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Portrayal of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce (Braveheart, 1995)
TO KINDRED SAINTS Among Josephite, Brighamite, Rigdonite-bickertonite, Hedrickite, Fettingite, strangite, cutlerite, AND all restoration branches of the church OF CHRIST - the dispersed of zion:
We seek here in the spirit
of reunion, a new correspondence with our Brothers and Sisters...Saints who know and worship the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior and Redeemer—the Eternal God; who manifest in their words and works the justice of the Father, the mercy of the Son, and the power of the Holy Ghost. Saints who receive Joseph Smith, Jr., as choice Prophet, Seer, Revelator and Translator to this generation; who embrace the Prophet's early visions and visitations, his divine commission to translate the Book of Mormon, his reception of holy priesthoods between 1829-1831, his organization of the Church of Christ in 1830, and the continuation of the blessings of God to him according to his faithfulness. Saints baptized unto repentance and reborn in the Spirit, ordained to a holy priesthood as appointed, and consecrated to offices of service among their several branches; who trace regular lines of authority by the laying on of hands through the Prophet Joseph Smith and those appointed to the ministry with him. Saints who bear testimony of the Book of Mormon as the revealed word of God and worthy companion scripture to the Inspired Version of the Holy Bible; which correct translations of scripture constitute the fullness of the Gospel of Christ. Saints who accept the practical revelations and communications published openly to the Church by the Prophet Joseph and his associates in the Presidency of the High Priesthood, in particular those ratified by the common consent of the Church prior to the 1838 dispersion of Zion: to include the Book of Commandments - 1833 Ed. and the Doctrine and Covenants - 1835 Ed. Saints who reject the practice of plural marriage as contrary to the standing "Law of the Church" revealed in 1831 (Book of Commandments - 1833 Ed., Ch. 44:21-23; Doctrine and Covenants - 1835 Ed., Sec. 13:7; Doctrine and Covenants - Current LDS Ed., Sec. 42:21-26; Doctrine and Covenants - RLDS Restoration Branch Ed., Sec. 42:7c-e); the "Article on Marriage" ratified in the conference of 1835 (Doctrine and Covenants - 1835 Ed., Sec. 101; Doctrine and Covenants - RLDS Restoration Branch Ed., Sec. 111); the admonitions of Jacob in the Book of Mormon (Jacob 2:23-28); and all published sworn statements of Church leadership prior to the 1844 deaths of the Prophets. Saints who reject the practices of loyalty oaths and mysterious rites with penalties of violence akin to the secret combinations of old (Inspired Version of the Holy Bible - RLDS Restoration Branch Ed, Genesis 5:14-39; Pearl of Great Price - Current LDS Ed., Moses 5:29-51); such oaths being contrary to the open fellowship of the Gospel advocated by Christ (Matthew 5:33-47), the warnings of the Book of Mormon prophets to the Gentile Church (2 Nephi 26:21-22; Mormon 8:25-28; Ether 8:13-24), and the communal nature of temple worship first affirmed by Divine manifestations in this dispensation (Temple Dedicatory Prayer by the Prophet Joseph Smith at Kirtland, Ohio, March 27, 1836; Doctrine and Covenants - Current LDS Ed., Sec. 109:24-29). Saints who seek the Baptism of Fire, Second Comforter, and Sealing spoken of in Holy Scripture (Luke 3:16; John 6:26-27; John 14:15-23; Ephesians 1:12-14; Ephesians 4:30-32; 2 Timothy 2:19; 2 Nephi 31:13-14; Helaman 5:42-47; 3 Nephi 12:1-2; Mosiah 5:15; Doctrine and Covenants - 1835 Ed., Sec. 7:1-2; Doctrine and Covenants - Current LDS Ed., Sec. 88:1-5; Doctrine and Covenants - RLDS Restoration Branch Ed., Sec. 85:1a-2a). Saints who exercise faith in the name of Jesus Christ to minister healing, providence, and peace to the souls, families, and communities in their midst; who labor in earnest to re-establish the Zion of our God.
To THE Descendants of INDIGENOUS PEOPLES of THE AmericaS—heirs to the covenants of God recorded in the book of Mormon;
To the seed of judah and dispersed tribes of Israel who seek the Messiah—heirs to the covenants of God recorded in the torah; To the pure in heart OF THE GENTILE CHURCH who wait upon the lord: LET US UNITE. |
Monday, March 5, 2018
UNITE THE CLANS!
Friday, January 5, 2018
WHO WILL ESTABLISH ZION?
