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Table of Contents
Notes From The Editor 2
Chapter 1 The Prelude To The Kingdom. 8
Chapter 2 The Age Of Revolution. 27
Chapter 3 The Call Of A Modern Prophet. 45
Chapter 4 The New Gospel Dispensation 64
Chapter 5 The Founding Of The New Dispensation. 105
Chapter 6 The New Witness For Christ. 127
Chapter 7 The Cause Of Zion. 147
Chapter 8 Anticipating The Millennial Kingdom. 181
Chapter 9 Harbingers Of The Kingdom. 218
Chapter 10 Proclaiming The Kingdom. 237
Chapter 11 The Spiritual Power Of The Restored Gospel. 274
Chapter 12 Early Spread Of The Restored Gospel. 288
Chapter 13 The Time Of Decision. 322
Chapter 14 Zion Cast Out Of Her Center Place. 342
Chapter 15 Zion Rejected In Missouri. 367
Chapter 16 The United States Of America Rejects Zion. 397
Bibliography. 435
Notes from the Editor
Among Dr. Andrus’ early writing interests was a series of books titled Vol. I, God, Man And The Universe, Vol. II Principles Of Perfection and Vol. III, Doctrines Of The Kingdom each carried the sub-titled “from the series Foundations of The Millennial Kingdom of Christ.” In the first three books of the series, he referred to a yet to be published fourth volume in the series dealing with the last days. His time became absorbed with teaching, church callings, a growing family as well as interest in other areas of research and writing and the fourth volume was never published. He did not completely abandon the project and continued to work on it from time to time for several years. Before his passing, I was given access to his writings from over the years including hand written documents as well as those stored on old 5 ¼ and 3 ½ inch floppy disks, the hard drive on his computer and stacks of short articles on a wide range of religious topics and even some that were printed on "spirit duplicator" mimeograph machines that left blue text.
These documents included drafts of several books he had worked on over the years and many unpublished short articles. Among these writings were several drafts of this book, “Visions of The Kingdom”, spanning many years as well as one titled “Prophecy and Judgment.” It was concluded the latter book was intended to be Volume 4 and this book to be Volume 5 in the series. However, in terms of sequence of events the reverse might make more sense, but probable original sequence will be retained and this volume will be Volume 5.
This study focuses on events leading up to the establishment and subsequent growth and rejections of the Restored Church. The prophetic vision, both ancient and modern, of events leading up to the ultimate redemption of mankind and the earth in the winding up scenes of the Lord’s second coming leading into his Millennial reign have left the religious world to contemplate these events. Before any of this could happen there needed to be a restitution of “all things.” The events leading to this restitution began with the first vision of Joseph Smith in the spring of 1820 followed by several visits from the Angel Moroni, the translation of the Book of Mormon, the restoration of the priesthood and establishment of the Church once again upon the earth. This was a time of great religious excitement and fervor in upper Eastern America. However, due to prosecution, the Church was forced to move from place to place and the establishment of a stable center place for Zion seemed hopeless to many Latter-day Saints as they were driven from Kirkland to Jackson County then to Nauvoo and finally with the martyrdom of the Prophet at Carthage.
There is no way to know all of the people who, over the years, have contributed to this work. I refer the reader to the Prefaces to the first three volumes of this series which surely contains a list of people who made important contributions along the way. The formatting and structure of the book has been done by the editor. Some editing of text was required but the doctrinal content of the text has not been altered. Dr. Andrus and myself are alone responsible for the views expressed in this volume and for the conclusions that have been drawn from the sources quoted. lwp