The Last Day

I think it might be good to add an extra caveat at the beginning of this missive. Some of the concepts I am about to discuss are my own thoughts. I have identified places where doctrine ends and my thoughts begin.

As I was reading the scriptures with my wife a few mornings ago, I was struck by the phrase “the last day.” (Not to be confused with “the last days.”) According to my trusty search program, this phrase appears at least 58 times in the scriptures. Usually, it is used in conjunction with a discussion of the final judgment. A question popped into my mind – more on that later.

believing Is Seeing

As an amateur artist, I have learned (over a considerable period of time) that I must be able to look at a subject and see what’s really there before I can represent it artistically. Before I can vary the composition, before I can decide what’s important to the subject, I must see what’s really there, not what I think is there. Only then can I make artistic decisions about the composition.