New Jerusalem
144k Translated Servants & The Morning of the First Resurrection
(Sources and Comments in Purple)
Why this is next: Shortly after the call out and the Saints are safe from the plague and earthquake, the Anti-Christ is going after the Saints (persecution and oppressive laws) and Israel (Armageddon).
Rev 13: 7 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.
This takes about 3.5 years (42 months). The tribulation begins at this point according to Rev 13 and in Matthew 24, the Savior says, "when the abomination of desolation (Armageddon) happens, flee to the mountains, "for then shall great tribulation be...."
Rev 13:5 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.
144k Translated Servants & The Morning of the First Resurrection
(Sources and Comments in Purple)
Why this is next: Shortly after the call out and the Saints are safe from the plague and earthquake, the Anti-Christ is going after the Saints (persecution and oppressive laws) and Israel (Armageddon).
Rev 13: 7 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.
This takes about 3.5 years (42 months). The tribulation begins at this point according to Rev 13 and in Matthew 24, the Savior says, "when the abomination of desolation (Armageddon) happens, flee to the mountains, "for then shall great tribulation be...."
Rev 13:5 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.
IF ELDER MCCONKIE IS RIGHT - (SEE LDS INSTITUTE MANUAL)
This is the end of the 1/2 hour of silence. If Elder McConkie is right, the silence is 20.8 years after the opening of the 7th seal in 2,000. The fall of the year 2021.
Elder McConkie reached this conclusion based on the following scriptures: “A day with the Lord after his manner of reckoning, it being 1000 years according to the time appointed to that (planet) whereon thou standest.” (Abraham 3:4)And again: “But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that ONE DAY is with the Lord as a THOUSAND YEARS, and thousand years as one day.” (2Peter 3:8)
The next step was to divide 1,000 years by 24 to determine what an hour would be according to God’s time. It turned out to be 41.66 years or just under 42 years. This means that a half hour of God’s time would be 20.83 years or nearly 21 years. This would clearly suggest that this is the duration of the half hour of silence in heaven and the period of time when the angels undertake the calamitous preparation of the Earth for the Savior’s second coming.
Even President Hinckley alluded to 2,000 being the opening of the 7th seal.
General Conference was held April 1-2 in 2000, and in his closing remarks, President Hinckley noted, “We have been here April 1 and 2 of the year 2000, the opening of a new century and a great new millennium. There is something wonderfully significant about all of this. It is a time of new beginnings…Now, in closing, may I give you just a very brief report on temples. As of today, we have 76 in operation. That is many more than we had a few years ago. We will dedicate the Palmyra temple this coming Thursday. That will be a great occasion. The temple overlooks the Sacred Grove…We plan on dedicating altogether 36 new temples in the year 2000. I think we will accomplish all we set out to do.” (Source) (Also, it is interesting to note that the new Conference Center was dedicated in October 2000)
TIMING ALERT:
At the end of the 1/2 hour of silence the trumpets are sounded (warnings) and then vials are poured.
The seven angels begin pouring out their vials. The order of events are: famine, comet, Wormwood, sun/moon/stars are smitten, the first woe (return of the 10 Tribes), the second woe (Armageddon) and finally the third woe (final destruction of the wicked).
The second reference to a 1/2 hour of silence in D&C 88:95 is an actual 30 minutes.
95 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;
D&C 45:43-50 describes this event of the Savior on the Mt. of Olives, with the 144k and those who came forward in the Morning of the 1st Resurrection AND the Savior says we will look for him and see him.
It also says that his face will be unveiled like a scroll. Another reference to "like a scroll" was by Brigham Young, "to go into a higher state of existence". (Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 30) - Maybe we just see his face in vision.
VOG saw the Savior in the Conference Center after the earthquake. Could this be "seeing his face"? He describes that every one who was given a mission all around the world saw his face and heard his voice. p. 146
VOG p. 146 When our Savior spoke, the first word from His lips was my name! I was extremely startled until I also realized that every person present had heard his or her own name. As He spoke, I could hear and fully understand the words He was saying to me, but I was also seeing a vision of His description of my future mission. I saw my entire life from that moment forward, everything that I would do, everywhere I would go, every person to whom I would minister, and how it would all be. I later talked to everyone I could who had been in that glorious event, probably several hundred people, and everyone I talked to had heard their own name and seen a vision of their personal mission.
This is the end of the 1/2 hour of silence. If Elder McConkie is right, the silence is 20.8 years after the opening of the 7th seal in 2,000. The fall of the year 2021.
