invasion of America is a call to turn to the Lord, invoke pleas for deliverance and serious repentance. The Assyrian is the Lord’s arm of wrath against a sinful nation [dual application to USA, Israel and its unrighteous remnants] and people.

And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? (Joel 2:11-17, emphasis ours).

Notice that the Assyrian army [whether against the US or the Holy Land] is also the Lord's army. Its purpose is twofold: 1) the destruction of the wicked and, 2) the scourging and cleansing of the Lord's people [because they need it!]. When the Assyrian armies have completed their assignments, they will also be destroyed.

14. Coming LDS Scourging

The spiritual level of Church leadership at the time of the scourging invasion may largely reflect the level of spirituality of our general membership. The necessary refinement of the refiner’s fire will likely catch LDS members off-guard, just as we were by the so-called pandemic [2020], speaking collectively and not individually. Our watchmen often seem to have been getting inspiration and direction from the media and globalist institutions rather than from God.

 

What was true in the days of the Nephites is and will be true in our day. Our wickedness will be revealed in the same way as was theirs.

Now this great loss of the Nephites, and the great slaughter which was among them, would not have happened had it not been for their wickedness and their abomination which was among them; yea, and it was among those also who professed to belong to the church of God. And it was because of the pride of their hearts, because of their exceeding riches, yea, it was because of their oppression to the poor, withholding their food from the hungry, withholding their clothing from the naked, and smiting their humble brethren upon the cheek, making a mock of that which was sacred, denying the spirit of prophecy… (Hel 4:11-12, emphasis ours).

 

This scripture unfortunately describes our day. While so many members are luxuriating in hot tubs, cabins, vacations and exotic travel we have widows taken advantage of by Ponzi schemes, bankers and real estate agents, single mothers near destitute, people’s savings being robbed in pyramid and investment schemes by fellow members, to name only a few. Too many of our testimonies and their expressions have to do with our place in the LDS subculture and its pecking order and pseudo-religious mantras. The Saints must be cleansed before they have power to complete the work required before the return of the Savior. The bigger job still lies ahead. For the sanctified righteous it will be a time of marvelous and challenging prophetic fulfillment as the arm and power of the Lord guide the world towards its day of reckoning.

Consequently, as the invading enemy advances, the trumpet of warning in Zion may sound an uncertain sound, with confusion as the result (1 Cor 14:8). The instructions from the Lord and through our Church leaders will be, I believe, not to resist the invaders (just like Jeremiah’s advice with respect to the Babylonian invasion). However, many members along with others who want to fight will fall into the temptation of violent confrontation with the invaders. Accordingly, many member men will die unnecessarily and there will be numerous widows and single women (see Isa 3:25-26, 4:1). The “Day of the Lord” indicates both the deliverance of the righteous and the destruction of the wicked, including the wicked among us [LDS]. It will be a day of revelation of member laxity, unbelief and hypocrisy.

The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure (Isa 33:14-16, emphasis ours).

Video games, movies and the Internet, for example, are replete with the sights and sounds of violence, blood and immorality referenced above. Our culture constitutes a constant drain upon spirituality and personal operative levels of Light and Truth.

 

The sinners in Zion will not survive. The devouring fire comes from the Russian/Assyrian army. Everlasting burnings, on the other hand, are the environment of the Lord [Celestial Kingdom] for which we must qualify.

15. Assyrian Yoke Broken

Fortunately for the faithful, this Russian/Assyrian invasion does not last for long. This is because of the miraculous arrival of the formerly "lost" Ten Tribes who come to “the boundaries of the everlasting hills” [Rocky Mountains/Wasatch Front] where their enemies [the Assyrian] shall have become their “prey.” There, in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, these tribes from the "north countries" will be crowned with glory by receiving temple ordinances for themselves and their ancestors at the hands of mainly LDS Ephraimite members who have been delivered and endured the refiner’s fire. These will be days unlike anything ever seen before, nor the earth has ever experienced before.

And they who are in the north countries shall come in remembrance before the Lord; Their prophets shall hear his voice, and shall no longer stay themselves; and they shall smite the rocks, and the ice shall flow down at their presence. And an highway shall be cast up in the midst of the great deep. Their enemies shall become a prey unto them, And in the barren deserts there shall come forth pools of living water; and the parched ground shall no longer be a thirsty land. And they shall bring forth their rich treasures unto the children of Ephraim, my servants. And the boundaries of the everlasting hills shall tremble at their presence. And there shall they fall down and be crowned with glory, even in Zion, by the hands of the servants of the Lord, even the children of Ephraim (D&C 133:26-32, emphasis ours).

Even though these migrating tribes have yet to receive their endowments, notice that this contingent of the "lost tribes" is led by prophets, seemingly like the Old Testament variety.

Regarding the Assyrian invasion, LDS members who were anxious to fight, if they are still alive, will realize they should have waited upon the Lord.

Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain (Isa 26:20-21, emphasis ours).

The enemy that becomes a “prey” unto the Ten Tribes is the Russian/Assyrian army [likely under a subsequent and possibly more ambitious successor of Putin]. It was the ancient Assyrians, the great military power of its day, that conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel and carried away the ten tribes into captivity into the “north countries”. This modern militaristic nation’s army comes from a similar geographical region. The manner in which the ten tribes dispatch the latter-day Assyrians in our day will be by the power of the Lord. As far as the Lord’s people are concerned from this point onward traditional warfare will be the exception. The Lord will fight the battles of His people, that is, His righteous people (see Ex 14:14, Neh 4:20, D&C 98:37,105:14).

 

Regarding the Assyrian invasion of America, to the righteous through the prophet Isaiah, the Lord says:

Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion [America], be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing (Isa 10:24–27).

 

The miraculous deliverance from the yoke of the invading Assyrian army is most likely provided by the Ten Tribes as they deal with the modern representatives of their ancient enemy that carried them away to the north country, who now, according to D&C 133:27 become a prey unto them.

The Russian or modern version of the Assyrian invasion of America will likely have produced a much greater negative impact than intended. Whatever the objectives of the Assyrian invasion's original intentions were, the result descends into more chaos than expected as other factors also contribute to the disarray and destruction.

 

The dispatch of the Assyrian army from American soil by miraculous intervention of the ten tribes will still probably leave the USA without a central government. This will include a loss of normal services and rampant mobocracy as prophesied (the stage is being set for this by the forced allocation of immigrants with hostile religious and ideological beliefs in all sections of our nation). Since the Assyrian army is not permitted to stay and manage our governmental affairs, the nation will at that point descend further into chaos—resulting in the fulfillment of Joseph Smith’s [and others] prophecies of mobocracy, pestilence and destruction of American cities.

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16. After the Chastening

It can be helpful to understand that, when the people who have taken the name of the Lord upon them through covenants, take those covenants lightly and then fail to live up to those covenants, ultimately find themselves with the Lord of heaven as their enemy. They will at some point be chastised and smitten and, if they do not repent, be destroyed. However, if they respond to their calls to repentance and call upon His Holy Name in time, the blessings will again flow.

Then will the LORD be jealous for his land and pity his people. Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savor shall come up, because he hath done great things. Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil (Joel 2:18-24).

The above mentioned millennial blessings apply to both Old and New Jerusalem and the righteous.

17. Destruction in America

While the righteous in America are preserved and protected, the rest of the nation and the world are in turmoil. In the aftermath of the invasion America will descend into mobocracy and tribal warfare. Due to the US government’s failure to redress the wrongs of the early Saints, Joseph Smith prophesied in the name of the Lord that “the [US] government will be utterly overthrown and wasted, and there will not be so much as a potsherd left” (Teachings, 302-3). And the nation would have “mobocracy to its heart content.” Also, “It has been revealed that the time will come in the history of our nation, that one State will rise against another, one city against another, even every man’s hand shall be against his neighbor, until the whole Republic will be in general commotion and warfare” (Orson Pratt quoting Joseph Smith, 02/25/1877. GF Gibbs Journal).

The cities will be destroyed and transportation and travel hazardous if not impossible. Roving gangs will loot, plunder and murder. Many immigrants will try to return to their home countries for food and safety. Lack of law, order and sanitation will foster pestilence and disease.

Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee everyone into his own land (Isa 13:13-14, emphasis ours).

With the breakdown in law and order, social services and government economic support, many immigrants in America will find it necessary to flee to their homelands. Generally speaking, no-one will be safe. However, to the Lord’s sanctified He provides this assurance:

In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD (Isa 54:14-17, emphasis ours).

Who are these righteous servants of the Lord who shall be protected? The servants of the Lord referenced are the sanctified. A Sunday School teacher may or may not be a sanctified servant of the Lord. A stake president may or may not be a servant of the Lord according to this definition. Being a servant of the Lord may be considered one of the main objects of our existence, nor is a formal calling required. The Lord gives each of us a customized and often evolving personal stewardship based upon His wisdom and our capacity. Over time we have to possess enough Truth and Light that the Lord can inform and direct the service that we render as ministering servants. It is a way of life. See GT 19: Revelation on the Tasks.

18. Fall of Babylon in America

 

While Babylon will still be doing its characteristic business around the globe for a time, the church members who have survived the invasion and occupation are now free of the Babylonian preoccupation of appearances, merchandise, status and immorality that grieved the Spirit of the Lord. The Saints may now focus on the Lord’s work. It is Babylon, whose head is Satan, that has sown the tares in the Church, both ancient and modern (see D&C 86:3).

Therefore, let the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest is fully ripe; then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the tares, and after the gathering of the wheat, behold and lo, the tares are bound in bundles, and the field remaineth to be burned (D&C 86:7).

At this time the wheat of the Church, the sanctified elect, have already prepared for the prophesied judgments and have removed themselves from the influence of spiritual Babylon. They are keeping all their temple covenants and are pure, holy and sanctified. This is an exodus of the righteous who have already fled spiritual Babylon under the inspiration of the Lord (D&C 133:7, 1 Ne 20:20). They have sought the Lord “early,” so when the critical time comes, they “shall not be forsaken” (D&C 88:33). Whereas many of the more righteous but less prepared [not sanctified] will have suffered serious loss and affliction but have survived.

The tares among the LDS Church membership, on the other hand, have by this time mostly been destroyed. Once the temple blessings for the newly arrived contingent [there may be more yet to come] of the Ten Tribes from the “north countries” are secured, some of these newcomers along with other Church members will go to Jackson County. There they will assist the Lehite “remnant” in the building of the New Jerusalem (D&C 133:26-34).

It will probably be several years after the arrival of the ten tribes before the other calamities and destructions prophesied for the US have taken sufficient toll that the Saints my go and reclaim their rightful lands in Missouri without opposition. As prophesied by Joseph Smith, the land will have been “swept by the besom of destruction” and Brigham Young added that there would not be in Jackson County “a yellow dog [treacherous apostate] to wag its tail” (BH Roberts, New Witnesses for God, 1,298; Deseret News, 5/23/1931).

19. Serve the Lord or be Swept off

 

From the standpoint of history as well as of prophecy the Lord has no qualms about destroying the inhabitants of this land [the Americas]. We are told that it is a choice land and “that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord; wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him who dwell upon the face thereof” (Ether 13:2).

The Lord has totally destroyed the Jaredites, a large portion of the Nephite/Lamanite population [at the time of His death and resurrection], and later the entire Nephite culture and civilization—leaving only “remnants” to fulfill latter-day prophecies. The present-day occupants of America are accordingly under the same promises and curses.

And he [the Lord] had sworn in his wrath unto the brother of Jared, that whoso should possess this land of promise, from that time henceforth and forever, should serve him, the true and only God, or they should be swept off when the fulness of his wrath should come upon them. And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, that it is a land of promise; and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve God, or they shall be swept off when the fulness of his wrath shall come upon them. And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are ripened in iniquity. For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands; wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off; for it is the everlasting decree of God. And it is not until the fulness of iniquity among the children of the land, that they are swept off. And this cometh unto you, O ye Gentiles, that ye may know the decrees of God—that ye may repent, and not continue in your iniquities until the fulness come, that ye may not bring down the fulness of the wrath of God upon you as the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done (Ether 2:8–11, emphasis ours).

The fulness of the wrath of God comes when the majority choose evil and when they persecute and kill the righteous. At this point in time the more righteous only have a slight edge in terms of numbers and are being persecuted by their own government. And besides Jews, Christians are being persecuted and even killed in many places in the world. Our own government (Biden/globalist regime) has declared Easter to be Transgender Visibility Day in the latest form of government blasphemy. 

20. New Jerusalem - a Prerequisite to the End Time

It should not be a revolutionary concept that the establishment of the New Jerusalem in Jackson County, Missouri happens after some form of prophesied American tribulation that lays the land bare and decimated as described earlier. Nor should it seem strange that all this happens before the tribulation period of Old Jerusalem [Holy Land] described in the scriptures. The following passage from the Book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price provides information on the timing of the commencement of the New Jerusalem on the American continent.

​And righteousness will I send down out of heaven; and truth will I send forth out of the earth, to bear testimony of mine Only Begotten; his resurrection from the dead; yea, and also the resurrection of all men; and righteousness and truth will I cause to sweep the earth as with a flood, to gather out mine elect from the four quarters of the earth, unto a place which I shall prepare, an Holy City, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming; for there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem (Moses 7:62, emphasis ours).

It may be reasonably inferred from the scripture above that the New Jerusalem comes into existence while the old Jerusalem's fate is still in flux until the very end. While the New Jerusalem is a place of safety the original Jerusalem is engaged in its mortal defense until the 11th hour.

 

Indeed, we are told by the Lord that the early Saints could have built Zion or the New Jerusalem in their day had they been sufficiently righteous. Instead, they "polluted their inheritances" (see D&C 101:1-8,105:9,16-17). Zion cannot be established until the Saints are cognizant of what it actually means to live the laws and covenants they make in the temple, including consecration—cognizant and living them in purity and worthiness. However, many of the Lord's “... people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge” (Isa 5:13).

The Saints must be ready and the New Jerusalem already in its place in preparing for and "looking forth for the time of my [the Lord's] coming." However, and important to note, since it was not accomplished in Joseph Smith's day, the task of being worthy and actually doing it remains. It is only after Jackson County will have been swept of its inhabitants, likely associated with an invasion, national mobocracy and the besom of destruction prophesied, that the New Jerusalem can be built there. As attested elsewhere in this document the scourging and cleansing of both America and the LDS Church by the Lord must likely occur before the Antichrist even comes to power in the Old World.

According to the Book of Mormon prophet Jacob, neither the Antichrist nor anyone one else will ever reign as king over America (2 Ne 10:10-19). Consequently, the establishment of the New Jerusalem must likely occur before the Antichrist arises to his ultimate power in the Middle East. The New Jerusalem’s existence will ultimately overlap in time with the rise and reign of the Antichrist [Gog, "little horn", the Assyrian, etc.]. The New Jerusalem will become the center of American government over which the Antichrist shall have no power whatsoever. It will be a place of safety, strength and gathering of righteous Israelite remnants.

And it shall be called the New Jerusalem, a land of peace, a city of refuge, a place of safety for the saints of the Most High God; And the glory of the Lord shall be there, and the terror of the Lord also shall be there, insomuch that the wicked will not come unto it, and it shall be called Zion (D&C 45:66–67).

Meanwhile the Jews, having gathered to Israel in both times of trial and peace, are now at this point in time experiencing a new round of tribulation as a result of the deceitful and treacherous pact of the Antichrist with Israel and its people [including the LDS Saints and their leadership in that part of the world] the New Jerusalem must already be taking shape. It is to become a hub for the gathering of the elect from the Americas and from the four corners of the earth in preparation for the return of the Savior.

 

Over time there will be elements of all the tribes gathered there and it will become the center of the Lord's power on the earth—while the rest of the world is engaged in warfare and suffering chaotic conditions. The American Zion [Jackson County] and the Old World Zion [Jerusalem] are on paths denoting two different timeframes that do not converge until near the final end-time scenes.

 

It is also of tantamount importance that the ten tribes and any others gathering to the Lord amidst the "everlasting hills" now receive their temple blessings as well as for their ancestors. This will catalyze a strategic increase in righteousness and priesthood power on both sides of the veil in preparation for the challenges to come. The numerous temples the Church has constructed along the Wasatch Front will be operating day and night as the rest of the nation deals with chaos. This will probably occupy several years of intense temple activity before the now multi-tribal Saints are ready to begin migration to what will be a devastated landscape in Jackson County.

Regarding these events Isaiah prophecies:

Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles (Isa 13:2, 2 Ne 23:2).

The “gates of the nobles” referred to here are the temples and the temple veils.

21. Who will be at the Wedding Supper?

 

As we proceed to live through this timeline the lines of demarcation of society, including within the Church membership, will become clearer. The parable of the Lord’s supper and its human delineations as recorded in the Gospel of Luke will become sharper. In summary, the Lord or nobleman in this parable [the Father] is celebrating a wedding with an accompanying feast. The wedding is actually that of His Son (symbolic of Christ marrying the Church). The nobleman invites all his noble friends to the feast, but they all make excuses to do with their various self-important preoccupations. Their own affairs were more important.

