Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Original Air Date: January 27, 2011
Discourse by Chris Congdon and Discussion
Discourse by Chris Congdon (new convert) concerning rise of this work and the redemption of Zion, literal gathering of Israel. Testified of revelation on the matter and the authority of Art Bulla as the One Mighty and Strong. Futher discussion of Shawn McCraney, and phone attempt to call out for debate. No answer. General celebration of the effects of godpel in excitement felt and general breathing in of the spirit of life connected with this work. Chris invited to co-host and accepted.
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Discourse by Chris Congdon and Discussion
Original Air Date: January 27, 2011
Discourse by Chris Congdon and Discussion
10 We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
- The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3
- "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
- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365
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.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Discernment of Holy Ghost from Devils
Original Air Date: January 25, 2011
Discernment of Holy Ghost from Devils
- The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3
- "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
- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365
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.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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)
Original Air Date: January 25, 2011
Discernment of Holy Ghost from Devils
Techniques of receiving revelation discussed. Cues given of how to tell Holy Ghost from delusion of devils, or narcissism induced delusion. To the Law and the testimony, if it be not according to these, there is no light in them." Isaiah 8:20. Section 17 of The Revelations of Jesus Christ and Alma 32 read and expounded upon which gives keys of these things. The Revelations of Jesus Christ SECTION 17. DISCERNMENT of false spirits. How to discern Holy Ghost from false spirits. That which doth not edify is not of God. 16 Yea, thus saith the Lord, I will reason with you as one man reasoneth with another that ye understand. 17 That which is of me giveth life and light to the Spirit, which doth cause your souls to expand and partake of that fruit which is white above all that is white, and pure above all that is pure. 18 These things are of me, saith the Lord, and anything which doth not do these things, is it of me, saith the Lord? 19 For it is my desire that you should have life and that more abundantly. 20 Or in other words that which edifieth, ye can know with a perfect knowledge that it is of me, saith the Lord. 21 And on the contrariwise, that which doth not cause your souls, yea, even that which doth not cause your bosoms to swell and your minds to expand that ye may have life, doth cause that death spoken of, for the wages of sin is death. 22 And thus ye may know that it is of that Evil One, and is therefor of darkness. 23 And by these things, ye are able to chase darkness from among you ...
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Call Out of Shawn McCrady and Titles and Offices of the Gods in the Eternal Worlds
Original Air Date: January 23, 2011
Call Out of Shawn McCrady and Titles of the Gods
TITLES AND OFFICES
The difference between the individual and the office
held by the individual, when properly understood,
provides a true key to the situation.
“God” is a title, an office - a principle; and yet the being
who occupies this office of God is an exalted man. The office of
“God” has always existed and always will exist. It, the office, is
without “beginning of days or end of years.” Those now
occupying the office of “God,” whether to this or other planets,
are not, in their organized capacities, without “beginning of days
or end of years.” Their creation as organized entities had a
beginning, and their existence in their mortal state will have an
end. “Christ,” “Redeemer,” “Savior,” “Messiah,” etc., are also
offices and titles. The office of “Christ” is co-existent with that
of “God.” One is the complement of the other; the two work
conjointly, and each is necessary to the other.
With the office of “God” and “Christ” is associated the
office of “Holy Ghost.” This trinity, properly organized, presides
over the earth. Each inhabited planet or group of planets has such
a Presidency.
“Pharaoh,” a ruling office in Egypt since shortly after the
flood, still exists as an office. The meaning of Pharaoh is “Great
House,” and is in reality a king. We speak of Pharaoh, in the day
of Joseph, as an individual, but the Pharaoh of Joseph's day who
made Joseph Governor of Egypt, was removed by several
generations from the Pharaoh of Moses’ time. The first wrought
righteousness while the latter was destroyed through his
wickedness. Viewed in any other light than that of a title, or
office, the term “Pharaoh” furnishes an inconsistency similar to
that which the scriptures disclose regarding “God.” “Now there
arose up a new king (new Pharaoh) over Egypt, which knew not
Joseph.”
18 And so it is with the titles “Caesar,” “Emperor,”“King,” “Czar,” “President,” etc. It was the “President” (of the
United States) who sent an army against the Saints in Utah, and
it was also the “President” who befriended the Mormons,
granting them amnesty, returning their escheated property, and
another using his influence against the unseating of a Mormon
Senator in the U.S. Congress. It was the “President” of the
18 Exodus 1:8.
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United States who did this, and yet the acts mentioned involved
the acts of three separate individuals, each occupying the office
of “President,” but at different times.
