Source Report Card
Chapter 10: Judah Comes Home, and the Times of the Gentiles
| Source | Who | When | Chain | Rung | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D&C 45:24-25, 28-30, 43, 51-53 | The Lord through Joseph Smith | 7 Mar 1831 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| D&C 109:62-64 ("begin to be redeemed") | Joseph Smith, canonized prayer | 27 Mar 1836 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| D&C 133:8, 13, 20, 35 | The Lord through Joseph Smith | 3 Nov 1831 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| Joseph Smith–History 1:41 ("soon to come in") | Moroni, recorded by Joseph Smith | 1823; written 1838-39 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| 2 Nephi 10:7; 3 Nephi 20:29-33 (believe, then gather) | Jacob; Jesus Christ | pub. 1830 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| 2 Nephi 30:7 (begin to believe, begin to gather, side by side) | Nephi | pub. 1830 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| Luke 21:24; Revelation 11:2-3; Zechariah 14:4; Romans 11:25 | Jesus Christ; John; Zechariah; Paul | 1st century AD | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| D&C 49:7 | The Lord through Joseph Smith | 7 May 1831 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| D&C 77:15 (witnesses after Jews gather and rebuild; no trampling mentioned) | Joseph Smith | Mar 1832 | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| Genesis 49:10 ("until Shiloh come") | Jacob | Old Testament | 1st | 1 | A+ |
| Church History Topics, "Dedication of the Holy Land" (rededications 1873-1933; nonproselytizing agreement) | Church History Dept. | current | 1st | 2 | A |
| Book of Mormon Student Manual, ch. 44 ("not the fulness"; quotes McConkie 1982) | Church Educational System | 2009 | 1st | 2 | A |
| Church Newsroom, Israel facts (about 422 members, 3 branches) | Church Newsroom | accessed Sept 2026 (undated) | 1st | 2 | A |
| Howard W. Hunter, "All Are Alike unto God," Ensign, June 1979 (BYU fireside, 4 Feb 1979) | Howard W. Hunter (then Quorum of the Twelve; later Church President) | 1979 | 1st | 3 | A |
| Orson Hyde, A Voice from Jerusalem, p. 28 ("a good while before day"; "alone") | Orson Hyde (then Quorum of the Twelve) | 24 Oct 1841; pub. 1842 | 1st | 4 | B |
| The Millennial Messiah ("not the gathering promised by the prophets") | Bruce R. McConkie (then Quorum of the Twelve; earlier First Council of the Seventy) | 1982 | 1st | 4 | B |
| Epistle in Cowley, Wilford Woodruff (1909), 507-510 (both quotes checked word-for-word) | Wilford Woodruff (then Quorum of the Twelve; later Church President) | 22 Feb 1879 | 1st | 4 | B |
| D&C 45:25 as the believing gathering, not the secular return | This book's reading (consistent with, not stated by, the 2009 manual) | modern | n/a | Inference | Inference |
| Jews in the land c. 1840 (estimates roughly 7,000-10,000+) | Historians' estimates | 1840s | n/a | n/a | Fact source (not graded) |
| Jews today (about 7.2M in Israel of about 15.8M worldwide; 650,000 in 1948) | Israel CBS; Jewish Agency estimate, Rosh Hashanah 2025 (worldwide) | 2025 | n/a | n/a | Fact source (not graded) |
| "1967 ended the times of the Gentiles" | Popular evangelical reading, picked up by some members | after 1967 | No Church source | Outside the Ladder | ❓ Disputed |
| "1948 + one generation = the end" | Evangelical prophecy books (e.g., Hal Lindsey, 1970) | 1970s onward | No Church source | Outside the Ladder | F |