THE WOOD ZONE: REXBURG, IDAHO AS A SAFE PLACE

THIS BLOG ATTEMPTS TO SHOW HOW SCIENCE IS CATCHING UP WITH REVEALED RELIGION

THIS BLOG IS AN ATTEMPT TO PUT ALL THE COOL STUFF THAT I BUMP INTO ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO IT INTO ONE LOCATION.
THE CONTENTS WILL BE FROM AN LDS PERSPECTIVE. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING IN HERE, I DO NOT PARTICULARLY CARE TO ARGUE, UNLESS YOU CAN ADD TO THIS BODY OF WORK. I HAVE AN OPEN MIND, THAT IS WHY I READ STUFF FROM ALL DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND SEEK LEARNING FROM THE BEST BOOKS. I JUST AM NOT HERE TO ARGUE ABOUT IT - BUT TO PUT IT OUT THERE WHERE OTHERS CAN PERUSE/PURSUE IT. I TAKE PARTICULAR INTEREST IN HONEST SEEKERS OF TRUTH AND BELIEVE THAT SCIENCE IS REVEALED RELIGION'S BEST ALLY. YOU WILL SEE ALOT OF TOPICS IN THIS BLOG THAT SHOW SCIENCE BACKING - AND SLOWLY CATCHING UP WITH - REVEALED RELIGION.
ENJOY!!

Friday, May 6, 2016

REXBURG, IDAHO AS A SAFE PLACE

We can all sense what is coming. This is a comforting promise from a representative of the Lord:

Dennis C Warr is in the Idaho Falls area. He did a nice post about the First Presidency speaking to them there in another group:

Dennis C Warr
November 22, 2015
"Do you remember when Julie Rowe said that the Rexburg area will be the safest place on earth during the tribulations? Well, today, Elder Sexton of the Quorum of the Seventy came to our Idaho Falls West Stake Conference and gave a powerful talk about things happening in the world today and said, "I promise you, in the name of the Lord, that if you will keep all the commandments, particularly to keep the Sabbath day holy, that you will be protected in the coming tribulations, that you can remain in your homes and survive."
So, that is the promise. All WE need to do is keep God's commandments and keep the Sabbath Day holy. Follow the Prophet. Pay your tithing. Serve. Prepare. Pray always. Etc. The Lord is bound when we do what He says. If not, we have no promise.
Spread the word. Let's make this a Zion area."

4 comments:

UnknownMay 8, 2016 at 5:35 PM
I would like to stand as second witness to Dennis' comments about Elder Sextons prophesy. And it was just that - prophesy. As he was speaking I remember thinking, "Holy cow, he is prophesying to us right here, right now!"
What you might also be interested in is the context of Elder Sextons talk. He set up his Sunday talk in the Saturday night adult session. If you didn't go to both sessions, you missed the full story, and (I believe) didn't have ears to hear the prophesy as it was spoken. *Note Stake conferences are not usually recorded, and members are counseled to not share any instruction given willy-nilly.
Elder Sexton spoke on Matthew 14 with the culmination in verse 25: Jesus had just heard from his disciples that John the Baptist had been beheaded, and he went to go away to a desert place to be alone [and grieve], only to have the people follow him. Despite his own pain and morning, Jesus has compassion on the ‘great multitude’ and spends the time healing their sick. Take a moment here to consider what a great multitude means. A ward congregation? A conference congregation? (vs 21 tells us 5000 men, and that women and children were in addition!) How long might it take to heal all the sick in just your weekly Sunday services, let alone a great multitude?
Verse 15: We know at this point it was evening, and past dinner time if the disciples are worried that the multitude needs to buy food. Elder Sexton suggested 8pm, which sounds reasonable to me.
Verses 19-20: Jesus proceeds to feed the multitude with five loaves and two fishes, enough that they were filled, and there were 12 baskets of leftovers. How long might this take?
Verses 22-23: Straightway Jesus sends his disciples out on a ship, sends the multitude away, and (finally) went up the mountain to pray. It’s fully evening [dark] now, Elder Sexton suggested 10pm-midnight?
Verse 24: The disciples are still in the midst of the sea. A storm comes up with waves and wind. At this point Elder Sexton reminds us that many of these men were fishermen by profession. They spent every day on the water, and knew how to handle themselves. In order to be noteworthy in even a historical text –that must have been some storm! How long until they prayed for help?
Verse 25: Finally, in the fourth watch, between three and six in the morning, Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. Vs 30 tells that the wind didn’t stop. But, Jesus came to their rescue. They had been fighting the storm for hours. Perhaps feared for their lives. How long until they gave up? And yet at the last minute Jesus came.
We are about to enter our own literal and spiritual storms. How long will they last?
We will likely fear for lives, how long until we give up?
Do we really believe that Jesus will come – even if it’s at the last minute?
He WILL come, but it will be in the fourth watch.
The promises given by Elder Sexton were specific to those in attendance that day. He stated that the Idaho Falls Temple was part of reason for that umbrella of safety.
"I promise you, in the name of the Lord, that if you will keep all the commandments, particularly to keep the Sabbath day holy, that you will be protected in the coming tribulations, that you can remain in your homes and survive."

