Section 45

39–47, Signs, wonders, and the Resurrection are to attend the Second Coming; 

54–59, The Lord will reign during the Millennium

When I was a new bishop in Laramie, I was surprised and pleased when I found out that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ was the theme for one of the months of instruction.  Little children were being taught not to fear His coming (like I was as a child), rather, they were shown that his coming will be a wonderful event that we can prepare for with great joy!  The verses cited above make two wonderful facts clear: (1) The signs of His coming are something we can be thrilled about—not frightened.  Before He comes, for example, the gospel of Jesus Christ was to be restored again to the earth.  This began when the Father and the Son appeared to the prophet, Joseph Smith, and continued with the restoration of the priesthood authority and keys by John the Baptist and Peter, James, and John, to Joseph and Oliver.  The coming forth of the Book of Mormon was prophesied by Isaiah along with the building of the church in the tops of the mountains.  Isaiah also saw the church going to the whole world.  Daniel saw the church starting very small, like a “stone cut out of the mountain without hands,” but then eventually “filling the whole earth.” Christ’s resurrection of all of Heavenly Father’s children is the crowning accomplishment and sign of his Second Coming.

(2) After Christ returns, a period of 1000 years of peace will come to the earth.  He will reign personally.  The resurrection will commence and continue until all are resurrected.  There will be no death.  Our earthly bodies and spirits will be reunited.  Families who have been sealed together by the priesthood ordinances of the temple will continue to live as families for all eternity.  Those who did not have the opportunity to hear the gospel will be given that chance.