So also exist different offices in the creation and
government of worlds. God is known by various titles, such as
“Michael,” “Jehovah,” “Elohim,” “Father,” “I Am,” “Man of
Holiness,” “Ahman,” etc. In the term “Elohim,” we speak of the
head God, “God Almighty,” the “Council of Gods,” either as
pertaining to earth or to other planets. “Elohim” may also mean
the “Father,” “Grandfather.” It is the first name in the celestial
trinity. “Jehovah” signifies “Son,” and is also referred to as
“Jehovah God,” “Jehovah Christ,” “Father,” etc. Jehovah
occupies the second place in the trinity. “Michael” means “One
like God,” also “Prince,” “Archangel,” “Ancient of Days,”
“Adam,” etc. “Adam” is first man, as “Eve” is first woman or the
mother of all living. These are titles or offices, as are “Elias,”
“Elijah,” and “Messiah.” Each earth is populated by an Adam
and an Eve, with the aid of their descendants. True, these offices
as pertaining to Godhood are frequently used interchangeably,
much in the same light as we refer to the Church and Kingdom
of God. Specifically there is a Church of God and there is also a
Kingdom of God, each having a separate organized identity.
Then there is “Lucifer,” another title or office, also called
“Devil,” “Adversary,” “Satan,” etc.
These and numerous other offices and positions are
eternal in their nature and necessary to the creation, population
and government of planets. On this subject of titles and names,
the late Dr. James E. Talmage, in his book, “Jesus the Christ,”
pp. 35-6, explains:
Christ is a sacred title, and not an ordinary appelation or
common name; it is of Greek derivation, and in meaning
is identical with its Hebrew equivalent Messiah, or
Messias, signifying the Annointed One. Other titles, each
possessing a definite meaning, such as Emmanuel,
Savior, Redeemer, Only Begotten Son, Lord, Son of
God, Son of Man, and many more, are of scriptural
occurrence; the fact of main present importance to us is
that these several titles are expressive of our Lord's
divine origin and Godship. As seen, the essential names
or titles of Jesus the Christ were made known before His
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birth, and were revealed to Prophets who preceded Him
in the mortal state.
Jehovah is the Anglicized rendering of the
Hebrew, Yahveh or Jahveh, signifying the Self-existent
One, or The Eternal. This name is generally rendered in
our English version of the Old Testament as Lord,
printed in capitals.”
We think enough is given to show that our references to
God, Christ, Savior, etc., are used more frequently in referring to
the office or title than to the individual. Here are some examples:
“I am the Lord God Almighty, and endless is my name,
for I am without beginning of days or end of years.”
19This can refer only to the office, for the individual
occupying that position is not without “beginning of days or end
of years.” He was born-begotten, as all human beings have been.
But he came to occupy an office that has always existed and
always will exist. He, while an occupant of that office, is said to
be “without beginning of days or end of years;” and His name is
“Endless,” because that office never ends, though He Himself
may not always occupy it.
“Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant
whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me
and understand that I am he: before me there was no God
formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the
Lord; and beside me there is no savior.”
20This is supposed to be the Savior talking to Israel in
prophecy. He says, “I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of
Israel.” If this scripture is given a literal interpretation it could
not refer to Jesus who was to become the son of Mary, for the
spokesman said, “Before me there was no God formed, neither
shall there be after me.” Reference is to the title or office. There
is only one true and living (office of) God. “Thou shalt have no
other Gods before me;” why? Because there is only one true
God, others being made by man or are man-conceived idols. But
19
20 Isaiah 43:10, 11.
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while there is only one true office of God, there are many
individuals permitted to occupy that office or to receive the titles
pertaining thereto in the respective stations to which they have
been or may be assigned. There is only one Colonel to a
Regiment, but there may be different Regiments, each headed by
a Colonel. This is equally true of the latter part of the passage:
“Besides me there is no savior.” There is only one Savior to this
earth, speaking specifically, although broadly speaking, every
man may be a savior to his father's house. The title is referred to.
Jesus Christ will become the Savior to this world, when his work
is completed, and there will be no other Savior (of the world)
besides him. There are other Saviors of other worlds or planets,
but only one for each planet. The title has always existed and
men are accorded the position as they receive their appointments
and quality.
When the Savior appeared to the Nephites after his
resurrection he was introduced by the Father as His “
belovedSon, in whom I am well pleased
.” Then Jesus calls himself the“God of Israel, the God of the whole earth”,
21 and the repentantNephites called him the “Most High God.” And yet Jesus told
them to pray to the Father in his (Jesus') name. It is evident from
this that while this Jesus was designated the “God of the whole
earth,” and the “Most High God,” there were other Gods higher
than he, His Father being one of them; and indicating further that
such expressions are open to interpretation.
In Doctrine and Covenants, Sec. 95, Jesus Christ calls
himself “Son Ahman; or, in other words, Alphus; or, Omegus;
even Jesus Christ your Lord.” And in verse 7 he calls himself the
“Lord of Sabaoth,” meaning the “creator of the first day, the
beginning and the end.”
By no rule of logic can these several terms be other than
titles. Jesus Christ, son of Mary, was not the creator of the first
day, the beginning and the end; that day was doubtless created
long before this Jesus became an embodied spirit.
“Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God,
who created the heavens and the earth.”
22“By these things we know that there is a God in heaven,
21 3 Nephi 11 :14.
22 D. & C. 14:9.
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who is infinite and eternal, from everlasting to
everlasting, the same unchangeable God, the framer of
heaven and earth, and all things which are in them.”
