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Signs and Events Before the Coming of Jesus Christ

INDEX

Note: The following signs are not listed in any particular time order

Faithful Saints will Watch and Look for the Signs of the Lord’s Coming

The following events will happen as a Preparation for the Second Coming

Redeeming the dead-The Prophet Elijah to return

The Gospel to be preached worldwide

The church to be built up in every region

The Jews will gather back to Jerusalem (Israel)

The Gospel will be taken from the Gentiles and taken to the Jews

The Lamanites will Blossom as a Rose

The Army of Israel to become ‘Very Great’

Wars and Rumours of Wars-Bloodshed-The Whole Earth in Commotion

There will be Famine and Pestilences

Fear upon all People-Men’s Hearts will Fail them

Iniquity to Abound, and Love of many shall Wax Cold

The Saints will be in Bondage to Babylon

The Power of God will Descend upon the Saints

The House of God to be Set in Order and Cleansed

The Cities where the New Jerusalem will be Established will become Desolate or Wasted

Gathering to One Place from Among all Nations in Preparation for the Second Coming

Separation of the Righteous and the Wicked

Zion the New Jerusalem to be Built Up and Redeemed by Power

The Introduction of the United Order-The Law of Consecration

The Work will be ‘Cut Short in Righteousness’

The Testimony is Sealed and the Law Bound

A Desolating Sickness-The Lord’s Scourge

A Great Hailstorm

Flies Upon the Face of the Earth

Earthquakes, Thunder, Lightning, Whirlwinds, Tempests (Hurricanes) and Tsunami’s

The Savior’s Visit to Adam-Ondi-Ahman Just Prior to His Second Coming

For Further Signs see the study ‘Events at the Actual Coming of the Lord’

This study gives details of signs just preceding the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ

1: The Heavens and the Earth to Tremble and Shake, the mountains divide and flow down at the Coming of the Lord

2: Blood, Fire and Vapours of smoke

3: The Earth to be removed out of its Place-The Stars, Moon and Sun shall give no Light-Signs in the Heavens

4: There will be a Great Sign in Heaven

5: The Seven Angels Will Sound their Trumps

6: Babylon-The Great and Abominable Church Will Fall

7: Silence in Heaven for Half an Hour completed

8: The Curtain of Heaven is unfolded as a Scroll

9: The Sounding of the trumpets

10: A Great Earthquake and Great Hail at the very end

11: The Saviour will come in a Cloud with Power and Great Glory

Faithful Saints will Watch and Look for the Signs of the Lord’s Coming

Signs of the Second Coming will happen either to prepare the way for or as indicators that the time is approaching.

D&C 35:15-16: “And the poor and the meek shall have the gospel preached unto them, and they shall be looking forth for the time of my Coming, for it is nigh at hand-- And they shall learn the parable of the fig-tree, for even now already summer is nigh.”

Matthew 24:32-33: “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh: so likewise, ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors.” (See Mark 13:27-29)

D&C 39:23: “And they shall receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and shall be looking forth for the signs of my Coming, and shall know me. Behold I come quickly.”

D&C 45:16: “And I will show it plainly as I showed it unto my disciples as I stood before them in the flesh, and spake unto them saying: As ye have asked of me concerning the signs of my coming in the day when I shall come in my glory in the clouds of heaven, to fulfil the promises that I have made unto your fathers.”

D&C 45:37-40: “Ye look and behold the fig-trees, and ye see them with your eyes, and ye say when they begin to shoot forth, and their leaves are yet tender, that summer is nigh at hand; even so it shall be in that day when they shall see all these things, then shall they know that the hour is nigh. And it shall come to pass that he that feareth me shall be looking forth for the Great Day of the Lord to come even for the Signs of the Coming of the Son of Man. And they shall see signs and wonders, for they shall be shown forth in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath”

Matthew 24:3: “And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?”

D&C 49:23: “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 63:53: “These things are the things that ye must look for; (See 24-37) and, speaking after the manner of the Lord, they are now nigh at hand, and in a time to come, even in the day of the coming of the Son of Man….”

D&C 68:11: “And unto you it shall be given to know the signs of the times and the signs of the coming of the Son of Man.”

Isaiah 8:17: “And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him.”

The Signs From the Scriptures

This list will not be comprehensive. There will be other signs not listed in this collection:

The following Events will happen as a Preparation for the Second Coming

Redeeming the dead-The Prophet Elijah to return

The Gospel to be preached worldwide

The church to be built up in every region

See the study “Personal Preparation for the Second Coming” for details of the above

The following signs are not listed in any particular time order

Sign: The Jews will gather back to Jerusalem (Israel)

D&C 45: 24-25: “And this I have told you concerning Jerusalem; and when that day shall come, shall a remnant be scattered among all nations; but they shall be gathered again; but they shall remain until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”

D&C 45:43: “And the remnant shall be gathered unto this place.

Luke 21:24: “…And Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”

Isaiah 11:12: “And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”

2 Nephi 10:8: And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.”

3 Nephi: 20:29-30:  And I will remember the covenant which I have made with my people; and I have covenanted with them that I would gather them together in mine own due time, that I would give unto them again the land of their fathers for their inheritance, which is the land of Jerusalem, which is the promised land unto them forever, saith the Father. And it shall come to pass that the time cometh, when the fullness of my gospel shall be preached unto them.” (See Amos 9:14-15)

3 Nephi 20:46: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, all these things shall surely come, even as the Father hath commanded me. Then shall this covenant which the Father hath covenanted with his people be fulfilled; and then shall Jerusalem be inhabited again with my people, and it shall be the land of their inheritance.”

