What does it mean to “go ye out of Babylon” (D&C 133:7)? As a parent, it might mean using kinder words with our children or putting our phones down to be a better listener. For children, it might mean learning to share or being willing to help around the house without being asked. Fleeing Babylon means choosing to be more like Jesus, even in the smallest of ways.
As we prepare for the Second Coming, the most important thing we can do is to become more like the Savior in our thoughts, words, and deeds. Doing so allows us to keep the commandment to “prepare yourselves for the great day of the Lord” (D&C 133:10). We can get out of Babylon right now and prepare our families for His return.
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We have some great activities and resources to help assist you in celebrating a Christ-centered Easter this year! We recommend picking the activities that work best for you and your family. We think just a few activities will allow you to celebrate Easter, but also allow you time to focus on our Savior and what He has done for us. Our hope is that you will find something meaningful for your family to help celebrate this special holiday!
Go & Do Activity
Read D&C 134:5-8 and talk about how you have laws where you live to help protect you. How do these laws keep you safe? Share other ways you can “sustain and uphold” the government. One way is to vote on leaders you trust and believe in. Use your ballots and do the fun voting activity as a family.
Surprise Activity
Before the lesson, prepare three bags of clothing and other items needed for a specific activity (gloves, a hat, a coat, flippers, etc.). Play a fun guessing game, as the rest of the family will guess what people are preparing for. Read D&C 133:17. Explain that we are commanded to prepare for the second coming. Share ways you can prepare for the second coming.
Coloring Activity
Read D&C 134:1 and talk about ways you can be a good citizen. Have your children color the city car track map and then play with it using toy cars. Talk about obeying traffic laws by stopping at stop signs and other traffic signs.
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For kids ages 1-4 at home and in nursery or sunbeams.
Hands-On Activity
Talk about how Heavenly Father has given us commandments for safety by having the spirit with us and peace. Teach that in the scriptures, we are also taught that we need to keep the laws of the land. Read D&C 134:1. Explain that keeping the laws of the land also keeps us safe. Describe some of the laws of the land. For example, stop signs, speed limits, etc. Complete the Laws of the Land and the Laws of God picture sort activity to help your child better understand the difference between the commandments and laws. After completing the sort, make a pretend road in your house and post the various pictures along the road. When your child reaches the picture, they do what the picture shows.
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Though we have reached the end of the Doctrine and Covenants, the work of the Restoration is still ongoing: “We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God” (Articles of Faith 1:9). Prophets still reveal the will of God. The Church is still growing to fill the Earth.
“What happens after we die?” This is a question commonly asked by all of God’s children. Because of continuing revelation through living prophets, we know! Doctrine and Covenants Sections 137 and 138 reveal that our loved ones who have died go to a place of rest if they were faithful in their testimony of Christ, where they are then prepared to teach the gospel in the spirit world. Those who died who were not faithful are given the opportunity to learn about Jesus Christ and accept ordinances performed by the living: “and thus was the gospel preached to the dead” (D&C 138:30).
Doctrine and Covenants Section 135 could be viewed as the conclusion of the entire Doctrine and Covenants scriptures, were it not for additional revelation given to the saints. This section witnesses the divinity of the Prophet Joseph’s calling. It declares Joseph’s work to be of God and that it will never fail. It also testifies that those who read the Doctrine and Covenants, as well as the Book of Mormon, “will be reminded that the Book of Mormon, and this book of Doctrine and Covenants of the church, cost the best blood of the nineteenth century to bring them forth” (D&C 135:6).