Figures and Personages Before the Second Coming

This list compiles figures and personages expected to appear or play roles before the Second Coming, based on the Bible, LDS scriptures, and https://clint-gray.com/Servant_Figures.htm. It addresses potential omissions and organizes figures for clarity, supporting LDS study of D&C 45.

Righteous Servants

1.      Elias (John the Revelator)

    • Role: Gathers tribes of Israel, restores all things.
    • Scripture: Revelation 7:2; D&C 77:9, 14.
    • Status: Yet to be fulfilled.
    • Note: May fulfill multiple servant roles.

2.      Gazelem

    • Role: Reveals secret combinations using Ether’s 24 plates, initiating the Great and Marvelous Work (GMW).
    • Scripture: Alma 37:23, 28; D&C 78:9 (early editions).
    • Status: Future, distinct from Joseph Smith.
    • Note: Per Hugh Nibley, Gazelem is a person, not the stone.

3.      Marred Servant (House of Israel)

    • Role: Restores Israel in the Greater Exodus, cleansed as a remnant.
    • Scripture: Isaiah 52:13–15; 3 Nephi 20–22.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Updated 7/5/22 to identify as House of Israel, not an individual.

4.      My Servant

    • Role: Individual or group (e.g., House of Israel) in latter-day gathering, tied to Lion of Jacob.
    • Scripture: Isaiah 41:9, 42:1; 3 Nephi 20:23; Mormon 5:24.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Includes group roles, per Reynolds and Sjodahl.

5.      Ensign Raised (Root of Jesse)

    • Role: House of Israel or leader (e.g., man like unto Moses) as a standard in GMW.
    • Scripture: Isaiah 5:26, 11:10; 2 Nephi 15:26; D&C 64:42–43.
    • Status: Ongoing/Future.
    • Note: Linked to Lion of Jacob and polarization.

6.      New Things Declarer

    • Role: Prophet revealing event sequence, possibly via sealed Book of Mormon portion.
    • Scripture: Isaiah 42:9, 48:6.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Could be Gazelem or man like unto Moses.

7.      The Voice

    • Role: Jehovah’s servant, prophesying and guiding through revelation.
    • Scripture: Isaiah 40:3.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Per Avraham Gileadi’s Isaiah analysis.

8.      One from the North

    • Role: Servant (possibly Davidic King) in latter-day restoration.
    • Scripture: Isaiah 41:25–27.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Gileadi links to House of Israel.

9.      Davidic King (By Name of David)

    • Role: Latter-day leader named David, restoring Israel pre-Millennium.
    • Scripture: Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 34:23–24, 37:24–25; Hosea 3:5.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Supported by Joseph Smith, contrasted with McConkie’s Christ view.

10.  Messiah ben Joseph and ben David

    • Role: Speculative figures, possibly Marred Servant (ben Joseph) and Davidic King (ben David).
    • Scripture: 2 Nephi 3:6–15; JST Genesis 50:26–33.
    • Status: Debated.
    • Note: Parallels Joseph Smith (ben Joseph), per Matthew B. Brown.

11.  Man Like Unto Moses

    • Role: Redeems Zion by power, possibly Church President.
    • Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:15–19; 3 Nephi 20:23; D&C 103:16.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Per John Taylor, linked to temple rebuilding.

12.  Arm of the Lord Revealed

    • Role: GMW and Israel’s restoration, possibly via a servant.
    • Scripture: Isaiah 53:1; D&C 90:10.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: May be an event or individual.

13.  Deliverer Out of Zion

    • Role: Leads Israel out of bondage, possibly in U.S.
    • Scripture: Romans 11:26; Isaiah 19:20, 40:9.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Possibly man like unto Moses, per Gileadi.

14.  Other Servants

    • John the Revelator: Gathers Israel (D&C 77:14).
    • Three Nephites: Active in latter days (3 Nephi 28:29–33).
    • 144,000 Holy Men: Gather elect (Revelation 7:4–8; Jacob 6:2).
    • Moroni: Delivered Book of Mormon (Revelation 14:6; Joseph Smith—History 1:30–49).
    • John the Baptist, Peter, James, John: Restored priesthood (D&C 13, 27:12–13).
    • Status: Mixed (fulfilled and future).
    • Note: Support GMW and gathering.

15.  One Mighty and Strong

    • Role: Future bishop in Zion, restoring order.
    • Scripture: Isaiah 28:2; 2 Nephi 3:24; D&C 85:7.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Per Joseph F. Smith, distinct from Christ.

16.  Two Witnesses (Olive Trees/Candlesticks)

    • Role: Testify in Jerusalem, killed, resurrected.
    • Scripture: Zechariah 4:11–14; Revelation 11:3–4.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Possibly Moses and Elijah, per Pickering.

17.  Thy Watchmen

    • Role: Warn and guide Israel in GMW.
    • Scripture: 3 Nephi 16:18; Ezekiel 33:2, 7; D&C 101:45, 53–54.
    • Status: Ongoing/Future.
    • Note: Tied to Ensign.

18.  Enoch and His City

    • Role: Returns to join New Jerusalem.
    • Scripture: Moses 7:62–64.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Omitted from original page, added for completeness.

