This is a millennial settings. It is a setting in which wickedness and crime and vengeance are no longer on earth. It is an era when goodness and decency and integrity are the order of the day. in this setting, in this day, the work of the Father-the work of the gathering of Israel-shall commence. Commence?
Has not the work of gathering, the manner in which individuals are baptized, confirmed, ordained, endowed, and sealed been in full operation since the days of Joseph Smith? Yes, the work of the Father shall commence in the great millennial day, in the sense that its magnitude shall be infinitely greater than anything we can even identify with today. All that has gone on in the past will seem to pale into insignificance when missionary work goes forward during the thousand years (compare 2 Nephi 30:7-15).