The New
Testament offers great insight into the return of our Savior from the Savior
himself. I am taking an online class at
BYU-Idaho and we studied about this event in our readings this week.
As the
Savior sat on the Mount of Olives his disciples came to him and asked about the
signs of his second coming. He started
to share what some of those signs would be:
· *There
shall be wars and rumors of wars (Matt 24:6)
· *Nation
shall rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom (Matt 24:7)
· *There
shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places (Matt
24:7)
· *Many
shall be offended, and betray and hate one another (Matt 24:10)
· * False
prophets shall rise (Matt 24:11)
· *Iniquity
shall abound, love of many shall wax cold (Matt 24:12)
· *Fearful
sights and great signs shall be from heaven (Luke 21:11)
As scary as
some of these signs may be, Jesus also gave words of comfort to those whom he
taught with the following:
· * Settle
it therefore in your hearts (Luke 21:14)
· * But
there shall not an hair of your head perish (Luke 21:18)
· *Be
not troubled: for such things must needs be (Mark 13:7)
· * He
that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved (Matt 24:13)
In Doctrine
and Covenants 2:1 the Lord speaks about the priesthood being restored “before
the coming of the great and dreadful day
of the Lord.” I know that we are
living in this time. The Savior himself
told us what the signs would be before his triumphant return. As we watch for these signs, we can take
comfort as we prepare to see him again so that day can be a great day for us.
