[Apostle Wilford Woodruff on the Twelve's mission to England] REFLECTIONS Surely this is an important day to behold. A quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Lamb of God organized in these last days to go forth unto all the nations of the earth to prune the vineyard once more for the last time that the Saints may be prepared for the second [coming] of Christ, & that Israel may be gatherd & babylon fall & the earth once more clensed from its pollutions & wickedness swept from the face thereof.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
Here is the corrected version applicable for our day and time:
ReplyDeleteA quorum of Twelve Apostles [& quorum of 70 evangelists] of the Lamb of God [of The Church of Jesus Christ, WHQ: Monongahela, PA] organized in these last days [July 1862] to go forth unto all the nations of the earth to prune the vineyard once more for the last time that the Saints may be prepared for [the 1000 year Peaceful Reign while they are still in the flesh and blood state that shall precede] the second [coming] of [Jesus] Christ, & that Israel [the Aboriginal/Indigenous peoples of Asia,Australia,the Pacific Isles,Greenland,Nunavut) may be gathered [to the lands of their inheritance] & babylon [the great & abominable church, the whore of all the earth, including the LDS church] fall & the earth once more cleansed from its pollutions & wickedness swept from the face thereof."