Jehovah-God the Father

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October 31, 2009

Again, from my flawed paradigm to yours…

The Word “Jehovah” is really a misnomer in and of itself.  The Scriptures (hebrew) never use that term.  The term “YHWH” was the name of God, no vowels in the Hebrew.  They didn’t use that word though, it being Holy, instead they said “Adonai”, since it is somehow better.  :-)     Since they didn’t use the real word for God out loud (“YHWH”), it’s true pronunciation was eventually not passed down.    Than, like many other things, the Catholics mixed human ideas with Gods name;

The misreading of the text to form the word “Jehovah” is usually traced to Petrus Galatinus, confessor to Pope Leo X, who in 1518 AD transliterated the four Hebrew letters with the Latin letters JHWH together with the vowels of Adonai, producing the artificial form “Jehovah.” (This confused usage may, however, have begun as early as 1100 AD). (“Yahweh,” Anchor Bible Dictionary, vol. 6, 1011)

We use it so much because the Translators of the Kings James version translated the Word “YHWH”, the Name of God the father, into Jehovah, or into LORD all caps.  This was an error in and of itself, but it’ll do.

But the point is, “YHWH” to Israel was the God of the Earth, God the Father.  YHWH was and is the God of Israel.  The Holy one of Israel, the Lord of Hosts, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  But, YHWH to them is God the Father, the God of heaven and earth, not the Son.  They worshipped and prayed to God the Father.  If we say that their God was Jesus (in a sense yes, but meaning the president of the earth), than they worshiped a different God than us!  Even Christ commanded us to pray to the Father, in Jesus Name.

But, using a correct reading of the Hebrew we get this verse:

The LORD (YHWH or Jehovah) said unto my Lord (Jesus Christ the Mediator of the covenant), Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (Psalms 110:1)

The argument doesn’t stop there, as the Leaders of the early church understood this mistake.  They knew and worshipped Jehovah and bowed at the feet of His son.  They taught openly who the God of the Old testament was:

“They will come up tribe by tribe, and the Ancient of Days, He who led Abraham and talked to Noah, Enoch, Isaac, and Jacob, that very Being will come and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.” (Brigham Young, J of D. 11:327)

“President Brigham Young yet another time said, “Who commanded Abraham to sacrifice Isaac? who is that God? He is my Father . . . your Father. We are His offspring.” (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 8:236)

In 1841 with Joseph at the Helm of the church the First presidency released a statement of belief to the public in the times and Seasons.  The first line of the statement read, “We believe in God the Father, who is the Great Jehovah and head of all things, and that Christ is the Son of God, co-eternal with the Father.”(Times & Seasons 3:358).  Several years later in another official release Brigham stated, ““Jehovah God,Thou Eloheim-Thy Son Jesus Christ (BYA, 4 Aug 1867)“.  After that John Taylor, then president of the church in hiding for his beliefs, penned a hymn for the church to sing, in it was the line, “Jehovah, God the Father is one / Another His Eternal Son (Sacred Hymns #262)“.  Even well into this century the doctrine remained as David O. McKay declared, “Jehovah and his Son, Jesus.(1 July 1961, Church News)“, though by that time confused.

I find it intriguing that the one person who was closest to the Savior, to the veil and God himself (Joseph) never once identified Jesus as Jehovah, though he did several times speak of him as the God the father of heaven and earth.

In some 256 references to Elohim and Jehovah and the God of the Old Testament, in the Journal of Discourses (representing sermons of many of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve), the title Jehovah is only specifically applied to Jesus once. This occurred in 1885, when the new doctrine identifying Jesus as Jehovah was just beginning to be developed, and then by Franklin D. Richards, not the president or prophet at the time.  All other times it referred to Jehovah as the great eternal god, The father of humanity.

Another interesting evidence which shows that the early Saints didn’t relate Jehovah as being Christ, is the first doctrinal compendium on Mormon belief, entitled “A Compendium of the Faith and Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” This was compiled by Apostle Frederick D. Richards in 1857 (intriguingly the same guy who many years later gave Jesus the term Jehovah). It has a section within it, on page 150, that is entitled “The Names, Titles and Characters Given to Jesus.” and it lists some 50 titles that apply to Jesus. The name “Jehovah” is not found within those titles. The Millennial Star, Orson and Parley Pratt, Daniel Wells, and many others all made the same distinction… evidence enough to show that in the eyes of the leaders of the Church, many of whom testified to having met the Savior, Jehovah is not Jesus Christ, but is in fact one and the same person as our Heavenly Father.

Even the contemporaries of Jesus, in several instances, referred the God of the Old Testament talking about His Son, Jesus.  For instance, in psalms 2:7 we read, “ I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.“  Lest we think this is talking of the author of Psalms, Paul Identifies this Begotten Son as Christ in Hebrew 1:5, showing that He was the Lord’s (YHWH) Son.

Joseph in reading Exodus redid a verse to make it read like this, “For thou shalt worship no other god; for the Lord, whose name is Jehovah, is a jealous God. (JST Exodus 34:14)“   Again, the original version uses the word YHWH in the place of Lord here, meaning God the Father of all Israel.  And that God is the only God whom we worship.

The Old testament refers to God in this fashion through out.  The scriptures speak for themselves on this issue. They talk of “the LORD [Jehovah], the God of the spirits of all flesh,†(Numbers 27:16) that we “are the children of the LORD [Jehovah]†(Deuteronomy 14:1) and that He “giveth breath unto the people†upon the earth “and spirit to them that walketh therein†(Isaiah 42:5) as He “formeth the spirit of man within Him.†(Zechariah 12:1)

“Most Latter-Day Saints do not realize how often the names Elohim and Jehovah
appear in the Old Testament because they have been translated from Hebrew into
English. Elohim occurs 2,570 times and is closely related to El, which occurs
some 238 times. Jehovah (YHWH) is by far the most frequently used Hebrew name for God
in the Old Testament, occurring some 6,823 times. King James translators
translated Elohim and El as “God” and Jehovah as “LORD,” (all caps) and used
“Lord” for the Hebrew Adonai, which Hebrew biblical editors often substituted
for Jehovah in the prophetic books out of respect for the divine name…
…Depending upon the intentions of the author, God may be referred to as
Elohim, Jehovah, or Jehovah-Elohim… Jehovah is the personal name of Israel’s
God as revealed to Moses and hence is never used in a plural sense or ever
designates anyone but Israel’s God. (Boyd Kirkland. Elohim and Jehovah in
Mormonism and the Bible. Dialogue. Vol.19, No.1. p.79)

Sticking with that theme of Moses’ God, Joseph uttered this prayer;

“…O Thou, who seest and knowest the hearts of all men – Thou eternal,
omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent Jehovah – God – Thou Eloheim, that
sittest, as saith the Psalmist, “enthroned in heaven,” look down upon Thy
servant Joseph at this time; and let faith on the name of Thy Son Jesus Christ,
to a greater degree than Thy servant ever yet has enjoyed, be conferred upon
him…”(Joseph Smith. History of the Church. Vol.5. p.127)

The Contrast

To offer intriguing contrast to Joesph and Brigham who referred repeatedly to Jehovah as the Father and God or Holy one of Israel, here are a couple of quotes from the last 100 years;

“Jesus Christ was and is Jehovah, the God of Adam and of Noah, the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of Israel, the God at whose instance the
prophets of the ages have spoken, the God of all nations, and He who shall yet
reign on earth as King of kings and Lord of lords.” (James E. Talmage, Jesus the
Christ. p.4)
“We claim the scriptural authority (WHAT SCRIPTURES?) for the assertion that Jesus Christ was and
is God the Creator, the God who revealed Himself to Adam, Enoch, and all the
antediluvial patriarchs and prophets down to Noah; the God of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob; the God of Israel as a united people, and the God of Epraim and Judah
after the disruption of the Hebrew nation; the God who made Himself known to the
prophets from Moses to Malachi; the God of the Old Testament record; and the God
of the Nephites. We affirm that Jesus Christ was, and is Jehovah, the Eternal
One.”
“Christ is Jehovah; they are one and the same person.” (Bruce R. McConkie.
Mormon Doctrine. p.392)


Though President McConkie stated the above remark he also said, “True religion consists in worshiping the Father, in the name of the Son, by the power of the Holy Ghost. Such was the case with Israel of old in the days of their enlightenment.” (Bruce R. McConkie. The Millenial Messiah.p.196) Again, if we are going to say that we worship the same God as Israel, we cannot say that they worshipped Christ and we worship His father.

For anybody interested in seeing the intricacies of the biblical texts in more depth, “Elohim and Jehovah in Mormonism and the  Bible” by Boyd Kirtland (Dialogue 19:1) is a must!  As a conclusion to that HUGE study he wrote;

“Whatever argument is possible for the current LDS definitions of Elohim and
Jehovah from Mormon sources, it must be admitted that these definitions do not
accord with the biblical usage of those terms. Apologists aware of this problem
have been forced to conclude that the entire biblical record as we now have it
has been so systematically corrupted and edited through the centuries, that all
indications of a theology more in conformity with current Mormon definitions has
been obliterated.” (Dialogue 19:1)

People may think that by compiling and writing this I am doing our Savior a disservice, discrediting Him if you will.  On the contrary.  The hope for eternal life is to know God the Eternal Father and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.  If that be the case, it is essential that we not confuse their roles.  That we ascribe the things to the Father and the Son that are theirs.  Otherwise there is no understanding, there is no knowledge, only distraction from the true course.  Jesus Christ is My Lord and my Savior.  He lived and died to pay the debt required, so that I might be cleansed through His holy calling and return to see the Father.  HE is the Mediator of the Covenant.  He came to Joseph and Moses to announce that covenant.  However, he did so as the foremost Servant of YHWH.  He speaks in the Name of Jehovah, with the voice of Jehovah.

