1
"Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and by our gathering together unto him,
2
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit,
nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that THE DAY OF CHRIST is at hand.
3
Let no man deceive you by any means:
FOR THAT DAY SHALL
NOT COME, EXCEPT THERE COME A FALLING AWAY FIRST,
and that man of sin be REVEALED,
the Son of Perdition;
"
"FOR THAT DAY SHALL NOT COME,
EXCEPT THERE COME A FALLING AWAY FIRST,"
REVEALED
REVEALED
4
"Who
OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD
, OR THAT IS WORSHIPPED;"
The righteous
3
"IF THE FOUNDATIONS BE DESTROYED, what can the righteous do?"
--- [Psalms 11:3 - Bible]
1
"EXCEPT THE LORD BUILD THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN THAT BUILD IT ..."
--- [Psalms 127:1 - Bible]
"STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE:"
so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work:
only he who now letteth will let, until he
be taken
out of the way.
8
And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with
the spirit of his mouth,
AND SHALL DESTROY WITH THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING:
"The BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING"
refers to The First Vision,
(see scripture set
THE REFRESHING to learn of this!)
"The BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING"
SET UP BY THE GOD OF HEAVEN HIMSELF (see Daniel 2:28 & 44).
AND HE SHALL SEND JESUS CHRIST, WHICH BEFORE WAS PREACHED UNTO YOU
WHOM THE HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE
UNTIL THE TIMES OF RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS ...
--- [Acts 3:18-21 - Bible] "The BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING"
WHEN THE LORD SHALL BUILD UP ZION, HE SHALL APPEAR IN HIS GLORY.
--- [Psalm 102:16 - Bible]
THE LORD
APPEAR IN
--- [Acts 7:55-56 - Bible]
--- [Joseph Smith History 1:15-20 - Pearl Of Great Price]
AND THE GLORY OF GOD So do you believe it was Number 1 or Number 2?
1
The words of God, which he spake unto Moses at a time when Moses was caught up
into an exceedingly high mountain,
2
And he saw God face to face, and he talked with him,
AND THE GLORY OF GOD WAS UPON MOSES; THEREFORE MOSES COULD ENDURE HIS PRESENCE.
--- [Moses 1:1-2 - Pearl Of Great Price]
11
For no man has seen God at any time in the flesh,
EXCEPT QUICKENED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
12
Neither can any natural man abide the presence of God,
neither after the carnal mind.
--- [Doctrine & Covenants 67:11-12]
12
BY THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT OUR EYES WERE OPENED
and our understandings were enlightened, SO AS TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND the things of God---
--- [Doctrine & Covenants 76:12]
25
So it was with me. I had actually seen A LIGHT,
"The BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING"
WHEN THE LORD SHALL BUILD UP ZION, HE SHALL APPEAR IN HIS GLORY.
and in the midst of that light I saw two Personages, and they did in reality speak to me;
and though I was hated and persecuted for saying that I had seen a vision, yet it was true;
and while they were persecuting me, reviling me, and speaking all manner of evil
against me falsely for so saying, I was led to say in my heart: Why persecute me for
telling the truth? I have actually seen a vision; and who am I that I can withstand God,
or why does the world think to make me deny what I have actually seen? For I had seen a vision;
I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it, neither dared I do it;
at least I knew that by so doing I would offend God, and COME UNDER COMDEMNATION.
--- [Joseph Smith History 1:25]
"COME UNDER CONDEMNATION"
APPEAR(ing) IN HIS GLORY ... (to) BUILD UP ZION.
REPENT YE THEREFORE, AND BE CONVERTED!
WHEN THE LORD SHALL BUILD UP ZION, HE SHALL APPEAR IN HIS GLORY.
7
Surely The Lord God will do nothing BUT HE REVEALETH HIS SECRET(s) unto His servants The Prophets.
--- [Amos 3:7 - Bible]
3
For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
--- [Romans 3:3 - Bible]
13
"IF WE BELIEVE NOT, YET HE ABIDETH FAITHFUL;"
"He cannot deny Himself!"
--- [2nd Timothy 2:13 - Bible]
WHEN THE LORD SHALL BUILD UP ZION, HE SHALL APPEAR IN HIS GLORY.
