tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61551896434840230712024-02-18T19:17:14.233-08:00True MillenialsThis blog has gotten an upgrade and is now preparing to post things which will enable the reader to more fully comprehend all things Millennial and I now do so with an eye single to His glory, Amen.TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-73737944290721184012021-03-12T11:31:00.003-08:002021-03-12T11:31:25.022-08:002nd Book of Joshua The first day of a new week is as the month where it is alway the east wind and there is a dearth upon the land at this time and they shall call this month after Ceasar.
The Lion shall call forth 3 more stars so that the virgin may have her crown of 12 but it was not yet time...for each star signifies as though it were one day.
Behold, the virgin shall wait a short while even 40 months and 40 more hours shall she wait.
Hence 40 months should she wait then 40 more hours should be completed until she would shine like the noon day sun for on that day she cannot be hid!
For the sun shall be the clasp on her shoulder on that day.
Also The moon should be her footstool 40 months and 40 hours afterwards.
For the child shall then be a man who shall be aged 40 years and 40 days more at the time when all of these things shall come to pass! Behold, he who hath eyes to see, let him look and provide his reckoning:
He shall be born in the year as one score less one is in the reckoning of the this, by Anno Domini, and the century's years is one perfection times one completeness and with one more perfection.
And it came to pass that when he was delivered, behold the young maiden who was with child said, "Lo, for because I am young, I pray thee, take ye my son and give him to another for behold, because I am young and I fear that my transgression shall follow him and shall be a curse unto him, let the child grow up and become a man and let him be the son of the High Priest and let him be taught in the ways of the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. Behold he shall be a prince among men and he shall know it not until the appointed time! Take ye him and let me return unto my own lands that I may repent of the transgressions of my youth. For it is known that the Lion shall call forth 3 more stars so that the virgin may have her crown of 12 but it was not yet time! Behold, from this date shall I endure a sore repentance even for 40 days shall I repent."
Behold there was a man and a woman named Red and Yves who had tried for years to bear a son. They would visit the physicians and lo each time they had accomplished this visit, they were told that there would be great difficulty for them to bear children. And it came to pass that they had both made a covenant that should they be blessed with a son that he would be brought up to love God and that he should be an example unto his family.
Now behold, he shall be called Joshua which means "G-d is salvation" and his mother shall be Yves and this Saint of the final times will have taught in all the ways of his heritage. TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-79047697009001359872020-05-11T09:17:00.000-07:002020-05-11T09:17:28.227-07:00The Unspeakable Gift is The Ultimate Gift<p>From the Unspeakable Gift:
<p>... in the preparatory endowment, the ceremony at the veil. This ceremony symbolizes the sacred transmission including the renewal of our bodies. (D&C 84:33, Isa 40:31)
<p>The promises to those who experience this second transition and are born to enter the Kingdom of God (John 3:5-6) are as follows: <p>1) The infusion of the Holy Ghost (spirit has the appearance of fire, hence the very descriptive term 'baptism of fire'.
The baptism of water is an immersion as the surface of the body is made wet.
The baptism of fire is an infusion of the Holy Spirit into every piece of our being.
This refiner's fire accomplishes our sanctification.
<p>2) The restoration or renewing of the sanctified body (D&C 84:33) and the temple ceremony.
<p>3) The gift of all things:
<p>* To be shown all things
<p>* To comprehend all things
<p>* To have the truth of all things
<p>* To possess all things
<p>* To have all power
<p>In the administration of the second comforter, Christ himself receives us through the veil in person with the formal patriarchal embrace and gives us the promise of eternal life in the Celestial Kingdom. (D&C 88:3-4)
He reveals the Father to us and the presence of God becomes our abode. (John 14:23)
We are joined with the church of the firstborn, the just made perfect, and angels (Hebrews 12:22-24, D&C 76:67)
The born again powers exhibited by Jesus are manifest by all those who are born of the Spirit;
<p>1) Power to move about uninhibited and unseen by other people (John 3:8, Acts 8:39-40, Luke 4:28-30
<p>2) Power to ask and receive (John 14:12-13; D&C 50:25-30)
<p>3) Power of Life over death.
<p>4) Power over the elements, to move mountains or create them.
<p>5) Remission of all sins is experienced. (2 Nephi 31:17) Not only are the nails of sin gone but even the prints of the nails are healed. Then are we atuned with our intelligence and redeemed (Mosiah 27:24-25) and are on the straight and narrow path (2 Nephi 31:18) This implies that being born to enter the kingdom of God is not an end point, but rather a fantastic new beginning!TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-84916056793791255092020-05-10T14:02:00.002-07:002020-05-10T14:24:13.553-07:00The Sols Gardisto Prophecy<p>Sols Gardisto prophecy that she had IN the Cardston Temple?
<i>Mrs Gardisto was a quaker woman from 100 years ago have a non-member who is touring the temple before it was dedicated by President Heber J Grant.
<p>The Cardston Temple Vision - World War III
Cardston, Alberta Canada
December 14, 1933
Robert W. Smith, Esq. Salt Lake City, Utah</i>
<p><b>Dear Brother Smith:</b>
<p>I am pleased to answer your letter of December 1st-first as to the letter of a non-member who wrote of "impressions" received while going through the Temple before it was dedicated, the truth of which letter you ask me to verify and which I am pleased to do.
<p>It was a Quaker lady who was a magazine writer from eastern Canada. She has some relatives in Lethbridge, about 60 miles from Cardston; and being so deeply impressed on her first visit, she had them bring her a second time -this time I was acting as guide. She would sit in each room and never said a word to any in the company, but seemed to be in deep meditation all the time.
<p>When she reached her own home several weeks after, she wrote this letter which has caused so much comment all over the Church. We have never been able to understand how she seemed to know so much about our faith and our belief in our future life and works after death. I never learned her real name. She visited us along in 1921. I have never heard from her since that time, but the letter is genuine, and of her own "impressions!" received while in the Temple while on the two visits she mentions.
Sincerely your Brother,
0/S Elder J. Wood, Pres. Alberta Stake
<p><b><i>This is her actual letter of her visions:</i></b>
<p>We have been to the Temple erected by your church wherein are to be performed the sacred rites in accordance with your faith. The first time I was strongly impelled to describe to you my impressions. I did so but before the completion of the letter, I received some news that so affected me that acting upon the spur of the moment, I destroyed the document in its entirety.
<p>The continued feeling within me of dissatisfaction as to something left undone, coupled with the desire upon the part of the members of my household who had not visited the temple, led to our second visit to Cardston, in which you so kindly consented to accompany us, notwithstanding the inclement weather and personal inconvenience to yourself which the journey entailed.
<p>It was because of this and many other evidences of your friendship that has given me the privilege to presume to bother you with what after all may be foolish fantacies of a too impressionable mentality. To me it does seem so, for never before in my life have such powerful impressions been infringed upon my inner consciousness as during my visit thru the Temple. Especially was this true at our second visit. The impressions of our first visit were repeated with such overwhelming intensity and variety of detail that I must positively inform you of my experience.
<p>It seems to me it were a sacred duty upon my part to do this, and knowing as I do that your friends will lightly ridicule what to me is a personal matter, I am going to give you in detail my experience in the hope, that if it is well, maybe it is something more than imagination, that you and others of your faith may wisely analyze and correctly use whatever may be gleaned from this letter.
<p>A fortress in time of storm, was the first thought that shaped itself in my mind with my first view of this ancient, yet modern temple; mellowed with the spiritual usage of ancient civilization and customs, yet alert, virile, and watchful.
<p>A grand, solemn, strong, beautiful, useful house of spiritual progression which seemed to be the embodiment of architectural expression of ancient civilization and glories suddenly re-incarnated and for a future and higher civilization than our own. Strength and beauty exaggerated the more flimsy houses and buildings of the town and gave a painfully obvious example of how the soul within is expressed thru the material body, either in the individual or nation, or a race, either in the man or his architecture. Try how I would I could not get away from the feeling that the town itself was inferior to the latest building, so new and yet so old. Even the electric lights failed to change this thought, that the Temple and the town represented two different epochs of humanity?s spiritual development expressed in architecture. The town embodied the present epoch, science, art, invention harnessed purely for trade or commerce, irrespective of past or future development. The Temple embodies the accumulated knowledge of the ancient world combined with the modern inventions of science and inspiration as the road to a higher future development so near at hand. Let me put it down even another way.
<p>There is a place called Cardston. A Temple linking the past with the present has been built at Cardston and the town has become a collection of flimsy huts nestling at the foot of the Temple which will continue to function for the spiritual purposes for which it is raised.
<p>Just as the exterior impressions compared with the present and future epochs so did the interior also reflect comparison. Of the beautiful and artistic effects I need not dwell; abler pens can describe the interior from this viewpoint. Sufficient for me to say that the shape of the Temple is a cross, that each apartment is symbolical in artistic and structural effects of some stage of humanity's progress thru the ages. In fact, everything physical is a stepping stone to spiritual progress as such is typified in these ceremonies.
<p>All this was kindly and intelligently explained to us by Mr. Duce on one occasion and by Mr. Wood on the second visit; but I am afraid I was very indifferent and inattentive upon both occasions, for which I tender them my sincere apologies. I had no intentions of being rude or discourteous, but from the moment of entering the Temple until leaving, I was placed in the position of having, as it were, to listen to and grasp a dual narrative all the time, with the result that so engrossed was I at times that I am afraid I was so absent-minded as to appear inattentive if not positively stupid.
<p>I have stated that my impression of the exterior of the building was that of a place of waiting for a higher civilization than our present one. This would suggest a condition of emptiness, but that is not what I mean. An ordinary newly erected building has no atmosphere at all until it has been inhabited some time; after which, it has, as it were, a living atmosphere. What kind of an atmosphere this is, is largely determined by the spiritual development and thought of the persons using and inhabiting the building. This applies especially to places of worship or consecration, and is very noticeable to a sensitive person. Sometimes such an atmosphere is agreeable, exalting, etc.; sometimes very much the reverse, depending upon the spiritual harmony or otherwise of the persons under this atmospheric rule; but was not so as far as it was concerned while outside the Temple.
<p>I could not understand the overwhelming scene of ancient atmosphere which the building actually possessed in its very granite blocks in spite of the fact that I know a few months previous these stones had been laid, yet the feeling of age predominated. I dismissed the feeling as well as I could by thinking that the place of the structure was responsible for the suggestion of age, but when I entered the Temple, how quickly I found there was nothing to suggest to me that present atmosphere of which I have spoken, but was it empty? Emphatically no! Time and again as I listened to the speaker explaining some phase of the building or its meaning, I would be seeing beyond him some illustration of kaleidoscopic nature, depicting what he was describing, only more completely and vividly. The characters were so plain to me that I required all my self control to keep silent from room to room. This continued and only ceased when we were out in the frost and snow once more.
<p>There was no set plan for presenting these pictures to me. It seemed as if when I thought something mental, a picture instantly presented itself in explanation of some word of the conductor, which would have the same effect. I was not afraid, only awed by the wonder of it all and the fearful impressive feeling that I received which seemed to imbed every little detailed scene into my brain, from which it will ever remember and record; and vivid as all of it was, these incidents herein related are the ones upon which I received instructions.
<p>The scenes which I observed of an historical character seemed chiefly to verify and amplify the speaker's outline of past history, and so I do not feel impressed to record such, except to state that the same patriarchal characters whom I observed directing and influencing the early movements of the Church, were the same down through every age and epoch, and as the scenes advanced to more modern times, I saw among these spiritual characters and counselors, persons whose features I had previously observed as being in the material body on other historical occasions.
<p>It seemed as though the temple was filled with the actual spiritual bodies of these previous leaders of your church, each seeming to have the work that person was engaged in whilst in the flesh. In that temple I saw persons who were leaders of your church, during its march across the American desert now engaged in helping these higher patriarchs under whose orders they seemed to be working. It was these latter spiritual leaders, if I may use that term, who seemed to be instructed to show me the scenes here recorded.
<p>I can give no time as to the happening, except that the impressions I received were of actual present or immediate future.
<p>I saw first a brief but comprehensive sketch of the present state of the world, or as you would term it, the Gentile Kingdoms. Each country in turn was shown, its anarchy, hunger, ambitions, distrusts and warlike activities, etc., and in my mind was formed from some source the words, "As it is today with the Gentiles."
<p>I saw international war again break out with its center upon the Pacific Ocean, but sweeping and encircling the whole globe.
<p>I saw that the opposing forces were roughly divided by so-called Christianity on the one side, and by the so-called followers of Mohammed and Buddha on the other. I saw that the great driving power within these so-called Christian nations, was the Great Apostasy of Rome, in all its political, social and religious aspects. I saw the worldwide dislocation and devastation of production and slaughter of people occur more swiftly and upon a larger scale than ever before. I saw an antagonism begin to express itself from those so-cal1ed Christian nations against your people. I saw those with a similar faith to yours in the far east begin to look toward Palestine for safety.
<p>I saw the international world war automatically break down, and national revolution occur in every country, and complete the work of chaos and desolation. I saw geological disturbances occur, which helped in this work as if it were intended to do so. I saw the Cardston Temple preserved from all of this geological upheaval. I saw the international boundary line disappear as these two governments broke up and dissolved into chaos. I saw race rioting upon the American continent on a vast scale.