Jehovah (the Father of our spirits-Michael) to us had a Father, who was His Jehovah, and the LORD of the creation.

Shalom!  Dan

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Rote Law, conformity to lists…

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October 28, 2009

As I was driving the very snowy streets of town today I pondered something that I wanted to say a quick word on here.  Just a rant if you will indulge me:

Passing a questionnaire, a list of worthiness obligations, is incredibly similar the Pharisaic law of rote obedience based on certain laws that must be kept.  It’s odd to me that we would feel compelled to adopt such a list in order to gauge temple worthiness.  Revelation seems like a better alternative?  I think that’s a better alternative for Priesthood advancement too.  In the scriptures if men can’t be found who have received these priesthoods than allowances are made and an order is established as to who will lead.  It doesn’t instruct us to promote people to callings based on need.  The administration of priesthood today though is a bit different than in Josephs day.

Isn’t using a list of questions and answers an odd way to establish worthiness?  I wonder if this has a type elsewhere…

Especially the Temple recommend questions (I do hold a recommend).  Here’s why i ask, I’ll point out a few inconsistencies that I have with the questions.  When I have asked these to people, and have been asked them myself, they 9the questions) seem to really shoot past the mark.  An agenda might easily be seen:
hypothetically;

My worthiness to enter the temple is based on whether or I not I can sustain other men in their callings.  Its based on whether or not I think they are exercising keys.  Its based on their seership (greatest gift), Prophecy and revelation, none of which I have evidence of in my hand.  Its based on their worthiness than, to do those things.  If they are not acting well within the calling, can I say I sustain them in their actions?  If not, than should that keep me out of the temple, even If I am striving personally to do so?  this particular question is the lengthiest, containing 3 small questions in it.   with all the quorums of seventy, etc… one must paint a really broad stroke in order to make sure that we can sustain all of them.  History has shown that many of them have been ex’d…  and the things not being punished are more sinister.

One of the questions is whether or not we keep our temple covenants.   Who here can raise their hand and say they are keeping the law of consecration, the law of sacrifice, the law of the gospel and are giving all their time talents and energy to the building of the kingdom of god and the establishment of Zion? Do we even know what that means (rhetorically as a people)?  If you are tell me where, so i can come and join you.
It is also inferred that we have covenanted to go to all our meetings.  Not sure when I did that or why that is a perogative to enter the house of the Lord.  Jesus skipped a ton of meetings, in fact he was kicked out of them when he went.  He went on extended forays into the wilderness, including on the sabbath no less.

One of the questions is whether we keep the WoW…Though the definition used for the sake of measurement is not inline with what the WoW in the scripture states, and it was given not by way of commandment.  A few things have been added to that definition too that are not in scripture.  Which WoW are we keeping?  the modern one or the scriptural one?

question 7 on whether or not we support or agree with anything contrary to the churches official standing is punishing based on belief.  Again, Joseph told us Mormonism does not do that.  Its oppression.

One of the questions refers to child or spousal support, decided by the state.  We must conform to the Gov’ts edict to enter the temple.  In fact, i know a guy, whom I helped to teach, who was denied being baptized because he was on probation.  He was on probation until he paid a HUGE debt ($50,000) that his exgirlfriend had racked up on his credit card to get even with him.  He never did anything wrong that he would have to repent of, but because the state put him on probation until that monetary debt was paid, the mission president decided he could not get baptized.  And this was one of the rare time when conversion was real.  Ye scribes and pharisees…

Questions 1-3 and 15 should be sufficient, no?

1 Do you have faith in and a testimony of God the Eternal Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost?
2 Do you have a testimony of the Atonement of Christ and of His role as Savior and Redeemer?
3 Do you have a testimony of the restoration of the gospel in these the latter days?
15 Do you consider yourself worthy to enter the Lord’s house and participate in temple ordinances?

than base the decisions on the spirit of your answer.

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the Poor must pay to enter

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October 25, 2009

In what has become one of the more discussed and pondered events of the Lords life, he set those worshiping in the temple straight through the use of force and command.  The moment offers a strong contrast to the rest of our Saviors life of passive and peaceful resistance in the face of strong persecution.  The fact that he did act in that way draws the question, what was worthy of that display?  What was the nature of the problem He there faced?

For perhaps a slightly different view on the moment, let’s ponder the event for a moment.  In what was likely the court of the Gentiles at the temple the people had set up stations for men to come to and by animals for the use of worship at the temple.  Doves and others livestock were offered for sell there.  what was the purpose?  It was likely for the poor who had not the ability to own livestock themselves and for the traveler who came without livestock to worship.  The Livestock were offered as means of proxy for the sins of the individual.  Without the livestock worship in the temple by covenant people could not be fully realized.  The offering of a future sacrificial animal to the people allowed all to be able to come and to worship regardless of situation.  Money was used there too for the exchange, and a profit was no doubt made by the temple in the process.

Today a similar story is told.  We enter the temple to offer proxy sacrifice.  We are required while there to wear certain clothing.  It make sense that we should be required to wear white, it being an obvious symbol of purity.  Everyone wears the same clothing, kind of.  In reality there are slacks, designer white shirts, plain old cotton pants, fancy dresses and plain, normal stockings and decorated, simple moccasin like slippers and name brand shoes.  Obviously some temple clothes are better than others.  As the most obvious addition of culture Babylonian standard mixed into our temple attire we can see the ties that men are required to wear.  You must have a tie to worship in the temple.  It sounds amazing enough to suggest that a person needs one to pass the sacrament, but you won’t see a man in the temple without a tie, and many of them have nice suits to go with it.  All in pure white.

For some though, its not that easy.  Not everyone owns temple clothing.  I personally know several people who cannot afford to buy clothing specific  to temple worship.  It could be said that if they sacrificed a bit, and tried, they would be able to afford it.  But that’s beside the point.  Also, there are times and people, I know I am one of them, that folks who travel a good distance to a temple get there and realize they forget their temple clothes.  I’ve done this several times.  For the poor and the forgetful the temple offers a handy service.  In order to worship at the temple, in order to offer your proxy sacrifice, you can for a small sum rent clothing from the temple for the days service.  After all, it is as it should be, you can have anything in this world for money.

Isn’t this incredible?  the two, that of the saviors time and our now, are very similar.  In order to offer sacrifice in proxy at the temple, certain things are required and those things are provided for a small price right there within the walls of the temple.  Surely this vast church corporation could afford to have clothing to rent for free for the same purpose.  Do we really need to tax the people who enter?  Are the things of Caesar really welcome in the temple?  or do they provide a moment of Babylonian businees, of building up the things of the world, before being allowed to enter the house of Lord?

5 For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

6If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

7Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

10And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.

(Jer 7:5-11)

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The giving of sacred things…

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October 23, 2009

On a snowy November day a couple of years ago I found myself sitting in the Denver temple chapel, waiting for a session.  I had just missed the session now going and so had to practice patience in anticipation of the Endowment.  Just prior to renting clothes (once again forgetting my money)  dressing and entering the chapel, I had been approached by an overly zealous woman who possessed about twice my girth and energy. She needed ‘males’ to do names for her that she had found online.  She was ecstatic that I would and went on about how this would allow her to get so many more ‘names’ through.  ‘Chalk that one up in heaven’, I thought to myself.  Than continued on to my worship.

So, here I am alone in the chapel and felt it a good time to meditate.  I did and was shortly asked to open the scriptures.  I did that, and opened to section 84.  I read the whole section with a couple small insights but nothing revelatory, turned the page and read the next chapter.  Section 85 and 86 give me the willies because of their parallelism and prophecy of our times, so turning that page felt ominous.  The Lord did indeed share something with me, not at all what I expected, and it permanently grounded me in the need to worship, not perform acts.  I’ll discuss what the Lord illustrated to me in a sec, but first, lets go back to Nephite times…

If there is any single type that I pay especial attention to in the BoM its the existence and downfall of the Established church organizations contained therein.  Instructive to us is the story of the church which Christ established, as it was after the Law of Moses was fulfilled and when Apostles were called.

In verse 27 of Fourth Nehpi the people were beginning their full scale falling away from the truth.  They were building churches at a record rate, growing in numbers.  They had just recently gotten rid of consecration and were dividing into societal classes.  At this stage of the churches existence they, “ did deny the more parts of his gospel, insomuch that they did receive all manner of wickedness, and did administer that which was sacred unto him to whom it had been forbidden because of unworthiness. And this church did multiply exceedingly…”  I have always attributed this to the sacred things we are given in the temple.  However, it could be just as easily applied to any of the ordinances, sacrament, etc… or to Priesthood.  Seeing the easiness of the way today for a child to receive Aaronic Priesthood as a naive lad, get older become a priest and eventually receive the Melchizedek Priesthood, at the age of 18 in preparation for leaving on a mission reminds me of this scripture also.  Its like age is the ladder of worthiness a man must advance-not commitment to covenant and Zion or from revelation.   Also from my understanding of history, not too long ago in Josephs day it took much more to become a member of the Melchizedek Priesthood.  The BoM attests to this too when describing those who receive Melchezidek Priesthood  “on account of their exceeding faith and repentance, and their righteousness before God, they choosing to repent and work righteousness rather than to perish; Therefore they were called after this holy order, and were sanctified, and their garments were washed white through the blood of the Lamb. (alma 13)”  This is not the order of things today.  And to receive both portions of the priesthood endowment took much work too, rather than being flippantly given to every young person who decides they’ll  go on a mission or every one who wants to get married.