REPENT YE THEREFORE, AND BE CONVERTED, that your sins may be blotted out
REPENT YE THEREFORE, AND BE CONVERTED, ... WHEN THE TIMES OF REFRESHING
SHALL COME FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD ... AND HE SHALL SEND JESUS CHRIST ... Whom the heaven
must receive UNTIL the times of RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS ...
--- [Acts 3:19-21 - Bible]
NOT HEAR ...
REPENT YE THEREFORE, AND BE CONVERTED ...
AND THIS IS THE REFRESHING, YET THEY WOULD NOT HEAR ...
9
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs
and lying wonders,
10
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they
received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11
AND FOR THIS CAUSE GOD SHALL SEND THEM STRONG DELUSION,
THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE:
STRONG DELUSION / LIE
12
That they ALL might be damned who
BELIEVED NOT
THE TRUTH,
NOT HEAR ... BUT HAD PLEASURE IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS."
--- [2nd Thessalonians 2:1-12 - Bible]
is a person who believes not the truth, and has pleasure in unrighteousness!
11
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that
I WILL SEND A FAMINE IN THE LAND,
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but OF HEARING THE WORDS
OF THE LORD;
12
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east,
THEY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO TO SEEK THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND SHALL NOT
FIND IT. --- [Amos 8:11-12 - Bible]
AND SHALL NOT FIND ... THE WORD OF THE LORD
For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts,
DOTH TAKE AWAY
from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff,
THE WHOLE STAY OF BREAD,
AND THE WHOLE STAY OF WATER,"
--- [Isaiah 3:1 - Bible]
BREAD
WATER
33
FOR THE BREAD OF GOD IS HE WHICH COMETH DOWN FROM HEAVEN,
AND GIVETH LIFE UNTO THE WORLD.
34
Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35
AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE:
he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth in me shall never thirst.
--- [John 6:33-35 - Bible]
9
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew,
askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest
THE GIFT
OF GOD, and
WHO IT IS that saith to thee, Give Me to drink;
thou wouldest have asked Him, and He would have given thee
LIVING WATER.
11
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well
is deep; from whence then hast thou that
LIVING WATER?
12
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank
thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13
Jesus answered and said unto her, whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst
again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst: but the water that I shall
give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into Everlasting Life.
--- [John 4: 9-14 - Bible]
Therefore my people are gone into captivity,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE:
AND THEIR HONORABLE MEN ARE FAMISHED
,
{Because of the
FAMINE IN THE LAND,
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but OF HEARING THE WORDS
OF THE LORD;
AND THEIR MULTITUDE
DRIED UP WITH THIRST.
THEREFORE HELL HATH ENLARGED HERSELF, and opened her mouth without measure:
and their glory and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
--- [Isaiah 5:13-14 - Bible]
HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE
HELL ENLARGES HERSELF!
8
IT SHALL EVEN BE AS WHEN AN HUNGRY MAN DREAMETH,
and behold, he eateth;
BUT HE AWAKETH, AND HIS SOUL IS EMPTY; OR AS WHEN A THIRSTY MAN
DREAMETH, and, behold he drinketh; BUT HE AWAKETH, AND BEHOLD, HE IS FAINT, AND HIS SOUL HATH APPETITE;
so shall the multitude be of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.
"For God hath not called us unto uncleaness, BUT UNTO HOLINESS." -
---
[1st Thessalonians 4:7 - Bible] and "
DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THEY WHICH MINISTER ABOUT HOLY THINGS
LIVE OF THE THINGS OF THE TEMPLE?"
--- [1st Corinthians 9:13 - Bible]
you awake and are faint: your soul HATH APPETITE! You cannot be edified anywhere on earth as much as you can
in THE TEMPLE (MOUNT ZION).
9
Stay yourselves and wonder; cry ye out and cry; they are drunken, but not with
wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10
FOR THE LORD HATH POURED OUT UPON YOU THE SPIRIT OF
DEEP SLEEP, AND HATH CLOSED YOUR EYES: THE PROPHETS AND YOUR RULERS,
THE SEERS HATH HE COVERED.
RULERS
RULERS probably means something like
PRIESTHOOD RULERS,
PRIESTHOOD AUTHORITY, SPIRITUAL RULERS, such as:
THE PROPHETS AND YOUR
RULERS, THE SEERS HATH HE COVERED.
or
THE PROPHETS AND YOUR , THE SEERS
HATH HE COVERED.
or
THE PROPHETS AND YOUR RULERS, THE SEERS HATH
HE COVERED.
