A curse to come (Jesus, Earth, gospel, mystic, scriptures)

[Mystic-als]

Malachi 4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

I have always wondered about this scripture. I used to believe that Aids was a gay thing and all male gays had problems with thier fathers. So Aids was the curse and the Father children relationship breakdown applies mostly to the gay population.

Now before you shoot me. I DO NOT believe that anymore. I have been prooved wrong by many, many gay people. Some of whom are part of RF.

So then looking aroung us today and seeing the high divorse rate in our country and the amount of single moms or dads raising their children by themselves.

I ask what curse could be greater than not receiving the love from both your parents?
What can you and I do to stop it?

[Mystic-als]

Reading it now again. Could it mean that Jesus' second coming is a forerunner to a curse from God.

[Bishka]

I personally think it has to do with family history and redeeming the dead, but that's my interpretation on the subject.

[Elvendon]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

I personally think it has to do with family history and redeeming the dead, but that's my interpretation on the subject.

You LDS guys are so helpful and so right about most things I love ya!

[angellous_evangellous]

Don't forget about the critical word: lest.

The point is that God is planning to be merciful.

[Bishka]

Originally Posted by Elvendon

You LDS guys are so helpful and so right about most things I love ya!

Thanks.

[Mystic-als]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

I personally think it has to do with family history and redeeming the dead, but that's my interpretation on the subject.

Please explain to me the "redeeming the dead part? i've never heard that said before.

[Bishka]

Originally Posted by Mystic-als

Please explain to me the "redeeming the dead part? i've never heard that said before.

Well, as you probbly know the LDS believe in 'redeeming the dead', basically save those souls that never got a chance to hear the fullness of the gospel of Christ.

And to do this, we need to know who these people were, so we do family history work.
We turn our hearets to the fathers.

[SoyLeche]

Originally Posted by beckysoup61

Well, as you probbly know the LDS believe in 'redeeming the dead', basically save those souls that never got a chance to hear the fullness of the gospel of Christ.

And to do this, we need to know who these people were, so we do family history work.
We turn our hearets to the fathers.

It's probably better to say "help provide the necesary ordinances" than "save the souls".

If you've heard the term "Baptism for the Dead" - this is what it is. We believe that baptism is necesary. Many, many people have not had the opportunity to receive a baptism. We perform them by proxy.

Also, we believe that Elijah has been sent, just like Malachai said. If you want to learn more about this, you can look here:

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/110/13-15#13

Verses 13 - 16 specifically. We believe that at this point he (Elijah) restored the authority to perform the work that I have described.

[Bishka]

thanks Bryce, you said it much better then me!!