Second Coming

2^ND COMING                      

Teachings by Laurel Lawrence, wife of Larry Lawrence, Seventy

BEFORE the 2nd coming:

War: In the Middle East will be the battle of Armegggedon and the whole world will be fighting, protesting, etc. Those who don’t want to fight will come/gather to New Jerusalem. The saints will be gathered so we won’t fear; we will be praying nonstop for Christ to come.

Christ will appear 3 places as part of the 2^nd coming:

1.       HERE: At Adam Ondi Ahman, Adam will return the keys to Christ

2.       THERE: during the Battle of Armageddon Christ will appear at the Mount of Olives to the Jews and they will recognize He is the Christ. He will also appear to the saints in New Jerusalem.

3.       EVERYWHERE: then He will appear to the whole world. Everyone will see Him descend. There will be a “SIGN” in the sky. (This will be later)

1^st event of the 2^nd coming: When Adam fell, the earth also fell – from Kolob into this solar system. Before the 2^nd coming, it will be changed to a terrestrial world and moved/ returned to the Kolob neighborhood. Of all the prophesies of the 2^nd coming, the last sign is to be that the moon turns to blood and the stars fall from heaven. This prophesy is given 10 times in the scriptures. When the earth moves back to Kolob, the sun won’t be shining – or the brilliance will lessen as we move away from it. The move will make the moon look red (my note: I think the moon will look red because of all the fires and smoke and dust in the air.)  and moving so fast will make it look like the stars are falling. Isaiah 13:13 says the earth moving will be like a chased deer. Being on the earth while it moves will be like riding in an airplane with turbulence.

When Christ appears to all,

1.       The dead will be resurrected

2.       The Rapture of the living

3.       The wicked will be burned

As Jesus descends and the righteous are taken up to meet him: those who are celestial or terrestrial will be lifted up - the good, kind, peaceable, honest, and all children under 8 but no telestial people.

After all those are taken up, the rapture will happen. Those taken up will be according to how much light they have gained.

D&C 45:56-58 says of the members of the church: not all will be taken up – only the ‘wise virgins’ who are prepared for the 2^nd coming. Those who pay tithing keep the commandments, covenants. The whole city of Zion with the land, animals, people, houses, etc. will be taken up. (The location of where the city of Enoch used to be is now the gulf of Mexico. All the land and everything that was on it was taken up.)

How will we be able to endure God’s glory when we are still mortal and are taken up with Him? We will be transfigured. Every prophet who has seen God has been transfigured. (Shadrac, Meshach, and Abed-nigo were transfigured when they were put in the furnace.)

The earth will be purified: mountains will melt, oceans will boil, and continents will be re-joined to one land-mass like it was before the days of Peleg. 

While it is purified, we will be watching from the clouds. There will be huge reunions in the clouds – the City of Enoch and the City of Zion will be so happy to see each other.

Christ will descend with his apostles. The millennium will begin as soon as Jesus returns to the earth. We will remain transfigured, meaning we will have more light. Thessalonians 4:16 says we will cheer.

RESSURRECTION

The righteous will be resurrected along with all children who died

Joseph Smith will be the first to be resurrected then he will resurrect others. Resurrection is a Priesthood ordinance like baptism. A priesthood holder has to have it done to him before he can do it to others – one at a time.

MILLENNIUM

During the millennium, the earth will have its paradisiacal glory. It will be like the Garden of Eden was.

Satan will be bound. There will be no wars, no weapons, no killing. No meat eaters because we won’t kill animals. No pain. “Every time we feel pain or sickness, it’s from Satan” Brigham Young

We will raise our children.

There will be two world capitals, the New Jerusalem, and Zion. The church leaders will be the judges.

There will be only 1 language, the pure Adamic language.

(In the Journal of discourses Vol 24, p. 24 it says that there will be 24 complexes in that temple in the New Jerusalem.)

All questions will be answered – D&C 101. All prayers will be answered. Some resurrected people will visit, and some transfigured. Translated means transfigured permanently.

Little children who died before age 8 will be resurrected the same age they died and will grow until their physical body is at the age of the spirit.

We will plant, harvest, build, etc.

People will live to the age of a tree, or 100 years, then changed in the twinkling of an eye we will be resurrected. There will be no death, no graves.

Missionary work will be greatly enhanced because there will be no language barrier, no distance barrier, no Satan whispering in their ears. All the people will need will be to be taught truth.

Brigham Young said “We will have revelations and see our ancestors all the way back to Adam” so family history work will be way easier, but we can’t wait until then to do it because they need it done to be able to be resurrected – all the ordinances must be done to be resurrected.

There will still be people in the spirit world; resurrected people will go to the spirit world to see who is ready for their temple work to be done. People in the spirit world can’t be resurrected unless their ordinances are done. That’s why temple and family history is so urgent.

Order of the resurrection:

1.       Morning of the first resurrection: Celestial people

2.       In the afternoon: Terrestrial people

3.       Telestial people

4.       Sons of perdition