<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978</id><updated>2010-01-28T11:40:51.766-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Revelations of Jesus Christ</title><subtitle type='html'>A volume of revelations received directly from Israel's God for the redemption of Zion and correct doctrine, reproof and instruction.</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/rjc.html'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/atom.xml'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>59</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-885994891458936839</id><published>2010-01-28T11:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T11:40:51.781-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Structure of the Lord's Church</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The structure of the Lord's church. 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"I would like for a few minutes to offer a few observations in regard to the question of tolerance and broad-mindedness. We hear so much in these days about being tolerant and broad-minded. I suppose the world will never know how many crimes have been committed through a misinterpretation and misunderstanding of these terms. Satan is very broad-minded, extremely so as long as he can get people to do evil and avoid the truth. He will teach any kind of theory, or principle, or doctrine, if it doesn't conform to the fundamental things of life-the gospel of Jesus Christ. He is even willing to teach some truth, if he can join that truth with error, and by teaching the error with the truth lead men astray. This is how broad-minded he is, and that is how the apostasy came about in the primitive Churchï.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I am satisfied, and I know that the kingdom of God is governed by a definite, fixed law, that cannot be controverted. We cannot change it because we perhaps become modern and say we are broad-minded, as some people understand broad-mindedness and tolerance to be. It does not change the fact in the least that if we would receive the kingdom of God and enter into its exaltation, we must comply with the fundamental truths, the laws upon which that kingdom is established. We have them; we are the advocates of these principles; they are in our keeping. (Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 3 vols., edited by Bruce R. McConkie, 3:, p.298,300)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Now, let all who may hear these doctrines, pause before they make light of them, or treat them with indifference, for they will prove their salvation or damnation.” (In other words, persons would be damned for not receiving the testimony of Brigham Young, in his own words, now why should it seem strange to advocate that all those who receive not a prophet sent with a message because “they turn him aside for a thing of naught, and say that it is of no worth”?) Journal of Discourses; Vol 1, p.50.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All are damned for not believing Jesus is the Christ, why should it seem strange to you that those who do not conform to the revelations of Jesus Christ received by a modern oracle should be cut off from among the people, you fool?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20 And the Lord will surely prepare a way for his people, unto the fulfilling of the words of Moses, which he spake, saying: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass that all those who will not hear that prophet shall be cut off from among the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1 Ne 22:20)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;23 Behold, I am he of whom Moses spake, saying: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass that every soul who will not hear that prophet shall be cut off from among the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(3 Ne 20:23)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14 And the arm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the day cometh that they who will not hear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his servants, neither give heed to the words of the prophets and apostles, shall be cut off from among the people;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(D&amp;C 1:14)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;63 And upon them that hearken not to the voice of the Lord shall be fulfilled that which was written by the prophet Moses, that they should be cut off from among the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(D&amp;C 133:63)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;55 And thus cometh the end of the wicked, according to the prophecy of Moses, saying: They shall be cut off from among the people; but the end of the earth is not yet, but by and by.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(JS-M 1:55)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;40 In addition to these, he quoted the eleventh chapter of Isaiah, saying that it was about to be fulfilled. He quoted also the third chapter of Acts, twenty-second and twenty-third verses, precisely as they stand in our New Testament. He said that that prophet was Christ; but the day had not yet come when "they who would not hear his voice should be cut off from among the people," but soon would come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(JS-H 1:40)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;56 And thus cometh the end of the wicked according to the prophecy of Moses, saying, They should be cut off from among the people. But the end of the earth is not yet; but bye and bye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(JST Matt 24:56)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3&lt;br /&gt;"But we ask, does it remain for a people who never had faith enough to call down one scrap of revelation from heaven, and for all they have now are indebted to the faith of another people...does it remain for them to say how much God has spoken and how much He has not spoken?" Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Two 1834-37 Pg.60&lt;br /&gt;Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365&lt;br /&gt;When a man goes about prophesying, and commands men to obey his teachings, he must either be a true or false prophet. Our website: http://www.artbulla.com "All men are liars who say they are of the true Church without the revelations of Jesus Christ and the Priesthood of Melchizedek, which is after the order of the Son of God." Joseph Smith; TPJS p. 376 "He that can mark the power of Omnipotence, inscribed upon the heavens, can also see God's own handwriting in the sacred volume: and he who reads it oftenest will like it best, and he who is acquainted with it, will know the hand wherever he can see it...." (T.P.J.S., p. 56) · 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.&lt;br /&gt;11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.&lt;br /&gt;12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. (New Testament | Galatians 1:10 - 12)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-112340105138859255?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/112340105138859255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=112340105138859255' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/112340105138859255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/112340105138859255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2010/01/evils-of-broad-mindedness.html' title='Evils of Broad-Mindedness'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-8960670843810040267</id><published>2009-12-26T09:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-26T09:36:01.216-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Adam is God, Discussion of the Races,Birthright of Ephraim</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNjE4NDg4Mzg4MDEmcHQ9MTI2MTg*ODg*NDU4MCZwPTQ1MDk3MiZkPSZnPTEmbz*2NTlmYjdmMTdjOTU*Y2YwYTg2YTE3MjU*YTBjNDc2Yg==.gif" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/BTRPlayer.swf?displayheight=&amp;file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2fartbulla%2fplay_list.xml?show_id=826310&amp;autostart=false&amp;shuffle=false&amp;volume=80&amp;corner=rounded&amp;callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&amp;width=215&amp;height=108" width="215" height="108" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /&gt;&lt;!--Session data--&gt;&lt;input id="jsProxy" onclick="jsCall();" type="hidden" /&gt;&lt;div id="refHTML"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-8960670843810040267?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/8960670843810040267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=8960670843810040267' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/8960670843810040267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/8960670843810040267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2009/12/adam-is-god-discussion-of.html' title='Adam is God, Discussion of the Races,Birthright of Ephraim'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-2824823888493491026</id><published>2009-12-26T09:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-26T09:31:11.431-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daniel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prophecy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='numbers'/><title type='text'>The Prophetic Numbers of Daniel the Prophet, part 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/artbulla/2009/12/25/the-revelations-of-jesus-christ" id="ctl00_ContentMain_BlogList1_BlogRepeater_ctl00_hlTitle" tabindex="0"&gt;The Prophetic Numbers of Daniel the Prophet, part 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNjE4NDgyOTMxMzImcHQ9MTI2MTg*ODMwMzkwNiZwPTQ1MDk3MiZkPSZnPTEmbz*2NTlmYjdmMTdjOTU*Y2YwYTg2YTE3MjU*YTBjNDc2Yg==.gif" style="height: 0px; 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margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}@page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1 {page:Section1;}--&gt;&lt;/style&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; text-align: center;"&gt;The Revelations of Jesus Christ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Revelation given to Answers in Genesis organization led by Ken Ham. Received December 12, 2009, Baja California, Mexico.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Responding to your article "Can Other Religious Writings be from God?" know ye not that I am, saith the Lord, and am not the only God of the dead, but the God of the living?&amp;nbsp; Wherefore if I give more of my word to the living as anciently, why do ye murmur ye, O ye Gentile?&amp;nbsp; For I am the God of Israel, and because mine ancient Apostles were put to death by the wicked and rebellious of the nations unto which they were sent, and a dispensation was given by me to the Gentiles for a season, through the mouth of a Jew, even Paul, ye need not suppose that I cannot cause more of my word to be written. &amp;nbsp;For I am the same, yesterday, today and forever, and I speak unto all nations through my servants the prophets of Israel as anciently.&amp;nbsp; Wherefore &amp;nbsp;should I not now also speak?&amp;nbsp; For my prophets live also. And ye&amp;nbsp; live for the season granted unto thee and are subject to the same test as them assembled against me in their wickedness and unbelief anciently. And when it is that I return, saith the Lord, will I not speak?&amp;nbsp; And will not the word I speak also be written down?&amp;nbsp; Yea, what meanest thou O man, will this word be contained in the book, even the Bible, ye treasure so highly? I say unto the O man, nay. Therefore repent ye, repent ye, of thy traditions which are false which lead thee to drive and persecute my people Israel.&amp;nbsp; Yea,&amp;nbsp; because of their traditions the Jews also rejected me, even as ye.&amp;nbsp; For mine adversary, devil taketh away light and truth from the children of men because of false traditions, which are the errors of the fathers handed down to the children.&amp;nbsp; And if ye receive not a living prophet, ye cannot receive me, saith the Lord, for again I say unto thee, I am.&amp;nbsp; But if ye receive a living prophet, who is an administrator of my Covenants which I have made with scattered Israel, which is in my name, then ye receive me, and he that receiveth me, receiveth my Father.&amp;nbsp; And he that receiveth my Father, receiveth the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood, which cannot be moved or broken.&amp;nbsp; And he that receiveth this Oath and Covenant of the Ancients who are the Fathers, receiveth all that my Father hath, and they become the sons and daughter of God, with &amp;nbsp;the Sons of God who were mighty men in the earth, even the prophets and seers of Jacob, and with the first begotten, the heir of the Father. And I am he that&amp;nbsp; speaketh unto thee through the medium of mine appointment, which is after the Order of&amp;nbsp; Melchizedek and Enoch of old. Therefore beware how thou beholdest the oracles of God.&amp;nbsp; For behold, a bitter fountain cannot bring forth good water; neither can a good fountain bring forth bitter water; wherefore, a man being a servant of the devil cannot follow Christ; and if he follow Christ he cannot be a servant of the devil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which is evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and fighteth against him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin, and to do that which is evil continually. But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God. Wherefore, take heed, my beloved brethren, that ye do not judge that which is evil to be of God, or that which is good and of God to be of the devil. For behold, my brethren, it is given unto you to judge, that ye may know good from evil; and the way to judge is as plain, that ye may know with a perfect knowledge, as the daylight is from the dark night. For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God. But whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in Christ, and deny him, and serve not God, then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil; for after this manner doth the devil work, for he persuadeth no man to do good, no, not one; neither do his angels; neither do they who subject themselves unto him. And now, my brethren, seeing that ye know the light by which ye may judge, which light is the light of Christ, see that ye do not judge wrongfully; for with that same judgment which ye judge ye shall also be judged.&amp;nbsp; Even so. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-1448116527328295057?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/1448116527328295057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=1448116527328295057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/1448116527328295057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/1448116527328295057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2009/12/revelation-given-to-answers-in-genesis.html' title='Revelation given to Answers in Genesis organization led by Ken Ham'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-3936785880648427582</id><published>2009-12-02T09:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T09:43:57.244-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Latest Broadcasts-Exposing Antichrists'/><title type='text'>Latest Broadcasts</title><content type='html'>Definitive exposure of antichrists, including Mr. Van Hale, a wolf in sheep's clothing, wearing the outward appearance of a good, believing Mormon, but within a ravening follower of the arch-antichrist, the late Bruce Metzger of the Princeton Theological Seminary, the cornerstone of textual criticism which seeks to put down and create doubt in the efficacy of the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets.  Mr. Hale seeks to extend Metzger's purview to Mormonism, even denying the Book of Mormon historically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="270" menu="false" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/BTRPlayer.swf?file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2fartbulla%2fplay_list.xml%3Fitemcount%3D5&amp;amp;autostart=true&amp;amp;shuffle=false&amp;amp;callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&amp;amp;width=210&amp;amp;height=270&amp;amp;volume=80&amp;amp;corner=rounded" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="210" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-3936785880648427582?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/3936785880648427582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=3936785880648427582' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/3936785880648427582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/3936785880648427582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2009/12/latest-broadcasts.html' title='Latest Broadcasts'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-6091909803867931035</id><published>2009-10-24T14:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-24T14:48:19.597-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adam God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brigham Young'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Father'/><title type='text'>Lectures on True Doctrine</title><content type='html'>&lt;style&gt; &lt;!--  p.MsoNormal  {mso-style-parent:"";  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  font-size:12.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";  margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in} --&gt; &lt;/style&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: ZapfCalligr BT; color: blue;"&gt; LECTURE  NO. 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: ZapfCalligr BT; color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: ZapfCalligr BT; color: red;"&gt;Adam  is God&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: ZapfCalligr BT; color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; Introductory Note:  Instructions to Elders must be followed by them in detail to  make this discussion most effective.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: ZapfCalligr BT; color: blue;"&gt;IS ADAM GOD THE FATHER?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: ZapfCalligr BT; color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Opening Prayer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;, (Choose or  have head of home choose).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Review of Last Discussion&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;:  Last time we discussed the advent  of a then future prophet known as the One Mighty and Strong who would set the  House of God in order, and who would have the keys of the priesthood by lineage  and by right, otherwise known as the Root of Jesse “unto whom the Gentiles  should seek”.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 6.5pt;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt;Today we are going to discuss a very controversial and important doctrine in  which there is much disagreement among scholars in the Mormon community to this  day, but which Eliza R. Snow said was the most important revelation ever oracled  to the race itself since the days of Adam.  This doctrine is called the Adam-God  theory among those who disbelieve, but  it is called doctrine among those who  accept Brigham Young as an infallible source for truth.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Instructions to Elders:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;   Alternate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;reading quotes, and or have&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt; investigators  read.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Statements of Modern Leaders:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Spencer W. Kimball:&lt;/b&gt;  “We warn you against the dissemination of doctrines  which are not according to the scriptures which are &lt;b&gt;alleged&lt;/b&gt; to have been  taught by some of the general authorities of past generations.  Such, for  instance is the Adam-God theory.  We denounce that theory and hope everyone will  be cautioned against this and other kinds of false doctrine.  We worship Eloheim,  the father of Jesus Christ. We do not worship Adam and we do not pray to him.”  &lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;Church News,&lt;/u&gt; Oct. 9, 1976.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Bruce R. McConkie:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Heresy No. 6;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/i&gt; There are those  who believe, or say they believe that Adam is our Father and our God, that he is  the Father of our spirits and our bodies, and that he is the one we worship.   The devil keeps this heresy alive as a means of obtaining converts to cultism.   It is contrary to the whole plan of salvation set forth in the scriptures.” &lt;i&gt;  Seven Deadly Heresies; BYU Devotional, June 1, 1980.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt;Please expound: (Put in your own words).  If Brigham can be &lt;u&gt;proven&lt;/u&gt; to  have said these things about Adam from the official publications of the Church,  and also that scholars admit this fact (Mr. Don Cannon, Assoc. Dean, College of  Religion, BYU, who admitted to me personally in his office:  “There is no doubt  that Brigham Young taught the Adam-God doctrine.”)  Therefore please ask, what  does this say about the integrity, intellectual honesty, and knowledge of such a  man who would only say these are only alleged teachings, such as Spencer Kimball  did in the statement just read?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; “Yes, Brigham young did teach that Adam was the Father of our spirits, and all  the related things that the cultists ascribe to  him.  This, &lt;i&gt;(Adam God  doctrine)&lt;/i&gt; is not true.  He expressed views that are out of harmony with the  gospel.” &lt;i&gt; Bruce R. McConkie; Letter to Eugene England.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; “The choice that was before Orson Pratt is before the people today.  One either  acknowledges Brigham to have been a Prophet of God or a “poor driveling fool.”   To accept the latter that the presiding power can advance false doctrine, is to  lay an axe to the root of the tree.”  &lt;b&gt;Culley K. Christensen, M.D. author of &lt;u&gt;The Adam-God Maze&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt;Ask for response.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;" align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;" align="center"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Endorsements of Early Leaders of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Perspicacity of Brigham Young:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;tc  "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Endorsements of Early Leaders of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Perspicacity of Brigham Young\:"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Heber C. Kimball:&lt;/b&gt;  “Do you suppose that he (Brigham Young) is so unwise  to say a thing which he does not know to be true?  He understands what he  speaks, and he looks before he jumps, and God almighty will lead him straight,  and he will never stumble, no never.  &lt;b&gt;J.D. 5:32.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Brigham Young:&lt;/b&gt;  “I had the promise, years ago, that I never should  apostatize and bring evil upon this people.  God revealed that through Joseph,  long before he died; and if I am not doing right, you may calculate that the  Lord is going to take me home.”  &lt;b&gt;J.D. 9:142.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt;In the light of these statements, does  it seem possible that Brigham Young  would be allowed to err in such an important matter as that of the &lt;b&gt;Identity&lt;/b&gt;  of the Father?  (Please get response).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Expound Adam-God doctrine as taught by Brigham Young.  Note:  put in own  words, or read the following quote from President Young:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;   “I expect, if I am faithful with yourselves, that I shall see the time with  ourselves that we shall know how to prepare to organize an earth like this--know  how to people that earth, how to redeem it, how to sanctify it, and how to  glorify it, with those who live upon it who hearken unto our counsels.  The  Father and the Son have attained to this point already;  I am on the way, and so  are you, and every faithful servant.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;   “After men have got their exaltations and their crowns--have become Gods, even  the Sons of God--are made Kings of Kings and Lords of Lords, they have the power  then of propagating their species in spirit;  and that is the first of their  operations with regard to organizing a world.  Power is then given to them to  organize the elements, and then commence the organization of tabernacles.  How  can they do it?  Have they to go to that earth?  Yes, an Adam will have to go  there, and he cannot do without Eve;  he must have an Eve to commence the work  of generation, and they will go into the garden, and continue to eat and drink  of the fruits of the corporeal world, until this grosser matter is diffused  sufficiently through their Celestial bodies to enable them, according to the  established laws, to produce mortal tabernacles for their spiritual children.”  &lt;b&gt;Journal of Discourses 6:274-5.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt;Please bear testimony of this doctrine, that it is true.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tms Rmn;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Quotes from the Official Publications of the  Church--Brigham Young:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;  “Now hear it, O  inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner!  When our Father  Adam came into the Garden of Eden, he came into it with a Celestial Body, and  brought Eve, one of his wives, with him...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;He is our Father and our God&lt;/u&gt;,  and the only God with whom we have to do&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 6.5pt;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;.   Every man upon the earth, professing Christians or non-professing, must hear it,  and will know it sooner or later...Now, let all who may hear these doctrines,  pause before they make light of them, or treat them with indifference, for they  will prove their salvation or damnation.”  &lt;b&gt;Journal of Discourses;  Vol 1,  p.50.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Eliza R. Snow:&lt;/b&gt;  “When Brigham Young proclaimed to the nations that Adam  was our Father and God, and Eve, his partner, the Mother of a world--both in a  mortal and a Celestial sense--he made the most important revelation ever oracled  to the race since the days of Adam, himself.”  &lt;b&gt;Women of Mormendom; p. 196-7.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;The Ultimatum of Human Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Eliza R. Snow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt;" align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Adam, your God, like you on earth, has been&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt;" align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Subject to sorrow in a world of sin:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt;" align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Through long gradation He arose to be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Clothed with the Godhead’s might and majesty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;And What to him in his probative sphere,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Whether a Bishop, Deacon, Priest or Seer?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Whate’er his offices and callings were,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;He magnified them with assiduous care:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;By his obedience he obtained the place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Of God and Father of this human race.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;œ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Obedience will the same bright garland weave,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;As it has done for your great Mother, Eve,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;For all her daughters on the Earth, who will&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;All my requirements sacredly fulfill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;And what to Eve, though in her mortal life,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;She’d been the first, the tenth, or fiftieth  wife?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Whether by fools, considered small, or great?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;’Twas all the same with her--she’d prove her  worth--&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 9pt;"&gt;She’s now the Goddess and Queen of Earth. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Joseph Smith Taught the Principle:  &lt;/b&gt;“Adam is Michael the Archangel the  Father of Jesus Christ, and is our God, and Joseph Smith taught this  principle.”  &lt;b&gt;Journal of Wilford Woodruff; Dec 16, 1857.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; “...Brother Pratt also thought that Adam was made of the dust of the earth,  could not believe that Adam was our God or the Father of Jesus Christ.   President young said that he was, that He came from another world, and made  this, and brought Eve with him, partook of the fruits of the earth, begat  children and they were earthly and  had mortal bodies.  And if we were faithful  we should become Gods as he was.  He told Brother Pratt to lay aside his  philosophical reasoning, and get revelation from God to govern him and enlighten  his mind more, and it would be a great blessing to lay aside his books and go  into the canyons as some of the rest of us were doing...”  &lt;b&gt;Journal of Wilford  Woodfruff; Sept 17, 1854.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; “He (Brigham Young) said that our God was Father Adam.  He was the Father of the  Saviour Jesus Christ.  Our God was no more or less than Adam, Michael the  Archangel.  &lt;b&gt;Journal of Wilford Woodruff; Feb. 19, 1854.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; “I tell you more, Adam is the Father of our spirits.  He had lived upon an  earth;  He did abide his creation, and did honor to his calling and Priesthood,  and obeyed &lt;b&gt;His&lt;/b&gt; master or Lord, and probably many of his wives did the  same and they lived, and died upon an earth and then were resurrected again to  immortality and eternal  life.”  &lt;b&gt;Brigham Young;  24th Semi-annual  Conference.  Oct 8, 1854.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; “Father Adam’s oldest Son (Jesus the Saviour) who is the heir of the family is  Father Adam’s first begotten in the Spirit World, who according to the flesh is  the Only Begotten as it is written.”  &lt;b&gt;L. John Nuttal Journal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 6.5pt;"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;b&gt;;  1834-1905 vol. 1, Feb. 7, 1877.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; “The Adam-God doctrine as taught by President Brigham Young further states that  Jesus, the Son of Mary in mortality, was also the mortal son of Adam.  Which  means that after having lived for approximately one thousand years on this earth  as a mortal man, Adam in a translated state visited Mary, she conceived and  brought forth Jesus...”  &lt;b&gt;Harold E. Singer.  &lt;u&gt;The Adam-God Doctrine&lt;/u&gt;; BYU;  Provo, Ut,  1972. p. 18.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; Prophecy in Bible of Adam’s Return:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; “I beheld til the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of Days did sit, whose  garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool:  His  throne was like the fiery flame, and wheels as burning fire.  A fiery stream  issued and came forth from before him:  thousand thousands ministered unto him,  and ten thousand stood before him:  the judgment was set, and the books were  opened.”  &lt;b&gt;Daniel 7:9,10.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; “For saith the Lord, that the curse should be removed, it would require one like  unto Noah in authority that he should remove it, and there was none greater,  excepting Father Adam, who is God, even the Father of both Heaven and earth.   For He, even He, O man, is the Father.  And this is life eternal that they might  know thee, O my Father, and thy two witnesses whom thou hast sent, even Jesus  who is named the Christ, and that One Mighty and Strong, who even now standest  among the children of men, and they know him not, even as they knew not  Noah...”  &lt;b&gt;Revelations of Jesus Christ; Section 2.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; Have them read Section 33; Revelations of Jesus Christ:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: ZapfCalligr BT; color: red;"&gt;THE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: ZapfCalligr BT; color: red;"&gt; REVELATIONS OF JESUS CHRIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;" align="center"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;"&gt;__________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;" align="center"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;" align="center"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;"&gt;SECTION 33.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt;“This is life eternal to know thee, the only true God and thy sons whom thou  hast sent.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt;“Whenever did a tree or anything spring into existence without a progenitor?”  Joseph Smith. TPJS p.373&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;i&gt;“I believe those Gods that God reveals as Gods to be sons of God and all can  cry Abba, Father!  Sons of God who exalt themselves to be Gods, even from before  the foundation of the world and are the only Gods I have reverence for.”  Joseph  the Seer, just before his martyrdom.  TPJS. p. 375.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;i&gt; Revelation received April 5, 1983, on Adam, God doctrine, whether from the  Lord or taught by Brigham Young “arbitrarily”  by fiat as some who speak evil of  dignities spuriously claim.  Doctrine taught in the secret councils of the  Priesthood of the Sons of God by Joseph Smith and hid from the world and from  the Church until the Latter-Day-Saints ensconced safely within the vault of the  Rocky Mountain safe from their persecutors, as prophesied by one of the greatest  Prophets of Israel ever, Joseph the Seer.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;   Thus saith the Lord, I the Lord God am no respecter of persons, and I reveal  the secret things, yea, the mysteries of the Kingdom of God unto them who  diligently seek my face:  verily these things were known and taught in the  secret chambers, yea even the secret councils of the Priesthood of the Son of  the Living God, and hid from the world and also from the Church, that the lives  of my servants might be preserved even in these things.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;   For they, even they, yea mine enemies, did seek the life of my servant Joseph  Smith, even in such matters, and this from false brethren, and enemies from both  within and without the Church.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;   And it was for this reason that I the Lord god did command my servant, Joseph,  that he should preserve his life in these things, and keep them locked up within  his bosom tight as all eternity.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;   But I the Lord  having proven my servant Brigham Young, who verily is now&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; with me, and whose  name is sanctified as Peter, James and John, and is in my  presence, in the might of my power, yea, I the Lord did prove him and others in  all things, therefor it was that I, the Lord God did reveal unto him and others  this great secret, kept hidden from before the foundation of the world, through  the mouth of my servant Joseph, did I the Lord God speak unto  them in that day,  and did command them also, that they too might be protected from their enemies,  that they too should tell no man concerning  this doctrine, that their lives  should be spared.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;   And it was that  when the Latter-Day-Saints were ensconced here  within the  vault of these mountains, that they might rest from their persecutions at the  hands of my enemies, that I the Lord God did give that my servant, in wisdom  should announce these things, even unto the whole world, that they might have no  excuse. Amen.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Excerpts From the Journal of Wilford Woodruff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;February 19, 1854&lt;/b&gt;:  He (Brigham Young) said that our God was Father Adam.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; He was  the Father of the Saviour Jesus Christ--our God was no more or less than  ADAM, Michael the Archangel.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;b&gt;September 17, 1854&lt;/b&gt;: Brother Pratt also thought that Adam was made of the  dust of the earth; could not believe that Adam was our God or the Father of  Jesus Christ.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; President Young said that He was, that He came from another world and made this,  brought Eve with him, partook of the fruits of the earth, begat children and  they were earthly and had mortal bodies.  And if  we were faithful, we should   become  Gods as He was. He told Brother Pratt to lay aside his philosophical  reasoning, and get revelation from God to govern him and enlighten his mind  more, and it would be a great blessing to lay aside his books and go into the  canyons as some of the rest of us were doing and it would be better for him.  He  said his philosophy injured him in a measure.  Many good things were said by  President Young--that we should grow up in revelation so that principle would  govern every act of our lives.  He had never found any difficulty in leading  this people since Joseph’s death.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;February 17, 1856&lt;/b&gt;:  It was false doctrine (Orson Pratt’s beliefs), for  the Gods and all intelligent beings would never cease to learn except it was the  Sons of Perdition.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; They would continue to decrease until they became dissolved back into their  native element and lost their identity (the second death).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;b&gt;September 4, 1860&lt;/b&gt;:  Brother Cannon said there  was a learned doctor that  wanted to be baptized;  he believed in this work but wanted to close up his  business in New York City first.  Said when he was baptized that he should lay  aside his practice of medicine, as he believed the Lord had provided means for  the healing of his Saints without the practice of medicine.  He is satisfied  that the doctrine of the plurality  of God and that Adam is our Father is a true  doctrine revealed from God to Joseph and Brigham;  for this same doctrine (Adam  is God) is taught in some of the old Jewish records which have never been in  print and I know Joseph Smith nor Brigham Young have had access to, and the Lord  has revealed this doctrine unto them, or they could not have taught it.   President Young said if all that God had revealed was in fine print, it would  more than fill this room, but very little is written or printed which the Lord  has revealed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;Other Sources:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;    “Now hear it, O inhabitants  of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and  sinner!  When our father &lt;b&gt;(O my beloved Father, how I adore thee!)&lt;/b&gt; came  into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a &lt;u&gt;celestial body&lt;/u&gt;, and  brought Eve, &lt;u&gt;one of his wives&lt;/u&gt;, with him.  He helped make and organize  this world.  He is Michael, the Arch­angel, the ANCIENT OF DAYS!  about whom  holy men have written and spoken--He is our Father and our God, and the only God  with whom WE have to do....When the virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the  Father had begotten him...He was &lt;u&gt;not&lt;/u&gt; begotten by the Holy Ghost.  &lt;b&gt; &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;And who is the Father? He is the first of the human  family&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;(Praised be the Lord God  of Brigham Young for announcing with courage the greatest principle ever  revealed to mankind excepting plural marriage!)&lt;/b&gt; and when he took a  tabernacle, it was begotten by &lt;u&gt;his Father in Heaven&lt;/u&gt;...I could tell you  much more about this; but were I to tell you the whole truth, blasphemy would be  nothing to it, in the &lt;b&gt;estimation of the over-righteous of mankind &lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;(whom  I loathe.  I pray my Father that my mind be opened at all times to truth, that I  receive all things and progress as fast as I can and am able to bear it, not  only in knowledge of the truth, but in the works of righteous­ness, even of  Abraham, my Father.)&lt;/b&gt;”  Except for parenthetical elements, &lt;b&gt;Brig­ham Young,  Journal of Discourses Vol 1:50.  Selah.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;   &lt;/b&gt;“It should be borne in mind that these wonderful mysteries, as they  are supposed to be, are only mysteries because of the igno­rance of men; and  when men and women are troubled in spirit over those things which come to light  through the proper channels of intelligence, they only betray their weakness,  ignorance, and folly.”  (Mill. Star 15:825)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;    “I have had many revelations; I have seen and heard for myself, and know  these things are true, and nobody on earth can disprove them. &lt;b&gt;(Hurrah,  Brigham! My brother, I revere thy sagacity and immobility in the face of the  contradiction of the ignorant who shall be damned, worlds and worlds and worlds,  and eternities without end)&lt;/b&gt;  The eye, the ear, the hand, all the senses may  be deceived, but the Spirit of God cannot be deceived; and when inspired with  that Spirit, &lt;b&gt;the whole man is filled with  knowledge&lt;/b&gt;  he can see with a  spiritual eye, and he knows that which is beyond the power of man to  controvert.  What I know (&lt;b&gt;for such light have I beheld yea, his Face, the  tongue cannot form, and yet I long for release, yea let this cup pass too from  me, yet not my will be done, my Father, but thine in all things, and may I gird  up myself and manfully fight superstition and ignorance and malice and wrath  against thy Holy Truth until it is bound and thy people are free!)&lt;/b&gt;  concerning God, concerning the earth, concerning government  I have received  from the heavens, not alone through my natural ability, and I give God the glory  and the praise &lt;b&gt;(Yea, praised be the God of Art Bulla, for so he hath revealed  Himself unto me in the day I have seen, not with my natural eyes, for my natural  eyes could not have beheld, for I should have been consumed by his might.&lt;/b&gt;)”   Except for parenthetical elements, &lt;b&gt;Brigham Young, J.D. 16:46.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;A Modern Philosopher: “This so-called Adam-God theory &lt;b&gt;(Ah Brigham,  Bruce says you espouse theory only without revelation!  Is this not denial of  the Holy Ghost?&lt;/b&gt;) is false and contrary to all the body of revealed truth &lt;b&gt; (evil-speaking against the Lord’s anointed by anti-Mormons such as Bruce R.  McConkie shall not be forgiven, I assure you)&lt;/b&gt;.  It negates the essential  features of the whole plan of salvation;  belittles &lt;b&gt;(belittles who, you  bigot)&lt;/b&gt; God, and makes mockery &lt;b&gt;(Bruce says you ridicule, Brigham)&lt;/b&gt; of  the atonement of his Son, and postulates the utterly absurd &lt;b&gt;(absurd to a  brain shrunk to the size of a pea by bigotry and hypocrisy)&lt;/b&gt; notion that  Christ, his Son, had to work out an atoning sacrifice which would bring to pass  the immortali­ty and eternal life of God the Father...&lt;b&gt;(What a philosopher you  are, Bruce, too bad you haven’t got revelation to govern you more, you should  set aside &lt;u&gt;your&lt;/u&gt; books for you are no match for Orson Pratt in his lack of  error, compared to him, you are a pinhead and a fool, for, get over it ignorant  mankind, I have seen Him and He is the Ancient of Days spoken of and Brigham  Young is true and faithful and shall inherit all things, and if ye know not Adam  how can ye know me who standeth among you, O ye Gentiles, a direct descendant of  the line which has right of government and power from before the foundation of  the world, saith the Lord God.)&lt;/b&gt;”  &lt;b&gt;Bruce R. McConkie, false apostle, saith  that One who should come who has the keys of power.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  “A careful, detached study of his available statements, as found in the  official publications of the Church, will admit of no other conclusion than &lt;b&gt; the identification of Adam with God the Father by President Young&lt;/b&gt; is &lt;b&gt; irrefutable fact.&lt;/b&gt;  We cannot ignore or subvert those of his ideas which were  expressed in &lt;b&gt;undeniably specific terms&lt;/b&gt;, in order to justify and &lt;b&gt; sustain &lt;/b&gt;uncertain interpretations of his intent in general ones.” &lt;b&gt;  (Rodney Turner, “Position of Adam in L.D.S. Scripture and Theology,” August  1953.  Turner’s master’s thesis at B.Y.U.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  “And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord god will send One Mighty and Strong  holding the scepter of power in his hands...whose mouth shall utter words,  eternal words, and whose bowels shall be a fountain of truth to set in order the  house of God...While that man who is called of God (Kimball) and appoint­ed that  putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the shaft of  death...”   &lt;b&gt;D&amp;amp;C: Sect 85.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;“Let no man deceive you by any means:  for that day shall not come,  except there come a falling away first (the Great Apostasy) &lt;b&gt;and&lt;/b&gt; that man  of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who oppos­eth and exalteth himself  above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth &lt;b&gt;in the temple of God,&lt;/b&gt; shewing himself that he is God.”  &lt;b&gt;II Thess  2:3,4.  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;“Brethren, this Church will be led on to the very brink of hell &lt;b&gt;by  the leaders of this Church&lt;/b&gt; and then God will raise up the One Mighty and  Strong to save and redeem this Church.”  &lt;b&gt;Brigham Young. Provo Bowry, 1861.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Enough said, if you aren’t convinced by facts, you have a shattered  understanding anyhow and deserve what you get, for I am grieved almost to death  for the wickedness of men.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; Bear testimony of the One Mighty and Strong and also Brigham young and the fact  that modern “prophets” have corrected an infallible source.  Ask prospects to  pray concerning this doctrine now in their home.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; Set up appointment for the following week, or sooner.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 6.5pt;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;Romans 15:12.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 6.5pt;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;Adam, being placed into the  Garden by his Father in heaven and his Jehovah, from the world on which he was  corporeally born, saith the Lord, therefore, even though Cain and Abel were more  or less acquainted with their Grandfather, we have only to do essentially with  Father Adam, for all things come through him, saith the Lord.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt; &lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 6.5pt;"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;L. John Nuttal was Secretary  to the First Presidency, for Brigham Young, John Taylor, and possibly to the  best of my knowledge, Wilford Woodruff, and thus was privy to the teachings of  the Prophets, for so they were, as few men ever were, and his journal is primary  in establishing the authenticity of the doctrine.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt;"&gt;  &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 36pt; font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;›&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-6091909803867931035?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/6091909803867931035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=6091909803867931035' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/6091909803867931035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/6091909803867931035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2009/10/lectures-on-true-doctrine_24.html' title='Lectures on True Doctrine'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-8550746251220749815</id><published>2009-07-19T21:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T21:45:45.202-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ham and Seed Given as Slaves Forever</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;span style='width: 500px;'&gt;&lt;font size='-1'&gt;&lt;span class='hl'&gt;Book&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class='hl'&gt;Jasher&lt;/span&gt;, Chapter 73&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;30 So Moses took the city by his wisdom, and the children &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Cush placed him&lt;br/&gt;on the throne instead &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Kikianus king &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Cush.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;31 And they placed the royal crown upon his head, and they gave him for a&lt;br/&gt;wife Adoniah the Cushite queen, wife &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Kikianus.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;32 And Moses feared the Lord God &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; his fathers, so that he came not to her,&lt;br/&gt;nor did he turn his eyes to her.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;33 For Moses remembered how Abraham had made his servant Eliezer swear,&lt;br/&gt;saying unto him, Thou shalt not take a woman from the daughters &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Canaan&lt;br/&gt;for my son Isaac.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;34 Also what Isaac did when Jacob had fled from his brother, when he&lt;br/&gt;commanded him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife from the daughters &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Canaan, nor make alliance with any &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the children &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Ham.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;35 For the Lord our God gave Ham the son &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Noah, and his children and all&lt;br/&gt;his seed, as &lt;span class='hl'&gt;slaves&lt;/span&gt; to the children &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Shem and to the children &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Japheth,&lt;br/&gt;and unto their seed after them for &lt;span class='hl'&gt;slaves&lt;/span&gt;, forever.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;36 Therefore Moses turned not his heart nor his eyes to the wife &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Kikianus&lt;br/&gt;all the days that he reigned over Cush.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;37 And Moses feared the Lord his God all his life, and Moses walked before&lt;br/&gt;the Lord in truth, with all his heart and soul, he turned not from the right&lt;br/&gt;way all the days &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; his life; he declined not from the way either to the&lt;br/&gt;right or to the left, in which Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had walked.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; In the kingdom &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; God on the earth, the Africans cannot hold one particle&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; power in Government.... Not one &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the children &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; old Cain have one&lt;br/&gt;particle &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; right to hear rule in Government affairs from first to last;&lt;br/&gt;they have no business there. This privilege was taken from them by their own&lt;br/&gt;transgressions (Brigham Young's talk to the Legislature, Feb. 5, 1852)&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Therefore, I will not consent for one moment to have an African dictate me&lt;br/&gt;or any brethren with regard to Church or State Government. (Ibid.)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; We should not...elevate them, as some seem disposed, to an equality with&lt;br/&gt;those whom nature and nature's God has indicated to be their masters, their&lt;br/&gt;superiors.... (Ibid.)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;MIXING RACES PROHIBITED&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Were the children &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; God to mingle their seed with the seed &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Cain, it&lt;br/&gt;would not only bring the curse &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; being deprived &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the power &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the&lt;br/&gt;Priesthood upon themselves, but they entail it upon their children after&lt;br/&gt;them, and they cannot get rid &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; it.... (Feb. 5, 1852)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[139]&lt;br/&gt; If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the&lt;br/&gt;seed &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Cain, the penalty, under the law &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; God, is death on the spot. This&lt;br/&gt;will always be so. (J. D. 10:110)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; ...let me tell you, that the day they (Jews) consented to mingle their seed&lt;br/&gt;with Canaan, the priesthood was taken away from Judah, and that portion &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Judah's seed will never get any rule, or blessings &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the priesthood until&lt;br/&gt;Cain gets it. (Feb. 5, 1852)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Let this Church which is called the kingdom &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; God on the earth; we will&lt;br/&gt;summons the first presidency, the twelve, the high counsel, the bishopric,&lt;br/&gt;and all the elders &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Israel, suppose we summons them to appear here, and&lt;br/&gt;here declare that it is right to mingle our seed, with the black race &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Cain, that they shall come in with us and be partakers with us &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; all the&lt;br/&gt;blessings God has given to us. On that very day, and hour we should do so,&lt;br/&gt;the priesthood is taken from this Church and kingdom and God leaves us to&lt;br/&gt;our fate. The moment we consent to mingle with the seed &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Cain the Church&lt;br/&gt;must go to destruction--we should receive the curse which has been placed&lt;br/&gt;upon the seed &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Cain, and never more be numbered with the children &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Adam&lt;br/&gt;who are heirs to the priesthood until that curse he removed. (Ibid.)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;WHEN CURSE TO BE REMOVED&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; The Lord told Cain that he should not receive the blessings &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the&lt;br/&gt;Priesthood nor his seed, until the last &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the posterity &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Abel had&lt;br/&gt;received the priesthood, until the redemption &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the earth. (Feb. 5, 1852)&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[140]&lt;br/&gt; And if he [a Canaanite] continues faithful until Abel's race is satisfied&lt;br/&gt;with his blessings, then may the race &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Cain receive a fullness &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the&lt;br/&gt;priesthood.... (Des. News, Apr. 3, 1852)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; That mark will be seen upon the face &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; every Negro upon the face &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the&lt;br/&gt;earth; and it is the decree &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; God that that mark shall remain upon the seed&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Cain until the seed &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Abel shall be redeemed. (History &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Wilford&lt;br/&gt;Woodruff, p. 551)&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; When all the other children &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Adam have had the privilege &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; receiving the&lt;br/&gt;Priesthood, and &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; coming into the kingdom &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; God, and &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; being redeemed&lt;br/&gt;from the four quarters &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the earth, and have received their resurrection&lt;br/&gt;from the dead, then it will be time enough to remove the curse from Cain and&lt;br/&gt;his posterity. (J.D. 2:142-43)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; When the residue &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the family &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Adam come up and receive their blessings,&lt;br/&gt;then the curse will be removed from the seed &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Cain.... (J.D. 7:291)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; When all the rest &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; the children have received their blessings in the Holy&lt;br/&gt;Priesthood, then that curse will be removed from the seed &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Cain. (J.D.