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Table of Contents 7
Acknowledgments, 13
Explanation of Reference Symbols, 14
Preface, 15
Section I-The Prophetic Warnings
I. First Warning: Those Who Do Not Believe in God WiII Be Destroyed, 27
The Conditional Nature of Book of Mormon Warnings, 27
Jacob's Warning: Unbelievers Will Be Destroyed by Fire, Tempest, Earthquakes, Bloodsheds, Pestilence, and Famine (2 Ne. 6:14-18), 27
The Savior's Warning: Unbelieving Gentiles Will Be Trodden Down by the House of Israel When They Sin Against the Gospel (3 Ne. 16:4-15), 29
The Savior's Warning: Unbelieving Gentiles Will Be Cut Off by a Remnant of Jacob
(3 Ne. 21:1-14), 30
Mormon's Warning: The Sword of Vengeance for the Blood of the Saints Hangs Over the Unbelieving (Morm. 8:27-9:6), 31
Nephi's Warning: God Will Cause a Great Division Among the People and Will Destroy the Wicked (2 Ne. 30:1-10), 32
Moroni's Warning: Those Who Deny the Word of the Lord Shall be Accursed and Destroyed by Fire (Eth. 4:6-18), 33
Summary, 34
II. Second Warning: Those Who Will Not Serve God Will Be Destroyed, 38
Moroni's Warning: Nations Not Serving God Will Be Swept Off When the Fulness of God's Wrath Comes Upon Them (Eth. 2 :7-12), 38
Lehi's Warning: If Iniquity Abounds, the Land Will Be Cursed (2 Ne. 1:5-7), 39
King Limhi's Warning: If the People Sow Filthiness, They Shall Reap Immediate Destruction (Mos. 7:29-33), 39
Serving God the Key to Escaping Divine Retribution: Examples from Book of Mormon History, 40
Moroni's Warning to Last Days' Unbelievers: Despisers of God's Works Shall Wonder and Perish (Morm. 9:26-28), 42
Summary, 42
III. Third Warning: If the People Turn to Wickedness, They and the Land Will Be Cursed, 45
Alma's Warning: The Land is Cursed Unto Destruction Unto Every People Which Do Wickedly (AI. 45:16), 45
Lehi's Warning: If Iniquity Abounds, Cursed Shall be the Land (2 Ne.1:7), 45
Instances of God's Curse Upon the Land: Book of Mormon Examples, 46
Jacob's Warning: The People Must Keep the Lord's Commandments, or Cursed be the Land (Jac. 1 :29; 3:3), 47
Nephi's Warning: The Lord Destroys the Wicked, and Curses the Land for Their Sakes
(1 Ne. 17:36-38), 47
Summary, 48
IV. Fourth Warning: If the People Do Not Repent, They Will Be Destroyed, 50
Alma's Warning: Unless Nations That Possess the Promised Land Repent, They Will Be Destroyed (AI. 37 :22-25), 50
Nephi's Warning: In the Day the Earth's Inhabitants Are Fully Ripe in Iniquity, They Shall Perish (2 Ne. 28:16-17), 51
Nephi's Warning: Whoso Repenteth Not Must Perish (1 Ne.14:5-6), 52
The Savior's Warning: The Gentiles Shall Not Have Power Over the House of Israel
(3 Ne. 16:12-14), 52
The Savior's Warning: A Remnant of Jacob Will Tread Down and Tear the Unrepentant Gentiles (3 Ne. 20:14-16), 52
The Savior's Warning: He Will Cut Off the Unrepentant and Execute Vengeance and Fury Upon Them (3 Ne. 21 :20-22), 53
Mormon's Admonition to Last Days' Gentiles: Repentance Necessary to Escape Destruction:
Book of Mormon Examples, 54
Summary, 56
V. Fifth Warning: If the People Fight Against Zion, They WilI Be Destroyed, 59
Jacob's Warning: Gentiles Who Fight Against Zion Shall Be Destroyed (2 Ne. 6:12-15), 59
Nephi's Warning: All That Fight Against Zion Shall Be Destroyed.(l Ne. 22:14, 19), 60
Zion-The City of Jerusalem, 60
Zion-The New Jerusalem, 62
Zion-The Pure in Heart, 64
Fight Against Zion, a Worldwide Conflict Against the House of Israel and the Church, 64
Jacob's Warning: The Whore of the Earth that Fights Against Zion Shall Perish (2 Ne. 10:11-1.6), 66
Nephi's Warning: The Nations that Fight Against Zion Will Be isited with Earthquake, Storm, and Devouring Fire (2 Ne. 27:1-5), 66