Elder McConkie reached this conclusion based on the following scriptures: “A day with the Lord after his manner of reckoning, it being 1000 years according to the time appointed to that (planet) whereon thou standest.” (Abraham 3:4)And again: “But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that ONE DAY is with the Lord as a THOUSAND YEARS, and thousand years as one day.” (2Peter 3:8)
The next step was to divide 1,000 years by 24 to determine what an hour would be according to God’s time. It turned out to be 41.66 years or just under 42 years. This means that a half hour of God’s time would be 20.83 years or nearly 21 years. This would clearly suggest that this is the duration of the half hour of silence in heaven and the period of time when the angels undertake the calamitous preparation of the Earth for the Savior’s second coming.
Even President Hinckley alluded to 2,000 being the opening of the 7th seal.
General Conference was held April 1-2 in 2000, and in his closing remarks, President Hinckley noted, “We have been here April 1 and 2 of the year 2000, the opening of a new century and a great new millennium. There is something wonderfully significant about all of this. It is a time of new beginnings…Now, in closing, may I give you just a very brief report on temples. As of today, we have 76 in operation. That is many more than we had a few years ago. We will dedicate the Palmyra temple this coming Thursday. That will be a great occasion. The temple overlooks the Sacred Grove…We plan on dedicating altogether 36 new temples in the year 2000. I think we will accomplish all we set out to do.” (Source) (Also, it is interesting to note that the new Conference Center was dedicated in October 2000)
TIMING ALERT:
At the end of the 1/2 hour of silence the trumpets are sounded (warnings) and then vials are poured.
The seven angels begin pouring out their vials. The order of events are: famine, comet, Wormwood, sun/moon/stars are smitten, the first woe (return of the 10 Tribes), the second woe (Armageddon) and finally the third woe (final destruction of the wicked).
The second reference to a 1/2 hour of silence in D&C 88:95 is an actual 30 minutes.
95 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;
D&C 45:43-50 describes this event of the Savior on the Mt. of Olives, with the 144k and those who came forward in the Morning of the 1st Resurrection AND the Savior says we will look for him and see him.
It also says that his face will be unveiled like a scroll. Another reference to "like a scroll" was by Brigham Young, "to go into a higher state of existence". (Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 30) - Maybe we just see his face in vision.
VOG saw the Savior in the Conference Center after the earthquake. Could this be "seeing his face"? He describes that every one who was given a mission all around the world saw his face and heard his voice. p. 146
VOG p. 146 When our Savior spoke, the first word from His lips was my name! I was extremely startled until I also realized that every person present had heard his or her own name. As He spoke, I could hear and fully understand the words He was saying to me, but I was also seeing a vision of His description of my future mission. I saw my entire life from that moment forward, everything that I would do, everywhere I would go, every person to whom I would minister, and how it would all be. I later talked to everyone I could who had been in that glorious event, probably several hundred people, and everyone I talked to had heard their own name and seen a vision of their personal mission.
- We know that Armageddon is 3.5 years long. (Rev 13)
- We know that 2 prophets were sent to Armageddon to hold off the world's army for 1,260 days. (Rev 11)
- We know that the 2 prophets were sent from New Jerusalem! That means New Jerusalem needs to start shortly before Armageddon.
- VOG p. 217 It was at this time that two prophets were called in Zion to go and alter the course of the Jewish people.
- We know it is the Anti-Christ who starts Armageddon. So Armageddon doesn't start until the Anti-Christ is in power.
THE LOST 10 TRIBES
It will be the City of Enoch and the 10 Tribes who are commissioned to build New Jerusalem with the help of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The best account of the departure of the Other Tribes by Judah’s record-keepers is found in the book of 2 Esdras (also called 4 Ezra). In verses 40 through 47 of chapter 13 we read:
“These are the ten tribes which were led away captive out of their own land in the days of Josiah [Hoshea] the king, which (tribes) Salmanassar the king of the Assyrians led away captive; he carried them across the River, and (thus) they were transported into another land. But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a land further distant, where the human race had never dwelt, there at least to keep their statutes which they had not kept in their own land. And they entered by the narrow passages of the river Euphrates. For the Most High then wrought wonders for them, and stayed the springs of the River until they were passed over. And through that country there was a great way to go, (a journey) of a year and a half; and that region was called Arzareth. There they have dwelt until the last times.” (R. H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, 2 vols., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964, 2:619.)
