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Monday, November 17, 2014
Why I’m becoming optimistic about the last days
We often hear about how terrible the last days will be. Of course, we are already experiencing some of this and expect things to get worse; however, lately I’ve started to view the future with less dread and more optimism.
I absolutely understand we must be prepared, we have been and continue to be forewarned for example:
However; as you will have seen in the video, there is hope and even a growing light in the midst of darkness and evil.
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While Nephi recorded that “the righteous need not fear” (1 Nephi 22:17, 22) because the Lord’s protective hand will be over them during the calamities of the last days, the wicked have no promise of protection from these events. Elder Bruce R. McConkie taught: “We do not say that all of the Saints will be spared and saved from the coming day of desolation. But we do say there is no promise of safety and no promise of security except for those who love the Lord and who are seeking to do all that he commands” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1979, 133; or Ensign, May 1979, 93).
17 Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power, even if it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come, and the righteous be preserved, even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire. Wherefore, the righteous need not fear; for thus saith the prophet, they shall be saved, even if it so be as by fire.
22 And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be confounded. But it is the kingdom of the devil, which shall be built up among the children of men, which kingdom is established among them which are in the flesh—
Here are two related talks, the first: The Righteous Need Not Fear by Elder Oaks
and the second: We Need Not Fear by Elder Andersen
As in the days of Noah when there was great wickedness, there was also great righteousness in the City of Enoch. I believe we have the potential to create other such righteous places where the righteous can stand together, even with others who while they may not have accepted the gospel, would be prefer to live with righteous members of the church than in the midst of the wickedness which will overcome much of the world.
I absolutely understand we must be prepared, we have been and continue to be forewarned for example:
However; as you will have seen in the video, there is hope and even a growing light in the midst of darkness and evil.
•
While Nephi recorded that “the righteous need not fear” (1 Nephi 22:17, 22) because the Lord’s protective hand will be over them during the calamities of the last days, the wicked have no promise of protection from these events. Elder Bruce R. McConkie taught: “We do not say that all of the Saints will be spared and saved from the coming day of desolation. But we do say there is no promise of safety and no promise of security except for those who love the Lord and who are seeking to do all that he commands” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1979, 133; or Ensign, May 1979, 93).
17 Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power, even if it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come, and the righteous be preserved, even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire. Wherefore, the righteous need not fear; for thus saith the prophet, they shall be saved, even if it so be as by fire.
22 And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be confounded. But it is the kingdom of the devil, which shall be built up among the children of men, which kingdom is established among them which are in the flesh—
Here are two related talks, the first: The Righteous Need Not Fear by Elder Oaks
and the second: We Need Not Fear by Elder Andersen
As in the days of Noah when there was great wickedness, there was also great righteousness in the City of Enoch. I believe we have the potential to create other such righteous places where the righteous can stand together, even with others who while they may not have accepted the gospel, would be prefer to live with righteous members of the church than in the midst of the wickedness which will overcome much of the world.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Epilogue
While the following article could have been linked from other headings as well as this one I am recommending it to you here because of the security and consistency provided by a good ward family, the gospel of Jesus Christ and the Savior Himself.
June 2011 Ensign, p10, He Carried My Sorrows
June 2011 Ensign, p10, He Carried My Sorrows
Verse 77
"And when the time cometh that evil fruit shall again come into my vineyard, then will I cause the agood and the bad to be gathered; and the good will I preserve unto myself, and the bad will I cast away into its own place. And then cometh the bseason and the end; and my vineyard will I cause to be cburned with dfire".
Verse 76
"For behold, for a along time will I lay up of the fruit of my vineyard unto mine own self against the season, which speedily cometh; and for the last time have I nourished my vineyard, and pruned it, and dug about it, and dunged it; wherefore I will lay up unto mine own self of the fruit, for a long time, according to that which I have spoken".
Verse 75
"And it came to pass that when the aLord of the vineyard saw that his fruit was good, and that his vineyard was no more corrupt, he called up his servants, and said unto them: Behold, for this last time have we nourished my vineyard; and thou beholdest that I have done according to my will; and I have preserved the natural fruit, that it is good, even like as it was in the beginning. And bblessed art thou; for because ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard, and have kept my commandments, and have brought unto me again the cnatural fruit, that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away, behold ye shall have djoy with me because of the fruit of my vineyard".
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