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PART ONE
1. INFORMATION ABOUT ISAIAH AND HIS TIMES, 15
Prophet's Name, 15
Scriptural Information About the Prophet, 15
Date of Isaiah's Mission, 17
Prophesied to, 17
Contemporary Prophets, 17
Contemporary Prophets Contrasted, 17
Contemporary Kings of Israel and Judah, 18
National Conditions of Israel and Judah, 19
Political, Economic, Religious, 19
Notes on the Study and Interpretation of the Book of Isaiah, 19
Chart: General Outline of the Book of Isaiah, 20
Chart: Periods of Prophetic Fulfillment, 21
The Book of Isaiah Divided, By Chapter, Into the Four Periods of Prophetic Fulfillment, 22
2. CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK OF ISAIAH, 24
Style of the Book, 25
Date of Authorship and Author's Background, 26
Notes on the Literary Problem of Isaiah and Its Importance for Latter-day Saints, 27
Textual Transmission, 31
3. HISTORICAL SUMMARY: ASSYRIA--FALL OF ISRAEl , 31
Kings of Assyria, 32
Previous Kings of' the Late Assyrian Empire, 32
The Rapid Decline of Assyria Through a Struggle for Power by the Successors to the Throne, 35 Kings of Israel (Northern Kingdom), 35
Early Kings, Kings During the Ministry of Elijah and Elisha, 36
Kings of Israel Under the Ministry of Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah and Isaiah, 38
Kings of Judah (Southern Kingdom), 39
Early Kings, 39
Kings During the Ministry of Elijah and Elisha, 40
Kings of Israel Under the Ministry of Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah and Isaiah, 41
Summary, 43
Assyria, 43
Israel, 43
PART TWO
4. SECTION 1: THE FALL OF ISRAEL TO ASSYRIA, 47
The Beginning of Isaiah's Ministry, 47
The Syro-Ephraimite War, 48
Burdens on Surrounding Nations, 49
First Invasion of Israel—The Galilee Captivity, 51
The Fall of Israel, 53
Hezekiah's Life Is Extended, 53
Sennacherib's Invasion of Judah, 54
Summary of Section 1, 56
5. SECTION 2: THE FALL OF JUDAH, BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, AND THE RETURN FROM EXILE, 57
The Fall of Assyria to Babylon and Media, 58
Tyre to be Destroyed, 58
The Fall of Judah to Babylonia, 58
The Fall of Babylonia to Persia, 61
Judah's Return From Babylonian Captivity, 63
Summary of Isaiah Section 2, 65
6. SECTION 3: THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST IN THE MERIDIAN OF TIME, 67
The Birth of the Savior, 67
The Savior’s Labors in Galilee, 68
A Stumbling Block to Israel, 69
A Sure Foundation Stone, 69
Preceded by John the Baptist, 70
The First Servant Song, 70
The Second Servant Song, 71
The Third Servant Song, 72
The Fourth Servant Song, 72
An Intercessor, 73
Christ Sent to Proclaim an AcceptableYear of the Lord, 73
The Dead to Rise with Him, 73
Summary of Section 3, 74
7. SECTION 4: THE LAST DAYS, 75
Restoration of the Book of Mormon, 76
God will Pour Out His Judgments, 78
The Gathering of Israel to Palestine, 80
David the Prince, 81
The Battle of Armageddon, 84
The Third and Fourh Periods of Missionary Labor and the Glory of Israel, 86
Christ’s Coming in Glory, 88
The Millennium, 92
Summary of Section 4, 93
PART THREE
8. SIX MAJOR DOCTRINES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, 97
Scriptures Are Studied So Man Can Apply Basic Teachings, 97
Old Testament’s Central Doctrines, 97
9. THE NATURE OF GOD AND GODHOOD, 99
10. GOD’S COMMUNICATION WITH MAN, 111
The Prophetic Functions, 111
The Nature of Revelation and Prophecy, 113
11. THE NATURE OF SIN, 117
Perversions of Religious Truths and Practices, 118
Apathy, Lack of Faith and Negative Personal Traits, 119
Rejection and Opposition To God’s Plan, 120
Moral Depravity, 121
Social, Economic, and National Wickedness, 123
12. THE NATURE OF MAN’S AGENCY AND GOD’S JUDGMENT, 126