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1982/01/israels-other-tribes?lang=eng
Since that time —particularly in the last few centuries —attempts to locate and identify the Other Tribes have been numerous. At different times and by a variety of Christian authors the Other Tribes of Israel have been identified with the Japanese, Chinese, Turks, Ethiopians, Persians, Yemenites, Nestorians, Afghans, Arabians, Britons, Kassites of Russia, Hindus and Buddhists of India, Scythians, Cimmerians, Celts, Kareens of Burma, North and South American Indians, Australians, and Eskimos. Indeed it is possible that remnants of the Other Tribes may have spread out and became part of all these peoples in fulfillment of the prophecies that Israel would spread itself throughout many countries.
It was in this vacuum of reliable reformation regarding the Other Tribes that in November 1831 Joseph Smith received this revelation from the Lord:
“They who are in the north countries shall come in remembrance before the Lord; and 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. …
“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.
“And they shall be filled with songs of everlasting joy.” (D&C 133:26–33.)
In the last days, then, the Other Tribes are to come to Zion, “upon the American continent,” there to receive blessings from Ephraim. The keys of the “gathering of Israel from the four parts of the earth, and the leading of the ten tribes from the land of the north” were committed to the Prophet Joseph Smith by Moses on 3 April 1836 in the Kirtland Temple. Since Ephraim itself was one of the Other Tribes lost to Jewish and Christian history, we see that the promised restoration has already begun. In fact, we have been blessed to identify many from another tribe, Manasseh. This identification of tribal lineage is made under the hands of inspired patriarchs in the normal spiritual processes incident to the functions of the priesthood.
All tribes are to have representation in the establishment of the New Jerusalem. All tribes will have representatives in the calling of the “hundred and forty and four thousand” mentioned in John’s revelation, twelve thousand out of every tribe of Israel. (Rev. 7:2–8.) These 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 77:11.) Thus, a great work awaits representatives of each tribe as they continue to preach the gospel throughout the world to all mankind. Ultimately, in righteousness the Other Tribes of Israel will be prepared to return to Jerusalem, to receive with Judah the lands of their first inheritance. (See Deut. 30:1–5.)
---------------------Book of Revelation: The Vision of John the Divine by Michael Rush----------------
Remember, both Jesus Christ and Isaiah used the following verses in discussing John’s return with the Remnant of Jacob: 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 revile 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. (3 Nephi 22:16-17)
Therefore, despite having the title of Destroyer, it is the Lord who has called John and given him power for this mission. Oh, that each of us would likewise use the power the Lord has given us to fulfill His purposes! Having now seen the leader of this mighty host, whose numbers have been liked unto a swarm of locusts, John continues his explanation of his vision: One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. (Rev 9:12)
This portends to the ending of the symbolic five months of torment, now comes the tenth plague of Egypt, death by the hand of the Destroyer! The Lord is mighty, and none shall stay His hand. Once all of the wheat has been safely gathered in from among the tares, the tares will be burned. Now has come the time for the great and terrible destruction to be administered by the Remnant of Jacob.
John’s vision continues: And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, “Loose the four angels which are bound in the bottomless pit.” And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. (Rev 9:13-16)
Here John makes a symbolic reference to the Ark of the Covenant with its four horns. It was around this ark that the armies of Israel were camped. In times of old it was these four camps/armies of Israel that purged the land of the Canaanites, so that the children of the Lord could inherit the Promised Land. These four angels, bound in the bottomless pit, represent the armies of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel – whose numbers are truly staggering at 200,000,000. Keep in mind that this is just the population of their army, not their total population.
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New Jerusalem could quietly being organized today and gradually getting larger as each phase passes for the Saints to trek back to build Zion and become more public. This would also allow for the two prophets to be sent on short notice.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/article/worldwide-devotionals/2016/01/becoming-the-person-you-were-born-to-be?lang=eng
Wendy Nelson So, now a question as I conclude: What if you learned that the Savior had already returned to this earth—that He, as part of His Second Coming, had already met with some of His true followers in several marvelous, large gatherings13—gatherings about which the world, including CNN and the blogosphere, knew nothing. If you found out that the Savior was already on the earth, what would you desperately want to do today, and what would you be willing and ready to do tomorrow?
Although Adam-ondi-Ahman is a separate event, it is held later. The keys of the priesthood will be given from Adam to the Savior when the city of New Jerusalem is ready to be presented to the Lord.
Prophecy and Modern Times, p. 52
During the building of New Jerusalem after the arrival of the City of Enoch and help from the 10 Tribes, the city will be protected and foreigners, gangs, and the wicked will be held back from destroying it. New Jerusalem will be built simultaneous to the 3.5 years that Armageddon is going on.