<p>I saw hunger and starvation in this world; I saw disease produced by hunger, strife and chaos complete the end of this present order or epoch. How long these events were in reaching this consummation I do not know, but my impression was from the outbreak of the international war these things developed into a continuous procession, and almost ran concurrently, as it is with a sickness, the various symptoms are all in evidence at one and the same time, but in different stages of development.
<p>My intensified thought was "What of the Church," if such is to become of the Kingdoms of the earth? Was immediately answered by a subconscious statement. "As it is in the church today," and I saw these higher spiritual beings throughout the length and breadth of the air, marshalling their spiritual forces, and concentrating them upon the high officials of your church upon earth.
<p>I saw the spiritual forces working upon those officers, impressing and moving them, influencing and warning them. I saw the spiritual forces begin to unfold these things into the minds of your elders and other high officials, especially during their spiritual devotions and official duties, and those activities which exalt the mind of the individual or groups. I saw the impressions take hold and inspire the more receptive and spiritual men, until it was all clearly revealed to them in the way the spiritual patriarch desired.
<p>Again I seemed to hear the words, "As it will be." I saw the high officials in council, and under inspired guidance issue instructions to your people to re-consecrate their lives and energies to their faith, to voluntarily discipline themselves, by abstaining from all those forms of indulgence which weaken the body, sap the mentality and deaden the spirit, or waste the income.
<p>I saw further on, instructions given whereby places of refuge were prepared quietly but efficiently by inspired elders. I saw Cardston and the surrounding foothills, especially north and west, for miles, being prepared as a refuge for your people quietly but quickly.
<p>I saw elders still under divine guidance, counseling and encouraging the planting of every available acre of soil in this district, so that large supplies would be near the refuge. I saw the church property under cultivation of an intensified character, not for sale or profit, but for the use of the people. I saw artesian wells and other wells dug all over that territory so that when the open waters were polluted and poisoned that the people of the church and their cattle should be provided for.
<p>I saw the fuel resources of the district develop in many places and vast piles of coal and timber stored for future use and building. I saw the territory carefully surveyed and mapped out, for the camping of a great body of the people of the church. I saw provision also made for a big influx of people who will not at first belong to the church, but who will gather in their tribulation.
<p>I saw vast quantities of surgical appliances, medicines, disinfectants, etc., stored in the temple basement. I saw inspiration given the elders whereby the quantity, quality and kind of things to be stored were judged, which might not be attainable in this territory in time of chaos. I saw defensive preparations working out the organizations of the camps on maps.
<p>I saw the mining corridors used as places of storage underground: I saw the hills surveyed and corrals built in sequestered places for cattle, sheep, etc., quietly and quickly. I saw the plans for the organization of the single men and their duties, the scouts, the guards, the nurses, the cooks, the messengers, the children, the herders, the temple guards, etc.. I saw these things going on practically unknown to the Gentile world, except the Great Apostasy, whose knowledge and hatred is far reaching, in this day of its temporary power. This was going on piece by piece as the Elders were instructed so to do.
<p>I saw the other officials obeying the inspired instructions, carrying their message and exhorting the people to carry out, from time to time the revelation given them, whilst all around throughout the Gentile world the chaos developed in its varying stages, faction against faction, nation against nation, but all in open or secret hostility to your people and their faith. I saw your people draw closer and closer together, as this became more tense and as the spiritual forces warned them through the mouth of your elders and your other officers. I saw the spiritual forces influencing those members who had drifted away, to re-enter the fold. I saw a greater tithing than ever before. I saw vast quantities of necessaries supplied by members whose spiritual eyes had been opened. I saw a liquidation of properties and effects disposed of quietly but quickly by members of the church, as the spiritual influences directed them.
<p>I saw the inspired call sent forth to all the church, to gather to the refuges of Zion. I saw the stream of your people quietly moving in the direction of their refuge. I saw your people moving more quickly and in larger numbers until all the stragglers were housed. I saw the wireless message flashed from Zion's refuge to Zion's refuge in their several places that all was well with them, and then the darkness of chaos closed around the boundaries of your people, and the last days of tribulation had begun.
<p> Sols Caurdisto
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<b><i>Prayer - Cardston Temple Dedication</i></b>
<p><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/details/cardston-alberta-temple/prayer/1923-08-26?lang=eng&fbclid=IwAR0uAp3aAFUv6GiH6h5ZpqApA2smIMjZrbdxPYrkRVEIP2Xw0VkOc71DI8Y">https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples/details/cardston-alberta-temple/prayer/1923-08-26?lang=eng&fbclid=IwAR0uAp3aAFUv6GiH6h5ZpqApA2smIMjZrbdxPYrkRVEIP2Xw0VkOc71DI8Y</a>TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-41774578915810715152020-05-09T21:49:00.002-07:002020-05-10T16:24:57.600-07:00Lamps With Oil At Midnight<p><b><i>Lamps With Oil at Midnight</i></b>
<p>(1) The Angels shared you the good news,
<p>Serve ye this day whom ye now choose.
<p>Into the water if you please?
<p>Arms raised at ninety-degrees.
<p>
<p>*The time has come to say fares-well,
to Babylon. Get outta there!
<p>The signs have come and it's a fact.
The trumpet sounds = Lets make it back!
<p>
<p><i>How can we stop we lack so much learning?
<p>How could we fret battles? God is surging!
<p>How can we sleep? Adversary's Hurling
<p>Diabolique Master Plan Unfurling!</i>
<p>The tithe is God's, a Tenth's a Tenth,
<p>It belongs to Him, let's Give it back!
<p>
<p>(2) Out to the wilderness
<p>A woman fled at God's behest
<p>For time times and half a time,
<p>Lamps full of oil, They prepped their best!
<p>The Time has come, to say 'Fares well'
To Babylon, Get Outta There!
<p>The signs have come now that's a fact.
The Trumpet Sounds - Let NO ONE SLACK!
<p><i>How can we thrive? Gospel light on turning.
<p>They that are wise have their lamps on burning .
<p>He's coming soon that we know for certain!
<p>What shall we sing? Have a new song learning</i>
<p><b><i>(Parody of "Bed's are Burning" sung by Midnight Oil)</i></b>
<p>Poem/Lyrics By Joshua R Nelson
<p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoVlz_31VZUTheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-2612043020675039272020-04-20T17:37:00.003-07:002020-04-20T17:38:39.376-07:00Prepare Yourselves for the Great Day of the Lord<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yR0VPTI5Ef7hO_985ZXdCxO795oE4gPv6etD9TA4J_lJizNNLnmLSyWx0DOUHhKnwcB58Aed7HszWWPv_xFRbhyJD5Zw7lUxBXJIkVNqcRBdMiEygfx3dMi1beQQ_B15ZVuZs34P19E/s1600/Benson_Ezra_Taft-Web-compressor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yR0VPTI5Ef7hO_985ZXdCxO795oE4gPv6etD9TA4J_lJizNNLnmLSyWx0DOUHhKnwcB58Aed7HszWWPv_xFRbhyJD5Zw7lUxBXJIkVNqcRBdMiEygfx3dMi1beQQ_B15ZVuZs34P19E/s400/Benson_Ezra_Taft-Web-compressor.jpg" width="312" height="400" data-original-width="260" data-original-height="333" /></a></div>
<i><b>EZRA TAFT BENSON</b>
of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 14, 1981 • Devotional
<p>Prepare Yourselves for the Great Day of the Lord</i>
<p>I am especially happy to see so many attending this devotional this morning when the competition “out of this world” is being televised. While we are concerned that the astronauts will arrive home safely, as we have prayed this morning, it is good that so many of you are here to learn more about how you may return safely home to your Father in Heaven. My beloved brothers and sisters, this is a thrilling sight. I’ve been uplifted by the lovely music and the spirit of this occasion. I am proud of the great work being done on this campus. I commend you for the counsel given by your president this morning. May I say you cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible.
<p>I want you to know that it is a great honor to be with you and feel of your spirit. You young men and women are choice spirits; you were reserved for this special time; you have a unique task to accomplish in this world, and our prayers are constantly with you that you will live up to the expectations the Lord has for you. We love you. We have confidence in you. We pray for you.
<p>The people of every generation, I suppose, see the time in which they live as being exceptional. The truth of the matter is that you do live in a most exceptional time in the history of the world. You young people will see events transpire which were promised from the beginning of the world. Prophets of old have seen your days and rejoiced in them. And yet, you will face challenges and circumstances the severity of which has been unparalleled in generations past. For this you must be prepared.
<p>Today, I speak to you about the times in which you live and about the quality of faith you will need to survive some of the difficulties yet to be experienced. I speak as one who loves you and has been given a responsibility, with my Brethren, “to testify and warn” about the impending crises facing mankind. I speak to you to the topic “Prepare yourselves for the great day of the Lord.”
<p>I speak to you on this subject, for I feel it is needed because of rumors, writings, and tape recordings that have recently circulated among the Saints and that have created among some of our Church members a feeling of uncertainty. It calls to mind the counsel given by President Harold B. Lee:
<p>There are among us many loose writings predicting the calamities which are about to overtake us. Some of these have been publicized as though they were necessary to wake up the world to the horrors about to overtake us. Many of these are from sources upon which there cannot be unquestioned reliance.
<p>Are you . . . aware of the fact that we need no such publications to be forewarned, if we were only conversant with what the scriptures have already spoken to us in plainness? [“Admonitions for the Priesthood of God,” Ensign, January 1973, p. 106]
<p>That is precisely the way the Brethren feel today. So, today, I shall quote liberally from the words of the Lord to our dispensation in order that you will have, from the Lord himself, guidance on future prophecy.
<p><b><i>Fulfillment of Prophecy</i></b>
<p>During the last week of our Lord’s mortal life, he was privately approached on the Mount of Olives by his disciples. They asked him two questions, the first of which was:
<p>Tell us, when shall these things be which thou has said concerning the destruction of the temple, and the Jews? [JST Matthew 24:4]
<p>The basis for their earnest inquiry was a prophecy of Jesus that had left even the disciples stunned. While standing in the temple precincts, Jesus had declared:
<p>There shall not be left here upon this temple, one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. [JST Matthew 24:2]
<p>The temple in Jerusalem was a magnificent structure. It rested on the same site as the temple of Solomon, which had been largely destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the siege of Jerusalem. With the help of King Cyrus the Great, whom the Lord inspired, the Jews returned from the Babylonian captivity and erected a second temple, though much inferior to Solomon’s. Later, Herod the Great became the leader and undertook to reconstruct the temple. He spared no expense on labor or materials to restore that building to the beauty and magnificence of the days of Solomon. The project took about 46 years to complete, six years longer than the Salt Lake Temple in pioneer days. According to Josephus, a Jewish historian, some of the stones used in the foundation were prodigious in size, measuring approximately 60 feet in length. Can you imagine how improbable it must have seemed to Jesus’ disciples that one stone would not be left on another? Yet, 37 years later, when the Romans invaded Jerusalem, that prophecy was literally fulfilled. It is said that after Roman soldiers burned the temple, they dug up the foundation stones in the hopes of finding a treasure buried there.
<p>The Savior also prophesied concerning the fate of the Jewish nation:
<p>This people shall be destroyed and scattered among all nations . . . .
<p>And it shall come to pass that this generation of Jews shall not pass away until every desolation which I have told you concerning them shall come to pass. [D&C 45:19, 21]
<p>That desolation came as predicted. In 66 A.D., the Jews rebelled against the Romans. The Roman army invaded Judea, and, in one of the most bloody and horrible sieges in history, Jerusalem was eventually overcome. The siege lasted for about four years. During that time, it was estimated that over one million Jews were killed, and 97,000 were taken captive and sold as slaves.
<p>Thus you see, in just four decades following the Crucifixion, the nation, the city, and the temple were all destroyed! As one modern historian recorded,
<p>The destruction of the Temple marked the end . . . of the Jewish state. . . . Judea was almost shorn of Jews, and those that remained lived on the edge of starvation. [Will Durant, Caesar and Christ, The Story of Civilization (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944), 3:545]
<p>Later in the first century A.D., the Jews, under the leadership of a false messiah, again attempted to recover their homeland. The Romans also crushed that rebellion; Judea was laid waste, and the remaining Jews were scattered throughout the Empire. Again the historian chronicled the literal fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy in these words:
<p>No other people has ever known so long an exile, or so hard a fate . . . . Scattered into every province and beyond, condemned to poverty and humiliation, unbefriended even by philosophers and saints, they retired from public affairs into private study and worship. [Caesar and Christ, 3:549]
<p>The prophecy of Jesus was sure and certain: “This people shall be destroyed and scattered among all nations.” A lesson drawn from the Jewish catastrophe, and applicable to our times, was given by the Lord himself in modern revelation:
<p>My word shall not pass away; but all shall be fulfilled. [JST Matthew 24:36; emphasis added]
<p><b><i>Prophecies Being Fulfilled</i></b>
<p>The second question asked by the disciples on the Mount of Olives, and the one pertinent to our time, was;
<p>What is the sign of thy coming; and of the end of the world? (or the destruction of the wicked, which is the end of the world.) [JST Matthew 24:4]
<p>The Lord has designated these days in which we live as the “times of the Gentiles” (Luke 21:24). The Gentile nations are the so-called Christian nations—North and South America and the European nations from which many of us came. The phrase times of the Gentiles refers to that period of time extending from when the gospel was restored to the world (1830) to when the gospel will again be preached to the Jews—after the Gentiles have rejected it. This is how the Lord explained it:
<p>And when the times of the Gentiles is come in, a light shall break forth among them that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fullness of my gospel;
<p>But they receive it not; for they perceive not the light, and they turn their hearts from me because of the precepts of men.
