History Repeats Itself -- What Will Happen Before the Second Coming of the Lord
History repeats itself -- not exactly, but in similar types of ways. So, if you want to know what's going to happen before the Second Coming of the Lord, look at what has happened in the past. Members of the church know that very difficult times will come before the Lord returns to clean house and wipe the wicked off the face of the earth. But we have the promises of the Lord, that he will protect us as he destroys the wicked (see 1 Nephi 22). There are some pretty scary insights found in the scriptures. It is wisdom in the Lord to give us some information about what is coming to prepare us without getting into too much detail (which would scare us to death). We know that the saints must go to Zion for safety to avoid the wars and violence everywhere. The Lord has said -- And it shall come to pass among the wicked, that every man that will not take his sword against his neighbor must needs flee unto Zion for safety (D&C 45: 68). ...