&lt;br/&gt;11:272)&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; They never can hold the Priesthood or share in it until all the other&lt;br/&gt;descendants &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Adam have received the promises and enjoyed the blessings &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;the Priesthood and the keys there&lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt;. (J.D. 7:290)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;                                    * * *&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[141]&lt;br/&gt; The blessings which belonged to Abel, descended to his posterity; and until&lt;br/&gt;the blessings &lt;span class='hl'&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; Abel's birthright are fully received, secured, and&lt;br/&gt;realized, by his [Abel's] descendants, Cain and his posterity must wear the&lt;br/&gt;mark which God put upon them. (Des. News, Apr. 3, 1852)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-8550746251220749815?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/8550746251220749815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=8550746251220749815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/8550746251220749815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/8550746251220749815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2009/07/ham-and-seed-given-as-slaves-forever.html' title='Ham and Seed Given as Slaves Forever'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-2967221975118539943</id><published>2009-07-02T09:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T09:37:46.304-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='textual critics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='antiChrist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Van Hale'/><title type='text'>Answer to Email Concerning Pronouncements Concerning Van Hale on Last Broadcast</title><content type='html'>On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Aaron Lowe &lt;aaron-lowe@hotmail.com&gt; wrote:&lt;br /&gt;Hi Art,&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I haven't heard from you in a while, how are you?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I love the new opening music to the podcast.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I'm traveling down Baja this weekend but will be on the Pacific side. I make a couple of trips there a year, near San Quintin at a friend's house. I can understand why you love living there.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Was that in bad taste to glory in Van Hale's stroke? Seems so. Maybe you should apologize on your next show.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Hope all is well. Where should I send my tithing check?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Aaron  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  He (Van) is my enemy. He has slandered me and lied about his own beliefs, distorted for gain my teachings in order to defame and destroy. The man is an anti-Christ in sheep's clothing.  Too cowardly to speak his mind straight-forwardly.  Let me ask you.  He denies the existence (historicity) of Noah. It is no wonder that he denies my testimony and tramples the very God of Israel  under feet.  This denial of Noah not only obviates the whole framework of the pre-mortal judgment of the spirits of mankind, assigning them a lineage, some cursed, some blessed, through one of the three sons of Noah, but it denies the testimony of Jesus himself concerning Noah: "As in the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the son of man be" overthrows Mormonism and all these testimonies of the prophets concerning Noah:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 73 And also they who are the spirits of men kept in prison (from the days of Noah), whom the Son visited, and preached the gospel unto them, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   (D&amp;C  76:73)&lt;br /&gt; 8 "By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   (D&amp;C  138:8,28)&lt;br /&gt; 28 And I wondered at the words of Peter--wherein he said that the Son of God preached unto the spirits in prison, who sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah--and how it was possible for him to preach to those spirits and perform the necessary labor among them in so short a time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   (D&amp;C  138:8,28)&lt;br /&gt; 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   (1 Pet  3:19)&lt;br /&gt; 19 For which cause also, he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   (JST 1 Pet  3:19)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So if we believe this anti-Christ, then Peter was a liar or insane (which is what he believes).  The Book of Mormon exposes the enemies of Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 13 O ye that are bound down under a foolish and a vain hope, why do ye yoke yourselves with such foolish things? Why do ye look for a Christ? For no man can know of anything which is to come. ( the foundation of the point of view undergirding "textual critics" which Mr. Hale--being one of them--regards as infallible sources of truth, destroying the testimony of Brigham Young, Joseph and all the prophets!)&lt;br /&gt; 16 Ye look forward and say that ye see a remission of your sins. But behold, it is the effect of a frenzied mind; and this derangement of your minds comes because of the traditions of your fathers, which lead you away into a belief of things which are not so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   (Alma  30:13,16)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Revelations of Jesus Christ       &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SECTION 32.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Psychiatry and other false science reproved by the Lord.  Freud-anti-Christ.  Compared with Korihor of the Book of Mormon.  World de ceived by their publishings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Thus saith the Lord concern-ing those sciences which are taught at this time by men, which teachings are an abomination in my sight, saith the Lord, in the which the whole world hath been deceived by that anti-Chirst, as it was prophesied that he should come by my servant John known as the Revelator, saith the Lord, even Freud, as he is known among men, and Jung and them who fol low after them, who be anti-Christs, who teach that there is no Christ: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 Behold thus saith the Lord, they, even they are even now be ing destroyed in that hell spoken of, for I the Lord God will not be mocked, who it is that shall shake the earth, yea even by the power contained in my voice, that it shall reel to and fro as a drunken man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 3 For behold I am he who shall come in that day with the clouds of heaven, saith the Lord, with my holy angels, who are now with me preparing for battle in that day with the sons of men and their armies and their weapons which are ineffective for their deliverance from even one of my little ones, who are Sons of God after mine Holy Order.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 4 And Man of Holiness is the name of my Father and we are one, and we shall not be mocked any more in that day which shall burn as an oven in the which more than twelve legions of my breth ren and I shall reap down the earth as recorded by my ser­vant Malachi, which shall burn even as an oven, for we that come shall burn them up, saith the Lord God of Hosts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 5 And that evil which we have purposed in our hearts, shall it not come to pass in that day?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 6 For vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, and I, even I, shall re pay in that day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 7 For it was that I caused that anti-Christ Kori hor, to be slain, who was a type in this things, saith the Lord, who also taught men in this man nera, as I, the Lord God did cause it to be writ ten in the Book, translated by my servant Joseph, as a testi mony unto this nation, even the gen tiles, and a warning even in these things, that they might not be de ceived as them of old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 8 And it was also, saith the Lord, that these things were also taught among them before the flood  which caused my wrath to be kindled against the inhabitants of the whole earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 9 And thus it is that as in the days of Noah, so are they even now, which is the day of the coming of the Son of Man with the clouds of heaven, in this day, saith the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 10 For it was that this anti-Christ, was he not de tected in that day by my servant Alma  even  as Freud hath he not also been detected in this day through  the medium of mine appoint ment, even my servant Art Bulla?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 11 And this by the revelations which I the Lord God have given him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 12 And is not this medium in the power and might and wisdom thereof more intelligent than all the earth which combined against mine an nointed in these things, in all ages of the world, even against Melchizedec who is of old and who is one of the An­cients, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 13 For they, even mine an nointed are mighty, saith the Lord, and nothing  can I the Lord with hold from them and they are now with me in the might of my power which stoppeth the utter ance of the tongue for the glory thereof.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 14 And they associate one with another, and know even as they are known, and see, even as they are seen, in the might of my glory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 15 And there the wicked shall not have place, for the shall they pollute the inheritance of mine an nointed with their lies and their priestcrafts, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 16 For Nehorb, wast he not also a type of thy priests and preach ers, O man, and has he not also been detected through the me dium of mine ap pointment, as in times of old, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 17 For the whole world hath it not been de ceived by false sci ence and false religion, that the whole world shall perish because of unbelief concerning the right path which leadeth unto the Eternal Lives, yea back into my presence, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 18 Even so, judge ye, saith the Lord, and ye shall see, even in this day, when mine terrible ones come, who hath power, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 19 For one of these, my little ones, have they not power to de feat without loss of stride, thy armies, O man, in the might of my power which I have given unto them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 20 For they effortlessly move and dart and stand and speak as with thunder,  and great glory and light and intelligence and honor, and holiness unto the Lord, and with this irresistable might and power so that the ground, doth it not open up and move, for all things are theirs, and they under stand and know all things, and they are Gods, or dained from before the founda tion of the world af ter the Order of the Holy One of Israel, as my war riors, even the Sons of God, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 21 And they are mighty such as the world hath not seen, yea the glory of my legions and the dev ils and the hosts of hell tremble at their name, even Peter and James and John, Joseph, and Brigham Young, and many oth ers, for they the devils know, O man, and they tremble as should ye, but for thy ignorance and slow stupidity and sloth in the flesh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 22 Yea their bodies, they are filled  with  brilliant  white light, all power and discretion is theirs yea, my little terrible ones, for all things are theirs and they fear nothing and their virility and valiance and mastery of the ele ments maketh the earth to reel to and fro as a drunken man, for nothing re sisteth them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 23 And it is, saith the Lord, that they shall shout a magnificent shout, Holiness to the Lord of Hosts, for glorious is His Holy Name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 24 And they, even my mighty ones, my warriors who be male, for no fe males shall be among them, saith the Lord, cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, and thy wicked ness, O man, is it not abhorrent unto them, that they cauterize with glorious and zealous vengeance, even  the earth upon which thou standest?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 25 For this has been done also upon other worlds formed in the might of my power, saith the Lord, even Eloheim, that death and hell and the wicked shall be defeated forever as with a re sounding clap of thunder, that shall resound throughout eternity in the victory thereof?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 26 For it is, saith the Lord, that the war fought against evil in the heavens, before the foundation of the world, in the which Lucifer and his hosts were cast out, shall be re-fought upon thy earth O man, when it is that my legions who make ready to come at thee, O earth and hell, and are loosed by me, the Father of Heaven and earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 27 And Lucifer shall be bound for a thousand  years, that the earth be made free from the shack les of wicked ness and dark ness and unbelief which bindeth it even now, that my intelligence, is free to expand in the light of truth which knoweth all things, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 28 And the meek shall inherit the earth .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 29 And thus they have pattern in these things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 30 And do they weep in thy death, O man?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 31 I say unto thee, nay, but they do rejoice in their victory,  and triumph, for they be warriors, and they were persecuted while in the flesh and were as sheep dumb before the shearers, whose mouths were shut by thy igno rance and wicked ness, that their spirits were grieved almost unto death, and their hearts within them were con tinu ally heavy within them for beholding thy wicked ness, and sloth and unbe lief, O man, even as I, the great est and mightiest of all, even Je sus of Nazareth, and this upon the earth by them who called themselves righteous, as the Pharisees, even as ye, O man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 32 And thus vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, and I will repay in that day, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 33 For I, even I, am a God of battlesc, and love the hate and the fury of the battle, saith the Lord God of Enoch, and blood shall run to the bridles of the horses and shall flow even as a river in this day, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 34 And it was that I, the Lord God, did cause it to be written concerning Korihor, that the Gentiles may turn away from their false teachers, even Meade, and anthropologists, biologists, sociolo gists, and all who pervert the right way of the Lord of hosts, and who mock and point and scourge and crucify mine Only Begotten anew and put Him unto an open shame anew, even in this generation, saith the Lord, for do they not teach that I am not, O man?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 35 And it is when I the Lord God speak, even unto a prophet, even as in times of old, do they not even now call him deluded, O man?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 36 And did not mine Only Be gotten also have to restrain his feelings many times, until the zeal for mine Housed had eaten him up, that he overthrew their tables in the Temple, O man?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 37 And this he did do, even re strain his feelings for the safety of Himself and his followers who were with Him, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 38 And was this not because of the wickedness of the children of men as now, which provokes them to rebellion and murder, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 39 For are ye, O man and O woman in thy wick edness before me, saith the Lord, any different than  they which crucified mine Only Begotten Son, O man?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 40 And thus it is that they, even they shall not es cape my wrath even as Korihor, for did he not deny the Holy Ghost which giveth utterance, O man?e &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 41 And denial of my Spirit, is this not unpardon able, O man?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 42 Therefore I, the Lord thy God command thee, O man, through the medium of mine annointed to turn away, O man, from these false teachers,f who are suf fering the second death, for in mine an ger against them, they shall die, saith the Lord God of Korihor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 43 And which of your institu tions are not built upon these things?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 44 Therefore it is because of these lies, saith the Lord, your institutions are being destroyed, even at this time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 45 And still ye will not turn unto me, and ye must perish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 46 For thine institutions, yea thy religion and thy science, yea of Babylon, shall fall, even as thy na tion, and as them of other na tions which inhabited the land before thee, O Gentiles, have done. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 47 For did they not also cover the land with the numerous in habitants thereof?g&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 48 Therefore why is it, O man, that ye think ye are unique?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 49 For the wicked, have they not been the very same, in their haughtiness and pride before me, in all ages of the world?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 50 And has not Satan had prac tice upon societies before thee, greater in power than thine, O man?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 51 Yea, was not evolution and racial mixing preached by them before the flood, and what did it&lt;br /&gt; avail them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 52 And have not others, also been destroyed, both body and soul in hell, as prophesied by mine an nointed, who were grieved almost unto death for thy perversity and wickedness and indifference and unbelief, O man?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 53 And did not mine Only Be gotten Son, say, FEAR NOT HIM, WHO WHEN HE HATH KILLED THE BODY, THAT IS ALL THAT HE CAN DO, BUT FEAR HIM WHO WHEN HE HATH KILLED THE BODY, IS ABLE TO DE STROY BOTH BODY AND SOUL IN HELL?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 54 And did not mine Only Be gotten grieve that great drops of his blood did run upon the ground because of thy wicked ness, O man?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 55 Therefore, O man, ye shall die the second death, if it so be that ye grieve my spirit, and ye repent not and soften thy heart, O man, and live.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 56 And it it so be that ye will not do these things, ye must perish with thine institutions, in the which they shall fall with thy society, O man, and O woman, who lift up thy head in rebellion against me, even at this time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 57 And thus it is that all perish who fight against the Lamb of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 58 And it is, saith the Lord, that ye must be bap tized and re-bap tized, even by mine annointed servant who now standeth among you and ye know him not, or ye must, saith the Lord, perish with thine institutions, which falleth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 59 And these anti-Christs, have they not filled the earth with their writings and publishings, which have turned you, my chil dren in the flesh, from a saving knowledge of that One who had been sent unto you, shall they  escape  my fierce visage which shall smite them as the hoarfrost is smitten before the fierceness of the rays of the sun?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 60 For they shall be brought to stand before me, and they, even they, shall bow the knee and con fess, even as my servant Alma did cause Korihor to do in that day, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 61 And ye, O man that believest their publish&lt;br /&gt;ings,  Are ye guilt less before me, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 62 I say unto thee, O man, nay, for are ye not all anti-Christ in these things?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 63 And thus them who adhere in their beliefs to that dogma, or system of beliefs known among men as that which is left-wing, thy blood shall atone also for thy guilt in that day in which my le gions, shall come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 64 For ye shall be saved from the second death, which is the death of thy spirit, only by the shed ding of thy blood to atone for thy guilt before me, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 65 And this hath been a law among the Sons of God from be fore the foundation of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 66 And it is that mine angels, do they therefore not delight in the shedding of thy blood, O man, and because of this  law, are they not justified bef ore me, the great est and mightiest of all, even the Most High God, who it is, O man, that speakest unto thee as in times of old through the me dium of mine appointment, which is after the Order of Melchizedec, O man and O woman?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 67 Ye shall not escape my wrath, which is terri ble, for thy provocation against me, saith the Lord, as before the flood, have ye provoked me, and ye shall not escape my wrath in this world nor in the world to come, O man, who liftest up thy head in rebel­lion against me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 68 For ye, even ye, are loathed by them who be my warriorsh, my little ones, and it is by my mercy and longsuffering toward them in the flesh, that they are withheld by me, that ye may space to repent and come out of her, even Babylon which falleth,i and receive baptism for a remis sion of sins at the hands of mine annointed and those who are or dained by him unto this  power as of old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 69 And it is that because of the teachings of these anti-Christs, that the world must repent, or it shall be consumed by fire, as spoken by Malachij, and all who follow O’Hairs, and Meades, and Freuds which abound who be anti-Christs, shall not es cape, for I the Lord God am a God of bat tles and they, even they, shall an swer these things with their own blood, for I will not be mocked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 70 Even so, may His Holy will be done amongst the inhabitants of the earth that Israel, even Jacob, be delivered, yea, even Zion, from the bondsman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 71 Even so. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a. Alma 30:16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;b. Alma 1:15,16&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;c. Luke 19:27; Exodus 15:3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;d. Ps.69:9; John 2:17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e. Alma 39:6; D&amp;C 132:27; 2Nephi 28:4,5; Mo roni 9:4,5;  Matt 12:31; Mark 3:29&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;f. Helaman 16:22&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;g. Mormon 1:7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;h. 2Thess 1:7-9; Mosiah 27:11-              15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i. Revelation 18:2-4; j. Malachi 4:1; 2 Thess 1:7-9&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  I feel as passionately about this enemy as any in my life.  He may as well hold a knife to my breast as to profess these beliefs of his as fact, as he does (he's a scientist, don't you know?).  If Noah does not exist, then there is no judgment (pre-mortal) which assigned all of the spirit children into one of three main races or degrees corresponding to the final judgment into which all of the spirits clothed in bodies will be assigned permanently one of three heavens and bodies in the resurrection!  If there be no resurrection, I of all men are most miserable rejoice at the destruction of the enemies of Christ, and I curse them that they may be destroyed as is my prerogative. Should I not rejoice at the destruction by God of my enemies?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You cannot pay tithing until and unless you receive the New Covenant, Aaron.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- &lt;br /&gt;The Kingdom of God..., or nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.artbulla.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Broadcast: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/artbulla&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-2967221975118539943?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/2967221975118539943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=2967221975118539943' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/2967221975118539943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/2967221975118539943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2009/07/answer-to-email-concerning.html' title='Answer to Email Concerning Pronouncements Concerning Van Hale on Last Broadcast'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-784420441117964943</id><published>2009-04-01T10:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T10:13:10.468-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Citizen Grand Jury" Indicts Obama for Fraud</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.blogtalkradio.com/artbulla/blog/2009/04/01/Citizen-Grand-Jury-Indicts-Obama-for-Fraud-in-the-Matter-of-US-Natural-Born-Citizenship-Requiremen'&gt;BlogTalkRadio - Zion's Redemption Radio - "Citizen Grand Jury" Indicts Obama for Fraud in Matter of US Natural-Born Citizenship Requirement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class='zemanta-pixie'&gt;&lt;img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=4a9bb675-a03d-8549-bb04-939e4be93acd' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-784420441117964943?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/784420441117964943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=784420441117964943' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/784420441117964943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/784420441117964943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2009/04/citizen-grand-jury-indicts-obama-for.html' title='Citizen Grand Jury&amp;quot; Indicts Obama for Fraud'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-3555495953488350581</id><published>2009-03-10T10:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T10:24:01.197-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Latest Missionary Endeavor Among the Lamanites here in Mexico</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.blogtalkradio.com/artbulla/blog/2009/03/10/My-Latest-Missionary-Endeavor-Among-the-Lamanites-here-in-Mexico'&gt;BlogTalkRadio - Zion's Redemption Radio - My Latest Missionary Endeavor Among the Lamanites here in Mexico&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Date / Time: 3/10/2009 10:13 AM&lt;br/&gt;My Latest Missionary Endeavor Among the Lamanites here in Mexico&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;From an email to Jong:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The teaching appt with Jaime last night went extremely well.  