THE PROPHETS AND YOUR , THE SEERS HATH
HE COVERED.
THE PROPHETS AND YOUR ,
THE SEERS HATH HE COVERED.
11
AND THE VISION OF ALL IS BECOME UNTO YOU AS
THE WORDS OF A BOOK THAT IS SEALED ... "
--- [Isaiah 29: 8-11 - Bible]
The BOOK THAT IS
SEALED does not refer to The Bible. The Bible was never a "SEALED" Book.
The BOOK THAT IS SEALED is
The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon, (The SEALED BOOK),
The Fulness of The Everlasting Gospel
and this is in agreement and harmony with the
ANOTHER ANGEL
prophecy, HAVING THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL TO PREACH UNTO
THEM THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH.
SEALED BOOK was to be delivered by the
ANOTHER ANGEL:
We see not our SIGNS,
THERE IS NO MORE ANY PROPHET: neither is there among us any who knoweth
how long."
--- [Psalm 74: 9 - Bible]
SIGNS THERE IS NO MORE ANY PROPHET!
SIGN of
NO MORE ANY PROPHET THERE IS NO MORE ANY CHURCH!
It's that simple. whenever and whereever The Church of Jesus Christ is there is always a prophet!* Always, always, always.
For
SURELY THE LORD GOD WILL DO NOTHING, BUT HE REVEALETH HIS SECRET
UNTO HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS." --- [Amos 3: 7 - Bible]
11
And he gave SOME APOSTLES AND SOME PROPHETS ...
13
TILL we all come in the UNITY OF THE FAITH --- [Ephesians 4: 11 & 13 - Bible]
NO UNITY OF THE FAITH.
NO
UNITY OF THE FAITH,
TILL , which is another way of saying,
UNTIL
PROPHETS PROPHETS
SIGN (OF APOSTASY):
*
11
And he gave SOME APOSTLES AND SOME PROPHETS ...
13
TILL we all come in the UNITY OF THE
FAITH --- [Ephesians 4: 11 & 13 - Bible]
1
BEHOLD, THE LORD MAKETH THE EARTH EMPTY, AND MAKETH IT
WASTE, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
2
And it shall be, as with the people, SO WITH THE PRIEST, as with the servant,
so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
3
THE LAND SHALL BE UTTERLY EMPTIED, AND UTTERLY SPOILED:
for the Lord hath spoken this word.
4
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away,
the haughty people of the earth do languish.
5
THE EARTH ALSO IS DEFILED UNDER THE INHABITANTS THEREOF;
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TRANSGRESSED THE LAWS, CHANGED THE ORDINANCE
,
BROKEN THE EVERLASTING COVENANT.
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT
the Everlasting Priesthood + The Everlasting Gospel
together.
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT Numbers 25:12-13 / Ezekiel 37:26 /
D&C 66:2
6
THEREFORE HATH THE CURSE DEVOURED THE
EARTH,
DEVOURED THE EARTH
AND THEY THAT DWELL THEREIN ARE DESOLATE: therefore the inhabitants of the earth
are
BURNED, AND FEW MEN LEFT."
--- [Isaiah 24: 1-6 - Bible]
12
They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not He; neither shalt evil come upon
us; neither shall we see sword nor
FAMINE;
FAMINE
13
And the prophets shall become wind, and
THE WORD IS NOT IN
THEM: thus shall it be done unto them.
THE WORD
(which is The Gospel of Jesus Christ which He and His servants taught,
such as Baptism For The Dead, The Melchizedek Priesthood, our potential to become Equal with God,
Eternal Marriage, and a few dozen other things)
IS NOT IN THEM
14
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of Hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold,
I WILL MAKE MY WORDS IN THY MOUTH FIRE, AND THIS PEOPLE WOOD,
AND IT SHALL DEVOUR THEM.
--- [Jeremiah 5:12-14 - Bible]
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity to
practise hypocrisy,
AND TO UTTER ERROR AGAINST THE LORD, TO MAKE EMPTY THE SOUL OF
THE HUNGRY, AND HE WILL CAUSE THE DRINK OF THE THIRSTY TO FAIL.
--- [Isaiah 32: 6 - Bible]
UTTER ERRORS AGAINST THE LORD.
"STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE"
--- [2nd Thessalonians 2: 1-12]
"STRONG DELUSION(S),
LIES"
HUNGRY
DRINK OF THE
THIRSTY TO FAIL..
3
Oh Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth?
THOU HAST STRICKEN
THEM, BUT THEY HAVE NOT GRIEVED; THOU HAST CONSUMED THEM, BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED TO RECEIVE CORRECTION;
The Book of Mormon:
BUT THEY HAVE REFUSED TO RECEIVE CORRECTION
they have made their faces harder than a rock:
THEY HAVE REFUSED TO RETURN
4
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish;
FOR THEY KNOW NOT THE WAY OF THE LORD, NOR THE JUDGEMENT OF THEIR GOD.
--- [Jeremiah 5:3-4 - Bible]
Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, wherefore have we wearied Him?
WHEN YE SAY, EVERY ONE THAT DOETH EVIL IS GOOD IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND HE DELIGHTETH
IN THEM; OR WHERE IS THE GOD OF JUDGEMENT? --- [Malachi 2:17 - Bible]
3
For it shall come to pass in that day that the churches
which are built up, and not unto the Lord, when the one shall say unto the other: Behold, I, I am the Lord's;
and the others shall say: I, I am the Lord's; and thus shall every one say that hath built up churches,
and not unto the Lord---
4
And they shall contend one with another; and their priests shall contend one with
another, and they shall teach with their learning, and deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance.
--- [2nd Nephi 28:3-4 - Book of Mormon]
And they shall contend one with another; and their priests
shall contend one with another.
and their priests shall contend one with another.
THE FIRST VISION
5
Some time in the second year after our removal to Manchester, there was in the
place where we lived an unusual excitement on the subject of religion. It commenced with the Methodists,
but soon became general among all the sects in that region of country. Indeed, the whole district of country
seemed affected by it, and great multitudes united themselves to the different religious parties,
which created no small stir and division amongst the people, some crying, "Lo, here!" and others, "Lo, there!"
Some were contending for the Methodist faith, some for the Presbyterian, and some for the Baptist.
6
For, notwithstanding the great love which the converts to these different faiths
expressed at the time of their conversion, and the great zeal manifested by the respective clergy, who were
active in getting up and promoting this extraordinary scene of religious feeling, in order to have everybody
converted, as they were pleased to call it, let them join what sect they pleased; yet when the converts began
to file off, some to one party and some to another, it was seen that the seemingly good feelings of both the
priests and the converts were more pretended than real; for a scene of great confusion and bad feeling
ensued---priest contending against priest, and convert against convert; so that all their good feelings one
for another, if they ever had any, were entirely lost
in a strife of words and a contest about opinions.
7
I was at this time in my fifteenth year. My father's family was proselyted to
the Presbyterian faith, and four of them joined that church, namely, my mother, Lucy; my brothers Hyrum and
Samuel Harrison; and my sister Sophronia.
8
During this time of great excitement my mind was called up to serious reflection
and great uneasiness; but though my feelings were deep and often poignant, still I kept myself aloof from all
these parties, though I attended their several meetings as often as occasion would permit. In process of time
my mind became somewhat partial to the Methodist sect, and I felt some desire to be united with them;
but so great were the confusion and strife among the different denominations, that it was impossible for a
person young as I was, and so unacquainted with men and things, to come to any certain conclusion who was
right and who was wrong.
9
My mind at times was greatly excited, the cry and tumult were so great and
incessant. The Presbyterians were most decided against the Baptists and Methodists, and used all the powers
of both reason and sophistry to prove their errors, or, at least, to make the people think they were in error.
On the other hand, the Baptists and Methodists in their turn were equally zealous in endeavoring to establish
their own tenets and disprove all others.
10
In the midst of this war of words and tumult of opinions, I often said to myself:
what is to be done? who of all these parties are right; or, are they all wrong together? If any one of them
be right, which is it, and how shall I know it?
11
while I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of
these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of James, first chapter and fifth verse,
which reads: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth
not; and it shall be given him.
12
Never did any passage of scripture come with more power to the heart of man than
this did at this time to mine. It seemed to enter with great force into every feeling of my heart. I reflected
on it again and again, knowing that if any person needed wisdom from God, I did; for how to act I did not know,
and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had, I would never know; for the teachers of religion of
THE DIFFERENT SECTS UNDERSTOOD THE SAME PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE SO DIFFERENTLY AS TO
DESTROY ALL CONFIDENCE IN SETTLING THE QUESTION BY AN APPEAL TO THE BIBLE.
