MISSIONARIES: Will the missionaries be called home prior to calamities in the last days? Will missionaries reach every nation, kindred, tongue and people before the great calamities begin?

Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith We ought to have the building up of Zion as our greatest object. When wars come, we shall have to flee to Zion. The cry is to make haste. The last revelation says, Ye shall not have time to have gone over the earth, until these things come. It will come […]

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RESOURCES: What resources should be included in our physical preparation?

Prophetic Statements First Presidency We continue to encourage members to store sufficient food, clothing, and, where possible, fuel for at least one year. We have not laid down an exact formula for what should be stored. However, we suggest that members concentrate on essential foods that sustain life, such as grains, legumes, cooking oil, powdered […]

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HANDS: Will those who know how to work with their own hands be blessed in the times that are coming?

Prophetic Statements First Presidency Our primary purpose was to set up, insofar as it might be possible, a system under which the curse of idleness would be done away with, the evils of a dole abolished, and independence, industry, thrift and self-respect be once more established amongst our people. The aim of the Church is […]

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QUANTITY: How much should we store and for how long must we be prepared?

Prophetic Statements First Presidency We continue to encourage members to store sufficient food, clothing, and, where possible, fuel for at least one year. We have not laid down an exact formula for what should be stored. However, we suggest that members concentrate on essential foods that sustain life, such as grains, legumes, cooking oil, powdered […]

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SAINTS: Will the Saints be preserved from the calamities of the last days? Will there be great wickedness among the membership of the Church in the last days?

Prophetic Statements First Presidency We encourage you to follow this counsel with the assurance that a people prepared through obedience to the commandments of God need not fear. Joseph Smith #1: Explained concerning the coming of the Son of Man; also that it is a false idea that the Saints will escape all the judgments, […]

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