I expected some argument, which is the usual fare, but with him he was confident enough to receive what I had to tell him without flinching (he being a Pentacostal) and I can tell he is a warrior (former gang banger in LA it looks to be who had a conversion experience which included an open vision which changed him), and again, with him, he is intelligent about still "proving all things" and clinging to that which is true.  The pictures I have, of the restoration and apostasy of Christianity proved to be effective. I gave him a copy of the 1Nephi in Spanish, as well as Primero Vision (mine) in Spanish and Section 5 in Engish (he is fluent in English).  He insisted on an opening prayer, which was to my delight and he prayed in Spanish, which I could not follow, but for a word here and there. He explained he always prays in Spanish.  I told him that I was an apostle, and he expressed the "priesthood of all believers" tenet common to Protestantism, originating with Martin Luther, actually. I then quoted Hebrews, "No man taketh this honor unto himself, except..." which was especially effective for I had the artwork showing Moses ordaining Aaron turned toward him as i quoted this. I then asked him who ordained Moses, which, of course, he could not explain (I was trying to make the point of ordination being absolutely indispensable), and I told him Jethro, then I explained Midain being a son of Abraham through Keturah, the Priesthood being handed down for hundreds of years until Moses showed up.  Then I asked who ordained Abraham, which was Melchizedek of course. He recognized Melchizedek, and then traced it back to Enoch, through Noah, and finally to Adam.  He was impressed to say the least.  He then asked who ordained me, and I was prompted by the Holy Ghost to bring my line, but forgot it in the rush not to be late, but told him my line goes directly back to Jesus of Nazareth, also a Priest after the Holy Order.  He said that he would read all I gave him and pray about it. He expected me to require him to blindly believe, but I hastened to assure him that to the contrary, what was expected was for him to obtain the prize himself by wrestling before God and praying and working out his own salvation.  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font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Blinded by Science--Consensus &lt;br /&gt;(Refutation of Doctrine of Van Hale)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;This is a loose collection of notes for radio broadcast on Jan 6, 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;"Beware of the leaven of the pharisees"&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;As long as men of science ignore the light of truth and have no faith in the Divine Creator, they will search the hard way to find out the works of the Lord and will formulate false theories which may prove both harmful and pernicious in that they will guide their fellows who accept them away from the revealed plan leading to eternal life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;Unfortunately most scientists depend entirely upon their own intelligence and wisdom without a thought of divine aid. It is said repeatedly that scientists do not take God into their reckoning in the search of truth. This is an unfortunate condition, for if they were men of prayer and faith, seeking divine help they would come to the truth more readily and would avoid the many pitfalls of false hypotheses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="background: lime none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"&gt;(Joseph Fielding Smith, Man, His Origin and Destiny, p.21-22)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Jacob&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;4:8&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;8 Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord. How unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man knoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the revelations of God.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1 Cor&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;2:11&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2 Tim&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;4:3-4&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;JST 1 Cor&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;2:11&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, except he has the Spirit of God.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Matt&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;16:4-12&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5 ï¿½ And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because we have taken no bread. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;8 [Which] when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;12 Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Denying the Historicity of the Book of Mormon is denial of the Holy Ghost, saith the Lord.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;"...the undergirding assumption of those who question the historicity in whole or in part-is a denial of the supernatural, a refusal to admit the role of divine intervention in the form of revelation and miracles and predictive prophecy. It is the tendency, unfortunately, to adopt uncritically the secular presuppositions and methodologies of those who have neither faith nor direction." Stephen E. Robinson &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Pasted from &lt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&amp;amp;v=mjEFxguk5ko&amp;amp;fromurl=/watch%3Fv%3DmjEFxguk5ko"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&amp;amp;v=mjEFxguk5ko&amp;amp;fromurl=/watch%3Fv%3DmjEFxguk5ko&lt;/a&gt;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sherem:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Jacob&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;7:5-23&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5 And he had hope to shake me from the faith, notwithstanding the many revelations and the many things which I had seen concerning these things; for I truly had seen angels, and they had ministered unto me. And also, I had heard the voice of the Lord speaking unto me in very word, from time to time; wherefore, I could not be shaken.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6 And it came to pass that he came unto me, and on this wise did he speak unto me, saying: Brother Jacob, I have sought much opportunity that I might speak unto you; for I have heard and also know that thou goest about much, preaching that which ye call the gospel, or the doctrine of Christ.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7 And ye have led away much of this people that they pervert the right way of God, and keep not the law of Moses which is the right way; and convert the law of Moses into the worship of a being which ye say shall come many hundred years hence. And now behold, I, Sherem, declare unto you that this is blasphemy; for no man knoweth of such things; for he cannot tell of things to come. And after this manner did Sherem contend against me.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;8 But behold, the Lord God poured in his Spirit into my soul, insomuch that I did confound him in all his words.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;9 And I said unto him: Deniest thou the Christ who shall come? And he said: If there should be a Christ, I would not deny him; but I know that there is no Christ, neither has been, nor ever will be.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;10 And I said unto him: Believest thou the scriptures? And he said, Yea.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;11 And I said unto him: Then ye do not understand them; for they truly testify of Christ. Behold, I say unto you that none of the prophets have written, nor prophesied, save they have spoken concerning this Christ.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;12 And this is not all--it has been made manifest unto me, for I have heard and seen; and it also has been made manifest unto me by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, I know if there should be no atonement made all mankind must be lost.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;13 And it came to pass that he said unto me: Show me a sign by this power of the Holy Ghost, in the which ye know so much.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;14 And I said unto him: What am I that I should tempt God to show unto thee a sign in the thing which thou knowest to be true? Yet thou wilt deny it, because thou art of the devil. Nevertheless, not my will be done; but if God shall smite thee, let that be a sign unto thee that he has power, both in heaven and in earth; and also, that Christ shall come. And thy will, O Lord, be done, and not mine.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;15 And it came to pass that when I, Jacob, had spoken these words, the power of the Lord came upon him, insomuch that he fell to the earth. And it came to pass that he was nourished for the space of many days.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;16 And it came to pass that he said unto the people: Gather together on the morrow, for I shall die; wherefore, I desire to speak unto the people before I shall die.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;17 And it came to pass that on the morrow the multitude were gathered together; and he spake plainly unto them and denied the things which he had taught them, and confessed the Christ, and the power of the Holy Ghost, and the ministering of angels.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;18 And he spake plainly unto them, that he had been deceived by the power of the devil. And he spake of hell, and of eternity, and of eternal punishment.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;19 And he said: I fear lest I have committed the unpardonable sin, for I have lied unto God; for I denied the Christ, and said that I believed the scriptures; and they truly testify of him. And because I have thus lied unto God I greatly fear lest my case shall be awful; but I confess unto God.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;20 And it came to pass that when he had said these words he could say no more, and he gave up the ghost.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;21 And when the multitude had witnessed that he spake these things as he was about to give up the ghost, they were astonished exceedingly; insomuch that the power of God came down upon them, and they were overcome that they fell to the earth.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;22 Now, this thing was pleasing unto me, Jacob, for I had requested it of my Father who was in heaven; for he had heard my cry and answered my prayer.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;23 And it came to pass that peace and the love of God was restored again among the people; and they searched the scriptures, and hearkened no more to the words of this wicked man.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Michigan Tablet Stones:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Testimony of Rudolph Etzenhouser&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;"The existence and proof of these ancient people and their teachings prove that those who have labeled or allowed these artifacts to be labeled phony, are they themselves phony. This includes professors and teachers of higher learning in our educational systems, heads of the Smithsonian Institute, Prophets, Seers, Revelators, leaders, professors and teachers within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as well as others of other organizations." Duane Ericson &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"&gt;Pasted from &lt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&amp;amp;v=mjEFxguk5ko&amp;amp;fromurl=/watch%3Fv%3DmjEFxguk5ko"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&amp;amp;v=mjEFxguk5ko&amp;amp;fromurl=/watch%3Fv%3DmjEFxguk5ko&lt;/a&gt;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Seeking a sign… reliance on consensus instead of revelation&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;20 For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts of the children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is good.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;(2 Ne&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;28:20-26)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;21 And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well--and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;22 And behold, others he flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is none--and thus he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them with his awful chains, from whence there is no deliverance.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;23 Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and hell, and the devil, and all that have been seized therewith must stand before the throne of God, and be judged according to their works, from whence they must go into the place prepared for them, even a lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;24 Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;25 Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;26 Yea, wo be unto him that hearkeneth unto the precepts of men, and denieth the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;(2 Ne&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;28:20-26)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;21 And their hearts are corrupt, and full of wickedness and abominations; and they love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil; therefore they will not ask of me.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;(D&amp;amp;C&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;10:21)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sherem:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Jacob&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;7:5-23&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5 And he had hope to shake me from the faith, notwithstanding the many revelations and the many things which I had seen concerning these things; for I truly had seen angels, and they had ministered unto me. And also, I had heard the voice of the Lord speaking unto me in very word, from time to time; wherefore, I could not be shaken.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6 And it came to pass that he came unto me, and on this wise did he speak unto me, saying: Brother Jacob, I have sought much opportunity that I might speak unto you; for I have heard and also know that thou goest about much, preaching that which ye call the gospel, or the doctrine of Christ.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7 And ye have led away much of this people that they pervert the right way of God, and keep not the law of Moses which is the right way; and convert the law of Moses into the worship of a being which ye say shall come many hundred years hence. And now behold, I, Sherem, declare unto you that this is blasphemy; for no man knoweth of such things; for he cannot tell of things to come. And after this manner did Sherem contend against me.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;8 But behold, the Lord God poured in his Spirit into my soul, insomuch that I did confound him in all his words.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;9 And I said unto him: Deniest thou the Christ who shall come? And he said: If there should be a Christ, I would not deny him; but I know that there is no Christ, neither has been, nor ever will be.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;10 And I said unto him: Believest thou the scriptures? And he said, Yea.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;11 And I said unto him: Then ye do not understand them; for they truly testify of Christ. Behold, I say unto you that none of the prophets have written, nor prophesied, save they have spoken concerning this Christ.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;12 And this is not all--it has been made manifest unto me, for I have heard and seen; and it also has been made manifest unto me by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, I know if there should be no atonement made all mankind must be lost.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;13 And it came to pass that he said unto me: Show me a sign by this power of the Holy Ghost, in the which ye know so much.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;14 And I said unto him: What am I that I should tempt God to show unto thee a sign in the thing which thou knowest to be true? Yet thou wilt deny it, because thou art of the devil. Nevertheless, not my will be done; but if God shall smite thee, let that be a sign unto thee that he has power, both in heaven and in earth; and also, that Christ shall come. And thy will, O Lord, be done, and not mine.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;15 And it came to pass that when I, Jacob, had spoken these words, the power of the Lord came upon him, insomuch that he fell to the earth. And it came to pass that he was nourished for the space of many days.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;16 And it came to pass that he said unto the people: Gather together on the morrow, for I shall die; wherefore, I desire to speak unto the people before I shall die.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;17 And it came to pass that on the morrow the multitude were gathered together; and he spake plainly unto them and denied the things which he had taught them, and confessed the Christ, and the power of the Holy Ghost, and the ministering of angels.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;18 And he spake plainly unto them, that he had been deceived by the power of the devil. And he spake of hell, and of eternity, and of eternal punishment.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;19 And he said: I fear lest I have committed the unpardonable sin, for I have lied unto God; for I denied the Christ, and said that I believed the scriptures; and they truly testify of him. And because I have thus lied unto God I greatly fear lest my case shall be awful; but I confess unto God.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;20 And it came to pass that when he had said these words he could say no more, and he gave up the ghost.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;21 And when the multitude had witnessed that he spake these things as he was about to give up the ghost, they were astonished exceedingly; insomuch that the power of God came down upon them, and they were overcome that they fell to the earth.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;22 Now, this thing was pleasing unto me, Jacob, for I had requested it of my Father who was in heaven; for he had heard my cry and answered my prayer.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;23 And it came to pass that peace and the love of God was restored again among the people; and they searched the scriptures, and hearkened no more to the words of this wicked man.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Heaping teachers unto themselves… having itching ears. (Play clip of caller talking about comfort of those who disbelieve.) Against comfort:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2 Ne&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;28:24-32&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;24 Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;25 Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;26 Yea, wo be unto him that hearkeneth unto the precepts of men, and denieth the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;27 Yea, wo be unto him that saith: We have received, and we need no more!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;28 And in fine, wo unto all those who tremble, and are angry because of the truth of God! For behold, he that is built upon the rock receiveth it with gladness; and he that is built upon a sandy foundation trembleth lest he shall fall.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;29 Wo be unto him that shall say: We have received the word of God, and we need no more of the word of God, for we have enough!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;30 For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;31 Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;32 Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts! For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2 Tim&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;4:3-4&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Amos&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;6:1-6&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1 ï¿½ WOE to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: [be they] better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5 That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Collected Works of John Wesley, Volume VIII&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7. How much more did they afterwards provoke God, by drunkenness, sloth, and luxury! "They have erred through wine," saith the Prophet Isaiah, "and through strong drink they are out of the way:" (28:7:) Which occasioned those vehement and repeated warnings against that reigning sin: "Woe to the drunkards of Ephraim, them that are overcome with wine" (Verse 1.) "The drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot." (Verse 3.) "Woe unto them that rise up early that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! ï¿½ But they regard not the work of the Lord neither consider the operation of his hands." (5:11, 12.) "Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink!" (Verse 22.) "Woe to them that are at ease in Zion; that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; that chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music; that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: But they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph." (Amos 6:1,4-6.) "Behold," saith Ezekiel to Jerusalem, "this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, fulness of bread and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters." (16:49.)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Apostasy of Christianity&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;James E. Talmage, Articles of Faith, p.442-443&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1. Degeneracy of Worship Incident to the Apostasy-That, as the Priesthood disappeared from the earth after the apostolic period, the forms of worship were perverted, while many pagan influences and practises crept in, may be reasonably inferred from the records of history. Mosheim, an authority of note in ecclesiastical history, has this to say regarding pagan innovations during the fourth century: "The Christian bishops introduced, with but slight alterations, into the Christian worship, those rites and institutions by which, formerly, the Greeks and Romans and other nations had manifested their piety and reverence towards their imaginary deities; supposing that the people would more readily embrace Christianity if they saw that the rites handed down to them from their fathers still existed unchanged among the Christians, and perceived that Christ and the martyrs were worshiped in the same manner as formerly their gods were. There was, of course, little difference, in these times, between the public worship of the Christians and that of the Greeks and Romans. In both alike, there were splendid robes, mitres, tiaras, wax tapers, crosiers, processions, illustrations, images, golden and silver vases, and numberless other things."&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Of the form of professedly Christian worship in the fifth century, the same authority says: "Public worship everywhere assumed a form more calculated for show and for the gratification of the eye. Various ornaments were added to the sacerdotal garments, in order to increase the veneration of the people for the clerical order. * * * In some places it was appointed that the praises of God should be sung perpetually night and day, the singers succeeding each other without interruption: as if the Supreme Being took pleasure in clamor and noise, and in the flatteries of men. The magnificence of the temples knew no bounds. Splendid images were placed in them; * * * the image of the Virgin Mary holding her infant in her arms occupied the most conspicuous place."&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2. Early Beginning of the Apostasy-Orson Pratt, an apostle of the present age, has written as follows concerning the early falling away from the authorized practises of the Church: "The great apostasy of the Christian church commenced in the first century, while there were yet inspired apostles and prophets in their midst; hence Paul, just previous to his martyrdom, enumerates a great number who had 'made shipwreck of their faith,' and 'turned aside into vain jangling,' teaching 'that the resurrection was already past;' giving 'heed to fables and endless genealogies;' 'doubting about questions and strifes of words whereof come envyings, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness.' This apostasy had become so general that Paul declares to Timothy 'that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me;' and again he says 'at my first answer, no man stood with me, but all men forsook me;' he further states that 'there are many unruly, and vain talkers, deceivers,' 'teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.' These apostates, no doubt, pretended to be very righteous, 'for,' says the apostle, 'they profess that they know God, but in works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.'"&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;3. The Rule of the Priesthood-That the power of the Priesthood is to be exercised in the spirit of patience and love, and not in opposition to individual free agency, is apparent from many scriptures, among which is the following: "Behold, there are many called, but few are chosen. And why are they not chosen? Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world, and aspire to the honors of men, that they do not learn this one lesson-That the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness. That they may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen to the priesthood or the authority of that man. Behold, ere he is aware, he is left unto himself, to kick against the pricks; to persecute the saints; and to fight against God. We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion. Hence many are called, but few are chosen. No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion, by longsuffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned; By kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul without hypocrisy and without guile-Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved, lest he esteem thee to be his enemy; That he may know that thy faithfulness is stronger than the cords of death. Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven. The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion, and thy scepter an unchanging scepter of righteousness and truth; and thy dominion shall be an everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever and ever."-D&amp;amp;C 121:34-46.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Dangers of Broad Mindedness:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Mindedness1)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;BROAD-MINDEDNESS LEADS TO APOSTASY. I would like for a few minutes to offer a few observations in regard to the question of tolerance and broad-mindedness. We hear so much in these days about being tolerant and broad-minded. I suppose the world will never know how many crimes have been committed through a misinterpretation and misunderstanding of these terms. Satan is very broad-minded, extremely so as long as he can get people to do evil and avoid the truth. He will teach any kind of theory, or principle, or doctrine, if it doesn't conform to the fundamental things of life-the gospel of Jesus Christ. He is even willing to teach some truth, if he can join that truth with error, and by teaching the error with the truth lead men astray. This is how broad-minded he is, and that is how the apostasy came about in the primitive Churchï¿½.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;I am satisfied, and I know that the kingdom of God is governed by a definite, fixed law, that cannot be controverted. We cannot change it because we perhaps become modern and say we are broad-minded, as some people understand broad-mindedness and tolerance to be. It does not change the fact in the least that if we would receive the kingdom of God and enter into its exaltation, we must comply with the fundamental truths, the laws upon which that kingdom is established. We have them; we are the advocates of these principles; they are in our keeping.