LDS Doctrine and Covenants Slideshow 11: D&C 43, 45, 116, 133

7/28/2019 LDS Doctrine and Covenants Slideshow 11: D&C 43, 45, 116, 133

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Dating the revelations

D&C 29 September 1830 Fayette, New York

D&C 43 February 1831 Kirtland, Ohio

D&C 45 7 March 1831 Kirtland, Ohio

D&C 133 3 November 1831 Hiram, Ohio

D&C 116 19 May 1838 Spring Hill, Missouri

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Basic chronology

Great tribulation prior to the second coming(signs, wars, plagues).

Christs glorious return and 1,000-year reign.

Destruction of the wicked, first resurrection,earth returned to is paradisiacal state.

Satan permanently defeated; secondresurrection and final judgment.

Earth celestialized; righteous dwell with Godforever.

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Prophecy may be interpreted only to the extent that itimplies within its own statements that it shall beinterpreted. If a prophecy is indefinite with respect tocertain things, it is probably so intended. It is alwayswise to read and practice that which is clear andunderstandable, and to leave the dim and mysterious

until further prophetic revelation is received. Weconcern ourselves only with that which is clear and understandable.We know that with the progress of time, increasing light will come,as we may have need.

Moreover, we know that we should not waste our valuable time and

energies on remote and doubtful matters, but rather direct ourefforts towards the study and practice of the clearly stated principlesof conduct embodied in the gospel of Jesus Christ. That is the directmethod of obtaining light and truth, the goal of every Latter-daySaint.Evidences and Reconciliations, 93, 9596

John A. Widtsoe

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Literal or figurative?

D&C 133:2627:

And they who are in the north countries shallcome in remembrance before the Lord; and their

prophets shall hear his voice, and shall no longerstay 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 ofthe great deep.

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I stand here today as an optimist concerning the work

of the Lord. I cannot believe that God has established hiswork in the earth to have it fail. I cannot believe that it isgetting weaker. I know that it is getting stronger. Irealize, of course, that we are beset with many tragicproblems. I am a newspaper reader, and I have seen agood deal of this earth. I have seen its rot and smelledits filth. I have been in areas where war rages and hate smolders inthe hearts of people. I have seen the appalling poverty that hoversover many lands. I have seen the oppression of those in bondage and

the brutality of their overlords. I have watched with alarm thecrumbling morals of our society.

Andyet I am an optimist. I have a simple and solemn faith thatright will triumph and that truth will prevail.

Elder Gordon B. Hinckley, October 1969

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Living in these difficult timesrequires each one of us tomaintain a positive, hopeful perspective about the future.Today, more so than in the past, I am asked about the signsof the times and if I think the end of the world is near.

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Mymessage to you today...is simply this: the Lord is incontrol. He knows the end from the beginning. He has givenus adequate instruction that, if followed, will see us safely through anycrisis. His purposes will be fulfilled, and someday we will understand theeternal reasons for all of these events. Therefore, today we must be carefulnot to overreact, nor should we be caught up in extreme preparations, but

what we must do is keep the commandments of God and never lose hope!

Butwhere do we find hope in the midst of such turmoil and catastrophe?Quite simply, our one hope for spiritual safety during these turbulent timesis to turn our minds and our hearts to Jesus Christ.

Elder M. Russell Ballard, October 199211

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We are not to be afraid, even in a world where thehostilitieswill never end. We are to be happy andpositive. We are not to be afraid. Fear is the oppositeof faith. President Boyd K. Packer, October 2006

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The last days

D&C 45:9. The everlasting covenant a light tothe world.

45:2425. The gospel to go first to the Gentiles,

then to the Jews Cf. 1 Nephi 13:42; D&C 90:9; 133:8.

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The last days

D&C 45:2633. Deteriorating conditions: 45:26, 33. Wars.

45:26. Mens hearts fail them.

45:26.Christ delayeth his coming. (Luke 12:45.)

45:27. Love for others waxes [grows] cold.

45:2829. People reject the gospel, embrace

darkness.

