Zion should be redeemed & be built up a
Holy city, that the glory & power of God shou
ld rest upon her, & be seen upon her that
the watchman upon mount Ephraim might cry
arise ye & let us go up unto zion the city of the Lord
our God, that the gentiles might come to her light
& kings to the brightness of her rising. That the
Saints of God may have a place to flee to & stand in
Holy places while judgment works in the earth
that when the sword of God that is bathed in heav-
en falls upon Idumie or the world when the Lord
pleads with all flesh by sword & by fire & the slain
of the Lord is many that the Saints may escape these
calamities by fleeing to the places of refuge like Lot
& Noah, Isaiah in his 24 ch gives sumthing of an
account of the calamity & Judgments that shall come
upon the heads of the gentile nations, & this because
they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinances
& broken the everlasting covenant. St Paul says
to his Roman Brethren that if the gentiles do not
continue in the goodness of God they like the house
of Israel should be cut off [Romans 11:20-22]. Though Babylon says I
sit as a queen am no widow & shall see no sorrow
The Revelator says, Therefore shall her plagues come
in one day death and mourning and famine & she
shall be utterly burned with fire for strong is
the Lord God who Judgeth her [Revelation 18:7-8]. Jesus presents
a parable of the Fig tree that when we see the signs
in the sun, moon moon stars, heavens & earth of
which he spoke we might know that his coming
is near that the generation in which those signs
appeared should not pass away untill all should be
fulfilled. Though Heaven & earth should pass away
his words should not pass away but should all be
fulfilled [Luke 21:7-33]
Zion should be redeemed & be built up a
Holy City, that the glory & power of God shou
ld rest upon her, & be seen upon her that
the watchman upon mount Ephraim might cry
arise ye & let us go up unto zion the city of the Lord
our God, that the gentiles might come to her light
& kings to the brightness of her rising. That the
Saints of God may have a place to flee to & stand in
Holy places while judgment works in the earth
that when the sword of God that is bathed in heaven falls upon Idumie or the world when the Lord
pleads with all flesh by sword & by fire & the slain
of the Lord is many that the saints may escape these
calamities by fleeing to the places of refuge like Lot
& Noah. Isaiah in his 24 ch gives sumthing of an
account of the calamity & Judgments that shall come
upon the heads of the gentile nations, & this because
they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinances
& broken the everlasting covenant. St Paul says
to his Roman Brethren that if the gentiles do not
continue in the goodness of God they like the house
of Israel should be cut off. Though Babylon says I
sit as a queen am no widow & shall see no sorrow
The Revelator says. Therefore shall her plagues come
in one day death and mourning and famine & she
shall be utterly burned with fire for strong is
the Lord God who Judgeth her. Jesus Presents
a parable of the Fig tree that when we see the signs
in the sun, moon stars, heavens & earth of
which he spoke we might know that his coming
is near that the generation in which those signs
appeared should not pass away untill all should be
fulfilled. Though Heaven & earth should pass away
his words should not pass away but should all be
fulfilled
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," September 10, 1843, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/5GR