Why does the Church have to come now?
Desolations to Come
As one reads the scriptures there is one common denominator among all of those that are prophets, seers and revelators, that is of the revealing of activities to come.
If one were to combine every prophecy, every revelation having to do with a future time, a greater percentage of them has to do with the last days, than any other topic.
Unto what purpose would the Gods reveal the latter day events unto those that would believe in their words?
The Lord reveals the purposes of revealing of things to come.
"And now, behold, I say unto you, it shall not be given unto you to know any further concerning this chapter, until the New Testament be translated, and in it all these things shall be made known;
"Wherefore I give unto you that ye may now translate it, that ye may be prepared for the things to come." (D&C 45:60,61)
The key is that prophesy is given to prepare specifically for things to come.
Why would the Lord, through His prophets reveal of so much concerning the destructions to come to pass in the last days?
The answer is that the last days is a pivotal point of time with regards to this world.
The prophet Malachi revealed about the greatest of all the destructive calamities.
"For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
"But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
"And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do [this], saith the LORD of hosts." (Malachi 4:1-3)
To elaborate more fully, the Lord through Joseph Smith revealed more details.
"And also that which was written by the prophet Malachi: For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
"Wherefore, this shall be the answer of the Lord unto them:
"In that day when I came unto mine own, no man among you received me, and you were driven out.
"When I called again there was none of you to answer; yet my arm was not shortened at all that I could not redeem, neither my power to deliver.
"Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stink, and die for thirst.
"I clothe the heavens with blackness, and make sackcloth their covering." (D&C 133:64-69)
"For not many days hence and the earth shall tremble and reel to and fro as a drunken man; and the sun shall hide his face, and shall refuse to give light; and the moon shall be bathed in blood; and the stars shall become exceedingly angry, and shall cast themselves down as a fig that falleth from off a fig-tree.
"And after your testimony cometh wrath and indignation upon the people.
"For after your testimony cometh the testimony of earthquakes, that shall cause groanings in the midst of her, and men shall fall upon the ground and shall not be able to stand.
"And also cometh the testimony of the voice of thunderings, and the voice of lightnings, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds." (D&C 88:87-90)
" But, behold, I say unto you that before this great day shall come the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall be turned into blood, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and there shall be greater signs in heaven above and in the earth beneath;
"And there shall be weeping and wailing among the hosts of men;
"And there shall be a great hailstorm sent forth to destroy the crops of the earth.
"And it shall come to pass, because of the wickedness of the world, that I will take vengeance upon the wicked, for they will not repent; for the cup of mine indignation is full; for behold, my blood shall not cleanse them if they hear me not.
"Wherefore, I the Lord God will send forth flies upon the face of the earth, which shall take hold of the inhabitants thereof, and shall eat their flesh, and shall cause maggots to come in upon them;
"And their tongues shall be stayed that they shall not utter against me; and their flesh shall fall from off their bones, and their eyes from their sockets;
"And it shall come to pass that the beasts of the forest and the fowls of the air shall devour them up.
"And the great and abominable church, which is the whore of all the earth, shall be cast down by devouring fire, according as it is spoken by the mouth of Ezekiel the prophet, who spoke of these things, which have not come to pass but surely must, as I live, for abominations shall not reign." (D&C 29:14-21)
These destructions await this world, and unto what purpose do the Gods do this?
"For a desolating scourge shall go forth among the inhabitants of the earth, and shall continue to be poured out from time to time, if they repent not, until the earth is empty, and the inhabitants thereof are consumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my coming." (D&C 5:19)
To the destruction of all the wicked upon this world until none remain save those that are the Lord's faithful.
"For I, the Almighty, have laid my hands upon the nations, to scourge them for their wickedness.
"And plagues shall go forth, and they shall not be taken from the earth until I have completed my work, which shall be cut short in righteousness??
"Until all shall know me, who remain, even from the least unto the greatest, and shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, and shall see eye to eye, and shall lift up their voice, and with the voice together sing this new song, saying:" (D&C 84:96-98)
What then is coming with regards to the destructions that await the present generation?
In the Book of Revelations the Lord revealed unto John the Beloved of the main portion of the earth's activities being separated into seven periods of time.
"AND I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals." (Revelation 5:1)
"Q. What are we to understand by the book which John saw, which was sealed on the back with seven seals?
"A. We are to understand that it contains the revealed will, mysteries, and the works of God; the hidden things of his economy concerning this earth during the seven thousand years of its continuance, or its temporal existence.
"Q. What are we to understand by the seven seals with which it was sealed?
"A. We are to understand that the first seal
contains the things of the first thousand years, and the second also of the second thousand years, and so on until the seventh." (D&C 77:6,7)
Evenso each sealed portion possessed information of having to do with a thousand year period of time.