Consequently, this is what follows:

Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant [Christ], Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper (Luke 14:21-24, emphasis ours).

For the marriage feast and ceremony to proceed, the Lord’s Church, the bride, must get ready. How ironic that those seemingly at the top of the list [gospel nobility] are no-shows. This can be referenced with the heavens being “shaken” and the “stars [foreordained leaders] falling from heaven.” For many are called but few are chosen. Why?

Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world, and aspire to the honors of men that they do not learn this one lesson—That the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness (D&C 121:35-36).

When the Lord stood among the “noble and great ones” and said that from among them he would choose His “rulers” (PofGP, Abr 3:22), how many might we suppose will have fulfilled their foreordained commissions? Seeking the honor of men [and women] is the universal Achilles Heel. Whereas it is the meek and the poor that will inherit the earth. The Lord can work only with the sufficiently humble—it is only in the meek that He can perform the necessary works of divine transformation. Generally speaking, it is the highly intelligent and more educated among us that are the most ignorant of eternal truths, the least discerning and the furthest from genuine salvation.

It is interesting to note that it is the LDS members that are associated with the Wasatch front’s so-called institutions of higher learning (BYU included) that are the most ignorant—spiritually, politically and practically. This is also true nationally of Americans associated with institutions of so-called higher learning and even educational institutions at all levels. “Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (2 Tim 3:7).

O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish. But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God (2 Ne 9:28–29).

22. Mine Elect Hear My Voice

The tribulation in America and upon the Church, including the preparatory clearing of the land of Missouri, must come before the New Jerusalem can be established in its place.

​And ye are called to bring to pass the gathering of mine elect; for mine elect hear my voice and harden not their hearts; Wherefore the decree hath gone forth from the Father that they shall be gathered in unto one place upon the face of this land, to prepare their hearts and be prepared in all things against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked (D&C 29:7–8, emphasis ours).

​From the above scripture we can see that the geographical cleansing and clearing that permits the commencement of the New Jerusalem precedes the final rounds of tribulation and desolation of the wicked associated with Old Jerusalem, the war of Armageddon and the return of the Savior in glory. Establishment of the American New Jerusalem comes in-between America's tribulation and Jerusalem's tribulation. America's scourging comes first because the Latter-day Saints must be purged and come through the refiner’s fire in order to complete their mission of bringing the gospel and temple ordinances to the rest of the tribes. We (LDS), as prophesied, must be delivered from the bondage of spiritual and physical Babylon through the "furnace of affliction" (1 Ne 20:10, Isa 48:10).

Though it may seem that we are already doing our job of gathering, it is still mainly Ephraim that we are gathering. The greater task of gathering the other eleven tribes still lies ahead. Ephraim and any other elements of the tribes already gathered or gathering must still be refined and purified to accomplish the immense task that remains. The marvelous work and a wonder is still in its ramp-up phase.

​Consequently, after the invaders are removed, what is left of America's government during the crucial phases of the end time tribulation will be that provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints operating mainly from the growing power center of the New Jerusalem in Missouri. The American Zion, operating under the divine principles of the US Constitution, will comprise essentially the only people who are not then at war. Their potential enemies dare not even approach them, so powerful will be the manifestations of the Lord's power attending them. However, despite the difficulties in travel at that time the righteous elect will be coming to the American Zion from all over the world "singing with songs of everlasting joy" (D&C 45:71, Moses 7:53). We are living in a time soon to be unlike anything we have ever seen before or even imagined.

​In summary, the establishment of the New Jerusalem in America must begin at some point prior to the prophesied 7-year tribulation period pertaining to the Holy Land (and much of the rest of the world), but after our own American tribulation. This requires a North American specific invasion, a cleansing of the Saints and the return of elements of the lost tribes, all in advance of the traditional and scriptural end-time scenarios associated with Old Jerusalem and the Antichrist. This preparatory establishment of the New Jerusalem constitutes the necessary transition of the Lord's focus [and that of the Church] on the gathering of Israel from Ephraim to the remnants of the other tribes (the next step focus shifts to the remnants of Manasseh).

23. America’s Assyrian is Not Jerusalem’s Assyrian

 

The consensus among scholars who take Bible prophecy seriously is that the Antichrist is the primary focus of end-time attention, conquering essentially the whole world, gaining control of the world economy and instituting the mark of the beast in order to buy or sell, or even survive. This conquest and control, according to the related narrative, must include America. However, as detailed in a previous section there is scriptural and prophetic information that suggests a different program in the mind of the Lord for the USA and the American Zion.

As a brief background, the main scriptural allusions to the Antichrist and his power structure occur in the books of Isaiah, Micah, Daniel and the book of Revelation. Joel, Ezekiel and Zechariah also detail the end-time wars. Isaiah and Micah refer to the Antichrist as the Assyrian or the king of Assyria. Daniel refers to him as the “little horn” and as the last of a series of the “kings of the North.” John the Revelator refers to him as the Beast. John also uses the term horn as symbolism referencing the leaders of nations and the Antichrist in particular. In Revelation the Antichrist is described as the leader of a ten-nation alliance represented by ten horns. The “little horn,” the king of Assyria and the Beast can all be synonyms for the Antichrist and his alliance of nations. In Ezekial the Lord refers to the end-time Antichrist as Gog, from the land of Magog.

Among the above sources it seems that the book of Daniel (chapters 7–12) provides the most detailed description of how the world actually arrives at the point in which the Antichrist takes power. In chapter 11 of Daniel the angel Gabriel is recounting to Daniel a synopsis of a lineage of kings and kingdoms that stretches from Alexander the Great down to the end-time Antichrist. This lineage is referred to as a series of kings of the North.

 

A succession of battles, wars and negotiations with an opposing political/military source from the South, identified with Egypt, culminates in the conquest and occupation of Egypt [not America] in preparation for the final end-time war of Armageddon. This also results in the abomination of desolation that is the defilement of the Jerusalem temple [first the outer court where the daily sacrifice is conducted and eventually (3 1/2 years later) the violation of the temple proper].

However, the several chapters in Daniel that address the end-time events suggest a complex ramp up to the Tribulation period and Armageddon. These chapters include a series of world leaders and wars preceding those associated with the Antichrist and the seven years of tribulation. Of note for the present purpose is a king of the North who precedes the Antichrist (there is only one other brief leader rising to power in-between them, see vs. 20). This particular king of the North, likely associated with Russia, is very active militarily. Besides a series of battles with whomever is the king of the "South," we are told he “… shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed” (Dan 11:18, emphasis ours).

The terminology of the “glorious land” has only two possibilities, the Holy Land or America. We understand from scripture that the Holy Land is still in a state of peace until the midpoint of the 7-year Tribulation. Regarding the state of peace and security in Jerusalem and the Holy Land during the period leading up to and into the Tribulation we have a description from Ezekial that also reveals the Antichrist's evil ambitions.

 

And thou [Gog/Antichrist] shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land (Ezekiel 38:11–12, emphasis ours).
 

And since the conquest of the Holy Land is the business of the Antichrist, America seems the likely object of this individual Assyrian antecedent king of the North, a precursor to the ultimate Antichrist. Subsequently, this king’s foreign expansion appears to collapse when one of his own princes (or generals) turns on him, perhaps over a failure or defeat of the type we have described involving the ten tribes and North America.

 

Regardless, pertaining to this leader we are told, “Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found” (Dan 11:19). Upon this northern leader's departure from the middle eastern political/military scene, the management vacuum results in a leader described as “a raiser of taxes.” And upon this leader's demise he is replaced by the little horn or the final Assyrian/Antichrist. Daniel chapter 11 describes the Antichrist or “little horn” thusly:

And in his estate [e.g. the "raiser of taxes"] shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries (Daniel 11:21).

Lest there is any question who this vile person is, we find him [Antichrist] making a deceitful agreement with Israel also negatively affecting a leader of the Lord’s people (prince of the covenant) in Jerusalem in the very next verses (Dan 11:22-23). The leaders of Jerusalem and the prince of the covenant are both described as "broken" by the Antichrist.

Consequently, the army that invades America may be considered an Assyrian army from the North, in contrast to the later Assyrian army of the Antichrist. Both armies will certainly include the Russian military. According to the angel Gabriel, clearly an authoritative source, there are a series of international wars and battles prior to the emergence of the Antichrist or the Beast of Revelation. This is the time the Savior refers to as a time of “wars and rumors of wars” while pointing out, “the end is not yet” (Matt 24:6). It is likely America is involved in some of these precursory wars and suffers defeat and invasion at some point, precipitating the destruction of much of the nation as well as the subsequent chaos and mobocracy that ensues.

This devastation, somewhat in advance of the end time Jerusalem crucible, prepares for the Saints return to Jackson County to begin building the New Jerusalem during a time of national destruction and world conflict. The American invasion, its repulsion and the subsequent building of the New Jerusalem constitute a catalyst for the gathering of the other remnants of the tribes of Israel in preparation for the final showdown between good and evil.

24. A Lion Among the Flocks

In the end time scenarios various elements or remnants of Israel acquire power to break out from bondage and upset the existing order or, conversely, arise as a result of an upset to the existing order. This occurs in both the Old and New World. 

In America in the vacuum created by the loss of central and other government structures associated with the effects of war, pestilence and moral decline the protection and governmental support of certain ethnic groups will cease at some point. As a result, they will coalesce, organize and “vex” the land (see D&C 87:5). One of these will be the Native American “remnant of Jacob.”

 

And my people who are a remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries, and all their enemies shall be cut off. Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles except they repent; for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off thy horses… and I will destroy thy chariots; And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strongholds (3 Ne 21:12-15, emphasis ours).

Let us not forget, though quoting Isaiah, these are the words directly out of the Savior’s mouth as he ministered to the Nephites and converted Lamanites after his resurrection. The time is rapidly approaching in which iniquity and abominations will no longer be permitted on this chosen land and the Saints can only be spared by serious righteousness and sanctification. The Lord continues:

 

And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy land, and thou shalt have no more soothsayers; Thy graven images I will also cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee, and thou shalt no more worship the works of thy hands; And I will pluck up thy groves [places of false worship, whether Christian, Muslim, New Age, Occult, etc.] out of the midst of thee; so will I destroy thy cities. And it shall come to pass that all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, shall be done away. For it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that at that day whosoever will not repent and come unto my Beloved Son, them will I cut off from among my people, O house of Israel (3Ne 21:16-20, emphasis ours).

 

Regarding the LDS members, the Gentiles of the American continents, and the people of the world in the latter days, the Lord says:

 

But if they [Gentiles] will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not their hearts, I will establish my church among them [LDS Gentile converts], and they shall come in unto the covenant [LDS Church] and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob [descendants of Lehi], unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance; And they [converted Gentiles] shall assist my people [Native Americans], the remnant of Jacob, and also as many of the house of Israel as shall come, that they may build a city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem. And then shall they [converted Gentiles] assist my people [descendants of Lehi and other Israelite tribes] that they may be gathered in, who are scattered upon all the face of the land, in unto the New Jerusalem (3 Ne 21:22-24, emphasis ours).

 

We [righteous LDS Ephraimite members] will be numbered among the Lehite remnant if we harden not our hearts,

 

The Lord is specifying the building of the city of New Jerusalem to be assigned to the “remnant of Jacob.” These are the descendants of Lehi to whom he was speaking on the occasion recorded above. In this setting the Lord, the Savior, clearly points out to the Lehite multitude that this, America, is the land of their inheritance (see 3 Ne 21:22, 22:3,29:1). We others are, by extension, allowed to be here if we repent and do our divinely commissioned job. After the mission of the 144 thousand, the invasion, and the return of a contingent of the ten lost tribes, there will be a focus on temple work for these “remnants.” They will be further empowered through temple ordinances and the commencement of the construction of the New Jerusalem.

The power of heaven will be manifest like never before.

 

And then shall the power of heaven come down among them; and I also will be in the midst. And then shall the work of the Father commence at that day, even when this gospel shall be preached among the remnant of this people. Verily I say unto you, at that day shall the work of the Father commence among all the dispersed of my people, yea, even the tribes which have been lost, which the Father hath led away out of Jerusalem. Yea, the work shall commence among all the dispersed of my people, with the Father to prepare the way whereby they may come unto me, that they may call on the Father in my name. Yea, and then shall the work commence, with the Father among all nations in preparing the way whereby his people may be gathered home to the land of their inheritance. And they shall go out from all nations; and they shall not go out in haste, nor go by flight, for I will go before them, saith the Father, and I will be their rearward (3 Ne 21: 25-29, emphasis ours).

 

Notice that it is the Father that actually oversees the movements of His people. The Father is the lord of the vineyard in the Allegory of the Tame and Wild Olive Trees. It is the Father that decides what grafts [families, colonies, etc.] are removed from the mother tree of Israel and where he puts them. He also decides when to retrieve them in the latter-days. The Father goes before them and is also their rearward. See also: GT 22: The Allegory of the Tame and Wild Olive Trees - Commentary.

As a follow up to the mission of the 144 thousand, the construction of the New Jerusalem temple complex in Jackson County is a catalyst and initiates a new round of gathering of the tribes of Israel to places of safety in the lands of both Zion and Jerusalem. There will have also been a group of 12,000 of the tribe of Manasseh [including descendants of Lehi] that will have surely had a great deal of success upon the three American continents. The rest of the American nation will be in a chaotic spiral of internal warfare. The other nations of the earth shall be caught up in the perpetual ramp-up to the ultimate siege of Jerusalem.

 

25. New Jerusalem – a Place of Safety

 

The Saints that go to Jackson County will commence to build a city from scratch in a land removed of its former inhabitants.

 

And it shall be called the New Jerusalem, a land of peace, a city of refuge, a place of safety for the saints of the Most High God; And the glory of the Lord shall be there, and the terror of the Lord also shall be there, insomuch that the wicked will not come unto it, and it shall be called Zion. And it shall come to pass among the wicked, that every man that will not take his sword against his neighbor must needs flee unto Zion for safety. And there shall be gathered unto it out of every nation under heaven; and it shall be the only people that shall not be at war one with another. And it shall be said among the wicked: Let us not go up to battle against Zion, for the inhabitants of Zion are terrible; wherefore we cannot stand. And it shall come to pass that the righteous shall be gathered out from among all nations, and shall come to Zion, singing with songs of everlasting joy (D&C 45:66- 71, emphasis ours).

 

New Jerusalem will be the only place of safety, and the Saints essentially the only people not at war one with another. The inhabitants of Zion are terrible in the same sense that the wicked were frightened of Enoch in his day. Many of these who are gathered are sealed, having the fulness of the priesthood and power over the elements. To the wicked they are formidable.

 

And so great was the faith of Enoch that he led the people of God, and their enemies came to battle against them; and he spake the word of the Lord, and the earth trembled, and the mountains fled, even according to his command; and the rivers of water were turned out of their course; and the roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness; and all nations feared greatly, so powerful was the word of Enoch, and so great was the power of the language which God had given him. 14 There also came up a land out of the depth of the sea, and so great was the fear of the enemies of the people of God, that they fled and stood afar off and went upon the land which came up out of the depth of the sea (Moses 7:13–14).

In the aftermath of the repulsed invasion by the arrival of the ten tribes to the Wasatch front, the rest of the country will have been roiled in unrest and chaos. States and cities will have struggled to restore order in the face of gangs, mobs and chronic shortages of critical goods, services and at some point, a "desolating sickness" (D&C 45:31).

 

Many people who have acquired dependencies on pharmaceuticals will have perished as supply chains and other logistical support will have broken down. As sanitation and other public services are compromised or become nonexistent, pestilence and disease emerge. At some point a “desolating sickness shall cover the land” (D&C 5:19, 45:31).  As the recent waves of immigrants who came here hoping for a better life realize it is no longer to be found here [unless led by the Holy Spirit], many will try to return to their safer homelands.

 

By this time the powerful missionary testimony of the 144 thousand High Priests, who are sealed up unto eternal life, and declaring the Restored Gospel according to the Holy Order of the Son of God (which Order pertains to repentance, calling and election, and membership in the Church of the Firstborn) will have combed the earth for converts. Those who remain unconverted are exposed to the full ravages of a world cleansing itself of all iniquity by whatever means is required.

 

Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not believe in my words, who am Jesus Christ, which the Father shall cause him [Joseph Smith] to bring forth unto the Gentiles, and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses said) they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant (3 Ne 21:11, emphasis ours).

26. Ten Tribes, Temple work and the New Jerusalem

 

There is now safety in Utah at this point in the timeline. The long hidden or "lost" ten tribes will have brought with them “rich treasures,” including their own scriptures and genealogy. This interim time prior to any Saints returning to Jackson County, will be occupied by temple work for the ten tribes including work for their ancestors (D&C 133:26-34, also referenced above). There will be general lawlessness and mobocracy elsewhere throughout the nation.