Nephi's Warning: Those Who Fight Against His People Israel Will Be Shown the Lord Is God
(2 Ne. 29:12-14), 67
Summary, 68
VI. Sixth Warning: The Great and Abominable Church Will Persecute the Saints, 71
Jacob's Warning: To Be Saved, the Gentiles Must Not Unite with the Great and Abominable Church (2 Ne. 6:12), 71
Important to be Forewarned of Future Danger to the Saints, 71
Past Activities of the Great and Abominable Church Recorded in Scriptures, 72
A "Great and a Marvelous Work" and the Lord's "Strange Act"-A Future Event Causing Men to Join Either the Church of God or the Church of the Devil, 75
Paul's Warning: Some Will Heed Doctrines of Devils and Speak Lies in Hypocrisy
(1 Tim. 4:1-3), 83
John's Warning: The Dragon Will Make War With the Remnant (Rev. 12:17-13:18), 83
Daniel's Warning: The Horn Will Wear Out the Saints and They Shall Be Given Into His Hand (Dan. 7:21-27), 86
Nephi's Warning: Multitudes Will Gather Among Gentile Nations to Fight Against the Lord's Church (1 Ne. 14:11-13), 87
Nephi's Warning: Nations Shall Dig a Pit to Ensnare the People of the Lord and Pervert the Lord's Ways (1 Ne. 22:14), 88
Nephi's Warning: The Wicked Will Turn Aside the Just and Revile Against Good (2 Ne. 28:16), 88
Jacob's Warning: The Lord's People Shall Be Oppressed, Prey, and Captives of the Mighty
(2 Ne. 6:17-18), 89
John's Warning: The Woman Will Be Drunken with Blood of the Saints and Martyrs
(Rev. 17:6), 89
John's Warning: Ten Kings Will Make War with the Lamb (Rev. 17:12-14), 90
Prophecies of World War as the Great and Abominable Church Is Destroyed. 90
Summary 93
VII. Seventh Warning: If Secret Combinations Are Allowed to Spread, the Nation Will
Be Destroyed, 98
Moroni's Warning: If a Nation Allows Secret Combinations to Spread Over It, the Nation Will Be Destroyed (Eth. 8:21), 98
Moroni's Warning: A Secret Combination Will Seek to Overhrow the Freedom of All Nations
(Eth. 8:23-26), 98
Nephi's Warning: Satan Will Bind Secret Combinations with His Strong Cords Forever
(2 Ne. 26:20-23), 99
Nephi's Warning: God Must Destroy Secret Works of Darkness (2 Ne. 10:15), 100
Alma's Warning: Cursed Be the Land Forever to Secret Combinations, Even Unto Destruction
(AI. 37:28, 31), 100
Secret Combinations Prior to the Savior's Mortal Advent: A Chronicle of the Rapid Growth of Evil in Government, 102
Secret Combinations Caused Final Destruction of the Nephites, 107
Secret Combinations Among the Jaredites, 108
Summary, 110
VIII. Eighth Waming: If the People Choose Iniquity, Judgments Will Come Upon Them, 113
King Mosiah's Warning: If the Voice of the People Chooses Iniquity, God Will Visit Them With Great Destruction (Mos. 29 :26-27), 113
Amulek's Warning: If the Righteous Are Cast Out, Destruction Comes by Famine, Pestilence and Sword (AI. 10 :22-23), 114
Samuel's Warning: When You Cast Out the Righteous, You Are Ripe for Destruction
(Hel. 13:12-14), 116
Nephi's Warning: Destruction Comes to Those Who Kill the Prophets and the Saints
(2 Ne. 26:3-8), 117
Nephi's Warning: Speedy Destruction Comes to a People If They Choose Darkness
(2 Ne. 26:10-11), 118
Jaredite History: Famine Because Prophets Were Cast Out (Eth.9:28-30), 119
Jaredite History: Wars, Famines, and Pestilences When Prophets Are Slain
(Eth. 11:1-7, 12-13), 120
Nephite History: Corrupt Laws and Political Leaders Bring Destruction (Helaman 5:2-3), 121
Nephi's Warning: If People Forget God Because of Their Riches, He Will Chasten Them with Terror, Famine and Pestilence (Hel. 12 :2-3), 123
Summary, 124
IX. Ninth Waming: Conflict and Apostasy, 127
God's Kingdom Shall Never Be Destroyed, 128
