The Coming of Christ: Ancient & Latter-day Parallels
Table of Contents
GREAT AND TERRIBLE TIMES
THE IMPORTANCE OF RECORD KEEPING
DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONS FOR WAR
Our Personal Views on War
INSPIRED TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE
FIGHTING FOR A BETTER CAUSE
THE LORD WILL PRESERVE THE RIGHTEOUS
Preserved to Live Another Day: Divine Protection
THE CURSE UPON THE PROMISED LAND
From Germany to Russia to America: Gathering to the Promised Land
PROSPERITY LEADS TO PRIDE
The Uncooperative Coat: Choosing Happiness
over Misery
THOSE SEEKING POWER SUPPORT UNRIGHTEOUS LEADERS
Prophets and Public Policy
SUPPORT FOR FREEDOM AND RIGHTEOUS LEADERSHIP WILL MAINTAIN PEACE
APOSTATES BECOME MORE HARDENED THAN NON-BELIEVERS
One Angry and Wrong: Personal Pride and Apostasy
WICKED LEADERS INSPIRE OTHERS TO HATE AND KILL
Teach Love, Not Hate
The Purpose of Mortal Trials and Experience
A Modern-day Job: Growing through Trials
SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT AGAINST WICKEDNESS
Protecting our Freedoms by Limiting Trust
THE PEOPLE ARE BLESSED UNDER RIGHTEOUS LEADERSHIP
The Importance of Righteous Leadership in Founding
America
The Battle of Long Island: Inspired Leadership and
Divine Providence
RIGHTEOUS WARS VERSUS WICKED WARS
THE LORD BLESSES THE GRATEFUL AND OBEDIENT
PEACE AND SAFETY REQUIRE CONTINUAL VIGILANCE
The Mighty Jack: Facing Our Trials and Fears
THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL PROSPER
The Link between Righteousness and Prosperity
Free Trade—An Example of Harmful Economic Policy
The Righteous Enjoy Prosperity and Protection
Choosing Between House Lights and Spiritual Light:
A Test of Faith
THE ALTERING OF THE LAW
Our Inspired Constitution
A Republic or a Democracy?
The Importance of the Electoral College
Federalism and the Separation of Powers
FREEMEN VERSUS KING-MEN
Personal Accountability for Laws and Public Policy
Hate Crimes
Judicial Activism—Legislating from the Bench
Case Law or the Constitution
Nullification of Unconstitutional Laws
Executive Orders and Regulations
CONTENTIONS AND DISSENSIONS THREATEN PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY
An Attempt to Stifle Free Speech: Defending Our
Constitutional Rights
PRAY FOR STRENGTH AND DELIVERANCE
Passing Stones: Gaining Empathy through Trials
INTERNAL STRIFE GIVES ENEMIES AN ADVANTAGE
Internal Conflict—the Lord’s Will versus Our Will
THE INWARD VESSEL MUST BE CLEANSED FIRST
PROTECTING FREEDOMS GRANTED BY GOD
WAR CAN HARDEN OR SOFTEN HEARTS
The Scars of War: Finding Peace and Healing
HUMILITY CAN LEAD TO PROSPERITY
The Nigerian Saints: Christlike Humility and
Childlike Faith
SECRET COMBINATIONS COMMIT ASSASSINATIONS
CONTENTION CAUSES INSUFFICIENT VIGILANCE
Finding the Lord in Southern France: The Power of
Pure Motives
SECRET COMBINATIONS SEEK POWER
RICHES RESULT IN PRIDE AND PERSECUTION
Sanctification through the Grace of God
Offending a Brother: Persecution and Reconciliation
PRIDE LEADS TO LOSS OF STRENGTH AND PROTECTION
THE FRUITS OF INIQUITY
A Leap of Faith: Following the Spirit
RIPENING FOR DESTRUCTION
The Shifting Winds of Public Opinion
SECRET COMBINATIONS MOTIVATED BY MATERIAL GAIN
The Sin of Pride
SECRET OATHS AND COVENANTS
TRADING PLACES IN SPIRITUAL RECEPTIVITY
THE NEPHITES SUPPORT THE GADIANTON ROBBERS
Words Have Meaning—Controlling Language and
Public Discourse
The Parable of the Wild Pigs: Seduction of the Citizenry
SECRET COMBINATIONS CORRUPT LAWS AND GOVERNMENT
THE LORD WILL STRENGTHEN THOSE WHO REPENT
THE WICKED SHALL SLAY THE WICKED
WARFARE SPREADS THROUGHOUT THE LAND
THE LORD CHASTENS HIS CHILDREN
The Need for Divine Chastening
CASTING OUT THE RIGHTEOUS
REJECTING TRUE PROPHETS
THE NEPHITES LOSE THEIR RICHES
PEOPLE BECOME MORE HARDENED AND BLIND
New Glasses: Sight Restored to the Spiritually Blind
GADIANTON ROBBERS GROW IN POWER OVER THE PEOPLE
INEQUALITY INCREASES AMONG THE PEOPLE DUE TO RICHES AND PRIDE
Socialism—the Adversary’s Counterfeit to True Charity
THE NEPHITES WILLFULLY REBEL AGAINST GOD
THE COVENANT TO DESTROY THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD
THE PEOPLE DIVIDE INTO TRIBES
THE GOVERNMENT IS DESTROYED
The Future Outlook of the Church
NEW LAWS ESTABLISHED BY INDIVIDUAL TRIBES
The Moral Decline of Society
PEACE AND GOVERNMENT DESTROYED BY SECRET COMBINATIONS
The Forces of the Adversary in the Latter Days
THE PATTERN IS REPEATED—THE PRIDE CYCLE
The Two Hundred-Year Period of Prosperity
ANCIENT AND LATTER-DAY PARALLELS