Genesis 49:10 “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.”
Luke 2:1-7 “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. 6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.”
Galatians 4:4 “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law.”
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The time of His coming … the Church is fond of saying the ‘fullness of times’, implying that 1830 was the appointed time God waited for all things to be readied so Joe Smith could enter stage right and implement Mormonism.
In the 1830’s Americans were in the infancy stages of the public education system; the majority of Americans were part of the agricultural economy; Louisa May Alcott, Emily Dickinson and Mark Twain were all born in the early to mid 1830’s, TX became a state (1836); and the song Jesus Loves Me was written in 1837 by Anna Warner.
According to Scripture, the appointed day has come and gone with our beautiful Savior, Christ Jesus. The 1800’s was a pivotal time in history, but it had nothing to do with the Redeemer’s birth, the taxation implemented by Caesar, or Israel producing our King.
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General Conference, ‘Living in the Fulness of Times,’ October 2001 “I do not know what we did in the preexistence to merit the wonderful blessings we enjoy. We have come to earth in this great season in the long history of mankind. It is a marvelous age, the best of all. As we reflect on the plodding course of mankind, from the time of our first parents, we cannot help feeling grateful. The era in which we live is the fulness of times spoken of in the scriptures…” – Gordon B. Hinckley
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