23By these sayings we learn that God, the father of Jesus
Christ, and not Jesus himself, is credited with being the creator.
And yet, speaking of the “Only Begotten of the Father” generally
supposed to be Jesus, son of Mary, the Lord says:
“That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds
are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are
begotten sons and daughters unto God.”
24Again, the Lord told Moses:
“And worlds without number have I created; and I also
created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I
created them, which is mine Only Begotten.”
25It is inconceivable that Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, in
his premortal state, created “worlds without end.” The text
clearly teaches that one of the chief functions of the “Son” is to
create worlds, under the direction of the “Father.” It will be
noted that the term “Only Begotten,” is capitalized, clearly
referring to an office and not a specific individual, only as the
individual occupies such office. The Prophet Mosiah, referring to
Jesus who was to be born of Mary, said:
“And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the
Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things,
from the beginning; and his mother shall be called
Mary.”
26Here the coming son of Mary “to be called” Jesus Christ
etc., or in other words, he is to receive the title or office, whose
function is to create. Jesus Christ, son of Mary, did not
personally create the heavens and earth and numerous worlds,
23 D&C 20:17.
24 D&C 76:24.
25 Moses 1:33.
26 Mosiah 3:8.
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any more than Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United
States, freed the Negro slaves. The office did it. The glorified
being functioning in the office at the time did the creating or
organizing by virtue of the office held.
In Ether 3:15, Jesus Christ is credited with creating man;
“and never have I shown myself unto man whom I have
created.” And in Mosiah, 3:8, he was mentioned as “Jesus Christ,
the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all
things.” Here he is designated as the son of the creator.
These are but a few of the scriptures having reference to
the office of Creator, call him Jesus Christ, Almighty God,
Jehovah, Elohim, or what you may, which if not taken in the
light of title or office, become very confusing.
Dr. Talmage, as previously quoted, states that Jesus
Christ, the son of Mary, was the creator of this earth and was the
God who revealed himself to “Adam, Enoch and all the
antediluvial patriarchs.” But this cannot be true for this Jesus
was not himself created in the flesh at that time. True, he
possessed a spirit body, but had not yet qualified to create other
bodies, either spirit or mortal. He could not have spirit children,
for only those who have received mortal bodies, died and have
been resurrected, can qualify for spiritual parenthood. This point,
Dr. Talmage and the Church leaders concede. And certainly
before becoming mortal himself, Jesus could not create mortal
bodies. “Like begets like.”
On this point again we have the testimony of Brigham
Young. Said he:
“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 their27 operations with regard to organizing aworld.
28 Power is then given to them to organize theelements, and then commence the organization of
tabernacles. How can they do it? Have they to go to that
27 “of their” was missed out of the third edition.
28 As Jesus Christ, son of Mary, had not gone through these various
steps, obviously he was not qualified to either beget spirit children,
or give them mortal bodies. much less to make a world for them to
live in.
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earth? Yes, an Adam will have to go there, and he cannot
do without Eve; he must have 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. This is a key for you. The
faithful will become Gods, even the sons of God;”
29Adam, having been mortal on a previous earth and died
and was resurrected and exalted to Godhood, was able to sire
spirit children; and as one in a higher position can function in all
positions below it, he was able to return to mortality and
organize mortal bodies; but Christ - he who was to be born to
Mary - never having before been mortal, could not create mortal
bodies. Neither can a pre-mortal unembodied spirit create an
earth upon which his brother spirits can go and take mortal
bodies and receive the experiences of mortality. The official
creator of this earth claims to have been the creator of many
earths. It is beyond human conception, contrary to all reason and
teachings of scripture, to hold that Jesus, the son of Mary, before
being born in mortality, organized not only many earths, but also
an earth for himself to be born on. True, in the councils of
heaven, presided over by His Father, he doubtless took an active
part in bringing his spiritual brothers and sisters in harmony with
the Father's design to build an earth as their future habitation.
He, no doubt, agreed to the plans in many ways assisted, in
accordance with his capacity to assist, in bringing the earth into
existence. But the earth was built, under the direction of Elohim
and Jehovah, the main builders being Michael and his brethren,
all of whom had gone through mortality, had received a
resurrection, and had qualified as Gods.
Michael, according to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young,
is the Father, he built the earth, brought forth His son Jesus in the
flesh and arranged for Him to manage it. And when Jesus Christ
has finished his work, as the Savior and Redeemer of this world,
doubtless he will be qualified to assist in creating other earths, on
which his spiritual children will be placed.
29 Deseret News, Sept. 18, 1852; Millennial Star 15: Supplement 16,
17, 32; Journal of Discourses 6:274, 275, 282, 283.
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Noah, Abraham, Joseph Smith, and others were
appointed to occupy certain positions with reference to the
progress and development of the earth. Their missions were to be
accomplished in conjunction with the mission of Jesus, but each
of them was powerless to accomplish his work until given a
body and introduced into a mortal sphere.