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;(Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 3 vols., edited by Bruce R. McConkie, 3:, p.298,300)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Frequently young people think, "Oh, that doesn't matter. We'll get along all right. We'll adjust ourselves. My spouse will permit me to do as I please or I will make adjustments. We'll both live and worship according to our own pattern." This is not broad-mindedness, but even if it were, to be broad-minded with the Lord's eternal program is somewhat like being generous with other people's money. (76-59)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;(Spencer W. Kimball, The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, edited by Edward L. Kimball, p.300)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Does away with a fear of God.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;All descended from Adam, yet we have different DNA groupings of men called races.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Is it not true that when God curses a family of descendants of Adam, their DNA changes?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Van Hale wants to evangelize the Mormons away from an actual belief in historicity of the BOM.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Dangers of this corrosive attitude.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Sherem:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Doctrine of the One Mighty and Strong is thorn in the side of Mr. Hale&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-6135467394402785420?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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2008 (http;//blogrtalkradio.com/artbulla)</title><content type='html'>70 These are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of the sun, even the glory of God, the highest of all, whose glory the sun of the firmament is written of as being typical.&lt;br /&gt;78 Wherefore, they are bodies terrestrial, and not bodies celestial, and differ in glory as the moon differs from the sun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(D&amp;amp;C 76:70,78)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20 That bodies who are of the celestial kingdom may possess it forever and ever; for, for this intent was it made and created, and for this intent are they sanctified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(D&amp;amp;C 88:20)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;39 All flesh [is] not the same flesh: but [there is] one [kind of] flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, [and] another of birds.&lt;br /&gt;40 [There are] also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial [is] another.&lt;br /&gt;41 [There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory.&lt;br /&gt;42 So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1 Cor 15:39-42)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;168 For this purpose did I the Lord God place the barrier of color to separate Shem, my chosen, through whom the promises and the blessings made unto the Fathers were preserved.&lt;br /&gt;169 And it is that a skin of blackness was placed upon Ham and his seed, which thing hath always followed them who be apostates from the Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God*.&lt;br /&gt;170 And this mark hath been upon them in all ages of the world, saith the Lord, that my people who are of the House of Israel should not desire them to mix their seed with them, that they and their children should be a pure and holy people unto me, forever undefiled, For I the Lord God am the author of the races, and who is it, saith the Lord, that stretchest forth his puny arm, to alter the decrees of the Most High which were made from before the foundation of the world?&lt;br /&gt;171 For it was that the spirits of men were segregated according to valiance and also intelligence in races and grades, and that teaching that all men are the same is an abomination in my sight, saith the Lord, for ye, even ye, O man, who dare raise thy head in ignorance of my power in these things, yea, even my sovereignty over the nations shall be ground into powder when it is that more than twelve legions of my little ones shall reap down thy earth, O man and O woman, whose hearts bleed for Cain, the first murderer.&lt;br /&gt;172 Yea for ye shall be consumed at that day which shall burn as an oven.&lt;br /&gt;173 For as in the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.&lt;br /&gt;174 For it is that my decrees shall not be abro&lt;br /&gt;gated nor done away with by the weak and ignoble and ignorant of the children of men, who have no voice, saith the Lord. 175 And my word which I have spoken in this day by my servant shall not return unto me void, saith the Lord of the races of men. The Revelations of Jesus Christ, Section 2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;118 And the spirits of all men and women were arranged in races and grades according to intelligence from before the foundation of the world and according to their performance in that war fought in heaven.&lt;br /&gt;119 Yea there was a race of men cursed to be a servant of servants 5 from before the foundation of the world, for lack of valiance and bravery in that war in heaven, and this is the curse of Cain the first murderer and this curse wast it not preserved through that which is known as the flood through Ham? Section 3, RJC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;176&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now concerning them who call them­selves saints of the Most High, did I not speak unto my servant that cursed is he that relieth upon the arm of flesh or he that maketh flesh his arm?&lt;br /&gt;177&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How is it O Israel, that ye cannot hear when I the Lord your God speak unto thee out of the heavens?&lt;br /&gt;178&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did not my servant Joseph and also Brigham, speak unto them who comprised my Saints,saith the Lord that they depended on the prophet, and did not seek unto me for them­selves1, hence their minds were darkened, and this because of the neglect of the things which were delegated unto them?&lt;br /&gt;179&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For it, saith the Lord, is appointed unto every tub, that it shall stand upon its own bottom, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;180&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yea, know ye not that mine annointed is but a man, and that even Moses required that his arms be supported in the weight therof?&lt;br /&gt;181&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And did not my servant Moses exclaim, Would to God that all of Israel were prophets?&lt;br /&gt;182&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And did he not pray unto me that I the Lord God should grant unto the Seventy, that they also should prophesy and share the burden?&lt;br /&gt;183&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And did I the Lord not place my spirit also upon them?&lt;br /&gt;184&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And was not my servant Moses, who was in the similitude of mine Only Begotten not com­forted in these things?&lt;br /&gt;185&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And how much greater was my servant Moses, than them who ye sustain as your presi­dents?&lt;br /&gt;186&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have I not spoken and said time after time, that he that is commanded in all things is a sloth­ful and an unwise servant?&lt;br /&gt;187&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O ye wicked and perverse and stiff- necked generation who are full of lies and iniquity, saith the Lord, your refuge of lies in the which ye cover yourselves, and say unto this people, who seeth us or who knoweth us shall be swept away by a tem­pest of hail and a destroying storm which shall sweep away the lies and the waters shall sweep away even your refuge, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;188&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the Lord God hath a mighty and strong one, even as I the Lord God did speak through the mouth of Isaiah, my servant who is even now with me.&lt;br /&gt;189&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For upon his gaze, saith the Lord, did burst a vision of fu­turity in the which he did see that Ephraim, even Ephraim, should be gathered out of the nations upon the head of the fat vallies.&lt;br /&gt;190&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And verily, this prophecy contained in the 28th Chapter thereof is fulfilled in your ears.&lt;br /&gt;191&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For whom shall he teach knowledge?&lt;br /&gt;192&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And whom shall he make to understand doctrine?&lt;br /&gt;193&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For by his knowledge shall my righteous servant save many, saith the Lord God, even them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts, even Sarai.&lt;br /&gt;194&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And did I not reveal unto my servant Joseph that that which contradicts a former reve­lation is false even though it be from an angel from heaven?&lt;br /&gt;195&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And how much greater is an angel from heaven than them who ye sustain and your presi­dents, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;196&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For behold, my servants the prophets see in part and know in part, but mine angels, saith the Lord, see face to face and thereby know much that is truth, for they behold my glory.&lt;br /&gt;197&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And them which are false prophets see not at all, but divine lies, and behold, saith the Lord, how is it that ye in your heartsdo worship them, when it was that John my Beloved, who would fain have worshipped my mes­senger on the Isle of Patmos was forbidden, even though his voice shook the ground upon which he stood,and the brightness of his appearing wast beyond all imagi­nation?&lt;br /&gt;198&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And did I the Lord not speak through the mouth of my servant Joseph that I the Lord God would send one Mighty and Strong, even unto thee, O Israel, and did not the knowledge thereof, even the might of my spirit cause the bones of my ser­vant to quake from the power thereof and did it not cause even his mighty frame to quake, yea from the glory of my power, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;199&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While that man who was called of God and appointed, even the President of my Church, saith the Lord, yea even him who did unrighteously contrary to my will, who did stretch forth his hand to steady the ark of God, did I the Lord God not speak that he should be smitten by the shaft of death as by the vivid shaft of lightning?&lt;br /&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And did I the Lord God not smite him, saith the Lord, and did I the Lord God not put the life of thy president, even Spencer W.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;215 And did not I the Lord god not speak through the mouth of my servant Joseph that many would be hoisted into power within my Church, who have broken the New and Everlasting Covenant at this time, and these things because of the money and the worldly learning which they seemed to be in possession of?2&lt;br /&gt;216 And thus the devil, is he not transformed into an angel of light, even in these things, and doth he, the devil, not transform his ministers into ministers of righteousness?&lt;br /&gt;217 For it was that my servant Joseph Smith and Brigham Young prophesied3 these things that they should come to pass, and that One Mighty and Strong, that he should come to set in order the Church, by the power of the scepter which he doth hold in his hand, even the keys of the Apostleship, which he doth hold for his generation as Peter at the gate, doth he hold judgment for this generation.&lt;br /&gt;218 And ye shall be redeemed by power as in days of old, even as Enoch and Moses, when I the Lord God shall speak through his mouth in that day, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;219 And ye shall receive him, saith the Lord, or ye shall be damned and cut of from first to last as the Jews.&lt;br /&gt;220 For he is also a tried and precious stone, also rejected by the builders, as was mine Only Begotten, who is now with me, saith the Father.&lt;br /&gt;221 And thus it is that my friends, saith the Lord, have been cast out from among thy midst, as anciently, O Israel.&lt;br /&gt;222 And did I the Lord God not reveal unto&lt;br /&gt;my servants, Joseph, Heber, and John that the sons of Cain shall not have right unto the Priesthood nor their generations until after that which is known as the millenium among men?&lt;br /&gt;223 Therefor by this key, saith the Lord, the devil may be detected even though he should appear unto thee as an angel of light.&lt;br /&gt;224 And how much less, saith the Lord, are your Presidencies than an angel of light?&lt;br /&gt;225 And how much less are they than Brigham, Heber and John Taylor?&lt;br /&gt;226 Yea, thus saith the Lord, think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am come not to destroy, but to fulfill.&lt;br /&gt;227 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall not pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.&lt;br /&gt;228 Yea, thus saith the Lord, have all things been fulfilled?&lt;br /&gt;229 Behold I say unto you, nay.&lt;br /&gt;230 for has the millenium, even the thousand years of peace, hath it passed, or hath it been fulfilled?&lt;br /&gt;231 I the Lord thy God, who maketh the heavens and the earth and set them in their proper frame and orbits say unto you, O man, nay.&lt;br /&gt;232 Hath the earth received her resurrection and her final reward?&lt;br /&gt;233 I say unto thee, O man, who walketh about in darkness at noon-day, nay.&lt;br /&gt;234 Have all the sons and daughters of Adam received of the blessings which shall be theirs?&lt;br /&gt;235 I say unto thee, O man, nay.&lt;br /&gt;236 And it is not until all these things, even that which hath been spoken by the mouths of my servants the prophets be fulfilled that the Sons of Cain, the first murderer, shall receive of the blessings of the Priesthood of the Son of God, and then they shall be resurrected to receive of that which hath been appointed unto them from before the foundation of the world.&lt;br /&gt;237 For the blood of righteous Abel did cry up&lt;br /&gt;unto me, even in these things.&lt;br /&gt;238 And it is because of unbelief that this great wickedness hath come among you, even at this time.&lt;br /&gt;239 Whosoever shall therefor break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: But whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.&lt;br /&gt;240 And how much greater, saith the Lord, is my servant, Art Bulla, than those whom ye sustain as your Presidencies?&lt;br /&gt;241 For the keys, even of the Kingdom of God have been taken, even from them, and given unto him who shall do my will, and believed in my words and my works from before the foundation of the world, saith the Lord God of Israel, even unto my servant have they been given, that he may prove unto you, O man, that I the Lord thy God am the same, yesterday, today, and forever.&lt;br /&gt;242 For, saith the Lord, there is no agency except their own wicked hearts of unbelief, in your prophets at all, but they, even they, are as wood and stone.&lt;br /&gt;243 Therefor it is, O Israel, that for this idolotry, that ye shall be cut off from under the heavens, if it so be that ye continue on in the stubborness and rebellion of your hearts.&lt;br /&gt;244 Therefore mock not, for all shall be consumed at that day, and he who fights against Zion shall be damned and burned.&lt;br /&gt;245 Therefor beware that ye raise not your heel against mine annointed, and judge no longer after appearances, for do I not cover the heavens with sackcloth and make the rivers to dry up that the fish stink, that ye may know of my power?&lt;br /&gt;246 And I will prove them and see who is acquainted with my voice.&lt;br /&gt;247 For my voice is my spirit.&lt;br /&gt;248 And whoso hearkeneth unto the voice of my spirit, these are they who inherit Celestial glory with me, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;249 And all those who are not acquainted with my voice are not of me.&lt;br /&gt;250 And I will prove them, saith the Lord, and I will prove them, whether they shall be obedient unto whatsoever I shall command them.&lt;br /&gt;251 And how shall I command except by my voice, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;252 And again I say that my voice is my Spirit.&lt;br /&gt;253 Therefor, whosoever is unacquainted with my spirit, how shall they obtain the knowledge wherein that they may know how that they should act according to my will, or as is commonly spoken of, work?&lt;br /&gt;254 For if they be not acquainted with my voice, then their works are not according to the commandments given through the power of my voice, and every man shall be judged according to his works, that thereby they will be accounted of, for their thoughts, their hearts, and their outward acts of the flesh, and from these things, they shall be given their respective opportunities and blessings and cursings in the eternities to come.&lt;br /&gt;255 And wo be unto the disobedient, for where I am, there they cannot come, saith the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;256 Therefor give heed concerning yourselves, for even so, will I judge you when you shall come into the presence of mine annointed to be evaluated and judged for the deeds of the flesh, whether in the heart or manifested outwardly.&lt;br /&gt;257 Thereby, O ye hypocrits, and liars, ye shall be found out.&lt;br /&gt;258 Therefor, Wo!&lt;br /&gt;259 Wo! be unto those who are found to be thus, for shall they escape my awful wrath in that day, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;260 Nay, but they shall be destroyed, saith the Lord, that their esteeming of sacred things as a thing of naught, shall no more come up unto me as the abominations of the past which abominations caused mine anger to be kindled against the inhabitants of the whole earth.&lt;br /&gt;261 For will I that the earth be polluted any&lt;br /&gt;more by them, saith the Lord?&lt;br /&gt;262 Nay, for I will cleanse the earth by fire in that day that I may discover their iniquities no more.&lt;br /&gt;263 And the earth in this day shall be made as a paradise for them that remain.&lt;br /&gt;264 Even so, I have said it by the mouth of my servant in whom I am well pleased and surely his words also shall come to pass, for by the mouth of my servants of by mine own mouth, saith the Lord God, it is the same.&lt;br /&gt;265 Therefor beware how thou holdest the oracles of God. Even so. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* 2 Nephi 5:21-25.&lt;br /&gt;1. Footnote, bottom of pg. 18, vol 5, DHC.&lt;br /&gt;2. Journal of Mosiah Hancock; LDS Church Historian's Office.&lt;br /&gt;3. D&amp;amp;C 85:7-8.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: "Let this Church which is called the Kingdom of God on the earth. We will summons the First Presidency, the Twelve, the High Council, the Bishopric, and all the Elders of Israel, suppose we summons them to appear here, and here declare that it is right to mingle our seed, with the black race of Cain, that they shall come in with us and be partakers with us of all the blessings that God has given to us. on that very day and hour we should do so, the Priesthood is taken from THIS CHURCH AND KINGDOM and god leaves us to our fate. The moment we consent to mingle with the seed of Cain, the Church must go to destruction*we should receive the curse which has been placed upon the seed of Cain, and never more be numbered with the children of Adam who are heirs to the Priesthood until that curse be removed." Brigham Young Addresses, Ms D, 1234, Box 48, Folder 3, dated Feb. 5, 1852, located in the LDS Historical Dept. SLC, UT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;21 I saw another, who seemed to be a very high military officer who arose and said: "I will go down to yonder earth and surely I will bring all your children back to you so none of them shall be lost.&lt;br /&gt;22 "The plan of the first was ac­cepted as being the only sure plan for an exaltation.&lt;br /&gt;23 The plan of the second was rejected with great kindness; but the second was not satisfied; and while the first stood in great humility by the side of the Fa­ther, the second with many who stood in with him, went about among the Heavenly hosts to ad­vocate the plan, that was put forth as the rights of the second.&lt;br /&gt;24 This one was Lucifer, a son of the morning, for many had been with the Father for count­less ages, and learned their les­sons well, and he had been no dull scholar.&lt;br /&gt;25 Finally Lucifer openly re­belled against the Fa­ther and the Son, and six other mighty ones who stood faithful with them and declared, "I will have it my way.&lt;br /&gt;26 " I saw the faithful ones gather around the Fa­ther and the Son, and Lucifer's workers gathe­red around him, when one of the notable ones, who was called Mi­chael, arose and said, "We will de­cide the contest.&lt;br /&gt;27 " It seemed that a platform was extended into space, upon which we could operate, by what power I could not tell.&lt;br /&gt;28 We who were faithful to the Father and the Son, had a white star upon us, and the others chose a red star; about one third of the males and females would not accept of either star, but with­drew from the conflict, the females taking the males by the arm, said, "Come, let us not take part with either side.&lt;br /&gt;29 Let us retire.&lt;br /&gt;30 " (Note 2) (When they were cast out after the manner of spiri­tual warfare,) they had no power to return.&lt;br /&gt;31 When they were all cleared from the platform and Satan and his followers were all cast down,&lt;br /&gt;their female companions wept, and we all wept.&lt;br /&gt;32 No females took part against the Father and the Son, but all took sides in their favor, except the neutral ones already men­tioned.&lt;br /&gt;33 After the tears were dried, from our eyes, the voice of the Great Eternal, spoke again and said, "Hear, O ye my chil­dren;" His voice penetrating the im­mensity of space so that all could hear it; it is decreed by the Great Eternal that the females shall not follow their males in their ban­ishment, but for every male that has kept his first estate and fought valiantly for the Father and the Son, there are two fe­males. Mosiah Hancock Vision&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zebedee Coltrin Controversy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Had I anything to do with the Negro, I would confine them by strict law to their own species, and put them on a national equalization. (Joseph Smith; TPJS, p. 270) And a year later, January 1844, the Prophet Joseph, as mayor of Nauvoo, fined two Negroes "for attempting to marry white women." (DHC 6:210) The Prophet also explained: . . . that the curse is not yet taken off the sons of Canaan, neither will be until it is affected by as great [203] power as caused it to come; and the people who interfere the least with the purposes of God in this matter, will come under the least condemnation before Him; . . . (Joseph Smith; Mess. Adv. 2:290 DHC 2:438) Here is evidence that the curse is exemplified through "a black skin" and that when that "curse" is removed, then the dark skin will be removed by "as great power as caused it to come." Also, a part of that "curse" was the restriction of the Priesthood. Abraham O. Smoot inquired of the Prophet Joseph Smith-What should be done with the Negroes in the South as I was preaching to them? (Joseph) said I could baptize them by the consent of their masters, but not to confer the Priesthood upon them. (L. John Nuttall Journal, May&lt;br /&gt;31, 1879)&lt;br /&gt;Details of this account are available from another source: Brother A. O. Smoot said W. W. Patten, Warren Parrish and Thomas B. Marsh were laboring in the Southern States in 1835 and 1836. There were Negroes who made application for baptism. And the question arose with them whether Negroes were entitled to hold the Priesthood. And by those brethren it was decided they would not confer the Priesthood until they had consulted the Prophet Joseph, and subsequently they communicated with him. His decision, as I understood was, they were not entitled to the Priesthood, nor yet to be baptized without the consent of their masters. In after years when I became acquainted with Joseph myself in the Far West, about the year 1838, I received from Brother Joseph substantially the same instructions. It was on my application to him, what should be done with the Negro in the South, as I was preaching to them. He said I could baptize them by consent of their masters, but not to confer the [204] Priesthood upon them. ("The Church and the Negroid People," as quoted in Mormonism and the Negro, Stewart, p. 11) It has been reported that a Black man by the name of Elijah Abel was ordained to the Priesthood by Zebedee Coltrin on March 3, 1836. John Taylor thought that perhaps Elijah had received the Priesthood before the word of the Lord was fully understood, and that it had been one of the mistakes of early Church history. (See Minutes of the Council of Twelve, June 4, 1879.) The Council Minutes of August 26, 1908, state that "this ordination was declared null and void by the Prophet himself." In 1879 Zebedee Coltrin related to a small group of Priesthood leaders that Brother Joseph had told him in 1834 that "the Spirit of the Lord saith the Negro has no right nor cannot hold the Priesthood." (Nuttall Journal 1:293) The Salt Lake Tribune reported in an October 26, 1970, article, "The Prophet Joseph Smith was commanded by God to withdraw the Priesthood from Elijah Abel, and to revoke the ordinations." So even though Elijah had only a very small percentage of Negro blood, he was still not supposed to have the Priesthood. He did go on an LDS mission in 1883, but there is no record of his performing any Priesthood ordinance work. Brigham Young made some very forceful statements concerning the status of the Black race and the Priesthood: We know there is a portion of inhabitants of the earth who dwell in Asia that are Negroes, and said to be Jews. The blood of Judah has not only mingled [205] almost with all nations, but also with the blood of Cain, and they have mingled their seeds together. These Negro Jews may keep up all the outer ordinances of the Jewish religion; they may have their sacrifices, and they may perform all the religious ceremonies any people on earth could perform, but let me tell you, that the day they consented to mingle their seed with Canaan, the priesthood was taken away from Judah, and that portion of Judah's seed will never get any rule, or blessings of the priesthood until Cain gets it. Let this Church which is called the kingdom of God on the earth; we will summons the first presidency, the twelve, the high counsel, the bishopric, and all the elders of Israel, suppose we summons them to appear here, and here declare that it is right to mingle our seed, with the Black race of Cain, that they shall come in with us and be partakers with us of all the blessings God has given to us. On that very day and hour we should do so, the priesthood is taken from this Church and kingdom and God leaves us to our fate. The moment we consent to mingle with the seed of Cain the Church must go to destruction-we should receive the curse which has been placed upon the seed of Cain, and never more be numbered with the children of Adam who are heirs to the priesthood until that curse be removed. * * * What the Gentiles are doing we are consenting to do. What we are trying to do today is to make the Negro equal with us in all our privilege. My voice shall be against it all the day long. I shall not consent for one moment. I will call them a counsel. I say I will not consent for one moment for you to lay a plan to bring a curse upon this people. It shall not be while I am here. 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by the grandfather and Adams Jehovah?&lt;br /&gt;Is the Holy Ghost one of our spirit brothers also?&lt;br /&gt;Answers:&lt;br /&gt;Wow, what great questions. I wish everyone would ask these. I have been revealed who the Holy Ghost or "Testator" is for this earth. This too is an office in the Priesthood, saith the Lord. (Btw, thanks for your participation last night. That was an excellent question which either was not perceived by Mr. Hale or deliberately not answered"). On the subject of who is the Holy Ghost for this earth, Lecture No. 2 of the Lectures on True Doctrine, which also you can download at &lt;a href="http://www.artbulla.com/zion/order.html"&gt;http://www.artbulla.com/zion/order.html&lt;/a&gt;, deals with this in detail. It is a most wonderful and glorious doctrine and was taught in the tabernacle by John W. Taylor, along with Adam God in 1888. To lay a proper foundation though I will start with a quote from Joseph Smith himself and also the BOM. Now the BOM plainly states that Nephi beheld the Holy Ghost and observed that he had the form of a man! Yes he is one of our brothers, and was perhaps the most intelligent and radiant of the sons of God, except perhaps for Jesus of Nazareth. But eternal covenant was made between three personages before the world was made:&lt;br /&gt;The Three Personages Everlasting covenant was made between three personages before the organization of this earth, and relates to their dispensation of things to men on the earth; these personages, according to Abraham's record, are called God the first, the Creator; God the second, the Redeemer; and God the third, the witness or Testator.