Holding to the prophets' promises of Christ's Coming

Christus Statue

The people of this Chosen Land of America in past centuries have seen numerous wars and rumors of wars, but God has always blessed them in their times of need.(1) There even was a time when the vast majority of the people were believers in God and his son, Jesus Christ – who would come to Earth and save his people. In their faithfulness, the people became prosperous and exceedingly rich in the bounties of the earth.(2)

Then many – including many major business owners, lawyer establishments, and government officers (3) – grew proud of their newfound station in life and belittled those who they felt were inferior. All the people then began to be characterized by their job positions, wealth, and prestigious learning degrees.(4) As part of that growing cancer, they began to reject their Christian heritage (5) and persecute the believers.

Not many years passed before the people were again pitted against each other: those who still clung to their Christian beliefs, and those who – like a dog returning to his vomit (6) -- had turned away from those beliefs, thinking them to be archaic and restrictive to a worldly lifestyle.

Sin was rampant as the people yielded themselves to the enticements of Satan (7) – in their homes, places of entertainment and even their fanciful houses of worship.(8) At the heart of their evil was their secret covenant to bring down and then transform their own government.(9) Part of that covenant included plots to take down the chief judge.(10)

Those who held tight to their hope in Christ and his coming were thus targeted for all types of physical abuse and slander.(11) Rioting, plundering, and killings were part of the tools the anti-Christians used in targeting their own government and those who still believed in their government and in that God, who they believed, was the author of their rights and privileges.(12)

Finally, a day was set for all to decide on their rights and their future form of government.(13)

On the one side in this conflict, was a man who flattered his followers (14) and promised them virtually everything they desired, including sweet pies in the sky. So desirous were his promises, that many Christian believers were swept up in the euphoria.(15)

In opposition, was a man who had led the people to great victories over their enemies,(16) and who had helped his people to the greatest post-war prosperity they had ever known. In his efforts to persuade the people, he hoisted a flag of liberty that was emblazed with the words: “In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children.”(17) With that Flag of Liberty, he rallied the people in all parts of the land to help retain God’s anointed form of government for this Chosen Land, and impress those ideals in the hearts of all the people and their children.

Thus, the two sides advanced their charge, looking forward to that special date: Nov. 3, 2020.

Over and over, the Nephites in the Book of Mormon rode the rollercoaster of repentance, prosperity, pride, rebellion, and suffering. All the while the faithful looked forward to the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

In our era as Gentiles in the Chosen Land (18), the Dark One has enticed people to turn evil into normal, normal into evil, false into truth and truth into false. (19) We are in the last of The Last Days. Will our nation survive? Will our God-inspired Constitution and Bill of Rights endure?    

1.      2 Nephi 10:19, 23-24    2.      Alma 62:48-51       3.      3 Nephi 6:11

4.      3 Nephi 6:12                5.      Alma 46:14-15        6.      3 Nephi 7:8

7.      Moroni 7:12                8.      4 Nephi 1:26            9.      Helaman 2:8

10.   3 Nephi 1:1                11.   Alma 11:20             12.   Mormon 2: 27-28

13.   3 Nephi 1:9-10          14.   Alma 46:5               15.   Alma 46:7-9

16.   Alma 44:2-4              17.   Alma 46:12             18.   2 Nephi 10: 11

19.   2 Nephi 15:20