In Alma's statement: “
He (the Son of God) is the veryeternal Father of heaven and earth, and all things which in
them is; He is the beginning and the end, the first and the last
;” reference “Is there no more than one God?” asked Zeezrom. Therecan be no more than one head God presiding over a planet. There
must be a head in every presidency. It is quite clear that Jesus
Christ will occupy that position when the time comes; he will be
the “Very Eternal Father of heaven and earth,” heaven being an
integral part of this earth. True, there will be other Gods assisting
Him. We are informed in Scripture there will be 144,000 who
will attain to Godhood.
“And I looked and lo, a lamb (Christ) stood on the mount
Sinai and with him a hundred and forty and four
thousand, having His Father's name written in their
foreheads.”
30These men were the “first fruits unto God and to the
Lamb,” and they were men without guile, “for they are without
fault before the throne of God.” There are “Lords many and
Gods many” - these 144,000 are to be Gods operating throughout
the earth and under the jurisdiction of Jesus Christ, the “Very
eternal Father (God) of heaven and earth,” who, in turn, operates
under His Father, who obviously, is the “Very Eternal Father” of
other heavens and earths, of which planetary system this earth is
a part. And so on back through the eternities of Gods, each of
whom was once “as man now is,” but who, through faithfully
living all the laws pertaining to his eternity finally attained
Godhood, filling an office that has “no beginning of days nor end
of years;” and by reason of such office he is said to be “without
beginning of days or end of years.”
“I am the Father and the Son.”
“I am both God and Savior and Redeemer.”
30 Revelations 14:1
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In the sense in which these terms “Father,” “Son,”
“Savior,” and “Redeemer” are used, they, as stated, represent
titles or offices. Jesus Christ was one individual, not two. He
could not be more than one, but he could hold two offices and
have two or more titles. Joseph Smith was President of
Priesthood, President of the Church, and President of the High
Council at Kirtland, at one and the same time - the two latter
offices being subordinate to that of President of the Priesthood.
Jesus Christ was ordained not only to the office of the “Only
Begotten Son,” but also to the office of the “Savior,” the
“Redeemer,” the “Father,” etc. By reason of his faithfulness he
will be capable of filling all offices pertaining to the Godhead of
this earth, but in his presidency he will also be presided over by
other “Gods,” “Fathers,” “Only Begotten Sons,” “Saviors,”
“Redeemers,” etc.
It will be remembered that Elder Joseph Fielding Smith,
in criticizing the doctrine embraced in the 1852 address of
Brigham Young, wherein Adam was proclaimed to be the God of
this earth and the Father of Jesus Christ, set out two specific
charges:
“President Brigham Young spoke perhaps a thousand
times in which he declared that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God the Father who created Adam, and that Adam is the
son of God.
I will say frankly that I believe President
Brigham Young was not properly quoted in this
discourse. He did not see it before it was published in
England. I firmly believe this for the implication in this
discourse is foreign to all that President Young taught.
For proof of this see Brigham Young's Discourses.”
In so broad a statement from one claiming the Apostolic
calling and holding the office of “Church Historian,” one might
logically assume that throughout Brigham Young's discourses
there is to be found indisputable evidence of a contradiction of
the doctrines set forth in his 1852 address. Elder Smith says
“perhaps thousands” of such contradictions exist, and the reputed
sermon was “foreign to all that Brigham Young taught.”
- The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3
- "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
- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365
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.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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)
Original Air Date: January 23, 2011
Call Out of Shawn McCrady and Titles of the Gods
Art Bulla on air called Shawn McCrady's contact no. and challenged him to debate. McCrady a self-confessed laughing "wild man", and former communist, dilitant extrodinaire, the spoiled product of a typical permissive matriarchal Mormon environment, as a teenager practiced great wickedness, went on a mission, but never repented but covered this evil heart of unbelief and predation against godliness, as a wolf in sheep's clothing, received strong delusion from the devil at the behest of a minister of the devil, who then was emboldened to threw off all pretense, coming out as an anti-Christ, the reprobate he always was, now proclaiming his vision from the devil that the law and the testimony is now superfluous, and all religious affliliation is now superfluous, even the name of Jesus Christ is superfluous, etc, no Apostles, order in the house of God, non-existent in order that he may assuage his gnawing guilt by doing away with all law and justice to raise his head brazenly in iniquity and becoming a traitor to the brethren, denying the Everlasting Covenant. I predict this son of perdition will not respond to my challenge but hide in the dark as all such do, because their deeds are evil. Errors corrected concerning who created what and the offices and calling of the Gods. It is the office that created the worlds, not the personage assigned to that office for this earth, saith the Lord. Reading from Joseph Musser's great work: "Michael Our Father and Our God": "The difference between the individual and the office held by the individual, when properly understood, provides a true key. “God” is a title, an office...the being who occupies this office of God is an exalted man. The office of “God” has always existed and always will exist. It, the office, is without “beginning of days or end of years.” Those now occupying the office of “God, are not without “beginning of days or end of years.” Their creation as organized entities had a beginning"
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
I Stand Alone
Original Air Date: January 20, 2011
I Stand Alone
