Improvement Era, 1906 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Religion

On Sunday, April 3rd, 1836, nearly thirteen years after Section Two had been received, the prophecy with regard to the personal appearance was fulfilled. It was just after the dedication of the Kirtland Temple. Joseph and Oliver Cowdery, alone in the pulpit of the temple, bowed themselves in "solemn and silent prayer." After rising, they received various heavenly visions. At last "another great and glorious vision burst upon us, for Elijah the prophet, who was taken to heaven without tasting death, stood before us, and said-Behold, the time has fully come, which was spoken by the mouth of Malachi, testifying that he (Elijah) should be sent before the great and dreadful day of the Lord come, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the children to the fathers, lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse. Therefore the keys of this dispensation are committed into your hands, and by this ye may know that the great and dreadful day of the Lord is near, even at the doors." Thus was fulfilled the prophecy of Section Two. Of especial importance is the fact that while the angel Moroni made the prediction to Joseph only, two persons saw Elijah when he came, and witnessed the fulfilment of the prediction. Oliver Cowdery, though he was later cut off from the Church, testified, to the day of his death, that he had actually seen Elijah and other heavenly beings. If Section Two had been written by an impostor, the false prophet would in all probability have managed it so that the appearance of Elijah would have been to him alone. Certainly the prophecy of the coming of Elijah has been fulfilled.

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