D&C 45:66-67 66 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; 67 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.
At the end of Armageddon, the Savior will show up on the Mt. of Olives with the 144k that he took from Mt. Zion (New Jerusalem), to destroy the world's army. When he shows himself to the 144k translated beings in New Jerusalem, there is a resurrection. It is the morning of the 1st Resurrection. All those who have had their temple work done (and accepted it) will come forth to join the Savior and the 144k. These resurrected beings will join the translated beings (those still alive) and help with the work at hand to gather the righteous from around the world and bring them to New Jerusalem.
D&C 45:43-49
43 And the remnant shall be gathered unto this place; 44 And then they shall look for me, and, behold, I will come; and they shall see me in the clouds of heaven, clothed with power and great glory; with all the holy angels; and he that watches not for me shall be cut off. 45 But before the arm of the Lord shall fall, an angel shall sound his trump, and the saints that have slept shall come forth to meet me in the cloud. 46 Wherefore, if ye have slept in peace blessed are you; for as you now behold me and know that I am, even so shall ye come unto me and your souls shall live, and your redemption shall be perfected; and the saints shall come forth from the four quarters of the earth. 47 Then shall the arm of the Lord fall upon the nations. 48 And then shall the Lord set his foot upon this mount, and it shall cleave in twain, and the earth shall tremble, and reel to and fro, and the heavens also shall shake. 49 And the Lord shall utter his voice, and all the ends of the earth shall hear it; and the nations of the earth shall mourn, and they that have laughed shall see their folly.
The Savior will wait a season (a year with no rainbow) before returning for the Second Coming. During this time, the Jews will finish/repair their temple and prepare the survivors for the afternoon of the 1st Resurrection. Then, after 1,000 years, the morning of the 2nd Resurrection will take place for all those who did not have their temple work done prior to the Millennium.
Joseph Smith - “I have asked of the Lord concerning His coming; and while asking the Lord, He gave a sign and said, ‘In the days of Noah I set a bow in the heavens as a sign and token that in any year that the bow should be seen the Lord would not come; but there should be seed time and harvest during that year: but whenever you see the bow withdrawn, it shall be a token that there shall be famine, pestilence, and great distress among the nations, and that the coming of the Messiah is not far distant.’”
Heber C. Kimball, Deseret News, May 23, 1931
An army of Elders will be sent to the four quarters of the earth to search out the righteous and warn the wicked of what is coming. All kinds of religions will be started and miracles performed that will deceive the very elect if that were possible. Our sons and daughters must live pure lives so as to be prepared for what is coming. After a while the gentiles will gather by the thousands to this place, and Salt Lake City will be classed among the wicked cities of the world.
A spirit of speculation and extravagance will take possession of the Saints, and the results will be financial bondage. Persecution comes next and all true Latter-day Saints will be tested to the limit. Many will apostatize and others will be still, not knowing what to do. Darkness will cover the earth and gross darkness the minds of the people.
The judgments of God will be poured out on the wicked to the extent that our Elders from far and near will be called home, or in other words the gospel will be taken from the Gentiles and later on carried to the Jews. The western boundary of the State of Missouri will be swept so clean of its inhabitants that as President Young tells us, when you return to that place, there will not be left so much as a yellow dog to wag his tail. Before that day comes, however, the Saints will be put to tests that will try the integrity of the best of them. The pressure will become so great that the more righteous among them will cry unto the Lord day and night until deliverance comes. Then the prophet and others will make their appearance and those who have remained faithful will be selected to return to Jackson County, Missouri, and take part in the up-building of that beautiful city, the New Jerusalem."
John Taylor's vision. After the terrible plague on the east coast (one month after CO) he sees 12 men in temple robes with their arms to the square on the MO River dedicating New Jerusalem.
President John Taylor: I supposed this was the end; but it was not. I was given to understand the same horror was being enacted all over the country, east, west, north, and south. Few were left alive, still there were some.
Immediately after I seemed to be standing on the left bank of the Missouri River, opposite e the City of Independence, but there was no city. I saw the whole state of Missouri and Illinois and all of Iowa, a complete desert with no living being there. A short distance from the river however, I saw twelve men dressed in temple robes, standing in a square or nearly so (and I understood it represented the Twelve Gates of the New Jerusalem.) Their hands were uplifted in consecration of the ground and laying the corner stone of the temple. I saw myraids of angels hovering over them, and saw also an immense pillar of clouds over them and heard the angels singing the most heavenly music. The words were “Now is established the Kingdom of God and his Christ, which shall never more be thrown down.”
