Hello again, everyone! As some of you may be aware, Easter Sunday (at least here in the US) falls sometime between mid-March and late April every year. At times, however, we have seen General Conference Sundays coincide with Easter Sunday of that year. According to my research, the last time that occurred was in April 2015, and I am pleased to report that the first General Conference held during President Nelson's presidency will be another such example.
This will make the April 2018 General Conference all that more significant. I haven't been able to search back too far, but it would appear (again from my research, which may be flawed or inaccurate) that the April 2018 General Conference will be the first time in a very long time (if it has happened before at any other point in Church history) where this one General Conference will mark the Solemn Assembly for a new Church president and the calling of two new members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles the day before the world observes Easter Sunday.
I find that significant, amazing, and humbling. Unless he opts to speak after the Solemn Assembly, the first opportunity President Nelson will have to address the general Church membership in General Conference will be Easter Sunday, and, unless he feels inspired to do otherwise, the Easter Sunday Session of General Conference will be filled with talks from six special witnesses of Jesus Christ, two of whom will be speaking to the Church for the first time as such. That is amazing to think about.
I apologize if I have bored or troubled any of you unnecessarily with this trivia, but thought it was worth noting. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
A Comment About General Conferences That Coincided With Easter Sunday
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Timing in the Lord's system is not trivial, but often symbolic and inspirational.There was one I was thinking of...
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see how close to Sept 18 the Concepcion Chile Temple will be this year, so significant to Chilean Saints, who on paper still make up almost 1/30th of the Church population.
About time that they get their second temple, right?
Although probably best not to mix Church dates with political and nationally historical dates. We'll see.
Hello, Eduardo, and thanks for this comment as well. While I don't knonw whether or not a Chilean anniversary would be ideal for a temple-related event, what I do know is that the Concecpion Chile Tremple is anticipated to be dedicated in the earlier part of the second half of this year, and that that is likely to occur sooner rather than later. Some additional information seems to point to the first three temples that could be completed next year having that occur perhaps before the final two months of this year. It will be interesting to see how all of that occurs. I also know that, for what it may be worth, the Church has at times opted to have a temple event occur during a significant anniversary for the Church in such areas. A prime example of that from recent years is the fact that the Lima Peru Los Olivos Temple was announced in the same year that the first Lima Peru Temple was observing the 30th anniversary of its dedication. The timing of temple events has always intrigued me, and I will keep my eyes open for more information in that regard and will pass it along as I can. Thanks again, Eduardo!
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