Sun of Righteousness

3/5/2011 4:09:01 PM ET "Weeks after a story shot across the Web claiming that the imminent explosion of a nearby star would result in the appearance of a second sun in the sky — a story that was later debunked — two suns were caught on camera yesterday in China. The suns — one fuzzy and orange, the other a crisp yellow orb — appeared side-by-side, one slightly higher than the other."

It appears as if these two suns were spotted on March 4^th.

Interestingly, a few days earlier, on March 1^st, a gal who calls herself "Watcher" posted the following predictions on a popular chat board-

"The next New Moon will be MARCH 4, 20:46 UTC

The following New Moon will be APRIL 3, 14:32 UTC

It was confirmed to me that there will be signs in the heavens for those who can discern the signs of the times. Do not be caught unaware! WATCH!"

Did she just get lucky?

Will she get lucky again on April 3rd?

The above picture of what appears to be two suns that were spotted in China reminds me of an interesting passage in Malachi

FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

2 ¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

4 ¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

5 ¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

The version of the above passages quoted by Moroni to Joseph Smith in JSH 1:37 changes "And the day that cometh shall burn them" to "they that come shall burn them" implying that Elijah and other angels sent by Christ will be doing the burning of the wicked.

Another interesting change in those passages comes from the Book of Mormon. It alters the word "sun" to "son"

"But unto you that fear my name shall the Son of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall."

Usually, when the Book of Mormon makes a change in an Old Testament passage that had been previously altered as a result of scribal errors, that same change is noted in the JST. However, this particular change is not duplicated in the JST.

The JST continues to refer to the "Sun" of righteousness.

That could potentially be revealing that when the SON comes in the glory of his Father, it will be a glory like unto a SUN.

I find this very fitting because we are informed that when Christ comes, he will come in the kingdom of his father and his Father has been described as a "consuming fire." (Heb 12:29)

"when I shall come in the kingdom of my Father to reward every man according as his work shall be" (101:65)

The new Testament elaborates on the fact that the righteous will "shine forth as the sun" when they are in the "kingdom of their father".

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Matt

This brings me to a very misquoted and misunderstood prophecy of Joseph Smith that he made in reference to the following passage

"And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."

Here is what Joseph Smith said pertaining to the above passage according to one journal entry-

"There will be wars and rumors of wars, signs in the heavens above and on the earth beneath, the sun turned into darkness and the moon to blood, earthquakes in divers places, the seas heaving themselves beyond their bounds; then will appear one grand sign of the Son of Man in heaven.

But what will the world do? They will say it is a planet, a comet, etc.

But the Son of Man will come as the sign of the coming of the Son of Man, which will be as the light of the morning cometh out of the east."

I would submit that Joseph Smith is simply saying that the actual coming of the Son of Man, will be like a light that continues to get brighter and brighter as it approaches the earth. That is the sign that is spoken of in the passage.

He is not saying that an approaching planet or comet represents the sign of the coming of the Son of Man, he is saying that the grand sign IS HIS LITERAL COMING IN HIS GLORY.

He is telling us what the WORLD will do when they see the brightness of Christ and the fathers kingdom getting brighter and brighter as they approach the earth.

His telling us how the worldly, uninspired people will interpret this event when they first see the light which is generated by Christ's glorious coming.

He is not telling us what the inspired prophets will be saying, he is telling us what the UNINSPIRED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD will be saying. The WORLD will be trying to trivialize it at first and credit it to natural phenomena such as a planet or a comet.

Here is another excerpt by another person by the name of Burgess giving his summary of the exact same sermon.

You will notice that he explicitly states that the sign is literally the coming of Christ's glory which starts out small and then becomes brighter and brighter. Then he asks the following question-

"Shall the wicked understand it? Oh no, they attribute it to a NATURAL CAUSE THEY WILL PROBABLY SUPPOSE IT IS TWO GREAT COMETS COMING IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER" (spelling changes made by me)

Here is a larger portion of the transcript for context purposes-

"He says then shall they see the Sign of the coming of the Son of Man in the clouds of Heaven.

How are we to see it Ans. As the lighting up of the morning or the dawning of the morning cometh from the east and shineth unto the west--

So also is the coming of the Son of Man. The dawning of the Morning makes its appearance in the east and moves along gradually so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. it will be small at its first appearance and gradually becomes larger until every eye shall see it.

Shall the Saints understand it Oh yes. Paul says so.

Shall the wicked understand Oh no they attribute it to a natural cause.

They will probably suppose it is two great comets coming in contact with each other

It will be small at first and will grow larger and larger until it will be all in a blaze so that every eye shall see it. Joseph Smith the Prophet."

Is it possible that the SON of righteousness has been approaching the earth for some time now and that it simply has not been seen because it is approaching directly from the other side of the sun?

According to Malachi, the consummation of the earth and the return of the SUN of righteousness all takes place beginning with the great and dreadful day of the Lord when the Elijah the restorer returns.

Is it possible that the same time sequence and pattern of events will take place with Elijah the restorer as the ones that took place in the 2nd watch with Elijah the preparer?

The fulness of the gentiles very possibly came to an end on the eighth day of the Kirtland temple sequence when it was accepted by Christ.

Unfortunately, instead of ushering in the dispensation of the fulness of times they ushered in the dispensation of the gospel of Abraham.

Interestingly, this coming March 27^th and April 3rds in 2011 both fall on Sundays, duplicating the Sunday to Sunday eight day period in 1836 from the dedicatory prayer (section 109) to the visitation of Messiah, Moses, Elias and Elijah (section 110)

Of further interest, April 3^rd 1836 landed on a full moon While April 3^rd 2011 lands on a new moon.

That full moon in 1836 came shortly after the 3 ½ year attempt of the gentiles to usher in the fulness of the priesthood and the fulness of the gospel which requires consecration.

The rejection of the fulness of the gospel was the fulfillment of the prophecy of Christ in 3rd Nephi, that the 2nd watch gentiles would reject the fulness of the gospel, sending the knowledge of the gospel to the remaining branches of Israel. Hence this marked the time when the wickedness of the gentiles reached its fulness.

Their failure to successfully embrace the fulness, appears to have brought the time of the gentiles to an end, and, at the same time, marked the ushering in of the dispensation of the gospel of Abraham when the preparatory gospel was taken to the nations of the world.

It would certainly be exciting if this coming April 3^rd were to mark the time when the times of the Gentiles opens up AGAIN. (45:28)

This could be the beginning of the shining forth of the light and the beginning of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, when the gentiles will once again be reinstated and called to repentance.

There are many prophetic time-line evidences that seem to point to the approaching date with destiny within the next few years.

Among them is the fact that next year will mark 70 years since Babylon allowed the creation of the United nations. (see Isa 23 & 25 & Jer 29 )

Other recent pics of something behind the sun

Recent flares

(BTW On April 3, 2011, we move into the Mayan year 13 Eb which is interpreted by some to be a time of "ripening and rebirth. This is the time for uncovering, searching out, discovering the hidden and clearing up convoluted history and revealing lost spiritual truths. This could lead to reformation in traditional religions, leaks on government activities, clarifying and correcting history written by the conquerors."