19.  Archangel Michael (Adam)

    • Role: Leads heavenly armies, convenes Adam-ondi-Ahman.
    • Scripture: Daniel 12:1; Revelation 12:7–9; D&C 27:11, 116:1.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Implied in original, clarified here.

Evil Servants

20.  Babylon

    • Role: Represents worldly evil, opposing Zion.
    • Scripture: Jeremiah 51:37; Revelation 18:21; 1 Nephi 14:15–16; D&C 1:16.
    • Status: Ongoing.
    • Note: High-level “bad guy” entity.

21.  Harlot/Whore (Great and Abominable Church)

    • Role: Perverts gospel, persecutes saints, possibly Secular Humanism.
    • Scripture: Revelation 17:1, 5–15; 1 Nephi 13:1–9; 2 Nephi 10:16; D&C 29:21.
    • Status: Ongoing/Future.
    • Note: Per Stephen E. Robinson, has inclusive and historical uses.

22.  The Dragon

    • Role: Satan, empowers Beast.
    • Scripture: Revelation 12:9; Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 293.
    • Status: Ongoing.
    • Note: Mistranslated as “devil.”

23.  First Beast

    • Role: World government, possibly theocratic, with seven heads and ten horns.
    • Scripture: Revelation 11:7, 13:1–18; Daniel 7:23–25; D&C 77:13.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Linked to Ezra’s Eagle, Secular Humanism, or Islamic Caliphate.

24.  Final Beast (Ten Horns/Ten Kings)

    • Role: Influential figures gaining power, destroy Harlot.
    • Scripture: Daniel 7:7; Revelation 17:12, 16–17.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Possibly non-royal figures, per YouTube theories.

25.  Three Unclean Spirits

    • Role: Demonic spirits working miracles for Armageddon.
    • Scripture: Revelation 16:13–14.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Per McConkie, deceive nations.

26.  False Messiah

    • Role: Deceives as a false Christ, possibly Second Beast.
    • Scripture: 2 Nephi 25:18; Richard D. Draper’s Opening the Seven Seals.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Distinct from Antichrist in some views.

27.  Antichrist

    • Role: Individual or group exalting self as God, possibly in temple.
    • Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:3–4; 1 John 2:18; Daniel 8:9–14; D&C 1:14–16.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Linked to Little Horn, per Joel Richardson.

28.  Second Beast/False Prophet

    • Role: Performs miracles, causes worship of First Beast.
    • Scripture: Revelation 13:11–15.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Distinct from Antichrist in some theories.

29.  Son of Sin/Son of Perdition

    • Role: Synonymous with Antichrist or Satan, leading opposition.
    • Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:3–4; 1 John 4:3.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Per McConkie, tied to church of the devil.

30.  King of Assyria/Babylon (Rod of Mine Anger)

    • Role: Wicked servant cleansing the wicked, possibly Islamic figure.
    • Scripture: Isaiah 10:5, 28, 30; Daniel 7:8.
    • Status: Future.
    • Note: Per Pickering, conspires with Little Horn.

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Expanded Figures Before the Second Coming: Gazelem and Davidic Servant

This table expands on the Gazelem and Davidic Servant figures from https://clint-gray.com/Servant_Figures.htm, detailing their future roles in the Great and Marvelous Work (GMW) and the restoration of the House of Israel, as studied in Doctrine and Covenants 45. It includes additional scriptures, scholarly insights, and speculative connections to enhance understanding for LDS members.

Figure

Role

Scriptures

Status

Notes

Gazelem

A latter-day seer who reveals secret combinations using the 24 plates of Ether, initiating the GMW and polarizing the righteous and wicked. Exposes hidden works of darkness, triggering conflict with secret combination leaders, aligning with the cleansing phase.

Alma 37:23, 28; Ether 3:21–24; D&C 78:9 (1832 ed.), 88:92–94

Future, distinct from Joseph Smith

Hugh Nibley clarifies Gazelem as a person, not the stone, using a revelatory tool (Teachings of the Book of Mormon, p. 462). Joseph Fielding Smith links the sealed plates’ revelation to Israel’s gathering (Doctrines of Salvation, Vol. 3, p. 124). May overlap with One Mighty and Strong or New Things Declarer. Revelation of Ether’s plates could spark the “whirlwind” of D&C 45:68–71.

Davidic Servant (By Name of David)

A latter-day leader named David, a descendant of ancient David, who leads the restoration of Israel, including Judah and the Lost Ten Tribes, before the Millennium. Facilitates the GMW as the Lion of Jacob, polarizing nations and establishing Zion.

Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 34:23–24, 37:24–25; Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 11:10–12; D&C 113:1–6

Future, distinct from Christ

Joseph Smith taught a literal Davidic descendant will lead in the last days (TPJS, p. 339). Orson Hyde prophesied a Davidic king for the Jews’ return (HC 4:457). Victor L. Ludlow supports a pre-Millennial role (Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 1, p. 360). May lead Lost Ten Tribes (D&C 133:26–34) or overlap with Man Like Unto Moses. Contrasts McConkie’s view of Christ as the Davidic King.

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