Man and His Agency, 127
God’s Interactions with Man’s Agency, 127
Kinds of Punishment Specified by the Old Testament Prophets, 129
God Controls Individuals, Their Actions and Their Fates, 131
God Controls the Nations, 131
13. COUNSEL FOR RIGHTEOUS LIVING, 132
14. THE EVENTS OF THE LAST DAYS, 138
1st Event: The Apostasy, 140
2nd Event: The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon, 140
3rd Event: The Restoration of the Church, 141
4th Event: The Beginning of the Times of the Gentiles, 141
5th Event: War Poured Out Upon All Nations, 141
6th Event: The Period of Preparatory Wars, 141
7th Event: The Fulness of the Times of the Gentiles, 142
8th Event: The Rising of Slaves Against Their Masters, 142
9th Event: The Third World War, 142
10th Event: The Saints to Suffer Persecution, 142
11th Event: The Fulfilling of the Times of the Gentiles, 143
12th Event: Saints in Foreign Lands Will Gather to the Americas, 143
13th Event: The Gospel Will Be Taken from the Gentiles and Later Given to Israel, 143
14th Event: God Will Pour Out His Judgments Upon the Earth, 143
15th Event: Internal Wars in the United States, 143
16th Event: World-wide Revolutions and Deterioration of Governments Occur as the Period of
Wars of Total Destruction Begins, 144
17th Event: The Saints in America Will Gather to Places of Refuge in the Western Mountains, 144
18th Event: The Political Kingdom of God Will Be Established, 144
19th Event: The Law of Consecration Will Be Established, 144
20th Event: The New Jerusalem and Its Temple Will Be Built in Missouri, 144
21st Event: The Conversion of the Lamanites, 145
22nd Event: The Ten Tribes of Israel Will Come From the North to Missouri, 145
23rd Event: Christ Will Come to the New Jerusalem Temple, 146
24th Event: 144,000 High Priests Will Be Called, 146
25th Event: A Period of Great Plagues and Destruction, 146
26th Event: The Fourth World War, A Universal Conflict, 146
27th Event: The Coming of the Ancient of Days and the Savior to the Council at
Adam-ondi-Ahman, 147
28th Event: The Fall of the Great and Abominable Church, 147
29th Event: The Gathering to the New Jerusalem and Its Rise as a World Center of Influence, 147
30th Event: The Gathering to the Land of Israel of the Scattered Remnants of Judah, 147
31st Event: General References to the Gathering of the House of Israel, 148
31st Event: The Removal of the Ten Tribes from America to the Land of Israel, 149
32nd Event: The Rule of David the Prince, 149
33rd Event: The Construction of the Temple in Jerusalem, 150
34th Event: Israel’s Political Affairs, 150
35th Event: The Battle of Armageddon, 151
36th Event: The Fall of Rome, 152
37th Event: The Appearance of Christ on the Mount of Olives, 152
38th Event: The Conversion of the House of Israel, 152
39th Event: Christ Will Come to the Jerusalem Temple and Place His Glory upon Zion, 153
40th Event: A Mission to the Heathen Nations, 153
41st Event: Israel’s Growth Following the Battle of Armageddon and the Final Mission to
All Mankind, 154
42nd Event: Christ’s Coming in Glory, 155
43rd Event: The First Resurrection, Resurrection of the Righteous, 157
44th Event: The Millennium, 157
45th Event: The Battle of Gog and Magog, 158
46th Event: The Second Resurrection, Resurrection of the Unrighteous, 158
47th Event: The Final Judgment, 159
48th Event: The Crowning and Exalting of Christ and the Saints, 159
49th Event: The Dissolution of the Earth and Its Heaven, 159
50th Event: The Re-creation of the Earth as a Celestial World,159
Summary of the Doctrinal Anayses, 159
15. INSIGHTS FROM THE INSPIRED VERSION, 163
ABOUT THE AUTHOR, 183
INDEX, 185
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