Want to ask something specific from there. Those are the typical anti stuff and a lot of it was taken out of context... I can talk about hings but all at once it's more than I'm going to type out here. However, this is getting into INCREDIBLY deep doctrine and unless you understand the very basic fundamentals of our religion some of it will remain confusing. LOL
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Is it a mission of mormons to gather up the lineage of Lehi so the coming can occur?
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I refer you to LDS scripture: Moses 1:39
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"For this is my work and my glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man."
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We believe that this was Jesus Christ's mission on Earth. This all encompassing mission is the purpose for suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane, dying on the cross and the resurrection 3 days later. We now attempt to spread His word to give ever man woman and child the opportunity to hear His word and make a choice to accept it or not. That's our mission.
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“We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.”
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Is more of what we believe the result of the latter-days to be. This is what we believe about the 2nd coming basically. That the earth will be renewed - cleansed as spoken of in Revelations and that it will become as it was when Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden - a paradise. We also believe that Zion will be here on the American continent.
Rachel