They Must Needs Be Chastened and Tried

Prophecy and Scripture tell us that in the very last days, there will come such a severe persecution that a large portion of the membership of the Church will apostatize. "Yet I will own them, and they shall be mine in that day when I shall come to make up my jewels. Therefore, they must needs be chastened and tried, even as Abraham, who was commanded to offer up his only son. For all those who will not endure chastening, but deny me, cannot be sanctified." D&C 101:3-5 We have been warned that the judgments of God will begin upon His own house. What does that mean? Why would His judgments begin upon His own people? Is it possible that there could come another time when the Church and its members will be severely persecuted? What could bring about such persecution? How soon might it begin? How would severe persecution affect the Church and its members? What might individual members do to help protect themselves and their families? These are just a few of the challenging questions that LDS author Roger K. Young attempts to answer through his skillful presentation of statements made by numerous latter-day prophets and apostles as well as scriptures, both ancient and modern. In this book, Roger K. Young examines the prophetic statements warning of great trials ahead and apostasy yet to come from within the ranks of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. His message is very clearly one of full and complete obedience to every command of the Lord. Follow the Prophet in every detail for therein lies safety.