I saw people coming from the river and from the desert places a long way off to help build the temple and it seemed that hosts of angels all helped to get material to build with and I saw some of them who wore temple clothes come and build the temple and the city, and all the time I saw the great pillar of clouds hovering over the place.
People from all nations shall gather to New Jerusalem.
3Nephi 21:22-29
22 But if they will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not their hearts, I will establish my church among them, and they shall come in unto the covenant and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob, unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance; 23 And they 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. 24 And then shall they assist my people that they may be gathered in, who are scattered upon all the face of the land, in unto the New Jerusalem.
The pure in heart will be searched all over the world and warned to gather to America where New Jerusalem will be built.
D&C 45
66 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;
67 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.
68 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.
69 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.
70 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.
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.
Revelation 21
2 And I John saw the holy city [Enoch], new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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Jeremiah 16:16 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
D&C 29:88 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.
New Jerusalem is built in preparation for the Second Coming.
D&C 133:18-3518 When the Lamb shall stand upon Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
19 Wherefore, prepare ye for the coming of the Bridegroom; go ye, go ye out to meet him.
20 For behold, he shall stand upon the mount of Olivet, and upon the mighty ocean, even the great deep, and upon the islands of the sea, and upon the land of Zion.
An excerpt from Patriarch Charles Evans Vision (full text at nofearpreps.com)
Other plagues followed I forbear to record. A foreign power had invaded the nation which, from every human indication, it appeared would seize the government and supplant it with monarchy. I stood trembling at the aspect, when, lo, a power arose in the west which declared itself in favor of the constitution in its original form; to this suddenly rising power every lover of constitutional rights and liberties throughout the nation gave hearty support. This struggle was fiercely contested, but the stars and stripes floated in the breeze, and, bidding defiance to opposition, waved proudly over the land. Among the many banners I saw, was one inscribed thus: The government based on the constitution, now and forever;" on another Liberty of Conscience, social, religious, and political."
The light of the gospel which had but dimly shown because of abomination, now burst forth with a luster that filled the earth. Cities appeared in every direction, one of which, in the center of the continent, was an embodiment of architectural science after the pattern of eternal perfections, whose towers glittered with a radiance emanating from the sparkling of emeralds, rubies, diamonds and other precious stones set in a canopy of gold and so elaborately and skillfully arranged as to shed forth a brilliancy which dazzled and enchanted the eye, excited admiration and developed a taste for the beautiful, beyond anything man had ever conceived. Fountains of crystal water shot upward their transparent jets which in the brilliant sunshine, formed ten thousand rainbow tints at once delightful to the eye. Gardens, the perfections of whose arrangement confound all our present attempts at genius, bedecked with flowers of varied hue to develop and refine the taste, and strengthen the love for these natures chastest adornments. Schools and universities were erected, to which all had access; in the latter Urims were placed, for the study of the past, present and future, and for obtaining a knowledge of the heavenly bodies, and of the constructions of worlds and universes. The inherent properties of matter, its arrangements, laws, mutual relations were revealed and taught and made plain as the primer lesson of a child. The conflicting theories of geologists regarding the formation and age of the earth were settled forever. All learning was based on eternal certainty. Angels brought forth the treasures of knowledge which had lain hid in the womb of the dumb and distant past.
The appliances for making learning easy surpass all conjecture. Chemistry was rendered extremely simple, by the power which the Urims conferred on man of looking into and through the elements of every kind; a stone furnished no more obstruction to human vision than the air itself. Not only were the elements and all their changes and transformations plainly understood but the construction, operations, and laws of mind were thus rendered equally plain as those which governed the coarser elements. While looking through the Urim and Thummim I was amazed at a transformation, which even now is to me marvelous beyond description, clearly showing the manner in which particles composing the inorganic kingdom of nature are conducted upward to become a part of organic forms; another astounding revelation was a view clearly shown me of the entire circulation of the blood both in man and animals. After seeing these things and gazing once more upon the beautiful city, the following passage of Scripture sounded in my ears: Out of Zion the perfection of beauty God shineth."
It will be the City of Enoch and the 10 Tribes who are commissioned to build New Jerusalem with the help of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The best account of the departure of the Other Tribes by Judah’s record-keepers is found in the book of 2 Esdras (also called 4 Ezra). In verses 40 through 47 of chapter 13 we read:
“These are the ten tribes which were led away captive out of their own land in the days of Josiah [Hoshea] the king, which (tribes) Salmanassar the king of the Assyrians led away captive; he carried them across the River, and (thus) they were transported into another land. But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a land further distant, where the human race had never dwelt, there at least to keep their statutes which they had not kept in their own land. And they entered by the narrow passages of the river Euphrates. For the Most High then wrought wonders for them, and stayed the springs of the River until they were passed over. And through that country there was a great way to go, (a journey) of a year and a half; and that region was called Arzareth. There they have dwelt until the last times.” (R. H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, 2 vols., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964, 2:619.)
