Pühade kogunemine
President Heber C. Kimball, üks kaheteistkümnest taastatud kiriku esimestest apostlitest, hiljem Bringham Youngi nõuandja esimeses presidentkonnas sai kunagi ilmutuse pühade kokku kogumisest ja sellele eelnevast. Panen selle siia üles, endale ja oma järeltulijatele ning teistele, kellel sellest ehk kasu on.
"An army of Elders will be sent to the four quarters of the earth
the 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 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 tell 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."
(Ilmus Deseret Newsis 23. mail 1931)
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