The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the Kingdom of God, set up again, on the Earth.
The Prophet Daniel saw and recorded in his prophesies, a kingdom set up without hands, meaning it would be set up by Revelation from Heaven to a prophet that would be chosen to establish it.
It would be set up in the Last Days, in the days of certain kings, AFTER the Roman Empire. Here is his words when he was interpreting Nebuchadnezzar’s dream:
DANIEL 2: 31-45
31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (This is the Kingdom of God, the Church)
36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. (This IS that Kingdom)
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
The Prophet Joseph Smith was that chosen prophet to organize the Kingdom and Church at this time. The Prophet Joseph Smith explained it in two Revelations that was recorded.
DOCTRINE and COVENANTS 128: 20, as an Epistle on 6 September 1842.
20 And again, what do we hear? Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, an angel from heaven, declaring the fulfilment of the prophets—the book to be revealed. A voice of the Lord in the wilderness of Fayette, Seneca county, declaring the three witnesses to bear record of the book! The voice of Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna, detecting the devil when he appeared as an angel of light! The voice of Peter, James, and John in the wilderness between Harmony, Susquehanna county, and Colesville, Broome county, on the Susquehanna river, declaring themselves as possessing the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the fulness of times!
In April, 1830, The Prophet Joseph Smith received a Revelation having to do with Church organization and Government. He said; “We obtained of Him [Jesus Christ] the following, by the spirit of prophecy and revelation; which not only gave us much information, but also pointed out to us the precise day upon which, according to His will and commandment, we should proceed to organize His Church once more here upon the earth”
(History of the Church, 1:64).The Revelation mentioned, was recorded as:
Doctrine and Covenants 20:
The whole section giving details of the doctrines of Creation, Fall, Atonement, and Baptism. Laws governing Repentance, Justification, and other items. It gave the duties of Deacons, Teachers and Priests, Elders, blessing of children, mode of baptism, Sacramental Prayers, and regulations regarding church membership.
The Revelation is too long to print here, click on link above.
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The Prophet Joseph Smith was directed to Formally organize the church on 6 April, 1830, under the laws of the State of New York with 6 official members.
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