The scriptures outline not only events that must happen before the Second Coming but also the order in which these milestones can be expected to occur. An important forerunner of the restoration is the coming of Elijah/Elias/John the Baptist. In Matthew 11 and 17, Jesus explains who Elias is and that Elias must come first …
Speaker: STEVE SHIELDS
SL10324: From “System of Beliefs” to “Way of Life”: Fifty Years of Transformation in Community of Christ
The Community of Christ struggled with issues of identity from the earliest years of the Reorganization. Although claiming succession from Joseph Smith, Jr. as the “only legitimate” priesthood and church organization, the early Reorganization based its mission on reclaiming “lost” members of the Church who had followed Brigham Young to the West. The identity of …