Katz said:
Why don't you just stick to the term the Church uses if you want to discuss Church doctrine
I would use the term first resurrection if teaching an Elders quorum, however this is a religious forum and I need to use that term in order to gain common ground with those whom I am speaking with...
If I used any other term it would only confuse the matter...
I have repeatedly posted as follows first resurrection/catching away/rapture so as to be on the same page with all who read my understanding concerning this.
I apologies if I come across as an Evnagelical LDS. I am a mainstream LDS member, who has never attended any other Evangelical services, but an familiar with what the Bible and LDS scriptures teach and it absolutely does not conflict in any way with the views of an Evangelical rapture...
One of our most common ground beliefs that we should share, but refuse to...
Your's and Becky's reaction is not at all uncommon and the norm.
Just hear me out on this one. It will take some time to explain how I came to this conclusion and it is one of the most obscur teachings, which must be searched and pondered while reading all scriptures concerning this, including the missing Joseph Smith translation scriptures.
Christ is basically waiting for us to keep the commandments before he comes, this was another reason he set a rainbow in the sky to remind us of the fact that he will not return until we keep his commandments...
From the time of Noah we have not fully kept his commandments.
we are almost there I think though...
Everyday I watch as they construct a new temple just up the street from me on about 3700 West and 11400 South (Daybreak Temple) as I go to work and I cannot help but think of the Nauvoo temple in which they constructed and it was in operation only 3 weeks before they had to leave and then it was destroyed a few years later.
I can't help but think that all these temples will be completed and in operation only a short time until Christ comes, when we will be taken off this earth and the world will destroy these sacred buildings...
The thought enters my mind almost every time I see all the progress on that site.
They are still only on the grounds phase. No actual construction has started and they say it will take around 2 years to complete. I think it will be done sooner than that though.