Helaman 16:13 describes a time when the Nephites could plainly see that the words of prophets such as Samuel the Lamanite and Nephi son of Helaman were being fulfilled before their eyes. Many did not believe the larger narrative (the Savior would soon be born), but they could not deny the prophets among them had been inspired.
We see a similar phenomenon in 2020. In October Conference, 2018, the Prophet Russell M. Nelson and Apostle Quentin L. Cook announced that weekly Church meetings would be shortened from three hours to two. Then, in January, 2019, the Church began following the excellent new Come Follow Me curriculum and the phrase "home-centered, Church-supported gospel learning" entered our vocabulary. Who could have guessed that by March, 2020, the global COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic would threaten to become a pandemic and church meetings would be limited or temporarily suspended in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and the Seattle, Washington area? We have over a year's experience teaching, learning, and sharing the gospel in our homes during the third hour on the Sabbath. If Church is temporarily suspended in other areas or even worldwide, individuals and families are well-prepared to carry on Sabbath devotional activities in their homes.
People may not believe the larger narrative (we are gathering Israel on both sides of the veil to prepare the world for the Second Coming), but no one can deny the prophets among us have been inspired.
John W. (Jack) Welch and I talked about this modern-day revelation with Dave & Lynette Jenkins at the Maddox Ranch House Restaurant in Perry, UT on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Kirk Magleby volunteers as Executive Director of Book of Mormon Central which builds enduring faith in Jesus Christ by making the Book of Mormon accessible, comprehensible, and defensible to the entire world.
We see a similar phenomenon in 2020. In October Conference, 2018, the Prophet Russell M. Nelson and Apostle Quentin L. Cook announced that weekly Church meetings would be shortened from three hours to two. Then, in January, 2019, the Church began following the excellent new Come Follow Me curriculum and the phrase "home-centered, Church-supported gospel learning" entered our vocabulary. Who could have guessed that by March, 2020, the global COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic would threaten to become a pandemic and church meetings would be limited or temporarily suspended in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and the Seattle, Washington area? We have over a year's experience teaching, learning, and sharing the gospel in our homes during the third hour on the Sabbath. If Church is temporarily suspended in other areas or even worldwide, individuals and families are well-prepared to carry on Sabbath devotional activities in their homes.
People may not believe the larger narrative (we are gathering Israel on both sides of the veil to prepare the world for the Second Coming), but no one can deny the prophets among us have been inspired.
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| Russell M. Nelson, Prophet of God |