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AnonymousMay 10, 2016 at 10:08 AM
That's it, load up the U-Haul, we're moving to Rexburg!
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erichardMay 15, 2016 at 1:35 PM
The Lord has promised to try the Saints in "all things". (D&C 136:31) What could that include? Just how bad could the testing be? We must be ready to be tested to see if we will live by every word revealed to the Latter-day Saints. Members covenant to live ALL of the Law of the Gospel as contained in the Doctrine and Covenants. The Word of the Lord is the LAW the church is to live by, not any person in the flesh. JST Mark 9:40-48 brings to light a mystery: when the Lord says we must be ready to cut off our hand if it offends us, what He really meant was we must be ready to stand faithfully on our own even if our brother (a "hand") falls away. And furthermore, the "foot" (a leader) or even the "eye" (the Prophet) can also fail us. The very non-scriptural and idolatrous teaching that God would never allow the Prophet (a man in the flesh) to lead the church astray is in direct contradiction to this revelation. That false doctrine IS the very fulfillment of 2 Nephi 28:21 warning against pacification and thinking all is well that leads to hell. Do not be so sure the Lord would not try you in this matter, since He promised to try you in ALL things. D&C 107:81-84 gives the instructions for holding a special trial over the President (Prophet) of the church, or one of his counselors to possibly remove him. How many times has this revelation been read and expounded in general conference in your experience? There is much evidence that a spirit of pacification grips the church. So this talk by Elder Sextons is a welcome change. You should consider this evidence also: http://2bc.info/pdf/pbfraud.pdf
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WHY SHOULD WE STUDY THE HIDDEN THINGS RELATED TO THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST?

But the Latter-day Saints are not in darkness; they are the children of light, although many of us will actually be asleep. We shall have to wake up and trim up our lamps, or we shall not be prepared to enter in; for we shall all slumber and sleep in that day, and some will have gone to sleep from which they will not awake until they awake up in darkness without any oil in their lamps. But, as a general thing, the Saints will understand the signs of the times. Others have their eyes closed upon the prophecies of the ancient Prophets; and not only that, but they are void of the spirit of prophecy themselves. When a man has this, though he may appeal to ancient Prophets to get understanding on some subjects he does not clearly understand, yet, as he has the spirit of prophecy in himself, he will not be in darkness; he will have a knowledge of the signs of the times; he will have a knowledge of the house of Israel, and of Zion, of the ten tribes and of many things and purposes and events that are to take place on the earth; and he will see coming events, and can say such an event will take place, and after that another, and then another; and after that the trumpet shall sound, and after that certain things will take place, and then another trump shall sound, &c., &c.; and he will have his eye fixed on the signs of the times, and that day will not overtake him unawares.

JD, O PRATT 7:190

JOSEPH SMITH SAID THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AND WAITING, WILL KNOW THE HOUR:

"Christ says no man knoweth the day or the hour when the Son of Man cometh. This is a sweeping argument for sectarianism against Latter day ism. Did Christ speak this as a general principle throughout all generations Oh no he spoke in the present tense no man that was then liveing upon the footstool of God knew the day or the hour But he did not say that there was no man throughout all generations that should not know the day or the hour. No for this would be in flat contradiction with other scripture for the prophet says that God will do nothing but what he will reveal unto his Servants the prophets consequently if it is not made known to the Prophets it will not come to pass; again we find Paul 1st of Thesslonians 5th Chapter expressly points out the characters who shall not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man cometh for says he it will come upon them as the theif or unawares. Who are they they are the children of darkness or night. But to the Saints he says yea are not of the night nor of darkness of that that day should come upon you unawares. John the revelator says 14 chap 7th verse that the hour of his judgements is come they are precursers or forerunners of the comeing of Christ. read Matthew 24 Chap and all the Prophets. He says then shall they see the Sign of the comeing of the Son of Man in the clouds of Heaven. How are we to see it Ans. As the lighting up of the morning or the dawning of the morning cometh from the east and shineth unto the west—So also is the comeing of the Son of Man. The dawning of the morning makes its appearance in the east and moves along gradualy so also will the comeing of the Son of Man be. it will be small at its first appearance and gradually becomes larger untill every eye shall see it. Shall the Saints understand it Oh yes. Paul says so. Shall the wicked understand Oh no they attribute it to a natural cause. They will probably suppose it is two great comets comeing in contact with each other It will be small at first and will grow larger and larger untill it will be all in a blaze so that every eye shall see it." (Joseph Smith, General Conference, April 6, 1843