 

The establishment of the New Jerusalem will be directed by the then current LDS Church leadership, as directed by the Lord. The migration of the Saints to Missouri will require a particular leader. The Prophet Joseph Smith expressively prefaced the reference to this leader in the 85th section of the D&C 85th saying, “Yea, thus saith the still small voice, which whispereth through and pierceth all things, and often times it maketh my bones to quake while it maketh manifest, saying…”

 

And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the saints whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the book of the law of God” (D&C 85:6-7, emphasis ours).

 

When the one “mighty and strong” emerges, it will be his job, among other things, to “set in order the house of God.” This is because the house of God, as indicated elsewhere, will be in need of the necessary setting in order. This will include assigning inheritances to the righteous saints--possibly including geographical inheritances pertaining to the various tribes in both Holy Lands.

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27. The Day of Manasseh

As the Native American Lamanite "lion among the flocks" transitions from its assignment as a vexatious scourge to the Gentile inhabitants of America, to then become a righteous branch in the olive tree of latter-day Israel, they shall "blossom as the rose" and assume their foreordained role in building the New Jerusalem.

But before the great day of the Lord shall come, Jacob shall flourish in the wilderness, and the Lamanites shall blossom as the rose. Zion shall flourish upon the hills and rejoice upon the mountains, and shall be assembled together unto the place which I have appointed (D&C 49:24–25). 

The place which is appointed is the New Jerusalem. According to this latter-day revelation the environment associated with the Native Americans blossoming, [American] Zion flourishing and New Jerusalem being a focus of gathering is all to occur before the return of the Savior and prior to other end-time events such as the war of Armageddon. 

This requires, as we have detailed elsewhere, that America's trials and tribulation precede and are precursors to those associated with the end-time crucible that envelops Jerusalem, the Holy Land and the middle east. It is necessary in the scheme of things that there is a powerful center of righteousness and priesthood power in the New World both preceding and in parallel to the Biblical end-time events in and around the land and nation of Israel. This includes Zion flourishing upon the hills [Missouri] and rejoicing upon the mountains [Wasatch Front]. It includes the fulfillment of the promises secured by Nephite and Lamanite prophets of old that their descants of the latter-days would embrace the New and Everlasting Covenant and serve the Lord with power prior to His return. It includes the tribes of Jacob coming through and out of the wilderness of sin and darkness to the marvelous light of the Restoration and to the two centers of gathering in preparation for their final triumph before all the world that remains.

 

In relation to the Lamanites return to the true Shepard and mother tree of Israel we find in 2nd Nephi chapter three an interesting revelation. Here Lehi is quoting from the prophecies of Joseph who was sold into Egypt as contained on the brass plates. We do not presently have these prophecies, for which Lehi exclaims that ‘there are not many greater.”

 

According to Lehi these prophecies predict a seer in the latter days, who is clearly Joseph Smith, but there is also an interesting twist. Further in this same chapter the account of Joseph’s ancient prophecy also predicts a latter-day prophet leader that Lehi identifies as a descendant of his own youngest son, Joseph. According to Lehi’s interpretation of ancient Joseph of Egypt's prophecy we may expect another prophet and seer arising in these latter-days from Lehite tribal remnants. This prophet, likely cross-referenced with the one “mighty and strong” (D&C 85:7) is to be a descendant of Lehi’s youngest son and, therefore, having a Native American bloodline. This makes him a descendant of Manasseh like his ancient father Lehi. Here is the reference: Lehi is talking to his son Joseph:

Wherefore, because of this covenant [the promise made to Joseph of old that his seed would be preserved] thou [Joseph, son of Lehi] art blessed; for thy seed shall not be destroyed, for they [his latter-day seed] shall hearken unto the words of the book [Book of Mormon]. And there shall rise up one mighty among them, who shall do much good, both in word and in deed, being an instrument in the hands of God, with exceeding faith, to work mighty wonders, and do that thing, which is great in the sight of God, unto the bringing to pass much restoration unto the house of Israel, and unto the seed of thy brethren (2 Ne 3:23-24, emphasis ours).

 

Referring to this passage Joseph Fielding Smith and Spencer W Kimball suggested this would be a future prophet to come out of the remnants of Lehi (a “Lamanite” or native American “Indian” prophet). (Spencer W Kimball, Conference Reports, Oct.1947, p 22). Notice, this scripture reference indicates that there is much "restoration" to the house of Israel still to come.

 

When we consider the Lord’s promises, it makes perfect sense that a descendant of Lehi would head up the New Jerusalem Jackson County temple project. The current leaders and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are mainly of the tribe of Ephraim and will be exercising their birthright in officiating in the temples [however, this does not preclude other tribes from this role]. Whereas the descendants of Lehi have a critical assignment with respect to the New Jerusalem and the temple project there. According to scripture we [LDS Ephraimites] will be assisting the descendants of Manasseh on this project (see 3 Ne 21:11-24, note especially vs 24). It is only the repentant, righteous and sanctified LDS members "who harden not their hearts" that will be permitted to assist and participate in establishing and building the New Jerusalem.

 

But if they [Gentiles] will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not their hearts, I will establish my church among them [Gentile converts], and they shall come in unto the covenant and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob [descendants of Lehi], unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance; And they [LDS, mainly Ephraimite Gentile members] shall assist my people, the remnant of Jacob, and also as many of the house of Israel  as shall come, that they may build a city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem. And then shall they [LDS, mainly Ephraimite Gentile members] assist my people that they may be gathered in, who are scattered upon all the face of the land, in unto the New Jerusalem (3Ne 21:22-24, emphasis ours).

 

Notice at this point our [LDS Ephraimite] role is quite clearly to assist the latter-day remnant of Native Americans or indigenous people who will spearhead this project. Also, according to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young when the first Saints will arrive there, the land of Missouri will have been swept clean by “the besom of destruction.” Unlike Missouri in the pioneer days where the unauthorized members flocked prematurely in violation of instructions, only those worthy and with a need to be there according to the Lord’s determination, will be permitted to go. Members thus qualified will be joined by and found among sanctified Lamanite members and others of the House of Israel as permitted and directed by the Lord. The New Jerusalem will become the source of a new powerful stage of the gathering of Israel. People will not be able to go to the New Jerusalem except as permitted and facilitated by the Lord.

 

This leader referenced above, on whom the Spirit of the Lord will rest with great power, will lead the worthy Saints to Jackson County and we Ephraimites will establish the Melchizedek priesthood ordinances in the newly emerging temple compound which, according to Joseph Smith, will eventually consist of a complex of 24 temples (12 for the Aaronic priesthood and 12 for the Melchizedek priesthood; see https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revised-plan-of-the-house-of-the-lord-circa-10-august-circa-4-september-1833/1). This temple complex will become a center of gathering for the righteous from all over the world.

 

However, after some time of labor and establishment of the order of inheritances in the New Jerusalem, in Missouri, this mighty servant of the Lord may have work to do in Old Jerusalem, becoming the senior companion to the other half of the prophesied “two witnesses.” It seems he may become one of the two prophets raised up to the Jewish nation in the last days. He has the blood lineage of both Joseph [through Manasseh] and likely of Judah [through the Jewish Mulekites].

28. The Branch [or branch] and the Jerusalem Temple

There is another end-time person identified in scripture. In Isaiah chapter 11, among the figurative expressions associated with the end-time lineage of King David's father, Jesse, are included a "rod," "the stem," a "Branch" and a "root." We are told in D&C 113 that the stem is Christ and that the root may logically deducted to be Joseph Smith, who "shall stand for an ensign of the people" (vs 10). However, there is no clear explanation in this reference in the D&C for who is the rod or the Branch. Speaking again of Jesse, Isaiah informs us that “a Branch shall grow out of his [Jesse’s] roots” (also Isaiah, 11:1). We may ask why is the Branch capitalized?

None of the questions put forth in D&C 113 asked specifically who this Branch might be (or the rod, for that matter). Consequently, we have to look into other scriptures for clues. The KJV translators capitalize this symbolic name thinking that it is referring to Christ. They make this assumption due to the fact that the very next verses that follow the "Branch" in the Isaiah text are clearly referencing Christ or the Messiah. However, we know from modern revelation that, rather than the Branch, Christ is the “Stem” referenced in Isaiah 11. Also, Christ is seldom if ever considered a branch. The Savior said, “I am the vine, ye are the branches” (John 15:5). The “branch” in this instance is a person and should not be capitalized any more than “rod.” If the KJV translators knew that Christ was actually the "stem” they would probably have capitalized the word stem rather than the branch. The fact that the Branch/branch is not Christ may also be deduced from the Book of Mormon translation of Isaiah 11:1 found in 2 Ne 21:1, where the term branch is indeed NOT capitalized.

This was a reasonable mistake in the absence of the keys of revelation restored through Jospeh Smith whereby we now know that it is the "stem" is Christ. This confusion of the term branch also shows up in the references in Zecharia, where an individual is identified who will build or oversee the building of the third temple in Jerusalem prior to the Lord's return in glory. As in Isaiah, which probably established the translator's mindset on this term, the KJV translators again think the Zecharia allusions to the branch refer to Christ.

However, despite the translation confusion, the role of the Branch/branch is explained to some degree in the book of Zechariah, which contains a considerable amount of information pertaining to the end-time. Accordingly, Zechariah 3:8 explains that the Branch or branch is a servant. In Zechariah 6:12 the Lord explains, “Behold the man, whose name is the Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord” (emphasis ours).

Correspondingly, and with respect to the Jerusalem temple to which the Lord will return, it is to this man that the Lord is speaking in the last chapter of Isaiah.

Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? For all those hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word (Isa 66:1-2, emphasis ours).

This person, a "man," is found among the weak things of the earth whom the Lord is able to magnify for this Jerusalem temple commission. However, which temple are we talking about? Is it the so-called "third temple," essentially a replica of Solomon's or Zerubbabel's (Herod's) temple or is it the temple described by Ezekiel?

As mentioned earlier there is some puzzlement among orthodox Jews about Ezekiel's temple, which is described in such detail to Ezekiel by an angel that its construction could certainly be accomplished today. However, necessary details to complete the interior of the temple are lacking. With respect to this apparent oversight the Lord may have provided a clue in Zechariah 6:15 where we find that, “… they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you [the righteous of the last days]. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”

Another reason the Jews are reluctant to build Ezekiel’s temple is that they do not understand its many apparent differences from their previous temples, as well as the fact they do not know how to finish off the interior. There is also the fact that the Lord specifies to Ezekiel a location for this temple some 15 or 20 kilometers to the north of Jerusalem--nowhere near Mount Moriah or the City of David.

The Jews and many Christian scholars have concluded that the temple revealed to Ezekiel is to be a "fourth temple" to be built during the Millenium and to serve as an educational facility as well as a regular temple. After much research and consideration, I have come to agree with this point of view. The "third temple" or the one that is to be built first, is the one to occupy the same location as Solomon's and Herod's temples. This temple is the one to be built at the base of Mount Moriah in the City of David near to or even encompassing the ancient but still lively Gihon spring and bounded on three sides by the three valleys that border the present and ancient City of David. This is the temple that is the physical and spiritual object of the Antichrist's conquests. 

29. The Two Prophet Witnesses

 

The two witnesses identified by the Lord in Revelation chapter 11 likely have a particular regard and relationship to the protection of the "third" temple mentioned above. For three and a half years [the second half of the 7-year Tribulation period] the forces of the Antichrist can get no closer to the temple proper than the outer court. This most assuredly relates in some degree to the power of these two prophets. 

 

Regarding the two special prophets who are to be raised up to the Jewish nation in the last days, the Lord expands on the power He bestows upon them thusly:

 

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will (Rev 11:3-6).

Many Bible scholars, for whom the idea of modern prophets makes them uncomfortable, suppose that these two witnesses are translated or resurrected prophets from the past such as Elijah or Moses. However, they are clearly mortals, or they could not be martyred. These prophets hold the fulness of the priesthood and sealing powers. It is also their fate, when having completed their approximate three and a half-year testimony and mission in Jerusalem to Israel and its enemies, to suffer death by the power of the Antichrist. In full view of their enemies, after three and a half days they are resurrected (Rev 11:12).

At this point, those apparently watching on TV or the Internet will certainly wonder what happens next and many will fear and tremble, for good reason. Armageddon and the destruction of the wicked is eminent.

30. Further Witness Details

There is more information on these two prophets, besides what John the Revelator has told us, and from a variety of sources—including Facsimile #2, in the book of Abraham in The Pearl of Great Price.

Facsimile #2 from the Book of Abraham in The Pearl of Great Price

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Figure 1 in Facsimile #2 represents Kolob, and the stars represented by numbers 22 and 23, receive light from the revolutions of Kolob.

 

The image facing in both directions associated with Kolob (Fig.1) represents the Lord who sees both the past and future simultaneously. He is here extending the scepter of power referenced in D&C 85:7. [... I the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light of a covering...]


These two stars (servants) also refer to the two olive trees and branches which empower and sustain the seven spirits of the menorah in Zechariah 4:1-4,11-14.

 

"These are the two anointed ones that stand by the Lord of the whole earth" v.14.

... which in turn reference the 2 prophet witnesses: "two olive trees... standing before the God of the earth" Rev 11:3-12.

 

While on this subject there is at least one other oblique reference to the two noble personages represented in the facsimile by #’s 22 and 23. In the New Testament we have recorded an instance in which “the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons” approached the Savior, “desiring a certain thing of him.” After first worshiping Him, her request was that her two sons, James and John, would ultimately sit on the Lord’s right and left hand in heaven. The discussion with the Savior which follows in the Gospel narrative indicates the great challenges such positions of service require and that despite their great worthiness the conversation ends with the Lord explaining, “but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father” (Matt 20:20-23). And who might that be? I believe the facsimile above provides the answer—the two witnesses.

Jerusalem becomes the climactic showdown between good and evil and the adversaries' last stand in this the Dispensation of the Fulness of times.

31. The 7-Year Tribulation Arrives

 

Consequently, the notable and often cited scriptural seven-year Tribulation period divided into two periods of “time, times and half a time,” [e.g. time is a year, times is 2 years, total of approximately 3 ½ years] pertains mainly to the geographical areas adjacent to Israel and the middle east including parts of Eurasia. The scriptural descriptions of conquering the whole world by the Antichrist may pertain mostly to the bordering nations and those more immediately beyond [nevertheless, if we include adjacent parts of Russia, Africa, India and China, there are plenty of nearby people and their territories for the Antichrist to conquer]. To the ancient Israelite prophets their world did not extend much further than what they described as “beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.” The scriptures also allude to one of the “little horn’s” campaigns involving “islands.”

 

However, by this time America and the Saints have already been scourged and the righteous and sanctified are creating a Holy City to the Lord—with the Lord’s power and presence increasingly in their midst.

 

One reason the people in New Jerusalem are perceived by their enemies as terrible (D&C 45:70), is that they can fight battles like Enoch did—creating unnerving new landscape overnight, such as moving mountains, changing the course of rivers, etc., (see Moses 7:13-14). These men, as mentioned previously, have and exercise the sealing power and the fulness of the priesthood and have, therefore, power over the elements. See GT 4: Oath and Covenant.

 

During this same period of time [Tribulation] the Jews will continue gathering to Israel. Anti-Semitism, as of this writing [2023/24], is already sending shock waves through the world of Jewry—a situation that will become so intense that people of Jewish lineage and belief will be hard pressed to live securely anywhere. Many will denounce their faith and many others flee to Israel and Jerusalem—this, despite the fact that Israel is under periodic to constant threat for its survival and as of this writing is engaged in a life and death battle with enemies sworn to her destruction. Persecuted Jews throughout the world have to think twice about gathering to Israel when there are rockets raining down on people there daily.

 

A parenthetical note: Arguments attempting to separate the Jews from being Christ’s people by ascribing their lineage to the Khazars has no basis in Jewish DNA/blood haplotypes. This is a flimsy and devious excuse to turn Christians away from protecting the Jews. The average Jew and the vast majority of those identifying as Jewish indeed have traditional Jewish blood.

 

By the time the seven-year Tribulation begins, having served among the 144 thousand High Priests are12 thousands of the tribe of Judah. They will have made further conversions by virtue of their powerful mission labors among the Jews scattered throughout the world. The Jews gathering to Israel will include thousands of Jewish Latter-day Saint converts as well as some portion of the tribe of Judah’s 12 thousand Saviors on Mount Zion. This will bring great strength to the nation of Israel and to Jerusalem.

32. New Global Alignments

 

The globalist intention of weakening Russia through the present [2023/24] US Ukrainian proxy war is having just the opposite effect. Instead, this war is strengthening Russia and creating new alliances opposed to the long US hegemony. Russia now has the most battle hardened and experienced military in the world and will likely be itching to settle a score with America and with the globalists for whom the US has become an unwitting instrument.