D&C 133:13: “And let them who be of Judah flee unto Jerusalem, unto the mountains of the Lord's house.”

At the dedication of the Kirtland Temple in 1836 the Prophet Joseph prayed that Judah would return to the lands of their inheritance:

D&C 109:61-64: “But thou knowest that thou hast a great love for the children of Jacob, who have been scattered upon the mountains for a long time, in a cloudy and dark day. We therefore ask thee to have mercy upon the children of Jacob that Jerusalem, from this hour, may begin to be redeemed; and the yoke of bondage may begin to be broken off from the house of David; and the children of Judah may begin to return to the lands which thou didst give to Abraham, their father.”

Amos 9:14-15: “And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.”

See the study “The Jews Gather back to Israel in Fulfilment of Prophesy.”

SIGN: The Gospel will be taken from the Gentiles and Taken to the Jews

3 Nephi 16:10: “And thus commanded the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fullness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischief’s, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fullness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fullness of my gospel from among them.” (See 3 Nephi 16: 4-12)

D&C 45:30: “And in that generation, shall the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”

When the Gentiles reject the gospel and the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled the Gospel will be taken to the Jews.

D&C 133:8: “Send forth the elders of my church unto the nations which are afar off; unto the islands of the sea; send forth unto foreign lands; call upon all nations, first upon the Gentiles, and then upon the Jews.” (See D&C 90:9; D&C 98:15-16)

D&C 107:33: “The Twelve are….to build up the church and regulate all the affairs of the same in all nations, first unto the Gentiles and secondly unto the Jews.” (See D&C 18:26)

D&C 98:15-16: “Seek diligently to turn…...the hearts of the Jews unto the Prophets; lest I come and smite the whole earth with a curse, and all flesh be consumed before me.”

D&C 18:26: “And now behold, there are others who are called to declare my gospel, both unto Gentile and unto Jew” (see D&C 90:9)

D&C 19:26-27: “…to the printing of the Book of Mormon, which contains the truth and the word of God, which is my word to the Gentile, that soon it may go to the Jew, of whom the Lamanites are a remnant, that they may believe the gospel, and look not for a Messiah to come who has already come.”

There will come a time when two prophets in particular will be chosen to declare the Gospel with power to the Jews after they have gathered in their homeland:

D&C 77:15: “Q. What is to be understood by the two witnesses, in the eleventh chapter of Revelation? A. They are two prophets that are to be raised up to the Jewish nation in the last days, at the time of the restoration, and to prophesy to the Jews after they are gathered and have built the city of Jerusalem in the land of their fathers.”

See the studies under the heading “A Message to Judah.”

Note: The Jewish people in large part have now gathered back to the lands of their inheritance but the Gospel has not been preached with any success amongst them. There are a few Jewish converts in wards and branches throughout the world-wide church.

SIGN: The Lamanites will Blossom as a Rose

D&C 49:24: “But before the great Day of the Lord shall come, Jacob shall flourish in the wilderness, and the Lamanites shall blossom as the rose.”

The Saviour explained to the Nephites that when their descendants accepted the Gospel in the latter days then the time for the gathering to the land of their inheritance would be near:

3 Nephi 21:7: “And when these things come to pass that thy seed shall begin to know these things-it shall be a sign unto them that they may know that the work of the Father hath already commenced unto the fulfilling of the covenant which He hath made unto the people who are of the House of Israel.” The covenant referred to is the Gathering of Israel to Zion in the last days:

3 Nephi 21:26: “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.

Helaman 15:11-13: “Yea, even if they should dwindle in unbelief the Lord shall prolong their days until the time shall come which hath been spoken of by our fathers, and also by the prophet Zenos, and many other prophets, concerning the restoration of our brethren, the Lamanites, again to the knowledge of the truth—Yea, I say unto you, that in the latter times the promises of the Lord have been extended to our brethren, the Lamanites; and notwithstanding the many afflictions which they shall have, and notwithstanding they shall be driven to and fro upon the face of the earth, and be hunted, and shall be smitten and scattered abroad, having no place for refuge, the Lord shall be merciful unto them. And this is according to the prophecy, that they shall again be brought to the true knowledge, which is the knowledge of their Redeemer, and their great and true shepherd, and be numbered among his sheep.” (See 2 Nephi 30:4-6 2 Nephi 9:53)

Over the last several decades there has been a literal fulfilment of the prophecy that the “Lamanites shall blossom as the rose.” The first stake in South America was created in 1960. The growth of the Church in South and Central America, and the islands of the sea like Samoa and Tahiti has been phenomenal involving many Lamanites.

SIGN: The Army of Israel to become ‘Very Great’

D&C 105:26: “Now, behold, I say unto you, my friends, in this way you may find favor in the eyes of the people, until the army of Israel becomes very great.”

D&C 105:31-32: “But first let my army become very great, and let it be sanctified before me, that it may become fair as the sun, and clear as the moon, and that her banners may be terrible unto all nations; That the kingdoms of this world may be constrained to acknowledge that the kingdom of Zion is in very deed the kingdom of our God and his Christ; therefore, let us become subject unto her laws.”

