PROPHECY OF THE RISE AND THEN THE COLLAPSE OF DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA

THIS IS A TOPIC THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.

AS A YOUNG MAN GROWING UP IN THE 1980'S I ALWAYS THOUGHT ON THE COLD WAR AND WONDERED "WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME?" IN A 'DUCK AND COVER' WORLD. WILL WE END UP IN A WAR OF TOTAL AND COMPLETE ANNIHILATION WITH THE RUSSIANS? IN MY PROPHETIC NAIVETE, I EXPECTED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT IN BATTLE AGAINST THE RUSSIANS IN ORDER THAT COMMUNISM WOULD FALL SO THAT THE GOSPEL COULD GO TO 'EVERY NATION, KINDRED, TONGUE AND PEOPLE'. I NEVER IMAGINED THE RELATIVELY PEACEFUL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

I HAVE, OF COURSE, WITNESSED 'THE FALL OF COMMUNISM', BUT HAVE ALWAYS HAD A TENUOUS/UNEASY FEELING ABOUT THE PERMANENCY OF IT. THAT IS, UNTIL I READ A PROPHECY BY A MAN WHO I CREDIT FOR TURNING MY LIFE AROUND (FROM A LIFE OF SELFISH ARROGANCE AND PRIDE TO ONE OF MEANING AND OF DIRECTION THROUGH HIS CLASSIC TALK ON PRIDE ).

IN 1959 WHEN THINGS WERE REALLY STICKY WITH THE RUSSIANS, PRESIDENT EZRA TAFT BENSON, AS AN APOSTLE OF THE LORD, PUT HIS 'PROPHETIC LIFE ON THE LINE' AND MADE THE FOLLOWING PREDICTION:

(WILL ADD LATER, AS TIME ALLOWS)

I LOVE IT WHEN SOMETHING COMES TO FRUITION AND CONFIRMS WHAT I KNEW IN MY HEART (BY THE SAME GIFT OF PROPHECY) TO BE TRUE. ACCORDING TO JOSEPH SMITH, THIS IS THE GREATEST GIFT THAT WE CAN SEEK AFTER - BECAUSE THROUGH IT, WE CAN KNOW THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST AND THE VERY SAVIOR OF THE WORLD AND THAT THROUGH THAT ATONEMENT, MY PERSONAL SINS HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY. THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF KNOWLEDGE THAT A PERSON CAN POSSESS IN THIS FALLEN WORLD!

PLEASE NOTE THAT PRIME MINISTER PUTIN AND PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV ARE WORKING NICELY TO PUT THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THIS PREDICTION INTO PLAY TODAY AS RUSSIA IS CLOSING BACK UP. WITHIN THE LAST TWO MONTHS RUSSIA HAS DECIDED TO ALLOW NO MORE FOREIGN-BORN MISSIONARIES THROUGH HER BORDERS. THOSE THAT ARE THERE MAY STAY AND FINISH OUT THEIR MISSIONS, BUT THE WORK IS EFFECTIVELY DEAD.

I FURTHER PREDICT THAT THIS ACT ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WILL BRING MUCH SUFFERING TO INNOCENT PEOPLE AS WICKED MEN (AND WOMEN) RULE UNRIGHTEOUSLY. RUSSIA WILL BE GIVEN POWER ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME (TO CASTIGATE THE WICKED AMONG ISRAEL IN THE WEST) AND THEN CATASTROPHIC EVENTS WILL BRING HER TO HER KNEES.