The Book of Mormon, as recorded in 3 Nephi 21:22-28, describes a collaboration of no less than four distinct bodies (#1,3,4,5) ordained to establish Zion upon the North American Continent TOGETHER; while various Gentile powers (#2, 6) strive to oppose them:
"12 And MY PEOPLE WHO ARE A REMNANT OF JACOB shall be among THE GENTILES, yea, in the midst of THEM as A LION among THE BEASTS OF THE FOREST, as A YOUNG LION among THE FLOCKS OF SHEEP, who, if HE go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
13 THEIR HAND shall be lifted up upon THEIR ADVERSARIES, and all THEIR ENEMIES shall be cut off.
14 Yea, wo be unto THE GENTILES except they repent; for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off THY HORSES out of the midst of THEE, and I will destroy THY CHARIOTS;
15 And I will cut off THE CITIES OF THY LAND, and throw down ALL THY STRONGHOLDS;
16 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of THY LAND, and THOU shalt have no more soothsayers;
17 THY GRAVEN IMAGES I will also cut off, and THY STANDING IMAGES out of the midst of THEE, and THOU shalt no more worship THE WORKS OF THY HANDS;
18 And I will pluck up THY GROVES out of the midst of THEE; so will I destroy THY CITIES.
19 And it shall come to pass that all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, shall be done away.
20 For it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that at that day WHOSOEVER will not repent and come unto my Beloved Son, THEM will I cut off from among MY PEOPLE, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL;
21 And I will execute vengeance and fury upon THEM, even as upon THE HEATHEN, such as THEY have not heard.
22 But if THEY will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not THEIR HEARTS, I will establish MY CHURCH among THEM, and THEY shall come in unto the covenant and be numbered among THIS THE REMNANT OF JACOB, UNTO WHOM I HAVE GIVEN THIS LAND FOR THEIR INHERITANCE;
23 And THEY shall assist MY PEOPLE, THE REMNANT OF JACOB, and also AS MANY OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AS SHALL COME, that THEY may build a city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem.
24 And then shall THEY assist MY PEOPLE that they may be gathered in, WHO ARE SCATTERED UPON ALL THE FACE OF THE LAND, in unto the New Jerusalem.
25 And then shall the power of heaven come down among THEM; and I also will be in the midst.
26 And then shall the work of the Father commence at that day, even when this gospel shall be preached among THE REMNANT OF THIS PEOPLE. Verily I say unto you, at that day shall the work of the Father commence among ALL THE DISPERSED OF MY PEOPLE, yeah, EVEN THE TRIBES WHICH HAVE BEEN LOST, WHICH THE FATHER HATH LED AWAY OUT OF JERUSALEM.
27 Yea, the work shall commence among ALL THE DISPERSED OF MY PEOPLE, with the Father to prepare the way whereby THEY may come unto me, that THEY may call on the Father in my name.
28 Yea, and then shall the work commence, with the Father among ALL NATIONS in preparing the way whereby HIS PEOPLE may be gathered home to the land of their inheritance.”
I welcome an open critique of my analyses, and do not represent my personal application of scripture as definitive for any other person.
1. THE REMNANT OF JACOB--'THIS' PEOPLE UNTO WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN 'THIS' LAND FOR AN INHERITANCE--THE SEED OF LEHI.
2. THE GENTILES UPON THIS LAND NOT NUMBERED AMONG THE REMNANT OF JACOB, THE CHURCH OF GOD, THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, OR THE DISPERSED OF GOD'S PEOPLE.
3. THE CHURCH OF GOD--WHOSOEVER WILL REPENT, COME UNTO THE SON OF GOD, ESCAPE VENGEANCE AND FURY, HEARKEN TO GOD'S WORD, HARDEN NOT THEIR HEARTS, ESTABLISH THE CHURCH OF GOD AMONG THEM, COME UNTO THE COVENANT, AND BE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO RECEIVE THEIR INHERITANCE IN THIS LAND.
4. THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL--TO INCLUDE THE TRIBES OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN, WHICH ALONE RETAINED IDENTITIES AS A DISTINCT PEOPLE, OR COMBINED 'HOUSE' AFTER THE DISPERSION OF THE LOST TRIBES. JUDAH WAS APPOINTED TO CARRY THE SCEPTOR (GEN. 49:9-10) AND BENJAMIN (MEANING 'SON OF MY RIGHT HAND') WAS THE ONLY SON OF JACOB BORN AFTER THE LORD RENAMED HIM ISRAEL.
5. ALL THE DISPERSED OF GOD'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SCATTERED UPON ALL THE FACE OF THE LAND--TO INCLUDE THE LOST TRIBES WHICH HAVE BEEN LEAD OUT OF JERUSALEM AND (BY INTENT OF THE WORD, "ALL") THE DISPERSED OF LATTER-DAY ZION.