As to the "crime, time and place, &c., of finding the Nephite record," its revelation is the very thing that produces an earthquake to this generation. It explains the bible: it opens the vision of the prophets; it unravels the mystery who first settled this country, and it shows the old paths wherein if a man walk he shall live. It copes with the boasted knowledge of the world; it glitters through the combined fog of ages; shows that God who eat of a calf with Abraham, will eat and drink again on the earth with his saints, when the wolf and the lamb, and the lion and the ox, will be as friendly as the saints and seraphs, in the full fruition of bliss; it cuts the gordian knot of priestcraft, and reveals the priesthood of the Son of God, which is "without beginning of days or end of years" whereby it shows that prophets were ordained in eternity, when the "morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy:" and it speaks from the dead, whereby the living can hear from their friends, who have fought the good fight of faith, and passed from life unto death, and from death unto life! and Stevens with his incidents of travels in Central America; and others who are opening the bowels of the earth, and rolling "ruins" into being; and ten thousand elders of Israel filled with the Holy Ghost, declaring the everlasting gospel with irresistible power and economy, that surpasses understanding; the great persecutions and murders which are dealt out without measure to its believers; and the distress of nations and the signs that Jesus Christ said should be, like the sound of many waters, or of a great thunder, declare that it is eternal truth! and that your brother Joseph Smith was one of the Lord's anointed! That he now sits with God in the heavens, and laughs at the calamities that will speedily wrap the world in wo! and that he will mock when their fear seizes the last hope of a crude existence! (The Answer., Times and Seasons, vol. 5 (January 1844-January 1, 1845), No. 24. Nauvoo, Illinois, Jan. 1, 1845. Whole No. 108, p.757-758)
- The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3
- "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
- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365
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.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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)
Original Air Date: January 20, 2011
I Stand Alone
I, Art Bulla, stand alone, combating the error of ages (including priests of the Mormon Church). As did Joseph, my Joseph! I combat the errors of ages; I meet the violence of mobs; I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority; I cut the gordian knot of powers, and I solve mathematical problems of universities, with truth-diamond truth; and God is my "right hand man." (Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 Vols. 6:78) Of course you follow out the figure, and say, 'the boldness of my plans and measures, together with their unparallelled success, so far, are calculated to throw a charm over my whole being; and to point me out as the most extraordinary man of the present age.' The boldness of my plans and meaures, can readily be tested by the touch-stone of all schemes, systems, projects, and adventures,-truth, for truth is a matter of fact; and the fact is, that by the power of God I translatated the Book of Mormon from hieroglyphics; the knowledge of which was lost to the world: in which wonderful event I stood alone, an unlearned youth, to combat the worldly wisdom, and multiplied ignorance of eighteen centuries, with a new revelation; which, (if they would receive the everlasting gospel,) would open the eyes of more than eight hundred millions of people, and make 'plain the old paths,' wherein if a man walk in all the ordinances of God blameless, he shall inherit eternal life; and Jesus Christ, who was, and is, and is to come, has borne me safely over every snare and plan, laid in secret or openly; through priestly hypocrisy, sectarian prejudice, popular philosophy, executive power, or law defying mobocracy, to destroy me. Joseph Smith. (Reply., Times and Seasons, vol. 4 (November 1842-November 1843), Vol. 4 No. 24 November 1, 1843, p.373)
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Revelation to Black Pharaoh and his Henchmen from Israel's God
- The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3
- "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
- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365
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.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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)
Friday, January 21, 2011
Revelation to Black Pharaoh and his Henchmen from Israel's God
- The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3
- "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
- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365
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.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The What Who How and Why of Administrative Authority--Amended
Original Air Date: January 16, 2011
The What Who Why and How of Administrative Authority
Chapter XII. The Disciples of Our Saviour.
1 The names of the apostles of our Saviour are known to every one from the Gospels.188--> But there exists no catalogue of the seventy disciples.189--> Barnabas, indeed, is said to have been one of them, of whom the Acts of the apostles makes mention in various places,190--> and especially Paul in his Epistle to the Galatians.191-->
2 They say that Sosthenes also, who wrote to
the Corinthians with Paul, was one of them.192--> This is the account of Clement193--> in the fifthbook of his Hypotyposes, in which he also says that Cephas was one of the seventy disciples,194--> a man who bore the same name as the apostle Peter, and the one concerning whom Paul says, "When Cephas came to Antioch I withstood him to his face."195-->3 Matthias,196--> also, who was numbered with the apostles in the place of Judas, and the one who was honored by being made a candidate with him,197--> are like-wise said to have been deemed worthy of the same calling with the seventy. They say that Thaddeus198--> also was one of them, concerning whom I shall presently relate an account which has come down to us.199--> And upon examination you will find that our Saviour had more than seventy disciples, according to the testimony of Paul, who says that after his resurrection from the dead he appeared first to Cephas, then to the twelve, and after them to above five hundred brethren at once (seven Quorums of Seventy and 11 of the Twelve), of whom some had fallen asleep;200--> but the majority were still living 4 at the time he wrote.
