Signs of the Times, The Second Coming, and Millennium

In your group, you will receive a set of scriptures about: The Latter Days In your group, you will receive a set of scriptures about: The Signs of the Times, the Second Coming or the Millennium You will have 8 minutes to read each passage and then discuss what each prophecy means (use the footnotes for clarification). Discuss how you can prepare for the event you are studying.

The Latter Days The Millennium Signs of the Times The 2nd Coming Isaiah 12:1–3 Isaiah 14:3 Isaiah 65:17–25 Signs of the Times Isaiah 22:12–14 Isaiah 59:2,7-8, 10, 12 Isaiah 54:2 The 2nd Coming Isaiah 25:6–8 Isaiah 25:9 Isaiah 63:1-7 ---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------

The Signs of the Times What evidence do we have that Isaiah 22 and Isaiah 59: are happening? What evidence do we have that Isaiah 54:2 is happening?

The Second Coming The Second Coming

The Millennium Isaiah 60:19–22. “The sun shall be no more thy light by day” Elder Orson Pratt of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke of how the Lord will become the source of light for the inhabitants of Zion: “Zion will [not] need the sun when the Lord is there, and all the city is lighted up by the glory of his presence. When the whole heavens above are illuminated by the presence of his glory we shall not need those bright luminaries of heaven to give light, so far as the city of Zion is concerned. But there will be a great people round about, dwelling in other cities that will still have need of the light of the sun and the moon; but the great capital city where the Lord will establish one of his thrones—for his throne is not to be in Jerusalem alone, it will also be in Zion, as you will find in numerous places in this Bible. When, therefore, he shall establish his throne in Zion and shall light up the habitations thereof with the glory of his presence, they will not need this light which comes from the bright luminaries that shine forth in yonder heavens, but they will be clothed upon with the glory of their God” (“Discourse,” Deseret News, Mar. 20, 1872, 79) Isaiah 65:20, 22; 66:22. Death during the Millennium President Joseph Fielding Smith taught about the nature of life and death during the Millennium: “When the Lord comes to rule on the earth in his own right, and all kingdoms become subject unto him, and the earth is renewed and again receives its paradisiacal glory, death shall be removed as far as it possibly can be removed before the resurrection, and while mortality remains. During the Millennium the earth will be transformed into a ‘new earth’ with a new heaven, as Isaiah has declared. It will no longer be a telestial earth, but will become a terrestrial earth. Infants will not die until they become old and then death shall be the transition to the immortal from the mortal state in the twinkling of an eye. This day is near at hand, ‘speaking after the manner of the Lord,’ and then shall come the time of the entire separation of the wicked from the righteous” (Church History and Modern Revelation, 2 vols. [1953], 1:232–33).

Isaiah 25:9 “This is our God and we have waited for him…” What are some additional things we may need to wait for the Lord to bless us with? Answers to prayers Help in overcoming temptation Forgiveness Marriage Children Healing Answers to questions we struggle with. When have you needed to wait for the Lord before receiving a blessing? What did the Lord require from you before He blessed you?

Isaiah 25:9 “This is our God and we have waited for him…” “In the scriptures, the word wait means to hope, to anticipate, and to trust. To hope and trust in the Lord requires faith, patience, humility, meekness, long-suffering, keeping the commandments, and enduring to the end” (“Waiting upon the Lord: Thy Will Be Done,” Ensign Nov. 2011.)

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