The Family: A Proclamation to the World 1995 – Full Text

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By The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Full text from https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world?lang=eng This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (It remains aRead more

Emergency Preparedness: Basic Equipment List

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Table of Contents: Documents Communication Electronics Finance Food Medical Security & Armory Shelter & Clothing Transportation Documents -passwords -passports -bank account numbers -key phone number & email & address contacts (don’t depend on social media as your only way to contact someone; use social media to collect needed contact info in case ofRead more

A Marked Generation

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-“For nearly six thousand years, God has held you in reserve to make your appearance in the final days before the Second Coming of the Lord. Every previous gospel dispensation has drifted into apostasy, but ours will not. True, there will be some individuals who will fall away; but the kingdom of God will remainRead more

Valley’s Exalted: A Vivid Dream of the Sudden Joy of Christ’s Return

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Nov. 30 2014 taken from my personal journal; this woke me in the middle of the night and sleep fled from before me. I urgently wrote every detail I could recall over the next hour or so. I remind the readers that these are my own views alone, and that dreams are often representative ratherRead more

We are Wicked as Sodom – Prophet Quotes

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-“…when I review the performance of this people in comparison with what is expected, I am appalled and frightened. Iniquity seems to abound. The Destroyer seems to be taking full advantage of the time remaining to him in this, the great day of his power. Evil seems about to engulf us like a great wave,Read more

Persecution Yet to Come

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-“Why do we need such resilient faith? Because difficult days are ahead. Rarely in the future will it be easy or popular to be a faithful Latter-day Saint. Each of us will be tested. The Apostle Paul warned that in the latter days, those who diligently follow the Lord ‘shall suffer persecution’ [2 Timothy 3:12].Read more

Forums to Discuss The Last Days

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-Latter-day Saints Discussing Last Days Prophecies (7,634 members) https://www.facebook.com/groups/ldslastdays/ -LDS Last Days Prophecy and Gospel Discussions (3,154 members) https://www.facebook.com/groups/LDSLASTDAYPROPHECYDISCUSSIONS/ -Prepare for the Tribulations CTR Group (430 members) https://www.facebook.com/groups/PrepareForTribulationsCTRGroup/ -Aware and Prepare (876 members) https://www.facebook.com/groups/601324446669650/

Additional Resources to Study the Last Days

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-Roger K Young -Visions of the Latter Days by Kevin Kraut; this is a composition of visions the LDS prophets have had about the last days. See his blog. – Apocalypse by Miller, Hopkin, and Siegfried; by the Maxwell institute, coming out July 2016. Perhaps it can then be found here: http://publications.mi.byu.edu/book/apocalypse/ -The Millennial MessiahRead more

Guns, Freaks, & The Zombie Apocalypse: Hidden Anti-Conservative Agenda

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It seems people think anyone with a shotgun is afraid of an apocalypse. That’s what students say when guns are brought up in my classes. Have they forgotten the cycle of wars from the beginning of time? what makes us so special that a war won’t happen in our land? Are we so extremely righteousRead more

Plan for a Normal Life Despite World Chaos – President Boyd K. Packer

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“Sometimes you might be tempted to think as I did from time to time in my youth: “The way things are going, the world’s going to be over with. The end of the world is going to come before I get to where I should be.” Not so! You can look forward to doing itRead more

Grow Where You Are Planted: Why to Stop Moving Everywhere

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Grow Where You Are Planted Elder Stanley G Ellis spoke of this in a conference report not long ago, suggesting that wherever we are, we should grow, rather than be always looking to leave and live somewhere else, living reserving ourselves to give more fully in some more comfortable location or something. IRead more

The Second Coming Happens Shortly After 2,000 AD: 5 Quotes to Explain

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For a longer version of this document citing additional prophets, see my Prophetic Insight into the Timing of Christ’s Second Coming (click here). See also “Events Preceding the Second Coming of Jesus Christ” where I show the prophets’ words on things that are prophesied to take place before Christ’s grand return (click here). Read more

The Prophet Joseph: More Than We Know (DVD) by The Joseph Smith Foundation – Quotes Referenced

