I loved this quote from Elder Talmadge. Truly, His return must be almost upon us because the return of the 10 Tribes must be eminent!
James E. Talmage made this amazing prophecy in General Conference in Oct 1916 – “The ten tribes shall come; they are not lost unto the Lord; they shall be brought forth as hath been predicted; and I say unto you there are those now living—aye, some here present—who shall live to read the records of the Lost Tribes of Israel, which shall be made one with the record of the Jews, or the Holy Bible, and the record of the Nephites, or the Book of Mormon, even as the Lord hath predicted.”
In October 2016, this prophecy will have been given one hundred years ago. Presently, approximately 2% of the population lives to be one hundred. According to the Gerontology Research Group, there have only been 226 Americans that have ever lived to be 112 years old. Therefore, in order for Elder Talmage’s prophecy to be accurate, the return of the Lost Ten Tribes will not only happen in our day, but must be eminent!
I believe that we are closer than any of us are ready to believe.
The changes to our planet and existing way of life will be more dramatic than the mind can comprehend.
This is very interesting. I actually looked it up as too often quotes are either mistaken or taken out of context.
ReplyDeleteThe question is whether "living" refers strictly to our very mortal state, or if it might apply to someone who becomes translated (but not resurrected). If we consider Spencer's account in Visions of Glory, there will be some who receive this change before the official Second Coming. As I remember from the book, this will start happening sometime after the devastations--cleaning house--in Utah.
And even though we consider a resurrected being as living, Elder Talmage does appear to mean living as in a non-resurrected, non-immortal, state.
The next question is whether there are some records of the lost tribes already found, just not published.
In any case, if you consider a baby in attendance at that October 1916 conference, and if that baby lives to 112 that would be about the year 2028. I'm not sure if having those under 8 in attendance was acceptable, so if we took an 8 year old in 1916 who lives to 112, that would put it at 2020.
It's an exciting time to be alive. Certainly there are, and will be, difficulties. But we are, and will be, experiencing actual, literal fulfillment of prophecies. Many of those prophecies have been around since the time of Adam.
Yes, calamities will come. But this is a great time to live, and we should not be troubled with the events that serve as signposts that the Great Day of the Lord getting nearer.
We must study the scriptures, follow the counsels of the prophets, go to the temple, pray, listen and give heed to the promptings of the Spirit, and put our complete faith and trust in God. In short, we need to sanctify our lives.
The time for physical preparations is short. These preparations are essential to help us survive. But with the changes that will come, our relationship with and trust in God and our Savior are what will enable us to carry on and thrive, instead of falling victim to evil and conspiring men.
I concur with the last paragraph, but, these kind of statements have been made by other general authorities in the mid 1800's and on.
DeleteIsn't Talmage the one who walked around the Koyle mine site and said there was no gold at all to be found in that mountain? Not only that, being a geological engineer, he may very well have influenced the church to invest in gold mines around the west coast somewhere, that went broke.
I'm sorry, but just because one has been ordained as an apostle with all the authority and such doesn't mean you are automatically are granted the gift of prophecy and seer-ship. I do believe that only a humble man without guile as Koyle appeared to be.
Humans crave absolutes, everything must be safely prescribed and spelled out with no deviation. Life is a constant learning process and I feel so far from pinning some things down. One is the enigma of the LDS leadership's strange behavior with regard to promoting illegal amnesty, it's back peddling regarding the homosexual thing, the lack of warnings from the current leadership, about even the collectivist socialist desease that so many have attached themselves to, both Republicans and Democrats, as wells as warnings about the coming cleansing.
Naga - nothing, don't forget Iraq that the church rejected religious comments of Leroy Finnicum with the impression these were just some nut cases.
To the "Anonymous" person above. You are clearly mis-guided, and are either weak in the LDS faith, or not LDS at all. I can't tell. You obviously know little about what being an APOSTLE really means. We faithful LDS's sustain the 15 APOSTLES who lead Christ's Church as "Prophets, SEER's and REVELATORS". For you to denonuce James E. Talmage, author of the book "Jesus The Christ" shows that you are spiritually numb and devoid of any capacity to be taught by the Spirit.
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