D&C 109:72-73: “…. That the kingdom, which thou hast set up without hands, may become a great mountain and fill the whole earth; that thy church may come forth out of the wilderness of darkness, and shine forth fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.” (see D&C 5:14)

Joel 2:10-11: “The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: 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?”

SIGN: Wars and Rumours of Wars-Bloodshed-The Whole Earth in Commotion

D&C 45:26: “And in that day shall be heard of wars and rumours of wars, and the whole earth shall be in commotion, and men’s hearts shall fail them, and they shall say that Christ delayeth His coming until the end of the earth.”

D&C 88:91: “And all things shall be in commotion; and surely, men's hearts shall fail them; for fear, shall come upon all people.”

J.S. Matthew 1:28-29: “And they shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars. Behold I speak for mine elect's sake; for nation, shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.” (See Mathew 24:6-7)

D&C 45:33: “Yet men will harden their hearts against me, and they will take up the sword, one against another, and they will kill one another.”

D&C 45:62-63: “For verily I say unto you, that great things await you; Ye hear of wars in foreign lands; but, behold, I say unto you, they are nigh, even at your doors, and not many years hence ye shall hear of wars in your own lands.”

D&C 38:29: “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.”

D&C 45:68-69: “And it shall come to pass among the wicked, that every man that will not take his sword against his neighbour must needs flee unto Zion for safety, and here 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.”

D&C 63:32-37: “I, the Lord, am angry with the wicked; I am holding my Spirit from the inhabitants of the earth. I have sworn in my wrath, and decreed wars upon the face of the earth, and the wicked shall slay the wicked, and fear shall come upon every man; And the saints shall hardly escape; nevertheless I the Lord am with them…Wherefore, seeing that I, the Lord, have decreed all these things upon the face of the earth, I will that my saints should be assembled upon the land of Zion…and declare both by word and by flight that desolation shall come upon the wicked.”

D&C 87:6: “And thus, with the sword and by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth shall mourn; and with famine, and plague, and earthquake, and the thunder of heaven, and the fierce and vivid lightning also, shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to feel the wrath, and indignation, and chastening hand of an Almighty God, until the consumption decreed hath made a full end of all nations.”

D&C 97:22, 25-26: “For behold, and lo, vengeance cometh speedily upon the ungodly as the whirlwind; and who shall escape it? 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.”

1 Nephi 14:15-17: “And it came to pass that I beheld that the wrath of God was poured out upon that great and abominable church, insomuch that there were wars and rumors of wars among all the nations and kindreds of the earth. And as there began to be wars and rumors of wars among all the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations, the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold, the wrath of God is upon the mother of harlots; and behold, thou seest all these thing….”

It is amazing how quick a society can descend into depravity and violence, which in turn calls for the judgments of God:

Moroni 9:11-15: “O my beloved son, how can a people like this, that are without civilization; (And only a few years have passed away, and they were a civil and a delightsome people) But O my son, how can a people like this, whose delight is in so much abomination—How can we expect that God will stay his hand in judgment against us? Behold, my heart cries: Wo unto this people. Come out in judgment, O God, and hide their sins, and wickedness, and abominations from before thy face!”

SIGN: There will be Famine and Pestilences

D&C 87:6: “And thus, with the sword and by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth shall mourn; and with famine………...”

D&C 43:25: “How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants, and by the ministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of thunderings, and by the voice of lightnings, and by the voice of tempests, and by the voice of earthquakes, and great hailstorms, and by the voice of famines and pestilences of every kind,…..”

Matthew 24:7: “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diver’s places.”

Mark 13:8: “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in diver’s places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.”

Luke 21:11: “And great earthquakes shall be in diver’s places, and famines, and pestilences fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.”

JSM History 1:45: “He (Moroni) commenced, and again related the very same things which he had done at his first visit, without the least variation; which having done, he informed me of great judgments which were coming upon the earth, with great desolations by famine, sword, and pestilence; and that these grievous judgments would come on the earth in this generation. Having related these things, he again ascended as he had done before.

SIGN: Fear upon all People-Men’s Hearts will Fail them

D&C 88:91: “And all things shall be in commotion; and surely, men's hearts shall fail them; for fear, shall come upon all people.”

D&C 45:26: “And in that day shall be heard of wars and rumours of wars, and the whole earth shall be in commotion, and men’s hearts shall fail them, and they shall say that Christ delayeth his coming until the end of the earth.”

D&C 63:33: “I have sworn in my wrath, and decreed wars upon the face of the earth, and the wicked shall slay the wicked, and fear shall come upon every man.”

Luke 21: 25-26: “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth…”

SIGN: Iniquity to Abound, and Love of many shall Wax Cold

See the study “The Fullness of Iniquity brings forth the Judgements of God”

D&C 45:27: “And the love of men shall wax cold, and iniquity shall abound.”

D&C 45: 33: “Yet men will harden their hearts against me, and they will take up the sword, one against another, and they will kill one another.”

J.S. Matthew 30: “And again, because iniquity shall abound, the love of men shall wax cold; but he that shall not be overcome, the same shall be saved.” (See Matthew 24:12)

2 Timothy 3:1-5: “This know also that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.”

Nephi prophesied that the nations of the Gentiles would be ‘Drunken with Iniquity’:

2 Nephi 27:1-2: “But, behold, in the last days, or in the days of the Gentiles-yea, behold all the nations of the Gentiles and also the Jews, both those who shall come upon this land and those who shall be upon other lands, yea, even upon all the lands of the earth, behold, they will be drunken with iniquity and all manner of abominations. And when that day shall come, they shall be visited of the Lord of Hosts, with thunder and with earthquake, and with a great noise, and with storm, and with tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.”