However, after the purpose of the invasion and travail of America and the LDS Church is accomplished, the Lord has promised a miraculous deliverance from the latter-day Assyrian by virtue of the extremely unlikely and miraculous arrival of the Ten Tribes (described earlier), The Russian leadership will also likely undergo a change of the guard and an interim preoccupation with internal mattersleaving it susceptible to recruitment into the rising power of the cunning Antichrist.. However, despite their American setback the Russian/Assyrian military will still retain an immense arsenal of weapons and experienced military leadership and front-line capability.

 

Add to this the considerable and substantially armed militaries of the region: Ukraine, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran, plus the extensive armaments and weapons that have fallen into the hands of other Arab countries and their terrorist subsets such as Hezbollah, ISIS and the Taliban. This region of the world is well armed and a traditional tinderbox for warfare to break out at any time.

 

However, due to the apparently successful US brokered Abraham Accords and their joint protection initiatives Eurasia and the Middle East may transition eventually through a time of relative peace over a long enough period of time for Israel and others to become complacent. The possibility of a period of peace lying ahead appears to have support from the Lord's description of end-time Israel in Ezekial. Speaking of the Antichrist [termed Gog in Ezekial], the Lord says, 

And thou [Gog/Antichrist] shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates (Ezek 38:11).

 

Israel will go through a transition in relation to other nations as America's influence wains and other nations maneuver within this growing vacuum as the American umbrella of Israelite protection and Middle Eastern influence fades and then disappears. Future Middle Eastern wars and new alliances will present challenges to Israel that will leave it politically vulnerable and susceptible to forming a new but deceptive agreement with the emerging diverse end-time power base of the Antichrist. Consequently, for three and one-half years after a treacherous pact of protection is agreed [e.g. at the beginning of the 7-year Tribulation] it will yet appear to be a time of peace for Israel. 

This period of peace in the Holy Land is likely the result of a much larger movement ostensibly against terrorism worldwide, but with the protection of Israel as its centerpiece. This is superimposed upon the backdrop of a world increasingly under the influence of radical Muslim ideology and other forms of growing antisemitism. The illusion of a place of physical safety will attract a new round of Israeli immigration fleeing antisemitic sentiments and persecution elsewhere. Interleaved within new rounds of immigration to the nation state of Israel are also righteous Jews drawn there by the Spirit of the Lord in order to play their foreordained role in the end-time crucible.

33. From the Present Time [2023/24] Forward

 

Just as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has to be chastened and purged to fulfill its mission to the world and to the remnants of all the tribes of Israel, with respect to purging the same is true of the Jews. Their history from the point of the current writing will continue to be periodically problematic. As of this edit (10/16/2023) Hamas, the Iranian proxy, has started a war with Israel that threatens to embroil other players and nations]. However, if conservative political leaders come back into power, there may be a continuation of peace prospects in the Middle East already begun previously. 

 

A number of the Middle Eastern nations realize they have, at least for now, common cause with Israel against nations like Iran, Turkey and Syria and their surrogates, who want to extend their control over the region. Groups like Hezbollah, the Palestinian Liberation Authority (PLA) and Hamas, while being weakened and less relevant for a time, will never make peace with Israel and will continue to be in some measure a thorn in Israel’s side unless something changes. However, if the terrorist organizations lost their funding and support and the Palestinians got rid of their corrupt leaders, they would actually find themselves safer under an Israeli democracy.

 

It is the intention of the globalists with their labor party puppets and the rogue and complicit intelligence communities to undermine stability in the Middle East for the very purpose of destroying Israel. Exacerbating tensions there allow opportunity for control of the political outcomes—all of which are designed by Satan as part of his master plan of Jewish annihilation [Hitler having been a major historical chapter in this effort, but only the beginning]. Many of the national “intelligence communities” of the world have their own agenda.

However, as there is also a prophesied period of peace ahead for the nation of Israel and the Jews it may be that an illusion of safety is guaranteed for a time [whether sincerely or treacherously, or a combination of both] so that the Jewish people may be consolidated for the object of another holocaust.

 

34. Secret Combinations and the Gadianton Cabal

 

The labor parties and their allied intelligence communities of the western democracies have been subverted by so-called “progressives” who are marching to a One World Government drumbeat. These are pawns in the hands of a small group of elitist families and to the vast wealth with which they provide carrot and stick incentives to their legions—elitist wannabes that do their bidding. Ideologically these are Luciferian New Ager’s and Satanists with absolutely no morals and no scruples and a belief that the world’s resources rightfully belong to them. In Book of Mormon terminology these are Kingmen.

 

America and Israel are seen by these globalist kingmen as the major obstacles to their ultimate control. Those in the US Democratic Party, no longer interested in the welfare of their constituency as advertised, have long been agitating for war with Russia. The present proxy war with Russia in the Ukraine is the latest step in our disastrous [globalist inspired and controlled] foreign policy. We are poking and provoking the bear [Russia] and there will be a price to pay (see Dan 7:5). See also PT 1: Secret Combinations & the Fake Pandemic.

 

If the current elitist global power grab in the form of puppets such as China and the World Health Organization (WHO) fails, China and the western labor parties will suffer a serious setback. China’s global ambitions are disproportionate to its available resources and to the Lord’s patience with their seriously evil leadership. As a godless nation China has embraced a very risky game plan in which reside the inherent seeds of its guaranteed failure. The one world cabal pecking order includes journalists, media personalities, politicians, world leaders (such as Chinese president Xi) and the Masonic illuminati [such the Rothchilds and their ilk], globalists who report to Satan and his spiritual hierarchy of demons.

 

As the truth of the present globalist conspiracies emerges into the public consciousness, the rank and file of western nations will be on a truth/untruth alert for a while. The coming revelation of what is actually going on will raise public awareness for a time. For example, already enough truth about the vaccines, masks, lockdowns, etc. has come out that most people are not taking the new vaccines seriously. Such figurative inoculations of truth may buy us some relative calm for a few years.

 

However, as the true head of the Gadianton elites is Satan, there will be no letup behind the scenes until they [globalists] are more fully in power. Like the Gadianton bands of the Book of Mormon, they have put their evil loyalists in the judgment seats, and these corrupt judges will be in office until they die. Even if Republicans get back in control of the presidency and congress, enormous pernicious groundwork has been laid through selective information control, curriculum programming, progressive [woke] group-think narratives and dangerous immigration policies. Our governmental rules, regulations and laws as well as our judicial appointments have become suspect or subverted at all levels. See also below, Wars and Rumors of Wars.

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35. Decline Precedes the Assyrian Invasion

 

After a brief period of recovery from the mostly fake Covid narrative and the cabal the drift back into moral decay may be accentuated at some point by factors such as foreign wars, bought up judges, breakdown in the rule of law, possible collapse of the US petrodollar and the economy and the promises made by a new round of politicians buying immigrant votes. With promises they have no intention of keeping long term, attempts at rewriting the Constitution, accompanied by further breakdown in law and order our political class will continue to sell America to the highest bidder.

 

There is also the wildcard of disease. Our government and the pharmaceutical industry are already highly complicit in the development and misuse of biological and potential bioweapon pathogens against their own people. There is a great temptation to use disease as a control mechanism. With enough hype and fear mongering from the complicit media any virus or pathogen can be inflated into a “pandemic.” When all of these do not work sufficiently, we phase in unsubstantiated "climate crises" for good measure.

 

With the weakness and rot in our system either unabetted or back in acceleration mode the more disciplined Russia under Putin’s successors will make its move. This type of “rod” or instrument in God’s hand will be used to scourge the decaying and wicked America as well as his Babylonian Saints (2 Ne 20:5, Isa 10:5). As stated elsewhere, many will die and there will be a great upheaval and disorder to follow. For a nation addicted to goods and services 24/7 fostered by fragile technology, and a huge, engineered gap between personal and collective cause and effect, there will be serious challenges.

 

People have been conditioned to think they can be protected from the results of their behavior. This is a set-up for disaster. Western medicine and convenience technology have taken the support of the modern lifestyle as a given, doing their best to insulate us from the consequences of our unhealthy, immoral and decadent behavior. This false sense of security will come to a screeching halt when the grid goes down and the satellites are no longer talking to us. There will be public pandemonium and loss of life as the usual social and phyical supports upon which we have become so dependent disappear.

 

For the spiritually unprepared there are no guarantees. Guns, cabins, food storage, "prepper" supplies, generators, etc., few to none of which will be of any real value or security except to those who have prepared spiritually and have sanctified themselves. Such will know where to be and when to be there as directed by the Spirit of the Lord. Such will know when or if to fight their enemies or not. Such will know when to hide themselves until “the indignation be overpast” (Isa 26:20). Church authorities may be consulted and involved, but as we know from experience personal revelation and the worthiness to receive it, is the key. Blind obedience to leaders can and sometimes does interfere with following the Lord and the personal promptings of the Holy Ghost.

 

Most certainly, cities will not be safe. The Lord will destroy our “chariots” [transportation] and our cities (Micah 5:10-11, 3 Ne 21:12-15). And, personally, I would not be following a leader whose personal frequency is much lower than mine unless the Lord told me to do so. Rather than the mantra of “follow the prophet,” personal revelation and following the Savior is the true doctrine of the Church. The purpose of the Kingdom of God on the earth is to bring its members to the Church of the Firstborn. This is accomplished through personal revelation and ordinances (including temple ordinances).

 

We do not believe in infallible leaders, and we do not follow anyone blindly. The Prophet Joseph taught us that “a prophet is only a prophet when he is acting as such” (Journal 1842-43, p.170, josephsmithpapers). A prophet is, or should be, a watchman on the tower who is empowered to see the enemy when he is “yet afar off” (D&C 101:54). He is to warn us and bring to us the word of the Lord.

This same responsibility rests upon the head of every household. However, as the times in which we live grow more chaotic and confusing there will be false prophets and movements taking people out of the Church. The direction in which members should go or align themselves will not always be clear.

 

Included in the deceptive priestcrafts out there is one worthy of mention that will likely grow in strength--we will call this the end-time Davidic servant movement. Those that embrace the concept of this fictious heroic end-time leader and purported deliverer shall find themselves disappointed and perilously unprepared. Be not deceived, the personage who sits on the throne of David in the end-time is Christ himself.

With respect to this last point the angel Gabriel informs the young Mary regarding Jesus, soon to be the babe in her womb, the following:

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end (Luke 1:32, emphasis ours).

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36. Travail of the Saints

 

Both prophets, Isaiah and Micah, foretell of leadership issues among the Lord’s people in the end-times. Micah, who has much to say specifically about America, identifies a leadership problem associated with the American Zion’s travail and the daughter of Zion [the Church] and the daughters of Zion [women in the Church] in particular.

 

Micah, the prophet, explains in Micah 4:8 that the “first dominion” of the latter-days comes to the [Ephraimite] daughter of Zion (America, “a strong nation” Micah 4:7). This is the Restoration of the Church through the Prophet Joseph Smith. Micah further explains that the kingship goes to the daughter of Jerusalem. Joseph (of Egypt) received the birthright and Judah the right of kingship in the blessings bestowed by the Lord through their father Jacob. Ephraim received the birthright through his father Joseph of Egypt.

 

However, at the time of the latter day American Assyrian invasion, the time of the prophesied travail of the Latter-day Saints in America as the Lord’s people, the membership situation is described thusly:

 

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king [priesthood man] in thee? Is thy counsellor perished? For pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail (Micah 4:10, emphasis ours).

 

The prophesied travail of Church leaders and members is a necessary refiners fire to burn away the dross. Among those emerging from the subsequent crucible of affliction are the category of men holding the fulness of the priesthood. These men possess the power necessary to proceed with the works of the Lord that will now be required preparatory for His return. As we now approach the times in which genuine priesthood power will be much needed there is a serious lack of understanding of the very priesthood which we supposedly hold. See GT4: Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood, and GT17: Saviors on Mount Zion.

 

As detailed elsewhere, this crucible will also coincide with the arrival in Utah of the lost ten tribes led by their prophets. They will also be bringing their scriptural and genealogical records. This arrival results in a miraculous dispatch of the Assyrian army. “And the boundaries of the everlasting hills shall tremble at their [the ten tribes] presence” (D&C 133:31).

At the time of this writing there are 25 + temples either built, under construction or planned for the Wasatch Front. This fact seems at least partly inspired in anticipation of this divine prophesied migration.

 

37. The Pestilence Factor

 

There is, unfortunately, another problem to consider in the days ahead—that is, disease.

 

And when the times of the Gentiles is come in, a light shall break forth among them that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fulness of my gospel; But they receive it not; for they perceive not the light, and they turn their hearts from me because of the precepts of men. And in that generation shall the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. And there shall be men standing in that generation, that shall not pass until they shall see an overflowing scourge; for a desolating sickness shall cover the land. But my disciples shall stand in holy places, and shall not be moved; but among the wicked, men shall lift up their voices and curse God and die (D&C 45:28-32).

 

This “overflowing scourge” comes in coordination or association with the rejection of the fulness of the gospel by the Gentiles, including LDS members dwindling in unbelief and ignorance. The Gentile nations and America in particular are ripening for serious pruning. Consequently, disease will also be stocking the US as well as other nations. (see also President John Taylor’s dream in Wilford Woodruff’s Journal, June 15, 1878, “A Vision, Salt Lake City, Night of Dec 16, 1877″).

 

This situation may come as either a prelude, or as an aftermath, to the invasion and the chaos that results from the disappearance of America's central government and all of the main support systems on which we have become dependent.

 

38. Invasion Aftermath: Chaos, Lawlessness & Mobocracy

 

In the aftermath of the invasion and the miraculous defeat of the Russian/Assyrian army, the US is left without an effective functioning central government and its essential services. Regarding these yet future afflictions for America, Section 87 of the D&C tells us what happens in this authority and support services vacuum:

 

And it shall come to pass… slaves shall rise up against their masters, who shall be marshaled and disciplined for war. And it shall come to pass also that the remnants who are left of the land will marshal themselves, and shall become exceedingly angry, and shall vex the Gentiles with a sore vexation (D&C 87:4-5, emphasis ours).

 

We spoke about the remnant earlier. Rather than by the Antichrist, who is not yet on the scene, the American continent is purged by the Russian/Assyrian invasion, the subsequent disorder by marauding mobs and gangs, as well as by racial and tribal warfare. The above revelation refers specifically to two groups of people who have become accustomed to special support due to national guilt and fawning politicians. When as a result of the invasion their support disappears, these racial minorities and others who have become dependent on around-the-clock public services, the energy and communications grid, will find themselves distressed, frantic and desperate.

 

Many of these groups and all the other highly dependent segments of our society will quickly degrade into reckless and violent measures. No one will be safe except the surviving purged and cleansed American Saints who are finally getting ready to build Zion. The dividing lines are not so much racial as they are spiritual and moral. Every race will find itself on both sides of the various and emerging demarcations.

 

The native American remnant (mainly descendants of Lehi and perhaps some of Mulek) have a particular mission to become both a scourge and a source of converts. Mormon writes specifically to this remnant in the 7th Chapter of his book within the Book of Mormon.

 

And now, behold, I would speak somewhat unto the remnant of this people who are spared, if it so be that God may give unto them my words, that they may know of the things of their fathers; yea, I speak unto you, ye remnant of the house of Israel; and these are the words which I speak: Know ye that ye are of the house of Israel. Know ye that ye must come unto repentance, or ye cannot be saved. Know ye that ye must lay down your weapons of war, and delight no more in the shedding of blood, and take them not again, save it be that God shall command you (Morm 7:1-4, emphasis ours).

 

The native American tribes had not received the gospel message to any real extent until they were already situated relatively peacefully on tribal lands. Consequently, this reference to putting down weapons of war likely refers to when they will have “vexed” the Gentiles at a future time as prophesied. This role of vexing the Gentiles will transition into a time of conversion and gathering to New Jerusalem.

39.Wars and Rumors of Wars

 

In the aftermath of the invasion of America life goes on in Israel, the Middle East and the rest of the world. There will be “wars and rumors of wars” and at some point Israel will sorely miss the strength of its American ally. Nevertheless, the Most High God is in charge and things are moving forward toward their ultimate conclusion in the Holy Land, where the final showdown between Light and Darkness takes place.

 

In the Biblical book of Daniel we have a description of the wars and political intrigues that will take place in and around Eurasia, the Holy Land and the Middle East. For sake of brevity, we will here attempt a summary:

 

The angel Gabriel provides to Daniel details of a series of wars, intrigues, mischievous negotiations, battles on sea and land, armies destroyed, alliances and agreements and their violation. These involve a series of kings or military leaders representing northern and southern national alliances. The northern powers are described as the forces of the kings “of the north” versus the southern alliances under a series of "kings of the south.” These opposing power centers also correlate in the scriptures as the kingdoms of Assyria and Egypt—titles that have both geographical and scripturally spiritual significance.

