“The elders or notables are the head, the prophets who teach falsehoods, the tail. The leaders of these people have misled them, and those who are led are confused” (Isaiah 9:15–16). “Priests and prophets have gone astray through liquor. They are intoxicated with wine and stagger because of strong drink; they err as seers, they […]
Many who testify of the atonement of Jesus Christ and its power to cleanse them from the effects of transgression confess they don’t know how it works, only that they know it is true. Content to not understand the theology behind Jesus’ proxy salvation, many fall short in their missions in life, of which Jesus,
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“Though your people, O Israel, be as the sands of the sea, only a remnant will return; although annihilation is decreed, it shall overflow with righteousness. For the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, will carry out the utter destruction decreed upon the whole earth” (Isaiah 10:22–23). “Come, O my people, enter your chambers and shut the
The pattern of prophecy—the core ideas all Hebrew prophecies have in common—tells us there is one “Day of Jehovah” that fulfills all prophecy. That “Day of Jehovah” has precedents in ancient times that foreshadow what would happen again. The end-time “Day of Jehovah” will be like the times of destruction and deliverance in the days
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“Inquire of Jehovah while he is present; call upon him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and sinful men their thoughts. Let them return to Jehovah, and he will have mercy on them; to our God, who graciously pardons” (Isaiah 55:6–7). “He thought, Surely they are my people, sons who will
“My people are taken over without price; those who govern them act presumptuously, says Jehovah, and my name is constantly abused all the day” (Isaiah 52:5). “The heads of state have led Egypt (America) astray. Jehovah has permeated them with a spirit of confusion; they have misled Egypt in all that it does, causing it
“Woe to the land of buzzing wings beyond the rivers of Cush, which sends emissaries by sea, in swift craft across the water! Go speedily, you messengers, to a people perpetually on the move, a nation dreaded far and wide, a people continually infringing, whose rivers have annexed their lands!” (Isaiah 18:1–2) “Woe to those
We recognize the elite of the world by the wealth, power, and influence they wield, especially when oppressing the common people. But do we easily discern the elect of God or, at times, do we confuse the two? The term “elect” (Hebrew bechir) is the same as the word “chosen” (bechir) from the verb “to
As trials intensify, so does the comfort God extends from on high: “I now send upon you another Comforter . . . even upon you my friends, that it may abide in your hearts, even the Holy Spirit of promise; which other Comforter is the same that I promised unto my disciples, as is recorded
It seems no coincidence that Isaiah’s end-time message should come to light in all its literary, theological, and prophetic glory at the very time truth is at a premium in the world—when so much of what passes for the truth consists of but a cunningly conceived façade concealing layers of lies, lies, and more lies.
Question: If the scriptures say the end-time church has apostatized, why should we continue to be members of it? Answer: Although there exist many prophecies that speak of a general apostasy of God’s end-time people—and of the judgments of God that come upon all nations as a consequence—a prophecy of the church’s ceasing to exist
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How many of us remember our calling to “say nothing but repentance unto this generation,” to “keep my commandments, and assist to bring forth my work” (Doctrine & Covenants 6:9)? Or the Lord’s admonition that “it becometh every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor” so that they may be “left without excuse,”
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