3 Nephi 16:10: “And thus commanded the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fullness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischief’s, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fullness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fullness of my gospel from among them.”

Mormon the Prophet speaks of a time of great pollutions upon the earth:

Mormon 8:31: “Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be great pollutions upon the face of the earth; there shall be murders, and robbing, and lying, and deceivings, and whoredoms, and all manner of abominations; when there shall be many who will say, do this, or do that, and it mattereth not, for the lord will uphold such at the last day

Even members of the church will be caught up in this wickedness:

Isaiah prophesied: 2 Nephi 12:5-12: “O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, everyone to his wicked ways. Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man humbleth himself not, therefore, forgive him not. O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty shall smite thee. And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the Lord of Hosts soon cometh upon all nations, yea, upon everyone; yea, upon the proud and lofty, and upon everyone who is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.”

SIGN: The Saints will be in Bondage to Babylon

The conditions of wickedness in our society today are evident for all to see. There has been a rapid decline in standards in recent years with a great increase in immorality and violence. This combined wickedness creates a society which the scriptures call Babylon. Because members of the church are dependent upon the world for financial resources, employment, education and other basic needs they become in bondage to Babylon. The saints will need to be led out of bondage in the last days:

D&C 103:17-18: “For ye are the children of Israel and of the seed of Abraham, and ye must needs be led out of bondage by power, and with a stretched-out arm. And as your fathers were led at first, even so shall the Redemption of Zion be.”

The prophet Isaiah declared that by being in bondage to Babylon the people of God are captive and have sold themselves short.

Isaiah 52:2-5: “Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down a foretime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people are taken away for nought? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.”

The Bands of Babylon are forever tightening their grip around the saints in their scattered condition upon the earth The Doctrine and Covenants explains that this influence of Babylon is a curse upon Israel because they remain scattered amongst the Gentles:

D&C 113:10: “…..The bands of her neck are the curses of God upon her or the remnants of Israel in their scattered condition among the Gentiles.”

The Devil’s design is to surround the saints with evil and bring them into:

D&C 76:29: “Wherefore, He maketh war with the saints of God, and encompasseth them round about.”

D&C 82:5: “Therefore what I say unto one I say unto all: Watch for the adversary spreadeth his dominions and darkness reigneth.”

It is the purpose of the Lord for members of the church to be independent:

D&C 78:14: “That the church may stand independent above all other creatures beneath the Celestial World; that you may come up unto the crown prepared for you, and be made rulers over many kingdoms, saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Zion.”

D&C 133:7, 14: “The time has come when the voice of the Lord is unto you: Go ye out of Babylon; gather ye out from among the nations, from the four winds, from one end of Heaven to the other. Go ye out from among them the nations, even from Babylon, from the midst of wickedness, which is spiritual Babylon.”

See the study “Are the Saints now in Bondage to Babylon?”

SIGN: The Power of God will Descend upon the Saints

D&C 105:37: “And inasmuch as they follow the counsel which they receive (in the Doctrine and Covenants), they shall have power after many days to accomplish all things pertaining to Zion.”

1 Nephi 14:12, 14: “….. I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore whom I saw……And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.”

3 Nephi 20:16-19: Then shall ye, who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among them; and ye shall be in the midst of them who shall be many; and ye shall be among them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. And I will gather my people together as a man gathereth his sheaves into the floor. For I will make my people with whom the Father hath covenanted, yea, I will make thy 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. And behold, I am he who doeth it.” V 20-22 gather to New Jerusalem.

Micah 5:8: “And the remnant of Jacob 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.”

Mormon 5:22-24: “And then, O ye Gentiles, how can ye stand before the power of God, except ye shall repent and turn from your evil ways? Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God? Know ye not that he hath all power, and at his great command the earth shall be rolled together as a scroll? Therefore, repent ye, and humble yourselves before him, lest he shall come out in justice against you—lest a remnant of the seed of Jacob shall go forth among you as a lion, and tear you in pieces, and there is none to deliver.”

D&C 1:36: “And also the Lord shall have power over his saints, and shall reign in their midst and shall come down in judgment upon Idumea, or the world.”

D&C 133:58-59: “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. And by the weak things of the earth the Lord shall thrash the nations by the power of His Spirit.”

The Temple ordinances and therefore the worldwide Temple building are vital preparations for the Priesthood to receive the necessary power to redeem Zion:

D&C 105:11-13: “And this cannot be brought to pass until mine elders are endowed with power from on High. For behold, I have prepared a great endowment and blessing to be poured out among them, inasmuch as they are faithful and continue in humility before me. Therefore, it is expedient in me that mine elders should wait for a little season, for the Redemption of Zion.

See the study “The Coming of Jesus Christ in His Glory” for more details of how Zion will be established.

SIGN: The House of God to be Set in Order and Cleansed

See the study “Maintaining Membership in the Kingdom of God”

D&C 85:7, 9: “And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send ‘One Mighty and Strong’, holding the sceptre 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 inheritance of the Saints whose names are found…in the book of the law of God….. And all they who are not found written in the book of remembrance shall find none inheritance in that day, but they shall be cut asunder, and their portion shall be appointed them among unbelievers, where are wailing and gnashing of teeth.”

