

Give Heed to the Words of the Prophets, Quentin L. Isaiah 29:18-19 (Spiritual darkness removed) Isaiah 29:4, 14 (Coming forth of the Book of Mormon) Hales, “ Waiting upon the Lord: Thy Will Be Done”, Oct. To hope and trust in the Lord requires faith, patience, humility, meekness, long-suffering, keeping the commandments, and enduring to the end” (Robert D. “In the scriptures, the word wait means to hope, to anticipate, and to trust. Nelson, “ Joy and Spiritual Survival”, Oct. He is the source of all joy.” (Russell M. “When the focus of our lives is on God’s plan of salvation…and Jesus Christ and His gospel, we can feel joy regardless of what is happening-or not happening-in our lives. Isaiah 25:1-5 (Song of praise and thanksgiving)ĬR: Revelation 19, D&C 58:9-11, Matthew 22:2-14 Isaiah 14:4-23 (Satirical song against Satan) McConkie, “Doctrines of Salvation” Deseret Book, 1954, 1:86) In the course of the thousand years all men will either come into the Church, or kingdom of God, or they will die and pass away.” (Joseph Fielding Smith, Bruce R. But there will be need for the preaching of the gospel, after the millennium is brought in, until all men are either converted or pass away.

All who belong, by virtue of their good lives, to the terrestrial order, as well as those who have kept the celestial law, will remain upon the face of the earth during the millennium.Įventually, however, the knowledge of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters do the sea.
#REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE DUST AND TO DUST YOU SHALL RETURN FREE#
There will be millions of people, Catholics, Protestants, agnostics, Mohammedans, people of all classes, and of all beliefs, still permitted to remain upon the face of the earth, but they will be those who have lived clean lives, those who have been free from wickedness and corruption. “Some members of the Church have an erroneous idea that when the millennium comes all of the people are going to be swept off the earth except righteous members of the Church. Nelson, “Hope of Israel”, supplement to the New Era and Ensign, 8, ). Nothing else compares in magnitude, nothing else compares in importance, nothing else compares in majesty.” (Russell M. “The gathering is the most important thing taking place on earth today. Join = Sapach - a permanent joining as through a covenant Stranger = Ger - Sojourner or newcomer not so strange Any that longer in Babylon will be taken with her plagues, ‘For after today cometh the burning,and I will not spare any that remain in Babylon.” (D&C 64:24) (Opening the Seven Seals, 189-90, 204-205)Ģ Chronicles 30:25-26 (Rejoice with strangers) “Babylon is not to be converted but destroyed: ‘We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her’ (Jer. Draper, Opening the Seven Seals: The Visions of John the Revelator, Deseret Book 1991, 189-90, 204-205) It stands in contrast to the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem, where the law of God thrives…” (Professor Richard D. Isaiah 24, Isaiah 33, Isaiah 34 Section Headings (Describing the Second Coming)īabylon=the world, but specifically, “Babylon incarnates arrogance, pride, and insatiable corruption in opposition to God and his kingdom. Isaiah 13:11-14 (Scary verses of the Fall of Babylon)
