What will happen, and what should you be doing now?
2 Ezra 12:18- speaking of the U.S- there shall arise great strivings, and it shall stand in peril of falling: nevertheless, it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again unto the beginning.
D&C 101:77-80- The Lord established the Constitution
BY: " Will the Constitution be destroyed? No. It will be held inviolate by this people; and, as Joseph Smith said, "The time will come when the destiny of the nation will hang upon a single thread. At that critical juncture, this people will step forth and save it from the threatened destruction. " (Journal of Discourses Volume 7, 17)
Ether 2:9,12
Joseph Smith, shortly after he escaped from Liberty Jail, made his way to Nauvoo, met with the 12, and shared with them about a vision he saw.
:I saw men hunting the lives of their own sons, and brothers murdering brothers, women killing their own daughters, and daughters seeking the lives of their mothers. I saw armies arrayed against armies, I saw blood desolation, fires, etc., The son of man hath said that mother shall be against daughter and daughter against mother. These things are at our doors. They will follow the saints of God from city to city. Satan will rage, and the spirit of the devil is now enraged. I do not know how soon these things will take place and with a view of them shall I cry peace? No! I will lift up my voice and testify of them. How long you will have good crops and the famine be kept off I do not know. When the fig tree leaves, know then the summer is nigh at hand. (Joseph Smith Papers, p.13)
Elder Jedediah M. Grant was present when Joseph described what he had seen to some of the brethren. He said that Joseph told them he had gazed upon the scene his vision presented until his heart sickened, and he besought the Lord to close it up again. (Grant, improvement era, February 1915, 287)
John Taylor:
"When the people have torn to shreds the Constitution of the United States, the Elders of Israel will be found holding it up to the nations of the earth, and proclaiming liberty and equal rights to all men, and extending the hand of fellowship to the oppressed of all nations. This is part of the program, and as long as we do what is right and fear God, he will help us and stand by us under all circumstances. (Taylor, Gospel Kingdom, 219)
