Perphaps I missed it in the above posts but:
1. Final struggle - does not equal final battle. (could be several battles in the final struggle)
2. Eastern sea - does not necessarily mean eastern seaboard (ie: Atlantic Ocean) Many believe that the sea east in the BOM was the eastern Great Lake and Joseph may have referred to THAT. After all, Cumorah is close to the eastern Great Lake, NOT (so much) the Atlantic Ocean.
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