FFH said:
These things have already happened and are happening today....
It's an ongoing process that creeps up like a "thief in the night" until the "summer is past" and the "harvest is over" and "my soul is not saved"...
These scriptures go along with my thoughts, title and governing theme of this thread, in which I want to make it clear that these prophecies in Revelation, and the many others, found throughout the Bible and the Book of Mormon, point us in the direction of Christ's return within our lifetime.
Jeremiah 8: 20
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Doctrine and Covenants 45: 2
And again I say, hearken unto my voice, lest death shall overtake you;
in an hour when ye think not the summer shall be past, and the harvest ended, and your souls not saved.
Doctrine and Covenants 56: 16
Wo unto you rich men, that will not give your substance to the poor, for your riches
will canker your souls; and this shall be your lamentation in the day of visitation, and of judgment, and of indignation: The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and my soul is not saved!
We are in that time when the "field is ripe alrady to harvest".
Christ does not want this day we are living in to overtake us as a thief in the night, because of wickedness, as was evident in the parable of the Ten Virgins, in which they were caught without any oil in their lamps, and they were locked out of the bridegroom chamber, which is symbolic of missing the first resurrection/rapture, when we will partake of the "Marriage Supper of the Lamb".
However there is a second chance for these unwise virgins who missed the morning of the first resurrection, who will come forth in the afternoon of the first resurrection to inherit the same glory as the ones who were ready at his first (second) coming. They will be ready at his second (third) coming, (if you cont his first coming to earth), which is the first fulfillment of that particular prophecy.
There is a
first,
second and
third "watch" spoken of in scripture. Christ has already fulfilled the first watch, by coming to earth and dying for our sins. We are yet to see the second watch fulfilled, in which Christ will redeem those ready at his second coming. Then the third watch will be fulfilled when Christ returns to earth and redeems those who had to go through the second half of the final 7 year great trubulation, on earth.