#365: Which Generation?

{Bold are corrections by Joseph Smith*]

24 Now these things he [Jesus] spake unto them, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem. And then his disciples asked him, saying, Master, tell us concerning thy coming?
25 And he answered them, and said, In the generation in which the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled, there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity, like the sea and the waves roaring. The earth also shall be troubled, and the waters of the great deep; ...
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation, the generation when the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled, shall not pass away till all be fulfilled.*

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*JST: New Testament | Luke 21:25, 32 from Lutes, Kenneth and Lyndell. Joseph Smith Translation (p. 2321, 2322). Lutes Publishing. Kindle Edition.

#364: Last Days – “Many Churches Built Up”

As you read, count the ways the last days' prophecies are now manifesting in daily news and the exposés of things once hidden!

14 But behold, I prophesy unto you concerning the last days; concerning the days when the Lord God shall bring these things forth unto the children of men. ...
20 And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and have stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling block, that they have built up many churches; nevertheless, they put down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their own learning, that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.
21 And there are many churches built up which cause envyings, and strifes, and malice.
22 And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of old, according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the founder of all these things; yea, the founder of murder, and works of darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord, until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever.

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Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 26:14, 20-22

#363: Last Days | “Your Riches are Corrupted”

As you read, count the ways the last days' prophecies are now manifesting in daily news and the exposés of things once hidden!

1 GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

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New Testament | James 5:1-8

#362: Last Days | Corruptible Things Dissolved

With the rapid deterioration of world conditions, Voices from the Dust will feature, each Sunday, a prophetic voice concerning the last days. As you read, count the ways the last days' prophecies are now manifesting in daily news and in the exposés of things once hidden!

[Most weekly posts will be taken from Lutes edition of Joseph Smith Translation* showing deletions (strikethroughs) and corrections (bold)].

JST New Testament | 2 Peter 3:2-16

1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance;
2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3 Knowing this first, that in the last days there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts.
4 Denying the Lord Jesus Christ, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things must continue as they were are, and have continued as they are from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old that of old the heavens, and the earth standing out of in the water and in out of the water, were created by the word of God;
6 Whereby And by the word of God, the world that then was, being overflowed with water perished;
7 But the heavens, and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store by the same word, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 But concerning the coming of the Lord, beloved, be I would not have you ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise and coming, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to toward us-ward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall shake, and the earth also shall tremble, and the mountains shall melt, and pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be filled melt with fervent heat; the earth also shall be filled, and the corruptible works that which are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing If then that all these things shall be dissolved destroyed, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation conduct and godliness,
12 Looking for unto, and hasting preparing unto for the coming of the day of the coming of God the Lord wherein the corruptible things of the heavens being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements mountains shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless, if we shall endure, we shall be kept according to his promise. And we look for new heavens, and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you, the longsuffering and waiting of our Lord, for salvation.
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that who are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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*Lutes, Kenneth and Lyndell. Joseph Smith Translation (pp. 2704-2705 | New Testament | 2 Peter 3:2-16). Lutes Publishing. Kindle Edition.

[Simon] Peter[5] (died between AD 64 and 68 on the Vatican Hill), [1]also known as Peter the Apostle, Peter the Rock, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon... or Cephas,[6] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, and one of the first leaders of the early Church. ... / According to Christian tradition, Peter was crucified in Rome under Emperor Nero. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter

#361: Last Days | Perilous Times

With the rapid deterioration of world conditions, Voices from the Dust will feature, each Sunday, a prophetic voice concerning the last days. As you read, count the ways the last days' prophecies are manifesting in daily news and in the many exposés of things once hidden! [Reviving this Voices From the Dust blog begins (propitiously) on this May Day | Mayday! of 2022.]

[Most weekly posts will be taken from Lutes edition of Joseph Smith Translation* showing deletions (strikethroughs) and corrections (bold)].

JST New Testament | 2 Timothy 3: 1-17

Books of Timothy
are credited to Paul, but
his authorship is disputed
by some scholars

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13 But For evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 And all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

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*Lutes, Kenneth and Lyndell. Joseph Smith Translation (p. 2642; New Testament | 2 Timothy 3:1-17). Lutes Publishing. Kindle Edition.

Paul the Apostle, ... commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Hebrew name Saul of Tarsus,[note 2][6] was a Christian apostle (although not one of the Twelve Apostles) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world.[7] Generally regarded as one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age,[6][8] he founded several Christian communities in Asia Minor and Europe from the mid-30s to the mid-50s AD.[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle

Chuck Swindoll: “Paul wrote 2 Timothy from a dark and damp Roman prison cell, just before his death in AD 67. The Roman emperor Nero had been slowly descending into madness since his ascent to the throne in AD 54, a process exacerbated by the great fire of Rome in AD 64 that burned half the city. With the residents of Rome in an uproar, Christians became a convenient target for Nero, who used believers as scapegoats for his city’s own lack of preparedness. Paul was one of those caught up in this persecution and was beheaded by Roman officials soon after writing this letter.” | https://www.insight.org/resources/bible/the-pauline-epistles/second-timothy