<p>And in that generation shall the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. [D&C 45:28–30]
<p>We will know when the times of the Gentiles are approaching fulfillment by these signs:
<p>And in that day shall be heard of wars and rumors of wars, and the whole earth shall be in commotion, and men’s hearts shall fail them, and they shall say that Christ delayeth his coming until the end of the earth.
<p>And the love of men shall wax cold, and iniquity shall abound. [D&C 45:26–27]
<p>And again, this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come, or the destruction of the wicked. [JST Matthew 24:32]
<p>Are we not witnessing the fulfillment of these signs today? The gospel is being extended to all nations which permit our missionaries to penetrate their countries. The Church is prospering and growing. Yet in undiminished fury, and with an anxiety that his time is short—and it is—Satan, that great adversary of all of us, is attempting to destroy all we hold dear. We constantly hear or read of wars and rumors of wars. Atheism, agnosticism, immorality, and dishonesty are flaunted in our society. Desertions, cruelty, divorce, and infidelity have become commonplace, leading to a disintegration of the family. Truly we live in the times of which the Savior spoke, when “the love of men shall wax cold, and iniquity shall abound.”
<p><b><i>Prophecies to Be Fulfilled</i></b>
<p>The rejection of the testimony of the servants of God by the nations of the world will bring the consequence of greater calamities, for the Lord himself declared:
<p>For after your testimony cometh the testimony of earthquakes, that shall cause groanings in the midst of her, and men shall fall upon the ground and shall not be able to stand.
<p>And also cometh the testimony of the voice of thunderings, and the voice of lightnings, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds.
<p>And all things shall be in commotion; and surely, men’s hearts shall fail them; for fear shall come upon all people. [D&C 88:89–91]
<p>And there shall be men standing in that generation, that shall not pass until they shall see an overflowing scourge; for a desolating sickness shall cover the land.
<p>But my disciples shall stand in holy places, and shall not be moved; but among the wicked, men shall lift up their voices and curse God and die.
<p>And there shall be earthquakes also in divers places, and many desolations; yet men will harden their hearts against me, and they will take up the sword, one against another, and they will kill one another.[D&C 45:31–33]
<p>The world will present a scene of conflict such as has never been experienced before. Still, men’s hearts will be hardened to the revelations from heaven. Even greater signs shall then be given to manifest the approaching great day of the Lord.
<p>And they shall see signs and wonders, for they shall be shown forth in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath.
<p>And they shall behold blood, and fire, and vapors of smoke.
<p>And before the day of the Lord shall come, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon be turned into blood, and the stars shall fall from heaven. [D&C 45:40–42]
<p>I realize this is an unpleasant topic on which to dwell. I take no delight in its portrayal, nor do I look forward to the day when calamities shall come with increasing number upon humanity. But these words are not my own; the Lord has spoken them. Knowing what we know as his servants, can we hesitate to raise a warning voice to all who will listen that they may be prepared for the days ahead? Silence in the face of such calamity is sin!
<p>But to an otherwise gloomy picture there is a bright side—the coming of our Lord in all his glory. His coming will be both glorious and terrible, depending on the spiritual condition of those who remain.
<p>One appearance will be to the righteous Saints who have gathered to the New Jerusalem here in America. In this place of refuge they will be safe from the wrath of the Lord which will be poured out without measure on all nations. Modern revelation provides this description:
<p>And the glory of the Lord shall be there, and the terror of the Lord also shall be there, insomuch that the wicked will not come unto it, and it shall be called Zion.
<p>And it shall come to pass among the wicked, that every man that will not take his sword against his neighbor must needs flee unto Zion for safety.
<p>And there shall be gathered unto it out of every nation under heaven; and it shall be the only people that shall not be at war one with another. [D&C 45: 67–69]
<p>Another appearance of the Lord will be to the Jews. To these beleaguered sons of Judah, surrounded by hostile Gentile armies, who again threaten to overrun Jerusalem, the Savior—their Messiah—will set his feet on the Mount of Olives,
and it shall cleave in twain, and the earth shall tremble, and reel to and fro, and the heavens also shall shake. [D&C 45:47]
<p>The Lord himself will then rout the Gentile armies, decimating their forces (see Ezekiel 38, 39). Judah will be spared, no longer to be persecuted and scattered. The Jews will then approach their Deliverer and ask, “What are these wounds in thine hands and in thy feet?”
<p>I will say unto them: These wounds are the wounds with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. I am he who was lifted up. I am Jesus that was crucified. I am the Son of God.
And then shall they weep because of their iniquities; then shall they lament because they persecuted their king. [D&C 45: 52–53]
What a touching drama this will be! Jesus—Prophet, Messiah, King—will be welcomed in his own country!
Jerusalem will become an eternal city of peace!
The sons of Judah will see this promise fulfilled:
After their pain [the tribe of Judah] shall be sanctified in holiness before the Lord, to dwell in his presence day and night, forever and ever. [D&C 133:25]
<p>Yet another appearance of Christ will be to the rest of the world. Here is his description of his coming:
The Lord shall be red in his apparel, and his garments like him that treadeth in the wine-vat.
And so great shall be the glory of his presence that the sun shall hide his face in shame, and the moon shall withhold its light, and the stars shall be hurled from their places. [D&C 133:48–49]
All nations will see him
In the clouds of heaven, clothed with power and great glory; with all the holy angels. . . .
And the Lord shall utter his voice, and all the ends of the earth shall hear it; and the nations of the earth shall mourn, and they that have laughed shall see their folly.
And calamity shall cover the mocker, and the scorner shall be consumed; and they that have watched for iniquity shall be hewn down and cast into the fire. [D&C 45:44, 49, 50]
<p>When the Savior spoke of these signs and prophecies to his disciples in Jerusalem, they were apprehensive. He said to them,
Be not troubled, for, when all these things shall come to pass, ye may know that the promises which have been made unto you shall be fulfilled. [D&C 45:35; emphasis added]
<p><b><i>The Preparation</i></b>
<p>Saints of Zion, do you realize we are living in the days of the fulfillment of these signs and wonders? You are among those who will see many of these prophecies fulfilled. Just as certain as was the destruction of the temple at Jerusalem and the scattering of the Jews, so shall these words of the Savior be certain to your generation.
We know not the day nor the hour of his coming, but of this you may feel assured: You stand close to the great day of the Lord! In his words of modern revelation, we say to you,
Seek the face of the Lord, always. [D&C 101:38]
<p>You will live in the midst of economic, political, and spiritual instability. When you see these signs—unmistakable evidences that his coming is nigh—be not troubled, but, “stand . . . in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come” (D&C 87:8). Holy men and holy women stand in holy places, and these holy places include our temples, our chapels, our homes, and the stakes of Zion, which are, as the Lord declares, “for a defense, and for a refuge from the storm, and from wrath when it shall be poured out without mixture upon the whole earth” (D&C 115:6).
Heed the Lord’s counsel to the Saints of this dispensation:
Prepare yourselves for the great day of the Lord. [D&C 133:10]
<p>This preparation must consist of more than just casual membership in the Church. You must learn to be guided by personal revelation and the counsel of the living prophet so you will not be deceived. Our Lord has indicated who, among Church members, will stand when he appears:
And at that day, when I shall come in my glory, shall the parable be fulfilled which I spake concerning the ten virgins.
For they that are wise and have received the truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide, and have not been deceived—verily I say unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire, but shall abide the day.
And the earth shall be given unto them for an inheritance; and they shall multiply and wax strong, and their children shall grow up without sin unto salvation.
For the Lord shall be in their midst, and his glory shall be upon them, and he will be their king and their lawgiver. [D&C 45:56–59; emphasis added]
<p><i>President Wilford Woodruff</i> further prophesied in 1894:
Can you tell me where the people are who will be shielded and protected from these great calamities and judgments which are even now at our door? I’ll tell you. The priesthood of God who honor their priesthood and who are worthy of their blessings are the only ones who shall have this safety and protection. They are the only mortal beings. No other people have a right to be shielded from these judgments. They are at our very doors; not even this people will escape them entirely. [Susa Young Gates, “The Temple Workers’ Excursion,” Young Women’s Journal June 1894, p. 512]
<p>If you are to preserve your blessings, it is not enough for you just to be free and independent, to capitalize on your advantages so that they accrue to your well-being and prosperity. You must protect and safeguard the freedom you have. You must be wise and virtuous. You must govern your natures by the doctrines of his kingdom. You must be valiant in your testimony of Christ by keeping all his commandments.
<p>Will you be among those who are faithful to the end? Will you endure? Are you prepared? Can you live in the world and not partake of the sins of the world? Will you “arise and shine forth” as the Lord has commanded? Will you be a light and “standard for the nations”? We know you can. We pray you will. We have every confidence that you, “the rising generation,” will not falter. I repeat: You are valiant spirits reserved for this exceptional time. Make the choice: Rise to the task of this momentous hour!
<p>As a special witness of our Lord, I humbly declare to you that he lives, that he is close to his servants. His word “shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by [his] own voice or by the voice of [his] servants, it is the same” (D&C 1:38). I testify that you can rely on his promises.
<p>God lives; Jesus is the Christ. These two heavenly Beings did in very deed appear to Joseph Smith in the greatest event that has occurred in this world since the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is my testimony to you, my beloved brethren and sisters, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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See Matthew 25:1-13 for your scripture study.
The scene is winding up and all of the players are active.
All have a role in the second coming are currently doing the things they've been asked to do.
Those who are publishing peace are doing so.
Let's pause for some wonderful context given about this Parable that before a week ago, it was unbeknownst to me.
Fascinating and marvelous.
It goes to explain temples it goes to explain the latter day Church it goes to explain why they were Temple changes in 2019.
Explains all those were invited and you are coming and those you know that they were invited I've already changed their robes to symbolize that they are invited meaning they have gone to the temple...invited to the wedding feast.
Here Comes the grand finale!
Many Thanks to Jodi Stoddard for compiling this into her wonderful video series.
mm 8:10 - 15:03
I need a commitment that you will at least watch and listen to this for 7 minutes.
it will tell you all that you need to know about the characters, about what's happening in the world right now, and identify the main characters.
the bridgegroom and the bride explained
https://youtu.be/EyrnFBzbTnY?t=491
Starting @ mm 8:11 =
If by 8:57 it doesnt give active temple going LDS a shock, I dont know what will.
(Temple Chamged in 2019 also explain this very well.)
By all means don't stop if you want to keep watching but for the sake of this post, I'm only going to discuss material within the allotted seven minutes of that section starting @ mm 8:10...
This video goes on to explain veils, other signs and wonders, Prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. I recommend watching the entire four-part series that for the purposes of this post, just the seven minutes after the start of the video shall do.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EyrnFBzbTnY?start=490" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-84022681153500329632020-04-18T10:24:00.000-07:002020-04-19T05:09:27.324-07:00How To Thrive During Tribulation Let the Holy Spirit be your guide and put your whole trust in the Lord & claim full citizenship as a Zion dweller by; inceasing godliness, charity, being of one heart and one mind with God, living at or above priesthood privileges, living in peace or living after the manner of happiness in peace one with another with an eye single to his glory.
And as one does this, one can begin to practice living Celestial living for the cause of Christ.
Have both the forms of godliness and magnify the power thereof.
Pray always and DO NOT FAINT!
Once again, Let the Holy Spirit be your guide & amp it up then it shall be so.
Learn to receive and understand personal revelation.
Amen.
"And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them."
Moses 7:18
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/moses/7?id=p18&lang=eng#p18
TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-27204529808633820822020-04-17T08:35:00.002-07:002020-04-17T08:43:18.383-07:00Ángeles with Debit cardsI operate under the understanding and with the belief Angels Walk Among Us and some angels have debit card. That's a peculiar thing to say because as everyone should know angels are not mortal they do not actually live here. I'm not saying that Angels live here and have homes and use debit cards to make purchases like everyone else does but at times I'm not so sure.
I know there are times when I was down and out depressed or unsure whether driving for Uber was the right thing to do and all of a sudden I would get a ride I'm a very pleasant fellow who would encourage me to keep it up.
There are times when I would do as the Savior suggest to go out and provide for the family and to not worry about where my next meal is going to come from but that I would be taken care of. This is happening to me on many occasions. It happened to me again today. I woke up really as I usually do just start doing Uber and doordash sorts of food deliveries when my money was running low. I had $5 to put back into my gas tank or put $5 worth of food into My Tummy tank. My first delivery proved quite peculiar. I went and picked it up as normal when it's up to the fifth floor of the hotel to deliver the food but no one was there.
I discovered quickly that this is a person who seem to come and go a lot from the hotel and the hotel concierge was aware of this guest because there weren't very many people at the hotel.
I waited eight minutes until my company decided I had waited long enough and told me that I could leave and still receive full credit for the delivery.
At the very end that experience, ubereats suggested I could discard the food. I decided that I was going to discard the food (very slowly over the course of many hours through my digestive system.)
The Lord God Almighty works in mysterious ways taking care of the loftiest and taking care of the least of these, our Brethren including myself.
