I am fascinated by a quote from Neil A Maxwell from a BYU Devotional in 1999. I think about it often. On occasion I actually pray for it in my supplications to the Lord-- that the kingdom of the devil will shake. This is what Elder Maxwell said:
"There is imbedded in the Book of Mormon a verse I wish I understood...but which I draw to your attention in 2 Nephi 28:19. It says "the kingdom of the devil must shake"...a very intriguing verse. I do not presume to know what this redemptive turbulence will be like...but it will be a redemptive turbulence so that a few people now caught up in the generic kingdom of the devil will find their way out and into the kingdom of God. I don't know how this will happen...but it will happen. I rather imagine, and this is pure speculation that there will in this redemptive turbulence be some jarring inconsistencies brought to the fore, jarring enough that it will cause some people who are caught up in the subsets to leave and find the truth...but it's going to be real turbulence. This is the sort of thing that will take some real jarring and there sits that prophecy imbedded in the Book of Mormon that is full of portent for Latter Day Saints."
"There is imbedded in the Book of Mormon a verse I wish I understood...but which I draw to your attention in 2 Nephi 28:19. It says "the kingdom of the devil must shake"...a very intriguing verse. I do not presume to know what this redemptive turbulence will be like...but it will be a redemptive turbulence so that a few people now caught up in the generic kingdom of the devil will find their way out and into the kingdom of God. I don't know how this will happen...but it will happen. I rather imagine, and this is pure speculation that there will in this redemptive turbulence be some jarring inconsistencies brought to the fore, jarring enough that it will cause some people who are caught up in the subsets to leave and find the truth...but it's going to be real turbulence. This is the sort of thing that will take some real jarring and there sits that prophecy imbedded in the Book of Mormon that is full of portent for Latter Day Saints."
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