Apostleship of the Seventies: Evidences

Luke 10:1-2
1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, section 2:
   "The Seventies are to constitute traveling quorums, to go into all the earth, whithersoever the Twelve Apostles shall call them. (Feb. 8, 1834.) Documentary History of the Church 2:202."

TPJS, section 2:
   "A High Priest is a member of the same Melchizedek Priesthood with the Presidency, but not of the same power or authority in the Church. The Seventies are also members of the same Priesthood, [i.e. the High Priesthood], are a sort of traveling council or Priesthood, and may preside over a church or churches, until a High Priest can be had. The Seventies are to be taken from the quorum of Elders, and are not to be High Priests. They are subject to the direction and dictation of the Twelve, who have the keys of the ministry. All are to preach the Gospel, by the power and influence of the Holy Ghost; and no man can preach the Gospel without the Holy Ghost."

TPJS, section 4:
   "In answer to your inquiry in a former letter, relative to the duty of the Seventies in regulating churches, etc., I say that the duties of the Seventies are more particularly to preach the Gospel, and build up churches, rather than regulate them, that a High Priest may take charge of them. If a High Priest should be remiss in his duty, and should lead, or suffer the Church to be led astray, depart from the ordinances of the Lord, then it is the duty of one of the Seventies, acting under the special direction of the Twelve, being duly commissioned by them with their delegated authority, to go to the Church, and if agreeable to a majority of the members of said Church, to proceed to regulate and put in order the same; otherwise, he can have no authority to act. Documentary History of the Church 4:128-129. JOSEPH SMITH, JUN."

Brigham Young, Deseret News, June 6, 1877, p. 274:
   "The Seventies are Apostles; and they stand next in authority to the Twelve ... If through the providence of God the First Presidency and the Twelve were taken away, then it would be the duty of the Seventies to preach the Gospel, build up the Church, and ordain every officer requisite in order to establish the Church, and ordain High Priests, Bishops, High Counsellors, Patriarchs, and set in order the whole church in all the world. This is according to the revelations given to us ... I suppose I ordained hundreds of Seventies in early days. Brother Joseph Smith has come to us many times, saying, ‘Brethren, you are going to ordain Seventies. Do not forget to confer the high priesthood (Melchizedek priesthood) upon them. Ordain each of them to the High Priesthood, and to be one of the Seventy Apostles.’ This was my language in the ordination of the Seventies, and that is the way I ordain them now."

Parley P. Pratt, Nauvoo Record Book B, p. 226:
   "... in case the quorum of the Twelve should by any means become disorganized, that the Seventies held the jurisdiction and authority of Presidency of the Church in all the world wherever it might be found. That the High Priest’s duty would be the same as it is now; they have to attend to their affairs, but the authority of Presidency over the whole Church belonged to the Seventies; and if all the Seventies were killed off except one Seventy, that Seventy would not only possess the right but would be duty bound to stand in their place as the First Presidency of the Church. He said that Joseph Smith the Prophet undertook to establish this idea in the minds of the brethren in Kirtland, but the jealousies that began to arise in the minds of the High Priests prevented him from doing so ... He further stated that the difference between the authority of the Seventies and the High Priests was this: The High Priests possessed the High Priesthood, but the Seventies possessed the High Priesthood and the Apostleship, which was the highest power on the earth or in the Church."

The Five Laws Which Have Been Tampered with by the Devil Concerning the Seventy are These:

   1. The Seventies are not to be High Priests:
"Another subject of vital importance to the Church was the establishing of the grades of the different quorums. It was ascertained that all but one or two of the Presidents of the Seventies were High Priests, this was declared to be wrong, and not according to the order of heaven."
Joseph Smith, TPJS p. 111.

   2. The Twelve are to call upon the Seventy instead of any others when they need assistance:
"It is the duty of the traveling high council (Twelve) to call upon the Seventy, when they need assistance, to fill the several call for preaching and administering the gospel, instead of any others."
D&C 107:38.

   3. The Presidents of the Seventy are to be chosen out of the Seventy, not out of the High Priests: "And it is according to the vision showing the order of the Seventy, that they should have seven Presidents to preside over them, chosen out of the number of the Seventy;"
D&C 107:93.

   4. The Seventy are to be chosen out of the Elders Quorum:
"The Seventy are to be taken from the quorum of the Elders, and are not to be High Priests."
TPJS p. 112.

   5. The quorums of Seventy are General Church Quorums and not to be confused with any stake numbering, nor controlled or handled in any way as a quorum, by stake authorities who are High Priests only, and not Apostles, saith the Lord:
"The Seventies are not called to be a local body, but are ordained Seventy Apostles, to travel, ordain local officers, and build up and set in order the whole Kingdom of God upon the earth, wherever it is necessary."
Brigham Young: Seventies Council Hall, April 27, 1861.

THE REVELATIONS OF JESUS CHRIST
SECTION 160.

Revelation Received August 8, 1989, Provo, Utah on the Reason of the Separation, that the Seventy are Not to Be High Priests.

