The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is uniquely empowered and commissioned to accomplish the necessary preparations for the Lord’s Second Coming.
The work of ministering to temporal needs is vital and must continue.
Beyond selfless service, it is supremely important to prepare the world for the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
When He (Christ) comes, oppression and injustice will not only diminish; they will cease:
Poverty and suffering will not only decline; they will vanish:
Even the pain and sorrow of death will be done away:
Let us do all we can to relieve suffering and sorrow now, and let us devote ourselves more diligently to the preparations needed for the day when pain and evil are ended altogether, when “Christ [shall] reign personally upon the earth; and … the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
What can we do to prepare now for that day? We can prepare ourselves as a people; we can gather the Lord’s covenant people; and we can help redeem the promise of salvation “made to the fathers,” our ancestors. All of this must occur in some substantial measure before the Lord comes again.
Crucial for the Lord’s return, is the presence on the earth of a people prepared to receive Him at His coming.
In ancient times, God took the righteous city of Zion to Himself. By contrast, in the last days a new Zion will receive the Lord at His return.
The long-standing objective of the Church is to assist all members to increase their faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and in His Atonement, to assist them in making and keeping their covenants with God, and to strengthen and seal their families. -Russell M. Nelson
We want to know about the Lord, and we want to know the Lord
An underlying effort in building Zion is the gathering of the Lord’s long-dispersed covenant people.
We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes.” All who will repent, believe on Christ, and be baptized are His covenant people.
While we strive to be diligent in building up Zion, including our part in the gathering of the Lord’s elect and the redemption of the dead, we should pause to remember that it is the Lord’s work and He is doing it.
He is the Lord of the vineyard, and we are His servants. He bids us labor in the vineyard with our might this “last time,” and He labors with us.
Here is the full talk:https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2019/04/44christofferson?lang=eng
Questions to ponder:
-What can I do to prepare the world for the second coming?
-How can I live my life Zion ready?
-How is helping gather Israel important in my life?
-Am I partnering with Christ and doing my part in this great work?
-Sherri Jorgensen
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