6. ALL NATIONS.
2. THE GENTILES UPON THIS LAND NOT NUMBERED AMONG THE REMNANT OF JACOB, THE CHURCH OF GOD, THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, OR THE DISPERSED OF GOD'S PEOPLE.
3. THE CHURCH OF GOD--WHOSOEVER WILL REPENT, COME UNTO THE SON OF GOD, ESCAPE VENGEANCE AND FURY, HEARKEN TO GOD'S WORD, HARDEN NOT THEIR HEARTS, ESTABLISH THE CHURCH OF GOD AMONG THEM, COME UNTO THE COVENANT, AND BE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO RECEIVE THEIR INHERITANCE IN THIS LAND.
4. THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL--TO INCLUDE THE TRIBES OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN, WHICH ALONE RETAINED IDENTITIES AS A DISTINCT PEOPLE, OR COMBINED 'HOUSE' AFTER THE DISPERSION OF THE LOST TRIBES. JUDAH WAS APPOINTED TO CARRY THE SCEPTOR (GEN. 49:9-10) AND BENJAMIN (MEANING 'SON OF MY RIGHT HAND') WAS THE ONLY SON OF JACOB BORN AFTER THE LORD RENAMED HIM ISRAEL.
5. ALL THE DISPERSED OF GOD'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SCATTERED UPON ALL THE FACE OF THE LAND--TO INCLUDE THE LOST TRIBES WHICH HAVE BEEN LEAD OUT OF JERUSALEM AND (BY INTENT OF THE WORD, "ALL") THE DISPERSED OF LATTER-DAY ZION.
6. ALL NATIONS.
"12 And MY PEOPLE WHO ARE A REMNANT OF JACOB shall be among THE GENTILES, yea, in the midst of THEM as A LION among THE BEASTS OF THE FOREST, as A YOUNG LION among THE FLOCKS OF SHEEP, who, if HE go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
13 THEIR HAND shall be lifted up upon THEIR ADVERSARIES, and all THEIR ENEMIES shall be cut off.
14 Yea, wo be unto THE GENTILES except they repent; for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off THY HORSES out of the midst of THEE, and I will destroy THY CHARIOTS;
15 And I will cut off THE CITIES OF THY LAND, and throw down ALL THY STRONGHOLDS;
16 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of THY LAND, and THOU shalt have no more soothsayers;
17 THY GRAVEN IMAGES I will also cut off, and THY STANDING IMAGES out of the midst of THEE, and THOU shalt no more worship THE WORKS OF THY HANDS;
18 And I will pluck up THY GROVES out of the midst of THEE; so will I destroy THY CITIES.
19 And it shall come to pass that all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, shall be done away.
20 For it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that at that day WHOSOEVER will not repent and come unto my Beloved Son, THEM will I cut off from among MY PEOPLE, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL;
21 And I will execute vengeance and fury upon THEM, even as upon THE HEATHEN, such as THEY have not heard.
22 But if THEY will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not THEIR HEARTS, I will establish MY CHURCH among THEM, and THEY shall come in unto the covenant and be numbered among THIS THE REMNANT OF JACOB, UNTO WHOM I HAVE GIVEN THIS LAND FOR THEIR INHERITANCE;
23 And THEY shall assist MY PEOPLE, THE REMNANT OF JACOB, and also AS MANY OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AS SHALL COME, that THEY may build a city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem.
24 And then shall THEY assist MY PEOPLE that they may be gathered in, WHO ARE SCATTERED UPON ALL THE FACE OF THE LAND, in unto the New Jerusalem.
25 And then shall the power of heaven come down among THEM; and I also will be in the midst.
26 And then shall the work of the Father commence at that day, even when this gospel shall be preached among THE REMNANT OF THIS PEOPLE. Verily I say unto you, at that day shall the work of the Father commence among ALL THE DISPERSED OF MY PEOPLE, yeah, EVEN THE TRIBES WHICH HAVE BEEN LOST, WHICH THE FATHER HATH LED AWAY OUT OF JERUSALEM.
27 Yea, the work shall commence among ALL THE DISPERSED OF MY PEOPLE, with the Father to prepare the way whereby THEY may come unto me, that THEY may call on the Father in my name.
28 Yea, and then shall the work commence, with the Father among ALL NATIONS in preparing the way whereby HIS PEOPLE may be gathered home to the land of their inheritance.”
I welcome an open critique of my analyses, and do not represent my personal application of scripture as definitive for any other person.
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