The first chapter of Isaiah describes a similar scenario. As always, applying them to us that they be not dead words;

Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.  When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

In the first sentence he refers to OUR God, signifying a covenant relationship with Him.  Isaiah is talking to the leaders of the covenant people and describing the society they live in as Sodom and Gomorrah (who kept not their first estate, but that’s another story-jude 1).  No doubt in MY mind that we the covenant people are living that type of degenerate society today.    He then refers to a bunch of proxy sacrifices that the covenant people are making.  He is obviously not referring to any other culture but our own, as it is us who make temple worship a part of our life today, the covenant people living in Sodom.    We today go to a temple and perform proxy work for the dead. In this verse the reference is to dead animals, all clean-in the temple we do the work for dead people.

The lady in my temple story above is an example of the zeal with which we perform ‘temple work’.  We create long lists of names of people and do as much proxy work as we can as fast as we can.  Modern conveniences of internet, planes, etc… have allowed ‘work’ to be done at a record pace.  It is not uncommon to go to church and hear an Aaronic Priesthood leader brazenly state that “we did baptisms and confirmations for 500 names on Saturday”.  Isaiah tells us in the above verses that the Lord is full of these things and asks us, “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me?”  WHY are you doing this work in this way? We will likely ask, why not?  The purpose for coming to the temple is then stated, “ye come to appear before me”.  But not really, we come with the focus of performing work for the dead, doing names as fast as possible, ‘performing the work’.  He states that this distraction is forcing us to “trample my courts”.  Who hath required this of us?

In the next couple of verses He rails on our constant Sunday meetings, our fast and testimony Sundays and subsequent potluck dinners.  He hammers home the point that we worship for the wrong reasons.  We worship to be seen, to be heard to perform the work.  He tells us he is full of them and can take them no more.  WE are distracted, Idolatrous etc…”Bring no more vain oblations; incense (prayer) is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths (fast and testimony), the calling of assemblies (many meetings), I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting (even the temple!).  Your new moons and your appointed feasts (potlucks break the fast meetings, christmas, thanksgiving, etc..) my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.”

The point of bringing up this section of Isaiah is to discuss the proxy work we do so readily and quickly in temples today.  Our effectiveness is getting better and new programs will aid in the swiftness and efficiency.  However, as the Lord explains above, the multitude with which we do them isn’t necessarily a good thing.  For one thing it is incredibly distracting from the purpose of the temple, which SHOULD be to seek the face of the Lord.  For another it puts the focus of temple worship on the proxy service performed, the dead goat, rather than the miracle of finding God.

Going back to my experience in the Denver temple, sitting there alone in the chapel I read the following lines in section 85:

It is contrary to the will and commandment of God that those who receive not their inheritance by consecration, agreeable to his law, which he has given, that he may tithe his people (consecration is the tithe!), to prepare them against the day of vengeance and burning, should have their names enrolled with the people of God. Neither is their genealogy to be kept, or to be had where it may be found on any of the records or history of the church. Their names shall not be found, neither the names of the fathers, nor the names of the children written in the book of the law of God, saith the Lord of Hosts.

I would have never applied this to temple work had I not had the experience with the zealous lady or had the time alone to ponder in the chapel.  I think the Lord was trying to tell me something on what we have done to temple worship.  We are a distracted bunch of people.  We live idolatrous fast paced lives outside of the temple and have multiplied our genealogies and sacrifices within the temple, bringing our frenzied minds and baggage to worship.  As Isaiah described above, we do it on Sunday and we do it at the temple too and he is weary to bear it.

By doing temple work so fast and for as many people as possible are we not giving sacred things to people who would not have them?  We know for sure at least that we are keeping vast endless genealogies of people who care not for the things of God.   Revelation and honest concern for our family members past would serve us much better than relying on the systems of the arm of flesh to generate lists of people to perform work for.  Than, we would be going to the temple with the salvation in mind of our departed, and seeking the face of the Lord in revelation to aid the work.

Section 85 doesn’t end there, as I have chronicled in past articles.  In the next verse Joseph details his vision of the events surrounding the revelation given by the One Mighty and Strong and the seperation of Gods people it causes.  I find it instructive that the events of the setting in order nearly upon us were brought to Josephs mind in answer to the commandments given in the first half of the section, which tell  us to consecrate ourselves and our people and not keep the names of those who refuse this covenant on our records

Consecration and the inheritances of the saints are to be had in order.  They are to be given by revelation and the priesthood.  By treating them lightly and performing them quickly to whomever, we give the inheritance of the saints to generations of people not prepared for such beautiful burdens.

Lets REPENT!  If we go to the temple lets do it to seek his face, to receive instruction for that cause.  If we go for a person in proxy, let us do it by revelation and seeking the kingdom of God and His Zion by building up righteous kings and priests within that structure.   If we do it by distraction we do as the Nephites did, giving that which is sacred (Zions inheritance and endowment) to those who are unworthy and don’t even want it, as pearls before swine.




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Thrown to the wolves (education in Babylon)

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October 14, 2009
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**Disclaimer: The moral of the following story is not to tell you that you are evil.  IT is not me telling you that the path you are on is wrong.  I have no way of knowing or judging that.  However, it is a commentary on how different things have become.**

If I may start out a bit personal, as this is something I came to understand on a very personal level first, than broadened my views second.  Generally, my testimony on a doctrine grows on a knowledge level first, than turns personal as I apply it to myself.  However, sometimes, as in the following case and the one I shared a couple of blogs ago, we are commanded first to do something we don’t totally get.  Than, later the light is expanded and we understand.

That being said, I am what the world calls a failure.  I am lazy, a quitter.  I won’t measure up to much in the worlds eyes because of my inability to cope with the daily struggles that life throws at us.  I can no longer have any hope of being a “provident provider” for my family of six.  I will always be the normal low life with none of the comforts that God would have blessed me with, had I finished my MBA.  You see, I quit school.


Sometime in my final year of business school, with a 3.0 avg, I hit a serious wall in accounting.  It was a bit frustrating.  I am sure that all students have felt it.  School was my life, with my family suffering big time.  Accounting was killing me, didn’t matter how hard I hit the books it didn’t feel like I’d do better than a C or so.  I just had to hold on till it was all over.  So, I decided to fast about it, that I might get through it, that the Lord would give me the ability to retain what I was reading.  While fasting I started studying again.  Somewhere in between the marketing and accounting a thought  hit me and rang true, very deep.  So deep it really startled me.  The things I was learning were not GOOD things to know.  Meaning, in the battle of Good and Evil.  The accounting was how to properly manage huge sums of money and leverage it in the correct areas.  How to keep meticulous track of every detail, according to some guys past theory, and use that for future success.  The marketing was worse!  Take advantage of your brother in the most efficient way possible, keeping to ‘good’ business ethics.

It was than and there made apparent to me that the things I was totally engrossed in, distracting me to the tune of 50 hours a week from God and family, were exactly the opposite of the one thing I wanted to be a part of when I grew up.  Zion.

Than, in pondering this, I was again hit rather hard with that voice again, telling me to stop school and open the book of mormon.  I did, and while pouring over the book I read Mosiah 2:22;

And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you.

This hit me like a ton of bricks.  I felt commanded to stop what I was doing, and do something else.  Begin your education in Zion.  I did that.  I quit school and now honestly feel that those years spent in the labor of learning the Babylonian marketplace were a huge mistake.  Since that decision The Lord has more than pored out on my head knowledge and desire for Zion, through revelation and angels which understand the scriptures far better than a manual or my own reasoning.  I have the time for my family that I needed and the time to study ponder and be peaceful in my education.  When I was young homeschooling kids were weird.  But now I find that my kids are homeschooling.  For my family, it is something I feel very firm about.  It was first my wife’s idea and she embraced her role as chief educator to an astonishing degree.  She was born to do this.  The Lord has more than blessed us by providently providing for us, as I try to rely on Him in all things.  Since then I have looked into and studied this new paradigm, and have been surprised by what I learned.

First, a thought on the paradigm which Babylon teaches on receiving an education.  The cry we hear is focused toward one day being ‘succesful’ in a vocation, whatever that chosen field may be.  Of course this narrows the education you will receive.   Getting right to it we are told that if we devote enough time, work hard enough, apply ourselves and our minds, manage ourselves well and set clear goals, learn all we can and receive as much higher education as possible, we will be succesful.  How many times have you heard that?  It is taught at every level of our society, from self-help programs to high school.  We even here this over the pulpit.  Yet, in truth this doctrine is the same as provided by the Anti-Christ Korihor;

“…every man fare(s) in this life according to the management of the creature (set goals, stay organized); therefore every man prospered according to his genius (get as much education as possible, or take advantage), and that every man conquered according to his strength(work really hard, apply yourself);”


This doctrine teaches a person to rely on the Arm of flesh, in this case his own, for his support and subsistence.  However the Master taught us to rely on God for all things.  Indeed, when the church of Alma finally collapsed (at the same time frame we are now in as a church), we find that his happened, “And the people began to be distinguished by ranks, according to their riches and their chances for learning; yea, some were ignorant because of their poverty, and others did receive great learning because of their riches. (3 Nephi 6)” Society itself fell, in the BoM editors eyes, when men were divided in ranks according to their chances of learning.

