inquiringmind Posted May 1, 2011 Posted May 1, 2011 Is this acurate?Looking to the future, Smith declared that he would be an instrument in fulfilling Nebuchadnezzar's statue vision in the Book of Daniel: that he was the stone that would destroy secular government, which he would then replace with a theocratic Kingdom of God.[354] Smith taught that this political kingdom would be multidenominational and "democratic" so long as the people chose wisely; but there would be no elections.[355] Though Smith was crowned king, Jesus would appear during the Millennium as the ultimate ruler. Following a thousand years of peace, Judgment Day would be followed by a final resurrection, when all humanity would be assigned to one of three heavenly kingdoms.[356]http://en.wikipedia....and_eschatology
Maidservant Posted May 2, 2011 Posted May 2, 2011 Accurate in what way?Attributable to what Joseph Smith really said?Or an accurate picture of the future?
Robert F. Smith Posted May 6, 2011 Posted May 6, 2011 Is this acurate?QuoteLooking to the future, Smith declared that he would be an instrument in fulfilling Nebuchadnezzar's statue vision in the Book of Daniel: that he was the stone that would destroy secular government, which he would then replace with a theocratic Kingdom of God.[354] Smith taught that this political kingdom would be multidenominational and "democratic" so long as the people chose wisely; but there would be no elections.[355] Though Smith was crowned king, Jesus would appear during the Millennium as the ultimate ruler. Following a thousand years of peace, Judgment Day would be followed by a final resurrection, when all humanity would be assigned to one of three heavenly kingdoms.[356]http://en.wikipedia....and_eschatologyDespite the unbalanced and deliberately negative nature of that Wikipedia biography of Joseph, it is true that he saw himself as a key element in fulfillment of Daniel 2:31-45, about which he said on May 12, 1844, "I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world" (Smith in B. H. Roberts, ed., History of the Church, VI:365). Even the title of Richard Bushman's excellent biography of Smith suggests that notion -- that Smith was "a rough stone rolling."
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