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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.