Besides this point, there is the evil beginnings of Public education system, which I am not going to elaborate much.  State education started in the 1830′s as a means of providing uniform feeling and knowledge amongst the working class.  The hope then was to provide a class of obedient soldiers and automatons to do the work of the country while the upper class lavished in the slavery of the lower.  This is Satans idea of economy, the Mahan principle that Nibley taught so well.  Men sell their lives for the cause of supporting a family and don’t have time for revolutionary and spiritual thought.  A great quote on this original ideal of school, based on the successful Prussian version of education, was just stated 20 years ago, showing that the concept hasn’t changed;

“These teachers must embody the same selfless dedication as the most
rabid fundamentalist preachers, for they will be ministers of
another sort, utilizing a classroom instead of a pulpit to convey
Humanist values in whatever subject they teach, regardless of the educational level preschool
day care or large state university. The classroom must and will become an area of
conflict between the old and the new, of the rotting corpse of
Christianity together with its adjacent evils and misery, and the
new faith of Humanism….” (John J. Dunphy, The Humanist, JanFeb 1983)


For more on the history you can read, ““The Underground History of American Education”, by John Taylor Gattto (former New York State teacher of the year).

Outside of history, which I suppose is a moot point, there is the doctrinal history of our own beliefs.  Beginning with Joseph, Wilford Woodruff wrote, ““Joseph Smith spoke very strongly against the Saints sending their children to Gentiles schools. The Lord would hold the Parents responsible for it.” (WW journal 8:23).    From that one quote, much weight is put on the parents for sending their children to the schools of Babylon.  They will be held responsible for it.  For what?  For allowing the state and government to control what it is your child must learn.  To have them learn the worlds affairs from Satan’s economic and historic point of view.   Brigham Young expanded greatly on Josephs feelings several times.  In one in particular, he addressed the women.  It seems that far too often the reason that parents don’t do the teaching themselves is because they feel inadequate.  However, as Nephi knew, God will provide the adequacy if we have the will to do it.   Either that or the parents have created an environment of no time for family learning, only time to seek the gain of employ.  Brigham Young;

“I want to enlist the sympathies of the ladies among the Latterday
Saints, to see what we can do for ourselves with regard to schooling our
children. Do not say you cannot school them, for you can.”(JD 16:1920)


“The duty of the mother is to watch over her children, and give them their early education…

Children have all confidence in their mothers; and if mothers would take proper pains, they can

instill into the hearts of their children what they please.” (JD 1:6670)

Of course, following the above thought pattern we can than follow to the proverbial stripling warriors who learned their faithfulness from righteous mothers willing to bear the load.  Brigham did exactly that, if you would like to to the journals to read it.

There is also a perception that what is needed to succeed in the world can only be learned eventually in a place of ‘higher’ eduction.  In  a place where well schooled and qualified instructors can teach things that most people don’t know.  There is a belief that learning in this way abstract science or detailed book keeping or thoroughly detailed (though one-sided) history are essential to success.  To this though I pose the question, success in what?  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of
men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ (col 2:8). If our aim is Zion, what should we be successful in?  John Taylor and a few others put it this way;

“I would rather have my child taught the simple rudiments of a common education by men of God, and have them under their influence, than have them taught in the most abstruse sciences by men who have not the fear of God in their hearts.”
“That education which but amounts to a little outward appearance and applies only to a few conveniences of this life is very far short of that education and intelligence which immortal beings ought to be in possession of.” (John Taylor  JD 5:263)

“Shall we employ teachers that will turn the infant minds of our children away from the principles of the gospel and perhaps lead them to
darkness and death? … I would like to know if a Methodist would send his children to a Roman Catholic School, or vice versa? I think not. Do either send their children to ‘Mormon’ schools, or employ ‘Mormon’ teachers? I think not. Do we object to it? No, we do not; we accord to all classes their rights, and we claim rights equal with them. Well, shall we, after going to the ends of the earth to gather people to Zion, in order that they may learn more perfectly of His ways and walk in His paths, shall we then allow our children to be at the mercy of those who would lead them down to death again? God forbid! Let our teachers be men of God, men of honor and integrity, and let us afford our children such learning as will place our community in the front ranks in educational as well as religious matters. But would we interfere with other religious denominations? No. Prevent them from sending their children where and to whom they please? No. Or from shipping where they please? No. I would not put a hair in their way, nor interfere with them in any possible way; they can take their course, and we want the same privilege.” (Journal of Discourses 19:249)


“We feel that the time has arrived when the proper education of our children should be taken in hand by us as a people. Religious training is practically excluded from the District Schools. The perusal of books that we value as divine records is forbidden. Our children, if left to the training they receive in these schools, will grow up entirely ignorant of these principles of salvation for which the Latterday Saints have made so many sacrifices. To permit this condition of things to exist among us would be criminal. The desire is universally expressed by all thinking people in the Church that we should have schools where the Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants can be used as text books, and where the principles of our religion may form a part of the teaching of the schools.” (Wilford, “Revealed Educational Principles and the Public Schools, p.238.”)

“And also trust no one to be your teacher nor
your minister, except he be a man of God,
walking in his ways and keeping his
commandments. (mosiah )”


“I am opposed to free education as much as I am opposed to taking property from one man and giving it to another who knows not how to take care of it … Would I encourage free schools by taxation? No!”
“To call a person a poor miserable apostate may seem like a harsh word; but what shall we call a man who talks about free schools and who would have all the people taxed to support them.” (Brigham Young)

“ … all these burdens are placed upon the tax payers of the state to teach the learning or education of this world. God is not in it. Religion is excluded from it. The Bible is excluded from it. And those who desire to have their children receive the advantages of a moral and religious education are excluded from all these state organizations, and if we will have our children properly taught in principles of righteousness, morality and religion, we have to establish Church schools or institutions of our own, and thus the burdens of taxation are increased upon the people. We have to do it in order that our children may have the advantages of moral training in their youth.” (Joseph F. Smith)


“Our children should be indoctrinated in the principles of the Gospel from their earliest childhood. They should be made familiar with the contents of the Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants. These should be their chief text books, and everything should be done to establish and promote in their hearts genuine faith in God, in His Gospel and its ordinances, and in His works. But under our common school system this is not possible.” (Messages of the First Presidency, Jun. 8, 1888, Vol.3, Pg.166169)


Education was meant to be the primary method for removing Mormonism.  Hey, we did it to the Indian, we need to do it to the Mormon too;

“The Mormon Church is a hostile power in our very midst. But the most serious question is how to combat it. … There is but one most peaceable and efficient solution of this entire problem. It is by means of education. … Compulsory attendance would assure the presence of the Mormon children. Enlightenment would soon remove that plague spot, polygamy, from our moral life, and would reduce to a minimum the influence of the Mormon priesthood.”  (Judge William A. Beatty., September 1884, Overland Monthly
and Out West.)

And John Taylor told us what it would amount to if we did raise our kids in Babylonian schools;

“We go and deliberately turn our children over to whom? To men who do not believe in the gospel, to men according to your faith, are never going to the Celestial Kingdom of God. They will get as big a glory as they are prepared for, but they are not going there. And you will turn your children over to them. And you call yourselves Latterday Saints, do you? I will suppose a case. You expect to be saved in the Celestial Kingdom of God. Well, supposing your expectations are realized, which I sometimes doubt, and you look down, down somewhere in a terrestrial or telestial kingdom, as the case may be, and you see there your children, the offspring that God had given you to train up in his fear, to honor him and keep his commandments, and perceive that between you and them there is a great gulf, … And supposing they could converse with you which however they could not but if such were the case, what would their feelings be toward you? It would be Father, Mother, you are to blame for this. I would have been with you if you had not tampered with the principles of life and salvation in permitting me to be decoyed away by false teachers who taught incorrect principles. And this is the result of it. “ (John
Taylor)

Aside from the obvious spiritual implications, there are culture problems too.  The education of the many controlled by a few is a real power issue, as propaganda is far too easily to implement.  It is a huge unnecessary tax burden, to support this monstrous system that could all be done in the home.  Any time a huge organization run be a few strictly controls what a huge population learns, we’re asking for trouble.  The doctrine therein taught will be of limited and controlled view.  It will silence all outside sources as irrelevant, and claim its own to be superior.  Dissent of opinion will be shunned and exaltation of sameness is glorified.  Automatons with business suits are produced, and the few profit on the labor of the many. For more on this thought read the paper by Hugh Nibley entitled, “leaders to managers”.

–many thanks to Messenger Magazine for doing the legwork on finding some of these quotes.  I have verified them, you are invited to do the same.  If you want better references, let me know I’d be happy to oblige.

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October 13, 2009

I’ll have to admit, I’ve had this paper in my files so long and have definitely digested it to the point of making them my thoughts, but I can’t remember the source.   Either I wrote it OR I got the info from a good friend who understands consecration very well, or he wrote it outright? Its eloquent enough that I think he did!

anyway, I have his permission to post it and I definitely have my own permission, so here goes.

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THE LAW OF TITHING “OR” CONSECRATION

“I do not believe in allowing my charities to go through the hands of robbers who pocket nine-tenths themselves and give one tenth to the poor…” (Brigham Young, JD 18: 357)


As I have studied the law of tithing I have been unable to find what is currently taught in the church today.  As I searched this topic in the scriptures I found other keywords closely associated such as “storehouse”.  “Tithe” was another word that was only a bi product of the higher law known as the law of consecration.  One cannot “tithe” or build the Lords “storehouse” unless he has first entered into the law of consecration for all these are predicated upon the higher law.