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1982/01/israels-other-tribes?lang=eng
Since that time —particularly in the last few centuries —attempts to locate and identify the Other Tribes have been numerous. At different times and by a variety of Christian authors the Other Tribes of Israel have been identified with the Japanese, Chinese, Turks, Ethiopians, Persians, Yemenites, Nestorians, Afghans, Arabians, Britons, Kassites of Russia, Hindus and Buddhists of India, Scythians, Cimmerians, Celts, Kareens of Burma, North and South American Indians, Australians, and Eskimos. Indeed it is possible that remnants of the Other Tribes may have spread out and became part of all these peoples in fulfillment of the prophecies that Israel would spread itself throughout many countries.
It was in this vacuum of reliable reformation regarding the Other Tribes that in November 1831 Joseph Smith received this revelation from the Lord:
“They who are in the north countries shall come in remembrance before the Lord; and 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. …
“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.
“And they shall be filled with songs of everlasting joy.” (D&C 133:26–33.)
In the last days, then, the Other Tribes are to come to Zion, “upon the American continent,” there to receive blessings from Ephraim. The keys of the “gathering of Israel from the four parts of the earth, and the leading of the ten tribes from the land of the north” were committed to the Prophet Joseph Smith by Moses on 3 April 1836 in the Kirtland Temple. Since Ephraim itself was one of the Other Tribes lost to Jewish and Christian history, we see that the promised restoration has already begun. In fact, we have been blessed to identify many from another tribe, Manasseh. This identification of tribal lineage is made under the hands of inspired patriarchs in the normal spiritual processes incident to the functions of the priesthood.
All tribes are to have representation in the establishment of the New Jerusalem. All tribes will have representatives in the calling of the “hundred and forty and four thousand” mentioned in John’s revelation, twelve thousand out of every tribe of Israel. (Rev. 7:2–8.) These 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 77:11.) Thus, a great work awaits representatives of each tribe as they continue to preach the gospel throughout the world to all mankind. Ultimately, in righteousness the Other Tribes of Israel will be prepared to return to Jerusalem, to receive with Judah the lands of their first inheritance. (See Deut. 30:1–5.)
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Remember, both Jesus Christ and Isaiah used the following verses in discussing John’s return with the Remnant of Jacob: 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 revile 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. (3 Nephi 22:16-17)
Therefore, despite having the title of Destroyer, it is the Lord who has called John and given him power for this mission. Oh, that each of us would likewise use the power the Lord has given us to fulfill His purposes! Having now seen the leader of this mighty host, whose numbers have been liked unto a swarm of locusts, John continues his explanation of his vision: One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. (Rev 9:12)
This portends to the ending of the symbolic five months of torment, now comes the tenth plague of Egypt, death by the hand of the Destroyer! The Lord is mighty, and none shall stay His hand. Once all of the wheat has been safely gathered in from among the tares, the tares will be burned. Now has come the time for the great and terrible destruction to be administered by the Remnant of Jacob.
John’s vision continues: And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, “Loose the four angels which are bound in the bottomless pit.” And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. (Rev 9:13-16)
Here John makes a symbolic reference to the Ark of the Covenant with its four horns. It was around this ark that the armies of Israel were camped. In times of old it was these four camps/armies of Israel that purged the land of the Canaanites, so that the children of the Lord could inherit the Promised Land. These four angels, bound in the bottomless pit, represent the armies of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel – whose numbers are truly staggering at 200,000,000. Keep in mind that this is just the population of their army, not their total population.
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New Jerusalem could quietly being organized today and gradually getting larger as each phase passes for the Saints to trek back to build Zion and become more public. This would also allow for the two prophets to be sent on short notice.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/article/worldwide-devotionals/2016/01/becoming-the-person-you-were-born-to-be?lang=eng
Wendy Nelson So, now a question as I conclude: What if you learned that the Savior had already returned to this earth—that He, as part of His Second Coming, had already met with some of His true followers in several marvelous, large gatherings13—gatherings about which the world, including CNN and the blogosphere, knew nothing. If you found out that the Savior was already on the earth, what would you desperately want to do today, and what would you be willing and ready to do tomorrow?