D&C 97: 25-26: “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 112:23-26: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, darkness covereth the earth, and gross darkness the minds of the people, and all flesh has become corrupt before my face. 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.”

1 Peter 4:17-18: “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”

Isa 28:1-4: “Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards (drunk with the Spirit of the world and the pride thereof) of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! Behold the Lord hath a Mighty and Strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with a hand. The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley (prosperous), shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer…”

D&C 56:1: “Hearken, o ye people who profess my name, saith the Lord your God; for behold, mine anger is kindled against the rebellious, and they shall know mine arm and mine indignation, in the day of visitation and of wrath upon the nations”

D&C 75:29: “Let every man be diligent in all things. And the idler shall not have place in the church, except he repent and mend his ways.”

Alma 5:57-58: “And now I say unto you, all you that are desirous to follow the voice of the good shepherd, come ye out from the wicked, and be ye separate, and touch not their unclean things; and behold, their names shall be blotted out, that the names of the wicked shall not be numbered among the names of the righteous, that the word of God may be fulfilled, which saith: The names of the wicked shall not be mingled with names of my people; For the names of the righteous shall be written in the book of life, and unto them will I grant an inheritance at my right hand.”

Moroni 7:39: “But behold, my beloved brethren, I judge better things of you, for I judge that ye have faith in Christ because of your meekness; for it ye have not faith in Him then ye are not fit to be numbered among the people of His church.”

Matthew 13:47-48: “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.”

Matthew 3:10: “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.”

D&C 97:7 “The ax is laid at the root of the trees; and every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down and cast into the fire. I, the Lord, have spoken it.”

Elder Joseph Fielding Smith speaks of a cleansing at the time of the Redemption of Zion:

Quoting: D&C 103:20 “In time ye shall possess the goodly land”

“It appears from this declaration that the Redemption of Zion was not to come immediately but was to be postponed to some future day. Moreover that day would not come until members the members of the Church were willing to keep their covenants and walk united, for until the members of the church learn to walk in full accord and in obedience with all of the commandments this day cannot come. It may be necessary in order to bring this to pass for the Lord to use drastic measures and cleanse the church from everything that offends. This He has promised to do when He is ready to redeem Zion.” Church History and Modern Revelation 1:481 in D&C Institute manual 1981.

Heber C. Kimball was one of the original Twelve Apostles of this dispensation and First Counsellor to President Brigham Young. He warned: “The time is coming when … it will be difficult to tell the face of a Saint from the face of an enemy to the people of God. Then … look out for the great sieve, for there will be a great sifting time, and many will fall.” He concluded that there is “a TEST coming. Heber C. Kimball, in Orson F. Whitney, Life of Heber C. Kimball (1945), 446.

Elder Neal A. Maxwell said in 1982: “Much sifting will occur because of lapses in righteous behavior which go unrepented of. A few will give up instead of holding out to the end. A few will be deceived by defectors. Likewise, others will be offended, for sufficient unto each dispensation are the stumbling blocks thereof!” Neal A. Maxwell. “Be of Good Cheer” Ensign, Nov. 1982, 68.

SIGN: The Cities where the New Jerusalem will be Established will become Desolate or Wasted

3 Nephi 22:3: “For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.”

3 Nephi 21:14-15: “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 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 strongholds.”

Isaiah 49:18-19: “Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.”

D&C 105:13-15: “Therefore it is expedient in me that mine elders should wait for a little season, for the redemption of Zion. For behold, I do not require at their hands to fight the battles of Zion; for, as I said in a former commandment, even so will I fulfil—I will fight your battles. Behold, the destroyer I have sent forth to destroy and lay waste mine enemies; and not many years hence they shall not be left to pollute mine heritage, and to blaspheme my name upon the lands which I have consecrated for the gathering together of my saints.”

Isaiah 54:3: “For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.”

D&C 103:11: “But verily I say unto you, I have decreed that your brethren which have been scattered shall return to the lands of their inheritances, and shall build up the waste places of Zion.”

D&C 103:24-26: “And inasmuch as mine enemies come against you to drive you from my goodly land, which I have consecrated to be the land of Zion, even from your own lands after these testimonies, which ye have brought before me against them, ye shall curse them; And whomsoever ye curse, I will curse, and ye shall avenge me of mine enemies. And my presence shall be with you even in avenging me of mine enemies, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.”

D&C 101:16-18: “Therefore, let your hearts be comforted concerning Zion; for all flesh is in mine hands; be still and know that I am God. Zion shall not be moved out of her place, notwithstanding her children are scattered. They that remain, and are pure in heart, shall return, and come to their inheritances, they and their children, with songs of everlasting joy, to build up the waste places of Zion”

SIGN: Gathering to One Place from Among all Nations in Preparation for the Second Coming

The elect will be gathered to one place in preparation for the desolation to come.

D&C 29:7-11: “And ye (the elders) 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 the land, to prepare their hearts and be prepared in all things against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked.

For the hour is nigh, and the day soon at hand when the earth is ripe; and all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I will burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that wickedness shall not be upon the earth. For the hour is nigh…… For I will reveal myself from Heaven with power and great glory, with all the hosts thereof, and dwell in righteousness with men on the earth a thousand years, and the wicked shall not stand.”

