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Signs to precede the second coming.
"I will send you Elijah... before the coming... of the Lord."
- Gordon B. Hinckley, "Living in the Fulness of Times", Ensign, Nov. 2001
Joel 2:28-32 fulfilled
Malachi 4:5-6 fulfilled
Christ shall return in glory.
Various signs and conditions to precede the Second Coming.
- Wilford Woodruff, "The Channels of Communication, Etc.", Journal of Discourses, Vol. 22, pp. 332-333
Wilford Woodruff describes a vision in which he sees the signs to precede the Second Coming and other things.
Moroni predicts a number of signs to come about during "this generation".
Sermon also noted in Kent P. Jackson's "Joseph Smith,s Commentary on the Bible"
Joseph prophesies that before the second coming, a time would come where there would be a year without the rainbow being seen. This would accompany famine and pestilence.
- Enoch 100:11-12;101:2
In the last days the rain and dew will be called away (there will be a drought). (When the moisture returns, it will cause destruction.)
Description of the last days.
Description of the last days.
A vision from a Journal entry of Wilford Woodruff's recorded Dec 16 1877. Another version of this vision exists, but, lacking an authoritative facsimile of the source, this one "seems" to be correct. (The other one may be from a different telling, or from somebody's poor transcription of a telling.)
I cite this one as most authentic because I have found statements by those discussing this vision, which say that this version matches publications of the journal in their posession.
While Wilford Woodruff records the vision, he seems to leave the vision unattributed (space is left near the beginning, seemingly for a name/attribution). John Taylor is often attributed as the author, and based upon my reading, this seems to be due, primarily, to the fact that John Taylor knew French, while Wilford Woodruff didn't, and the receiver of the vision had been reading scripture in French.
Anyhow, while there is some reason to doubt the value of this vision, I think it worth keeping in mind, as it does not seem to conflict with scripture, and even appears to harmonize some points.