&lt;br /&gt;(Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, selected and arranged by Joseph Fielding Smith, p.190)&lt;br /&gt;Joseph Smith said of himself:&lt;br /&gt;The Prophet continued in this very significant meeting to make this further statement: "Would to God, brethren, I could tell you who I am! would to God I could tell you what I know! but you would call it blasphemy, and there are men on this stand who would want to take my life." Continuing further, he said, "When God offers a blessing, or knowledge to a man, and he refuses to receive it, he will be damned." Thus by the implied remarks of the Prophet, the rebellion of the weak Saints in the days of Kirtland and Missouri continued, yes, even unto the days of Nauvoo. They seemed, unfortunately, not to understand the things of God, which had been revealed. (Elder Alvin R. Dyer, Conference Report, October 1959, Afternoon Meeting, p.23)&lt;br /&gt;Well the long and the short of it is that Joseph Smith is the Testator for this earth, and this was his office before the world was made, saith the Lord. I have a revelation on that subject (taken from The Lectures on True Doctrine, No 2):&lt;br /&gt;THE&lt;br /&gt;REVELATIONS OF JESUS CHRIST&lt;br /&gt;SECTION 161.&lt;br /&gt;Revelation Received August 2, 1989, Provo, Utah, Concerning Joseph the Seer in the Flesh, was none other than the Testator, the Third Member of the Godhead, saith the Lord, and This From Before the Foundation of the World.&lt;br /&gt;1 Thus saith the Lord, it was that Joseph, our beloved Joseph was the Testator born in the flesh, that he might also fulfill the measure of the sons of God, that he might fulfill the measure of his creation, because it is that spirit united with flesh and bones bringeth a fullness of joy.&lt;br /&gt;2 And thus it was necessary that he whose splendor, radiance and intelligence was greater or equal to the other of our Father’s sons, even the Christ, with whom he is One forever and ever, saith the Father, yea, it was necessary that he be obedient unto the law and descend below all things, that he too might be in all things and through all things the light of truth, with the Father and His Christ, being clothed with flesh and blood, he did verily complete his mission.&lt;br /&gt;3 And He lived for glory and verily died for glory, and sealed his testimony with his blood, that this word should become a law unto the Church forever, unchanging. He is the Holy Ghost, and this was his office, saith the Lord, before the world was organized.&lt;br /&gt;4 Even so. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;Important: Bear Testimony of the Testator, that Joseph Smith is the Holy Ghost (an office in the Priesthood), or Testator of the Father and the Son, that is His office which he held before the world was made, that He is, was and always will be the third member of the God head, none other than the Holy Ghost for this world, only, there being higher orders, or Kingdoms, through which power is administered, saith the Lord, Adam, our Father being placed in the Garden of Eden by His Father, our Grandfather, Cain and abel being more or less acquainted with their Grandfather, saith the Lord, and Adam’s Christ or Jehovah helped him in organizing our world out of chaotic matter, saith the Father. Our Christ, Jesus, if we are faithful will help us in the same manner to organize a world with which our spirit children shall dwell thereon, and we shall become Adams and Eves. And thus the work of creation, is it not endless?&lt;br /&gt;It required the death of the Testator, that the Doctrine and Covenants be a law unto the Church forever, that His testament be thus in force, unchangeable forever and ever, worlds without end, and no Kimball, Apostate or devil can contradict or do away with it, saith my Father.&lt;br /&gt;Now as to the creation questions. I take it you have been through the Temple? In there we learned there was a chief manager in that operation named Michael. "For we will go down, for there is space there..." Well according to the revelations, Michael is Adam. Adam's Jehovah assisted him and helped him as our Jehovah who is Jesus Christ when we become Adams for our earths yet to be created. The Grandfather and Eloheim (which means "the gods" or the grand council thereof) ordained Joseph as the Testator and Jesus as the Only Begotten, and Michael as Adam, who is our Father, saith my Christ, all offices in the Priesthood which is without beginning of days or end of years, without father or mother.&lt;br /&gt;MICHAEL--THE CREATOR by Ogden Kraut&lt;br /&gt;If Adam (Michael) was an exalted being, it follows then that he was the creator of this earth--instructed by his God and assisted by his brethren. Brigham Young declared:&lt;br /&gt;We say that Father Adam came here and helped to make an earth. Who is He? He is Michael, a great Prince, and it was said to him by Elohim, "Go ye and make an earth." What is the great mystery about it? He came and formed the earth. * * * Adam came here and got it up in shape that would suit him to commence business. What is the great mystery about it? None that I have seen. The mystery in this, as with miracles, or anything else, is only to those who are ignorant. (Des. News 22:308)&lt;br /&gt;Bishop Heber Bennion gives logical reason for this principle by saying:&lt;br /&gt;It seems strange that people will believe that "as man now is, God once was, and that as God now is, man may be;" that "God is an exalted man" and still repudiate the doctrine of Adam-God. These incredulous people believe that Eloheim, Jehovah, and Michael (Adam) the "Father of all living" created the world and yet cannot believe that He is the God of this world. It seems presumptuous indeed for them to ever aspire to be the God of anything, if Adam cannot be the God of the world he created and peopled. If a man is not to become the God of his own posterity, what [69] will he be the God of? (Supplement to Gospel Problems, Bennion, pp. 8-9)&lt;br /&gt;President Young explains the significance of the name of Adam and how he obtained his role in the creation:&lt;br /&gt;Why was Adam called Adam? He was the first man on the earth, and its framer and maker. He, with the help of his brethren, brought it into existence. Then he said, "I want my children who are in the spirit world to come and live here. I once dwelt upon an earth something like this, in a mortal state. I was faithful, I received my crown and exaltation. I have the privilege of extending my work, and to its increase there will be no end." (Des. News Weekly 22:308)&lt;br /&gt;Brigham Young even states that Adam was the "chief manager" in the creation of this earth:&lt;br /&gt;Though we have it in history that our father Adam was made of the dust of this earth, and that he knew nothing about his God previous to being made here, yet it is not so; and when we learn the truth, we shall see and understand that he helped to make this world, and was the chief manager in that operation. (JD 3:319)&lt;br /&gt;Apostle Franklin D. Richards, President of the European Mission, explained the following scripture:&lt;br /&gt;"And God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowls of the air; and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." (Gen. 1:28) If the Lord God has ever withdrawn from Father Adam the authority here bestowed upon him, He has not seen fit to make it known to the world. * * * Adam has continued to bear rule over the earth, and [70] control the destinies of his never-ending posterity. From the time he received his commission in the Garden of Eden, he has been laboring diligently to fulfill the instructions there given him by the Lord God concerning his dominions, and to bring them under subjection to his will. This will be fully accomplished when every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that he is the God of the whole earth. Then will the words of the Prophet Brigham, when speaking of Adam, be fully realized--He is our Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do. (Mill. Star 17:195)&lt;br /&gt;Brigham Young, in the following four references, declared that one of the first missions of resurrected, exalted beings is to begin the work of creating and peopling an earth and eventually acting as judge thereon:&lt;br /&gt;When they receive their crowns, their dominions, they then will be prepared to frame earths like unto ours and to people them in the same manner as we have been brought forth by our parents, by our Father and our God. (JD 18:259)&lt;br /&gt;Adam was an immortal being when he came to this earth. He had lived on an earth similar to ours. He had received the Priesthood and the keys thereof, and had been faithful in all things, and had gained resurrection, and his exaltation, and was crowned with glory, immortality and eternal lives, and was numbered with the Gods, for such he was through his faithfulness. And he had begotten all of the spirits that were to come to this earth. (L. John Nuttall Journal, 1:18)&lt;br /&gt;If you look at things spiritually, and then naturally, and see how they appear together, you will understand that when you have the privilege of commencing the work that Adam commenced on this earth, you will have all your children come and report to you of their sayings and acts; and you will hold [71] every son and daughter of yours responsible when you get the privilege of being an Adam on earth. . . . (JD 4:271)&lt;br /&gt;They (the Twelve Tribes) will come up tribe by tribe, and the Ancient of Days, He who led Abraham, and talked to Noah, Enoch, Isaac, and Jacob, that very Being will come and judge the Twelve tribes of Israel. (JD 11:326)&lt;br /&gt;* * *&lt;br /&gt;Hence, all men who gain the crown of exaltation will bear spirit children and create an earth like this for them. They will then become an Adam upon their earthly creation and, together with their Eve, produce mortal tabernacles so that those children may follow the laws of progression as their Father has done before them. The glory of God is manifest in bringing to pass the eternal life of his children so that His creations may continue to roll on through the eternities, gaining an increase of dominions, power, and glory forever. The plan of salvation consists of a never-ending creation of earths and an ever-growing family of children.&lt;br /&gt;John this is the most important doctrine ever revealed, nontheless than the identity of God. I hope this answers your questions, for I verily know this doctrine is true. Amen.&lt;br /&gt;----- Original Message -----From: johnTo: art bullaSent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:07 PMSubject: Adam God&lt;br /&gt;in Moses 7:35 is Enoch talking to the grandfather here?&lt;br /&gt;was the earth created by Adam or was it created by the grandfather and Adams Jehovah?&lt;br /&gt;Is the Holy Ghost one of our spirit brothers also?&lt;br /&gt;Also here is something interesting that I read in this months Ensign. It is from Brigham Young, "Our Lord Jesus Christ - the Savior, who has redeemed the world and all things pertaining to it, is the Only Begotten of the father pertaining to the flesh..." it is from Discourses of Brigham Young when I read this the spirit confirmed what you have been saying. It doesn't say pertaining to the spirit. It is funny that i have read similar quotes before and never understood what that meant.&lt;br /&gt;as far as the church goes, the church doesn't match the Book of Mormon. I mean in respect to who can be a prophet. I have thought this for a long time. Samuel the Lamenite was obviously not a member of the 12 apostles. In 1nephi 1:4 it says that "..in that same year came many prophets,..." these kinds of incidences do not seem to line up with what the church teaches today. The following of believers doesn't impress me one way or the other either. Poor Noah preached for 120 years and got nobody to repent or believe.&lt;br /&gt;All I care about is what the Holy Ghost testifies to me. It was never the policy of detractors to God to ask people to pray about the truth of their words or to remind people that they will stand before God to receive judgment. So in this regard and from the Revelations I have read from you I am still seeking the truth from God. jv.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Kingdom of God, or nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.artbulla.com/"&gt;http://www.artbulla.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-5178957039016411421?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/5178957039016411421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=5178957039016411421' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/5178957039016411421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/5178957039016411421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2008/04/answers-to-certain-questions.html' title='Answers to Certain Questions'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-3376145511079325091</id><published>2008-02-19T10:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-19T10:20:25.898-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Download Podcasts for Radio Broadcast</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.artbulla.com/zion/podcasts"&gt;Download Podcasts of Radio Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-3376145511079325091?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/3376145511079325091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=3376145511079325091' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/3376145511079325091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/3376145511079325091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2008/02/download-podcasts-for-radio-broadcast.html' title='Download Podcasts for Radio Broadcast'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-8428888382720558439</id><published>2008-01-28T10:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-28T10:54:02.424-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Barrack Obama Should Not Be President</title><content type='html'>The following succinctly outlines the reasons (the everlasting gospel does not change. Truth does not change, but lies do (progressive revelation is a lie, saith the Lord):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   The prophet Brigham Young, who was president of the Church longer than any other man and who had been taught the doctrines of this Church firsthand from the Prophet Joseph Smith, made this significant statement:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   ...any man having one drop of the seed of Cain... in him cannot hold the Priesthood and if no other Prophet ever spake it before I will say it now in the name of Jesus Christ I know it is true and others know it (quoted in "Race Problems--As They Affect the Church," by Mark E. Petersen, p. 7)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   The reason for Brigham's making this strange but important statement was possibly explained by a black man--Dr. Booker T. Washington, who obtained a degree in the field of genetics. In 1913 Dr. Washington was invited to speak at the University of Utah, at which nearly all of the general authorities of the Church were in attendance. Bishop John Whitaker, in a private conversation afterwards, asked him about the effect of this mixed blood between the two races. Whitaker reported:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       If perchance under discussion on some Negro problem, the question arose as to how a Negro would vote if only one drop of Negro blood run in his veins which way would that drop of blood vote on a question, white or black?&lt;br /&gt;       Without hesitation he [Dr. Washington] said, "If there was one drop of blood in a person and such a question arose, it would always vote with the Negro." I was struck with his ready answer, [205] showing he had thought out almost every conceivable connection white and black. And I have been told that pure white blood through intermarriage with any other blood runs out in four generations. I am told that Negro blood will persist up to eight generations. There seems to be something in that accursed blood that will not yield to white blood. (Daily Journal of John M. Whitaker, March 27, 1913, U of U Library)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   It is for this reason that men who are of partially mixed blood with the Canaanite will not vote or sustain the laws or principles that pertain to the covenants and Priesthood of the House of Israel. Therefore, men must be particularly certain as to where, how and by whom the Priesthood is handled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   This problem came up in a Council meeting in which George Q. Cannon spoke up, saying:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       President Young held to the doctrine that no man tainted with Negro blood was eligible to have the priesthood; that President Taylor held to the same doctrine, claiming to have been taught it by the Prophet Joseph Smith. (Council Minutes, Aug. 22, 1900, Bennion Papers)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   These factors governing the Priesthood are so critical that men, in any position, can lose their own Priesthood and calling by disobedience to them. Brigham Young understood it to be so conclusive that he declared:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Let this Church which is called the Kingdom of God on the earth; we will summons the First Presidency, the Twelve, the High Council, the Bishopric, and all the Elders of Israel, suppose we summons them and appear here, and here declare that it is right to mingle our seed with the black race of Cain, that they shall come in with us and be partakers with us of all the blessings God has given to us. On that very day and hour we should do so, the Priesthood is taken from this Church and Kingdom and God leaves us to our fate. The moment we con-[206]sent to mingle with the seed of Cain, the Church must go to destruction--we should receive the curse which has been placed upon the seed of Cain, and never more be numbered with the children of Adam who are heirs to the Priesthood until that curse be removed. (Speech by Gov. Brigham Young in Joint Session of the Legislature, giving his views on slavery, Feb. 5, 1852)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   According to this, then, every man in the Church who tries to give the Priesthood to the Negro, or sanctions giving it to them, must, of course, lose his own Priesthood. Such a situation is now occurring within the Church.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   This loss of Church Priesthood is also noted in a recent small pamphlet put out by the Utah Christian Mission, reprinted in part here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;                          THERE GOES THE PRIESTHOOD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   On June 1, 1978, the Presidency and the Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church decided to permit Negroes to hold the Priesthood. The Priesthood is regarded as the ultimate authority by which they are empowered to carry on their ministry here on earth Mormons maintain that without it, none of their ordinances would have any value with God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Previously, no Negro was allowed to hold the Priesthood because he was under a curse. The Mormon Prophet, Brigham Young, declared a drop of Negro blood was sufficient to bring a person under the curse and bar him from the Priesthood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Brigham Young, in true prophetic style, anticipated the day when the Church would reverse itself on this matter. He declared that if the time ever came when the Presidency and the Twelve Apostles should meet and CONFER THE PRIESTHOOD ON THE NEGROES, immediately, THE PRIESTHOOD WOULD BE TAKEN FROM THE CHURCH AND THE CURSE BE GIVEN IN ITS PLACE. Prophet Young declared:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ...  the first presidency, the twelve, the high counsel, the Bishoprick, and all the elders of Israel, suppose we summon them to appear here, and here declare that it is right to mingle our seed, with the black race of Cain, that they shall come in with us and be partakers with us of all the blessings God has to us. On that very day, and from the hour we should do so, the priesthood is taken from this Church and kingdom and God leaves us to our fate. The moment we consent to mingle with the seed of Cain, the Church must go to destruction, - we should receive the curse which has been placed upon the seed of Cain, and never more be numbered with the children of Adam who are heirs to the....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2435844367795967978-8428888382720558439?l=www.artbulla.com%2Fzion%2Fblog%2Frjc.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/8428888382720558439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2435844367795967978&amp;postID=8428888382720558439' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/8428888382720558439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2435844367795967978/posts/default/8428888382720558439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.artbulla.com/zion/blog/2008/01/why-barrack-obam-should-not-be.html' title='Why Barrack Obama Should Not Be President'/><author><name>Art Bulla</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04882698379883040148</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07716248049269321253'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435844367795967978.post-867717758991663986</id><published>2007-12-09T18:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-09T18:14:06.961-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Learning (Precepts of Men)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Learning  (Precepts of Men)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Sunday,  December 09, 2007&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;4:42  PM&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in;"&gt;2 Ne 9:42&lt;br /&gt; 42 And whoso knocketh, to him will he open;  and the wise, and the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because  of their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches--yea, they are they whom  he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things away, and consider  themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will  not open unto them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, Press On, Ensign (CR),  November 2004, p.101&lt;br /&gt;The first obstacle of endurance, “the cares of the  world,” is essentially pride.6 Pride rears its ugly head in so many ways that  are destructive. For example, intellectual pride is very prevalent in our day.  Some people exalt themselves above God and His anointed servants because of  their learning and scholarly achievements. We must never allow our intellect to  take priority over our spirit. Our intellect can feed our spirit and our spirit  can feed our intellect, but if we allow our intellect to take precedence over  our spirit, we will stumble, find fault, and may even lose our testimonies.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;5.  Offenses Against the Church&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;(5.  Offenses Against the Church&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;John  A. Widtsoe, Priesthood and Church Government, p.209&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;There  are really only three kinds of offenses of which the Church takes cognizance.  First and most serious is the breaking of the moral law in any of its divisions.  Second, deliberate disobedience to the regulations of the Church, which renders  a person liable to such punishment as the Church can properly mete out to its  members. &lt;strong&gt;Third, the incorrect interpretation of doctrine, coupled with  an unwillingness to accept the correct view after proper explanations of the  doctrine have been made. The first two types of violation are of conduct, the  third of belief.&lt;/strong&gt; All imply non-conformity to the practices of the  Church or non-acceptance of its teachings.-PC 164.&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;To  be learned is good…&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;28  O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the  foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they  hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know  of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not.  And they shall perish.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;29  But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of God.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;30  But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of the world. For because  they are rich they despise the poor, and they persecute the meek, and their  hearts are upon their treasures; wherefore, their treasure is their God. And  behold, their treasure shall perish with them also.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;31  And wo unto the deaf that will not hear; for they shall perish.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;32  Wo unto the blind that will not see; for they shall perish also.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;33  Wo unto the uncircumcised of heart, for a knowledge of their iniquities shall  smite them at the last day.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;34  Wo unto the liar, for he shall be thrust down to hell.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;(2  Ne&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;9:28-34)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-family: timesnewromanps;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;September 17, 1854&lt;/span&gt;: Brother Pratt also thought  that Adam was made of the dust of the earth; could not believe that Adam was our  God or the Father of Jesus Christ.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-family: timesnewromanps;"&gt;President  Young said that He was, that He came from another world and made this, brought  Eve with him, partook of the fruits of the earth, begat children and they were  earthly and had mortal bodies. And if we were faithful, we should become Gods as  He was. He told Brother Pratt to lay aside his philosophical reasoning, and get  revelation from God to govern him and enlighten his mind more, and it would be a  great blessing to lay aside his books and go into the canyons as some of the  rest of us were doing and it would be better for him. He said his philosophy  injured him in a measure. Many good things were said by President Young--that we  should grow up in revelation so that principle would govern every act of our  lives. He had never found any difficulty in leading this people since Joseph’s  death.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-family: timesnewromanps;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;September 17, 1854&lt;/span&gt;: Brother Pratt also thought  that Adam was made of the dust of the earth; could not believe that Adam was our  God or the Father of Jesus Christ.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-family: timesnewromanps;"&gt;President  Young said that He was, that He came from another world and made this, brought  Eve with him, partook of the fruits of the earth, begat children and they were  earthly and had mortal bodies. And if we were faithful, we should become Gods as  He was. He told Brother Pratt to lay aside his philosophical reasoning, and get  revelation from God to govern him and enlighten his mind more, and it would be a  great blessing to lay aside his books and go into the canyons as some of the  rest of us were doing and it would be better for him. He said his philosophy  injured him in a measure. Many good things were said by President Young--that we  should grow up in revelation so that principle would govern every act of our  lives. He had never found any difficulty in leading this people since Joseph’s  death.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Concerning  reckoning, Brigham Young never went beyond his duty: "to keep you in the path  marked out by Joseph" i.e. Adam God was marked out by Joseph:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Do you ask who brother Brigham is? He is an  humble instrument in the hands of God, to keep His people in the path which He  has marked out through the instrumentality of His servant Joseph; and to travel  in which is all I ask of them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;(Journal  of Discourses, 26 vols., 2:, p.127)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;There  are men and women ready to oppose brother Brigham in what he said last Sunday.  He told the truth of God in every word he spoke. Do you suppose that he is so  unwise to say a thing which he does not know to be true? He understands what he  speaks, and he looks before he jumps, and God Almighty will lead him straight,  and he will never stumble-no, never, from this time forth; nor will you, brother  Hyde, if you will follow him; neither will any other man.