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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.
The Spirit said I should devot[e] my time to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and I should not be under the Law of Lawless women anny more in time as I have fulfilled the Law [and] and [am] now free from Such Spirrits, and the said time shall be devoted to the humble and obed[i]ent and those that shall listen to my council and ...
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.
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.
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
[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]
Latter Day Saints teach that the Latter Day Saint movement began with a revelation from God, which began a process of restoring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth. Latter Day Saints also teach that revelation is the foundation of the church established by Jesus Christ and that it remains an essential element of his true church today.