From Washington’s crisis at the founding to Joseph Smith’s prophetic warning, the story unfolds with urgency and clarity: the Constitution is vulnerable and a people must prepare.

Through vivid scenes—banks refusing New York, the lessons of welfare states abroad, and the chilling reality of hidden “secret combinations”—you’ll feel the pressure building and understand why Brother Skousen insists the Saints must fill the vacuum in priesthood culture and step forward as a staff to steady the Republic.

The episode closes with a rallying call to study, organize, and act: practical seminars, steadfast faith, and principled unity can prepare us to fulfill this prophecy. Listen to be challenged, warned, and inspired to help bear the Constitution away from the brink of ruin.

Text: 2 Chronicles chapters 33 – 34; Nahum, Zephania and Habakkuk.

Supplemental Text: The Fourth Thousand Years chapter 23

BYU Lecture 42 -

Although today’s lecture covers chapter 23, Brother Skousen presents to the class a slide show of modern Israel and shows the fulfillment of the Book of Mormon prophets, Isaiah, Zechariah, Ezekial and Jeremiah concerning Israel. This presentation is from pictures taken from one of his many tours led throughout the Middle East. You will relive the 1967 lightening war where little Israel miraculously defeated all the Russian supported Arab countries in 6 days.

Although he didn’t have time to discuss the chapter material directly, it is summarized as follows:

During most of Isaiah’s life he lived under the good king Hezekiah, but following Hesekiah was the most vicious and depraved king in the history of Israel, king Manasseh. This wicked grandson of King Ahaz rebuilt all the heathen alters and adopted the worship of the fertility gods, including Baal and Ashtoreth. He practiced human sacrifice, including his own son. According to Justin Martyr (100 AD) Manasseh killed Isaiah by being "sawed asunder with a wooden saw."

After the death of Manasseh, his wicked son Amon reigned for a short time until he was assassinated. This is where his 8 year old son Josiah comes on the scene as the new king.

By the time Josiah was 20 years old, he was disgusted with the heathen perversion in Israel and called for a complete cleansing. Throughout Judah and especially Jerusalem, Josiah pulled down the heathen idols, cleansed the temple, destroyed the heathen temples along with their priests and he cut down the harlot-ridden groves.

It appears that during the religious purge of King Manasseh, the true prophets of God had been either destroyed or driven underground. But now that King Josiah has restored the temple and God’s law, God raised up several prophets during this time, such as Zephaniah, Nahum and Habakkuk.

Although King Josiah’s “reform” was impactful, it did not have an enthusiastic or universal revival with the majority of the people. If it had, they would not have been destroyed 30 years later.

Just as prophesied by Zephaniah and Nahum, the great and powerful Assyrian empire would fall in 612 BC and the Babylonians would now be Israel's tyrant, who would destory Jerusalem and the temple in 587 BC.

BYU Lecture 41

Quick review of chapter 21 of The Fourth Thousand Years and the interesting parallel scriptures between Isaiah and Nephi.

Just as history repeats itself, prophets will often apply their prophecy to multiple places and occasions, all of which are literally fulfilled. Isaiah, David and Micah did this often.

Isaiah gives prophecy of “Zion” knowing there will be two Zions, one in America and one in Palestine. He therefore distinguishes America as “Zion” and Palestine as “Jerusalem.”

Some of the more prominent prophecies made by Isaiah include the return of the 10 tribes of Israel, the building of the New Jerusalem in America, the return of the Jews to Palestine, the building of a new temple in Jerusalem, terrible destructions prior to the second coming of Jesus Christ and the peaceful Millennial period.

As spoken by Christ, “Great are the words of Isaiah.”