Now I could explain the time span in detail, but this work is prepared to help you understand things easily and quickly.
Thus do I merely reveal that the period of time from the fall of Adam until the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth was just short of around 3997 years.
That this entailed the majority of the first four seals, and that we now are living in the last days of the sixth seal.
John reveals of a few of the events relative to the sixth seal.
"And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
"And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
"And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
"And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
"And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
"For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" (Revelation 6:12-17)
We know that Joel speaks of these same events as to transpire in the last days.
"And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
"The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come." (Joel 2:30,31)
We know that Moroni revealed to Joseph Smith that these events had not yet transpired prior to his days.
"He also quoted the second chapter of Joel, from the twenty?eighth verse to the last. He also said that this was not yet fulfilled, but was soon to be. And he further stated that the fulness of the Gentiles was soon to come in. He quoted many other passages of scripture, and offered many explanations which cannot be mentioned here." (Joseph Smith History 1:41)
And that according to the activities since the days of Joseph Smith until now that a devastation must come to pass prior to the last day of this seal or the end of the sixth thousand year period (2003). (This is spoken of more indepth on ourMessage Board page.)
Is this important to know about? Yes.
Do we need to prepare before it is to come to pass? Yes.
Do we need to know more fully in how to prepare for it? Yes.
This do I reveal that the destructions are coming, and that you need to prepare.
You need to know what is to cause these destructions.
You need to know of the places in which you can survive.
You need to know when and you cannot do this by yourselves, but as a unified group you can survive.
Verily, I reveal that the Lord revealed who would be the one responsible for this work.
"And also with Elias, to whom I have committed the keys of bringing to pass the restoration of all things spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets since the world began, concerning the last days;" (D&C 27:6)
He that is the Elias who was to come just prior to the destructions, he it is that is to do this work.
I testify unto you that I, John Michael Fletcher, have been given the keys pertaining to this priesthood.
That I did receive Joseph Smith as a spirit and obtained from him all things that were gathered unto him to pass on in its time.
That the day to prepare has come, and that those that do not will suffer, and many unto death.
"Behold, the destroyer I have sent forth to destroy and lay waste mine enemies; and not many years hence they shall not be left to pollute mine heritage, and to blaspheme my name upon the lands which I have consecrated for the gathering together of my saints." (D&C 105:15)
Amen.
Desolations to Come
As one reads the scriptures there is one common denominator among all of those that are prophets, seers and revelators, that is of the revealing of activities to come.
If one were to combine every prophecy, every revelation having to do with a future time, a greater percentage of them has to do with the last days, than any other topic.
Unto what purpose would the Gods reveal the latter day events unto those that would believe in their words?
The Lord reveals the purposes of revealing of things to come.
"And now, behold, I say unto you, it shall not be given unto you to know any further concerning this chapter, until the New Testament be translated, and in it all these things shall be made known;
"Wherefore I give unto you that ye may now translate it, that ye may be prepared for the things to come." (D&C 45:60,61)
The key is that prophesy is given to prepare specifically for things to come.
Why would the Lord, through His prophets reveal of so much concerning the destructions to come to pass in the last days?
The answer is that the last days is a pivotal point of time with regards to this world.
The prophet Malachi revealed about the greatest of all the destructive calamities.
"For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
"But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
"And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do [this], saith the LORD of hosts." (Malachi 4:1-3)
To elaborate more fully, the Lord through Joseph Smith revealed more details.
"And also that which was written by the prophet Malachi: For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
"Wherefore, this shall be the answer of the Lord unto them:
"In that day when I came unto mine own, no man among you received me, and you were driven out.
"When I called again there was none of you to answer; yet my arm was not shortened at all that I could not redeem, neither my power to deliver.
"Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stink, and die for thirst.
"I clothe the heavens with blackness, and make sackcloth their covering." (D&C 133:64-69)
"For not many days hence and the earth shall tremble and reel to and fro as a drunken man; and the sun shall hide his face, and shall refuse to give light; and the moon shall be bathed in blood; and the stars shall become exceedingly angry, and shall cast themselves down as a fig that falleth from off a fig-tree.
"And after your testimony cometh wrath and indignation upon the people.
"For after your testimony cometh the testimony of earthquakes, that shall cause groanings in the midst of her, and men shall fall upon the ground and shall not be able to stand.
"And also cometh the testimony of the voice of thunderings, and the voice of lightnings, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds." (D&C 88:87-90)
" But, behold, I say unto you that before this great day shall come the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall be turned into blood, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and there shall be greater signs in heaven above and in the earth beneath;
"And there shall be weeping and wailing among the hosts of men;
"And there shall be a great hailstorm sent forth to destroy the crops of the earth.
