Updated
The following is my attempt to
list other LDS timelines as I understand them. To see the few other self
defined timelines check out the Second coming links
reference page for possible links. It has been difficult to find
timelines that include events from now to the second coming. There aren't many
brave or naive enough to give it a try.
As far as I know my list is the most inclusive as far as latter-day prophecies
go. I tried to build a mosaic that includes all known validated events in
the latter-days. The following are my understanding of subsets of timelines
within the mainstream LDS community:
The most obvious is the one by
the Pickering’s
that has events aligned with their understanding of God’s
appointed times.
One prevalent belief is that most events that will precede the second coming of
Christ have been fulfilled, with the exception of the battle of armageddon we
won't see much of anything prior to Christ's return.
My understanding of Anthony Larson's view is similar in the sense that He looks
at most of the latter-day prophecy as being symbolic of celestial events
and doesn't look for earthly applications of these events, only planetary and
or meteor encounters, to include the Battle of Armageddon and associated events
like the two prophets as being only "anthropomorphic projections " in
the sky.
Another view that I came across (not sure when. A little fogy during my 2024 update) is the Two-Phase latter-day restoration view:
The basic premise is that the Dispensation of the fullness of times will play
out in two phases. Phase one, introduced to me as the foundation phase, was
completed during the restoration period led by Joseph Smith. The second phase
will be a latter-day event centered around the Great and Marvelous Work of the
Lord. Some look for Joseph Smith (restored or resurrected) to also play the key
role in this phase, maybe as the marred servant figure. Many Apostate groups
follow this belief and some claim that the phase has already started with their
groups breakaway efforts, like the Manti bunch, others,like Robert Smith, see
the current brethren as having apostatized and there being a need for a new
period led by a key servant figure.