Why Jesus Warns Us — A Jesus TV Thought Piece

Jesus as Director. You with the remote. Prophets as curriculum designers—training a people to watch well in the shaking.

Intro — Jesus TV: Learning to Use the Remote

If life is Jesus TV—and it is—then the first thing the Savior teaches His disciples isn’t how to escape the bad episodes. It’s how to use the remote.

He’s the One directing the whole broadcast: the scenes, the timing, the characters, the unexpected plot twists, the long quiet stretches, the sudden reversals, and the episodes that feel like they should never have been written at all.

But He places the remote in our hands. Not to control what airs—but to control how we attend to it.

Eyes, ears, mouth, mind, heart, spirit—this is the remote.

He wants His children to learn to tune into Christ (to be possessed by His Spirit — Alma 34:34) so they can stay steady and faithful no matter the episode.

Jesus is trying to teach us something essential: even in calamity, disappointment, or the shaking of the last days, we can learn to tune to Him.

“In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

And this is why the ancient prophets speak the way they do. Not to frighten us—but to help us watch with Jesus, trust the Director, and stay tuned even when the screen looks dark.

Prophetic Frame: Not Promises to Fix the World

These prophetic voices land directly in our century. But what’s even more striking is what they don’t say.

They don’t promise that we can turn the world around before Jesus comes. They don’t promise society will suddenly come to its senses.

“Here is what is coming. You will live through it. Faithful or faithless, you will feel its weight.”

The prophecies are not about avoiding the shaking—they’re about standing inside it. About strengthening the soul so Jesus can gather a people who know Him.

Top 10 Last-Days Scriptures That Speak Directly to Us

1. 2 Nephi 27 — “A familiar spirit… speaking out of the dust.” Nephi sees our day and describes the Book of Mormon speaking to a future generation overtaken by spiritual blindness.

2. Mormon 8 — Moroni speaking directly to the people of the last days Moroni saw our day and calls out pride, corruption, and neglect of the poor. “Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me.”

3. 2 Timothy 3:1–5 — “In the last days perilous times shall come.” Paul lists the spiritual atmosphere of the modern world.

4. Doctrine & Covenants 1 — The Lord’s last-days preface The Lord explains why revelation increases before calamities.

5. Ether 2–3 & Ether 8 — Warnings to latter-day Gentiles Promised land warnings and the threat of secret combinations.

6. 3 Nephi 16 & 21 — Jesus Christ speaking to the latter-day Gentiles Christ warns about pride and rejecting the fulness.

7. Isaiah 29 — A sealed book Isaiah foresees the Book of Mormon’s coming forth.

8. Doctrine & Covenants 45 — Commentary on Matthew 24 Wars, earthquakes, deception—and the promise of holy places.

9. Mosiah 3–4 — Warnings about the natural man A prophetic warning about becoming spiritually numb.

10. Joseph Smith—Matthew — Jesus describing the modern world False prophets, division, and sudden judgment.

Bonus: 2 Nephi 28 — “All is well in Zion” Nephi describes the spiritual blind spots of the last days.

Why Jesus Warns Us — Top 5 Reasons

Here are five deep, scripturally rooted reasons.

1. To prepare our inner world Warnings anchor us in Him before storms come.

2. To protect us from deception Jesus emphasizes deception above destruction.

3. To transform judgments into mercies Warnings give meaning and guidance in hardship.

4. To forge a people who cling to Him Hardship trains covenant resilience.

5. To awaken and gather His people Warnings reveal who hears His voice.

Closing Movement

The prophets weren’t helping us avoid the last days. They were helping us walk through them—awake, anchored, tuned to Christ.

“Be not troubled. Be not deceived. Be not weary. Stay with Me. I am coming.”

Postlude — November 26, 2025

What gave rise to this episode? Early this morning, Jesus sent me a warning using a secular TV broadcast.

After watching the Jesus–Tucker Carlson show (watch here), I heard Jesus say:

“Behold Greg, the Beast spoken of by Jesus in the Book of Revelations.”

Out of that came this episode: “Why Does Jesus Warn Us.”