Do angels have debit cards? My angel this morning had a debit card and he used it to help determine angle Lord and I prayed unto the father that he would be blessed accordingly despite the unusual circumstances.
But what if he was an angel of God and what if God has an unlimited account for him to drive from? The Mysteries will not be made fully known unto me till the end, perhaps.TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-22641551124665135552019-12-06T10:41:00.000-08:002020-04-17T08:28:02.040-07:00Holidays, Holly Days or Holy Days?Happy Holidays? Holly Days?
It was once called "Saturnalia" and it was splendid.
Before the "Holly Days" would be preparation to celebrate Saturnalia. In ancient Greece, Saturnalia was a festival surrounding the winter solstice time (est 17th or 18th and generally lasted a week and at times ending on the 25th of December.)
One of the emblems that they would use was Holly Boughs to symbolize peace.
Because it was a public holiday celebrated around December 25th, and done in the family home, it could have easily influenced what we understand Christmas to be which is a time of peace on earth and goodwill towards all. It was a time for feasting, goodwill, generosity to the poor, the exchange of gifts and the decoration of trees.
Tradition shows that slaves were free to enjoy this day and were not required to serve their masters and it was also a time to 'forgive people of their debts'
Saturnalia was not to be confused with Christmas but as in Christmas as well, one has the tradition of decking ones halls with the same "boughs of Holly" that they did in ancient Greece and Christians probably unknowingly did this in order to more fully celebrate one ULTIMATE version of a "freeing the captives" as well as an ultimate" forgiving of debts."
It is clearly taught in all of Christianity how Christ would free those who were captive and that he paid for the debts of mankind in full.
To me, its a small wonder that the early Christians had used some of this symbolism to carry on our own holiday traditions by borrowing aspects of Saturnalia to enhance its own.
Saturnalia wasn't meant to be a Christmas precursor.
This was Saturnalia related much to the pagan Roman winter solstice festival but it is lovely, virtuous and of good report as well as praiseworthy.
So when we tell others "Happy Holidays" remember that we are also borrowing the days of Holly, ie Saturnalia. Is it also another clever way of saying Happy/Merry Christmas anyhow since it predates Christmas in some way?
I'll let you make up your own minds on this one.
Celebrate either the 12 days of Christmas or the ancient Greeks celebrated the 8 days of Saturnalia and one will probably have some of the same results when we all enjoy peace on earth and more goodwill one towards another. One of these celebrations could be considered as "Holy Days" if one maintains the spirit of Christ within during this time.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezsqMJU8yf8MfxdNvKM4oTyHM6ryIhYlxtjcJyl3EhOYTJt6WVuI1NkuegA8J5Cem9GrCGCWXvuwtHL0ESgYdXlkR3Pso5Fgugulo7W4Gd3XjY_uKH8wIR-7aEKhuJqKbJMEWndRPZcg/s1600/Saturnalia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezsqMJU8yf8MfxdNvKM4oTyHM6ryIhYlxtjcJyl3EhOYTJt6WVuI1NkuegA8J5Cem9GrCGCWXvuwtHL0ESgYdXlkR3Pso5Fgugulo7W4Gd3XjY_uKH8wIR-7aEKhuJqKbJMEWndRPZcg/s400/Saturnalia.jpg" width="400" height="294" data-original-width="850" data-original-height="624" /></a></div>
Saturnalia and the Story of ChristmasTheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-30679336437579628972019-11-15T10:24:00.002-08:002019-11-15T10:24:18.146-08:00Not yet, not today<br /><br /><b> My life has been peppered with instances of nearly dying or being put into some serious possible harm. I don't know why I am so accident prone. I don't know why I have had to be rescued time and time again. Perhaps I have yet another thing or two more to do for the Lord, I always settle on, when it comes down to the why. I suppose we ALL have something more to do every day if we survive another night of sleep and have been permitted yet another new day to perform our labors. </b>
<br /><br /><b> There was once such experience which nearly befell me while I was a driver as my way to support my family and earn a living. </b>
<br /><br /><b> During my tenure as an Uber/Lyft driver driving in the Vancouver, Washington market, I recall the moment where I was driving down a familiar road. I was en route to pick up heading north on 164th Ave between Mill Plain and 18th and at a comfortable speed. I don't recall what speed I was driving but I was hustling to pick up the next passenger which lay about another mile North East of my location. Taking 164th Avenue seemed to be the most convenient route to get there, I should mention. </b>
<br /><br /><b> I remember moving along checking the GPS for an ETA when I had looked up to see there was a red light signal glowing the brightest of reds and it was staring me down. I could almost hear a pulsating "Halt" sound whispering to my mind and I had moments to decide what to do about it. I saw a car approaching on the right set to cross in front of me. I had moments to decide. My mind was thinking speed up to avoid a collision but another voice entered into my head that I should apply the break instead. Then everything began to slow down in my mind. Had I come to a complete stop, it would have been after the intersection about 50 feet at the rate I was stopping. All I could see was the other sedan moving slowly across my path. I did not see his eyes and neither did any of us honk. My car continued to move forward and even after I had been applying the breaks, I did not seek cause to actually stop but I kept moving forward. It felt as though I had been given an additional 2 seconds to slow down for some reason. Had I hit the gas, I might have caught the drivers-side corner bumper and then there would have been a very serious problem to encounter after then which was 1) How could I continue driving to support my family and 2) what if I had a serious injury to accompany 1? </b>
<br /><br /><b> I did not feel a hand over my chest holding me back but I felt as though my car was suspended and slowed up significantly and for the split second or two that our cars passed by one another harmlessly onto our destinations, neither one of us felt the need to stop and process what had happened by getting out of the car to catch our breath. I don't know what the other driver was doing but I was heavily panting and sweating by the time I had gotten to the next signal light. </b>
<br /><br /><b> I went to pick up my clients and thought nothing more. I certainly didn't want to divulge what had nearly happened either to the 2 passengers I had recently picked up just following this incident for at least the reason of instilling some confidence in them that they too wouldn't be getting into an accident with me that night but probably more so I would have had a difficult time attempting to explain the loss of about 2 seconds and how my car avoided danger. This was not my time to crash or die and it certainly wasn't the next lesson that God wanted me to learn. I had to support the family and it would have been catastrophic, to me, to ALL OF US, had I gotten into that accident. </b>
<br /><br /><b> What happened to me and why did I get those 2 more seconds? Why was I spared an accident there and not the accident which also could have snuffed out my life a few years back in April, 2009, now more than 10 years ago? </b>
<br /><br /><b> All I know is that through some special design or because of some divine providence, I am still around today to do something. I imagine myself being an instrument in the hands of God to do things both great and small. I endeavor to become trustworthy enough to be utilized for good and to accomplish some of the more important missions that God may have yet for me to do. Is this why I am being preserved and prepared? </b>
<br /><br /><b> Whatever the answer and to whatever end, I can only hope that my days will continue to be a high number... perhaps I may be of service ongoing and I will be around to usher in the return of my redeemer or perhaps be sent to rescue some soul or be someones transportation. To do all things both great and small. </b>
TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-46459490306362869042019-10-25T15:30:00.000-07:002019-10-25T15:31:42.389-07:00Sign of the Times - Orson"For you know when the Rothschilds and the great bankers among the Jewish nation shall return back to their own land to rebuild the city of Jerusalem, carrying their capital with them it will almost ruin some of the nations, and the latter will go up against Jerusalem to take a spoil."
JoD "Zion " by Orson Pratt Volume 14: p. 352
This may be how the Jewish nation becomes the envy of Gog and Magog...
Full page transcribed below:
By and by some of them, perhaps, will get it into their hearts that there is no use in their going up. “What is the use of our taking this long journey to Jerusalem?” and they will begin to say within their hearts—“We can serve God here in our own land just as well as going up to Jerusalem.” Just as soon as they begin to apostatize in this way the Lord will send a plague, a famine, that is, withhold the rains of heaven, so that their lands will be parched up, and if the family of Egypt, that have no rain, refuse to go up, there will be a peculiar plague set apart for them, namely, the same kind of a plague that will come upon the various nations that gather up against Jerusalem to battle just before the Lord comes and stands his feet upon the Mount of Olives. It wil
l be no judgment, no calamity whatever for no rain to be given to the land of Egypt, because they depend on the waters of the Nile, by irrigation they overflow the land, hence it is no particular consequence to the people of Lower Egypt to have no rain.
I mention all these things in order that the Latter-day Saints may be re-refreshed in regard to the great events that must take place in the latter times, and that strangers who are in our midst may have a more full understanding of the views of the Latter-day Saints in regard to the ancient prophecies. You see we are looking for the building up of Zion on the earth, for the lifting up of the standard of the Lord, an ensign for the nations; or in other words, as I read at the commencement of my remarks: “For behold Zion shall go forth and become the joy of the whole earth, and the glory of God shall be upon her and the day shall come when the nations of the earth shall fear and
tremble because of her, and shall fear because of her terrible ones.” Why? Because the Lord himself will be in the midst of Zion, before he comes on the Mount of Olives.
Now here is the difference between Zion and old Jerusalem. The Jews, or many of them, will gather back to Jerusalem in a state of unbelief in the true Messiah, believing in the prophets but rejecting the New Testament, and looking for the Messiah to come, honest-hearted no doubt, many of them. And they will rebuild Jerusalem after the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. While in that state of unbelief Gog and Magog, the inhabitants of Russia and all those nations in northern Europe and northern Asia, a great multitude, will gather against the Jews before Jesus comes, and they will fill up the great valley of Armageddon, the great valley of Jehosaphat and all the surrounding valleys; they will be like a cloud covering the land. Horses and chariots and horsemen, a very great army, will gather up there to take a spoil. For you know when the Rothschilds and the great bankers among the Jewish nation shall return back to their own land to rebuild the city of Jerusalem, carrying their capital with them it will almost ruin some of the nations, and the latter will go up against Jerusalem to take a spoil. And they will succeed in taking half the city captive; and when they are in the act of destroying that city, behold the Lord will come with all his Saints, and he shall stand his feet on the Mount of Olives, “And in that day” says the Prophet Zechariah “shall the Lord go forth and fight against all those nations that have fought against Jerusalem, and their flesh shall consume away upon their bones, their eyes in their sockets.
This great calamity comes upon the Jewish nation.
Orson Pratt
PS Elder Pratt continues,
"This great calamity comes upon the Jewish nation in consequence of their unbelief in the true Messiah.
"Not so with Zion, she will be built upon the great western hemisphere in North America, and become a righteous people long before the Jews will gather home. Zion will be built up by the gathering of the Saints from all the nations and kingdoms of the earth. Zion will be built up, her habitations will be reared, her Temple will be built and the glory of God will rest upon them (D&C 84:5) long before these great events in connection with the house of Israel will be fulfilled. Hence there is a difference between Zion and Jerusalem in the latter days."
https://scriptures.byu.edu/#:t2230e:j14<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk98Yr_N5cZs40pRpE1rp44NFbwZw3MOcwfmLjwF7ylC1u9Ejj5YW8ntYDvE7s7D8x9_IN_b67cQBcd5UQsCN1QVyf8I8Qj-u6m3KYXYDOlfDfy5NepFT56sTFvjgN9V3IuIEj8dqAYr4/s1600/FB_IMG_1572039696006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk98Yr_N5cZs40pRpE1rp44NFbwZw3MOcwfmLjwF7ylC1u9Ejj5YW8ntYDvE7s7D8x9_IN_b67cQBcd5UQsCN1QVyf8I8Qj-u6m3KYXYDOlfDfy5NepFT56sTFvjgN9V3IuIEj8dqAYr4/s400/FB_IMG_1572039696006.jpg" width="365" height="400" data-original-width="720" data-original-height="788" /></a></div>TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-7134076018452682602019-10-24T08:48:00.001-07:002019-10-24T08:50:30.225-07:00Instrument in the Hands of the Lord - To Save A LifeAbout 1 year ago;
It was mid-evening in the middle of Autumn. I was stopping at a fueling station as I normally do to end my night as a taxi driver when I noticed something was amiss. While I was fueling a man who was struggling to breathe, perhaps, had his hand across his heart. He was sitting in the passengers seat and the door haphazardly swung open so that I could see his upper body and he was quietly calling for help.
I was given the sharp impression that I had to go over there and see what was the matter. With my White Stone in hand, I began to call local EMS and others to bring them onto the scene. I was dialing the phone when as I was looking around to determine our location for emergency personnel to locate us, I saw a police squad car about to leave, I walked towards him waving my White Stone at him. I said to the gentleman in law enforcement that there was a bother in trouble and we needed to check into him now.
Emergency phone services were asking me questions and I was trying to relay to them what I had seen so they could determine who was to come as part of the team of life savers.
All at once, the officer shouted that he needed my help and then I slammed the phone onto the ground after telling 911 that I had to go.
This man was flat-lining and it was happening right before our very eyes.
His children and wife were trying to assemble around us as worried as they were. Many of them were sobbing hoping that their father would be okay.
Of his wife and children, he was a smaller man physically than his children but he was no small man. He must have weight 350 lbs and his children made him look tiny in comparison. We tried to pull him out of the seat together in a coordinated effort.
His body hit the ground with a thud with both of our hands on him and the officer immediately began to administer CPR as per his EMS training and continued to work on his chest until his companions could arrive.
His children and wife began to cry even with more worry and concern.