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From this page of the JSF, click here Documents Referenced in Presentation Sermon by the Prophet Joseph Smith discussing Revelation 14 Angel, Messenger and Witness (Sermon delivered at Nauvoo temple grounds on Friday May 12, 1844) Statements Referenced in Presentation Joseph Smith “I shall read the 24th. ch of Matthew and give it a litteralRead more

The Prophet Joseph Smith: More Than We Know by the Joseph Smith Foundation – Documentary Notes

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For video of this presentation, click here. Key Points: The root of Jesse is Joseph Smith, he is the servant of Christ, the David of the latter days who will yet have political and ecclesiastical authority over all the earth, who will return in the flesh to lay out inheritances in Missouri the New Jerusalem,Read more

Unlocking the Mystery of the 2 Prophets (Rev. 11) by the Joseph Smith Foundation – Documentary Notes

06/28/201812/01/2019 - Nate 1 Comment

For video of this presentation, click here. for more visit JosephSmithFoundation.org/2prophets Overview: Joseph and Hyrum Smith are the 2 prophets spoken of in the book of Revelation which would prophecy in the last days before the coming of the Lord. Joseph Smith is the latter-day king David spoken of in the scriptures who would ruleRead more

Prophecy: Key to The Future by Duane S Crowther – Book Notes

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For video of this presentation, click here. There are 4 sections to my notes on this text: Original Table of Contents of the Text by Crowther Full Chronological Index of Events by Crowther. Highlights prophet quotes from the text. Crowther’s Full Summary of the Text Richardson Studies Summary of the Text (this is theRead more

Yoga Pants and Freedom-To-Do-Whatever Debate

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Video presentation of this article: part 1, and part 2 Responding to “What’s wrong with wearing yoga pants in public? Why not just let people live the way they want?” Includes discussion on public dress, privileges of religious societies, privileges of non-religious societies, the grace of Jesus not being a do-whatever-you-want-clause, US dress vs Islamic nations dress,Read more

Timing of Christ’s Second Coming – Prophetic Insight

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Video of this presentation: click here We don’t know exactly when the Second Coming of Jesus Christ is, but this is what we do know as revealed by the Lord to us via his prophets. For a shortened version of this document highlighting 5 key quotations, see my document “5 Quotes from the Ensign and LivingRead more

Warnings from the Past by Mark E. Petersen – Full Text

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Apr. 1971 Gen. Conf. For official full text and other formats, click here. Three great civilizations have occupied the Western Hemisphere. Two have passed into oblivion. Those that disappeared died by virtual suicide. They brought about their own extinction as they defiled the land and defied their God by extensive crime, sexual deviation, and otherRead more

Visions of the Latter Days by Kevin Kraut (A compilation of futuristic visions of LDS prophets), Full Text

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Visions of the Latter Days by Kevin Kraut (A compilation of futuristic visions of LDS prophets) Full Text Brought to you by Nate Richardson RichardsonStudies.com Updated 2-5-18 -*I am unsure of this authors standing with the church, his father Ogden Kraut was excommunicated, but it seems this composition is most useful. http://ogdenkraut.com/Visions%20of%20the%20Latter%20Days.htm This is copyrightedRead more

Visions of Glory: One Man’s Astonishing Account of the Last Days by John Pontius – Book Notes

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(Christ portrayed in 21st century attire, which goes with some of this book. I found this image here: http://www.cheekymormon.com/myuploads/xjesus1.jpg.pagespeed.ic.HaD7apuChb.jpg) First, notes from myself about this text, then a summary of the text. -*This book has brought me to rejoice, expanding my mind like the song in our hymn book says, “ponder anew what the AlmightyRead more

Understanding the Signs of the Times by Donald Parry – Book Notes

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–nuke p16 McConkie prophecies of –Christ’s coming will not be as a thief to the saints (they’ll expect it, be familiar with the timing, etc.) p6 for the Saints Christ’s coming won’t be a surprise; scrip refs about this -we are now living in 6th seal last 1k years which began in 1k a.d. -McConkieRead more