 

There is a popular conception among Isaiah scholars that Egypt is used as a code word to represent America in these latter-day prophecies. However, we find that the term Egypt as it applies to the latter-days rather refers to a southern alliance in the Middle East that wars against the Assyrian northern alliance. This northern alliance is ultimately headed by the “little horn” or Antichrist. In this back-and-forth warfare the Antichrist and his forces will eventually invade and occupy Egypt—the nation of Egypt as we currently know it. Regarding this negative end-time affliction of Egypt, the Lord says:

 

And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith… the Lord of hosts. And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river [Nile] shall be wasted and dried up (Isa 19:4–5, emphasis ours).

 

This scripture could also have an earlier fulfillment upon Egypt, but the entire chapter has unmistakable end-time meaning and application. The river referenced is obviously the Nile. Also, notwithstanding America’s difficulties and civil strife, we are promised that America will never have a king to reign over it for, “this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land” (2 Ne 10:11, emphasis ours). In other words, the term Egypt in Isaiah does not denote America. In Daniel it is the head of an alliance of nations derived mainly within the Middle East ("king of the south" Dan 11:25). Though the term has broader usage, prophetically America is generally denoted in the Old Testament as "Zion" (particularly in the prophetic books of Joel, Isaiah and Micah).

It may be instructive to look at the present situation [11/16/23] in which the globalists appear to be supporting Israel's war with the Hamas terrorist organization despite worldwide protests in favor of the Palestinians [who have allowed Hamas to essentially take them over]. In response to this war there is a movement headed by president Macron of France [a truer globalist there never was] to form an alliance of nations against terrorism that will serve to protect Israel and prevent future wars with terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and other anti-Israeli proxies (mainly funded by Iran). This is a significant development that will likely build upon the foundation of the Abraham Accords started by President Trump (includes UAE, Bahrain, Morrocco, Sudan and probably Saudi Arabia and others).

 

However, currently most middle eastern nations are having to show some modicum of figurative support to the Palestinians (e.g. nations who are necessarily wary of internal dissension). Middle eastern support for the Palestinians is waning as neighboring nations tire of supporting an ideological rather than a legitimate nation.

If we look at some of the political lines now forming, we could see a time of peace for Israel beginning with the cessation of hostilities with Hamas. Because of the perceived threat from the terrorist funding nation of Iran, whose ambitions include influence over the entire middle east, some of the middle eastern countries see common cause with Israel and are already sharing commerce and common defense facilities. So that if Macron's initiative catches on there could be as much as 20 years of internationally guaranteed peace ahead for Israel. 

Now least we be tempted to breathe a sigh of relief at this prospect... clearly, all would not be as it appears. Twenty years of peace for Israel would be marvelous and would become a flourishing immigration magnet for Semites currently in increasingly precarious situations all over the world. We can look for Muslims to push them out of all the nations into which they [Muslims] are now flowing under the globalists watchful eye. Also note that this alliance begins to dilute the need of America's protective umbrella of Israel... an umbrella that will eventually disappear (thanks to the Russian Assyrian invasion, etc.).

So, maybe something like 15-20 years of peace? The catch is that this period of peace, prophesied in the scriptures, would end right in the middle of the 7-year tribulation period with the siege of Israel and Jerusalem!

After many days thou [Gog, another name for the latter-day Assyrian] shalt be visited: in the latter years thou [the Assyrian] shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword [the nation-state of Israel], and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they [Israel] shall dwell safely all of them. Thou [Assyrian] shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind [the Assyrian Anti-christ], and thou shalt think an evil thought: And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages [Israel]; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land (Ezek 38:8–12, emphasis ours).

In other words what is coming is likely a giant set-up by Satan and his minions. Certain nations will keep quiet and not join this coalition of common defense and trade with Israel or they will participate as pretenders. Besides Iran, these nations that do not join this alliance will likely include Russia and Turkey (which have their own ambitions, such as a non-Israeli middle east) as well as Syria, Yemen and others. Prior to the war of Armageddon this region of the world will divide into northern and southern powers and armies that will engage in several wars leading up to the battle of Armageddon. The southern alliance will be led by modern day Egypt which will be defeated and occupied by the Assyrian Antichrist.

A number of the nations in this middle eastern area alliance [seeing common cause with Israel against mutual enemies] will be sincere in their support of Israel and each other. However, this whole scenario, should it develop as suspected, is likely to be a trap set by Satan. There are two alliances here. One made up of some middle eastern nations, an outgrowth of Trump's Abraham Accords, and the western nation alliance supposedly formed to protect Israel and the world from terrorism. The "diverse" end-time "beast" will draw nations or elements from both of these alliances [eastern and western] as well as from those who never joined either [such as Iran]. Thanks to the European Muslim Arab influx this "diverse" beast [Antichrist's alliance of nations] may even include one or more European nations.

 

The protection provided by the aforementioned globalist alliance of western nations [supposedly Macron's idea] was always suspect or should have been. This has been the devious work of the Babylonian [globalist] whore. Eventually the Antichrist's military alliance [beast] which initially rides upon the whore [globalist Babylon], at some point turns against her [the whore, globalist Babylon] and, according to the scripture, destroys her and burns her with fire.

 

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore [Babylon the Great], and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire (Rev 17:16).

 

The Antichrist turns the tables upon the smug Davos and Bilderberger elites [globalist Babylon], destroying them and their power structure. Satan no longer needs them. His new favorite, the Antichrist, now takes over the guarantee of protection of Israel and the region [for three and one-half-years]. This takes us to the mid-point of the 7-year Tribulation and the beginning of the three and one-half-year siege of Jerusalem which culminates in the return of the Lord to destroy the wicked and reward the righteous.

 

40. Gabriel explains Jewish End Times

 

During Daniel’s service to the ancient kings of Media and Persia, Daniel, as mentioned previously, has visions and is taught by the angel Gabriel [archangel Noah] over a span of many years with particular emphasis on the last days or end-times. The battles between the various kings of north and south evolve or distill into a description of basic political kingdoms that set the stage for the Antichrist. To get the flavor and provide some background we will introduce this material with the following portion of Daniel’s vision:

 

And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and [it had] three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns (Dan 7:3-7, emphasis ours).

 

Gabriel explains to Daniel that the beasts in his vision represent geographical kingdoms. To these scenes I will apply some personal interpretation. The first that was like a lion with eagle’s wings I believe refers to the British American alliance. It is notable that this beast is made to stand upon its feet like a man and given the heart of a man. Despite their weaknesses and colonialism this alliance has been more humane than any other major world alliance of nations. The second beast, like that of a bear, I believe refers to Russia/Assyria and its past and future devouring of “much flesh.” The third beast I believe to be the remnants of the empire of the Macedonian, Alexander the Great. This is obvious from the angel’s subsequent description of a four-part division of this empire ["four" wings and heads; see Dan 8:8] which is what occurred when Alexander died, and his empire was divided among his four generals. The nations involved included the Holy Land, Greece, Turkey, the Persian empire and parts of India.

 

41. Antichrist's Diverse End Time Kingdom

 

The fourth beast described as “dreadful and terrible” is noted to be “diverse” from the other beasts which represent the major world political and geographical powers that preceded it. The “horns” are kings or leaders of nation states. Compared to the others this beast represents a newly diverse alliance of nations or kingdoms. The Antichrist emerges as the leader of this alliance.

 

This is described in the next verse of Daniel’s vision: “I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things” (Dan 7:8). This leader will likely be small in stature but a very powerful and cunning personality.

 

Daniel’s angel [Gabriel] further explains:

 

The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and they [the Saints] shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time [three and one-half-years] (Dan 7:23-25).

 

John the Revelator provides additional and ominous symbolic detail:

 

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon [Satan] gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority (Rev 13:1-2).

 

The seven heads are likely a symbolic representation of what have been termed “the seven deadly sins” and the seven mountains upon which the whore Babylon also sits. The fact that Rome sits cradled by seven mountains may also have some symbolic relevance. The ten horns are the leaders of the alliance that supports the Antichrist. The leopard is a symbol of the old Persian empire and the feet of a bear suggest the inclusion of the Russian military in this pernicious alliance. This coalition will likely also include a number of Middle Eastern nations such as Turkey and Iran, and perhaps even one of two European nations. Speaking of the Antichrist John continues:

 

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months [three and one-half-years]. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints (Rev 13:4-10, emphasis ours).

Those who attempt to take away the freedoms [lead into captivity] of the nations and their people shall themselves go into captivity. These include the present-day globalists who are seeking to control the world while being themselves also controlled by Satan. Those who take up weapons and fight, unless so directed by the Lord. must also die in like manner. This advice is for the Saints to have patience and to seek the Lord and to wait upon Him for direction and protection. The Saints are not to take up weapons and fight unless so directed. The manner of warfare by the Lord's people when so directed 

 

42. The Patience of the Saints

 

The Saints are not to receive the mark o the beast. Referencing the previous passage, at this future time most of the people in the world who remain alive will be directly or indirectly worshiping the Devil (dragon) and bowing to the will of the Antichrist. Notice the Lord is providing advice to His people who do not worship the Devil or the Antichrist: What is required is patience and faith. Faith may be defined here as knowing and doing the will of the Lord. Notice the Lord warns that those who use the sword shall die in like manner. The Saints are not to take up weapons and fight unless so directed. The manner of warfare by the Lord's people when so directed will be increasingly miraculous. A mountain could be removed or put in the enemy's path. The course of a river could be changed. The enemy's surrounding terrain may suddenly appear to them to be different, confusing and disorienting--even causing panic. Enoch's enemies were afraid of him (see Moses 7:13-15) and so will be the wicked in the days of the New Jerusalem whose inhabitants will be perceived as "terrible" by their enemies and against whom they "cannot stand" (D&C 45:70).

 

According to Daniel the Antichrist is not without worldly enemies (see Dan 11:40-44), however, he essentially reigns over the peoples of the earth for at least forty-two months or three and a half years. The Antichrist or “little horn” arises out of one of the divisions of Alexander’s ancient empire, likely an ethnic Persian. He comes from a small country or kingdom, perhaps like what was ancient Bactria, [now part of three different Middle Eastern countries] and worms his way into power of a larger alliance of nations in the region, replacing three of the ten kings or political leaders. This power base is likely made up of a new alignment of nations, some of whom had formerly taken sides in the North versus South power struggle described in Daniel chapters 8-11. And, as a matter of course, Israel’s geographical location often places it at a strategic center of such north-south military movements and operations.

 

It is interesting that the remnants of the old Persian empire [Iran and its surrounding territories as a component of the ancient Seleucid empire] now become relevant. In conjunction with this thought one of the oddest scriptures, again from Daniel in the Old Testament, comes to mind. In the 10th chapter the angel Gabriel is speaking with Daniel as follows:

 

Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days (Dan 10:12-14, emphasis ours).

 

43. Satan’s Spiritual Hierarchy

 

First, referencing the above passage, we might ask who is the “prince of the kingdom of Persia?” We can safely assume it is a demon in Satan’s spiritual hierarchy—roughly a counterpart to the Lord’s archangels, of whom Gabriel [Noah] is one. So why is this demon prince trying to prevent this information from reaching Daniel? The answer, I believe, is two-fold. The information that these visions and their explanations provided by Gabriel in the book of Daniel are among the clearest available on the end-times. They provide clues and details not covered in other prophetic books, such as Isaiah and the Revelation of Saint John. Included in these details are clues to the origins of the end-time Antichrist who arises from one of the four remnants of the ancient empire of Alexander the Great, that is, namely the old Persian/Seleucid empire (see Dan 8:8-12).

 

This demon, the prince of the kingdom of Persia, apparently has an end-time assignment with, and in support of, the ethnic Persian Antichrist and his kingdom and does not wish these details to get out in advance. We will also point out that this angelic message pertains most particularly to “thy” people, that is Daniel’s people at the end time, the Jews.

This particular demon prince is so powerful that Michael, the Archangel [Adam], had to come and assist the angel Gabriel to complete his mission to inform Daniel of these important particulars. Interestingly, it seems that the importance of conveying this specific information was not shared by all the heavenly host or even all the archangels. Consequently, the angel Gabriel concludes, “But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things but Michael your prince” (Dan 10:21). 

The cancel culture, the war on liberty and freedom of expression, began with the war in Heaven and is even now still overseen by Lucifer and his minions. 

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44. Antichrist vs Babylon

 

The Antichrist and his alliance also have issues to settle with Babylon the Great. These two entities may overlap and cooperate for a time but again, contrary to popular opinion, they are not the same thing. Though Satan is the king of spiritual Babylon, Daniel’s “little horn” [the Antichrist] and his forces [Revelation’s “beast”], destroy latter-day Babylon. Hence, Babylon and the Antichrist’s organization, while both under the direction of Satan, are clearly not the same thing. The angel speaking to John the Revelator explains this particular turn of events:

 

And he [Gabriel] saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore [Babylon], and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts [ten horns of Antichrist's kingdom/alliance] to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast [Antichrist], until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city [the whore, globalist Babylon], which reigneth over the kings of the earth (Rev 17:15-18, emphasis ours).

 

This alliance, which is likely strong with Arab influence, not only does not regard traditional values nor things of traditional value (Isa 13:17), but also ultimately regards the Babylonian elitist cabal as a rival power. The wealthy families and central bankers who had been the global power brokers up to this point in time are now in the crosshairs of the Antichrist for their own destruction. Satan has no more use for them. The Antichrist utterly destroys rival Babylon and its elitist power brokers [Davos, Bilderbergers, CFR, Trilateral Commission, Club of Rome, etc.]—freeing the world of their Babylonian preoccupations, to be replaced by the fear and trembling induced by the Antichrist’s evil power and conquests.

 

And I [John the Revelator] heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her [spiritual and physical Babylon], my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her (Rev 18:4-9).

 

Just as Satan's house is one divided against itself, the Lord also uses the wicked to destroy the wicked.

 

While the Lord's people in the American New Jerusalem are now safe, the latter-day Assyrian alliance is serving as the Lord’s “rod” of punishment in the Old World. The Lord uses this Assyrian army to deliver the Lord’s people that remain throughout the world from physical and spiritual Babylon by virtue of Babylon's destruction.

 

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense. Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. The Lord hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God. Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple (Jer 51:6– 11, emphasis ours).

 

The Medes [ancient Iranian/Persian empire] here refer to portions of the Antichrist alliance that will consist of a number of Muslim nations, also including Russia as part of the prophetic Assyrian alliance.

 

With respect to Babylon as noted earlier, those who choose to leave and no longer partake of her sins are spared the worst of it. Revelation chapter 18 describes the consternation and utter despair of all those who were made rich through the acquisition, transportation and sale of all the merchandise and goods that characterized latter-day Babylon. However, the Lord points out:

 

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her (Rev 18:20, emphasis ours).

 

And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever (Rev 19:1-3, emphasis ours).

 

45. Assyrian Deliverance from Babylon

 

Perhaps little of the damage done by modern day spiritual and physical Babylon to the Lord’s people is understood by the Saints of today. This fact will become more apparent when our normal supports and sources of confidence and security are removed by the Lord’s grace through His various judgments and intrusions into our hypocrisies and false assumptions. We have also absorbed the culture of unbelief in which we swim. Like the previous inhabitants of this continent, Jaredites, Nephites, Lamanites and Mulekites, we have also “dwindled in unbelief” (1 Ne 4:13, Alma 45:10-12, 4 Ne 1:34).

 

As a consequence of global degeneracy, the “little horn” or the Antichrist gains control of a powerful alliance of nations and then through subterfuge, force of arms and conquest, essentially gains control over much of the world. And since the Antichrist is Satan’s ultimate mortal and spiritual weapon, he has a particular focus on Israel as well as the Lord’s people. However, it is apparent that he initially offers protection to latter-day Israel. “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week [e.g. one week of years] and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease” (Isa 9:27). This has reference to his betrayal of a peace covenant that occurs in the middle of the seven-year tribulation period as exhibited by his army overrunning half of Jerusalem (Zech 14:2) and interrupting and defiling the outer court of the temple, the place of the daily sacrifice (Dan 8:11-12).

 

46. End Time Covenant Challenges

 

In Daniel chapter 11 we find the Antichrist (“little horn” with a "mouth that spake very great things," Dan 7:20) has direct dealings with “the prince of the covenant” (Dan 11:22). The covenant refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and no-one else. We take this prince of the covenant to be the designated leader of the Lord’s people, that is at least pertaining to the Latter-day Saints residing in the eastern hemisphere at this time with headquarters in Jerusalem. We are informed that he, this future leader of the Lord's people, is “broken,” and that the Antichrist has made a deceitful “league” with Israel that includes the Covenant people—in other words an agreement or alliance of some sort. It is apparent that the LDS Church and the Saints have acquired some notoriety and presence in the world and in the Holy Land.

Many commentators try to apply Daniel's end-time prophecies to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes and the high priest Onias, which characters were indeed symbolic of end time people and events, but the angel Gabriel repeatedly makes clear that all the historical aspects detailed are a backdrop for understanding the final characters participating in the final stages and scenes of earth's terrestrial existence (see for example Dan 12:9-13).