So the ancient order was to call upon the Seventy to fill vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve, and it follows that vacancies in the First Presidency should be filled from the Twelve, and no High Priest should be in these Quorums, saith the Lord. The Church took to ordaining Apostles High Priests after they had been ordained Apostles! Jesus was never ordained a High Priest but was an Apostle, Joseph was never ordained a High Priest, but was an Apostle, and Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball were Apostles only. So this is the correct order of succuession, saith the Lord, and no Elder such as Onias can subvert the Holy Order of God, despite what false testators such as Alex say. Shame on you Alex. I want to include in this email an account from Eusebius of on the Seventy, Thaddeus who is not mentioned in the Bible.
What ordination should a man receive to possess all the keys and powers of the Holy Priesthood that were delivered to the sons of Adam? He should be ordained an Apostle of Jesus Christ. That office puts him in possession of every key, every power, every authority, communication, benefit, blessing, glory, and kingdom that was ever revealed to man. That pertains to the office of an Apostle of Jesus Christ. In the last week's News I published a portion of a revelation, showing the authority of the First Presidency of the Church, composed at first of Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Frederick G. Williams. When this revelation was given, the two last-named brethren were Joseph Smith's counsellors, and this First Presidency possessed the power and authority of building up the kingdom of God upon all the earth, and of setting the Church in order in its perfection. You read in the revelation alluded to that when the Twelve were called and ordained, they possessed the same power and authority as the three First Presidents; and in reading further you find that there must needs be appendages and helps growing out of this Priesthood. The Seventies possess the same power and authority; they hold the keys of establishing, building up, regulating, ordaining, and setting in order the kingdom of God in all its perfections upon the earth. We have a Quorum of High Priests, and there are a great many of them. They are a local body-they tarry at home; but the Seventies travel and preach; so also do the High Priests, when they are called upon. They possess precisely the same Priesthood that the Seventies and the Twelve and the First Presidency possess; but are they ordained to officiate in all the authority, powers, and keys of this Priesthood? No, they are not. Still they are High Priests of God; and if they magnify their Priesthood, they will receive at some time all the authority and power that it is possible for man to receive. Brigham Young.
1 AND again, my brethren, I would cite your minds forward to the time when the Lord God gave these commandments unto his children; and I would that ye should remember that the Lord God ordained priests, after his holy order, which was after the order of his Son, to teach these things unto the people.
2 And those priests were ordained after the order of his Son, in a manner that thereby the people might know in what manner to look forward to his Son for redemption.
3 And this is the manner after which they were ordained--being called and prepared from the foundation of the world according to the foreknowledge of God, on account of their exceeding faith and good works; in the first place being left to choose good or evil; therefore they having chosen good, and exercising exceedingly great faith, are called with a holy calling, yea, with that holy calling which was prepared with, and according to, a preparatory redemption for such.
4 And thus they have been called to this holy calling on account of their faith, while others would reject the Spirit of God on account of the hardness of their hearts and blindness of their minds, while, if it had not been for this they might have had as great privilege as their brethren.
5 Or in fine, in the first place they were on the same standing with their brethren; thus this holy calling being prepared from the foundation of the world for such as would not harden their hearts, being in and through the atonement of the Only Begotten Son, who was prepared--
6 And thus being called by this holy calling, and ordained unto the high priesthood of the holy order of God, to teach his commandments unto the children of men, that they also might enter into his rest--
7 This high priesthood being after the order of his Son, which order was from the foundation of the world; or in other words, being without beginning of days or end of years, being prepared from eternity to all eternity, according to his foreknowledge of all things--
8 Now they were ordained after this manner--being called with a holy calling, and ordained with a holy ordinance, and taking upon them the high priesthood of the holy order, which calling, and ordinance, and high priesthood, is without beginning or end--
9 Thus they become high priests forever, after the order of the Son, the Only Begotten of the Father, who is without beginning of days or end of years, who is full of grace, equity, and truth. And thus it is. Amen.
10 Now, as I said concerning the holy order, or this high priesthood, there were many who were ordained and became high priests of God; and it was on account of their exceeding faith and repentance, and their righteousness before God, they choosing to repent and work righteousness rather than to perish;
11 Therefore they were called after this holy order, and were sanctified, and their garments were washed white through the blood of the Lamb.
12 Now they, after being sanctified by the Holy Ghost, having their garments made white, being pure and spotless before God, could not look upon sin save it were with abhorrence; and there were many, exceedingly great many, who were made pure and entered into the rest of the Lord their God.
13 And now, my brethren, I would that ye should humble yourselves before God, and bring forth fruit meet for repentance, that ye may also enter into that rest.
14 Yea, humble yourselves even as the people in the days of Melchizedek, who was also a high priest after this same order which I have spoken, who also took upon him the high priesthood forever.
15 And it was this same Melchizedek to whom Abraham paid tithes; yea, even our father Abraham paid tithes of one-tenth part of all he possessed.
16 Now these ordinances were given after this manner, that thereby the people might look forward on the Son of God, it being a type of his order, or it being his order, and this that they might look forward to him for a remission of their sins, that they might enter into the rest of the Lord.