Although Adam-ondi-Ahman is a separate event, it is held later. The keys of the priesthood will be given from Adam to the Savior when the city of New Jerusalem is ready to be presented to the Lord.
Prophecy and Modern Times, p. 52
During the building of New Jerusalem after the arrival of the City of Enoch and help from the 10 Tribes, the city will be protected and foreigners, gangs, and the wicked will be held back from destroying it. New Jerusalem will be built simultaneous to the 3.5 years that Armageddon is going on.
D&C 45:66-67 66 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; 67 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.
At the end of Armageddon, the Savior will show up on the Mt. of Olives with the 144k that he took from Mt. Zion (New Jerusalem), to destroy the world's army. When he shows himself to the 144k translated beings in New Jerusalem, there is a resurrection. It is the morning of the 1st Resurrection. All those who have had their temple work done (and accepted it) will come forth to join the Savior and the 144k. These resurrected beings will join the translated beings (those still alive) and help with the work at hand to gather the righteous from around the world and bring them to New Jerusalem.
D&C 45:43-49
43 And the remnant shall be gathered unto this place; 44 And then they shall look for me, and, behold, I will come; and they shall see me in the clouds of heaven, clothed with power and great glory; with all the holy angels; and he that watches not for me shall be cut off. 45 But before the arm of the Lord shall fall, an angel shall sound his trump, and the saints that have slept shall come forth to meet me in the cloud. 46 Wherefore, if ye have slept in peace blessed are you; for as you now behold me and know that I am, even so shall ye come unto me and your souls shall live, and your redemption shall be perfected; and the saints shall come forth from the four quarters of the earth. 47 Then shall the arm of the Lord fall upon the nations. 48 And then shall the Lord set his foot upon this mount, and it shall cleave in twain, and the earth shall tremble, and reel to and fro, and the heavens also shall shake. 49 And the Lord shall utter his voice, and all the ends of the earth shall hear it; and the nations of the earth shall mourn, and they that have laughed shall see their folly.
The Savior will wait a season (a year with no rainbow) before returning for the Second Coming. During this time, the Jews will finish/repair their temple and prepare the survivors for the afternoon of the 1st Resurrection. Then, after 1,000 years, the morning of the 2nd Resurrection will take place for all those who did not have their temple work done prior to the Millennium.
Joseph Smith - “I have asked of the Lord concerning His coming; and while asking the Lord, He gave a sign and said, ‘In the days of Noah I set a bow in the heavens as a sign and token that in any year that the bow should be seen the Lord would not come; but there should be seed time and harvest during that year: but whenever you see the bow withdrawn, it shall be a token that there shall be famine, pestilence, and great distress among the nations, and that the coming of the Messiah is not far distant.’”
Heber C. Kimball, Deseret News, May 23, 1931
An army of Elders will be sent to the four quarters of the earth to search out the righteous and warn the wicked of what is coming. All kinds of religions will be started and miracles performed that will deceive the very elect if that were possible. Our sons and daughters must live pure lives so as to be prepared for what is coming. After a while the gentiles will gather by the thousands to this place, and Salt Lake City will be classed among the wicked cities of the world.
A spirit of speculation and extravagance will take possession of the Saints, and the results will be financial bondage. Persecution comes next and all true Latter-day Saints will be tested to the limit. Many will apostatize and others will be still, not knowing what to do. Darkness will cover the earth and gross darkness the minds of the people.
The judgments of God will be poured out on the wicked to the extent that our Elders from far and near will be called home, or in other words the gospel will be taken from the Gentiles and later on carried to the Jews. The western boundary of the State of Missouri will be swept so clean of its inhabitants that as President Young tells us, when you return to that place, there will not be left so much as a yellow dog to wag his tail. Before that day comes, however, the Saints will be put to tests that will try the integrity of the best of them. The pressure will become so great that the more righteous among them will cry unto the Lord day and night until deliverance comes. Then the prophet and others will make their appearance and those who have remained faithful will be selected to return to Jackson County, Missouri, and take part in the up-building of that beautiful city, the New Jerusalem."
John Taylor's vision. After the terrible plague on the east coast (one month after CO) he sees 12 men in temple robes with their arms to the square on the MO River dedicating New Jerusalem.
President John Taylor: I supposed this was the end; but it was not. I was given to understand the same horror was being enacted all over the country, east, west, north, and south. Few were left alive, still there were some.