To escape the tribulation and desolation The City of the New Jerusalem and surrounding cities are identified as the ‘one place’ to which the saints will gather for their safety and protection:

D&C 42:8-9: “And inasmuch as ye shall find them that will receive you ye shall build up my church in every region until the time shall come when it shall be revealed unto you from on High, when the City of the New Jerusalem shall be prepared, that ye may Gathered in One, that ye may be my people and I will be your God”

D&C 42:35-36: “…And building up of the New Jerusalem which is hereafter to be revealed-that my covenant people may be gathered in one in that day when I shall come to my Temple. And this I do for the salvation of my people.”

The Lord has warned His people that there will be no safety living amongst the wicked:

D&C 45:65-69: “And with one heart and with one mind, gather up your riches that ye may purchase an inheritance which shall hereafter be appointed unto you. 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.”

D&C 45:71: “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 49:24-25: “But before the great day of the Lord shall come……. 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 63:33-37: “I have sworn in my wrath, and decreed wars upon the face of the earth, and the wicked shall slay the wicked, and fear shall come upon every man; and the saints shall hardly escape…. Wherefore, seeing that I, the Lord, have decreed all these things upon the face of the earth, I will that my saints should be assembled upon the land of Zion, and that every man should take righteousness in his hands and faithfulness upon his loins, and lift a warning voice unto the inhabitants of the earth; and declare both by word and by flight that desolation shall come upon the wicked.”

Jeremiah testified of the need for the Children of Israel to gather as one to dwell safely:

Jeremiah 32:37-39: “Behold I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: and I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children.” See Ezekiel 28:25-26

See the study “Gather as One to the New Jerusalem before the Second Coming.”

SIGN: Separation of the Righteous and the Wicked

As part of the gathering to one place from all nations there will be a separation of the righteous and the wicked.

See the study “The Separation of the Righteous and Wicked”

D&C 86:7: “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.” (See D&C 101:64-67)

D&C 63:54: “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…”

2 Nephi 30:10: “For the time speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a great division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy; and he will spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he must destroy the wicked by fire”

SIGN: Zion the New Jerusalem to be Built Up and Redeemed by Power

Zion the New Jerusalem is not only vital as a place for the preservation of the saints, but also necessary in their preparation for the Second Coming. Zion serves as a bridgehead or base to receive Jesus Christ, and from where He will commence His Millennial reign. Zion will need to be redeemed by power from those who presently live there.

D&C 103:15-20: “Behold, I say unto you, the Redemption of Zion must needs come by power; therefore, I will raise up unto my people a man, who shall lead them like as Moses led the children of Israel. For ye are the Children of Israel, and of the seed of Abraham, and ye must needs be led out of bondage by power, and with a stretched-out arm; and as your fathers were led at first, even so shall the Redemption of Zion be. Therefore, let not your hearts faint, for I say not unto you as I said unto your fathers: Mine angel shall go up before you, but not my presence. But I say unto you: Mine angels shall go up before you, and also my presence, and in time ye shall possess the goodly land.” (See Exodus 14:19-22 Deut 4:34)

D&C 105:30: “And after these lands are purchased, I will hold the armies of Israel guiltless in taking possession of their own lands, which they have previously purchased with their moneys, and of throwing down the towers of mine enemies that they may be upon them, and scattering their watchmen, and avenging me of mine enemies….”

SIGN: The Introduction of the United Order-The Law of Consecration

It is important to realize that Zion the New Jerusalem cannot be established without the Law of Consecration administered under the United Order. It is only through observance of the United Order that the saints will receive an inheritance and stewardship in the Land of Zion:

D&C 105:5: “And are not united according to the union required by the Law of the Celestial Kingdom; And Zion cannot be built up unless it is by the principles of the law of the Celestial Kingdom; otherwise I cannot receive her unto myself.”

D&C 105:28-29: “And to have sent wise men to fulfil that which I have commanded concerning the purchasing of all the lands in Jackson County that can be purchased, and in the adjoining counties round about. For it is my will that these lands should be purchased; and after they are purchased that my saints should possess them according to the Laws of Consecration which I have given”

President Wilford Woodruff stated: “Jesus will never receive the Zion of God unless its people are united according to Celestial Law, for all who go into the presence of God; have to go there by this law. Enoch had to practice this law, and we shall have to do the same if we are ever accepted of God as he was. It has been promised that the New Jerusalem will be built up in our day and generation, and it will have to be done by the United Order of Zion and according to Celestial Law.” Journal of Discourses vol. 17 pages 250 9 October 1874

The Law of Consecration will apply to all who would become part of Zion the New Jerusalem and the surrounding Stakes:

No member of the Church will be exempt from the obligation to live the United Order and obey the Law of Consecration when they gather to the Land of Zion the New Jerusalem to receive an inheritance. The Lord makes this fact clear in the scriptures that follow:

D&C 58:35-36: “It is wisdom in me that my servant Martin Harris should be an example unto the church, in laying his moneys before the bishop of the church. And also, this is a law unto every man that cometh unto this land to receive an inheritance; and he shall do with his moneys according as the law directs.”

D&C 72:15: “…For according to the law every man that cometh up to Zion must lay all things before the bishop in Zion.”

D&C 70:9-10: “Behold, this is what the Lord requires of every man in his stewardship, even as I, the Lord, have appointed or shall hereafter appoint unto any man. And behold, none are exempt from this Law who belong to the church of the living God.”

D&C 85:3: “It is contrary to the will and commandment of God that those who receive not their inheritance by consecration, agreeable to his Law, which He has given, that He may Tithe His people, to prepare them against the day of vengeance and burning, should have their names enrolled with the people of God.”

