Prophecy concerning the Saints by Heber C. Kimball from the Deseret News, May 23, 1931.
“After a while the gentile will gather by the thousands to this place, and Salt Lake City will be classed among the wicked cities of the world…”
Our state legislature just passed a compromise law on alcohol sales and consumption reducing controls on liquor while lowering the legal limit for DUI. This is a back door solution to a front door problem.
…”A spirit of speculation and extravagance will take possession of the Saints, and the results will be financial bondage…”
The mortgages belonging to the financial institutions which are still solvent are being sold to China as collateral against the money borrowed from them to bail us out of the sub-prime crisis. Did you see that in the fine print when you bought your house? Neither did I. By the way, a Chinese naval ship came within 25 feet of a privately operated US ship in the South China Sea this week. They also said: “We hate you, we hate you, we hate you”, when they became aware of our massive spending bill passed last month. Our U.S. treasury is printing money 24-7 with nothing to back it up but paper, ink and American blood, sweat and tears.
…”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. (watch for the judgments of God to be blamed on global warming and on man’s releasing of CO2 into the atmosphere), or in other words, the gospel will be taken from the Gentiles and later on, carried to the Jews.”
Monday, March 9, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The Constitution to Hang by a Thread
Maybe you’ve heard this quote before but didn’t really understand what it meant. I found some interesting things which elaborated on that prophecy in a book called Prophecy and Modern Times by Cleon Skousen in 1939.
"As in the case of Rome, the decline begins in that hour when the cross currents of national life begin to ebb and flow with a rapidity wholly baffling to the ingenuity of human leadership; because a wicked nation will not submit to divine leadership they soon become their own worst enemies. Because of distrust, jealousy and unholy ambitions among the people themselves, the very structure of their civil government soon threatens to collapse.
It is at such a time that the people begin to lose confidence in their system of government. A crisis is precipitated by the populous demanding a change. This is typical evolution of events in a nation which is sick at heart and will not admit that its growing lethargy is the result of a poison issuing from within its own members." There can be a lot of parallels drawn with our day and this statement. I don’t know if indeed this is talking about our day but it can’t be denied that our government is in a frenzied state trying to fix everything. If not now, we can expect this type of cycle to run its course. Rarely have we seen in history an entire people suddenly convinced they are following the wrong path and to turn to God. Many countries have changed course but most of the time, it’s in a circle, like in a panic. That being said, if this doesn’t describe our day, it may someday. After all, it took 60 years for the Nephite nation to self-destruct.
I am just getting started here. Don’t get too worried about our constitution. The challenges we face as a people are much bigger than politics or party platforms. I will continue this in several parts in the next few days or weeks.
"As in the case of Rome, the decline begins in that hour when the cross currents of national life begin to ebb and flow with a rapidity wholly baffling to the ingenuity of human leadership; because a wicked nation will not submit to divine leadership they soon become their own worst enemies. Because of distrust, jealousy and unholy ambitions among the people themselves, the very structure of their civil government soon threatens to collapse.
It is at such a time that the people begin to lose confidence in their system of government. A crisis is precipitated by the populous demanding a change. This is typical evolution of events in a nation which is sick at heart and will not admit that its growing lethargy is the result of a poison issuing from within its own members." There can be a lot of parallels drawn with our day and this statement. I don’t know if indeed this is talking about our day but it can’t be denied that our government is in a frenzied state trying to fix everything. If not now, we can expect this type of cycle to run its course. Rarely have we seen in history an entire people suddenly convinced they are following the wrong path and to turn to God. Many countries have changed course but most of the time, it’s in a circle, like in a panic. That being said, if this doesn’t describe our day, it may someday. After all, it took 60 years for the Nephite nation to self-destruct.
I am just getting started here. Don’t get too worried about our constitution. The challenges we face as a people are much bigger than politics or party platforms. I will continue this in several parts in the next few days or weeks.
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