I put my hand gently on their shoulders and would try to back them up gently so that the office had room to work as he was calling for this desired space constantly.
It felt like an hour had gone by while the officer was pumping on his chest but it had probably only been 3 minutes.
Thankfully the gentleman's wife had pulled over about 4 blocks from the fire station because help COULD arrive.
I saw his rescuers arrive from nearby and from the direction I had supposed they would. I continued to feed EMS any additional information that I could so that this could be relayed to the officers and EMS personnel and then I began to facilitate information to the already forming crowd which grew to about 3x its original population just 10 minutes before.
I saw men in white shirts hustling back and forth from the ambulance to the man still laying on the ground. They worked feverishly to revive the man who had passed out. I sat in the car with his teenage children to help calm their nerves and relay what information i could to them.
In our discussions I discovered that this man had been suffering for some time during the car ride as well but their initial intent was to get to the store and purchase some Asprin. I believe that they knew what was going on and they feared he was about to have a heart attack. I believe that they were correct.
I got out of their car to see this team of 8-10 gentlemen and ladies shouting out commands to each other and disclosing signs of success by mentioning when he was accepting their treatment and how they had to get him into the ambulance and that perhaps his wife could ride along with him and hold his hand on the trip to the hospital.
I marveled at the sight. Without even a wink o a nod, the lady who was working at this particular ARCO station knew that we had all witnessed a miracle that day. We both knew that time was of the essence and all of the pieces were in place to bring him back to the land of the living.
I played a role that day and I am satisfied knowing that God was able to place me in a position to help one soul.
My thoughts dwelled on that family for some time afterwards. Did they get to spend another thanksgiving together? Did he get to go home by Christmas? Will he and his family make better choices on what sorts of foods they should eat together or did they revert back to the same lifestyle that put Dad in jeopardy? I don't know this. What I do know and will always know is that they got time. More time together.
God is merciful and just. Our days will not be numbered any less.
One can become and instrument in the hands of the Lord.
I may have become an instrument in his hands simply by taking the time to write this account.
One year afterwards, I have felt the impression to write this and other such stories.
Hopefully more to come. Hopefully I too will live long upon the Land that the Lord God has given me and that I might continue to be an instrument in his hands to bring about peace in the lives of those whom God places before me.
This I do so record and do so in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-20044997645716071882019-10-23T09:05:00.001-07:002019-10-23T09:05:02.499-07:00The sabbath is for you<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_azt961Ey1E" width="459"></iframe>TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-60102228735100273182019-10-23T08:39:00.000-07:002019-10-23T08:44:03.674-07:00The 12th Rib of AdamI heard a while back there was a connection with the Book of Mormon peoples as it was compared to a rib on the rib cage of Adam. It intrigued me so much that I have not been able to stop thinking about it. Even symbolism from the creation of Adam and Eve has made its way into the purpose of the Book of Mormon. I would love to discuss more about this with everyone here but mostly I want to see what else anyone else has found on the matter and scripturally if there's more to it than just a nice Theory. What I've gathered so far...
* the rib cage is designed with 12 ribs and in the symbolism, each rib could symbolize one of the tribes of Israel and 12 symbolizes much althroughout the scriptures.
* God extracted one rib and moved it into the woman. Similar to a graft as often spoken of about the olive trees ie Adam's rib was grafted into the woman, Eve, our first mother. Similarly God took one of the branches of the House of Israel and removed it from the man (Adam) of the holy land from the main body of the church in Jerusalem / Israel and used it to create a righteous counterpart for the church in a distant land (Eve) his counterpart.
* in scriptures, woman typically represents Church as spoken of in Revelation in the words of New Testament prophets and apostles. So as that rib is used to form a woman as in the story of the creation, the righteous branch of Israel was used to form another entity which had to also become one with the man Adam or rather, the original church. Paul suggests that 'until we all come to the unity of the faith' that we in Christianity are like the married couple still trying to become 'one flesh.'
* just as Adam and Eve were to cleave unto one another and become one flesh, The Book of Mormon record contained in the woman would become one flesh once again with the man as Moroni suggest that the Jews will have the words of the Nephites the Nephites was also have the words of the Jews.
They would become one in our hand. Thus helping to solidify Ezekiel chapter 37 where talks about the Stick of Joseph in the Stick of Judah becoming one in our hand just like Adam and Eve became one flesh and we're the stronger because of it.
Second Article:
I heard a while back there was a connection with the Book of Mormon peoples as it was compared to a rib on the rib cage of Adam.
It intrigued me so much that I have not been able to stop thinking about it. Even symbolism from the creation of Adam and Eve has made its way into the purpose of the Book of Mormon. I would love to discuss more about this with everyone here but mostly I want to see what else anyone else has found on the matter and scripturally if there's more to it than just a nice Theory.
What I've gathered so far...
* the rib cage is designed with 12 ribs and in the symbolism, each rib could symbolize one of the tribes of Israel and 12 symbolizes much altheoughout the scriptures.
* God extracted one rib and moved it into the woman. Similar to a graft as often spoken of about the olive trees, let's say a rib was grafted into woman.
We LDS believe that God took one of the branches of the House of Israel and removed it from the man the holy land or the main body of the church in Jerusalem / Israel and used it to create a righteous counterpart for the church in a distant land much like God grafted a rib into eve to give her life.
* in scriptures, woman dutifully represents Church as spoken of in Revelation in the words of New Testament prophets and apostles.
So as that rib is used to form a woman as in the story of the creation, the righteous branch of Israel was used to form another Testament of God's love breathing life again into the church.
* just as Adam and Eve were to cleave unto one another and become one flesh, The Book of Mormon record contained in the woman would become one flesh once again with the man as Moroni suggest that the Jews will have the words of the Nephites the Nephites was also have the words of the Jews... or that the church which was formed by God could eventually become one flesh with Adam, till all come to the unity of faith... the rest if Adam ... 11 ribs in all, the main body.
Bonus
They would become one in our hand.
Thus helping to solidify Ezekiel chapter 37 where talks about the Stick of Joseph in the Stick of Judah becoming one in our hand just like Adam and Eve became one flesh and we're the stronger because of it.
Post script: spoken of in Jewish wisdom and proverb, the coming together of a man and a woman and letting them become of one flesh no less than a miracle then Moses parting the Red Sea. Hence, it would certainly be miraculous to see the Book of Mormon in the Bible come together become one and it would be a miracle to see those group to get along just as a married couple should.TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-69320266636662684152017-08-20T11:32:00.001-07:002017-08-20T11:36:48.623-07:00The Great American Eclipse, The Seven Salems and Revelation Chapter 12 Sign<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaL9EEI-mLhj3ImjlaIcIvNEOqE5MEGDbQ7Ic1BtsutCi7sQIzl5skycOTDrfKHRvSGD4OoYPOjqOfYPTmL8AJ-NEa8wzZQ0vaKLz0ORvqH2frV0aLdANfjLIBxy1T1574oh7hNPSloI/s1600/download+%25287%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaL9EEI-mLhj3ImjlaIcIvNEOqE5MEGDbQ7Ic1BtsutCi7sQIzl5skycOTDrfKHRvSGD4OoYPOjqOfYPTmL8AJ-NEa8wzZQ0vaKLz0ORvqH2frV0aLdANfjLIBxy1T1574oh7hNPSloI/s320/download+%25287%2529.jpg" width="320" height="149" data-original-width="329" data-original-height="153" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUW5Xrh6VmSdVpMuBEHnNBPQ0m60jNWmZIcxF41X_cuP1hfyYD76s4ZEUuWpeUzC4QpiRcgyorKLb99jz4sIYn9Btp3fJtjwrI1XLDBWGga6zJAEQx6dACsHhtFghgwEcxltI1sQGZFFY/s1600/FB_IMG_1503099099244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUW5Xrh6VmSdVpMuBEHnNBPQ0m60jNWmZIcxF41X_cuP1hfyYD76s4ZEUuWpeUzC4QpiRcgyorKLb99jz4sIYn9Btp3fJtjwrI1XLDBWGga6zJAEQx6dACsHhtFghgwEcxltI1sQGZFFY/s320/FB_IMG_1503099099244.jpg" width="320" height="294" data-original-width="992" data-original-height="911" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AYjpP9kQi1swr9GczGlaDPSKB_5BABnGiXYhZWBeF8cHcMRaVfmcnAj_8RSKmHxcZug_JMBRE_R4nOPwhWcu8J-6n8OQizG3SiprNQyKnPkgIYchsqHdFzA2ThxGrL_ML68BWavkQkg/s1600/image1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AYjpP9kQi1swr9GczGlaDPSKB_5BABnGiXYhZWBeF8cHcMRaVfmcnAj_8RSKmHxcZug_JMBRE_R4nOPwhWcu8J-6n8OQizG3SiprNQyKnPkgIYchsqHdFzA2ThxGrL_ML68BWavkQkg/s320/image1.jpg" width="320" height="180" data-original-width="640" data-original-height="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZ3eKnVSanwyaZzjfJaqeKGOj2inzSFMZDmNrvyRuDfV-Yc1TAsCV0OZ_K9rg_7nUY64670JINppT0hBQQqrd_IZMjgneFfy1WxFfhwYkKjEqCQhyphenhyphenmAsWIJwnLLfqSyeRPr9B3n-RSnc/s1600/solar-eclipse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZ3eKnVSanwyaZzjfJaqeKGOj2inzSFMZDmNrvyRuDfV-Yc1TAsCV0OZ_K9rg_7nUY64670JINppT0hBQQqrd_IZMjgneFfy1WxFfhwYkKjEqCQhyphenhyphenmAsWIJwnLLfqSyeRPr9B3n-RSnc/s320/solar-eclipse.jpg" width="320" height="180" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="900" /></a></div>
Open letter to my Stake President, president Rushing...
Dear President,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts in conference today.
I have been sharing, in certain circles, something that has impressed me.
It is described best as:
"The 7 Salems of the Eclipse."
On the cusp of the eclipse nearly 24 hours under/ before, I am constrained to share my findings and include you, my friend... it's cool but it's also kind of spooky.
It may be nothing but it certainly is something.
I have been fasting and praying many days over this for many many months these last 10 years to know the season to watch for him and I found a very interesting piece to this puzzle just to yesterday.
Wise men who were not even Jewish accurately predicted the birth of the king of the Jews.
After all of the evidences, we are continuing to receive the signs that are happening right now in the heavens are continuing to manifest themselves to us, we literally have no excuse not to study them or try to understand them.
Like the pre-messianic Jewish nation, some of us, as a chosen people and a royal priesthood, may be glossing over the signs of our day...or are they even attention worthy? I say "yes."
A good Christian sister pointed this out and I think it is significant too.
I fear lest some have become complacent, as did the Nephites, when they became "less astonished by these signs and wonders."
Shortly after their display of complacency, they went through a great tribulation.
Are we headed for a similar fate?
This doesn't spell doom and gloom... it is just confirmation to me that this nation is the promised land...something could be coming and we are in the latter days.
We will know much more in the next 40- 60 days.
God is in control... now is the time to draw closer to him and our families. We are in the true church
Remember to read this today...
Lemme know your thoughts?
"The Seven Salems of the Eclipse" ie, the eclipse is going to pass right over seven cities named Salem.
http://blog.chrisify.com/2017/08/the-seven-salems-of-eclipse-coincidence.html?m=1TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-13034614468150031462016-11-15T18:24:00.003-08:002016-11-15T18:29:53.372-08:00My visit to the Jewel of the Mission, Guayaquil's TRUE PearlBrothers and sisters... no words can describe the joy that I did feel whilst serving in the temple.
While I was recording this video, I became overcome by the Holy Spirit.
I also felt as well while I was watching some of my beloved brothers and sisters make covenants.
Looking around the room, I just saw how beautiful that these people were... going from trial to trial, making covenant after covenant.
I also was permitted to be a witness for a couple being sealed in the temple. Words cannot express the emotions I felt when I saw 4 little girls enter the room after the couple had been recently sealed together.
God wants families to be eternal. This power to bind families on earth as well as he can do so in heaven is a true and living miracle provided by the Lord and his infinite atonement with mankind and his priesthood power which knows... <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JC1AG3yeYM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
no boundaries.
TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-87908749340352472782016-11-15T18:24:00.001-08:002016-11-15T18:24:32.636-08:00My visit to the Jewel of the Mission, Guayaquil's TRUE PearlBrothers and sisters... no words can describe the joy that I did feel whilst serving in the temple.
While I was recording this video, I became overcome by the Holy Spirit.
I also felt as well while I was watching some of my beloved brothers and sisters make covenants.
Looking around the room, I just saw how beautiful that these people were... going from trial to trial, making covenant after covenant.
I also was permitted to be a witness for a couple being sealed in the temple. Words cannot express the emotions I felt when I saw 4 little girls enter the room after the couple had been recently sealed together.
God wants families to be eternal. This power to bind families on earth as well as he can do so in heaven is a true and living miracle provided by the Lord and his infinite atonement with mankind and his priesthood power which knows no boundaries.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-JC1AG3yeYM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-6417320729485033132015-10-28T11:18:00.001-07:002015-10-28T11:43:18.564-07:00What John The Revelator ACTUALLY Saw<a href="https://youtu.be/aH0SYG6OQXA?t=6h40m19s"></a>
Shocking new discoveries may change the way we view the Book of Revelation.