The revelations using the term Tithe prior to section 105 are referring to the Law of Consecration and not the Law of Tithing as practised by the Church today. For example the statement made by the Lord “For he that is tithed shall not be burnt at His Coming” (D&C 64:23) is not referring to our practice of giving just one-tenth of our income but to the Law of Consecration.

Heading to Doctrine and Covenants Section 119:

“The Law of Tithing, as understood today, had not been given to the church previous to this revelation. The term “tithing” in the prayer just quoted and in previous revelations (64:23; 85:3; 97:11) had meant not just one-tenth but all free will offerings, or contributions, to the church funds. The Lord had previously given to the church the Law of Consecration and Stewardship of property, which members entered into a covenant that was to be everlasting.”

See the study ‘Unity Through the United Order’

See the study ‘Equality Through Consecration and Stewardship’

SIGN: The Work will be ‘Cut Short in Righteousness’

The Lord has promised to hasten His work in its time D&C 88:73 which time is now. However, He has also declared that He will “cut my work short in righteousness”. This could be termed the Intervention when Almighty God brings about the end of the Telestial or mortal existence of the earth and commences the Millennium or Terrestrial stage.

D&C 52:11: “For thus saith the Lord, I will cut my work short in righteousness, for the days come that I will send forth judgment unto victory.”

D&C 84:96-98: “For I, the Almighty, have laid my hands upon the nations, to scourge them for their wickedness. And plagues shall go forth, and they shall not be taken from the earth until I have completed my work, which shall be cut short in righteousness-until all shall know me who remain even from the least unto the greatest….”

D&C 84: 119: “For I, the Lord, have put forth my hand to exert the powers of heaven; ye cannot see it now, yet a little while and ye shall see it, and know that I am, and that I will come and reign with my people.”

3 Nephi 16:10: “And thus commanded the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fullness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischief’s, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fullness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fullness of my gospel from among them.”

SIGN: The Testimony is Sealed and the Law Bound

When the work is cut short in righteousness ‘The Testimony is Sealed and the Law Bound’

D&C 88:84, 88: “Therefore, tarry ye, and labor diligently, that you may be perfected in your ministry to go forth among the Gentiles for the last time, as many as the mouth of the Lord shall name, to bind up the law and seal up the testimony, and to prepare the saints for the hour of judgment which is to come…And after your testimony cometh wrath and indignation upon the people.”

D&C 109:45-46: “We know that thou hast spoken by the mouth of thy prophets terrible things concerning the wicked, in the last days--that thou wilt pour out thy judgments, without measure; Therefore, O Lord, deliver thy people from the calamity of the wicked; enable thy servants to seal up the law, and bind up the testimony, that they may be prepared against the day of burning.”

D&C 133:71-72: “Behold, and lo, there are none to deliver you; for ye obeyed not my voice when I called to you out of the heavens; ye believed not my servants, and when they were sent unto you ye received them not. Wherefore, they sealed up the testimony and bound up the law, and ye were delivered over unto darkness.”

Isaiah 8:16-17: “Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.”

D&C 43: 21-22: “For if I, who am a man, do lift up my voice and call upon you to repent, and ye hate me, what will ye say when the day cometh when the thunders shall utter their voices from the ends of the earth, speaking to the ears of all that live, saying--Repent, and prepare for the great day of the Lord? Yea, and again, when the lightnings shall streak forth from the east unto the west, and shall utter forth their voices unto all that live, and make the ears of all tingle that hear, saying these words--Repent ye, for the great day of the Lord is come?”

Some of the plagues that will occur when ‘the work is cut short in righteousness’ and the testimony sealed are described vividly in the Doctrine and Covenants

SIGN: A Desolating Sickness-The Lord’s Scourge

A scourge is divine castigation or punishment. This judgment from God will be ‘desolating’ which means to leave in forsaken ruin.

D&C 5:19: “For a desolating scourge shall go forth among the inhabitants of the earth, and shall continue to be poured out from time to time, if they repent not, until the earth is empty, and the inhabitants thereof are consumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my coming.”

D&C 45:31-32: “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 97:22-25: “For behold, and lo, vengeance cometh speedily upon the ungodly as the whirlwind; and who shall escape it? 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.” (See D&C 63:6; Isaiah 29:5-6; 3 Nephi 8:16-19)

Isaiah 29:18-19: “And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.” (See D&C 84:54-59)

Revelations 18:7-8: “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”

SIGN: A Great Hailstorm

D&C 29:16: “And there shall be a great hailstorm sent forth to destroy the crops of the earth.”

Isaiah 29:17: “Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.”

Revelations 16:21: “And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague, thereof was exceeding great.”

D&C 43:25: “How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants, and by the ministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of thunderings, and by the voice of lightnings, and by the voice of tempests, and by the voice of earthquakes, and great hailstorms, and by the voice of famines and pestilences of every kind…...”

See the study “Events at the Actual Coming of the Lord.” This event is part of the last great earthquake just prior to the Saviour’s coming.

SIGN: Flies Upon the Face of the Earth

D&C 29:17-20: “And it shall come to pass, because of the wickedness of the world, that I will take vengeance upon the wicked, for they will not repent; for the cup of mine indignation is full; for behold, my blood shall not cleanse them if they hear me not. Wherefore, I the Lord God will send forth flies upon the face of the earth, which shall take hold of the inhabitants thereof, and shall eat their flesh, and shall cause maggots to come in upon them; And their tongues shall be stayed that they shall not utter against me; and their flesh shall fall from off their bones, and their eyes from their socket. And it shall come to pass that the beasts of the forest and the fowls of the air shall devour them up.”

