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Our Day: “The The Saturday Earth’s The Book of Evening” Sabbath of Time The (The Seven 1000 Year Days of the Earth’s Temporal Existance*) 12345 67 Adam’s Enoch’s Abraham’s Israel Divided John the Renaissance Final Ministry Begins Ministry Ministry into Two Kingdoms Baptist’s Ministry and Destruction of the Wicked Wickedness City of Isaac, Jacob Isaiah’s Ministry Christ’s Ministry Industrial Revolution Begins to Spread Enoch Translated and Twelve Tribes Ten Tribes Church Established ’s Christ comes to Reign as King of Kings Repentance taught Noah’s Ministry Of Israel Conquered and Lost Atoning Ministry Earth Receives by prophets The Great Flood– Joseph, and Israel’s Prophets Rejected Sacrifice Made Church Becomes

CREATION Paradisiacal Glory EXISTENCE PREMORTAL PREMORTAL Adam Gathers and Mankind Begins Again Bondage in Egypt Judah Taken Gospel Taken to World Church REWARD Blesses His the Gentiles Bound Moses’ Ministry Captive ALL MEN NOW FALL OF ADAM FALL

Saints Prepare for Christ PERIOD ENDED Tower of Babel PROBATIONARY

ETERNITIES PAST Children Millennial Era of Conquest of Land Period of Great Great Calamities ASSIGNED ETERNAL Jaredites Come to Peace and Love FINAL JUDGMENT Adam Dies of Canaan Apostasy and the Worldwide ETERNITIES FUTURE Promised Land John the Revelator Israelites Begin Dark Ages Zion Fully Earth Celestialized to Have Kings at Close of Established Millennium

John Summerizes the Highlights of the First Five Seals The Kingdom of God--Its’ Triumphant Destiny Joseph Smith said: “The things which John saw had no allusion to the scenes of the days of Adam, Enoch, Abraham, or While the events of the future ages were revealed around the basic chronological framework of the seven seals, it does , only so far as is plainly represented by John....John saw that only which was lying in futurity and which was not seem to have been the Lord’s purpose to arrange every aspect of the revelation in a strict order of the occurrence of shortly to come to pass.” (Teachings, p. 289.) That such is the case is evident when we see that the first five seals are these events. Like a master teacher who digresses from his presentation to further clarify or expand what he teaches, dealt with in 11 verses (only 3% of the total verses) while 281 verses (70%) deal with the events of the sixth and seventh even so the Lord interrupts the order of the presentation to give greater insight, further truths, deeper knowledge of the seals and the final glory of the earth. marvelous future destiny of his kingdom. These “teaching interludes” are shown on the chart below.

Great Calamities Destruction Is Fire, Destruction, in 7th Trumpet Vials of Judgement Voice Announces Christ Comes as Satan is Bound The Righteous Satan Loosed at The Great and A New Heaven to Be Shown Held Back and War un- During Sounds–Voices Poured out on in Heaven the King of kings– (20: 1, 2) Are Redeemed; End of Millen- Last Judgement and – During the 6th While Righteous leashed During Great War There in Heaven the World; Wick- Final Triumph Final Destruction the Millennium nium, His Final (20: 11-15) the World Is Seal Are Sealed– 7th Seal (11: 1-13) Announce ed Still Do Not of Christ’s of the Wicked Begins Conquest and Celestialized (6: 12-17) Gospel’s (8:1-13; 9:1-21) Triumph of Repent Kingdom (19: 11-21) (20: 3-6) Banishment (21: 1-27; 22:1-5) Kingdom (15: 5-8; 16: 1-21) (19: 1-10) (20: 7-10) (7: 1-8) (11: 13-19)

JOHN SEES THOSE SAVED IN GOD’S KINGDOM JOHN SEES THOSE SAVED IN GOD’S KINGDOM AN EXPLANATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND ITS OPPOSITION FROM SATAN’S KINGDOM Just prior to the sounding of the of Just prior to the pouring out of the vials of judg- The Voices in heaven announced the coming triumph of the Kingdom of God. This kingdom and its great judgment, John is shown the multitude of those ment, John is shown the multitude of those who satanic counterpart are now discussed in some detail. who have achieved salvation praising God and the overcame praising God and the Lamb in I. The Church and Kingdom of God II. The Church and Kingdom of Satan III. The Final Outcome Lamb in the celestial kingdom. the celestial kingdom. A. The church (the ecclesiastical A. John sees the beast from the sea A. John sees the Lamb on mount (7:9-17) (15: 1-4) aspect of the kingdom) brings and is shown that Satan has Zion with those who have been forth the kingdom where Christ power over earthly kingdoms sealed in their foreheads by God. THE “ LITTLE BOOK” INTERLUDE THE DESTRUCTION OF SATAN’S KINGDOM reigns as king (the political (the political aspects of his king- (The 144,000) Between the sounding of the sixth trumpet and the After the seven vials of judgment have been poured aspect of the kingdom). dom). B. John sees the angelic restoration B. The church and kingdom of God B. John sees the beast from the of the gospel, which signals the vision of the two witnesses in Jerusalem, an angel out, an angel explains the symbolism of the great are opposed by the great dragon earth exercising great evil fall of Satan’s dominions. delivers a book to John and commands him to eat whore and the beast. He is then shown the great (Satan). through religious power (the C. The Son of Man is seen in it. We know from later-day revelation that this overthrow of the whore (the symbolic rep- C. This opposition actually began ecclesiastical aspects of his king- heaven with the sickle and wine- in the premortal existance and dom). press. The great harvest (judg- symbolized a special mission given to John to par- resentation of Satan’s kingdom and the counter- ment) of the wicked is to begin. ticipate in the gathering of Israel (D&C 77:14). part to the true church–the bride of Christ). The caused . C. The followers of the beast are D. The church of John’s time sealed in their foreheads to mark (14: 1-20) thus John is shown his part in the great events of world laments in great sorrow the fall of Satan’s would not bring forth the king- their allegiance. the future which he sees in vision. empire. dom but would be driven into (13: 1-18) (17: 1-18; 18: 1-24) the wilderness (apostasy) by the (10: 1-11) dragon. *These “days” should not in any way be confused with the major gospel dispensations. Such dispensations have not been (12: 1-17) initiated at regular intervals but have been subject to the wisdom of God and willingness of man to believe the prophets. (See 221 D&C 77: 7, 12)

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