Immediately after I seemed to be standing on the left bank of the Missouri River, opposite e the City of Independence, but there was no city. I saw the whole state of Missouri and Illinois and all of Iowa, a complete desert with no living being there. A short distance from the river however, I saw twelve men dressed in temple robes, standing in a square or nearly so (and I understood it represented the Twelve Gates of the New Jerusalem.) Their hands were uplifted in consecration of the ground and laying the corner stone of the temple. I saw myraids of angels hovering over them, and saw also an immense pillar of clouds over them and heard the angels singing the most heavenly music. The words were “Now is established the Kingdom of God and his Christ, which shall never more be thrown down.”
I saw people coming from the river and from the desert places a long way off to help build the temple and it seemed that hosts of angels all helped to get material to build with and I saw some of them who wore temple clothes come and build the temple and the city, and all the time I saw the great pillar of clouds hovering over the place.
People from all nations shall gather to New Jerusalem.
3Nephi 21:22-29
22 But if they will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not their hearts, I will establish my church among them, and they shall come in unto the covenant and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob, unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance; 23 And they 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. 24 And then shall they assist my people that they may be gathered in, who are scattered upon all the face of the land, in unto the New Jerusalem.
The pure in heart will be searched all over the world and warned to gather to America where New Jerusalem will be built.
D&C 45
66 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;
67 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.
68 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.
69 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.
70 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.
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.
Revelation 21
2 And I John saw the holy city [Enoch], new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
144k
Jeremiah 16:16 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
D&C 29:88 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.
New Jerusalem is built in preparation for the Second Coming.
D&C 133:18-3518 When the Lamb shall stand upon Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
19 Wherefore, prepare ye for the coming of the Bridegroom; go ye, go ye out to meet him.
20 For behold, he shall stand upon the mount of Olivet, and upon the mighty ocean, even the great deep, and upon the islands of the sea, and upon the land of Zion.
An excerpt from Patriarch Charles Evans Vision (full text at nofearpreps.com)
Other plagues followed I forbear to record. A foreign power had invaded the nation which, from every human indication, it appeared would seize the government and supplant it with monarchy. I stood trembling at the aspect, when, lo, a power arose in the west which declared itself in favor of the constitution in its original form; to this suddenly rising power every lover of constitutional rights and liberties throughout the nation gave hearty support. This struggle was fiercely contested, but the stars and stripes floated in the breeze, and, bidding defiance to opposition, waved proudly over the land. Among the many banners I saw, was one inscribed thus: The government based on the constitution, now and forever;" on another Liberty of Conscience, social, religious, and political."
The light of the gospel which had but dimly shown because of abomination, now burst forth with a luster that filled the earth. Cities appeared in every direction, one of which, in the center of the continent, was an embodiment of architectural science after the pattern of eternal perfections, whose towers glittered with a radiance emanating from the sparkling of emeralds, rubies, diamonds and other precious stones set in a canopy of gold and so elaborately and skillfully arranged as to shed forth a brilliancy which dazzled and enchanted the eye, excited admiration and developed a taste for the beautiful, beyond anything man had ever conceived. Fountains of crystal water shot upward their transparent jets which in the brilliant sunshine, formed ten thousand rainbow tints at once delightful to the eye. Gardens, the perfections of whose arrangement confound all our present attempts at genius, bedecked with flowers of varied hue to develop and refine the taste, and strengthen the love for these natures chastest adornments. Schools and universities were erected, to which all had access; in the latter Urims were placed, for the study of the past, present and future, and for obtaining a knowledge of the heavenly bodies, and of the constructions of worlds and universes. The inherent properties of matter, its arrangements, laws, mutual relations were revealed and taught and made plain as the primer lesson of a child. The conflicting theories of geologists regarding the formation and age of the earth were settled forever. All learning was based on eternal certainty. Angels brought forth the treasures of knowledge which had lain hid in the womb of the dumb and distant past.
The appliances for making learning easy surpass all conjecture. Chemistry was rendered extremely simple, by the power which the Urims conferred on man of looking into and through the elements of every kind; a stone furnished no more obstruction to human vision than the air itself. Not only were the elements and all their changes and transformations plainly understood but the construction, operations, and laws of mind were thus rendered equally plain as those which governed the coarser elements. While looking through the Urim and Thummim I was amazed at a transformation, which even now is to me marvelous beyond description, clearly showing the manner in which particles composing the inorganic kingdom of nature are conducted upward to become a part of organic forms; another astounding revelation was a view clearly shown me of the entire circulation of the blood both in man and animals. After seeing these things and gazing once more upon the beautiful city, the following passage of Scripture sounded in my ears: Out of Zion the perfection of beauty God shineth."