“Apocalypse Wow!” GET TO THE POINT™ Come Follow Me: D&C 45

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Opening Hymn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLT9dSt8cwg
Intro
I. Introduction
A. Compliment and Connection
1. You’re looking good today, and it feels great to be with you.
II. Theme: "Apocalypse Wow!"
III. Point 1: Doctrine and Covenants (D&C) 45
A. Apocalyptic Significance
1. D&C 45 as part of a diverse doctrinal text (doctrinal, soteriological, sacerdotal, apocalyptic).
2. Contextualized with other apocalyptic scriptures: 1 Nephi 13, Joseph Smith—Matthew (JS-M), JST Revelation.
3. Central to the "latter days" narrative, not a peripheral issue.
4. President Nelson’s two recent General Conference talks.
B. Core Message
1. Christ’s atonement and first-person prayer context.
a. Imagine the Savior praying for you—what would that feel like? This is it.
2. City of Enoch tied to the New Jerusalem.
3. Familiar Old and New Testament prophecies:
a. Moon turning to blood.
b. Desolating sickness.
c. Jesus’ return to the Jews (Zechariah 13; 51–53):
i. “And then shall the Jews look upon me and say: What are these wounds in thine hands and in thy feet?”
ii. “Then shall they know that I am the Lord; for I will say unto them: These wounds are the wounds with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. I am he who was lifted up. I am Jesus that was crucified. I am the Son of God.”
iii. “And then shall they weep because of their iniquities; then shall they lament because they persecuted their king.”
d. Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins (D&C 45:56–58):
i. “And at that day, when I shall come in my glory, shall the parable be fulfilled which I spake concerning the ten virgins.”
ii. “For they that are wise and have received the truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide, and have not been deceived—verily I say unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire, but shall abide the day.”
iii. “And the earth shall be given unto them for an inheritance.”
iv. Reference to April 2025 General Conference.
IV. Point 2: Understanding Apocalyptic Prophecies
A. What Are They Specifically?
B. Why Do We Need to Know Them?
C. What Are Their Purposes?
D. Connections to:
1. Christ
2. The Church
3. The Gospel
4. You Personally
E. Barriers to Belief or Study
1. Misguided chiliasts (end-times enthusiasts).
2. Fear or denialism.
3. Scientism:
a. Uniformitarianism.
b. Scoffers in the last days (2 Peter 3:3–4): “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
c. Comparison to the days of Noah and Lot (Luke 17:26–30): “And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.”
d. Normalcy bias: Assuming things will continue as usual until sudden events occur.
F. Implications of Living in a Pre-Apocalyptic Era
V. Point 3: Action Items
A. Inspired by Bruce R. McConkie’s “Signs of the Times” list (51 signs in Mormon Doctrine).
1. Create your own checklist of signs.
2. Study Topical Guide entries: “Last Days,” “Jesus Christ—Second Coming.”
B. Key Doctrines to Understand About the Last Days
1. Joseph Smith Chapter 21
2. Brigham Young Chapter 45
3. Wilford Woodruff Chapter 24
4. Joseph F. Smith Chapter 44
5. Heber J. Grant Chapter 23
6. George Albert Smith Chapter 24
7. Joseph Fielding Smith Chapter 26
8. Topical Guide and Guide to the Scriptures
C. Personal Changes to Make
VI. Christ Quotient
A. Atonement Focus
1. Insights about Christ in D&C 45:3–5:
a. “Listen to him who is the advocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause before him.”
b. “Saying: Father, behold the sufferings and death of him who did no sin, in whom thou wast well pleased; behold the blood of thy Son which was shed, the blood of him whom thou gavest that thyself might be glorified.”
c. “Wherefore, Father, spare these my brethren that believe on my name, that they may come unto me and have everlasting life.”
2. Connection between latter-day disasters and the atonement: A call to repentance.
B. President Russell M. Nelson’s Teachings (October 2024 and April 2025)
1. City of Enoch and New Jerusalem.
2. Parable of the Ten Virgins.
C. Encouragement to Approach with Faith
1. Avoid fear or denialism; maintain a firm mind.
2. Focus on welcoming Christ’s return as the central purpose. Christ’s coming: that’s the point
 
 
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