However, we know from Isaiah that alliances by the Lord’s people are forbidden (see Isa. 8:9-18, which refers to this specific occasion and problem). So that this leader of the Lord’s people is “broken” in the sense that he has lost power and influence with God. “And after the league made with him, he [the Antichrist] shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people” (See Dan 11:22-23). This compromise of a leader of the Lord’s people can be an example of a “star” falling from heaven and will have grave consequences for him and others.

 

Other than the fact that Satan knows who we are, why does the Antichrist even bother with the Latter-day Saints? From a political or military perspective, we should be perceived as inconsequential. Why should the leader of the LDS Church in Jerusalem be considered of any consequence or worthy of the Antichrist's attention? This is also partly because the ‘little horn,” who now heads an alliance that includes Russia, knows that just a few years previous elements of the ten tribes soundly defeated and scattered from American soil the powerful Assyrian/Russian military.

The Antichrist now respects the power of the Lord’s people and considers the Church a rival authority and wants a peaceful coexistence until he has consolidated enough power to attack Jerusalem and the Lord’s people directly and deceitfully. The angel Gabriel makes clear to Daniel that the Antichrist has a great deal of interest, interaction and even exerts treacherous coercion among the Lord’s Covenant people at the end time. The faith of the Saints will be challenged to the very end.

 

Subsequently we will see the little horn or Antichrist, return from a battle and “have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant” (Dan 11:30, emphasis ours).

 

Israel, the Lord’s people and the Jerusalem temple are his objectives, and he looks to apostates for treachery and helpful intelligence to take control of the Lord’s temple and His people.

 

And arms shall stand on his part [Antichrist], and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they [the Saints and righteous Jews] shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them [the Saints] with flatteries. And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed (Dan 11:31-35, emphasis ours).

Jerusalem will become at this time a crucible of affliction for the Saints and the righteous Jews. However, from this travail of the Jews will emerge a powerful righteous cadre armed with the Lord's power that will be more than a match for the Assyrian Antichrist and his forces.

Then shall the Assyrian [Antichrist] fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion [New Jerusalem], and his furnace in Jerusalem (Isa 31:8–9).

Ever since the defeat of the Assyrian invasion of America the Antichrist is wary and wily with respect to the Lord's people. In the end his cunning will also be his undoing.

 

47. Tribulation Period Good/Evil Showdown

 

During the first half of the seven-year tribulation period the Antichrist is obtaining and consolidating his power while guaranteeing peace to Israel, the Jews and the Lord’s people. During the second three and one-half-year period he is oppressing his subjects and making life difficult for the Jews and the Lord’s people while corroborating with apostates, that is with “them that forsake the covenant.” This will end with a massive siege of Jerusalem and a determination to exterminate the Jews.

 

Satan knows more about the Lord's plan than even most of the Saints. He knows, for instance, that there is a set number of spirits to come to this creation. He knows the intended destiny of each of the 12 tribes of Israel. He knows that Ephraim has the birthright and Judah the kingship. He knows how this is supposed to play out. He knows how to prevent the Saints from using the keys that open the prisons of death and hell. 

 

Satan spends a lot of time and effort attempting to disrupt various programs that make up the great plan of the Father... so that the earth might be smitten with a curse rather than to become a celestial orb on which the sanctified may dwell. Among these counterprograms such as abortion, genocide, depopulation and population control, Satan wants that not a Jew is left standing when the Lord returns to His people. Where would be the Lord's glory? Besides all of his other pernicious programs this is the purpose of Armageddon.

 

The invasion of Israel and the siege of Jerusalem happens suddenly. Speaking of the invading forces also known as Gog and Magog:

 

… in the latter years thou [Gog/Assyrian Antichrist] shalt come into the land [nation state of Israel] that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates (Ezek 38:8–11, emphasis ours).

 

From this scripture we may conclude that Israel’s prophesied time of peace has lasted long enough for them to have totally lost their fear of invasion or harm. Many are now living in “unwalled villages.” Trump’s Abraham Accords and other developments have likely produced a period of peace in the Middle East. This arrangement or protection and peace is later assumed by the Antichrist and carried over into the first half of the seven-year tribulation. The "little horn" sees this as a perfect set-up to catch Israel and the Lord's people unaware and complacent. It seems also likely that the Jews have settled sometime previous on an option for the temple site that does not affect the Muslim structure of worship on Mount Moriah—currently a constant flashpoint.

 

The scriptures detailing the deceitful pact offered by the Antichrist includes Jerusalem, its leaders and people. The fact that leaders of Israel and the Lord’s Church embrace a pact with the Antichrist is quite remarkable. It suggests that they don’t read the scriptures, or as Abinadi explained to the wicked priests of Noah, that if they have read the scriptures, they have not understood them and have not taught their correct meaning (Mosiah 12:25-26).

 

During this time the two prophets “raised up to the Jewish nation” (D&C 77:15) shall be prophesying and defying the enemy to the consternation of the now essentially allied world (the Antichrist having essentially put down all opposition). And as the Antichrist is big on technology, what is going on in Jerusalem during this time will be global mainstream media news.

48.  “Abomination that maketh desolate” and "the Mark of the beast”

 

At the midpoint of his wars and conquests [Tribulation period] and after suffering a setback the 'little horn" or Antichrist shall return to the Holy Land [from a military campaign], and “therefore he shall be grieved… and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall… have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant [LDS apostates]. And [military] arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength [initially this refers to the outer court of the temple where the daily scarifies were offered], and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries” (Dan 11:30-32).

 

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six (Rev 13:16-18).

There has been much conjecture about the meaning or identity of the Antichrist's name relating to the number 666. As man was created on the sixth day of creation, six is considered the number of man. And as God finished the creation on the 7th day and rested from his work, seven is considered the number of perfection. Consequently, six being one less than perfection it may be considered a number of imperfection. And certainly, in comparison to God man is very imperfect. Three sixes combined may therefore be considered symbolic of imperfection to the third power, the perfection or epitome of imperfection. There is probably more to the name and its symbolism, but these are a few thoughts on the subject for the present.

With respect to the time period of the Antichrist, Isaiah the prophet and counselor to Israel's King Hezekiah describes things he learned about the last days during his ascension to heaven in the presence of God the Father (also referenced in KJV Isaiah 6:1-13). Here he is providing a summary to Hezekiah and also his son, Shear-Josab, recorded in the apocryphal Asension of Isaiah:

And now Hezekiah and Josab my son, these are the days of the completion of the world. After it is consummated, Beliar [Satan] the great ruler, the king of this world, will descend, who hath ruled it since it came into being; yea, he will descent from his firmament in the likeness of a man [the Antichrist], a lawless king, the slayer of his mother: who himself (even) this king. Will persecute the plant which the Twelve Apostles of the Beloved have planted. Of the Twelve one will be delivered into his hands. This ruler in the form of that king [Antichrist] and there will come with him all the powers of this world, and they will hearken unto him in all that he desires. And at his word the sun will rise at night and he will make the moon to appear at the sixth hour. And all that he hath desired he will do in the world: he will do and speak like the Beloved and he will say: "I am God and before me there has been none." And all the people in the world will believe in him. And they will sacrifice to him and they will serve him saying: "This is God and beside him there is no other." And the greater number of those who shall have been associated together in order to receive the Beloved [e.g. Christians, including members of the LDS Church], he will turn aside after him. And there will be the power of his miracles in every city and region. And he will set up his image before him in every city. And he shall bear sway three years and seven months and twenty-seven days. And many believers and saints having seen Him for whom they were hoping, who was crucified, Jesus the Lord Christ, [after that I, Isaiah, had seen Him who was crucified and ascended] and those also who were believers in Him - of these few in those days will be left as His servants, while they flee from desert to desert, awaiting the coming of the Beloved. And after one thousand three hundred and thirty-two days the Lord will come with His angels and with the armies of the holy ones from the seventh heaven with the glory of the seventh heaven, and He will drag Beliar [Satan and the Antichrist] into Gehenna [Hell] and also his armies. And He will give rest to the godly whom He shall find in the body in this world, and the sun will be ashamed: And to all who because of their faith in Him have execrated Beliar and his kings. But the saints will come with the Lord with their garments which are stored up on high in the seventh heaven: with the Lord they will come, whose spirits are clothed, they will descend and be present in the world, and He will strengthen those, who have been found in the body, together with the saints, in the garments of the saints, and the Lord will minister to those who have kept watch in this world (Ascension of Isaiah, 4:1-16, emphasis ours).

Keeping watch in this world can be a lonely and difficult task. A personal relationship with the Lord that includes regular, even daily revelation, is the key. Regular, even daily repentance is the key to personal revelation. 

 

49. "Mark of the Beast" Universal?

 

With respect to the mark of the beast, it may not present an issue to the American Saints. The reason being that by the time the end-time Antichrist and his false prophet comes to power the American government is no longer a rival factor in the global political power equation. We, as Americans, are at the future historical point in this timeline, that is halfway through the seven-year tribulation period. This means we are at the point in the timeline account that is approximately three and one-half years to the end of the “half hour of silence” in heaven, and thus, the Savior’s return.

 

By this time the realization of the prophecies of the Lord, through Joseph Smith and Brigham Young about the overthrow of the US government, mobocracy, pestilence, civil and tribal warfare have reduced America and its cities to desolation. The American and other Saints have already been challenged and decimated by the globalists through their mechanisms of Babylonian control, apostasy and warfare. The righteous American remnants who have survived are preoccupied with building New Jerusalem and gathering the elect in anticipation of the Savior’s return.

 

In the areas of the world that come under the Antichrist’s control we understand from the scriptures that the “mark” is required in order to buy and sell. What we have experienced recently with the attempted enforcement of a “vaccine passport” appears to be a similar idea and forerunner in the hands of the mostly globalist Satan worshipers. However, there are still many things which need to happen before the rise of the Antichrist and Armageddon. I consider the present power grab by the "Davos people," the “Bilderbergers” or the “cabal,” is a Babylonian elitist power program [the “Great Reset”] with the objective of population control and a massive reallocation of wealth from the world’s middle class to be further concentrated in their hands [Rothschild's, Rockefeller's, Bush’s, Gates, Claus Schwab, etc., see also PT 1: Secret Combinations and the Fake Pandemic].

 

For the Antichrist, or “little horn,” to impose his mark on the public he must put a stop to any globalist competition in either the marketplace or the field of battle. This destruction of Babylon, the present world of commerce and merchandise, will be violent (see Rev 18:8-18). It is also during the Tribulation period that the little horn or Antichrist receives a seemingly fatal wound to his head, "and his deadly wound was healed, and all the world wondered after the beast" (Rev 3:16). This may also set the stage for the False Prophet.

50. The False Prophet

The first beast of the Revelation of Saint John, that is the Antichrist, whose organization and alliance rises up figuratively out of the sea [nations and peoples, Rev 13:1-10], possibly relates to a composite of the four beasts seen in Daniel’s vision in chapter 7 [e.g. Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Roman Empire]. This beast and his alliance will be more powerful and spiritually destructive than any of those [nation/beasts] that preceded it. The focus of the Antichrist will be on building political and military power. Conversely, the second beast in this chapter, the false prophet, appearing as a lamb with two horns, brings the impact of religious power to the table of this pernicious alliance. 

And I beheld another beast [the false prophet] coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed (Rev 13:11-12).

The second beast, symbolizing the false prophet, probably exhibits outward meekness to appear as a “lamb”. The two horns represent power and authority (Satanic/occult).  His façade will be effective and persuasive while his intention is totally devious. His speech will be powerful as a “dragon.”  The false prophet will promote and establish false doctrines to support the power of the Antichrist and make him acceptable. Many Christians [including LDS] will be persuaded by his doctrines, oratory and miracles as well as intimidated by the Antichrist’s seeming preeminence of worldly and even spiritual power.

And he [false prophet] doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live (Rev 13:13-14).

The false prophet will simulate some of God’s miracles such as the calling of fire down from heaven [Examples of God’s fire: Gen 19:24, Aaron’s sons consumed by fire, Lev 10:1-2, Elijah and prophets of Baal,1 Kings 18:38, 2 witnesses fire Rev 11:3-6].

And he [the false prophet] had power to give life unto the image of the beast [Antichrist], that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name (Rev 13:15-17).

The false prophet oversees the erection of images within the cities under their control of the first beast that have power to speak. It seems probable that the first beast, the person we have understood to be the Antichrist, may actually be somewhat incapacitated so that his image production may be facilitated by technology or artificial intelligence.

We are told that the false prophet yields all the power of the first beast. However. according to the above referenced passage, it is the second beast that initiates and enforces the mark of the beast [e.g. mark of the Antichrist]. The first beast, seemingly coming back to life after a fatal blow to the head, is now promoted as a deity figure in contraposition to Christ’s death and resurrection. And, like that of Nebuchadnezzars [ancient king of Babylon], his image is to be worshipped (Dan 3:1-18).

This combination will constitute an unholy trinity that includes Satan in opposition to the true Godhead. Together they will appear invincible.

And they worshipped the dragon [Satan] which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast [Antichrist], saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? (Rev 13:4)

It is apparent from Revelation that the implementation of the mark of the beast is actually instituted by the false prophet. This implementation of the "mark" of the beast does not occur until sometime during the 7-year tribulation period. And it does not occur until after an attempt on the life of the Antichrist and his apparent restoration to life—most likely at the beginning of or during the second three-and one-half-year period [suggesting that current fears about the globalists succeeding with their version of the "mark" may be premature].

Some of the Lord’s people will forsake their covenants because of false doctrines, fear, faulty leadership, misinformation, lack of discernment, peer pressure, and threats to them and their families. In the Old World many of the Lord’s people will succumb to this new master and his allies who now possess seemingly all the levers of control, rewards and punishments. Many of the “stars,” or foreordained positions in the heavens shall fall. There will be those who signed up in the pre-earth councils to be in these crucibles, east and west, north and south, that fail the test. The conditions in the larger world surrounding Israel are at this point precarious for anyone who defies the Antichrist and his mark of the beast, particularly for those then dwelling in Jerusalem.

Timeframe: At the midpoint in the tribulation period Jerusalem comes under siege.

 

For I [the Lord] will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city (Zech 14:2).

 

How is it that this powerful massive invasion force is stopped in its tracks for three-and one-half years halfway to its objective?

 

The righteous defenders of the city and the temple, led by the two prophets, are still in the remaining half of Jerusalem. Notice that it is the Lord who gathers the nations to the battle. The Lord allows Satan to do some of His work. Regarding this period of time, that is the Lord’s punishment by his Assyrian “rod,” John sees the following in vision:

 

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles [Antichrist’s army/Assyrian "rod"]: and [one-half of] the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months (Rev 11:1-3, emphasis ours).

This very odd scenario or standoff constitutes a testimony of the power that the Lord endows upon those who remain true and undefeated in Jerusalem.

And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God. In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left (Zech 12:5–6).

The majority of the world who have come to see God as dead, uncaring or uninvolved in human affairs are at this point about to find out otherwise. 

Despite the seemingly overwhelming power of these two beasts, sons of perdition, will be opposed by the two witnesses—keeping their power and military forces essentially at bay for the second half of the tribulation period, until finally being overcome [martyred]—only to be spectacularly resurrected before all their enemies.

In the end the Lord will come and, in the words of Isaiah, cast the beast and his false prophet into "Gehenna” [Hell fire] (see above: Ascension of Isaiah).

And the beast [Antichrist] was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone (Rev 19:20).

51. Two Mighty Witnesses 

... and two shall put their tens of thousands to flight (D&C 133:58)

During this three-and-a-half-year control of much of the world and one half of Jerusalem, a small contingent of the faithful and the two prophet "witnesses" are defying the power of the Antichrist and his allied armies--standing betwixt him and his objective,

 

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit [Antichrist] shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified (Rev 11:3-8).

 

These two prophets raised up to the Jewish nation are members of the LDS Church as well as the Church of the Firstborn. They have suffered great afflictions and burdens in their mortal lives in order to have the power they now exercise. These are the two “olive trees” referenced in Zechariah chapter four in which they figuratively supply the oil to the seven lamps of the Menorah which lamps also represent the archangels set over the seven dispensations. 

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52. Isaiah and Nephi reference the Two Prophet Witnesses

 

Regarding these two mighty prophets, Nephi quotes Isaiah, though with additional pertinent detail to the KJV account:

 

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my people. Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury—thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out—And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she hath brought up. These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for thee—thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword—and by whom shall I comfort thee? Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie at the head of all the streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God (2 Ne 8:18-20, see also Isa 51, emphasis ours, the added words are in bold).

The two prophets are a challenge to everybody. They are crying repentance and seem as if they are at “the head of all the streets” in Jerusalem. Everywhere one turns there they are. They are considered by many as an annoyance but serve as a powerful opponent to Israel’s enemies.

