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Edwin Rushton and Theodore Turley claimed Joseph Smith Jr. prophesied to them of the US and Latter-day Saint's futures concerning the "end of times". [17] This prophecy, called the White Horse Prophecy, is not considered official LDS doctrine but has made a significant impact on their cultural outlooks and actions.
Let my servant Wilford call upon the virgins Maidens, Daughters, & Mothers in Zion and let them Enter into my ^Holy^ Temple on the 1 day of March the day that my servant Wilford has seen the time alloted to man, Three score years and Ten, and there let them received their washing and Anontings and Endowments for and in behalf of the wives who ...
Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of Mormonism, was reported to have made an 1843 statement which became known as the White Horse Prophecy.. The White Horse Prophecy is an influential, disputed version of a statement on the future of the Latter Day Saint movement and the United States by movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1843.
In the Book of Malachi, it is prophesied that before the Second Coming, "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers". [52] Believed fulfillment state: Fulfilled
The church was organized on May 3, 1994, in response to what was felt to be a general apostasy of the LDS Church. This apostasy included Brigham Young (and subsequent presidents of the LDS Church) scattering the LDS Church membership rather than gathering it; the discontinuation of plural marriage; changes to ordinances and temple-related doctrine; and an increasing trend of what TLC describes ...
Members of the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, regard Smith as a prophet who correctly predicted the rise of their church. [4] They argue that Joseph Smith predicted he would find "three witnesses to the word of God", and later found three men who would corroborate his story of the plates.
The first Latter Day Saint denomination to canonize Smith's prophecy was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In 1876, the excerpt from the Smith–Phelps letter was included as Section 85 in the church's edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, a work of sacred canon for believers in the faith's scripture.
[81] In LDS scripture Jesus tells his disciples, "Ye shall call upon the Father in my name." [82] Prayer is viewed a means of communication between man and God. It is LDS belief that God hears the sincere prayers of all people because they are his children, he is no respecter of persons, and because he knows all things. [83]