SIGN: Earthquakes, Thunder, Lightning, Whirlwinds, Tempests (Hurricanes) and Tsunami’s

Just before the Saviour appeared to the Nephites in Ancient America there were vast convulsions upon the earth including earthquakes, tempests (great storms), whirlwinds, thunder and lightning, and fire. This event only lasted for three hours (3 Nephi 8:19) yet it caused terrible destruction. (See 3 Nephi 8:5-18) Likewise just prior to the Second Coming the same will happen after the testimony of the elders has been given:

D&C 88:88-91: “And after your testimony cometh wrath and indignation upon the people. For after your testimony cometh the testimony of earthquakes that shall cause groaning’s in the midst of her, and men shall fall upon the ground and shall not be able to stand. And also cometh the testimony of the voice of thundering’s, and the voice of lightning’s, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds. And all things shall be in commotion; and surely, men's hearts shall fail them; for fear, shall come upon all people.

D&C 87:6: “And thus, with the sword and by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth shall mourn; and with famine, and plague, and earthquake, and the thunder of heaven, and the fierce and vivid lightning also, shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to feel the wrath, and indignation, and chastening hand of an Almighty God, until the consumption decreed hath made a full end of all nations.”

D&C 43: 21-22: “For if I, who am a man, do lift up my voice and call upon you to repent, and ye hate me, what will ye say when the day cometh when the thunders shall utter their voices from the ends of the earth, speaking to the ears of all that live, saying--Repent, and prepare for the great day of the Lord? Yea, and again, when the lightning’s shall streak forth from the east unto the west, and shall utter forth their voices unto all that live, and make the ears of all tingle that hear, saying these words--Repent ye, for the great day of the Lord is come?”

D&C 43:25-26: “How oft have I called upon you by the mouth of my servants, and by the ministering of angels, and by mine own voice, and by the voice of thundering’s, and by the voice of lightning’s, and by the voice of tempests, and by the voice of earthquakes, and great hailstorms, and by the voice of famines and pestilences of every kind, and by the great sound of a trump, and by the voice of judgment, and by the voice of mercy all the day long, and by the voice of glory and honour and the riches of Eternal Life, and would have saved you with an Everlasting Salvation, but ye would not! Behold, the day has come, when the cup of the wrath of mine indignation is full.’”

D&C 45:33: “And there shall be earthquakes also in diver’s places, and many desolations….”

A great earthquake and great hail at the very end

Revelations 16:18-21: “And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nation’s fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague, thereof was exceeding great.”

The Savior’s Visit to Adam-Ondi-Ahman Just Prior to His Second Coming

Adam-ondi Ahman is Spring Hill in Daviess County.

See the study “Notes on Adam-ondi-Ahman and Independence Missouri”

Daniel 7:13-14: “I saw in the night visions and behold one like the Son of Man 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 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.” (See also v 21-22)

D&C 116: “Spring Hill is named by the Lord Adam-ondi-Ahman, because, said he, it is the place where Adam shall come to visit his people, or the Ancient of Days shall sit, as spoken of by Daniel the prophet.” See also D&C 78:15-16; 107:53-57

D&C 27:5: “Behold, this is wisdom in me; wherefore, marvel not, for the hour cometh that I will drink of the fruit of the vine with you on the earth, and with Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the Book of Mormon, containing the fullness of my everlasting gospel, to whom I have committed the keys of the record of the stick of Ephraim; And also with Elias etc.” see v 6-14)

The Prophet Joseph Smith commented:

“Daniel in his seventh chapter speaks of the Ancient of Days: he means the oldest man, our father Adam, Michael, he will call his children together and hold a council with them to prepare them for the coming of the Son of Man. He (Adam) is the father of the human family, and presides over the spirits of all men, and all that have keys must stand before Him in this Grand Council…. The Son of Man stands before him, and there is given Him Glory and Dominion. Adam delivers up his stewardship to Christ, that which was delivered to him as holding the keys of the universe, but retains his standing as head of the human family.” DHC, Vol 3, pp 386-387

Elder Alvin R. Dyer has said:

“In Missouri, will be held the great priesthood meeting in the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman, when the “Ancient of Days”, Adam, Michael the Prince, shall have stand before him all who have had keys which they exercised during their administrations in the dispensations of the gospel. All this will be preparatory to the submittal of the keys of the universe and his stewardship by Adam unto the Son of God, the Holy One of Israel, who will stand before him, as preliminary to the millennial reign.” Refiner’s Fire by page 2

Further details in the Book Refiner’s Fire by Elder Alvin R. Dyer pages 158-184

Why Adam Ondi Ahman? The answer is found in the following scripture:

D&C 107:53-56: “Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who were all high priests, with the residue of his posterity who were righteous, into the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and there bestowed upon them his last blessing. And the Lord appeared unto them, and they rose up and blessed Adam, and called him Michael, the prince, the archangel. And the Lord administered comfort unto Adam, and said unto him: I have set thee to be at the head; a multitude of nations shall come of thee, and thou art a prince over them forever. And Adam stood up in the midst of the congregation; and, notwithstanding he was bowed down with age, being full of the Holy Ghost, predicted whatsoever should befall his posterity unto the latest generation.”

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