Google "Revelation 12 + September 23, 2017" for added insight on what John the Revelator saw an what this means to those of "The House of Israel" and all who were adopted into this covenant be it Christian or otherwise... days of Tribulation are happening now. The great Tribulation is NOT yet but maybe 23 months away. Watch and be vigilant. (Revelation 16:15; 18:4)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZ6xdKMM5KGqt3QysKwFBq7LWnddpHGXgBJ776yL2glua9w5JJ4mqK4bytCwNN_ZNK1B9Bs4MTdekvty7vkoMlcJUtJLFW7gi35A12UF6O-dirkGrvD6vvFv9anNIJ-OB04OLFsbPUK8/s1600/received_10207858268358713.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZ6xdKMM5KGqt3QysKwFBq7LWnddpHGXgBJ776yL2glua9w5JJ4mqK4bytCwNN_ZNK1B9Bs4MTdekvty7vkoMlcJUtJLFW7gi35A12UF6O-dirkGrvD6vvFv9anNIJ-OB04OLFsbPUK8/s320/received_10207858268358713.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69ONbMcheu1qC9eROUvreeOjRPE0mClp63G_W9Xk6Fqtsp9vRyNccOwyfIgueajqAtLaYoa9w0gRJ7xro4atWc0blIZAUMtSOgjqYppSn4K5DsK2pzbfFBhNOfA2XU8xtF5aiZn_PqK8/s1600/received_10207858268638720.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69ONbMcheu1qC9eROUvreeOjRPE0mClp63G_W9Xk6Fqtsp9vRyNccOwyfIgueajqAtLaYoa9w0gRJ7xro4atWc0blIZAUMtSOgjqYppSn4K5DsK2pzbfFBhNOfA2XU8xtF5aiZn_PqK8/s320/received_10207858268638720.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFKLLene9yRNoy_w4UUkEAL8wFQqprOc20kJBek8p9tg9H7yJDk4JGLMjaibbzwAcPbv6mTPhJez_x818ynQJ2Em5fF-K-2aUyp09rkwqQ4oWCO2-1ZdMy-gTNq2HbCqgpXjdrBjL-M8/s1600/received_10207858256998429.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFKLLene9yRNoy_w4UUkEAL8wFQqprOc20kJBek8p9tg9H7yJDk4JGLMjaibbzwAcPbv6mTPhJez_x818ynQJ2Em5fF-K-2aUyp09rkwqQ4oWCO2-1ZdMy-gTNq2HbCqgpXjdrBjL-M8/s320/received_10207858256998429.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSuu3QxVoqgR4N94AgmwkvjY3J2jbvzJICO1ulQ9guVYt4kOXEZz4-9t8EbOXKqp0ljkTqcKzJ9oW5NzXC4dvbeQZwwzQvsopsBse0mW1ORQ3HnOK8roM2N9QsziC34Af7LwAkfIFeiM/s1600/received_10207858295599394.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSuu3QxVoqgR4N94AgmwkvjY3J2jbvzJICO1ulQ9guVYt4kOXEZz4-9t8EbOXKqp0ljkTqcKzJ9oW5NzXC4dvbeQZwwzQvsopsBse0mW1ORQ3HnOK8roM2N9QsziC34Af7LwAkfIFeiM/s320/received_10207858295599394.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLxzkY5blf6OcERY1ocI7WfCzPquxMrXPoHsqAEcortMDFTXbffvmGYMoaZN3xwSy5XaHxoAZLgGocUBVxnKjzaE1qfXxljkscNUPfc-QVgtCbhcA32BmPHi8n3gwUGJUnOOHGPnaI1I/s1600/received_10207858453083331.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLxzkY5blf6OcERY1ocI7WfCzPquxMrXPoHsqAEcortMDFTXbffvmGYMoaZN3xwSy5XaHxoAZLgGocUBVxnKjzaE1qfXxljkscNUPfc-QVgtCbhcA32BmPHi8n3gwUGJUnOOHGPnaI1I/s320/received_10207858453083331.jpeg" /></a></div>
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https://youtu.be/aH0SYG6OQXA?t=6h38m19s
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1 day after Yom Teruah - "The Day of Trumpets" is the Revelation 12 sign (September 23, 2017) where many are now saying COULD be the beginning days of the "Great Tribulation" - the children of light will not be overtaken as a 'thief in the night."
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#greattribulation #raptureTheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-57318690055033077272015-09-29T01:30:00.001-07:002015-12-28T00:29:53.487-08:007 Things That Still Need to Happen Before The Global FloodIn recent decades, there seems to have been an unusual amount of hubbub regarding how close we are to the so called "Flooding of the Earth." But here are 7 things that still need to happen before this flood should come.
<br /><br />There seems to be a cycle... about every 300-400 years. I remember well attending a meeting with the Methuselah as we discussed during this sit down. I would hear Methuselah chasten and warn the followers of the great God of this World about paying too much attention to what was considered as "False Hellfire and Destruction" to come upon people in the near future much like this flood we hear about today. Because of these loose speakings of prophecy, we ought to be cautioned against jumping on every camel wagon and attaching ourselves to every doomsday craze assuring us that we need not concern ourselves with any sort of hell raining down from the heavens ie <i>a change in our bartering system going from the trading of goods into creating a system of money known as "Currency"</i> Our greatest soothsayers have brought us this future transcript where in it reads, "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." so in order for us to understand our day, we would need to have a better understanding of this latter-day prophecy... and again, if it were important to have mentioned this, would Enoch not have left us any clues? Anything to compare it to? I submit that we have no such thing to compare with for we know not for it shall not happen.
<br /><br />Weeks before Methuselah died well into his 900's, he spoke to small pockets of human settlers about the many hardships that this world would present us... as if we didn't already know this. Hello! Adam and Eve became exiled from the garden and we ALL know what difficulty this has brought to mankind. Some years I don't even know if my seeds will produce the right amount of wheat for my family of 100 including my 35 wives...but I digress.
<br /><br />My point is this; if the God of this world will be raining judgement down upon us (literally...water falling from the sky?) then this would have been explained to us by Enoch but for some reason, he is no longer around for us to question on these matters. Wouldn't Enoch have come back to warn us and not this "Noah" fellow who is all doomsey and gloomy about this flooding thing?
<br /><br />There are many things that must STILL take place before there could EVER be a flood of this magnitude as warned by Noah.
(Image is only an artist's rendition of how he thinks the Arc would look upon the waters/great seas.)
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<b><br /><br />1)<b>There must actually be water that falls from the heavens.</b> Clearly, we all understand how our ground and vegetation is able to grow, from mists of water that come from out of the land in which we live as if by eternal springs of water. These never get shut off. If rain should be falling from the sky, then who is up there turning it on? If I cannot understand how this rain thing must happen then I am most certain that NOAH does not know! And this water is supposed to just fall from the sky? I hear that this rain is about some sort of droplets which should form up in the firmament. WHO is forming these so called "Droplets?"
<br /><br />2)<b>The days of wickedness that we are experiencing now could not possibly be any worse </b> than those days which should occupy the end times? I beg to differ!
Our people are not wicked now and neither will the people during some sort of period called, "The Latter-Days" for we are ALL agents unto ourselves and we all prosper according to our genius. It sounds like the people born into the latter-day period will be some very weak people or else why would it be said that those days would be more wicked than our day and who is to say that our day is even wicked? Judge not lest the God of this world judge YOU, Noah!
<br /><br /><b>3)A representation of animals should all make their way to the arc.</b> This, we all know, would have to be an impossible task... for who can coax just one Lamb or Sheep into following them let alone 2? Who is this Noah fellow and his sons? Are they all animal whisperers? When I see animals marching themselves into a procession straight onto the arc by nearly 'supernatural' means, then perhaps I should listen.
<br /><br /><b>4)Church HQ must be moved to a place called Mt Ararat.</b> (For those of you who have never heard of the words Mt or Mountain, I shall explain. A mountain is any dome shaped or tall expanse of earth that raises high into the sky (similar to this Tower of Babel idea I have heard some people talking about hoping to construct during this Millennium but we're not talking about any mountain made with hands... Oh no. We're talking about a naturally occuring raising of earth at the level of 677.3333333314548 cubits or HIGHER.)
<br /><br />I do not believe in the formation of Mountains for we all know that the land in which we live on is flat and there isn't anything more than a mole hill to speak of so I currently am unaware of any such mountain. Some say that this Mt Ararat will be located far to the east of us. I just don't see this happening in the time frame in which Noah has suggested that this may take place. It would take MUCH longer to traverse such a land expanse anyhow in the estimated One year and 10 days" figure he assumes it would take for his boat (which we know will NOT go anywhere but rot towards the dirt until it shall become extinct or stone made from wood.) So... this Mt Ararat idea? Is it possible? I've never traveled that far east but highly unlikely that the Headquarters of the religion of the HOOTSOG (H*ly order of The Son of G*D) will be moved in time for this water subsiding or even by land.
<br /><br />The word of God must be preached to every creature? It is Noah and his one son (that we're aware of, that is) to preach this message to ALL of the inhabitants of the earth? Good luck! He would need a spider web communication type expanse where he could talk into it and people from all over could listen in for this to actually come to pass... </b>
<br /><br /><b>5) <b>Congregagions of this church, I hear, must be found all over the earth.</b> So far, all there is is an old man, his wife, and 6 others. You've got a very long way to go, Noah.
<br /><br /><b>6) <b>There must be clouds and a colorful bow</b> (aka an Arch with colors) We do not know what this cloud is supposed to be and/or rainbows. We all know that the air which is around us is full of moisture. It leaves its wetness on the ground as the dew. I cannot imagine a world or what that would even look like to see these hazy skies to once again form themselves into tiny groupings of moisture that they call clouds. This is an important part of the prophecy for the coming rains because water is said to be expelled from these 'white factories of water' way high up in the clouds. WHO WILL BE WORKING up high? And would those people not also fall to the earth? For we have assurances that this thing (which is called gravity by our ancestors) would then also not cause that any man who is working up in these white terraces of highly dense moisture that they should fall to the ground and be themselves as though they were dead causing the immediate deaths to those who should dash their bodies onto the ground?
The prophecy says that during this period of 40 days and 40 nights of 'rain' or 'water falling from these tiny white or darker colored 'clouds' for lack of a better term that this object in the sky that is going to be named after "The Son" should then also be as bright as this object that we should then call as the Sun? Blasphemy! For we know that the "Lord alone is our light!"
<br /><br /><b>7) <b>Last but not least... The Arc should be built before the animals and those in the family of Noah should gather and enter therein.</b> We all know about what an undertaking this project actually is. As far as I am aware, I have seen NO other man or woman assist them in the building of this very large boat. Until now, we have only seen the corner-piece laid at the food of this ship as a sign that this is the future site where the arc shall stand but that before this day of flooding, this boat shall be built. Noah is 600 years old. This age is WELL beyond retirement and it is highly unlikely that he and 3 other men could take on this undertaking and actually finish the arc on time.
<br /><br /> I wish to encourage all who are able to read this that they not create or spread any of this emotional frenzy to frighten any locals. For all we know, this ship will just sit there in the dirt for 20-30 more years and if there is any other brief floodings, it will be because the fountains have produced a 'local flood' in the area and not this "World Wide Flood" in which Noah says was what God intended to do. It is not to assume an authority or presume to hold a stewardship that is reserved for men such as Enoch (may he return soon with his people from his spot high above us) and may we also begin some preliminary plans for this tower so that we can reach the heights just as well. Wouldn't that be great, though?
<br /><br /> It just seems easier to actually build a tower than I think it would be to have to follow all of these ordinances of which Noah speaks as things that are necessary such as baptism, prayers constantly to God at the altar. I pray! I honor this earth in which we live. I fight hard and in my strength... sure things get a little violent around here but that's life, at times. Until you live this life out in the wilderness as we have since the days of Adam and Even, one ought not to judge.
<br /><br />What do I care if Noah prepares for this pretend flood event if he isn't harming me or others. All I know is none of my family would be caught dead entering the arc! What a colossal waste of resources, if you ask me.
Our task is to live a sane and balanced life and not be all about the "doom and gloom" but live a life that is dignified and determined manner. To be actively involved in that which is mainstream. Therein is our safety... and if God sends one of those tiny globes of water (which has also been given the name of rain) then it would SURE take many many many of these to fill the whole earth. I just don't think that those white, puffy clouds have the resources of producing that much water. I'm sorry. Not even the HAZE of moisture which keeps our nice, warm atmosphere as comfortable as possible could dump all of it's water... no matter HOW much water springs forth from the crust of the earth or from the springs beneath!
<br /><br /> I submit that if we do these things and gather water as we always have and continue to till the earth and await any further light and knowledge from TRUE Prophets of the Lord as was Enoch then things will continue on all is well. I do not believe that every man, woman and child (or animal for that matter) should perish! This just doesn't sound like a loving God to me. Does that to you? <i>
<br /><br />I don't believe that a loving God would do this to his children... for how could we continue to multiply and replenish his earth if we are ALL DEAD? Methuselah said we would see our grand children and great grand children and not to worry so much about this doom and gloom.