The Cokeville Miracle – Movie Notes

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This film is about an event which took place in 1986. It came out on DVD in September 2015. A bomber and his wife came to an elementary school and held it hostage. Over 100 people were in a small room with the bomber, including 98 children. When the bomb went off the only peopleRead more

The Book of Revelation: A Chronology of Events

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Based on a simple reading of the text in the order it’s presented. -Christian martyrs (Rev. 6:11) -6th seal opens (Rev. 6:12) -great earthquake (Rev. 6:12) -stars (appear to) fall like fruits from a tree in great wind (Rev. 6:12) -moon appears as blood (Rev. 6:12) -sun blackened (Rev. 6:12) -islands and mountains flee (Rev.Read more

The 144,000: Prophetic Insight

02/01/201812/02/2019 - Nate 2 Comments

-“I am going on in my progress for eternal life. It is not only necessary that you should be baptized for your dead, but you will have to go through all the ordinances for them, the same as you have gone through to save yourselves. There will be 144,000 saviors on Mount Zion, and withRead more

Teenagers Guide to the Second Coming: How Awesome will it be? by Robert McKenzie, Summary

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-President Packer said he has heard LDS prophets testify that they not only know Jesus Christ lives, but they know Jesus Christ. -there will be literal cloud over Israel like in old days ref. given -McConkie : atomic holocaust sure to come -LDS are calm since know the signs of the times; know what’s comingRead more

Technology to Tell the World of A Savior by Elder Stevenson, Summary

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Technology to Tell the World of A Savior by Elder Stevenson Women’s Conference Address May 5 2017 Summary by Nate Richardson Updated 1-31-18 RichardsonStudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com Images here were used in the original presentation: -President David O. McKay began speaking of things to come, things which would spread the knowledge of a Savior throughout every nation,Read more

Signs of the Times Scriptures by Topic – Compiled by Donald Parry

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An Appendix from ‘Understanding the Signs of the Times’ by Donald Parry. The full text I most highly recommend, it is a very non-speculative & non-dogmatic treatise of this topic which highlights scriptures and words of modern prophets. Table of Contents: Gathering of Israel Events that will prepare the earth for the Millennium Physical ConditionsRead more

The Book of Revelation & The Last Days – Institute New Testament Manual – Highlights

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This is a condensed version of the Church’s New Testament Institute manual chapters dealing with the book of Revelation, the scripture references there from, with little to no commentary with those references. Most of the wording here is from that manual also. This also shows passages from other books of scripture that go along withRead more

Scriptural List of the Abominations of Babylon

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Scriptural List of the Abominations of Babylon I don’t recall where I got this list but it’s brilliant. Brought to you By Nate Richardson Updated 1-27-18 RichardsonStudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com –incest (Lev. 18:6-16, 26-27); -homosexuality (Lev. 18:22); -idolatry (Deut. 7:25; 12:29-31; Mal. 2:11); -impure sacrifices to God (Deut. 17:1); -human sacrifice (Deut. 18:10, 12); -using practitioners ofRead more

You are True Millennials by President Russell M. Nelson, 2016 – Lecture Quotes & Notes

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Young Adult World Wide Devotional 2016 Full discourse video & transcript: click here In this talk he says that we are living in “the latter part of the latter-days” and that alludes that we will see the Millennium begin: he says this generation is Millennials but in a more bigger sense that the statisticians know,Read more

Prepare for the Days of Tribulation by Ezra Taft Benson, selected quotes

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Prepare for the Days of Tribulation by Ezra Taft Benson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles selected quotes by Nate Richardson Updated 1-26-18 RichardsonStudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com -“May God bless us to be prepared for the days which lie ahead, which may be the most severe yet.” (Benson; Conf. Report: Prepare for the Days of Tribulation:Read more

Millennium Study Resources

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Millennium Study Resources by Nate Richardson Updated 1-24-18 RichardsonStudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com List and Links to Books and articles the Millennium and other future events -Free book compiling what the prophets have said about the events of the last days called “LDS Last Days”: at RichardsonStudies.com -Visions of the Latter Days by Kevin Kraut; this is aRead more

Isaiah: The Last Days and the Millennium – Institute Old Testament Manual – Highlights

