The Last Days Unsealed: An Examination of the Five Major Events of the Last Seven Years Which Cover the Last 42 Months of the Sixth Seal and First 42 Months of the Seventh se - Softcover

Smith, Robert J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888106816 ISBN 13: 9781888106817

Publisher: Agreka Tm Llc, 1999

Synopsis

A Provacative Examination of Imminent Last Days Events from a Mormon perspective.

The many latter-day myths about the last days have lulled people into a false security. They think that because the LDS Church has a living prophet, they will be warned when the tribulation is about to come. But the Lord has already told us all he intends, and this is made clear in Isaiah. People are waiting for certain preliminary signs to occur before they really start to prepare for the coming destruction, but by then it will be too late. What this book explains, with supporting scriptures, will be new to most of you. Prophesied "last days events" are reported that you may never have heard before, and they are presented in chronological order with a supporting chart. The author reports that by knowing these things and making the necessary changes and preparations, we can survive the coming judgements.

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About the Author

Robert Smith completed his Ph.D. in Historical Languages at the University of Utah, following studies at the University of Texas. He has done post-doctoral studies in Hebrew and Biblical Hebrew at the University of Utah and at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has taught in Utah and California.

The author is revising his first book, currently out-of-print, Scriptures of the Last Days, and expects to publish an enlarged version in late 1999.

For the past several years, he has been involved in research in Central and South America native languages, Quechua, Aymara, Cholan and Nauatl. This research is to identify the language families from which they came and to confirm their relation to Asian Semitic languages. The author is also doing new translations and commentaries on the Old Testament prophetic books. Volume 1 of a three-volume translation and commentary of the twelve prophets is nearing completion.

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Setting the Stage The first of the five great events of the last days is not so much an event as it is a condition or ongoing process. This event is not even talked about by most writers of the last days, yet it is one of the primary themes of Isaiah. Perhaps the reason it is not discussed much is that it is not perceived or realized by most Latter-day Saints. In addition, those who are aware do not want to say too much about these things because it might get them into trouble. The main location for such discussion today is the Internet where many sites are found where one can talk and exchange ideas while remaining relatively invisible. But everyone is conscious that there will be great tribulation, war, pestilence and destruction in the world at some time, but most members are under the impression that it will pass by the church, or at least it will spare the righteous members, whoever they are. Due to this avenue of thought, the real cause of the tribulation is not noticed. Isaiah begins his book by addressing the church, which he calls Israel. Israel is the name of the ancient northern kingdom which was headed by Ephraim and that kingdom was also often called Ephraim because it was Ephraim who ruled. The Jews today mistakenly call their nation Israel when it is really Judah. But the Lord, through Isaiah, correctly addresses modern Ephraim or Israel which is the church to whom Isaiah is speaking. Throughout this work we must remember that Isaiah is speaking to us, Ephraim, or the church today. He does not address the gentile peoples at all and when he refers to Judah, it is evident. In the introduction, the words of Nephi were quoted (2 Nephi 25:1, 5, 7-8) which show that the prophecies of Isaiah are strictly latter- day events and will be fulfilled in our time. Often we conveniently parcel the good and bad prophecies out; the bad to former times and the good to us and our time. This is wrong. All the prophecies of Isaiah pertain to us today. Isaiah begins his scathing description of modern Ephraim: Hear, O heavens! Give heed, O earth! The Lord has spoken: I have reared sons, brought them up, but they have revolted against me. The ox knows its owner, the ass its master's stall, but Israel does not know; my people are insensible. Alas, a nation astray, a people weighed down by sin, the offspring of wrongdoers, perverse children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have spurned the Holy One of Israel, they have lapsed into apostasy. (Isaiah 1: 2-5)

So there it is! The Lord accuses us of lapsing into apostasy. This is a difficult fact for members of the church to accept, but we read it there in black and white. We are like the Jews at the time of Lehi. They had the gospel as it existed at that time, and obeyed the Law of Moses, nevertheless, God sent prophets among them to call them to repentance and to take the course that would have saved them from the Babylonian captivity. Lehi received a revelation that the city of Jerusalem had been destroyed and the people taken captive. Previous to this, however, when they were still in the wilderness, Laman and Lemuel, along with the daughters of Ishmael, wanted to return to Jerusalem.

Edition details

• Publisher: Agreka Tm Llc
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1888106816
• ISBN 13: 9781888106817
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200