JOSEPH SMITH TRANSLATION
LUKE 21: 24-26
Jesus explained the signs of his coming. (compare Luke 21: 24-26)
25 And he answered them, and said, In the generation in which the times of the Gentiles [ "times of the Gentiles" refers to that period of time extending from when the gospel was restored to the world (1830) to when the gospel will again be preached to the Jews—after the Gentiles have rejected it. This is how the Lord explained it: And when the times of the Gentiles is come in, a light shall break forth among them that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fullness of my gospel; But they receive it not; for they perceive not the light, and they turn their hearts from me because of the precepts of men. And in that generation shall the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. [D&C 45:28–30] Prepare Yourselves for the Great Day of the Lord EZRA TAFT BENsoN of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles April 14, 1981 ] shall be fulfilled, there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity, like the sea and the waves roaring. The earth also shall be troubled, and the waters of the great deep;