Before we look at what the Lord revealed on this matter to the prophet Joseph let’s look at this law in the Book of Mormon.  When Alma was setting up the church he taught the principle this way.

27 And again Alma commanded that the people of the church should impart of their substance, every one according to that which he had; if he have more abundantly he should impart more abundantly; and of him that had but little, but little should be required; and to him that had not should be given. 28 And thus they should impart of their substance of their own free will and good desires towards God, and to those priests that stood in need, yea, and to every needy, naked soul. (Mosiah 18:27-28)

Alma taught that this principle applied to all in the church and not just the upper crust.  Those that had more should impart more, those that had little should impart little.  More importantly those that had not should be “given”.  One of the most important points I think we learn in a study of this principle is that it’s not designed to make poor people poorer.  The whole point of this law is to have everyone be equal so that there are no rich or poor in Zion (D&C 84:112; 49:20; 56:16; 104:16).  Today everyone is required to pay tithing whether you are poor or rich and to do otherwise would mean fore fitting your temple recommend.  This is completely backwards as we will further investigate.

We must now of course turn to D&C 119 which was revealed to Joseph Smith in July 1838.  This revelation was again given as a requirement to all members and not just some upper crust.  The dictionary defines “surplus” this way.  “An amount or a quantity in excess of what is needed”.  In verse one it tells us that the Lord required all the saints surplus “property” so that the Lords house could be built, the foundation of Zion could commence, for the priesthood and the debts of the presidency of the church (see also Brigham Young JD 1:248).  These properties are to be put into the hands of the bishop.  Brother Joseph explained this process in the following manner.

By Mutual ConsentThe matter of consecration must be done by the mutual consent of both parties; for to give the Bishop power to say how much every man shall have, and he be obliged to comply with the Bishop’s judgment, is giving to the Bishop more power than a king has; and, upon the other hand, to let every man say how much he needs, and the Bishop be obliged to comply with his judgment, is to throw Zion into confusion, and make a slave of the Bishop. The fact is, there must be a balance or equilibrium of power, between the Bishop and the people; and thus harmony and good-will may be preserved among you. Therefore, those persons consecrating property to the Bishop in Zion, and then receiving an inheritance back, must reasonably show to the Bishop that they need as much as they claim. But in case the two parties cannot come to a mutual agreement, the Bishop is to have nothing to do about receiving such consecrations; and the case must be laid before a council of twelve High Priests, the Bishop not being one of the council, but he is to lay the case before them. (TPJS 23)

Speaking of bishops, both wicked and righteous who have stewardship over this sacred law Brigham Young said the following.

If a bishop counsels the people of his ward to swear shall they swear? No. If he counsels them to steal shall they steal? No. If he counsels them to lie and bear false witness shall they do these wrongs? No. If he teaches them to break the Sabbath shall they break the Sabbath? No. If a bishop or any other officer in this Church shall counsel the people to violate any of the laws of God, and to sustain and build up the kingdoms of this world, I will justify them, and the Lord will justify them in refusing to obey that counsel. But if they counsel you to do right, which they do, take their counsel. Instead of supporting anti-christ we have agreed to give our time, our talent, our substance, our all, for the building up of the kingdom of God. (Brigham Young; 12:164-165)

This is the beginning of the tithing of the Lords people and he provided us with a clear definition of exactly what tithing is.  And AFTER THAT, those who have THUS BEEN TITHED shall pay ONE-TENTH of all their INTEREST ANNUALLY.  It shall be a STANDARD law unto them FOREVER.  It applied to all and will stand without policy changes.  When the lord says FOREVER he means it because there is not even a shadow of changing in him (Mormon 9:9-10).  To suggest otherwise is to worship a false God.  Notice this law was not to be entered into before they GATHERED to Zion but after so they could have the means to come to Zion upon this land (D&C 29:8).

You may have noticed in section 119 the Lord used the term “interest”. The word “interest” is used by the Lord in verse four to define what you are tithing on. The word increase comes from many sermons by early leaders who had it explained and taught to them by Joseph Smith. Interest means increase, in the early days most members were farmers and worked for themselves and had little certainty whether they were doing better this year than last.  Having an increase was not known until the crops where harvested and secured in the barn and or sold. In the great wisdom of the Lord, the determining of what interest or increase you had been blessed with was to be made on an annual basis. Everyone could do this. They were not tithed again on what they had but only on their increased wealth during that year.

There are some who use the story of the widow’s mite to justify current teachings of tithing.  I believe this is another example from the scripture that is misunderstood.  Some will say “this very poor and decrepit woman paid her tithing and was blessed for it and so should all church members including the poor so they too will receive blessings”.  Of course it is always the rich that you will hear justifying this doctrine so they may become exempt from helping the poor which is again the Lords law (D&C 84:112; 49:20; 56:16; 104:16).  I don’t believe the story of the widows might is a display of the poor being required to pay tithing.  I think it’s exactly opposite.  The reason this story is of so much discussion is that she “was not required to pay but still did and for that her blessings were far greater because she gave all when it was not required”.  Other doctrines like the Catholic pennants where one would pay to redeem the dead in purgatory is another abominable doctrine of man.  Similar parallels are creeping into the LDS church where if one does not pay tithing one cannot acquire a temple recommend and redeem their dead.  For your money all your sins and worries will go away (Mormon 8:32) is another warning from Mormon to the latter day church.  Sounds like the Catholics at confession and these are the kinds of doctrines Mormon emphatically points out as the cause for which the latter day church will be polluted (Mormon 8:36).

Lyndon Cook a well known historian made this historical note in his book. “On 6 December 1837, seven months prior to the reception of section 119, Edward Partridge, John Corrill, and Isaac Morley were appointed as a committee to adopt a plan whereby revenue could be raised to defray Church expenses. Their report, given the following day, proposed a voluntary tithing program to assist the poor, compensate Church leaders for services while attending to Church business, and pay for other related Church expenses. The donation, which was to be based on assets, not income, considered widows not having assets over $75 exempt, and it provided for a yearly inventory with the Church bishop”. (Lyndon W. Cook, The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants 237)

What of the poor and those who had no interest but in fact were poorer this year than last? Tithing as revealed adjusted for that fact and does not add to their burden by taking the bread out of the mouth of the poor. But if a person who is wealthy or poor had an increase from last year they also are capable to pay the Lord his small tenth of that interest. Please note that the Lord did not use the term “income”. The whole question of gross or net is just a one of many foolish things that has resulted from individuals or leaders who do not understand the law of tithing as taught in the scriptures. May we live the law of God as he revealed it for this is the Lords requirement and the only way that Zion can truly be built and the land sanctified (119:6).

SUMMARY

·         The individual counts his blessings and wealth.

·         There is an appoint time to do this, annually.

·         The amount is based on your ability to pay.

·         All members were to enter the Church committed.

·         All paid initially what they could – their entire surplus.

·         All paid no more than they could or should.

·         No extra hardship is placed on the poor.

·         The Church receives resources needed

·         The members are allowed and encouraged to be prosperous.

·         The Church is limited to the resources the Lord establishes for them to receive. And will not put heavy yokes on the people in the Lord’s name or for righteousness sake calling it – tithing, a commandment from God. But not to run faster than the Church had means.

·         It is simple, only 7 verses.

·         It is easy to follow correctly.

·         It will make the people happy and make God and the people partners in their own prosperity and that of the Church.

·         It is designed so that the weakest of saints have no excuse to obey it. And those who didn’t obey it where to be kicked out of the Church.

·         It is a commandment with a promise and a warning — verse 6-7.

·         The traditional form of tithing was “in kind” meaning a farmer might pay in crops, a rancher in animals and others in what ever they prospered in but it does not instruct that it has to be paid “in kind” or indicate or limit acceptable forms of tithing payment. Which would allow for changes over time, countries and individuals needs and ability to convert it to a currency.


FOLLOWONG ARE SOME MORE, SIMILAR THOUGHTS ON TITHING, THESE FROM A FRIEND NAMED jASON;

vs. 3) “It is contrary to the will and commandment of God that those who
receive not their inheritance __by consecration__, agreeable to his law,
which he has given, __that he may tithe his people__, to __prepare__ them
against the day of vengeance and __burning__, should have their names
enrolled with the people of God.”

(vs.9) “And all they who are not found written in the book of remembrance
shall find none inheritance in that day, but they shall be cut asunder, and
their portion shall be appointed them among unbelievers, where are wailing
and gnashing of teeth.”

Transliterating this into plain English has it read:

There is a day of vengeance and burning coming.
Those who are enrolled with the people of God shall be spared.
Only those with inheritances by way of consecration are enrolled.
God will give His will and commandments to prepare them.
These are to be considered law by the people and not abrogated.
Tithing of these people by consecration is a means to prepare them.
Consecration is the only proper and lawful context for tithing.
If the people do not have an inheritance they will be turned away.
There shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.

True tithing is inseparable from consecration and the establishment of your
Eternal Inheritance. The tithe portion was merely a part of the surplus
offering (abundance) that went to the Bishop so that he could properly
manage the other 90% portion of the surplus on behalf of the Saint
consecrating it. The 90% portion was recorded in the Book of the Law of God
where the Eternal Inheritances of the Saints are kept. The church currently
has no such book of inheritances and uses the tithes for other things.

