So I follow your link to Wikipedia and it states that the date December 21, 2012 has some significance. On that date I turn 50. Interestingly, my great-great grandfather had a dream in the early 1800s that in his 50th year he’d learn of a great destruction on the American continent. When he did turn 50 in 1837, he met up with Parley P. Pratt and was baptized into the LDS Church (and incidentally, read of the destruction of the Nephite civilization in the Book of Mormon). I had heard of the 2012 date in the past. Interesting coincidences… Or not?

The year 2012 may, in fact, turn out to be an eventful year. It may or may not be eventful in the positive, or the negative. It may also be a combination of good, and evil as what is generally the case.

Preparation is a meaningless word the day after a catastrophic event in the life of any individual, or an organized society, in general, for that matter. In either case all would do well to let the future take care of itself providing, of course, you or the society considered the word prepare in advance of the catastrophe sufficiently to abide the day in question.

We, in the Church, have been instructed repeatedly over many years to be prepared for any possibility which may occur unexpectedly. These instructions have been uttered long before a Google search was possible. They have been uttered by Prophets, Seers, and Revelators, and they did not need to search anywhere other than through the Holy Ghost. We are also able to receive inspiration, and impressions the same way.

The adversary would have us put-off, and postpone everything until it is “everlastingly too late.” He would especially have us ignore the words of the Lord concerning what we should do to prepare for the things which will be inflicted upon this earth, and the inhabitants thereof.

The statistics indicating preparedness levels of members in the Church portend grave consequences for the Church leadership due to the potential burden which may come upon us due to our lack of adequate preparations. Many of us may fall away from activity during these times of uncertainty.

I have been impressed quite frequently lately to do things to lighten my load of personal possessions which are not really necessary to see me through a period of scarcity of funds, and I have been doing so. My food, water, and other important necesseties are more than adequate to last me over a year, but my business has been struggling, and it may continue to do so. We could all do with a lot fewer of the more luxurious items we have, and most of us could eliminate much of our debt if we were really serious about being better prepared.

All things being considered, I personally feel that we here in the United States are going to experience many uncomfortable situations much sooner than 2012. In fact, I believe we may see greater inclinations toward war in Iran in the very near future. We may also be facing poor growing conditions this year due to drastic weather fluctuations throughout the country.

It may be just coincidental, but President Bush began the SPP initiative in 2005, and now that he has much of the new Congress in his camp, I believe we are going to experience a mass influx of immigration in the near future. The year 2010 has been bandied about as the year they want to be going full steam ahead with this New World Order project to eliminate the borders, language, and culture of the United States.

Everything I have touched upon here is purely speculative on my part, but I have always held that if I am wrong it won’t matter because I am prepared anyway. I guess I’ll just try to follow the Prophet, and continue to prepare to go, and do whatever Heavenly Father would have me do.

All I know is that I have a basement full of food and I feel pretty darn good because of it.

Having all that food in the basement is called “trusting in the arm of flesh.” You better be keeping the other commandments too. The food won’t save you, but the obedience will.

@Kelly

What are you talking about? We are commanded to keep a years supply so on top of being self righteous I hope you have your food storage figured out. Faith without works is dead, brother.

Add this to the list of things not likely to happen in 2012:

Bush Claims Budget Surplus by 2012

Did you just read over the part where President Hinckley said he wasn’t predicting years of famine? But instead he is saying that we are to get our “houses in order.”

Chris,

You won’t survive a famine by eating the food in your basement IF the Lord decides to let your house be flooded or burned, or if you have to relocate. BUT, you will survive the famine by asking the Lord to bless you because you deserve his help because you already kept the commandment to store food but have it no more from circumstances beyond your control. Works the same way with all the commandments, there is a corresponding blessing to each commandment. So yep, I agree whole-heartedly with you - faith without works is dead.

As a matter of fact, I do have a working food storage, more of a system than you know. In fact, my “works” right now include the sprouted transplants that just started under my growlights, the actively growing spinach and radishes in my passive solar greenhouse, and the 20 laying hens I gather eggs from every day. (And this is the first week in February!) Besides the food that is in constant rotation from my basement, I possess some self-reliance from food I produce and preserve myself.

But the Spirit taught me long ago I would not be able to feed myself with my own abilities if there were some circumstance that would seperate me from my home and garden. The Spirit taught me that the true strength of self-reliance came from God and His mercy to me from keeping the commandments.

I just got done reading an article on Peak Oil. This article suggests that the Peak was reached in 2005. When I read that, I thought of Connor’s post on the years of famine starting………

2012 - I’ve had this number on my mind many years, but never have known why… It’s interesting for sure.

It also lines up closely with some observations I made in the Book of Mormon while on my mission.

In essence, from the time that Alma “restored” the church to the time of Christ’s appearance to the Nephites was approximately 181 years.

If the Lord gave us the same approximate amount of time to prepare for his coming after restoring the church, that would put us right around 2011 - give or take a year

It’s all interesting, but I still try to live as if it will be tomorrow! It’s not so much where you’ve been, but where you are going that really matters.

I’ve had some interesting thoughts just lately, concerning this post about Pres. Hinckley and the seven years of famine. Perhaps Connor is really onto something here - - something I haven’t given enough heed to.

Prophets of old, especially in the OT like Isaiah, often spoke in ways that were hard to understand or interpret. But those who were inspired by the HG understood. Perhaps the Prophets of today, especially since the more outspoken Presidents McKay and Benson, have been speaking in ways similar to Isaiah of old. It seems there has been less talk about Secret Combinations in government and preparing for future catastrophes. But perhaps the prophets of today are speaking more in subdued tones to avoid the ire of U.S. hegemonic and corrupt government. Perhaps this is why we are admonished to read the BofM wherein it tells us, especially in Ether 8, that the Jaredite Nation was brought down by Secret Combos taking over their government, and that the Nephite Nation was brought down by Secret Combos taking over government, and that Moroni spoke prophetically about the same Secret Combos taking over our government today if we do not awaken to our awful situation.

2012 is a year I am interested in.