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Daniel in his seventh chapter speaks of the Ancient of Days;he means the oldest man, our Father Adam, Michael, he willcall his children together and hold a council with them toprepare them for the coming of the Son of Man. He (Adam) isthe father of the human family, and presides over the spirits ofall men, and all that have had the 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 hisstewardship to Christ, that which was delivered to him as holding the keysof the universe, but retains his standing as head of the human family.

Joseph Smith, July 1839

This, then, is the nature of the Priesthood; every man holding thePresidency of his dispensation, and one man holding the Presidency ofthem all, even Adam: and Adam receiving his Presidency and authorityfrom the Lord, but cannot receive a fullness until Christ shall present theKingdom to the Father, which shall be at the end of the last dispensation.

Joseph Smith, October 1840

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Plagues and desolation

D&C 45:3031.Overflowing scourgeand desolating sickness.

45:33. Earthquakes anddesolations (cf.Revelation 11:13; 16:18).

29:14. Sun darkened,moon turned into blood

(cf. Revelation 6:12).

29:15. Weeping andwailing (cf. Revelation18:15, 19).

29:16. Hail (c.f.Revelation 8:7; 11:19;16:21).

29:18, 20. Flies, beasts,and fowls (cf. Revelation19:17, 21).

43:25. Men still refuse thegospel message

45:32. My disciples shallstand in holy places, andshall not be moved.

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You will live in the midst of economic, political,and spiritual instability. When you see these signsunmistakable evidences that his coming is nighbenot troubled, but, standin holy places, and be notmoved, until the day of the Lord come (D&C 87:8).

Holy men and holy women stand in holy places, andthese holy places include our temples, our chapels, our homes,and the stakes of Zion, which are, as the Lord declares, for adefense, and for a refuge from the storm, and from wrath whenit shall be poured out without mixture upon the whole earth

(D&C 115:6). Ezra Taft Benson, April 1981

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The end cometh

D&C 133:715. The righteous to gather toZion for protection.

133:15. Look not back. Cf. Genesis 19:2426;

Luke 9:5762.

29:21. The great and abominable churchcast down.

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Jesus triumphant return

D&C 45:4853.At the Mount of Olives. Zechariah 14:24. 3 Nephi 29:8. 2 Nephi 9:12.

133:18. The 144,000. 29:9. The wicked burn; the righteous

purified. Malachi 4:1 vs. Malachi 3:23; 4:23.

29:11. The millennial reign. 29:13. Resurrection of the just. 45:54. Resurrection of they that knew no

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There are millions of people, both among theChristian and heathen nations, that are still indarkness, and exclaiming, Oh, how glad we wouldbe to have some knowledge of the Gospel ofsalvation! By-and-by, when the Lord sends forth

his servants and his angels to gather them, they willbe brought home to Zion and be taught the peaceable things ofthe kingdom; and those that abide a celestial law will receive acelestial glory, and those that can abide the next law in ordercan abide the glory pertaining to it, and so on.

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There are those of us who have laid away our little onesin the grave, and we had that responsibility. A littledaughter was born to us over in Holland while I waspresident of the mission there, and we kept her until shewas three and a half years old. My wife has said time andtime again that she knew the angels brought that spirit toher because she felt their presence, and yet we laid her away in thegrave. If we had to feel that that was the end, we would have givenanything in this world to have her back again. And then we come tothis great knowledge that we have in the restoration of the gospel,

that she will be ours in the eternal world and we will have the joy ofseeing her grow up without sin, unto salvation. Sometimes I havethought that probably some of these choice spirits did not need theexperience here in mortality like other children, and that is why theLord has seen fit to call them home.

Elder LeGrand Richards, October 1971

Children grow up without sin

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End of the millennium

D&C 29:2229. When the thousand yearsare ended. Final battle. (Revelation 20:710.)

Resurrection of the wicked (Revelation 20:5, 13).

The earth a celestial kingdom (Revelation 21:122:6; D&C 77:1; 130:9).

Separation of the wicked from the righteous.

29:12. The Twelve and other prophetsjudge alongside Christ.

45:35. Christ, our Advocate with the

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