"And it shall come to pass, because of the wickedness of the world, that I will take vengeance upon the wicked, for they will not repent; for the cup of mine indignation is full; for behold, my blood shall not cleanse them if they hear me not.
"Wherefore, I the Lord God will send forth flies upon the face of the earth, which shall take hold of the inhabitants thereof, and shall eat their flesh, and shall cause maggots to come in upon them;
"And their tongues shall be stayed that they shall not utter against me; and their flesh shall fall from off their bones, and their eyes from their sockets;
"And it shall come to pass that the beasts of the forest and the fowls of the air shall devour them up.
"And the great and abominable church, which is the whore of all the earth, shall be cast down by devouring fire, according as it is spoken by the mouth of Ezekiel the prophet, who spoke of these things, which have not come to pass but surely must, as I live, for abominations shall not reign." (D&C 29:14-21)
These destructions await this world, and unto what purpose do the Gods do this?
"For a desolating scourge shall go forth among the inhabitants of the earth, and shall continue to be poured out from time to time, if they repent not, until the earth is empty, and the inhabitants thereof are consumed away and utterly destroyed by the brightness of my coming." (D&C 5:19)
To the destruction of all the wicked upon this world until none remain save those that are the Lord's faithful.
"For I, the Almighty, have laid my hands upon the nations, to scourge them for their wickedness.
"And plagues shall go forth, and they shall not be taken from the earth until I have completed my work, which shall be cut short in righteousness??
"Until all shall know me, who remain, even from the least unto the greatest, and shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, and shall see eye to eye, and shall lift up their voice, and with the voice together sing this new song, saying:" (D&C 84:96-98)
What then is coming with regards to the destructions that await the present generation?
In the Book of Revelations the Lord revealed unto John the Beloved of the main portion of the earth's activities being separated into seven periods of time.
"AND I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals." (Revelation 5:1)
"Q. What are we to understand by the book which John saw, which was sealed on the back with seven seals?
"A. We are to understand that it contains the revealed will, mysteries, and the works of God; the hidden things of his economy concerning this earth during the seven thousand years of its continuance, or its temporal existence.
"Q. What are we to understand by the seven seals with which it was sealed?
"A. We are to understand that the first seal
contains the things of the first thousand years, and the second also of the second thousand years, and so on until the seventh." (D&C 77:6,7)
Evenso each sealed portion possessed information of having to do with a thousand year period of time.
Now I could explain the time span in detail, but this work is prepared to help you understand things easily and quickly.
Thus do I merely reveal that the period of time from the fall of Adam until the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth was just short of around 3997 years.
That this entailed the majority of the first four seals, and that we now are living in the last days of the sixth seal.
John reveals of a few of the events relative to the sixth seal.
"And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
"And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
"And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
"And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
"And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
"For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" (Revelation 6:12-17)
We know that Joel speaks of these same events as to transpire in the last days.
"And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
"The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come." (Joel 2:30,31)
We know that Moroni revealed to Joseph Smith that these events had not yet transpired prior to his days.
"He also quoted the second chapter of Joel, from the twenty?eighth verse to the last. He also said that this was not yet fulfilled, but was soon to be. And he further stated that the fulness of the Gentiles was soon to come in. He quoted many other passages of scripture, and offered many explanations which cannot be mentioned here." (Joseph Smith History 1:41)
And that according to the activities since the days of Joseph Smith until now that a devastation must come to pass prior to the last day of this seal or the end of the sixth thousand year period (2003). (This is spoken of more indepth on ourMessage Board page.)
Is this important to know about? Yes.
Do we need to prepare before it is to come to pass? Yes.
Do we need to know more fully in how to prepare for it? Yes.
This do I reveal that the destructions are coming, and that you need to prepare.
You need to know what is to cause these destructions.
You need to know of the places in which you can survive.
You need to know when and you cannot do this by yourselves, but as a unified group you can survive.
Verily, I reveal that the Lord revealed who would be the one responsible for this work.
"And also with Elias, to whom I have committed the keys of bringing to pass the restoration of all things spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets since the world began, concerning the last days;" (D&C 27:6)
He that is the Elias who was to come just prior to the destructions, he it is that is to do this work.
I testify unto you that I, John Michael Fletcher, have been given the keys pertaining to this priesthood.
That I did receive Joseph Smith as a spirit and obtained from him all things that were gathered unto him to pass on in its time.
That the day to prepare has come, and that those that do not will suffer, and many unto death.
"Behold, the destroyer I have sent forth to destroy and lay waste mine enemies; and not many years hence they shall not be left to pollute mine heritage, and to blaspheme my name upon the lands which I have consecrated for the gathering together of my saints." (D&C 105:15)
Amen.