Isaiah's Warning: The Earth Shall Be Left Desolate Because They Have Broken the Everlasting Covenant (Isaiah 24:5-6), 129
The Lord's Warning: Those Who Will Not Heed the Lord Nor His Prophets Shall Be Cut Off
(D & C 1 :14-16), 131
The Lord's Warning: The Rebellious Shall Be Cut Off from Zion, and False Apostles and Prophets Shall Be Known (D & C 64:34-40), 132
The Lord's Warning: False Christs and False Prophets Shall Deceive the Elect
(Matthew 24:24), 133
Paul's Warning: A Son of Perdition Will Show Himself As God in the Temple
(2 Thess. 2:3-12), 135
The Lord's Warning: Those Who Have Been Deceived Will Be Cast Into the Fire
(D & C 45:56-57), 140
Nephi's Warning: Satan Will Lull the Inhabitants of Zion Into Carnal Security and Lead Them Down to Hell (2 Nephi 28:21-31), 141
The Lord's Warning: Those Who Won't Hear Christ When He Appears Shall Be Cut Off
(3 Nephi 20:22-23), 143
Nephi's Warning: Those Who Won't Hear the Prophet, Shall Be Cut Off (1 Nephi 22:20-22), 144
The Lord's Warning: Apostates Will Be Cut Off When One Mighty and Strong Sets In Order the House of God (D & C 85:7-12), 144
Isaiah's Warning: A Mighty and Strong One Shall Come, An Overflowing Scourge Shall Pass Through, and the Lord Will Bring to Pass His Strange Act (Isaiah 28 :1-22), 147
The Lord's Warning: A Scourge and Judgment Upon the Children
of Zion Unless They Repent and Obey the Commandments
(D & C 84:54-59), 150
The Lord's Warning: Zion Will Be Visited With Scourge, Pestilence, Plague, Sword, and Fire If She Fails to Obey Commandments (D & C 97:21-26), 151
The Lord's Warning: A Desolating Sickness, and Men Will Kill One Another With the Sword
(D & C 45:31-33), 152
The Lord's Warning: A Desolating Scourge Shall Be Poured Out Until the Earth is Empty, If They Repent Not (D & C 5:18-19) 153
The Lord's Warning: God's Wrath Will Begin Among Those Who Blaspheme In His House
(D & C 112:24-26) 154
Summary 155
Section II-Famine, Sword and Pestilence:
Instruments of God's Judgments
X. Prophecies of Future Famine, 161
Judgments by Famine, Sword, and Pestilence, 161
Future Judgments by Famine, Sword and Pestilence Predicted, 163
Famine-Examples from the Past, 163
Seven Years of Famine, 168
Most Saints Lack Adequate Food Storage, 173
Prophecies of Famine in a Time of Future Conflict, 174
Summary, 179
XI. God Has Decreed Wars Upon the Wicked, 182
War to be Poured Out Upon the Nations, 182
Five Future Conflicts Prophesied, 184
Two Types of War: Preparatory Wars and Wars of Complete Destruction, 84
Prophecies of a Third World War, 185
Prophecies Showing Relationships Between World War III and Internal Conflict in the United States, 193
Russia Rapidly Preparing for War, 202
Prophecies of Internal Conflict in the Americas, 209
The New Jerusalem Saints Will Assume Political Power as U.S. Government Ceases, 215
International Conflict During the New Jerusalem Era-A Fourth World War, 223
Conflict as the Great and Abominable Church Collapses-Part of Fourth World War, 229
The Battle of Armageddon, 233
Summary 237
XII. Pestilence and the Lord's Desolating Scourge, 241
Warnings of Pestilence in the Last Days, 241
The Lord's Desolating Scourge, 243
Descriptions of the Scourge, 247
Past Manifestations of the Disease, 248
Summary 251
Section III-Personal Preparation for the Last Days
XIII. Choosing a Course for the Future, 255
Adopt Attitudes Based on Gospel Principles, 255
Spiritual Preparations for Survival, 263
Temporal Preparations for Survival, 287
Interacting with Others in the Last Days Environment, 292
In Conclusion, 300
Summary, 301
List of Quotations, 304
Index, 311
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