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THE LAST DAYS UNSEALED
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By Robert Smith, Ph.D.
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Agreka™ Books ISBN 1-888106-81-6 June 1999 LC 99-62477
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About
the Author Introduction Excerpt
Excerpt of Chapter One Review
REVIEW For more than twenty years I have been looking for a
book that clearly explains the events that will take place preceding the Second
Coming. This book debunks many of the existing myths and is by far the best book
I have ever read regarding the events that are soon to take place. Steve Parker
A Provocative Examination of Imminent Last Days
Events.
The many Mormon latter-day myths about the last days have
lulled people into a false security. They think that because the LDS Church has
a living prophet, they will be warned when the tribulation is about to
come. But the Lord has already told us all he intends-and this is made
clear in Isaiah. People are waiting for certain preliminary signs to
occur before they really start to prepare for the coming destruction,
but by then it will be too late. What this book explains, with supporting
scriptures, will be new to most of you. Prophesied "last days events"
are reported that you may have never heard before-and they are presented in
chronological order with a supporting chart. By knowing these things and making
the necessary changes and preparations, we can survive the coming judgments.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert Smith completed his Ph.D. in Historical
Linguistics at the University of Utah, following studies at the University of
Texas. He has done post-doctoral studies in Hebrew and Biblical Hebrew at the
University of Utah and at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has taught at
colleges in Utah and California. He is revising his first book, currently
out-of-print, Scriptures of the Last Days, and expects to publish an
enlarged edition in late 1999. For the past several years, he has been involved
in research in Central and South American native languages--Quechua, Aymara,
Proto Cholan and Nauatl. This research is to identify the language families from
which they came and to confirm their relation to Asian Semitic languages. The
author is also doing new translations and commentaries on the Old Testament
prophetic books. Volume I of a three-volume translation and commentary of the
twelve prophets is nearing completion.
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INTRODUCTION EXCERPT
Recently there has been increased interest in the
scriptures and prophecies relating to the events immediately preceding the
second coming of the Lord in glory. Most feel that we are, indeed, in the final
few years or even months in which the prophesied signs and wonders will begin to
unfold. This feeling evokes the desire to know more about the things that are
soon to happen and these events are the subject of many conversations among
church members. As a result of this interest, many books have appeared dealing
with last days events.
The question that must immediately come to the reader's
mind is, "Why another book on the last days?" I hope the answer to
this question will become apparent as you read on. I did not wish to jump on the
bandwagon with yet another compilation of some of the last-days scriptures,
which most of the books on this subject turn out to be. Nor do I merely wish to
rephrase the opinions and ideas that have been floating around the LDS Church
for a century or more. After reading all of them as they appear in bookstores, I
am a little frustrated that none has very much to offer.
Most of the authors, to be sure, have done their
homework as far as researching all of the statements by so-and-so in 1879 and by
various general authorities over the years who were expressing their opinions.
The major verses from D&C are dutifully listed and they include a compendium
of quotes from the Bible and the Book of Mormon. There is a little speculation
by each about what this prophecy or that prediction may mean, and for the most
part, there is nothing new or exciting. What they all, without exception, have
in common, is a lack of reference to and understanding of the scriptures that
really detail the five major events of the last three-and-one-half years of the
sixth seal and the first three-and-one-half years of the seventh seal, or in
other words, the last seven years before the Savior returns in glory.
These major events are not only revealed in various
scriptures, but the times and order of their occurrence are also given in
careful and literal detail. The problem has been the difficulty in understanding
these important scriptures, especially Isaiah, the most difficult of all the
books to understand, followed by Revelation and then the last half of the Book
of Daniel. Nor are we the only ones who have had difficulty with these books.
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EXCERPT OF CHAPTER ONE
Setting the Stage
The first of the five great events of the last days is
not so much an event as it is a condition or ongoing process. This event is not
even talked about by most writers of the last days, yet it is one of the primary
themes of Isaiah. Perhaps the reason it is not discussed much is that it is not
perceived or realized by most Latter-day Saints. In addition, those who are
aware do not want to say too much about these things because it might get them
into trouble. The main location for such discussion today is the Internet where
many sites are found where one can talk and exchange ideas while remaining
relatively invisible. But everyone is conscious that there will be great
tribulation, war, pestilence and destruction in the world at some time, but most
members are under the impression that it will pass by the church, or at least it
will spare the righteous members, whoever they are. Due to this avenue of
thought, the real cause of the tribulation is not noticed.
Isaiah begins his book by addressing the church, which
he calls Israel. Israel is the name of the ancient northern kingdom which was
headed by Ephraim and that kingdom was also often called Ephraim because it was
Ephraim who ruled. The Jews today mistakenly call their nation Israel when it is
really Judah. But the Lord, through Isaiah, correctly addresses modern Ephraim
or Israel which is the church to whom Isaiah is speaking. Throughout this work
we must remember that Isaiah is speaking to us, Ephraim, or the church today. He
does not address the gentile peoples at all and when he refers to Judah, it is
evident. In the introduction, the words of Nephi were quoted (2 Nephi 25:1, 5,
7-8) which show that the prophecies of Isaiah are strictly latter-day events and
will be fulfilled in our time. Often we conveniently parcel the good and bad
prophecies out; the bad to former times and the good to us and our time. This is
wrong. All the prophecies of Isaiah pertain to us today.
Isaiah begins his scathing description of modern
Ephraim:
Hear, O heavens! Give heed, O earth! The Lord has
spoken: I have reared sons, brought them up, but they have revolted against me.
The ox knows its owner, the ass its master's stall, but Israel does not know; my
people are insensible. Alas, a nation astray, a people weighed down by sin, the
offspring of wrongdoers, perverse children: they have forsaken the Lord, they
have spurned the Holy One of Israel, they have lapsed into apostasy. (Isaiah 1:
2-5)So there it is! The Lord accuses us of lapsing into apostasy. This is a
difficult fact for members of the church to accept, but we read it there in
black and white. We are like the Jews at the time of Lehi. They had the gospel
as it existed at that time, and obeyed the Law of Moses, nevertheless, God sent
prophets among them to call them to repentance and to take the course that would
have saved them from the Babylonian captivity. Lehi received a revelation that
the city of Jerusalem had been destroyed and the people taken captive. Previous
to this, however, when they were still in the wilderness, Laman and Lemuel,
along with the daughters of Ishmael, wanted to return to Jerusalem.
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