II PETER 2:1-3.—Many shall follow false teachers.
II THESS. 2: 1-4.—There shall be a falling away before Christ's second coming.
REV. 13:6-8.—The Saints are overcome.
II NEPHI 28 AND 29.—Give a description of the apostate world.
DOC. AND COV. 1:15, 16.—The present apostate condition described.
THE RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL.
The falling away makes necessary a restoration; for the purposes of God in the final redemption of the race requires it.
MATT. 24:14.—"This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world," before the end.
REV. 14:6.—An angel restores the gospel in the latter days.
DAN. 2:28-45.—Daniel saw the kingdom of God established in the last days. The Aaronic Priesthood was restored by John the Baptist to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, May 15, 1829; shortly after this date, the Melchisedek Priesthood was restored by Peter, James and John.