Looking forward to the Second Coming

[DisasterGuy]

I have been thinking for quite some time about the Second Coming and what it would take for me to be there as a mortal human being. How I would like to be there!

Obviously the first thing would be for the Second Coming to occur during my lifetime. That's not predictable. Neither the date of my impending death nor the date of the Second Coming is known.

But IF the Second Coming were to occur during my lifetime (a big IF!), I would have to survive long enough to be alive when it happened. After studying Isaiah for 3 years, I’m convinced Isaiah knew what would occur prior to the Second Coming. Temporal preparation would be a necessity. The descriptions Isaiah gave convinced me that there wouldn't be any supermarkets open, farming and gardening would not be possible, and I would be eating my food storage to stay alive.

Spiritual worthiness -- or personal righteousness -- enough to be worthy to be on earth to greet the Savior at his Second Coming -- is something else again. Over my lifetime, I estimate that I have met about 20,000 people. I have known two or three people whom I thought spiritually worthy enough to do this. I am not one of them (and I am not saying this in humility). I do not know if I could achieve the degree of personal righteousness required, though I am trying.

Personal righteousness requires following the Lord's commandments. That includes the commandments from latter-day prophets to store food and supplies, I think. I don't think I should count on the Lord to feed me while I try to become righteous enough to be there at his Second Coming. I'd feel awfully stupid if I starved to death and missed the Second Coming.

If you expected a tremendously spiritual posting -- well, I'm sorry! What you got is an idea I've been thinking about for quite a while -- an excellent reason to prepare temporally and spiritually while there's time to do both.

Finally, since I am posting this on LDS Preppers -- I'll say that though I am an active Mormon, I don't see how the Second Coming could possibly be a "Mormons-only" event, though I'd like to see a bunch of us there.