13
At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in darkness and
confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask of God. I at length came to the determination to
"ask of God," concluding that if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would give liberally, and not
upbraid, I might venture.
14
So, in accordance with this, my determination to ask of God, I retired to the
woods to make the attempt.
--- [Joseph Smith History 1: 5-14]
5
AND THEY DENY THE POWER OF GOD, the Holy One
of Israel; and they say unto the people: Hearken unto us, and hear ye our precept; for behold there is no God
today, for the Lord and the Redeemer hath done his work, and he hath given his power unto men;
6
Behold, hearken ye unto my precept; if they shall say there is a miracle wrought
by the hand of the Lord, believe it not; for this day he is not a God of miracles; he hath done his work.
7
Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry, for
tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us.
8
And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry;
nevertheless, fear God---he will justify in committing a little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of
one because of his words,
dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it
so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom
of God.
9
Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, false and vain
and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels
from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark.
--- [2nd Nephi 28:5-9 -
Book of Mormon]
15
woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their
works are in the dark, and they say, who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16
SURELY YOUR TURNING OF THINGS UPSIDE DOWN shall be
esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing
framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?"
--- [Isaiah 29:15-16 - Bible]
For shall
that made it, He made me not? or shall say of The Lord
who framed it, The Lord had no understanding?
UNDERSTANDING
THE DIFFERENT SECTS UNDERSTOOD THE SAME PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE SO DIFFERENTLY AS TO
DESTROY ALL CONFIDENCE IN SETTLING THE QUESTION BY AN APPEAL TO THE BIBLE.
MOTHER OF HARLOTS,
STRONG DELUSION, THAT THEY SHOULD BELIEVE A LIE,
UNDERSTOOD
TURNING OF THINGS UPSIDE DOWN UNDERSTOOD
AND WE TALK OF CHRIST, WE REJOICE IN CHRIST, WE PREACH OF CHRIST, WE PROPHESY OF CHRIST,
and we write according to our prophecies, that our children MAY KNOW TO WHAT SOURCE they may look for a
remission of their sins.
10
And the blood of the Saints shall cry from the ground against them.
11
YEA, THEY HAVE ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY; THEY HAVE BECOME
CORRUPTED.
12
BECAUSE OF PRIDE, AND BECAUSE OF FALSE TEACHERS, AND FALSE DOCTRINE,
THEIR CHURCHES HAVE BECOME CORRUPTED, and their churches are lifted up; because of pride they are
puffed up.
13
They rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries; they rob the poor because of
their fine clothing; and they persecute the meek and the poor in heart, because in their pride they are
puffed up.
14
They wear
stiff necks and
high heads;
yea, and because of pride, and wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms, they have all gone astray save it
be a few, who are the humble followers of Christ
nevertheless, they are led, that in many instances
THEY DO ERROR BECAUSE THEY ARE TAUGHT
BY THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.
15
O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the pride of
their hearts,
AND ALL THOSE WHO PREACH FALSE DOCTRINES
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
is the Lord's REFRESHED, RESTORED, AND RESTITUTED Church of Jesus Christ in these latter-days
AND ALL THOSE WHO PREACH FALSE DOCTRINES, and all those who commit WHOREDOMS, AND PERVERT
THE RIGHT WAY OF THE LORD, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty, for they shall be thrust down
to hell!
16
wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of naught and revile against
that which is good, and say that it is of no worth! For the day shall come that the Lord God will speedily
visit the inhabitants of the earth; and in that day that they are fully ripe in iniquity they shall perish.
17
But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall repent of their wickedness
and abominations they shall not be destroyed, saith the Lord of Hosts.
18
But behold,
THAT GREAT AND ABOMINABLE CHURCH,
THE WHORE OF ALL THE EARTH, must tumble to the earth, and great must be the fall thereof.
19
For the kingdom of the devil must shake, and they which belong to it must needs
be stirred up unto repentance, or the devil will grasp them with his everlasting chains, and they be stirred
up to anger, and perish;
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.
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.
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.
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.
24
Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!
25
wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!
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!
