And this from

And this from Joseph Smith:

"I will proceed to tell you what the Lord requires of all people, high and low, in order that they may escape the judgments of God which are almost ready to burst upon the nations of the earth. 

Repent of all your sins."

There it is! After all is said and done this is the first and last commandment. This is the main message of the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants, of all scripture. Say "nothing but repentance unto this generation." Sadly most Latter-day Saints do not even know what the Lord means by repentance. They have as a group failed to teach their children to understand the doctrine of repentance. Why? Because they cannot teach what they do not understand and have not experienced themselves. Theirs is a generation based upon religious tradition that has been riveted upon the hearts of their children. They have joy in their works, but by and by when the end cometh they shall be cast into the fire, and it shall be because of their works.

"Not many years away, the United States shall present such a scene of bloodshed as has not had a parallel in the history of our nations. Pestilence, hail, famine, and earthquake will sweep the wicked of this generation off the face of the land to open and prepare the way for the return of the lost tribes of Israel."

Note the cause of this bloodshed and destruction--the failure of the Ephraimite Gentiles to repent. Also note the reason--to prepare the way for the return of the House of Israel--the Jews, the 10 tribes and Lehi's descendants. When? Just prior to the Lord's second coming.  What of the Ephraimite Gentiles (Latter-day Saints)? Only those who repent will be numbered among the House of Israel. 

"Repent, repent is the voice of God to Zion, and strange as it may appear, yet it is true, mankind will persist in self-justification until all their iniquity is exposed, their character past redeeming."

"... the voice of God to Zion."  Not to the world, but to us! There is a window, but it is closing. But notwithstanding the Ephraimite Gentiles will persist in self-justification--the antithesis of repentance--until it is to late--until all their iniquity is exposed, their character past redeeming! They will, except for an individual here and an individual there, fail to repent.

"Hear the warning voice of God lest Zion fall and the Lord swear in his wrath the inhabitants of Zion shall not enter into his rest. Intemperance, immorality, extravagance, pride, blindness of heart, idolatry, loss of natural affection, love of this world, indifference toward things of eternity are increasing among those Latter-day Saints who profess to believe in the religion of heaven."

This warning (which should be read over and over) comes directly from God. For the Latter-day Saints there will be no excuse. They will not be able to blame anyone but themselves. 

"Who but those can see the awful precipice upon which the world of mankind stands in this generation and can labor in the vineyard of the Lord without feeling a sense of the world's deplorable situation?"

And for those who do see--they will labor diligently to warn others and will say nothing but repentance.

Hence, the reason for this blog.