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;(Journal  of Discourses, 26 vols., 5:, p.32&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Concerning  learning without revelation:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;5  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own  understanding.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 1in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;(Prov&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;3:5)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;What  Does Theistic Evolution Involve?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;The  following evolutionary assumptions are generally applicable to theistic  evolution:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" type="disc"&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;The basic principle, evolution, is taken for  granted. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;It is believed that evolution is a universal  principle. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;As far as scientific laws are concerned, there is  no difference between the origin of the earth and all life and their subsequent  development (the principle of uniformity). &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Evolution relies on processes that allow increases  in organization from the simple to the complex, from non-life to life, and from  lower to higher forms of life. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;The driving forces of evolution are mutation,  selection, isolation, and mixing. Chance and necessity, long time epochs,  ecological changes, and death are additional indispensable factors. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;The time line is so prolonged that anyone can have  as much time as he/she likes for the process of evolution. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;The present is the key to the past. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;There was a smooth transition from non-life to  life. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Evolution will persist into the distant future.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;In  addition to these evolutionary assumptions, three additional beliefs apply to  theistic evolution: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" type="1"&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-family: Verdana;" value="1"&gt;God used evolution as a means of creating.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-family: Verdana;" value="2"&gt;The Bible contains no usable or relevant ideas which can be applied in  present-day origins science.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle; font-family: Verdana;" value="3"&gt;Evolutionistic pronouncements have priority over biblical statements.  The Bible must be reinterpreted when and wherever it contradicts the present  evolutionary worldview. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;*  This section is adapted from Werner Gitt’s, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Did  God Use Evolution?&lt;/span&gt;, pp. 13-16, 24.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Help  keep these daily articles coming. 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Lunn summed up the curious faith of the evolutionist as follows: "Faith is  the substance of fossils hoped for, the evidence of links unseen." (The Collapse  of Evolution, by Dr. Scott Huse.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;The Origin and Destiny of Man With a Sidelight on Evolution-the Great  "Miracle of Unbelief"&lt;br /&gt;By Elder Joseph Fielding Smith of the Council of the  Twelve 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;My Brethren and Sisters:-Throughout the discussion of this topic, I would  like you to keep in mind the following passages of scripture:&lt;br /&gt;For what man  knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the  things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.&lt;br /&gt;Now we have received,  not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know  the things that are freely given to us of God.&lt;br /&gt;Which things also we speak,  not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth; but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;  comparing spiritual things with spiritual.&lt;br /&gt;But the natural man receiveth not  the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can  he know them, because they are spiritually discerned (I Cor. 2:11-14).&lt;br /&gt;Then I  beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done  under the sun: because though a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find  it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to  find it (Ecclesiastes 8:17).&lt;br /&gt;The great difficulty with most scientists is  that they are searching to find out God and all his works through the spirit of  man, which knows not the ways of the Lord which are spiritually discerned. No  man by searching, without the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, can find out God.  It is the holy Priesthood that "holdeth the key of the mysteries of the kingdom  even the key of the knowledge of God; therefore, in the ordinances thereof, the  power of godliness is manifest; and without the ordinances thereof, and the  authority of the Priesthood, the power of godliness is not manifest unto men in  the flesh" (Doc. and Cov. 84:19-21). No man by delving into the earth or  searching the heavens will learn the way of life and eternal truth by which man  is saved, unless he also seeks the guidance of the Spirit of the Lord.&lt;br /&gt;I do  not mean to say that no great truth, no wonderful discovery, will be revealed to  man by searching the heavens or the earth, for man is bound to see many of the  great truths which nature will reveal to all who search. But the great path of  safety in searching for truth is in following the teachings of the Lord and his  servants, as herein set forth. In no other way will the great mystery of life be  revealed.&lt;br /&gt;Abraham was a scientist, the greatest astronomer, perhaps, that  this world has seen. He knew more about the stars, their times and seasons, than  all the astronomers of this "enlightened age" put together, because, as you read  in the third chapter of the Book of Abraham, he was taught of God. The Lord  revealed to him many great truths pertaining to other earths and the inhabitants  thereof, and by urim and thummim he was able to see them in a manner far beyond  the scope of modern devices for the study of the heavens to reveal.&lt;br /&gt;Let me  call your attention to the fact that all down through the ages the teachings of  science have had to be changed. Many there are who would blame these false  teachings of the past to the church; but this cannot be done successfully,  notwithstanding the fact that for the greater part of the past two millenniums,  the Church of God has not been on the earth, and that which was called the  church was but a man-made organization. Theories that were taught two or three  hundred years ago, we laugh at today, because we think we have superior light.  It was a scientific teaching at that time that the earth was flat; the the sun,  moon and stars revolved around the earth, which was the biggest thing in all the  universe. This makes us smile today because we know it is not true. Abraham,  thousands of years ago, knew better than that and taught that this earth was one  of the smaller bodies in the heavens.&lt;br /&gt;We need not laugh at the foolish  doctrines of the dark ages, whether they be promulgated by false religionists or  by the scientists of that day, for even now we are confronted by theories that  are far more foolish than the doctrine of the middle ages that the earth was  flat. One of these I shall discuss somewhat tonight. However, before we take  this subject up, let me say that the scientist of today is constantly forced to  change his base. Theories which were advanced as absolute truth, or as nearly so  as theory could be, less than a quarter of a century ago, are today cast into  the discard as useless or false. I remember when I went to school twenty-five  years ago, the "atomic theory" of matter was universally taught and set forth as  absolute truth. That theory has been abandoned. This theory sets forth that the  atom is the unit of matter, beyond which matter cannot be divided, and this  thought was emphatically impressed upon our minds. James Clark Maxwell, in an  address before the British Association a few years ago, said that atoms are the  "foundation stones of the visible universe, which have existed since the  creation unbroken and unworn." Sir John Herschel, the great astronomer, has gone  on record as follows: that the atom "throughout its endless history responded to  and behaved under the influence of external forces in due accordance with its  shape and size. But it was unchangeable, inert and brute, the sport of its  surroundings, like the mote in the sunbeam."&lt;br /&gt;Commenting on this thought Dr.  Saleeby has said:&lt;br /&gt;But today we stand amazed at such conceptions. We have  learnt that within the atoms of matter there is a fund of energy so incalculably  vast that the sum total of all the energies previously recognized, and now to be  styled extra-atomic, is as nothing compared with it. This is a change indeed,  that all the energies hitherto known to us should be merely the overflow  trickling from the immeasurable ocean of the intra-atomic energy, the very  existence of which has been formally and repeatedly denied by practically all  thinkers from Plato down to our own time. Matter is not gross and inert. * * *  The atom, so-called unchangeable foundation stone is, on the contrary, itself an  organism, the theatre of titanic forces about which we at present know  practically nothing.&lt;br /&gt;Dr. C. E. Limebarger in his Physics, published in 1910,  has this to say:&lt;br /&gt;The particles of a substance which are so small that they  cannot be divided further without destroying the identity of the substance are  called molecules. These molecules are in turn made up of atoms which, when the  word was coined, were supposed themselves to be indivisible; but they are now  known to be composed of particles thousands of times smaller yet, called  corpuscles or electrons. (Text-Book on Physics, page 3.)&lt;br /&gt;Another doctrine  that was universally taught when I went to school, but since abandoned, I wish  to dwell upon for a moment. This is the Nebular Hypothesis of Laplace. This  doctrine, as explained by Dr. William Johnson Sollas, professor of geology at  Oxford, was as follows:&lt;br /&gt;Laplace's theory conceived of a vast nebula filling  the whole space of the solar system and rotating around a central axis; the  outer and thinner part has much greater movement than the denser central mass,  finally being thrown off as a ring, which in turn rolled up into a ball still  following the same course as the ring had followed. Thus the earth broke off  from the sun and the moon from the earth. This theory is, however, no longer  credited by scientists (Man and the Universe, page 83).&lt;br /&gt;Again he writes:&lt;br /&gt;A  fundamental difficulty is the extreme tenuity of the gas which is assumed to  have formed the planetary rings. A second difficulty, which has been emphasized  by Professors Chamberlain and Moulton, is to be found in the comparatively small  amount of rotational energy which the system at present possesses, for this is  less than 1-200 of that which on the most favorable assumption, must have been  contained within the original nebula. Less fundamental, but equally fatal, is  the fact that one of the satelites of Saturn revolves round its primary in a  direction opposed to that of the rotation of the planet itself.&lt;br /&gt;Here let me  add that it is stated by astronomers that the satellites of both Uranus and  Neptune also have retrograde motion, in conflict with this theory. But, to  proceed with the comment:&lt;br /&gt;Hence, for these and other reasons we are  reluctantly compelled to abandon an hypothesis which for over a century had  exercised an influence on our conception of the cosmos not less profound,  penetrating and far-reaching 2 than that of the famous Darwinian doctrine of  natural selection, now on its trial (Man and the Universe, page 82).&lt;br /&gt;The  reason I have taken so much time to refer to these two theories, now abandoned,  is to impress upon your minds the fact that we should be extremely careful in  accepting the theories of men, no matter how well they may be supported by  scientific authority, unless they can be demonstrated beyond a doubt. Why will  men ridicule the word of the Lord, and yet accept without question doubtful  theories, simply because they travel under the guise of science?&lt;br /&gt;I now come  to the question which is before us. "What is man, that thou art mindful of him?  and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little  lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest  him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under  his feet." Such is the testimony of David, the poet and sweet singer of Israel.  But this is not the doctrine of the scientific world, for people have gone  astray after strange and false gods, and have denied the Lord who bought them  with his blood.&lt;br /&gt;The theory which prevails today regarding the origin of man  is that all life has developed from some common origin, spontaneously; that man,  fish, fowl, and beast, and even the vegetation upon the earth, all have sprung  from the same original germ, which formed itself out of the sea, millions of  years ago, in the vague and distant past. In fact, the theory did go back even  to the nebulae of Laplace. Listen to this testimony from Alfred Russell Wallace,  who, with Charles Darwin, shares the "honor" of the discovery of the "law of  natural selection:"&lt;br /&gt;It is only during the past half century that the theory  of evolution has been elaborated and has become generally accepted as applicable  to the whole of the vast cosmic process from the development of the nebulae into  stars and suns and systems, with a corresponding development of planets from an  early condition of intense heat, through a more or less lengthy period of  cooling and contraction to an ultimate state of refrigeration, the earlier and  later stages being alike unsuited to the existence of life-"How Life Became  Possible on the Earth," History of the World, pages 91grandeur in this view of  life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator  into a few forms or into one; and that whilst this planet has gone cycling on  according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning, endless forms  most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evoled." The Origin  of Species may be said, in a word, to establish the doctrine of the evolution of  living organisms upon the earth "by laws acting around us"-to use Darwin's own  phrase. But Darwin's work begins with and assumes the existence of life as an  established planetary fact. There obviously remains a tremendous gap in the  evolutionary philosophy as it stands in our statement of it thus far; and the  first fact which we have to note is that the existence and recognition of this  supposed gap, so far from being a matter of common recognition from the earliest  times, so far from being an observation made by the critics of the doctrine of  evolution, is, on the contrary, a special doctrine peculiar to scientific study  and of quite recent origin, being indeed established-as was supposed-within the  memory of many now living. * * *&lt;br /&gt;Partly to the influence of Genesis, partly  to the apparent facts of observation, and partly to the views which would  naturally be held by poets and thinkers, we may attribute the belief which has  been held by man, simple and philosophic alike, since first men began to think,  until, we may say, the third quarter of the nineteenth century-the belief that  the lowest of living things arose by a natural genesis or so-called spontaneous  generation in suitable materials already provided on the land or in the sea. It  was not suggested or believed that very large and conspicuous living creatures  were thus bred, though it is true that the ancients thought even crocodiles to  be generated by the action of the sun upon the slime of the Nile. The living  creatures supposed to arise naturally in the earth-the all mother-were mostly  small creatures like insects and worms. The ordinary belief of the uninstructed  today-a belief which they share with the greatest thinkers of antiquity and the  Renaissance-is that the cheese-mite, for instance, is evolved from the substance  of the cheese. Now, it is of particular moment to observe the vast contrast  between the significance of this belief prior to the publication of The Origin  of Species and its significance today. Before we accepted the doctrine of  organic evolution, the supposed spontaneous origin of the cheese-mite in cheese,  or of the maggot in putrid meat, was of no very great moment; a maggot or a  cheese-mite is an extremely insignificant object. So far as the great problems  of the universe are concerned, a cheese-mite, as we say, is neither "here nor  there," and its spontaneous generation was not regarded as a fact of any  moment.&lt;br /&gt;But then arose Darwin, who, in establishing the doctrine of organic  evolution already supported by his own grandfather, by Lamarck, and Goethe, and  Herbert Spencer, gave an entirely new importance to the question. He  demonstrated how we could conceive the evolution of all organisms, including man  from a "few simple forms," under the continuous influence of natural law; and  thus such forms ceased to be insignificant, and the manner of their genesis came  to be vital problems in more senses than one. Such organisms-the mite, the  maggot, and even the mould,-could no longer be regarded as insignificant. * *  *&lt;br /&gt;The scientist, therefore, endeavoring to substantiate this doctrine, set  forth by Darwin and others, went to work to ascertain whether or not there  really was today spontaneous generation. For years such men as Huxley, Tyndall,  Spencer, and Pasteur, labored diligently along this line. Their conclusions are  thus set forth by this same author whom I quote:&lt;br /&gt;Now, the remarkable fact-one  of the most striking in the history of science is that the time-honored belief  in spontaneous generation should have been attacked, and attacked with apparent  success, just at the very time when it would otherwise have begun to assume real  philosophic importance. For ages it had been accepted, taken as a matter of  course, and not regarded as having any particular bearing upon the supreme  question. Then there came the time when this belief would have been an  allimportant link, without which the chain of evolution could not be completed,  a link without which we were left to contemplate a perfect chain of inorganic  evolution-the history of the earth before life-and a perfect chain of organic  evolution-the history of life upon the earth, with an abyss between the two that  could not be bridged, for how came life where there was no life? A series of  experiments were made-experiments in which, strikingly enough, some of the  greatest evolutionists of the day took a leading part, and these seemed to  upset, just when it was most wanted by themselves for the establishment of their  new doctrine, the belief which had gone without question for so many  ages.&lt;br /&gt;Now, some may be inclined to wonder how it should be that certain  pioneers of the new doctrine of evolution, such as Tyndall and Huxley, should  devote themselves with such persistence and labor and force to the overthrow of  a doctrine which was so necessary for the complete establishment of their own  case-so much so, that when they had overthrown it, they found themselves, as  regards their own doctrine of evolution, placed in a difficulty from which they  did not live to emerge. * * *&lt;br /&gt;Let me add right here, neither has any other  man lived to emerge from such a contradictory position. All their research, as  we shall see, to prove spontaneous generation, has failed. To continue our  quotation:&lt;br /&gt;It is well worth nothing that the common doctrine of spontaneous  generation was always held in reference to organic materials, such as the slime  of the Nile-not the dry sand of the desert. The reader may be inclined to say  that men's belief on this subject in the past generation make very confused  reading, and, indeed, that is true. But the fact is that their beliefs were most  confused. The work of Darwin had staggered everybody, and straightforward,  systematic, unprejudiced thinking was very nearly impossible in the welter of  controversy. Nevertheless, something apparently definite was done. The doctrine  of the beginning of life upon the earth was almost undiscussed, and the accepted  notion of the nature of matter-a notion which to us who know radium, seems  purile-was left unchallenged in all its falsity. But the work of the great  French chemist Pasteur led to a close examination of the belief that humble  forms of life are daily produced from lifeless organic materials, and the  conclusion was reached that no such spontaneous generation occurs.&lt;br /&gt;This  conclusion is of great importance in the history of modern thought, and it was  proclaimed with much rejoicing and vigor as a great achievement of science,  whilst some of its chief advocates seemed at times to forget the extreme  awkwardness of the inferences which had to be made from it. The doctrine may be  stated in Latin in the form of the familiar dogma, Omne vivum ex vivo: Every  living thing from a living thing. * * * For every creature, microbe or mammoth  or man, we must trace back in imagination a series of living ancestors,  different perhaps in various characters, but always living. This series must be  traced back and back and back until-?&lt;br /&gt;And there the difficulty arose.&lt;br /&gt;Now,  mark very carefully this line of reasoning:&lt;br /&gt;Thus, whether "omne vivum ex  vivo" be true or false today, we are compelled to accept the only other  alternative, which is that it has not always been true, or, in other words, that  life was spontaneously evolved from the lifeless (so-called), at some remote age  in the past.&lt;br /&gt;I pause again to remark, that we are not compelled to do  anything of the kind, if we are willing to accept what the Lord has revealed,  but I will come to this part of the subject later. The author continues:&lt;br /&gt;Just  at the present time philosophic biology is out of fashion. Minds of the great  cast which endeavor to see things in their eternal aspect have been lacking to  the science of life since the days when Huxley and Spencer were in the  plentitude of their powers. * * * In the absence of that deliberate thought and  discussion without which clear ideas on any subject are impossible, what may be  called the official opinion of biology at the present time is thus most  remarkable and contradictory. On the one hand it is strenuously asserted as a  matter of dogma that at the present day no life is produced or producible upon  the earth except by the process of reproduction of previously existing life; and  on the other hand it is asserted-when the direct question is put, though  otherwise the subject is simply ignored-that life somehow or other has been  naturally evolved in the past, presumably once and for all. I have called this  opinion more contradictory and unsatisfactory than it may at present appear. The  obvious question that the critic asks is: "If then, why not now?"&lt;br /&gt;Well, is  not this a very proper and pertinent question? If hundreds of millions of years  ago-and the evolutionist will put it back that far, or very much  farther-spontaneous life was developed, why can it not be produced now? if not  by the action of nature, then by the many facilities of the laboratory? Yet it  has not been done! This method of arguing has led Mr. A. H. Craufurd in  Christian Instincts and Modern Doubt to remark very properly:&lt;br /&gt;Materialistic  philosophy is mere juggling or self-deceiving. It fancies that time, millions of  years, will somehow perform the impossible. It waits for difficulties to flow  away, as the simple-minded rustic in Horace waited for the stream. By  distributing its stupendous miracles through endless aeons, by introducing them  bit by bit into the scheme of the world, materialism hopes to make them credible  and natural, and so to evade all recognition of the unfathomable primal mystery.  But the fundamental laws of thought care nothing for time. They are the same  yesterday, today and forever (p. 71).&lt;br /&gt;I have a few more words I desire to  quote from Dr. Saleeby. He says:&lt;br /&gt;Now it happens to be true that every  difference between past and present conditions which physics and geology and  chemistry can assert tends to the probability that if spontaneous generation is  impossible now, it must have been a hundred fold more impossible a hundred  million years ago. Yet, for three decades the great majority of biologists have  been content to believe that spontaneous generation is impossible now, even  though land and sea and sky are packed with organic matter under the very  conditions which obviously favor life-as the all but omnipresence of life  abundant today demonstrates-but that spontaneous generation was possible in the  past when, by the hypothesis, there was no organic matter present at all, and  when life had to arise in the union and architecture of such simple substances  as inorganic carbonates! Such biologists are like those who know that the human  organism can be developed from the microscopic germ in a few years, but find it  incredible that man can have been developed from lowly organisms in eaons of  eaons. Nor has any living biologist even attempted to make an adequate answer to  the question, why what is impossible now should have been possible a hundred  million years ago. On the contrary, as soon as the matter is looked at  philosophically, we see that all the probabilities, all the analogies, all the  great generalizations of science, are in favor of the belief that life must be  arising from the lifeless, now, as in the past, whenever certain conditions,  such as the assemblage of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen in the presence  of liquid water, are satisfied.&lt;br /&gt;Let me ask you at this point, after  considering the question of spontaneous generation and showing even by the  evolutionist's own reasoning and research that it is an impossibility, have you  ever before witnessed such wonderful credulity? Such enormous stretch of the  imagination, on the part of the religious teacher, advocating the doctrines of  the Redeemer of the world, would not be tolerated for one minute. Surely this  "miracle of unbelief" is mighty and has a wonderful influence over the mind of  man!&lt;br /&gt;Now give attention to this man's conclusion:&lt;br /&gt;The student is right in  declining to believe in the spontaneous beginning of life upon the earth, so  long as the possibility of spontaneous generation today is denied, but there are  not a few who think that the most conservative attitude that can be adopted is  one of suspended judgment.&lt;br /&gt;Yet the suspended judgment of the evolutionist is  not applied towards the Lord's own account of the genesis of things. Such is  consistency!&lt;br /&gt;There is another suggestion advanced by some, including Lord  Kelvin, to the effect that life was transplanted here by means of some meteor or  comet which came in contact with the earth. But so long as man rejects the  revealed word of the Lord on this point, this does not help the situation in the  least. It only pushes the beginning back a little farther and the natural  question is: How came that life on some other sphere?&lt;br /&gt;Having shown the  fallacy of the foundation of the hypothesis of evolution-and I would have you  keep in mind the fact that it is only a hypothesis, notwithstanding the firm  belief of so many of its advocates-I desire to present to you some of the  wonderful arguments set forth by Mr. Darwin, founder of the theory. I have here  his book called, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, edition  of 1897. I read from pages 12-13:&lt;br /&gt;Rudiments of various muscles have been  observed in many parts of the human body; and not a few muscles, which are  regularly present in some of the lower animals can occasionally be detected in  man in a greatly reduced condition. Every one must have noticed the power which  many animals, especially horses, possess of moving or twitching their skin; and  this is effected by the panniculus carnosus. Remnants of this muscle in an  efficient state are found in various parts of our bodies; for instance the  muscle of the forehead, by which the eyebrows are raised. The platysma myoides,  which are well developed on the neck, belong to this system.