Acts 8:9-23 - Bible
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9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime
in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria,
giving out that himself was some great one:
10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest,
saying, This man is the great power of God.
11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had
bewitched them with sorceries.
12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning
the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,
both men and women.
13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized,
he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles
and signs which were done.
14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria
had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them,
that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them:
only they were baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus.)
17 Then laid they their hands on them,
and they received the Holy Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that
THROUGH LAYING ON OF THE APOSTLES' HANDS
THE HOLY GHOST WAS GIVEN,
he offered them money,
19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands,
he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee,
because thou hast thought that The Gift of God may be purchased
with money.
21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart
IS NOT RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.
22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God,
if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness,
and in the bond of iniquity.
--- [Acts 8: 9-23 - Bible]
How The Gift of The Holy Ghost is Received!
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YEA, WO BE UNTO HIM THAT SAITH:
WE HAVE RECEIVED, AND WE NEED NO MORE!
28 And in fine, wo unto all those who tremble,
AND ARE ANGRY BECAUSE OF THE TRUTH OF GOD!
ANGRY
--- [2nd Nephi 28:10-28 - The Book of Mormon]
YE HAVE SOUGHT FOR HAPPINESS IN DOING INIQUITY, WHICH THING IS CONTRARY TO THE
NATURE OF THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS IN OUR GREAT AND ETERNAL HEAD.
--- [Helaman 13:38 - The Book of Mormon]
Nevertheless, the Foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal: The Lord
knoweth them that are His, And, LET EVERYONE THAT NAMETH THE NAME OF CHRIST DEPART
FROM INIQUITY. --- [2nd Timothy 2:19 - Bible]
Unto you first God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you,
IN TURNING AWAY EVERY ONE OF YOU FROM HIS INIQUITIES.
--- [Acts 3:26 - Bible]
26 The Father having raised me up unto you first, and sent me to bless you
IN TURNING AWAY EVERY ONE OF YOU FROM HIS INIQUITIES;
and this because ye are the children of the
Covenant ---
Covenant
27 And after that ye were blessed then fulfilleth the Father
The Covenant which He made with Abraham, saying, 'In thy seed shall all the
kindreds of the earth be blessed---unto the pouring out of the Holy Ghost' ..."
--- [3rd Nephi 20:26-27 - The Book of Mormon]
28 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.
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!
WE HAVE ENOUGH
WE HAVE RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD, AND WE NEED NO MORE OF THE WORD OF GOD,
WE NEED NO MORE OF THE WORD OF GOD, WE HAVE ENOUGH
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.
--- [2nd Nephi 28:28-30 - The Book of Mormon]
ENOUGH
10 And therefore, HE THAT WILL HARDEN HIS HEART, THE SAME
RECEIVETH THE LESSER PORTION OF THE WORD; and he that will not harden his heart, to him is given
the greater portion of the word, until it is given unto him to know the mysteries of God until he know them
in full.
11 AND THEY THAT WILL HARDEN THEIR HEARTS, TO THEM IS GIVEN
THE LESSER PORTION OF THE WORD UNTIL THEY KNOW NOTHING CONCERNING HIS MYSTERIES;
and then they are taken captive by The Devil, and led by his will down to destruction. Now this is what is
meant by The Chains of Hell." --- [Alma 12:10-11 - The Book of Mormon]
But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes,
and they are hid in prison houses; they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil,
AND NONE SAITH, RESTORE.
RESTORATION! AND NONE SAITH, RESTORE.
The Catholics go further and claim they are a 'continuation' of the original
church, even though there was a 200 year hiatus while they crucified Peter upside down, beheaded Paul,
fed Christians to the lions, and toyed with the slaughter of Christians against trained muscle-men called
gladiators in gladiator rings. Duh ... And did we mention to begin all this great fun for the Italians
that they simply crucified The Saviour ...
who among you will give ear to this? who will HEARKEN AND HEAR
for the time to come?" --- [Isaiah 42:22-23 - Bible]
HEARKEN AND HEAR.
23 But this people hath a revolting and rebellious heart; they are revolted and
gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth
rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: He reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE TURNED ASIDE THESE THINGS; AND YOUR
SINS HAVE WITHHOLDEN GOOD THINGS FROM YOU.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he that setteth
snares; THEY SET A TRAP, THEY CATCH MEN.