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–Jesus said, “great are the words of Isaiah, for surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people which are of the house of Israel” (3 Nephi 23:1–2). -Jesus is the “living water” and “the bread of life” (see John 4:13;6:47–51 –Isaiah 55:1–2. “Come Ye to the Waters … Buy, and Eat” ; ElderRead more

Food Storage etc. for the Coming Famine – Call of the Prophets

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-“The first season that we came here I recollect that Brother Brigham proclaimed the policy of our laying up grain, and told us to lay up a seven years supply, and prepare for a famine.” (Heber C. Kimball, The Deseret News 6:38; June 10, 1855) -“The Lord, through his prophet, has called the mothers ofRead more

Ezekiel: Watchman of Israel, by LDS Old Testament Manual, summary

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Ezekiel: Watchman of Israel by LDS Old Testament Manual summary by Nate Richardson updated 1-19-18 richardsonstudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com –It is very difficult, if not impossible, for a mortal to convey in writing the message and spirit of a vision or other revelation from God so that the reader will have a complete understanding of what tookRead more

Excited about The Future!

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Excerpt from a letter to a friend Frankly [my wife] and I are quite excited about the future, we believe that either in this life (when Jesus comes in person and heals her and everyone), or after death (when our bodies get pulled out of the grave and become perfect), then [my wife’s] body willRead more

Events Preceding the Second Coming as Taught by Modern Prophets

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For video of this presentation: click here -For other critical quotes on the subject, see also document “Second Coming Timing, LDS Quotes” (click here) -key books for more research on the subject: “Prophecy: Key to the Future” by Dwayne S. Crowther (click here); “Understanding the Signs of the Times” by Donald Parry (click here).Read more

Book Notes: Doctrine & Covenants Institute Manual

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Book Notes: Doctrine & Covenants Institute Manual by Nate Richardson editor@richardsonstudies.com Not needful to include quote excerpts from the text here, but make it known that such references are in the text. This document is to have reference to to manual, not to be the manual. This summary only covers a handful of sections ofRead more

Different Religions Have their own Camps in Heaven?

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Different Religions Have their own Camps in Heaven? Different Religions Have their own Camps in Heaven / All Roads Lead to Rome Theory Debunked True vs False Religions Prophets VS Mystics Why Your Choice Matters by Nate Richardson editor@richardsonstudies.com On my mission I heard lots of people say that they didn’t need to join theRead more

Media Standards

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Media Standards by Nate Richardson editor@richardsonstudies.com -One of the reasons the Church is commanded to obey a strict health law “The Word of Wisdom” is to enable their spirits to be at peak of intellect, so they can discern better between good and evil. -You can set a good example by not some of theRead more

The Book of Revelation by Richard D. Draper – Lecture Notes

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For video of this presentation, click here. Author of several books on the Book of Revelation etc. good Greek insight and Hebrew etc. published a handful of books very good -the crown Jesus wears is stephanos, meaning wreath, that which symbolizes victory more so than political power (not to undermine the political power he willRead more

The Gospel of Consumerism: Babylon’s Replacement for Christ

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The Gospel of Consumerism: Babylon’s Replacement for Christ (including beauty products & fashion as an alternative redemption) by Nate Richardson Updated 1-15-18 editor@richardsonstudies.com -For more critical info about this, see the film “The True Cost: Who Pays the Price for Our Clothes?” about the sweat shops which suffer for us to have cheep nice clothes.Read more

A Marvelous Work and a Wonder by LeGrand Richards, summary

01/15/201812/01/2019 - Nate Leave a comment

For a video presentation of this article click here. -Luke 10:1 we are sent out 2 by 2 as them of old. We are who Jeremiah spoke of when he said I will send hunters to gather them from the rocks and the fishers to search and gather Israel. -Instruction in the New Testament notRead more

50 Signs of the Times by David Ridges – Book Notes

01/01/201812/01/2019 - Nate 2 Comments

For video of this presentation, click here David Ridges has been a stake President and has written other books namely the “Book of Mormon Made Easier” and other similar titles. -signs of the times is mentioned 1500 times in the Old Testament and 300 in the new. -the earth has a temporal existence of 7000Read more