In the Lord’s system our inheritance is fully redeemable. Thus, it truly is
like a divine banking and investment program where our agency is respected.
All those participating accumulate the fruits of their labors which are made
available to other Saints without usury so they too can become productive
and create an inheritance. The blessing of this system is what the world
becomes as a result of this wealth and synergy.

The Babylon system makes of everyone a slave and puts them into debt-bondage
whereas the Zion system makes of everyone a sovereign under God’s Law and
very wealthy according as their honest labors produce. Of course, they
aren’t the owner as it has been consecrated, but they are the steward. Thus,
all are made equal under the law and can live in unity such that all are
partakers of the heavenly blessings, each according as their true and honest
labors produce via their stewardships. He who is faithful over little shall
be made ruler of much.

People should be able to go to their bishop and take out a usury-free loan
to start a business or farm or whatever so that they can be productive. The
surplus of the Saints would have allowed for that. This kind of loan doesn’t
eat them alive and spoil their efforts with usury. Before long they have
paid off their debt and now they too are able to have a surplus and build up
their inheritance. As they produce surplus and increase their inheritance
this makes more available to others to do likewise. By eliminating usury you
take away a person’s ability to take spoils from the labors of others. All
are blessed according as they labor, just as God’s Law provides.

Also, the Lord receives the wealth of those people who are very productive
and frees them of the burden of maintaining and managing huge amounts of
wealth and resources. This eliminates the risk from thieves, moths and rust.
This frees them up so that their lives are not consumed by the cares of
their wealth. Their treasure is laid up in heaven and they can enjoy the
simple and beautiful things of life again knowing that their wealth is
Eternally secure in the hands of Heaven.

The tithing of surplus was to make the abundance and the increase of Eternal
Inheritances sacred. All consumption stands in the way of that and
diminishes that which could worthily be tithed/consecrated. In other words,
if you are a consumer, you were less worthy to have any notable increase and
your eternal inheritance was diminished, as it should be.

Nowadays, here’s how tithing is being administered:

There is currently a rather direct relationship between tithing and
consumption. The more a person consumes the more they tithe. Thus, our
current tithing program makes consumption sacred rather than abundance.
Tithing has become LUNAR (based on reflected light) because it impoverishes
the people rather than exalting them and preparing them for the calamities.
The very calamities we are facing at this time economically.

Currently, consumers of the fares of Babylon think they are worthy and that
because they have paid what is more properly called tribute they think they
will be given an inheritance in Zion. They think if they have given 10% of
their income to the church that they are free to consume the 90% however
they please and it is justified.

As a result of this there are going to be a lot of homeless “eternal”
families in the world to come because the church provided no means to have
an inheritance. This is why there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when
they will find their names not written in the book of the Law of God because
they have no inheritance in eternity. There will be a lot of VERY upset
souls pointing their fingers at the men who spoiled them and their cries
will be a perpetual noise in their ears until redemption has been affected.

The women more especially will weep and wail because they will see that they
were worse than Lot’s wife. They looked down on and despised those who
sacrificed all fares to stay out of Babylon and were frugal, drove cars that
were paid for, dents and all, lived in trailers because that was all they
could afford without going into debt, etc. to remain free of Babylon.

The current LDS spirit despises men of this caliber and portrays them as
losers. Most LDS women will not stand by such a man but they will despise
him and be ashamed of him. Thus, their eyes have been closed and the
blessings of Zion will not come to them until after they have been very
sorely scourged and humbled.

These vain daughters of Zion will see that they were foolish and chose to
attach their soul to that which perishes while despising those who found
Zion and put their treasures in heaven and who shall perish not. They
thought paying tribute (lunar tithes) would cover them and justify them in
their vain lifestyle. The honor they have given the Lord with their lips
will not matter to Him. They have not kept the commandments as He gave them
and therefore they do not receive the blessing.

The seven women who beg a man to take away their reproach will only be
received as maidservants. They will not be considered wives because they
rejected God and those men who truly served Him. If you are a woman and you
truly want Zion you had better press the reset button on how you measure a
man’s worth and rebuild it from scratch with a focus on valuing men who stay
totally out of Babylon and be willing to make the sacrifices with him. These
are the only women who will be privileged to be the true Eve’s of the world
to come. Such women are a helpmeet to their husbands rather than a millstone
about their necks.

If you are a woman living the high-life and enjoying the fares of Babylon
sumptuously right now, the day will come when you will wreathe in horror and
shame for what could have been yours that eternally won’t be because you did
not truly honor the Lord as you claimed and feigned to. Your well-set hair
and all your immodest adornments to draw the lusts of men for sake of your
own usurpation of power will turn to a sore cursing and blight upon your
souls that will burn in you as an unquenchable fire. The time to repent of
this is NOW. Don’t wait another day if you truly desire Celestial glory.

Unfortunately, the worst is yet to come for those who do not re-pent. The
world has yet to endure the phase of a global currency that is cashless and
ruthlessly enforced by “the beast”. I don’t care how deep of a well-stocked
cave or how entrenched you are, if you are not faithful to finding and being
a part of God’s Zion established prior to the calamities and under His cloud
of protection, the beast will find and try/tribunal/tribulation you.

As many of us have heard: “If you do not __live__ up to the covenants you
make at these alters this day…” you will be in who’s power? And, how are
the people receiving the adversary’s teachings? “Very well”. Who is the
exception that doesn’t believe them? “Adam”. Who is Adam? Those who are
garnered to Zion and receive it’s protection. Babylon will be no part of
this. Get out or you are toast.

It’s time to wake up and take our covenants seriously and beg and plead with
the Lord that the righteous leaders of His Church will somehow enable us to
truly live the law of Consecration and secure our Eternal Inheritances prior
to the calamities and tribulations. God’s Word does not return to Him void.

When Zion’s economic system finally takes root and the tribulation is over
it will quickly take over whatever is left of the world’s economy. But, not
until after people are sorely and grievously scourged economically for
rejecting and grossly perverting God’s economic system.

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another word on Swine flu vaccine

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October 13, 2009

This is from a Post at the link here.

Its from a site called “the bird flu pandemic”, which I found on Steve Quayles site,and thought it worthy of being posted here, given the recency of this topic.

In Case You Were Wondering Why We Don’t Want To Take Your Swine Flu Vaccines

Why We Don't Want To Take Your Swine Flu VaccinesSwine Flu Vaccine DangersRecently we have noticed a growing number of talking heads on television who seem absolutely incredulous that a significant percentage of the American population do not want to take any swine flu vaccines.  They seem completely perplexed as to why so many Americans are suspicious of vaccines that the U.S. government and world health authorities have declared to be perfectly safe.  Well, we would like to share the following message with all of those talking heads and with all of those world health authorities: We don’t trust your swine flu vaccines because of the poisons that are in them and because of the deaths and crippling diseases that they cause.

In this article we will break down exactly what is in these vaccines and we will break down the diseases and conditions that the vaccine companies admit that the vaccines cause and also the diseases and conditions that vaccines are suspected of causing.

First of all, let’s take a look at what is in these swine flu vaccines. Now, it is important to keep in mind that there are five U.S. companies making swine flu vaccines, and even more who are manufacturing them around the world. So all swine flu vaccines are not the same. For example, some may contain very dangerous adjuvants, while others may not. However, there are some common ingredients that are found not only in most swine flu vaccines, but also in the great majority of flu vaccines in general. The following list of the ingredients that a typical flu vaccine contains comes from respected vaccine expert Dr. Sherri Tenpenny. If you have not read her article entitled “The Truth About The Flu Shot”, you need to. In her article she lists the following ingredients that are found in most flu vaccines…..

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Egg proteins: including avian contaminant viruses

Gelatin: can cause allergic reactions and anaphylaxis are usually associated with sensitivity to egg or gelatin

Polysorbate 80 (Tween80™): can cause severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis. Also associated with infertility in female mice.

Formaldehyde: known carcinogen

Triton X100: a strong detergent

Sucrose: table sugar

Resin: known to cause allergic reactions

Gentamycin: an antibiotic

Thimerosal: mercury is still in multidose flu shot vials

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In addition, Dr. Tenpenny mentions in her article that many of these new swine flu vaccines contain MF-59, which is an oil-based adjuvant primarily composed of squalene.  If you do not know about the dangers of squalene, just google “squalene dangers” and read all about it.

But the things that they admit are in the flu vaccines are only part of the story.  Another health researcher has put together a list of ingredients commonly found in flu vaccines that may or may not be admitted to on the package inserts.  The following list comes from Stephen Lendman’s article entitled “Ineffectiveness and Dangers of Flu Shots”…..

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– ammonium sulfate, a suspected gastrointestinal, liver, and respiratory toxicant and neurotoxicant;

– sorbitol, a suspected gastrointestinal and liver toxicant;

– phenoxyethanol (antifreeze), a suspected developmental and reproductive toxicant;

– beta-propiolactone, a known carcinogen and suspected gastrointestinal, liver, respiratory, skin and sense organ toxicant;

– gentamycin, an antibiotic;

– triton X100, a strong detergent;

– animal tissues and fluids, including potentially contaminated horse blood, rabbit brain, dog kidney, monkey kidney, chick embryo, chicken egg, duck egg, pig blood, and porcine (pig) protein/tissue;

– calf and fetal bovine serum;

– macerated cancer cells;

– diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue

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After reading those lists of ingredients, can you blame millions of Americans for not wanting to have them injected into their bodies?  Can you begin to understand why so many people have serious reservations?

