Joseph Smith and the Zombie Apocalypse

Frank M. Keele

If you’ve followed my blogs in the past, you may be aware that the titles have most often been taken from scripture. So, “Joseph Smith and the Zombie Apocalypse” represents a departure for sure. And yet, it’s so applicable and so on target, how could I resist?

So what exactly is the Zombie Apocalypse? Well, it’s a lot of things, it’s:

  • The insanity and weirdness that has emerged since the fall of 2016.
  • The obsessively untruthful and demented behavior of the news media.
  • The refusal of Congress to protect American citizens in favor of illegal aliens.
  • The wholesale promotion of socialism.
  • The betrayal of American sovereignty.
  • Attacks on college students and others who dare stand up for conservative principles.
  • The betrayal of traditional American values exhibited by large corporations
  • The determination to de-platform and silence those who stand up for free speech.
  • The wholesale effort of the FBI, the Justice Department and every other crazy wing-nut in the country to unseat a sitting president.

The list could go on and on as I’m sure you know and you don’t even have to be paying a great deal of attention to the news to know exactly what I’m talking about. So what do all of these ungodly, anti-Christian, anti-freedom, anti-Constitution, anti-border, crazy, angry, oxygen-starved zombies have to do with Joseph Smith, you ask?

Well, it goes back to what the Lord revealed to Joseph Smith in an unpublished revelation, we read:

6 Verily, I say unto you, that the day of vexation and vengeance is nigh at the doors of this nation, when wicked, ungodly and daring men will rise up in wrath and might, and go forth in anger, like as the dust is driven by a terrible wind; and they will be the means of the destruction of the government and cause the death and misery of many souls; but the faithful among my people shall be preserved in holy places during all these tribulations.” (Letter from W.W. Phelps to Brigham Young, dated August 12, 1861, Joseph Smith Collection, Church Historians Office.)

Wow, now that surely puts the current state of affairs of “this nation” in sharp focus, doesn’t it? It certainly does for me and when I couple the above statement with what Ezra Taft Benson said about our day, an even clearer picture emerges, said he:

“if the gentiles on this land reject the word of God and conspire to overthrow liberty and the Constitution, then their doom is fixed, and they “. . . shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant”. (1 Nephi 14:6; 3 Nephi 21:11, 14, 21; D&C 84:114-115, 117)

“The great destructive force which was to be turned loose on the earth and which the prophets for centuries have been calling the “abomination of desolation” is vividly described by those who saw it in vision. Ours is the first generation to realize how literally these prophecies can be fulfilled now that God, through science, has unlocked the secret to thermonuclear reaction. (Oct. general conference, 1961)

So, when we combine what we learn from the above two statements, the fact that we have arrived at a turning point is inescapable and the picture that emerges is quite clear. Is the phrase, “like as the dust is driven by a terrible wind” a metaphor for radioactive fallout? Are we really about to witness “the destruction of the government” of “this nation”?

The Prophet Joseph Smith predicted such an outcome on more than one occasion but we shall limit ourselves to but one quote here, we read:

”And now I am prepared to say by the authority of Jesus Christ that not many years shall pass away before the United States shall present such a scene of bloodshed as has not a parallel in the history of our nation; pestilence, hail, famine, and earthquake will sweep the wicked of this generation from off the face of the land. To open and prepare the way for the return of the lost tribes of Israel from the north country.” (Joseph Smith DHC vol. 1 p. 315 & 316 January 4, 1833)

So, we know where we are now, we know that destruction is on our doorstep and we know what it shall lead to… even, “the return of the lost tribes of Israel from the north country.” Fortunately the Lord has informed us as to what circumstances will prevail when the lost tribes return. From D&C 133 we read:

25 And the Lord, even the Savior, shall stand in the midst of his people, and shall reign over all flesh.

26 And they who are in the north countries shall come in remembrance before the Lord; and their prophets shall hear his voice, and shall no longer stay themselves; and they shall smite the rocks, and the ice shall flow down at their presence.

It’s comforting to know that “the Lord, even the Savior, shall stand in the midst of his people” soon after “pestilence, hail, famine, and earthquake will sweep the wicked of this generation from off the face of the land”. However, we need to be ready!

It should be obvious to all that we are right at the pivot point in the history of this world and that we have limited time to prepared. If the abomination of desolation or “Zombie Apocalypse” if you prefer is going to produce radioactive fallout, we shall have to have our iodine on hand and follow Isaiah’s counsel given in chapter 26, wherein he said:

20 ¶ Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

If we go forth with a determination to do our part, to exercise faith, to live worthy of the direction of the Spirit etc., we “shall be preserved in holy places during all these tribulations” and go on to partake of the grandeur that is part and parcel with the coming of the Bridegroom.

There is so much more that could be included here, however, time and rescourses do not permit but you are invited to download and read the free ebook, “The Bridegroom Cometh”… Just click on the image of the book below…

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