--- [Jeremiah 5:23-26 - Bible]
FOR WE WRESTLE not against flesh and blood,
but AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS
OF THIS WORLD, AGAINST SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES.
--- [Ephesians 6:12 - Bible]
1 THIS KNOW ALSO, THAT IN THE LAST DAYS, PERILOUS TIMES SHALL
COME.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God:
7 EVER LEARNING, AND NEVER ABLE TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE TRUTH.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, SO DO THESE
ALSO RESIST THE TRUTH: men of corrupt
minds, reprobate concerning The Faith. ...
5 HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS, BUT DENYING THE POWER
THEREOF: FROM SUCH TURN AWAY. --- [2nd Timothy 3:1-4 & 7-8 & 5 - Bible]
THEY PROFESS THAT THEY KNOW GOD: BUT IN WORKS
THEY DENY HIM, BEING abominable, and DISOBEDIENT, and unto every
good work reprobate." --- [Titus 1:16 - Bible]
THEY PROFESS THAT THEY KNOW GOD: BUT
IN WORKS THEY DENY HIM, DENY
HIM? Because they are: DISOBEDIENT AND UNHUMBLE. The scriptures are before them!
The prophets and apostles were there, and are here even today! The Lord has REFRESHED, RESTORED, AND RESTITUTED
ALL THINGS> But they do not want to HEAR. OBEY!
YE HAVE SOUGHT FOR HAPPINESS IN DOING INIQUITY, WHICH THING IS CONTRARY TO THE
NATURE OF THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS IN OUR GREAT AND ETERNAL HEAD.
--- [Helaman 13:38 - The Book of Mormon]
Ye have wearied The Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied Him?
When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of God,
And He delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of Judgement?
--- [Malachi 2:17 - Bible]
3 AND HEREBY WE DO KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, IF WE
KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.
4 HE THAT SAITH, I KNOW HIM, AND KEEPETH NOT
HIS COMMANDMENTS, IS A LIAR, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM.
--- [1st John 2:3-4 -Bible]
And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men:
FOR ALL MEN HAVE NOT FAITH.
--- [2nd Thessalonians 3:2 --- Bible]
FAITH
FAITH
FAITH
Here is the patience of THE SAINTS
SAINTS
: HERE ARE THEY THAT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, AND THE FAITH OF JESUS.
--- [Revelation 14:12 - Bible]
18 BUT THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL
TAKE THE KINGDOM, AND POSSESS THE KINGDOM FOREVER AND EVER.
27 AND THE KINGDOM AND ... THE GREATNESS OF
THE KINGDOM UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE SAINTS ... --- [Daniel 7:18 & 27 - Bible]
FOR THUS SHALL MY CHURCH BE CALLED IN THE LAST DAYS,
even THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.
--- [D&C 115:4]
14 But behold, I prophesy unto you concerning the last days; concerning the days
when the Lord God shall bring these things forth unto the children of men.
15 After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have dwindled in unbelief,
and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea, after the Lord God shall have camped against them round
about, and shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised forts against them; and after they
shall have been BROUGHT DOWN LOW IN THE DUST, even that they are not,
yet the words of the righteous shall be written, and the prayers of the faithful shall be heard,
and all those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten.
16 For those who shall be destroyed shall
SPEAK UNTO THEM OUT OF THE GROUND, AND THEIR SPEECH SHALL BE LOW OUT OF THE DUST,
and their voice shall be as one that hath A FAMILIAR SPIRIT;
for the Lord God will give unto him power, that he may whisper concerning them,
EVEN AS IT WERE OUT OF THE GROUND; AND THEIR SPEECH SHALL WHISPER OUT OF THE DUST.
17 For thus saith the Lord God: They shall write the things which shall be done
among them, AND THEY SHALL BE WRITTEN AND SEALED UP IN
A BOOK AND THOSE WHO HAVE DWINDLED IN
UNBELIEF SHALL NOT HAVE THEM,
FOR THEY SEEK TO DESTROY THE THINGS OF GOD. --- [2nd Nephi 26:14-17 -
The Book of Mormon]
THEY SEEK TO DESTROY THE THINGS OF GOD.
SEEK TO DESTROY THE THINGS OF GOD.
11 AND THE VISION OF ALL IS BECOME UNTO YOU AS THE WORDS
OF A BOOK THAT IS SEALED,
...
