(September 2, 2013)
There is a temptation to become desensitized to the language in the scriptures about “the time is at hand.” You look at the things referred to and realize that they are often things that have happened in the past – and were told to the people hundreds or thousands of years before they happened. We see this enough, and pretty soon “the time is at hand” stops having the impact that it once did.
This, of course, is foolish. The scriptures are not written for those who come after us or those that came before us (well, they were but not from our perspective). The scriptures are written for us today. When the Lord tells us that the time is at hand, that means that the time is at hand for us. What has long since lost its ability to attract our attention deserves the attention it once attracted. We must redevelop the ability to see these things and pay them the proper heed.
The other thought I had, and this is tangential, was how similar John’s writing style is to Joseph Smith. His writings to the seven churches could just have easily been Joseph writing to the Coleville saints.
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