&lt;br /&gt;Now, according  to such argument as this, all you good people who are able to wrinkle your  foreheads and raise your eyebrows give evidence of your relationship to the  horse. This is very wonderful reasoning, is it not? Here is another choice bit  of reasoning, from page 19:&lt;br /&gt;I am informed by Sir James Paget that often  several members of a family have a few hairs in their eyebrows much longer than  the others; so that even this slight peculiarity seems to be inherited. These  hairs, too, seem to have their representatives; for in the chimpanzee, and in  certain species of macacos, there are scattered hairs of considerable length  rising from the naked skin above the eyes, and corresponding to our eyebrows;  similar long hairs project from the hairy covering of the superciliary ridges in  some baboons.&lt;br /&gt;Again, the argument is, that all of you, who, like myself-for I  am one of the unfortunates who belong to this class-have some hairs in your  eyebrows longer than their fellows, are related to the chimpanzee and the  baboons. Again I read, from pages 24-25:&lt;br /&gt;With respect to development, we can  clearly understand, on the principle of variations supervening at a rather late  embryonic period, and being inherited at a corresponding period, how it is that  the embryos of wonderfully different forms should still retain, more or less  perfectly, the structure of their common progenitor. No other explanation has  ever been given of the marvelous fact that the embryos of a man, dog, seal, bat,  reptile, etc., can at first hardly be distinguished from each other. In order to  understand the existence of rudimentary organs, we have only to suppose-&lt;br /&gt;And  here again I say that throughout this work there is much supposition, surmise  and exercise of powerful imagination,&lt;br /&gt;-that a former progenitor possessed the  parts in question in a perfect state, and that under changed habits of life they  became greatly reduced, either from simple disuse, or through the natural  selection of those individuals which were least encumbered with a superfluous  part, aided by the other means previously indicated.&lt;br /&gt;I would have far more  respect for this line of reasoning if, perchance, the embryo of man, the dog,  seal, bat, reptile, etc., should occasionally make a mistake and develop into  something which it is not. If for instance, the embryo of man, which is said to  be the higher order in this descent, should develop into a snake, bat or seal,  etc., but we discover the fact to be just what the Lord has said, he gave to  each to bear seed "after its kind." Concluding this argument, Mr. Darwin  adds:&lt;br /&gt;Thus we can understand how it has come to pass that man and all other  vertebrate animals have been constructed on the same general model, why they  pass through the same early states of development, and why they retain certain  rudiments in common. Consequently we ought frankly to admit their community of  descent; to take any other view, is to admit that our own structure, and that of  all the animals around us, is a mere snare laid to entrap our judgment. * * * It  is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance which made our forefathers  declare that they were descended from demi-gods, which lead us to demur to this  conclusion. But the time will before long come, when it will be thought  wonderful that naturalists, who were well acquainted with the comparative  structure and development of man, and other mammals, should have believed that  each was the work of a separate act of creation (page 25).&lt;br /&gt;I will have more  to say later about the belief of our forefathers regarding the descent of man  from the gods, and the separate creation. Just now I desire to present more  "evidence" from Mr. Darwin. I read from page 41:&lt;br /&gt;He who rejects with scorn  the belief that the shape of his own canines, and their occasional great  development in other men, are due to our early forefathers having been provided  with these formidable weapons, will probably reveal, by sneering, the line of  his descent. For though he no longer intends, nor has the power, to use these  teeth as weapons, he will unconsciously retract his "snarling muscles" (thus  named by Sir C. Bell), so as to expose them ready for action, like a dog  prepared to fight (page 41).&lt;br /&gt;From this you gather the thought that Mr. Darwin  thinks you have descended from the dog, or some other animal that snarls and  bites, just because you have "canine" teeth. Time will not permit me to multiply  these quotations, but there are a few more that I must present. This is from  page 148, from the chapter on "Affinities and Genealogy:"&lt;br /&gt;Every evolutionist  will admit 3 that the five great vertebrate classes, namely, mammals, birds,  reptiles, amphibians, and fishes, are descended from some one prototype; for  they have much in common, especially during their embryonic state. As the class  of fishes is the most lowly organized, and appeared before the others, we may  conclude that all the members of the vertebrate kingdom are derived from some  fish-like animal. The belief that animals so distinct as a monkey, an elephant,  a humming bird, a snake, a frog, and a fish, etc., could all have sprung from  the same parents, will appear monstrous to those who have not attended to the  recent progress of natural history. For this belief implies 4 the former  existence of links binding closely together all these forms, now so utterly  unlike (page 158).&lt;br /&gt;It is most wonderful what evolutionists will admit and  imply in order to maintain their point. I also will admit that it takes a most  fearful stretch of the imagination to believe that the five great classes here  enumerated "are descended from some one prototype," for the evidence is largely  imaginative, and not based on fact. Here is another strange statement:&lt;br /&gt;At a  still earlier period the progenitors of man must have been aquatic in their  habits; for morphology plainly tells us that our lungs consist of a modified  swim-bladder, which once served as a float (page 161).&lt;br /&gt;Just because our lungs  are light and made of such a nature that they will float-as such must be the  case, for they were made to hold the air we breathe-such a far-fetched  conclusion as this must be reached. Yet this is the nature of the argument in  favor of the evolutionary theory, all the way through. I remember reading a  short time back in a scientific work,-the author's name I do not recall-the  declaration that the reason why a man will grasp for a straw, or any substance  within his reach, when he is in danger of drowning, is due to the fact that his  ancestors at one time swung from branch to branch and from tree to tree. The  same reason was given for the desire of boys to swing on a trapeze. The same  author stated that babies crawled before they walked because their ancestors at  one time went on all fours before they stood erect. Could you think of any  argument more foolish than these which are given by authors who wrote in all  soberness? With the same consistency I might argue that the moon is made of  cheese, because it is round and appears yellow, as it rises over the  hills.&lt;br /&gt;Well, what does this kind of trash, when taken seriously, lead one to  believe? That there is no God! The doctrine that is set forth in the scriptures  and the doctrine of the evolutionist cannot be made to agree. In fact, all who  carry this notion back to the full extent, openly declare that religion is, like  everything else, a matter of evolutionary development. To be consistent, this  must be their belief, and so Mr. Darwin has declared. Let me quote  again:&lt;br /&gt;Belief in God-Religion.-There is no evidence that man was aboriginally  endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence of an Omnipotent God. On the  contrary there is ample evidence derived not from hasty travelers, but from men  who have long resided with savages, that numerous races have existed, and still  exist, who have no idea of one or more gods, and who have no words in their  language to express such an idea. The question is, of course, wholly distinct  from that higher one, whether there exists a Creator and ruler of the universe,  and this has been answered in the affirmative by some of the highest intellects  that have ever existed.&lt;br /&gt;If, however, we include under the term "religion,"  the belief in unseen or spiritual agencies, the case is wholly different; for  this belief seems to be universal with the less civilized races. Nor is it  difficult to comprehend how it arose. As soon as the important faculties of the  imagination, wonder, and curiosity, together with some power of reasoning, had  become partially developed, man would naturally crave to understand what was  passing around him, and would have vaguely speculated on his own existence. As  Mr. M'Lennan has remarked, "Some explanation of the phenomena of life, a man  must feign for himself and to judge from the universality of it, the simplest  hypothesis, and the first to occur to men, seems to have been that natural  phenomena are ascribable to the presence in animals, plants, and things, and in  the forces of nature, of such spirits prompting to action as men are conscious  they themselves possess." It is also probable, as Mr. Taylor has shown, that  dreams may have first given rise to the notion of spirits; for savages do not  readily distinguish between subjective and objective impressions (pages  93-4).&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Elwood, in his work on Sociology declares that the beginning of  the belief in the existence of spirits was due to the fact that primitive man  saw his shadow and this gave him the idea of a dual existence. Now, my brethren  and sisters, that is what this abominable doctrine will lead you to. I say most  emphatically, you cannot believe in this theory of the origin of man, and at the  same time accept the plan of salvation as set forth by the Lord our God. 5 You  must choose the one and reject the other, for they are in direct conflict and  there is a gulf separating them which is so great that it cannot be bridged, no  matter how much one may try to do so. If you believe in the doctrine of the  evolutionist, then you must accept the view that man has evolved through  countless ages from the very lowest forms of life up through various stages of  animal life, finally into the human form. The first man, according to this  hypothesis known as the "cave man," was a creature absolutely ignorant and  devoid of any marked intelligence over the beasts of the field. Then Adam, and  by that I mean the first man, was not capable of sin. He could not transgress,  and by doing so bring death into the world; for, according to this theory, death  had always been in the world. If, therefore, there was no fall, there was no  need of an atonement, hence the coming into the world of the Son of God as the  Savior of the world is a contradiction, a thing impossible. Are you prepared to  believe such a thing as that? Do you believe that the first man was a savage?  That he lacked in the power of intelligence? That he has been on the constant  road of progression? These are the teachings of such theorists. This is how Mr.  Darwin attacks the doctrine of the scriptures:&lt;br /&gt;The argument recently advanced  by the Duke of Argyll, and formerly by Archbishop Whately, in favor of the  belief that man came into the world as a civilized being, and that all savages  have since undergone degradation, seems to me weak in comparison with those  advanced on the other side. Many nations, no doubt, have fallen away in  civilization, and some may have lapsed into utter barbarism, though on this  latter head I have met with no evidence. The Fuegians were probably compelled by  other conquering hordes to settle in their inhospitable country, and they may  have become in consequence somewhat more degraded; but it would be difficult to  prove that they have fallen much below the Botocudos, who inhabit the finest  parts of Brazil.&lt;br /&gt;You see, right here, if you believe in the Book of Mormon,  that the very evidence that he presents is his own refution. We who accept the  word of the Lord in the Book of Mormon, know that at one time the ancestors of  these degraded people in Brazil were highly cultured. But these descendants  today are among the lowest of mankind. I would like to call your attention to an  article which I prepared for the Improvement Era for April, 1919, in which is  portrayed the former greatness of the inhabitants of Peru. When the Spaniards  invaded that land, they found a people who were without a written language,  whose former glory and greatness had departed. And yet, in that land evidence is  still to be seen of a former civilization that in many respects surpassed that  of Babylon and the ancient empires of the east.&lt;br /&gt;The hypothesis of evolution  very properly has been said to appear as a 'pyramid poised upon its apex, but  the apex itself resting upon nothing." Do not think for one moment that all  scientists are foolish enough to swallow without a gulp this peculiar doctrine  of the descent of man. Dr. Frank Ballard, himself a scientist, in his work  entitled, The Miracles of Unbelief, has this to say:&lt;br /&gt;Now in this case [the  Darwinian theory of evolution] it is manifest at the very outset that all things  must have caused themselves to be as they are, for no cause outside themselves  is alleged or allowed. Then, for such a process, both material and method are to  seek. The only conclusion logically possible is that ultimately the material was  nothing, and the method was chance. But truly, if chance working upon nothing  has produced this universe, including ourselves, such a stupendous and absolute  violation of all we know to be natural and rational has been accomplished, that  all the difficulties of Theism and all the miracles of Christianity together,  are literally as nothing compared with it (p. 55).&lt;br /&gt;Another writer, and one  who accepts the Darwinian theory, has this to say:&lt;br /&gt;Of the beginning, of what  was before the present state of things, we know nothing, and speculation about  it is futile. But since everything points to the finite duration of the present  universe, we must make a start somewhere. And we are therefore compelled to  posit a primordial nebulous non-luminous state, when the atoms with their  inherent forces and energies stood apart from one another. * * * All changes of  state are due to the rearrangement of atoms through the play of attracting  forces and repelling energies, resulting in the evolution of the seeming like  into the actual unlike, of the shapless into the shapely, of the simple into the  more and more complex, till the highest complexity is reached in the development  of living matter (Mr. E. Clodd, in the Story of Creation and Plain Account of  Evolution, page 137).&lt;br /&gt;Could anything be more contradictory than this? Does it  not show the straits to which the advocates of this hypothesis are put to make  their point? Could you possibly think of anything more foolish and inconsistent  than the foregoing argument, which sets forth that of the beginning we know  nothing and speculation is futile, and then to confess that, in order to bolster  up the curious belief, a start must be made somewhere? What do you think of such  reasoning as this?&lt;br /&gt;I would like very much to spend some time on the questions  of "Natural Selection" and "Reversion to Type," two of the favorite themes of  Mr. Darwin in the structure of his theory, but time will not permit. I will let  it suffice to say, that there are many insurmountable difficulties which the  evolutionist encounters in the treatment of these subjects. It is exceedingly  difficult for them to explain why the course of descent from some common  ancestor, under the same environment has produced so many different forms of  life. A successful explanation will never be given by the advocates of this  faith&lt;br /&gt;I trust I may be pardoned for dealing at such length with this idiotic  hypothesis. I would not have done so, only for the fact that so many advocate  this theory, and it has found a place in most of our schools. Whenever I think  of the subject, I remember the prophecy of Paul to the Thessalonians: "And for  this cause God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie;  that they all might be damned who believe not the truth, but have pleasure in  unrighteousness."&lt;br /&gt;* * * * * * * * * *&lt;br /&gt;I now come to the main topic in  this discussion: From whence came man? What is his destiny? It is to me  exceedingly strange that men will travel so far, following a will-o-the-wisp  until they are overcome in the quagmire, and reject the truth at their door. For  an answer to these questions, why not accept the statement of the One who knows?  This knowledge is within the reach of all. The story is a simple one but its  grandeur is as far above the doctrine of the evolutionist as the heavens are  above the depths of hell. It is true that the school of evolutionists is divided  into the two great classes, the Theistic and the Atheistic branches. But the  Theistic evolutionist is a weak-kneed and unbelieving religionist, who is  constantly apologizing for the miracles of the scriptures, and who does not  believe in the divine mission of Jesus Christ. Again I repeat, no man can  consistently accept the doctrine of the evolutionist and also believe in the  divine mission of our Redeemer. The two thoughts are in absolute conflict. You  cannot harmonize them and serve both masters. If life began on the earth, as  advocated by Darwin, Huxley, Haeckel, (who has been caught openhanded  perpetrating a fraud) and others of this school, whether by chance or by some  designing hand, then the doctrines of the Church are false. Then there was no  Garden of Eden, no Adam and Eve, and no fall. If there was no fall; if death did  not come into the world as the scriptures declared that it did,-and to be  consistent, if you are an evolutionist, this view you must assume,-then there  was no need for a redemption, and Jesus Christ is not the Son of God, and he did  not die for the transgression of Adam, nor for the sins of the world. Then there  has been no resurrection from the dead! Consistently, logically, there is no  other view, no alternative that can be taken. Now, my brethren and sisters, are  you prepared to take this view?&lt;br /&gt;I know that my Redeemer lives, and that there  is no name given other than that of Jesus Christ, whereby man can be saved. This  is my testimony unto you. If we cannot rely upon the written word, the  revelations of the Lord, then our faith is vain, and there is no salvation for  the children of men. I accept the word of the Lord to his prophets, for I know  it is true. In the first chapter of Genesis, verse 27, this great revelation is  found: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him;  male and female created he them." This being true, man being the offspring of  God, he was not placed on the earth as a "cave man" a savage devoid of  intelligence and resembling more the ape than man. Adam, the first man on the  earth, was an intelligent being, so filled with vitality after the fall, and  perfect in form, that he lived upon the earth nearly one thousand years. Then in  the last verse of this chapter we learn that, "God saw everything that he made  and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth  day." Now mark carefully the reading of the next verse, the first of chapter  two: "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."  Now, if all the host of the heavens and of the earth were finished at that time,  then all of you were made, and so with all things that now appear upon the  earth, or which have been in times that are past. This is a very significant  passage, but the full force of it cannot be gathered from the reading of the  Bible. The Lord has revealed to Joseph Smith what he actually did say to Moses  in giving him the account of the creation. This Bible account has been tampered  with, and many things that would make it clear have been removed. Let me read to  you this account from the Pearl of Great Price:&lt;br /&gt;And now, behold, I say unto  you, that these are the generations of the heaven and of the earth, when they  were created, in the day that I, the Lord God, made the heaven and the  earth.&lt;br /&gt;And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every  herb of the field before it grew. For I, the Lord God, created all things, of  which I have spoken, spiritually, before they were naturally upon the face of  the earth. For I, the Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon the face of the  earth. And I, the Lord God, had created all the children of men; and not yet a  man to till the ground; for in heaven created I them; and there was not yet  flesh upon the earth, neither in the water, neither in the air.&lt;br /&gt;This account  throws a flood of light upon the first verse of chapter two in Genesis. All  things are of a dual nature, even the plants, as well as the beasts, and the  fowls, and the fish, as also man. All things were created spiritually first. The  temporal creation followed, and the temporal is in the likeness of the  spiritual, man, the greatest of all, being in the image of God. Nor could he be  otherwise, for man is his offspring. This is the testimony of Paul as given to  the Greeks, who believed that man was the descendant of the gods, which called  forth the severe criticism of Mr. Darwin. Well, if the Greeks were wrong, they  at least came much nearer the truth than did Mr. Charles Darwin and the  advocates of the one-germ origin of man. Paul says:&lt;br /&gt;And [God] hath made of  one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath  determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That  they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him,  though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and  have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his  offspring (Acts 17:26-28).&lt;br /&gt;There is something ennobling in this thought, that  we are his offspring. Again, in Hebrews, we read: "Furthermore we have had  fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we  not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits and live?" This  thought is constantly expressed throughout the scriptures. Another thought we  must not overlook, in the instruction of Paul. That is that all men have been  made from one blood, and the Lord, before the nations were upon the earth,  determined the bounds of their habitations. Another passage from Deuteronomy  32:8 confirms this view of the matter; it is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;When the Most High,  divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he  set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of  Israel.&lt;br /&gt;Yet, when the Lord separated the sons of Adam and made these bounds,  Israel was not upon the earth. But the children of Israel were created and had  been segregated in the spirit world to play their part upon the earth at a later  day.&lt;br /&gt;Again, if you believe in modern revelation, if you accept the teachings  of the Prophet Joseph Smith, then you must believe that man is the offspring of  God, and if so he was not evolved from a tadpole, or from the scum of the sea.  Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon declare, in all soberness, in the Vision (sec.  76) that they saw the Lord our God upon his throne, and "saw the holy angels,  and they who are sanctified before his throne, worshiping God, and the Lamb, who  worship him for ever and ever." And this testimony they have given to the world:  "And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the  testimony last of all, which we give of him, that he (Christ) lives. For we saw  him, even on the right hand of God, and we heard the voice bearing record that  he is the Only Begotten of the Father. That by him and through him, and of him  the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are bogotten sons  and daughters unto God."&lt;br /&gt;O what a wonderful revelation is this! How glad we  ought to be to know that we are not only created in the image of our heavenly  Father, but that we are begotten sons and daughters unto him! Mark you, the  expression here given is that the worlds are and were created by him, and the  inhabitants thereof, not of this world only, are begotten sons and daughters  unto God! How silly, foolish, contemptible, are the teachings of evolution when  contrasted with the truth! What do you think of the wisdom of "learned" men, who  seek for the beginning of life on this little speck-the earth upon which we  dwell? Compared to the great creations of the Lord, our earth is insignificant.  Yet scientists, searching in the spirit and wisdom of man, discuss the point and  wonder if there is life anywhere else in the universe outside of this little  earth!&lt;br /&gt;I tell you life did not commence upon this earth spontaneously. Its  origin was not here. Life existed long before our solar system was called into  being. The fact is, there never was a time when man-made in the image of God,  male and female-did not exist. The Lord revealed to Joseph Smith the truth that  man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or the light of truth, was  not created or made, neither indeed can be. Moreover, that "the Spirit of truth  is of God. I am the Spirit of truth, and John bore record of me, saying-He  received a fulness of truth, yea, even all truth, and no man receiveth a fulness  unless he keepeth his commandments." (Doc. and Cov. 93:26.) These are the words  of the Lord to Moses: "And worlds without number have I created; and I also  created them for my own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine  Only Begotten. * * * And the Lord God spake unto Moses, saying, the heavens,  they are many, and they cannot be numbered unto man; but they are numbered unto  me, for they are mine. And as one earth shall pass away, and the heavens  thereof, even so shall another come; and there is no end to my works, neither to  my words. For behold, this is my work and my glory-to bring to pass the  immortality and eternal life of man." (Pearl of Great Price, p. 6-7.)&lt;br /&gt;Thus  the Lord has given us the information regarding his creations, and how he has  made many earths, for there never was a beginning, never was a time when man did  not exist somewhere in the universe, and when the time came for this earth to be  peopled the Lord, our God, transplanted upon it from some other earth, the life  which is found here. Man he created in his own image. If it were our privilege  to go out and visit some of the other creations, other worlds in space, we  should discover that they are peopled with beings who look like us, for they,  too, are the offspring of God, and of the same race from whence we came. Perhaps  they would be more exalted, but, nevertheless, they would be in the image of  God, and so are we. Adam was not a "cave man," but perhaps the most nearly  perfect man in form and feature to our Father and Creator. Such is the testimony  of Joseph Smith. Neither was he left without language and under the necessity of  working out his earthly existence from a state of absolute ignorance. The theory  of those who would destroy the work of the Lord is that the language of the  first men was but a few monosyllables, or grunts; that language came, as did  other knowledge, gradually. This is not true. The Lord has said of the language  of Adam, the first man:&lt;br /&gt;And a book of remembrance was kept, in the which was  recorded, in the language of Adam, for it was given unto as many as called upon  God, to write by the spirit of inspiration;&lt;br /&gt;And by them their children were  taught to read and write, having a language which was pure and undefiled (P. of  G. P., page 27).&lt;br /&gt;It was not until man forsook the divine guidance which the  Lord was always willing to extend to him, that retrogression set in. The  "cave-man" and the savage are products of transgression and sin; for, in the  beginning man was intelligent, and directed by light and truth, even by the  Savior, Jesus Christ, who is the Mediator between man and God. The destiny of  man is to become, through stages of progression, like unto his Father; and after  the resurrection from the dead, he shall be added upon, as the scriptures say,  until he shall receive all things "which the father hath," and shall be counted  as a son and joint heir with Jesus Christ, the first-fruits of the resurrection  and the Savior of the world. This, then, is true evolution, which all Latter-day  Saints believe. There is something inspiring ennobling and grand in this view of  things, but the other view,-which is the doctrine of the devil, who desires all  men to be miserable like unto himself, for he was denied a body and the  privilege of progression upon this earth-is debasing, and contains not one  uplifting or ennobling thought.&lt;br /&gt;Let us abide by the truth and worship the  Lord, the giver of every good gift, and remember, as I said in the  beginning:&lt;br /&gt;For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man  which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of  God.&lt;br /&gt;If you desire to know the truth go to the source of truth and light, and  you shall not be turned away. So I pray, in the name of Jesus Christ. 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