1 The reason, saith the Lord, that the Seventy are to be totally segregated from High Priests is to maintain the system of checks and balances in the Kingdom of God, that the keys belong to the Seventies.
2 And though the High Priests may mourn over it, it is just so, and any man, (not just a select corporate clique of businessmen and high priests, such as those who govern the Mormon Church today) may attain to the Apostleship with all the keys of the Kingdom of God encompassed within this ordination, and thus provide a check and a safeguard against this elitism, and the rich and powerful politically taking over the Church as the High Priests think they have done today.
3 But the keys of the Kingdom of God (the Apostleship), have I removed from them, saith the Lord, that by the power of mine anointed, even that One Mighty and Strong, who holdeth the Sceptre of power according to the Covenant which I the Lord God did make with David--for He is that One Mighty and Strong, also spoken as the Root of Jesse.
4 For by him I, the Lord God may set mine House in Order (see D&C 85:7).
5 For He, saith the Lord, shall do no other thing than that which I command him, that by the weak and simple and despised things of the earth, I may thrash thy nation, O Ephraim, that I may prove unto thee, O High Priest, that I the Lord change not, but am the same, yesterday, today, and forever.
6 For it is that no one cometh unto me, the Father of Heaven and earth, but by him, for this generation.
7 For it is that they must pass by him, for his approval, saith the Lord, before they come, even unto my servant, Brigham Young, who standeth also in the path, and are Angels and Gods appointed in the path to stand, and by whom the sons of men must pass before they obtain the presence of the Father.
8 Even so. Amen.

Conference Report, September, October, 1961, p. 90 (INCORRECT DOCTRINE)
"An announcement that members of the First Council of Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had been ordained High Priests to give them power to set in order all things pertaining to the Church as they visit among the Stakes and Missions ..."

D&C 107:25-26
25 The Seventy are also called to preach the gospel, and to be especial witnesses unto the
Gentiles and in all the world--thus differing from other officers in the church in the duties
of their calling.
26 And they form a quorum, equal in authority to that of the Twelve special witnesses or
Apostles just named.

D&C 107:33-35
33 The Twelve are a Traveling Presiding High Council, to officiate in the name of the Lord,
under the direction of the Presidency of the Church, agreeable to the institution of heaven;
to build up the church, and regulate all the affairs of the same in all nations, first unto the
Gentiles and secondly unto the Jews.
34 The Seventy are to act in the name of the Lord, under the direction of the Twelve or
the traveling high council, in building up the church and regulating all the affairs of the same
in all nations, first unto the Gentiles and then to the Jews;
35 The Twelve being sent out, holding the keys, to open the door by the proclamation of the
gospel of Jesus Christ, and first unto the Gentiles and then unto the Jews.

D&C 107:38-39
38 It is the duty of the traveling high council to call upon the Seventy, when they need assistance, to fill the several calls for preaching and administering the gospel, instead of any others.
39 It is the duty of the Twelve [apostles], in all large branches of the church, to ordain evangelical
ministers [patriarchs], as they shall be designated unto them by revelation--

D&C 107:58
58 It is the duty of the Twelve [apostles], also, to ordain and set in order all the other officers of the church, agreeable to the revelation which says:

D&C 107:93-98
93 And it is according to the vision showing the order of the Seventy, that they should have
seven presidents to preside over them, chosen out of the number of the seventy;
94 And the seventh president [most senior] of these presidents is to preside over the six;
95 And these seven presidents are to choose other seventy besides the first seventy
to whom they belong, and are to preside over them;
96 And also other seventy, until seven times seventy [up to 490 Seventy apostles, total],
if the labor in the vineyard of necessity requires it.
97 And these seventy are to be traveling ministers, unto the Gentiles first and also unto the Jews.
98 Whereas other officers of the church, who belong not unto the Twelve, neither to the Seventy, are not under the responsibility to travel among all nations, but are to travel as their circumstances shall allow, notwithstanding they may hold as high and responsible offices in the church.

Jesus Christ was and is an Apostle of God the Father:

Hebrews 3:1
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle [not in the church, but in the kingdom of heaven, as Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery ordained in 1829 by Peter, James and John, see D&C 20:2-3 and 27:12 and 128:20, were also apostles in the kingdom, as the first Twelve and Seventy apostles in the church were not chosen until Feb 1835 and the church was not organized until April 6, 1830] and High [Greek: Chief] Priest [does not refer to the standing minister office of a high priest] of our profession, Christ Jesus;

Hebrews 5:6
6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Psalm 110:4
4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Revelation 19:10
10 ... the testimony of Jesus [and of his servants the Prophets] is the spirit of prophecy [or
revelation by the light and power of the Holy Ghost].

JST I Corinthians 2:11
11 ... the things of God knoweth no man, except he has the Spirit of God.

Joseph Smith, Times and Seasons, April 1, 1844
"If any man writes to you, or preaches to you, doctrines contrary to the Bible, Book of Mormon, or Book of Doctrine and Covenants, set him down as an impostor."

First Vision of One Mighty and Strong
Art Bulla is an Apostle of God the Father and of the Son Jesus Christ, as was Joseph Smith.
Art Bulla is now the Lord's anointed spoken of in D&C 132:7 and 107:64-67 and 107:91-92, for this generation. There is only gate to enter into the kingdom of heaven. The church of Jesus Christ is the preparatory step for celestial glory. The Lord's anointed is the sole legal administrator of the ordinances of the house of God on the earth.
Authority of the Seventy
Eusebius on the Seventy