Welcome to part two of this week's podcast.

Jump over to verse 55.

We begin that glorious millennial reign.

We're going to read more and more about this in the doctrine of covenants in other revelations.

Section 101 is one of the great revelations on the millennial.

But it really comes down here as he tells the parable of the ten virgins.

Remember, we talked about that this was Matthew 24 and Matthew 25.

When I was working on my book Watch and Be Ready, I looked particularly at chapter 25.

And even when we look at section 29 and 45 and 101, we tend to focus on the signs of

the times that are challenging difficulties.

And we look at the tribulations and we joke about the eyeballs falling out and all of

those kinds of things.

But the revelation itself uses those maybe as for lack of a better way of saying it's

not a great metaphor as or derbs.

And chapter 25, the parables of preparation is the main course.

In fact, in chapters 24 and 25 of Matthew, and I haven't counted it up, but I think

section 45, it may be the same ratio.

But when I was working on my book Watch and Be Ready, as I went through that carefully,

because there's so many people that are distressed about the signs of the times, the

Savior's words concerning preparation and not being troubled, the ratio of those to the

negative signs of the times is 4 to 1.

The Lord's counsel to us and His promises to us appear in the revelations four times more

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