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<br /><br />Letter from the Editor at the Lamech Institute, Gopher Wood Press, 975 B.C.TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-46779266677883368872015-09-18T21:35:00.001-07:002015-09-18T21:40:30.342-07:00The Vision of George Washington at Valley Forge<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UOMnbu3QeMs" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">George Washington was known to pray often while he was commander and chief of the Continental Armies. Although some would have you discredit the source or perhaps disbelieve in his vision altogether, this is something to be reckoned with much like the book, "The Shepherd of Hermas" (compare to the vision that the shepherd also had with the maid... or if you are a Mormon, see also and compare with the Vision of Nephi as contained in the 1 Nephi Chapters 11-15</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Anthony Sherman wrote:</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-left: 20px;"><span class="f">Y</span>ou doubtless heard the story of Washington's going to the thicket to pray in secret for aid and comfort from God, the interposition of whose Divine Providence brought us safely through the darkest days of <nobr><a class="pxInta" href="http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/washington/vision.html#" id="PXLINK_4_0_4" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">tribulation</a></nobr>. One day, I remember it well, when the chilly winds whistled through the leafless trees, though the sky was cloudless and the sun shown brightly, he remained in his quarters nearly all the afternoon alone. When he came out, I noticed that his face was a shade paler than usual. There seemed to be something on his mind of more than ordinary importance. Returning just after dusk, he dispatched an orderly to the quarters who was presently in attendance. After a preliminary conversation of about an hour, Washington, gazing upon his companion with that strange look of dignity which he alone commanded, related the event that occurred that day.<br /><br />
<h3 style="font-size: 16pt; font-stretch: normal; margin: 10px 0px;">"George Washington's Vision"</h3><span class="f">T</span>his afternoon, as I was sitting at this table engaged in preparing a dispatch, something seemed to disturb me. Looking up, I beheld standing opposite me a singularly beautiful female. So astonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed, that it was some moments before I found language to inquire the cause of her presence. A second, a third and even a fourth time did I repeat my question, but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of her eyes.<br /><br />
<span class="f">B</span>y this time I felt strange sensations spreading through me. I would have risen but the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible. I assayed once more to address her, but my tongue had become useless, as though it had become paralyzed.<br /><br />
<span class="f">A</span> new influence, mysterious, potent, irresistible, took possession of me. All I could do was to gaze steadily, vacantly at my unknown visitor. Gradually the surrounding atmosphere seemed as if it had become filled with sensations, and luminous. Everything about me seemed to rarefy, the mysterious visitor herself becoming more airy and yet more distinct to my sight than before. I now began to feel as one dying, or rather to experience the sensations which I have sometimes imagined accompany <nobr><a class="pxInta" href="http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/washington/vision.html#" id="PXLINK_5_0_5" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">dissolution</a></nobr>. I did not think, I did not reason, I did not move; all were alike impossible. I was only conscious of gazing fixedly, vacantly at my companion.<br /><br />
<span class="f">P</span>resently I heard a voice saying, "Son of the Republic, look and learn," while at the same time my visitor extended her arm eastwardly, I now beheld a heavy white vapor at some distance rising fold upon fold. This gradually dissipated, and I looked upon a stranger scene. Before me lay spread out in one vast plain all the countries of the world — Europe, Asia, Africa and America. I saw rolling and tossing between Europe and America the billows of the Atlantic, and between Asia and America lay the Pacific.<br /><br />
<span class="f">"S</span>on of the Republic," said the same mysterious voice as before, "look and learn." At that moment I beheld a dark, shadowy being, like an angel, standing or rather floating in mid-air, between Europe and America. Dipping water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand, he sprinkled some upon America with his right hand, while with his left hand he cast some on Europe. Immediately a cloud raised from these countries, and joined in mid-ocean. For a while it remained stationary, and then moved slowly westward, until it enveloped America in its murky folds. Sharp flashes of lightning gleamed through it at intervals, and I heard the smothered groans and cries of the American people.<br /><br />
<span class="f">A</span> second time the angel dipped water from the ocean, and sprinkled it out as before. The dark cloud was then drawn back <nobr><a class="pxInta" href="http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/washington/vision.html#" id="PXLINK_2_0_1" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">to the</a></nobr> ocean, in whose heaving billows in sank from view. A third time I heard the mysterious voice saying, "Son of the Republic, look and learn," I cast my eyes upon America and beheld villages and towns and cities springing up one after another until the whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them.<br /><br />
<span class="f">A</span>gain, I heard the mysterious voice say, "Son of the Republic, the end of the century cometh, look and learn." At this the dark shadowy angel turned his face southward, and from Africa I saw an ill omened specter approach our land. It flitted slowly over every town and city of the latter. The inhabitants presently set themselves in battle array against each other. As I continued looking I saw a bright angel, on whose brow rested a crown of light, on which was traced the word "Union," bearing the American flag which he placed between the divided nation, and said, "Remember ye are brethren." Instantly, the inhabitants, casting from them their weapons became friends once more, and united around the National Standard.<br /><br />
<span class="f">"A</span>nd again I heard the mysterious voice saying "Son of the Republic, look and learn." At this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth, and blew three distinct blasts; and taking water from the ocean, he sprinkled it upon Europe, Asia and Africa. Then my eyes beheld a fearful scene: From each of these countries arose thick, black clouds that were soon joined into one. Throughout this mass there gleamed a dark red light by which I saw hordes of armed men, who, moving with the <nobr><a class="pxInta" href="http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/washington/vision.html#" id="PXLINK_1_0_0" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">cloud</a></nobr>, marched by land and sailed by sea to America. Our country was enveloped in this volume of cloud, and I saw these vast armies devastate the whole county and burn the villages, towns and cities that I beheld springing up. As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of sword, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I heard again the mysterious voice saying, "Son of the Republic, look and learn" When the voice had ceased, the dark shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth, and blew a long and fearful blast. "Instantly a light as of a thousand suns shone down from above me, and pierced and broke into fragments the dark cloud which enveloped America. At the same moment the angel upon whose head still shone the word Union, and who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other, descended from the heavens attended by legions of white spirits. These immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were will nigh overcome, but who immediately taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks and renewed the battle.<br /><br />
<span class="f">A</span>gain, amid the fearful noise of the conflict, I heard the mysterious voice saying, "Son of the Republic, look and learn." As the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark cloud rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious!<br /><br />
<span class="f">T</span>hen once more I beheld the villages, towns and cities springing up where I had seen them before, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard he had brought in the midst of them, cried with a loud voice: "While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last." And taking from his brow the crown on which blazoned the word "Union," he placed it upon the Standard while the people, kneeling down, said, "Amen."<br /><br />
<span class="f">T</span>he scene instantly began to fade and dissolve, and I at last saw nothing but the rising, curling vapor I at first beheld. This also disappearing, I found myself once more gazing upon the mysterious visitor, who, in the same voice I had heard before, said, "Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful is the third, but in this greatest conflict the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land and the Union." With these words the vision vanished, and I started from my seat and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been shown to me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States.<br /><br />
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<b>In the <i>National Tribune</i>, 1880, an article appeared giving an account of the "Vision of Washington" at Valley Forge. The account was told by a gentleman named Anthony Sherman, who supposedly was at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78. The story has been published several times. </b><i>Well, he either was or he wasn't. He alone has to attest to his whereabouts at the pleasing bar of justice and our adherence to these words may mean the difference between survival and extinction as one could quite easily read this account and have cause for concern!</i><br /><br />
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<b>Some people will say that it is substantiated by the fact that a copy of the account is in the Library of Congress. This argument of authenticity is misleading in and of itself. The Library of Congress has copies of anything published. That does not indicate accuracy of the content. </b><i>(ie, the claims, opinions and representations herein are solely those of the archived historians and the words of Anthony Sherman to the best of his knowledge. This, in no way, lessens their veracity. They could also have said these things as a CYOA tactic and as to not endorse this as some sort of confirmation for religion, religious beliefs or an endorsement for the existence of angelic beings.)</i><br /><br />
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<b>I am unaware of any eighteenth-century evidence that corroborates this story. The soldier mentioned as having a first-hand account of the "Vision," Anthony Sherman, was a soldier in the Continental Army. However, according to his pension <nobr><a class="pxInta" href="http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/washington/vision.html#" id="PXLINK_3_0_2" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">application</a></nobr>, written by him, he states that he was at Saratoga under the command of Benedict Arnold at the end of 1777 and only joined the main forces in 1778 in New Jersey just before the Battle of Monmouth. </b><i> Once again... Lack of evidence is not the evidence of lack. </i><br /><br />
<i><br /></i></div>TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0Vancouver, WA 98682, USA45.6585294 -122.497987945.5697739 -122.6593494 45.7472849 -122.3366264tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-28760939220931649842015-09-03T11:54:00.001-07:002015-09-03T15:17:46.889-07:00After September's Lunar Eclipse, Has Time Run Out?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lgQvwhZgAvo" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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This Christian-friendly version will enable you to help them understand both the significance of the Blood Moon Tetrads (as they pertain to the feasts and special events held by the "House of Israel") and understand where we happen to be in History now as it pertains to them in this possibly greatest and LAST Blood Moon Tetrad immediately preceding the Second coming of Jesus Christ?<br /><br />
What we do know is that it is the 8th to come forth since the resurrection of Jesus Christ and in each since that day has marked some VERY significant events for the Jewish people, which still shall be reckoned with by the Lord himself always recounting that they are, in his words, "The Jews, mine ancient covenant people."<br /><br />
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Since the Spanish Inquisition in 1493 (during the same time that Christopher Columbus had reached the New World and just shortly after that) there was a blood moon Tetrad.<br /><br />
Now in 2014-2015, this one marks what could possibly be the most significant of events yet unknown just prior to what Christians have been hoping for which is the Second coming of Jesus Christ and what for the Jews should mean, "The Beginning of the End of Days" which would bring forth conditions for the coming of the Messiah.<br /><br />
This day has finally arrived... and it is weeks away from the time this video will have been uploaded for your viewing.<br /><br />
Saying that not one Single Tetrad 1600-1900 falling on the days of these Jewish Feasts/Holidays is extremely significant since there won't be another like it until 500+ years or more away.<br /><br />
Now is the time that all Christians and Jews ought to be paying attention.<br /><br />
Footage courtesy of Jake Hilton -of Mormon Evidence; <a href="http://youtube.com/user/MormonEvidence"></a><br /><br />
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I put the word Blood Moon Tetrad #8, A Reckoning because we're too busy making history to know what will have been said of it in the years to come. I suspect that something BIG and HUGE is about to transpire.<br /><br />
Time to check and see if your tents work and if you have some sort of food storage and/or a way to prepare that food and repack your 72 hour kits. BE PREPARED!!!TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-17526532960032353702015-09-02T12:58:00.001-07:002015-09-02T12:58:12.045-07:00Prophecy Fulfilled - 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5:1-6<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W5SutSONsIo" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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Last Days Prophecy Fulfilled The Time Has COME!TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-37754652570622393112015-09-01T23:09:00.001-07:002015-09-01T23:09:30.169-07:00They Saw Our Day (YouTube Trailer)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FHja4ZTEkmM" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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<br /><br />We have heard this perhaps more than a time or two and it is fitting to suggest that this is absolutely true in all things. Preparedness both temporally as well as spiritually is a sure way to ensure that ones days should be "long upon the land" as the scriptures go. The promise of both prophets of old and of modern prophets is such... "Keep the commandments of God and ye shall prosper in the land of promise."
<br /><br />Here are some tips and helps that could make your preparations for emergencies go a little more smoothly as well as enable you or empower you to begin NOW and have no fear while doing so.
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<br /><br /><b>First of all</b>, start with what you have and decide how long you plan to survive outside of or inside the home and plan accordingly. Financial planners do the same thing when they ask you about retirement. "How long do you plan to live after..." and then fill in the blank. If the answer is, "A terrorist attack" then you might want to ensure that the proper protection is available to you such as a taser, a gun or some other light weight weapon that you could carry in case you encounter some sort of intruder. Knowing this and knowing exactly what is needed will ensure that you have the greatest of chances of 'living through these times" and doing so with the proper resources for doing it.
<br /><br /><b>Start now, not later. </b>
<br /><br />Even if you are on a tight budget or on NO budget at all, you can still prepare and you can still get organized. Begin looking around in the home for some of the things that are laying about and you'll find that you have more than you think you do. Even on a tight budget, you could begin putting things into a box until you could purchase a back pack for 5-10 dollars. The Dollar store is a good reference for things that could go into your backpacks. About 80% of the things I have in my 72 hour kit was purchased little by little from the things I could find at the dollar store including but not limited to: granola bars, LED flashlights, batteries, trail mix, sunflower seeds and so forth. We also use Amazon Prime in order to find great deals on those things that we cant get cheap but can usually find quickly and at only 2 days shipping, ships 7 days a week. Amazon Prime is where I was able to pick up 3600 calorie bars, water pumps, a life straw and other things and I was able to do so with free shipping while on prime. Army surplus stores are nice to visit as well if you're looking for additional camping gear however it has been my experience that these places are expensive and if you're on a tight budget, you want your 200-500 dollars to cover as much as it can possibly cover.
<br /><br /><b>Safety and other concerns should also be discussed and explained to members of the family in case of any emergency both disasters man made as well as natural ones. </b>
<br /><br />1) Where to meet up in case of an emergency.
<br /><br />2) Having ready to grab at a moments notice of about 15-30 minutes enough food an clothes and were it possible blankets and sleeping bags to last every member of the family for at least 3 days.
