Sunday, February 2, 2014

Angry is What it Says Would Happen, and Angry is What is Happening

   Mine is a religion many are angry with, angry for its stands on social issues, angry for its influence on government. And, they get angry with more. At times, it seems they are angry regardless what the church does.
   They are angry that women don't hold the priesthood. They are angry that the religion is so hard to live that many of its members -- as they view it -- are saddled with emotional stress.
   And, so, I turn to a verse in the book that my religion has, and wonder if people should see it as a prophecy. The verse is in the middle of verses speaking of how people would say that they need no additional word from God, for they already had enough. If those verses surrounding it refer to this day and age, and how people would say the Bible contains all the word of God and no additional word is needed, then, the verse in the middle surely also is referring to our day.
   Is this verse (2 Nephi 28:28) a prophecy? For what it says would happen, is happening. "And in fine, wo unto all those who tremble, and are angry because of the truth of God!" Angry is the way the scripture says they would react, and angry is the way they react to the church.

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