The angel that speaks to Zechariah on this same subject informs us, “These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth” (Zech 4:14). It is these two who receive the honor coveted by the mother of the sons of Zebedee as recorded in the New Testament, in which the Savior informs them, “but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father” (Matt 20:23). As mentioned earlier, these two highly exceptional prophets are also represented by figures 22 and 23 in the Facsimile #2 from the Egyptian papyri in the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price.

 

Concerning these two “anointed ones” Moses also foresaw that they would be “full of the fury of the Lord and the rebuke of thy God.” He saw their day and referred to them in the context of criticism of the latter-day Lord’s people saying, “How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock [Christ/Jehovah, their Lord] had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?” (Deut 32:30). The Jews are also in need of purging.

 

Clearly these two prophets are not only terrifying to Israel’s enemies, but they are also frightening to Israel, whose Rock [Christ] had sold them again into the hands of their enemy because of their iniquities. In this case it will be the forces of the Antichrist. The end time “day of the Lord” is a day of reckoning for everyone. However, the righteous will prevail.

 

53. The End Nears

 

Despite their great power the two anointed ones will suffer the ultimate fulfillment of their crucial commission—martyrdom. “And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit [evil forces of the Antichrist] shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them” (Rev 11:7).

 

There is, however, more to the story. Once they have completed their mission and testimony:

 

… they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them (Rev 11:9-12).

 

These two prophets are described as having “tormented them that dwell on the earth.” This “torment” has likely been in the form of a strident call to repentance and the fact that they, like the prophet Abinadi (Mos 17:20), could not be silenced until their mission was complete.

 

It can also be deduced from the above that the latter-day events in Jerusalem are receiving focused media coverage. Three days beyond their martyrdom, while the people following the Antichrist are still busy congratulating themselves, there is a shift in momentum. Those that were celebrating likely exclaim a collective “Oh-oh!” as these two stand up and are received into heaven while viewed on international broadcasts.

Just as the wicked of America, including the American Saints, were scourged and cleansed, the Jews also suffer the hand of destruction under the cleansing “rod” of the Assyrian Antichrist and his allies. However, according to the foreknowledge of God, again, everything happens in its “appointed time.”

… but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed (Dan 11:32-35, emphasis ours).

 

The extent of the fire of refinement required to prepare a people to receive the Lord is sobering. There are winners and there are others.

 

All this is the buildup for the end-time confrontation between the forces of evil and the genuine faithful people of God. When the Lord has proven his people, the tide turns. “Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle” (Zech 14:2-3), and “Behold, they shall surely gather together against thee, not by me; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake” (3 Ne 22:15, Isa 54:15).

 

What transpires in Jerusalem during the second three-and one-half-year tribulation period will be truly remarkable. The Lord will at some point make his hand manifest and greatly strengthen the Jerusalem defenders.

 

And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the [enemy] people with blindness. And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem (Zech 12:4-6, emphasis ours).

 

In the time appointed the Lord will intervene in Jewish affairs and strengthen and inspire the people in Jerusalem to fight with their enemies as in days of old. Their power will astonish their enemies.

 

In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem (Zech 12:8-9).

 

After the invading forces have taken half the city, the remaining residents are empowered by the Lord to keep possession of the other half—holding out for approximately three and-one-half years.

And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God (Zech 13:8-9, emphasis ours).

 

Interestingly, the forces of the Antichrist have gained at least temporary control of the outer temple court causing the daily “oblation” or sacrifice to cease but have not yet breached the temple itself. The fact that there is a three-and one-half-year standoff is quite remarkable. We may take this as evidence that the Lord has indeed poured out his power on those remaining in Jerusalem as well as the role played by the Lord’s chosen servants now operating in this crucible. This includes some remarkable Jewish leaders and the two prophets whose superpower defies all their enemies until the very last.

 

There will also likely be a contingent of the Jewish portion of the 144 thousand Savior’s on Mount Zion who have completed their mission assignments and gathered to Israel and Jerusalem along with many of their converts. Though there may be conventional warfare involved in the protection of the temple and the remainder of the city, protection will mainly be due to miraculous means through the Lord’s servants.

By way of warning, the one person who will not be here at this time is Dr Gileadi's "end-time servant" fetish, a fictitious conglomeration of actual servants including the Savior himself, who will sit upon David's throne as King of Kings and Lord of Lords (see Luke 1:3-33, Acts 2:30, Rev 19:11-16).

54. Eye of the Storm

 

Devout Jews consider Jerusalem to be the center of the world and the Jerusalem temples [past and future] the figurative center or navel of the universe. However, it is not just Israel’s interest but also that of the Most High God’s interest in this geographic location that ultimately draws the attention of the Antichrist with his Satanic mantel of occult power. The impending construction and future existence of the Jerusalem temple and by whom it is to be occupied is the focus of cosmic forces of both good and evil.

 

At the time of this writing the Babylonian globalist cabal [modern version of a Gadianton band] is the epitome of the spirit of Antichrist. It is a Satanic cult that seeks to destroy everything good, everything Judeo/Christian and every form of liberty. Unbeknownst to its leaders and followers their currently pervasive version of Babylon is scheduled for destruction by Satan himself. The end-time Antichrist, likely a young man as of this writing, will with his allied forces destroy the globalist elites [Bilderbergers, etc.] who now run the world. They are seen by the Antichrist as competition and Satan will be happy to turn over the reins to his new hand-picked leadership.

 

In the end Satan will turn on the present Babylonian elite just as he does on everyone else who serves him. Their days of smug dominion and obscene privilege will come crashing down in a spectacular fiery fashion. However, the Antichrist’s object to control the world will be similar to the present Gadianton cabal, whose focus is on secret combinations of dark power through politicians, media and magistrates. Rather, the Antichrist’s focus will be on violent use of military power to accelerate and expedite his matters of conquest and control. According to the book of Revelation he will bring down the present Babylonian elites in one fell swoop (Rev 17:16, 18:8). This combination of military and occult powers will also be used to negotiate deceptive treaties in the end time chess game—especially with Israel and even involving the “prince of the covenant” (Dan 11:22).

 

With these tools of leverage at his disposal the Jewish temple is the Antichrist’s ultimate prize. To him the temple in Jerusalem represents the seat of God, which he intends to occupy as a false god and the ultimate “son of perdition” (John 17:12, Rev 17:8,11).

 

First this temple must be built, which is no small feat considering the numerous obstacles that stand in the way. Overcoming these obstacles, as discussed earlier, is the work of the “Branch.” However, since the person referred to, as we have documented previously [see The Branch and the Temple, above], is not the Savior but rather a servant in the hands of Christ, it should in reality not be capitalized.

 

Regarding the scriptural symbolic meaning of branches the Lord explains:

 

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me [referring to members] that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit... Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me (John 15:1-2,4).

 

This not only defines the concept of branches as potential human representatives of Christ in the form of member disciples but also the necessity of good works by those disciples. For a branch to be productive it must abide in Christ, the true vine. In this sense a branch cannot be Christ but rather an extension of Him.

 

He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples (John 15:5-8).

 

As branches of the true vine we may either bring forth fruit, in the form of good works as directed by the Lord’s Spirit or we may be slack, be cast off, become withered and turn into firewood. If we do bring forth good fruit we may also expect to be branches purged by the Lord so that we bring forth fruit, or good works, more abundantly—by which means the Father may be glorified. Glorifying God as His fruitful branches is our purpose, and it is by this means that we may in turn receive all that the Father has (D&C 84:38).

 

Sectarians who suppose that works are not required for salvation may want to consider that branches that do not bear fruit [such as good works and redeemed souls] are removed from the true vine [or never grafted in] and are destined for the fire. This also applies to LDS members as the wheat and the tares within the Church become separated by the prophesied scourging and cleansing—such as by apostasy, invasion, mobocracy, famine, pestilence, plague, etc. Or, as the Lord explains in the D&C with respect to the Saint’s observance of the Lord’s commandments and covenants:

 

The Lord’s scourge shall pass over by night and by day, and the report thereof shall vex all people; yea, it shall not be stayed until the Lord come; For the indignation of the Lord is kindled against their abominations and all their wicked works. Nevertheless, Zion shall escape if she observe to do all things whatsoever I have commanded her. But if she observe not to do whatsoever I have commanded her, I will visit her according to all her works, with sore affliction, with pestilence, with plague, with sword, with vengeance, with devouring fire (D&C 97:23–26).

 

From where we now stand the above-described visitation of reckoning and retribution is not a matter of if, but when.  Out of this necessary LDS scourging will emerge the empowered men holding the fulness of the Melchizedek priesthood after the Holy Order of God [ref Alma 5:44,48,53,13:1-12]. These will face the forces of evil head-on. Others will fear and also fear to approach the New Jerusalem in Jackson County whose mighty residents [Israelite “remnants” and sanctified/ redeemed Gentile members] will appear terrible to them (D&C 45:66-71). The forces of evil will subsequently concentrate their plans and energies on Old Jerusalem, the Jewish temple and forestalling the return of the Savior.

 

With respect to the temple, the Old Testament references to the Branch cited in Jeremiah, Isaiah and Zechariah pertain to the latter days or end-time associated with the preparation for the return of the Savior. In Zechariah’s vision pertaining to the latter-days  the angel says:

 

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH [more correctly, branch]; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Even he shall build the temple of the LORD (Zech 6:12-13).

 

The Lord does not build his own temple in Jerusalem anymore then he does elsewhere. In this case this particular “Branch” (or branch) will catalyze and empower the construction of the temple in latter-day Jerusalem. Growing up “out of his place” suggests this temple builder or overseer is not a native of Israel.

 

With regard to building this house to the Lord, Heavenly Father explains:

 

Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word (Isa 66:1-2, emphasis ours).

 

Here the Lord makes clear not only the duty incumbent upon His people to build Him a house/temple but also the sort of discipleship and attitude necessary to accomplish this task. It is a stretch of credulity, even absurd to suppose that Christ, as “the Branch,” will physically build the temple in Jerusalem, the one in which he will appear and sit on the throne of David! This would necessitate Christ building His own temple. What would that look like? Would He show up in Jerusalem disguised as a mason supervising a work crew? This obvious and clear contradiction in roles constitute evidence that Christ and the Branch are two different individuals. Rather than some miraculous manifestation as necessarily implied by some commentaries, the Jerusalem temple will be built through human toil. This is the task of the Branch/branch and his associates before the Lord returns. They must approach their task in the contrite, humble and obedient manner specified.

 

Though the Lord certainly has power to build a temple that is not how it works. Illustrating the serious temple building responsibility that rests upon His people, on one occasion the Lord threatened to reject the Latter-day Saints as a church and as a people with their dead if they did not go to and physically build His house in Kirtland, Ohio in the time the Lord allotted (D&C 124:31-33).

 

As of this writing and with respect to Jerusalem the devout and orthodox Jews are presently determined to build on Mount Moriah a sort of facsimile of the two previous Jewish temples. The more religious Jews do seem to have a sense that they need to get started on this project. However, they consider that the somewhat unorthodox temple described by the Lord to Ezekiel in the Old Testament must pertain to the post-Messiah millennium and on this matter, and they are probably right.

 

It is also important to note that the location of Ezekiel’s temple is specified as lying north of the city of Jerusalem rather than on Mount Moriah or the City of David (Ezek 45:1-8). Theoretically, if the Jewish temple is not to be located on Mount Moriah, construction could begin even now. This possibility or probability will take some direction and inspiration that they [the Jews] have not considered as yet. It may also take an earthquake to clear the ultimately specified location (see Ezek 38:18-22).

 

It will be to this "third temple" and its defenders that Satan and his Antichrist will rally their massive legions. It will be the eye of the climactic cosmic end-time storm. According to Revelation (16:13-14) Satanic evil spirits are dispatched, symbolized by frogs, to influence and lure the nations, perhaps even India, China [“kings of the East”] and others, to come and extinguish the remaining powerful Israelite remnant still considered dangerous to the Antichrist’s objectives of total control of the earth, including the Lord’s temple.

 

This creation, earth, is not only the Lord’s footstool, but also the most important and most critical of all the Lord’s creations. Not only is this the only one of the Lord’s creations in which He would be killed by his own people, it is the only creation in which Satan [Lucifer, leading the forces of opposition] believes he can somehow win in the end (winning in the sense of thwarting the work of God and maintaining possession of the earth). To this end Satan wants no Jewish person alive to greet Christ at his return. A continuation of the program he initiated with Hitler, Satan wants to eliminate Israel and literally exterminate the Jews.

 

It will be at Jerusalem and its temple that the military forces of hell will be stymied. For three and one-half years the invading army will be miraculously held at bay before they finally achieve their purpose in the form of a short-lived victory. At this time of seeming victory for the armies of evil the righteous defenders retreat to the valley formed when the Savior sets his foot on the Mount of Olives on the east of Jerusalem. They live to fight another day under the leadership of the Savior himself.

 

And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come… (Zech 14:4-5).

 

By fleeing the temple and the city to meet the Savior in the valley created out of the Mount of Olives the temple and remainder of the city of Jerusalem fall to the enemy. The Antichrist is now finally free to desecrate the temple by his evil presence “so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God” (2 Thes 2:4).

 

This illusory victory by the Antichrist and his forces will soon be cut short by the Savior’s subsequent and more visible and dramatic return in glory, when the Antichrist and the invading armies are destroyed by a combination of geological disturbances, confusion, panic and “the brightness of his [the Lord’s] coming” (JST 2 Thes 2:3-9).

 

And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog [Assyrian/Antichrist alliance] shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord (Ezek 38:18–23).

 

In Ezekiel (39:1-2,16, 21-23) we are told that one sixth of this massive invading army [Gog/Assyrian/Antichrist alliance] will survive the destruction of Armageddon. Those who survive will return to their native lands with a firm testimony that the God of the Jews is indeed the very God of creation. They will bring this testimony back to all the world as the earth transitions into its terrestrial state in which the people of the nations that remain will be inspired and even compelled to go up to Jerusalem to worship their King.

 

… it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.  And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape [the war of Armageddon] of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles (Isa 66:18-19).

 

The gathering referred to here are the armies allied with the Antichrist assembled from many of the nations of the world. The “sign” that will be set among them is the miraculous destruction of this army by the Lord. It is the “sixth part” of that great army described by Ezekiel (39:2) whom the Lord allows to survive the destruction of Armageddon that will “escape” and subsequently bear testimony in their native lands of the “glory” of Israel’s God. They shall also then assist the remnants of Israel that still exist among their native Gentile nations to come up to worship the true God in Jerusalem. The terrestrial Gentiles that remain shall also come to worship with them (see Isa 66:20-24).

The Jerusalem temple, having been defiled by the Antichrist as the Son of perdition, will have to be cleansed. The angel Gabriel explains some particulars to Daniel:

 

Yea, he [Antichrist] magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two [more likely this should be a one] thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed (Dan 8:11–14, emphasis ours) [one thousand, three hundred equates to a little over three- and one-half years].

In Daniel chapter twelve we have the following comparison time-frame references pertaining to the abomination of desolation or defilement of the portion of the sanctuary in which the sacrifices were offered.

And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days (Dan 12:11–12).

 

The longer period above may have reference to the arrival of the Savior in glory accompanied by the resurrected and righteous Saints who have been caught up to meet Him in the air (see 1 Thes 4:13-18). The 35-day differential between these two time periods probably covers the period between the Antichrist's defilement of the temple proper (versus the earlier incursion upon the outer court) until the Savior's arrival and destruction of this penultimate Son of Perdition. This period is probably also occupied by a guerrilla type resistance on the part of the remaining survivors and including the culmination of the war of Armageddon.
 

Regardless of the time required to cleanse the "third temple" situated in the City of David, with the arrival of the Lord with the righteous Saints it will soon be time to build Ezekial's temple, which will be situated in a sacred location to the north in the center of the geographical lands of promise allocated to each of the tribes of Israel.

The “water of life” will issue forth from beneath the east of this (Ezekial's) temple structure to heal not only the Dead Sea but also the people and nations of the earth (Rev 22:1-2). As Ezekiel’s vision winds down the angel escorts the ancient prophet to the main eastern door of the temple:

 

Afterward he [the angel] brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar… Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. And it shall come to pass, that everything that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh (Ezek 47:1,8–9).

 

"And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles" (Zech 14:16). Then the kingdoms of this world will come under the Kingdom of our God and His Christ, and men will live in peace for a thousand years and the righteous Saints will be crowned with glory for ever and ever.

55. The Dream

 

Though the extent of this document has now exceeded original intentions I will here insert a dream that I had many years ago relative to the subject and time period at hand. It is still very clear in my mind.

 

In the dream, I found myself standing on the roof of the latter-day temple in Jerusalem. The outer surface wall was all made of seamless stonework. I was standing on an edge of the roof and looking down over an outer wall in which the solid stone masonry reached the ground. At this point the ground surface was sloping at a moderate angle. Below me I could see an abandoned Russian tank with its turret and cannon pointed away from the structure but gripping the side wall of the temple foundation with one of its tracks. By its grip on or against the wall, the tank was slightly lifted off the ground on the front downward side. Then, looking out across the city I could see an active battle line maybe a mile or two away. There were explosions that could be heard, and the smoke of explosives was visible.

