2 Nephi 15

The time of great gathering

“In fixing the time of the great gathering, Isaiah seemed to indicate that it would take place in the day of the railroad train and the airplane: [Isaiah 5:26–29.]

“Since there were neither trains nor airplanes in that day, Isaiah could hardly have mentioned them by name. However, he seems to have described them in unmistakable words. How better could ‘their horses’ hoofs be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind’ than in the modern train? How better could ‘their roaring . . . be like a lion’ than in the roar of the airplane? Trains and airplanes do not stop for night. Therefore, was not Isaiah justified in saying: ‘none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken’? With this manner of transportation the Lord can really ‘hiss unto them from the end of the earth,’ that ‘they shall come with speed swiftly.’ Indicating that Isaiah must have foreseen the airplane, he stated:

‘Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?’ (Isaiah 60:8.)” (LeGrand Richards, Israel! Do You Know?, p. 182)

Calling “evil good, and good evil” (2 Nephi 15:20)

In what ways might we, like ancient Israel, make the mistake of calling “evil good, and good evil”? (2 Nephi 15:20).

How can we be sure that we recognize good and evil for what they really are? (See Moroni 7:12–17.)