3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with
a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
4 AND THOU SHALT BE BROUGHT DOWN, AND SHALT SPEAK OUT OF THE
GROUND, AND THY SPEECH SHALL BE LOW OUT OF THE DUST, AND THY VOICE SHALL BE, AS OF ONE THAT HATH A
FAMILIAR SPIRIT,
OUT OF THE GROUND, AND THY SPEECH
SHALL WHISPER OUT OF THE DUST.
--- [Isaiah 29:11 & 3-4 - Bible]
LIFT UP YOUR EYES TO THE HEAVENS,
AND LOOK UPON THE EARTH BENEATH ...
--- [Isaiah 51:6 - Bible]
TRUTH SHALL SPRING OUT OF THE EARTH,
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL LOOK DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
--- [Psalm 85:11 - Bible]
DROP DOWN, YE HEAVENS, FROM ABOVE,
AND LET THE SKIES POUR DOWN RIGHTEOUSNESS
LET THE EARTH OPEN, AND LET THEM BRING FORTH SALVATION,
AND LET RIGHTEOUSNESS SPRING UP TOGETHER: I THE LORD HAVE CREATED IT.
--- [Isaiah 45:8 - Bible]
Baptism Into The True Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
Adopts A Person Into The House of Israel
into (The Abrahamic Covenant)!
All True Believers MUST BE ADOPTED INTO
The House of Israel
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19 And it shall come to pass, that those who have dwindled in unbelief shall be
smitten by the hand of The Gentiles.
The Gentiles The Gentiles.
20 And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and have stumbled,
because of the greatness of their stumbling block, that
THEY HAVE BUILT UP MANY CHURCHES; NEVERTHELESS, THEY PUT DOWN THE
POWER AND MIRACLES OF GOD, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their own learning,
that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.
21 AND THERE ARE MANY CHURCHES BUILT UP wHICH CAUSE ENVYINGS, AND STRIFES,
AND MALICE. --- [2nd Nephi 26:14-21 - The Book of Mormon]
8 BEHOLD, MINE HOUSE IS A HOUSE OF ORDER, SAITH THE LORD GOD, AND NOT A HOUSE
OF CONFUSION.
Endeavouring to KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT
in the bond of peace. There is ONE BODY
ONE BODY
BODY
and ONE SPIRIT, even as ye are called in One Hope of Your
Calling One Lord, ONE
FAITH, ONE BAPTISM. --- [Ephesians 4:3-5]
9 will I accept of an offering, saith the Lord, that is not made in my name?
10 OR wILL I RECEIVE AT YOU HANDS THAT wHICH I HAVE NOT
APPOINTED?
11 And will I appoint unto you, saith the Lord, except it be by law, even as I and
my Father ordained unto you, before the world was?
12 I AM THE LORD THY GOD; AND I GIVE UNTO YOU THIS
COMMANDMENT---THAT NO MAN SHALL COME UNTO THE FATHER BUT BY ME OR BY MY WORD, wHICH IS MY LAW, SAITH THE LORD.
13 AND EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THE WORLD, WHETHER IT BE
ORDAINED OF MEN, BY THRONES, OR PRINCIPALITIES, OR POWERS, OR THINGS OF NAME, WHATSOEVER THEY MAY BE,
THAT ARE NOT BY ME, OR BY MY WORD, SAITH THE LORD, SHALL BE THROWN DOwN,
AND SHALL NOT REMAIN AFTER MEN ARE DEAD, NEITHER IN NOR AFTER THE RESURRECTION, SAITH THE LORD YOUR GOD.
SHALL BE THROWN DOWN, AND SHALL NOT REMAIN AFTER MEN ARE DEAD.
STRONG DELUSION AND LIES
14 FOR wHATSOEVER THINGS REMAIN ARE BY ME; AND wHATSOEVER THINGS
ARE NOT BY ME SHALL BE SHAKEN AND DESTROYED.
--- [D&C 132:8-14]
FOR GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION, BUT OF PEACE, AS IN ALL CHURCHES OF
THE SAINTS."
--- [1st Corinthians 14:33 - Bible]
AS IN ALL CHURCHES
OF The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
FOR THUS SHALL MY CHURCH BE CALLED IN THE LAST DAYS,
even THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS.
--- [D&C 115:4]
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