 

At this point in the dream, I was given to understand that the Jewish forces defending Jerusalem had driven the enemy back from the temple to this visible battle line. However, I was given to understand that the plan was to fall back on the morrow and leave the temple and the city to the enemy. We were to flee to the Mount of Olives to meet the Savior, where He would set His feet and create a new valley by cleaving the Mount of Olives in half toward the North and the South. This would provide the retreating defending forces protection. I was also given to understand that at that moment while I was on the top of the temple Maria was down inside involved in some manner with the temple workers.

 

The following passage of scripture relates to the occurrence mentioned above:

 

And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee (Zech 14:4-5).

 

To my understanding, the Mount of Olives event does not yet constitute the Lord’s coming in glory. Rather, the Jerusalem defenders who now find refuge in this valley created by the Lord, become a sort of guerrilla force that still defies the enemy. The Antichrist has finally achieved his purpose of gaining possession of and desecrating the temple by his presence, “so that he as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God” (2 Thess 2:4). But the war is not over, as there are still Jews and people of the Lord holding out and fighting with great and miraculous power. We still have the battle of Armageddon.

 

56. Armageddon

 

In relation to this penultimate battle John the Revelator sees in vision:

 

… spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon (Rev. 14-18). And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand (Rev 9:16).

 

Notice the reference to keeping one’s garments [in other words, remaining true to our temple covenants]. This is a time of great challenge to the Saints—challenge and reward to the faithful. The tests are almost over. The army consists of 200 million.

 

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs (Rev 16:19- 20).

 

As a furlong is an eighth of a mile, the geographical length of the carnage from this  battle extends for two hundred miles!

 

Ultimately the Antichrist himself shall be “consumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my [the Lord’s] coming” (D&C 5:19). “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse [Christ], which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh" (Rev 19:20-21).

 

57. Adam-ondi-Ahman

 

In the Father’s perfect foreknowledge and despite Lucifer’s attempts to upset and thwart His program and timetable, everything of significance still happens in its “set” or “appointed time” (Gen 17:21; Pslm 102:13; Dan 8:19,11:27-29,35; Alma 40:4-5, etc.) including the destruction of the Antichrist (Dan 11:45).

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever (Dan 12:1–3, emphasis ours).

Notice that some who waken from the "sleep" of death shall awake “to everlasting life” and others to a different fate. This reference to the dead at the time of judgment necessarily includes a summation of the work for the dead by the faithful Saints. This judgment in the resurrection includes the degree with which the Saviors on Mount Zion [members] have broken their ancestor’s sinful chains and weaknesses. It also includes the degree to which their ancestors have repented and lived “in the spirit according to the will of God” (JST, 1Pet 4:6, see also 1Pet 4:6, “live according to God in the spirit”).

At this set time Adam, as the archangel Michael and the Ancient of Days, shall preside over a great congregation of the righteous from all ages of the earth at Adam-ondi-Ahman in Daviess County, Missouri. At the appointed time the Antichrist is destroyed and his claim to rule is officially nullified along with all the kings of the earth.

I [Daniel] beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days [Adam] did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn [Antichrist] spake: I beheld even till the beast [Antichrist's army] was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts [nations symbolically represented in Daniel as beasts], they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man [Christ] came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him [Christ] dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed (Dan 7:9–14).

 

58. Antichrist Destroyed

 

The horn spoken of is the Antichrist. The beast is the worldly kingdom and alliance over which the horn ruled. The other beasts are worldly kingdoms such as Britain/America, Russia/Assyria or Persia/Iran. The Son of Man, Jesus Christ, comes to Adam-ondi-Ahman and all the keys of authority bestowed upon all the prophets and apostles from every age aand dispensation re returned to the Savior whose right it is to reign. And now, rather than some end time mortal by the name of David, it is Christ who will sit upon the throne of David throughout the millennium and beyond (Luke 1:3-34, Acts 2:30, Rev 19:16). David [Heb. Beloved] is a name for the Savior.

Now comes the reward of the righteous, the strengthening of the weak things of the earth [the Lord’s servants], the resurrection of the dead and the binding of the Devil.

 

And the graves of the saints shall be opened; and they shall come forth and stand on the right hand of the Lamb, when he shall stand upon Mount Zion, and upon the holy city, the New Jerusalem; and they shall sing the song of the Lamb, day and night forever and ever. And for this cause, that men might be made partakers of the glories which were to be revealed, the Lord sent forth the fulness of his gospel, his everlasting covenant, reasoning in plainness and simplicity—To prepare the weak for those things which are coming on the earth, and for the Lord’s errand in the day when the weak shall confound the wise, and the little one become a strong nation, and two shall put their tens of thousands to flight (D&C 133:56-58, emphasis ours).

 

Satan is now bound for a thousand years.

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59. Triumph of the "Weak Things"

 

John the Revelator also describes the binding of Satan for a thousand years.

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season (Rev 20:1-2).

 

With Satan bound, now the earth may heal and rest.

 

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses. And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited (Zech 14:6-11, emphasis ours).

 

60. Healing Waters issue from the Temple and Throne of God

 

Regarding the healing waters referred to previously John the Revelator describes the following:

 

And he [the angel] shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it [the temple]; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name [the Savior's name] shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever (Rev 22:1-5).

 

The prophet Joel, joins the topic:

 

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed (Joel 2:25-27).

 

The years the locust hath eaten refers to the time, energy and money we wasted on things that did not matter and had no eternal merit. This is not to say that all of our pleasures and passions were necessarily wrong or bad. Rather, it was always a matter of where our heart was and if we were willing to do or submit to the Lord’s will.

 

61. Marriage Supper of the Lamb

 

Next John sees the Lord’s Church and the sanctified called to the actual marriage supper of the Lamb.

 

And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife [Curch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev19:5-9. emphasis ours).

 

Those called to the Lord’s marriage supper include all those described in the parable contained in Luke 14:15-24. Of all the noble friends of the Lord invited in the parable to the supper none availed himself of the feast. Turning down his invitation, they had, what seemed to them, more important business. Consequently, the Lord’s servant…

 

… came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house [the Father] being angry said to his servant [the Savior], Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper (Luke 14:21–24, emphasis ours).

 

In the Lord’s Kingdom there will be some surprises. In the day of the Lord’s power, it will be largely the poor and meek of the earth who are sanctified and perfected. It is only the humble that the Lord can work with and perfect. The beginning of wisdom in the course of personal salvation may be when we come to the point at which we realize that, regardless of whatever honors we may ever have achieved in life, compared to the Holy beings that constitute the Godhead, we are the maimed, the halt and the blind. We are the transients that may possibly be invited to the wedding supper if we come to understand our unworthiness and dependency upon God. This was the point that King Benjamin was making in his famous address in which a generation was sanctified essentially on the spot (Mosiah 2-6).

For additional perspective:

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts (Isa 55:8–9).

 

See also GT 8: Broken Heart and Contrite Spirit and GT 13: Core Message of the Gospel.

 

62. The Holy Cities of the Millennium

 

As the earth transitions into and through its terrestrial state, we will witness the return of the cities of Salem [translated city of Melchizedek, see JST Gen 14:26-34] and Enoch with their translated citizens.

 

And the Lord said unto Enoch: Then shalt thou and all thy city meet them there, and we will receive them into our bosom, and they shall see us; and we will fall upon their necks, and they shall fall upon our necks, and we will kiss each other; And there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall come forth out of all the creations which I have made; and for the space of a thousand years the earth shall rest (Moses 7:63–64).

63. The Israelite Assignment of Tribal Inheritances in the Holy Land

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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One of the differences of inheritance from the days of Joshua is the setting aside of what is termed a "holy portion of the land" for Ezekial's millennial temple and seat of the throne of God.

 

"Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds [8 1/3 miles] and the breadth shall be ten thousand [6 2/3 miles]. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about. Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length [875 feet], with five hundred in breadth [875 feet], square round about; and fifty cubits [87 1/2 feet] round about for the suburbs thereof. And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand [8 1/3 miles], and the breadth of ten thousand [3 1/3 miles]: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place. The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary. And the five and twenty thousand of length [8 1/3 miles], and the ten thousand of breadth [3 1/3 miles] shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad [1 2/3 miles], and five and twenty thousand long [8 1/3 miles], over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. And a portion shall be for the prince on the one sideand on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the wesr side westward,.." Ezek 45:1-7

The assignments of the portions of lands to the various Israelite tribes as detailed in Ezekial chapter 48 differs in some respects to the earlier apportionment in the days of Joshua. 

One aspect of the Lord's apportionment for the millennial period that puzzles Bible scholars is that it does not appear to take potential geographical and topological issues into account. However, this apparent oddity is most likely explained by the fact that the millennial earth shall undergo a geographical and topological transformation.

"This new heaven and earth which will come into existence when our Lord comes to reign, is this same earth with its heavens renewed or restored to its primitive condition and beauty. Everything is to be brought back as nearly as it is possible to its position as it was in the beginning. The mountains, we are informed, are to be thrown down, the valleys are to be exalted, and ‘the earth shall be like as it was in the days before it was divided.’” (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Restoration of All Things, 294–95).

"Wherefore, be not deceived, but continue in steadfastness, looking forth for the heavens to be shaken, and the earth to tremble and to reel to and fro as a drunken man, and for the valleys to be exalted, and for the mountains to be made low, and for the rough places to become smooth–and all this when the angel shall sound his trumpet" (D&C 49:23).

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64. Some New Jerusalem Details

 

The city of New Jerusalem will ultimately contain 24 temples and stretch for 1,500 miles [12,000 furlongs] in length, breadth and height. “And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal” (Rev. 21:16).

 

After the millennium and the “little season” which includes the final showdown with Satan, the earth is resurrected to a more glorified state. In this glorified state there will be no temple. The earth becomes the Lord’s abode wherein no temple will be required to come into His presence. “… for the lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it” (Rev 21:22).

65. Summary

  1. Today - 2023/24 still under the 6th Seal

  2. Also under 6th Seal/initial calling/ordaining 144K high priests/great earthquake

  3. Opening of 7th Seal/beginning of half-hour of silence in heaven

  4. Beginning construction of Jerusalem temple/not on Mount Moriah

  5. US economy weakens/collapses/weakens US world position

  6. Russian/Assyrian US invasion/many people die

  7. Many telestial LDS members die/not accustomed to follow Holy Spirit

  8. Ten tribes arrive/disperse and defeat Russian/Assyrian army

  9. Ten tribes come to Rocky Mountains/Wasatch Front/receive temple endowments

  10. New Scriptures from ten tribes/a period of time devoted to their temple work

  11. US crumbling outside Utah/invasion after-effects/law and order breakdown

  12. America chaos/mobocracy/tribal warfare/pestilence

  13. Civilization breakdown/destruction of Babylon in America/everywhere else corrupt world of merchandise still operates

  14. Remnants/racial minorities "vex” America/mobocracy/"city against city/state against state"

  15. Jackson County inhabitants cleared by the “besom of destruction”

  16. Select Saints return to abandoned/desolate Jackson County, Missouri

  17. Return led by "one mighty and strong,” sets in order "the house of God,” arranges “inheritances of the saints” (D&C85:7)

  18. Ephraim/Manasseh/other tribes build New Jerusalem

  19. Persecuted Jews continue to gather to Israel

  20. Jewish temple becomes eye of the storm

  21. Series of wars in and around Middle East distill into kings of the North versus kings of the South/described in Daniel

  22. Northern alliances develop into unique "diverse" ten nation alliance/likely including Russia, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Bactria, Greece, Macedonia and others 9probably includes a European nation0

  23. Southern alliance likely includes Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Italy and others

  24. After series of wars/leaders/Antichrist maneuvers through deceit/deception into power over northern ten nation alliance

  25. Antichrist alliance defeats Southern forces/invades Egypt/becomes major world power

  26. Antichrist makes devious peace pact with Israel and “prince of the covenant” at beginning of 7-year “Tribulation” period

  27. Antichrist three-and one-half year power consolidation/breaks peace pact/overruns/occupies one-half of Jerusalem/includes outer temple court

  28. Daily temple sacrifices cease

  29. Jewish possession of temple proper [structure] for another three and a half years

  30. Two prophet witnesses/Jewish portion of the144K/exercise great power against Israel's enemies

  31. Great power to resist shared by remaining Jewish leadership/population devoutly awaiting their Messiah 

  32. Jerusalem defenders defy powers/forces of the Antichrist and much of world’s armies

  33. Israel becomes main obstacle frustrating One World government

  34. Satan/Antichrist summons as many of the world's armies as can be assembled to defeat the Lord's army in Jerusalem

  35. Antichrist overpowers the two witnesses/kills them

  36. Defending forces abandon Jewish temple/flee to Mount of Olives/meet the Lord

  37. Antichrist takes possession of Jerusalem temple

  38. War of Armageddon takes place outside Jerusalem

  39. The Lord returns in glory/Antichrist/wicked destroyed

  40. First resurrection ends/earth transformed to terrestrial state

  41. Cities of Enoch and Salem (Melchizedek) return to terrestrial earth

  42. Christ reigns over one thousand years of Millennial peace and forever

Conclusion

66. Conclusion

In the course of writing this article it has taken on a somewhat different character than originally intended. This timeline has acquired a flavor of future events that is both exciting and sobering. Parenthetically, as we peruse and reflect upon the level of commitment the scriptures reveal and the Lord requires of the Saints to build Zion, it should be clear that what the Father expects from His members and servants is far greater than our so-called mainstream membership has embraced or even considered. The term “Saints” means or implies the sanctified. However, we are not there yet. Those who have sought for glory, honor or popularity in the Church, or in the world, will need to balance or even cancel that misleading account of temporary glory with a requisite dose of humility and divinely directed service.

As the caravan of the kingdom, a term coined by Elder Bruce R McConkie, rolls and bumps along, the bulk of Latter-day Saints have little idea of what has been and is transpiring behind the veil that separates us from higher realities. Spirits reserved for this dispensation and this time have been busy getting themselves and we mortals ready for the challenges. They have not been idle. Not only did many of us participate in the creation of this earth but we and they have also been engaged in supporting the other mortals of this dispensation [until it was time to be born]. And this is only one element in the coordinated effort that undergirds this final dispensation. So much rests upon the commissions laid upon the living, the dead and the hosts of heaven. If we could see the activity on the other side of the veil, the veil that confines us to our worldly pursuits, we would likely put more stock in learning what we came here for.

Additionally, in the midst of the current leadership vacuum, cultural bubble, Babylonian distractions and secret combinations, the idea that we are being taught pure truth and pure doctrine (Russel M Nelson, Oct 2021 Gen Conf) is an indication of how out of touch we have become. If we are indeed being taught pure truth and pure doctrine it is only at a primary level. Nor are we being taught how to receive personal revelation so we can get past this rudimentary gospel level of understanding. People are leaving the Church because they are not challenged, they are not fed, and they are not mentored. The Savior instructed Peter, the president of the New Testament Church, to “feed my sheep” (John 21:16-17) repeating His earnest instructions three times for emphasis.

If we as a family or we as a people are to survive or even thrive during the period of time covered by this timeline we need to learn how to repent and how to receive personal revelation. It is a sad commentary that the LDS people are known in the conservative Christian world to be not only among the most ignorant but also the most misinformed. With less scripture and no valid priesthood authority, they are better prepared for what is coming than the LDS membership. We are the ones with the extra scriptural warnings [see, for example, Ether 8:20-26] and the gift of the Holy Ghost. We should be at the top of the information pyramid.

In this context, I refer to an item in my personal spiritual history in which I was given a dream that explained to me [and I was surprised to learn] that the Lord’s [LDS] Church was being managed by caretakers! It hasn’t always been that way and will not always be that way. Fortunately, the essential priesthood keys still reside in the leading quorums of the LDS Church and there is no excuse for apostasy. I was also informed in this dream that the Lord would come and set things right at the appointed time.

This dwindling in the latter-days is clearly outlined in the scriptures and should come as no surprise. The reader may also refer to GT 10: Observations on the Mainstream, and GT 15: Is There a Scourge Remaining for the People of the Lord?

May God bless all our family and friends to walk through the valley of the shadow of death and to fear no evil (23 Psalm). It is a great time to be alive. We are approaching the crucible of the defining moments in the cosmos, entering into “worlds without end.”

67. Latter-Day Event Timeline

The following is a timeline chart with best estimates of the sequence of important events and rough associated time frames. These details should only be considered as potentially useful rather than definitive.

Latter-day Event Timeline

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Latter-Day Event Timeline

68. Old Testament Event Timeline

 

The following is am illustrative Old Testament timeline from the Garden of Eden until Christ.

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Old Testament Event Timeline

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