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AND
THERE SHALL
BE
A NEW
HEAVEN
AND A NEW
EARTH
THE PROPHECY TRILOGY VOLUME II
ANTHONY E. LARSON
ZEDEK BOOKS
Contents
Chapter
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Preface
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8 The Millennium
A restorationscriptural testimonythe Prophets words
the returnthe New Jerusalemthe pillar of lightthe
strength of the Eartha fountain of youthlevitationunlimited possibilitiesnew peopleimagery of the Second
Comingprophetic model.
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Preface
his third volume of the Prophecy Trilogy is the capstone of the series. As such, it brings together the
elements of the first two volumes, adds to them, and
then focuses where the course of future events will finally
leadthe Millennium. The conclusions reached in this book
regarding the future condition of the Earth and the appearance of the heavens during that great coming epoch will
be truly startling to many, while giving new meaning and
added importance to scriptural accounts and statements
by L.D.S. General Authorities regarding the Millennium.
The caveat expressed in the preface of the second volume applies equally well here. For those who have not read
the preceding volumes of The Prophecy Trilogy, this volume
may seem completely fanciful and unsupportable. It is vital
that a proper foundation be laid to support the thesis. May
I therefore recommend that the reader not attempt to read
the books out of order, as this would surely cause the thesis
of these books to be rejected without due consideration of
the facts.
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They Taught Of
Catastrophe
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For all old things shall pass away, and all things shall
become new, even the heaven and the earth, and all the
fulness therof . . . .
Doctrine & Covenants 29:24
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Where The Past And
The Future Meet
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more abundant and more easily obtained. Illness was practically unknown, and the physical body did not degenerate
and age as rapidly as it now does. The climate was far more
temperate. Traditional narratives speak of a world devoid
of inaccessibly high mountains or deep canyons, and there
is no mention of great oceans to act as barriers between
continents. It was an idyllic age.
The Golden Age is chronicled in texts from many cultures; only a few will be cited as examples of the rest. Known
to the Greeks as the age of Kronos, the Golden Age was
described by Hesiod:
First, the immortal dwellers on Olympus fashioned a golden race of men, who lived in the time
when Kronos was king in Heaven. They lived like
gods, and their souls knew neither sorrow nor
toil. Neither were they subject to age, but ever the
same in hand and foot, they spent their time in
leisure apart from evil. . . . The bounteous earth
bare fruit for them of her own will, in plenty and
without stint. They lived in peace and quiet in
their lands with many good things, rich in flocks
and dear to the blessed gods. (Works and Days,
lines 108-130)
Later in history, Ovid recorded the Latin tradition regarding the Golden Age:
The first millennium was the age of gold;
Then living creatures trusted one another;
People did well without the thought of ill:
Nothing forbidden in the book of laws,
No fears, no prohibitions read in bronze,
Or in the sculpted face of judge and master . . .
No brass-lipped trumpets called, nor clanging
swords
Nor helmets marched the streets, country and
town
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out, the appearance of heaven and Earth in the last epoch will be
a replica of their appearance in the first epoch.
The quest
The previous comparisons are only a small foretaste of
the remarkable parallels yet to be uncovered in this volume. The world of the Patriarchs was so different from the
world we know today that it almost takes on the ambience
of a science fiction novel! As we proceed to examine the
remaining evidence presented in this volume, it would be
well to remember the pattern established in this chapter of past
and future parallelseven though the evidence may seem
unbelievable. Of course, the final test of the thesis lies in its
ability to decipher the prophecies of the last days and the
Millennium. That would be the most convincing.
This is our quest: to understand the conditions that
existed in the heavens and on the Earth from the time of
Adam to the days of Enoch, and then to the days of Noah
and beyond the Flood to the days of Peleg. We will learn
that the world of the Patriarchs was very different from the
world that we know today.
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The Search Begins
the Earth to be the center of the universe (a geocentric system). As far as most modern scholars are concerned, that
amply demonstrates how woefully ignorant the ancients
were. The geocentric system was transmitted from the
Greeks and the Romans to the West where it endured in
Medieval Europe until the time of Copernicus and Galileo,
who asserted that the Earth and the other planets orbited
the Sun (a heliocentric system). The modern scientific view
would have us believe that mans understanding of the
cosmos evolved gradually, over time.
But as in other areas, the neat uniformitarian explanation
of mankind evolving from ignorance to understanding
as his knowledge of the universe expanded will not hold.
Many ancient scholars and philosophers (Epicurus, Origen,
Plutarch, Lucretius, Philo of Alexandria, and Plato) believed
that their ancestors were more enlightened and knowledgeable
than themselves. Modern scriptures reveal that Abraham was
shown the order of the heavens in vision and subsequently
taught the Egyptians much of what he knew. (See Abraham
3:1-4, 11-15.) The Nephites, before the time of Christ, properly understood Earths role with regard to the Sun. (See
Helaman 12:15.) Throughout recorded profane history, there
have occasionally been scholars who have accurately analyzed the motions of planets in our solar system. Aristarchus
(a Greek philosopher) described a heliocentric system; and
much later so did Copernicuswhose conclusions were
totally disregarded until the direct observations of Galileo
convinced a dubious scholastic community. Therefore, it
appears that the answer to the correct order of the cosmos
was known millennia ago, and in great detail.
Confusion
In reality, the difficulty in discerning the order of the
heavens was likely the result of considerable confusion
among ancient scholars due to major changes in the heavens
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Thank you
for reading this preview of
You may also be interested in the two companion books in this series:
And the Moon Shall Turn to Blood
The Prophecy Trilogy, Volume I
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