<br /><br />3) Have read the means for personal protection such as a shot gun or a hand gun to fend off an attacker or possibly any wild animals should one take their refuge in the mountains.
<br /><br />4) Plan for both long term and short term eventualities and other such disasters so that you are not adequately prepared for one but hilariously unprepared for something else. Note: Probably preparing for a total blackout via some sort of disruption to a power grid and/or some sort of airborn EMP device ought to be answered with equally effective preparation such as: On going energy needs, transportation, food, light, and access to communication via a handheld radio or other such instruments to send and receive messages to area leadership and to be able to speak with those who aim to provide aid and support to any and all that are also trying to cope with and thrive during an environment of complete isolation from the outside world and some of life's amenities.
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<br /><br />I have also wondered what is supposed to go in ones 72 hour kits. Bottom line is simply this. <i>"What will keep you nourished, warm and independent while on your own for 3 days?"</i>
<br /><br />You don't have to be MacGuyver to successfully stay away from danger or out of harms way for a pair of days here and there but you should have things that could aid you in starting a fire, eating food, fending off danger and ultimately get you around while heading in the right direction.
<br /><br />Things that may be included in your kits may possibly be: <i>a radio, map, a compass, flint, matches, fire starters, flashlights, batteries, laser pointers, first aid and last but not least spare clothes.</i> <b>Bonus: </b>If you plan to be out in nature, consider getting a notepad and ways to write things and/or a field guide of some sort which can help you positively identify food, animals and trees. Having this field guide can help you steer clear of any poisonous plants or foods which if coming in contact with those things could spell problems, then it would be best going into that situation 'in the know.'
<br /><br /><b>What can I eat?</b> I recommend MRE foods, granola bars and also 3600 calorie bars or 'bricks' as I like to call them. These will allow you to function for at least 1 day each if plenty of hiking and moving about is necessary.
<br /><br />I recommend trail mix, hard candies and some gum as well to help curb your appetite during your time away thus helping you NOT to consume all of your calories too soon leaving you destitute for food well before it's time.
<br /><br />A way to get clean water or a way to clean your water and make sure that you stay well hydrated. Even in colder temperatures, one must be hydrated in order for the blood to circulate the warmth that is within you properly into the other extremities of the body which need to be warm such as the fingers and toes. Consider a "Life Straw" or "Life Straw Bottle" where possible, chlorine tablets, and also bottles of water for drinking and later mixing of water with the chlorine tablets.
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<br /><br /><b>Travel light, travel in packs or with a buddy.</b>
<br /><br />If you can travel with a companion or your family, then all the while better. More than 2 people can also stay close together and help to keep one another warm in the event where one has to stay overnight somewhere and aren't able to go home whether out in the wild or not. Even if you have a safe place to go and have some shelter over your heads, the buddy system will always serve.
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<br /><br />Keep your things out and not packed away some where. A hidden or buried survival kit will do you very little good if this means that you have to leave in a hurry and do so without your provisions. <b>Also: </b>
Remember to set aside some money, silver, or other things that you could barter with in case you meet someone else who might be able to provide you additional provisions for a price.
<br /><br />The Lord and his prophets have warned mankind since the days of revelation began and could be recorded and kept for our benefit. We are living in the last times spoken of by mouth of his holy prophets and as the days move along, the world will move along completely unaware of the calamities and the tribulations which lay ahead of us all. There will be much confusion and concerns as to how one may continue to prosper. According to Thomas S Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we ought to "Be of good cheer. Y(OUR) future is as bright as your faith!"
<br /><br />Having a bright future is all good and well however, one should have to prepare for that. Letting ourselves believe that our futures are bright is all fine and well however one must prepare for that.
<br /><br />This will not be granted to us from the blue fairy... regardless of our race, gender, or spirituality, one should lay up in store for themselves a surplus of both food and water and keep on hand for themselves, at the very least, 6 months worth of food and water, where it may be possible.
<br /><br />The Lord loves you and as long as you stay close to him and remain obedient to his commandments, he will be able to see you through any situation and you will be led to places of safety. Pray always and faint not.
<br /><br /><b>Scriptures for your consideration and study:</b>
<br /><br /><b>Doctrine and Covenants 105:14</b> "For behold, I do not require at their hands to fight the battles of Zion; for, as I said in a former commandment, even so will I fulfil—I will fight your battles."
<br /><br /><b>Doctrine and Covenants 45:
68 </b> And it shall come to pass among the wicked, that every man that will not take his sword against his neighbor must needs flee unto Zion for safety.
69 And there shall be gathered unto it out of every nation under heaven; and it shall be the only people that shall not be at war one with another.
70 And it shall be said among the wicked: Let us not go up to battle against Zion, for the inhabitants of Zion are terrible; wherefore we cannot stand.
71 And it shall come to pass that the righteous shall be gathered out from among all nations, and shall come to Zion, singing with songs of everlasting joy.TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com1United States37.09024 -95.712891000000013-36.418582499999992 99.052733999999987 90 69.521483999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155189643484023071.post-30052735946612255692015-04-21T16:17:00.001-07:002015-04-21T16:17:02.910-07:00Like It Or Not, Gossip Is Real and Cliques Are TooMy fellow brothers and sisters... my answer to this growing plague which causes ones enthusiasm to dim is simply this...Gossip is evil and it exists and it hurts and it won't be going away anytime soon. People will continue to pass judgment and hold onto their cherished judgments made about you even even many seconds and minutes after you have partaken of the sacrament making promises to strive more diligently towards perfection. People in your wards will have their favorites and cliques will continue to exist. You will either fit in or you won't and at times, you won't fit in with ANYONE.
<br /><br />You may also feel as though the ward membership has only the power within themselves to only tolerate your presence vs provide the Christlike version of charitable fellowship and this, above all else, may cause your hearts to sink into despair and hopelessness.
It hurts to feel alone or feel like you are outcast or that perhaps you don't fit in or that you don't belong. It hurts when people would rather talk with someone else than they would like to talk to you.
<br /><br />"One day you will prove to them all that they were wrong and God will prove to you that he was right about you all along."
Now what do I mean by that? Well if you know your heart and that you are striving to be 'pure of heart' then you have no need to fear. God doesn't need permission by any of your ward members to allow your entry into heaven, PERIOD!
<br /><br />Turn to the Book of Mormon with me to "Jacob Chapter 3:1-2 and read the following:
<br /><br /><i>1 But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in heart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions, and he will plead your cause, and send down justice upon those who seek your destruction.
2 O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads and receive the pleasing word of God, and feast upon his love; for ye may, if your minds are firm, forever.</i>
<br /><br />Are people really just sometimes acting like jerks? Possibly. We don't know their past or their upbringing. If you dare, ask them some questions to find out more about them. It is often revealing to discover just how it is that they were brought up. Continue in those conversations by stating how you understand a little more about them and thank them for that insight. Then do your best to lock away their secrets. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, right?
<br /><br />I testify to you, brothers and sisters, that it is not part of the natural man to think well of others and no matter what society you are brought up in, people are taught to shun that which they do not understand and we as a human race are not very teachable when it comes to how one ought to be treated and how to treat one another plain and simple. Judge not lest ye be judge. If you feel that you have been ostracized or ignored or loved less than what you are deserving of then join the club. People do have their favorites. It's also human nature...it's also ugly.
<br /><br />There's really very little we can do about this looming plague over those who are members of the church as it is also a plague upon humanity. Wards may have the same attendance percentages and similar rosters of like-minded people for many o quarterly reports. Your Elders quorum presidents will cite Home Teaching numbers and about reactivity and perhaps one soul or two will find his way through the labyrinth and regain his zeal for obedience to the Lord's commandments and begin to once again strive towards the heavenly goal while moving on up in the straight and narrow path. One day, my brothers and sisters, you WILL prove to the world that they were wrong about you but only if you have the intestinal fortitude to say this: I have ONE being that I need to be faithful to above all and that is faithful to the Lord and savior, Jesus Christ, first and foremost. Then you have a responsibility to your family and those you have stewardship over. (Including your home teaching families and those who are recipients of your service included within your church responsibilities and callings.)
The important thing to know is that God loves you. You do NOT NEED the approval or fellowship of ward membership. I personally have not had my worthiness come into question by the bishop enough to talk with him about anything however I assume that it is possible where my own behavior may have gotten me into trouble. I am a bit 'boorish by nature' and being thus endowed (also described as being a bull in a china shop) I may have done, said or behaved after a manner which could have been offensive towards others. Que sera sera.
<br /><br />Brothers and sisters, do also as Jacob suggests that we do at the end of his record by 'being wise' as well as humble. Charity faileth not and he who is possessor of charity, at the last day, will have so much more the advantage over the brother who chose to participate in gossip or 1-upsmanship or any other behavior that signifies, "I am better than you because..." and perhaps they've got a full laundry list of GOOD and VALID reasons as to why they are better than you! Believe NONE of them. They may or may NOT have made better choices than you but if one of their choices was to think himself or herself as better than you, then they've got something wrong for 'all are alike unto God and God is no respecter of persons.
God will not hold a sword over your neck with a vengeance. Jesus Christ will have compassion on they who have compassion on others. One day, not only will every 'knee bow and tongue confess' but part of this confession is where people will come to you and plead for your forgiveness on how you were treated. They will not need this forgiveness for their own entry into heaven for Jesus Christ has ALREADY paid the ultimate price and providing for us our atonement assured.
<br /><br />Some gossip is founded on truth, on partial truths and upon lies. The best way not to participate in gossip in your wards is to set the example. For example, if a new person comes into the ward and you've had the chance to talk with them and fellowship with them, then count your blessings if they are potentially one of your future, enduring friends. However, if another ward member decides to ask you questions about them, simply say this, "I don't know much about those guys so you'll have to go and talk with them yourself." Shift the responsibility of 'getting to know a new ward member' onto their shoulder because it is not up to you to do so.
If they have something opinionated to say about them or perhaps they want you to agree on their assessments about them, then I suggest to you that you do one of the following: Excuse yourself from the conversation by politely saying, "I don't know enough about them to have an opinion about the matter." or simply say, "Well I suppose that's one way that someone could see them as being..." but reserve the right to get to know them yourself.
<br /><br />Brothers and Sisters... I testify to you that God loves us and he is keenly aware of how we're being treated or how others may have perceived or continue to perceive us as being. The important thing, above all others, is that you trust in the Lord. He will set things right and if at ALL necessary, he will send down justice upon those who seek your discomforts and want you to feel less than worthy. God teaches patience and he teaches humility. People will come up to you, in your lifetime, and tell you that they are sorry. Forgive them frankly and receive them as one of your friends wholeheartedly for you must... if you want to be numbered among they who are blessed of the Father in the last day.
<br /><br />I write these things and do so in the name of Jesus Christ, my redeemer, amen.
Below: This was my rant but I decided to start over. If you enjoy reading and getting more in depth with the way I view the world, then read this unedited rant below. Otherwise, the article is done.
<br /><br />You decided to come back to church for the first time in forever and/or possibly you've been there for a while and haven't found your crowd. People go about their business and hustle off to class and yet, something feels missing. There hasn't been any fellowship. You sense something is missing but you just can't put your finger on it. It is my hope to write but a few words that if taken in the proper spirit can help save you from a downward spiral that could lead to bitterness and further inactivity and disenfranchisement from the church.
For all of those who have felt lonely or outcast or for those who didn't feel like they belong, then perhaps this message is for you.
A week or so goes by, and you begin to talk with someone at a mutual activity and their conversations with you are robotic and brief until you politely excuse yourself to then see that same ward member strike it up with one of their buddies giving handshakes with gusto and happiness.
"What just happened?" you ask yourself. Did my breath offend? Did I let my hair go a bit too long before cutting it? Have I done something to offend the flock and I now begin to feel ostracized because perhaps something has been said concerning you either real or perceived that may or not be true?
I have been the member of a ward for some time now and perhaps part of this is an editorial but in the end, or in the blog, I'd like to possibly answer some of those burning questions that I sometimes ask myself by also being the member of a ward family. We sure are an assortment of many different personalities both positive and negative.
Before I begin making assumptions and then concocting solutions for assumptions both real or imagined, let me just clear the air and spell this one out for you clear as crystal. Gossip and judgment happens in the church PERIOD! Cliques are formed and judgments are made about you as to where you ought to belong. It's just human nature. It's not your fault or theirs, it's just how we are naturally bred to be. Even in the book of Mormon, it is discovered how the people would divide themselves into classes. If you want a fantastic read about Mormon's understanding on how the latter days would look like, then<i> 4th Nephi</i> is a very good read. It talks a lot about this.
Now Mr LDSLIFE, you might be guilty of passing judgment upon others...beware on how you judge...and the measure in which you judge shall be added unto you etc etc... I get that. This is why I wish to tread somewhat carefully on the subject because whether I have all rhyme and reason or not, it seemeth me good to at least elaborate on my own experiences and then we'll let history decide whether they be of truth or may they be from out of my own imaginations.
So once again, for all of those who have felt lonely or outcast or for those who didn't feel like they belong, then perhaps this message is for you and I believe that it is paramount that you read these words before considering to spend any length of time apart from coming to church and apart from renewing the covenant that you made with the Lord in being baptized because above all else, this must be observed. (I will explain a bit more what I mean by this below.)TheLdsLife Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12818711735479771133noreply@blogger.com0