But it is not just “paranoid” people who believe that these vaccines can cause serious health problems.  The very package inserts of these vaccines admit that they can cause a whole host of potential “side effects”.

For example, the package insert for the Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine manufactured by Novartis has been posted on the Internet.  That insert states that it was updated during September 2009, so it reflects the very latest information.

You can view the package insert for this vaccine right here.  What follows is a list of actual side effects that the vaccine insert admits that the vaccine causes…..

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*Local injection site reactions (including pain, pain limiting limb movement, redness, swelling, warmth, ecchymosis, induration)
*Hot flashes/flushes
*Chills
*Fever
*Malaise
*Shivering
*Fatigue
*Asthenia
*Facial edema.
*Immune system disorders
*Hypersensitivity reactions (including throat and/or mouth edema)
*In rare cases, hypersensitivity reactions have lead to anaphylactic shock and death
*Cardiovascular disorders
*Vasculitis (in rare cases with transient renal involvement)
*Syncope shortly after vaccination
*Digestive disorders
*Diarrhea
*Nausea
*Vomiting
*Abdominal pain.
*Blood and lymphatic disorders
*Local lymphadenopathy
*Transient thrombocytopenia.
*Metabolic and nutritional disorders
*Loss of appetite.
*Arthralgia
*Myalgia
*Myasthenia
*Nervous system disorders
*Headache
*Dizziness
*Neuralgia
*Paraesthesia
*Febrile convulsions
*Guillain-Barré Syndrome
*Myelitis (including encephalomyelitis and transverse myelitis)
*Neuropathy (including neuritis)
*Paralysis (including Bell’s Palsy)
*Respiratory disorders
*Dyspnea
*Chest pain
*Cough
*Pharyngitis
*Rhinitis
*Stevens-Johnson syndrome
*Pruritus
*Urticaria
*Rash (including non-specific, maculopapular, and vesiculobulbous).

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But it is supposedly safe, right?

Isn’t that what the CDC told us in the 1970s as well, when the swine flu vaccine went on to kill and cripple large numbers of people?

Isn’t that what the FDA has told us so many times about pharmaceutical drugs that later turned out to be extremely dangerous?  For example, the FDA once assured us that Vioxx was perfectly safe, but now FDA analysts admit that Vioxx caused between 88,000 and 139,000 heart attacks.

You see, there are legitimate reasons why so many Americans have decided not to just blindly trust the government.

But it is not just what the vaccine inserts admit to that is the problem.  In a recent interview, Dr. Andrew Moulden discussed the explosion of many conditions and diseases that a large number of health experts are now blaming on vaccines…..

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1 in 6 children with specific learning disabilities.
12-15% children with attention deficit disorder.
1 in 87 with autism spectrum – a 1700% increase over ten years.
1% sudden infant death
40 deaths and 15,000 substantive adverse Gardasil reactions
1 in 15 over 65 with dementia; 1 in 8 over 85
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Seizure disorders
“West” syndrome
Global developmental delay
1 in 450 with type 1 diabetes
1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will develop cancer over a lifetime.
Gulf war syndrome affecting and disabling 250,000 troops and 42,000 deaths. These vaccinated soldiers show the exact same neurological damages after vaccination as the infants and children are exhibiting after each childhood vaccination.

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Why is autism absolutely exploding all across the United States when it is absolutely unknown among the Amish and other communities that do not take vaccines?

Why do so many of our very young children and our senior citizens exhibit such severe reactions after “getting their shots”?

The truth is that these are some very important questions.  As hopefully you can see from the specifics discussed above, there are REAL reasons why so many Americans do not want to take swine flu vaccines.

No American should be forced to take an injection that could potentially lead to severe health problems or even death against their will.  Any government or any employer or any school that forces people to take a vaccine against their will is acting in a way that is fundamentally un-American.

Please get this article out to everyone that you know.  The truth is that the more educated that people are about vaccines, the less likely they are to take them.  If we all work together, perhaps we can make a difference in the lives of thousands, if not millions, of people.

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Ignorantly Apathetic

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October 8, 2009

Having been shown in dream and to my mind in revelation that vaccination was EVIL and not to be trifled with…We were commanded after our third child NOT to vaccinate anymore for this reason.  Though at the time we had never had any thoughts against it.  But, knowing this and the dangers that swine flu presents, it is interesting to see the advice of the watchmen on the walls:

“Today, with the use of immunizations, these diseases are becoming more and more uncommon. In fact, they are so uncommon that many parents have become lax about immunizing their children. Some feel that there is no need; others fear adverse side effects. But parents have an obligation to protect their families through immunization.

“In 1978 the First Presidency issued a statement in support of immunization programs and urged parents to participate. The statement read in part: “Immunization is such a simple, yet vital, matter and such a small price to pay for protection against … destroying diseases.

“Failure to act could subject untold thousands to preventable lifelong physical or mental impairment, including paralysis, blindness, deafness, heart damage, and mental retardation.

“We urge members of the Church … to protect their own children through immunization. Then they may wish to join other public-spirited citizens in efforts to eradicate ignorance and apathy that have caused the disturbingly low levels of childhood immunization.”

“Failure to act could subject untold thousands to preventable lifelong physical or mental impairment, including paralysis, blindness, deafness, heart damage and mental retardation.

“Immunization campaigns in the United States and other nations, if successful, will end much needless suffering and erase the potential threat of epidemics. Such efforts are deserving of our full support.” (Reported in Ensign, July 1978, p. 79.)

Notice that convenient line where it says those who disagree with vaccines are either “ignorant” or “apathetic”?  Then, nothing like encouraging vaccinations like a little more fear-mongering in the sentence immediately following the one which called us “ignorant” and “apathetic”.

And, did you know that both the Priesthood + R.S. manuals recommend vaccines?

This, from the Latter-day Saint Woman:  Basic Manual for Women, Part A:

“We can protect ourselves and our families from some diseases by getting immunizations. For some diseases we need only one immunization, but for other diseases we may need several immunizations at certain time intervals. Polio is a disease that was once very common. Many years ago a physician-scientist discovered a way to protect people from getting this disease. He developed a polio immunization. People who get the immunization protect themselves from this disease, which once killed many people and crippled many more. In most parts of the world, people can receive immunizations from a health clinic or a physician.”

A handy-dandy CDC chart showing recommended vaccines, of course, accompanies this information.

Lest we men feel excluded from this counsel, we have our own manual that states essentially the same thing:

“Health professionals instruct us that, in addition to developing and practicing good health habits, we should protect ourselves from certain illnesses with immunizations. When we are immunized we usually receive an injection of medicine. For some illnesses we need only one injection; for others we may need several injections of the same medication at different time intervals.

… We can be immunized for such diseases as rubella (measles), mumps, rubella (German measles), diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), typhoid fever, smallpox, polio, influenza, tetanus, hepatitis A and B, pneumonia, and varicella (chicken pox).

In addition to immunizations, medicines in the form of liquids or pills have been developed to help prevent and cure illnesses. These should be used carefully according to directions from qualified medical professionals. We should not take medication that has expired or has been prescribed for someone else.”  – Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood:  Basic Manual for Priesthood Holders, Part B.

Thanks to my Source for pointing this out.

Brethren, establish your own watch tower.  Be willing and able to recieve directio from the Lord on your families well being.  No Man or woman can supersede the advice given to you from them.    Like what tragically happened with King Noah, the watchmen of the peaople won’t see until its too late-as is also pointed out in section 101.  So, see for yourself.

I would leave my testimony that the Swine Flu and other vaccinations are a tool of the devil.  They are controlling and ruining the lives of millions of innocent people.  The danger and threat coming to us in the planned “pandemic” are worth fighting and resisting.  I’ll share more on this from a scriptural perspective of the Last days scourge in a future post.

If you want to hear more, from a sane and logical  perspective, heres a moive, parts 1-16.  Again, I highly recommend it, and of course the prayer and fasting to go with it.

Dan

Part 1

Follow the link for the rest of them

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Comments now working

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October 8, 2009

I got the pluggin working. We’d love to hear your comments now!

shalom

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rely on arm of flesh-get vaccinated

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October 7, 2009

to go with the swine flu dream posted earlier, heres a list of ingredients in common vaccines.  And, I’m sure the swine flu version will be worse.  I love how some will say they are a blessing from God!

