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.”
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