17 Now this Melchizedek was a king over the land of Salem; and his people had waxed strong in iniquity and abomination; yea, they had all gone astray; they were full of all manner of wickedness;
18 But Melchizedek having exercised mighty faith, and received the office of the high priesthood according to the holy order of God, did preach repentance unto his people. And behold, they did repent; and Melchizedek did establish peace in the land in his days; therefore he was called the prince of peace, for he was the king of Salem; and he did reign under his father.
19 Now, there were many before him, and also there were many afterwards, but none were greater; therefore, of him they have more particularly made mention.
20 Now I need not rehearse the matter; what I have said may suffice. Behold, the scriptures are before you; if ye will wrest them it shall be to your own destruction.
6 And the sons of Moses, according to the Holy Priesthood which he received under the hand of his father-in-law, Jethro;
7 And Jethro received it under the hand of Caleb;
8 And Caleb received it under the hand of Elihu;
9 And Elihu under the hand of Jeremy;
10 And Jeremy under the hand of Gad;
11 And Gad under the hand of Esaias;
12 And Esaias received it under the hand of God.
13 Esaias also lived in the days of Abraham, and was blessed of him--
14 Which Abraham received the priesthood from Melchizedek, who received it through the lineage of his fathers, even till Noah;
15 And from Noah till Enoch, through the lineage of their fathers;
16 And from Enoch to Abel, who was slain by the conspiracy of his brother, who received the priesthood by the commandments of God, by the hand of his father Adam, who was the first man--
17 Which priesthood continueth in the church of God in all generations, and is without beginning of days or end of years.
18 And the Lord confirmed a priesthood also upon Aaron and his seed, throughout all their generations, which priesthood also continueth and abideth forever with the priesthood which is after the holiest order of God.
19 And this greater priesthood administereth the gospel and holdeth the key of the mysteries of the kingdom, even the key of the knowledge of God.
20 Therefore, in the ordinances thereof, the power of godliness is manifest.
21 And without the ordinances thereof, and the authority of the priesthood, the power of godliness is not manifest unto men in the flesh;
22 For without this no man can see the face of God, even the Father, and live.
23 Now this Moses plainly taught to the children of Israel in the wilderness, and sought diligently to sanctify his people that they might behold the face of God;
24 But they hardened their hearts and could not endure his presence; therefore, the Lord in his wrath, for his anger was kindled against them, swore that they should not enter into his rest while in the wilderness, which rest is the fulness of his glory.
25 Therefore, he took Moses out of their midst, and the Holy Priesthood also;
26 And the lesser priesthood continued, which priesthood holdeth the key of the ministering of angels and the preparatory gospel;
27 Which gospel is the gospel of repentance and of baptism, and the remission of sins, and the law of carnal commandments, which the Lord in his wrath caused to continue with the house of Aaron among the children of Israel until John, whom God raised up, being filled with the Holy Ghost from his mother's womb.
28 For he was baptized while he was yet in his childhood, and was ordained by the angel of God at the time he was eight days old unto this power, to overthrow the kingdom of the Jews, and to make straight the way of the Lord before the face of his people, to prepare them for the coming of the Lord, in whose hand is given all power.
29 And again, the offices of elder and bishop are necessary appendages belonging unto the high priesthood.
30 And again, the offices of teacher and deacon are necessary appendages belonging to the lesser priesthood, which priesthood was confirmed upon Aaron and his sons.
31 Therefore, as I said concerning the sons of Moses--for the sons of Moses and also the sons of Aaron shall offer an acceptable offering and sacrifice in the house of the Lord, which house shall be built unto the Lord in this generation, upon the consecrated spot as I have appointed--
32 And the sons of Moses and of Aaron shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, upon Mount Zion in the Lord's house, whose sons are ye; and also many whom I have called and sent forth to build up my church.
33 For whoso is faithful unto the obtaining these two priesthoods of which I have spoken, and the magnifying their calling, are sanctified by the Spirit unto the renewing of their bodies.
34 They become the sons of Moses and of Aaron and the seed of Abraham, and the church and kingdom, and the elect of God.
35 And also all they who receive this priesthood receive me, saith the Lord;
36 For he that receiveth my servants receiveth me;
37 And he that receiveth me receiveth my Father;
38 And he that receiveth my Father receiveth my Father's kingdom; therefore all that my Father hath shall be given unto him.
39 And this is according to the oath and covenant which belongeth to the priesthood.
40 Therefore, all those who receive the priesthood, receive this oath and covenant of my Father, which he cannot break, neither can it be moved.
41 But whoso breaketh this covenant after he hath received it, and altogether turneth therefrom, shall not have forgiveness of sins in this world nor in the world to come.
42 And wo unto all those who come not unto this priesthood which ye have received, which I now confirm upon you who are present this day, by mine own voice out of the heavens; and even I have given the heavenly hosts and mine angels charge concerning you.
43 And I now give unto you a commandment to beware concerning yourselves, to give diligent heed to the words of eternal life.
44 For you shall live by every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God.
- The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3
- "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
- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365
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.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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)
Come Out of Her My People!
Original Air Date: January 18, 2011
Come Out of Her (Babylon) My People!
31 Neither will he suffer that the Gentiles shall destroy the seed of thy brethren.
32 Neither will the Lord God suffer that the Gentiles shall forever remain in that awful state of blindness, which thou beholdest they are in, because of the plain and most precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, whose formation thou hast seen.
33 Wherefore saith the Lamb of God: I will be merciful unto the Gentiles, unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of Israel in great judgment.
34 And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited the remnant of the house of Israel--and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy father--wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles, and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb--I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power, much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.
35 For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself unto thy seed, that they shall write many things which I shall minister unto them, which shall be plain and precious; and after thy seed shall be destroyed, and dwindle in unbelief, and also the seed of thy brethren, behold, these things shall be hid up, to come forth unto the Gentiles, by the gift and power of the Lamb.
36 And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and my rock and my salvation.
37 And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.
38 And it came to pass that I beheld the remnant of the seed of my brethren, and also the book of the Lamb of God, which had proceeded forth from the mouth of the Jew, that it came forth from the Gentiles unto the remnant of the seed of my brethren.
39 And after it had come forth unto them I beheld other books, which came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto them, unto the convincing of the Gentiles and the remnant of the seed of my brethren, and also the Jews who were scattered upon all the face of the earth, that the records of the prophets and of the twelve apostles of the Lamb are true.
40 And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last records, which thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of the first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known the plain and precious things which have been taken away from them; and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.
41 And they must come according to the words which shall be established by the mouth of the Lamb; and the words of the Lamb shall be made known in the records of thy seed, as well as in the records of the twelve apostles of the Lamb; wherefore they both shall be established in one; for there is one God and one Shepherd over all the earth.
42 And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all nations, both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and after he has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles, then he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and also unto the Jews, and the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. (1 Ne 13:29-42) 8 And he had sworn in his wrath unto the brother of Jared, that whoso should possess this land of promise, from that time henceforth and forever, should serve him, the true and only God, or they should be swept off when the fulness of his wrath should come upon them.
9 And now, we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, that it is a land of promise; and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall serve God, or they shall be swept off when the fulness of his wrath shall come upon them. And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are ripened in iniquity.
10 For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands; wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off; for it is the everlasting decree of God. And it is not until the fulness of iniquity among the children of the land, that they are swept off.
11 And this cometh unto you, O ye Gentiles, that ye may know the decrees of God--that ye may repent, and not continue in your iniquities until the fulness come, that ye may not bring down the fulness of the wrath of God upon you as the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done.
12 Behold, this is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ, who hath been manifested by the things which we have written. (Ether 2:8-12) 1 AND now I, Moroni, proceed to finish my record concerning the destruction of the people of whom I have been writing.
2 For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether; for he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man; and that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord; wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him who dwell upon the face thereof;
3 And that it was the place of the New Jerusalem, which should come down out of heaven, and the holy sanctuary of the Lord.
4 Behold, Ether saw the days of Christ, and he spake concerning a New Jerusalem upon this land.
5 And he spake also concerning the house of Israel, and the Jerusalem from whence Lehi should come--after it should be destroyed it should be built up again, a holy city unto the Lord; wherefore, it could not be a new Jerusalem for it had been in a time of old; but it should be built up again, and become a holy city of the Lord; and it should be built unto the house of Israel.
6 And that a New Jerusalem should be built up upon this land, unto the remnant of the seed of Joseph, for which things there has been a type.
7 For as Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt, even so he died there; wherefore, the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph out of the land of Jerusalem, that he might be merciful unto the seed of Joseph that they should perish not, even as he was merciful unto the father of Joseph that he should perish not.
8 Wherefore, the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built upon this land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old; and they shall no more be confounded, until the end come when the earth shall pass away.
9 And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and they shall be like unto the old save the old have passed away, and all things have become new.
10 And then cometh the New Jerusalem; and blessed are they who dwell therein, for it is they whose garments are white through the blood of the Lamb; and they are they who are numbered among the remnant of the seed of Joseph, who were of the house of Israel.
11 And then also cometh the Jerusalem of old; and the inhabitants thereof, blessed are they, for they have been washed in the blood of the Lamb; and they are they who were scattered and gathered in from the four quarters of the earth, and from the north countries, and are partakers of the fulfilling of the covenant which God made with their father, Abraham.
12 And when these things come, bringeth to pass the scripture which saith, there are they who were first, who shall be last; and there are they who were last, who shall be first.
13 And I was about to write more, but I am forbidden; but great and marvelous were the prophecies of Ether; but they esteemed him as naught, and cast him out; and he hid himself in the cavity of a rock by day, and by night he went forth viewing the things which should come upon the people.
14 And as he dwelt in the cavity of a rock he made the remainder of this record, viewing the destructions which came upon the people, by night. (Ether 13:1-14)
- The Revelations of Jesus Christ: http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3
- "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
- Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843-44 Pg.365
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- "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.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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)