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This following list of common vaccines and their ingredients should shock anyone.
The numbers of microbes, antibiotics, chemicals, heavy metals and animal byproducts is staggering. Would you knowingly inject these materials into your children?
  • Acel-Immune DTaP – Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
  • * diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, formaldehyde, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, thimerosal, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80) gelatin Act HIB
  • Haemophilus – Influenza B Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463
  • * Haemophilus influenza Type B, polyribosylribitol phosphate ammonium sulfate, formalin, and sucrose
  • Attenuvax – Measles Merck & Co., Inc. 800-672-6372
  • * measles live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin, chick embryo
  • Biavax – Rubella Merck & Co., Inc. 800-672-6372
  • * rubella live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin, human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
  • BioThrax – Anthrax Adsorbed BioPort Corporation 517.327.1500
  • * nonencapsulated strain of Bacillus anthracis aluminum hydroxide, benzethonium chloride, and formaldehyde
  • DPT – Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900 x5231
  • * diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, formaldehyde, aluminum phosphate, ammonium sulfate, and thimerosal, washed sheep RBCs
  • Dryvax – Smallpox (not licensed d/t expiration) Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
  • * live vaccinia virus, with “some microbial contaminants,” according to the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense polymyxcin B sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar vesicle fluid from calf skins Engerix-B
  • Recombinant Hepatitis B GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900 x5231
  • * genetic sequence of the hepatitis B virus that codes for the surface antigen (HbSAg), cloned into GMO yeast, aluminum hydroxide, and thimerosal
  • Fluvirin Medeva Pharmaceuticals 888.MEDEVA 716.274.5300
  • * influenza virus, neomycin, polymyxin, beta-propiolactone, chick embryonic fluid
  • FluShield Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
  • * trivalent influenza virus, types A&B gentamicin sulphate formadehyde, thimerosal, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80) chick embryonic fluid
  • Havrix – Hepatitis A GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900 x5231
  • * hepatitis A virus, formalin, aluminum hydroxide, 2-phenoxyethanol, and polysorbate 20 residual MRC5 proteins -human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
  • HiB Titer – Haemophilus Influenza B Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
  • * haemophilus influenza B, polyribosylribitol phosphate, yeast, ammonium sulfate, thimerosal, and chemically defined yeast-based medium
  • Imovax Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463
  • * rabies virus adsorbed, neomycin sulfate, phenol, red indicator human albumin, human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
  • IPOL Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463
  • * 3 types of polio viruses neomycin, streptomycin, and polymyxin B formaldehyde, and 2-phenoxyethenol continuous line of monkey kidney cells
  • JE-VAX – Japanese Ancephalitis Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
  • * Nakayama-NIH strain of Japanese encephalitis virus, inactivated formaldehyde, polysorbate 80 (Tween-80), and thimerosal mouse serum proteins, and gelatin
  • LYMErix – Lyme GlaxoSmithKline 888-825-5249
  • * recombinant protein (OspA) from the outer surface of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi kanamycin aluminum hydroxide, 2-phenoxyethenol, phosphate buffered saline
  • MMR – Measles-Mumps-Rubella Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
  • * measles, mumps, rubella live virus, neomycin sorbitol, hydrolized gelatin, chick embryonic fluid, and human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
  • M-R-Vax – Measles-Rubella Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
  • * measles, rubella live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin, chick embryonic fluid, and human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
  • Menomune – Meningococcal Connaught Laboratories 800.822.2463
  • * freeze-dried polysaccharide antigens from Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, thimerosal, and lactose
  • Meruvax I – Mumps Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
  • * mumps live virus neomycin sorbitol hydrolized gelatin
  • NYVAC – (new smallpox batch, not licensed) Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
  • * highly-attenuated vaccinia virus, polymyxcin B, sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar vesicle fluid from calf skins
  • Orimune – Oral Polio Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
  • * 3 types of polio viruses, attenuated neomycin, streptomycin sorbitol monkey kidney cells and calf serum
  • Pneumovax – Streptococcus Pneumoniae Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
  • * capsular polysaccharides from polyvalent (23 types), pneumococcal bacteria, phenol,
  • Prevnar Pneumococcal – 7-Valent Conjugate Vaccine Wyeth Lederle 800.934.5556
  • * saccharides from capsular Streptococcus pneumoniae antigens (7 serotypes) individually conjugated to diphtheria CRM 197 protein aluminum phosphate, ammonium sulfate, soy protein, yeast
  • RabAvert – Rabies Chiron Behring GmbH & Company 510.655.8729
  • * fixed-virus strain, Flury LEP neomycin, chlortetracycline, and amphotericin B, potassium glutamate, and sucrose human albumin, bovine gelatin and serum “from source countries known to be free of bovine spongioform encephalopathy,” and chicken protein
  • Rabies Vaccine Adsorbed GlaxoSmithKline 800.366.8900 x5231
  • *rabies virus adsorbed, beta-propiolactone, aluminum phosphate, thimerosal, and phenol, red rhesus monkey fetal lung cells
  • Recombivax – Recombinant Hepatitis B Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
  • * genetic sequence of the hepatitis B virus that codes for the surface antigen (HbSAg), cloned into GMO yeast, aluminum hydroxide, and thimerosal
  • RotaShield – Oral Tetravalent Rotavirus (recalled) Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
  • * 1 rhesus monkey rotavirus, 3 rhesus-human reassortant live viruses neomycin sulfate, amphotericin B potassium monophosphate, potassium diphosphate, sucrose, and monosodium glutamate (MSG) rhesus monkey fetal diploid cells, and bovine fetal serum smallpox (not licensed due to expiration)
  • 40-yr old stuff “found” in Swiftwater, PA freezer Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
  • * live vaccinia virus, with “some microbial contaminants,” according to the Working Group on Civilian Biodefense polymyxcin B sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar vesicle fluid from calf skins
  • Smallpox (new, not licensed) Acambis, Inc. 617.494.1339 in partnership with Baxter BioScience
  • * highly-attenuated vaccinia virus, polymyxcin B sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride, and neomycin sulfate glycerin, and phenol -a compound obtained by distillation of coal tar vesicle fluid from calf skins
  • TheraCys BCG (intravesicle -not licensed in US for tuberculosis) Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
  • * live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis monosodium glutamate (MSG), and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80)
  • Tripedia – Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
  • *Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Clostridium tetani toxoids and acellular Bordetella pertussis adsorbed aluminum potassium sulfate, formaldehyde, thimerosal, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80) gelatin, bovine extract
  • US-sourced Typhim Vi – Typhoid Aventis Pasteur USA SA 800.VACCINE
  • * cell surface Vi polysaccharide from Salmonella typhi Ty2 strain, aspartame, phenol, and polydimethylsiloxane (silicone)
  • Varivax – Chickenpox Merck & Co., Inc. 800.672.6372
  • * varicella live virus neomycin phosphate, sucrose, and monosodium glutamate (MSG) processed gelatin, fetal bovine serum, guinea pig embryo cells, albumin from human blood, and human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue
  • YF-VAX – Yellow Fever Aventis Pasteur USA 800.VACCINE
  • * 17D strain of yellow fever virus sorbitol chick embryo, and gelatin
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Vaccine Liberation Information
http://www.vaclib.org/pdf/exemption.htm

SOURCE

http://www.rense.com/general59/vvac.htm

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Idolatry

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October 5, 2009

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Photo Courtesy of AKSeabird

Though they make sure to tell you on the tour that we don’t worship the Idol, we only use it as a reminder, the fact remains an graven image was made unto us.

As the original Command confirms: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth”

No doubt here we have an 11 foot high likeness of something that is on the earth, in the heavens, etc…Can’t we call it for what it is? Its an idol, the work of men’s hands, erected of all places on temple Squares, and near various temples throughout the globe.

Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
(Jer 51)

The image above is illustration, however the truth is far more insidious.  We spend our day, our hours, our work and labor, or intellectual energy, etc…on the building of things and the erecting of Babylon.  Some build houses some  organize merchandise, some teach in the public school, some drive truck for the merchant of Tyre, some seek the oil that runs the whole system, others govern in an imperfect and corrupt system, others practice doctor-craft and the reliance on men’s hands for healing.  WE all buy and support incredibly lavish lifestyles.  The American lifestyle is quite plush compared to history, compared to the sustainable rural ideal the Lord holds, or to the rest of the world.  We demand things and spend our days in the labor of building them.  We are distracted from God design and are all in need of turning therefrom.

Amongst the throngs of men pushing anxiously to view the melee there ensuing, a man stands with a rod.  Long hair and and unkempt beard mark his features, giving people quickly to the thought of seeing a deranged and homeless madmen who finally felt the camels last back-breaking straw.  In his right hand he holds a long stick, obviously made of some incredibly hard  properties, which he is swinging with all his might at the figure standing before him.  Declaring simultaneously to the shocked and hapless crowd, “Idols belong nowhere on earth, especially near my house”, as he succeeds in taking large chunks from the bottom of the statue before him.  Like a mighty axe the rod is wielded back and forth taking, bigger and bigger pieces from the Christus edifice in front of him, until it finally cracks and gives way.   Like a mighty oak under the pressure of its own blasphemous weight it tips and finally falls, crashing to the ground in a great climax of material.  Than, having surely obtained the attention of the crowd, tourist, members, authorities and guards alike listen stunned as the sermon begins:

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen, they are of men; let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms; yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man; according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest; he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Then shall it be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshipeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire;And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshipeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

They have not known nor understood; for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it; and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?  (Isaiah 44)

Than he details the overthrow of their whole system of idols…

The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in; from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

Be thou ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?

The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no more strength in thee.

He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms; the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strongholds thereof. And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon; arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.

Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for your strength is laid waste.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king; after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as a harlot. Take a harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.  And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.  And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord; it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.(Isaiah 23)

That day is soon coming!  Do yourself a favor and get rid of your own idols now.

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Quotes-Sacrifice all to recieve a Godly education

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October 3, 2009

Suppose we were called to leave what we have now, should we call it a sacrifice? Shame on the man who
would so call it; for it is the very means of adding to him knowledge, understanding, power, and glory, and
prepares him to receive crowns, kingdoms, thrones, and principalities, and to be crowned in glory with the
Gods of eternity. Short of this, we can never receive that which we are looking for.
Journal of Discourses, Vol. 2
JD 2:7, Brigham Young, October 23, 1853

I want the Saints of God, when they come to school, to be filled with the Holy Spirit; I want the Saints to pray
that those who speak may do it by the power of the Holy Ghost, and by this course you will learn and
understand the principle of eternal life and happiness, and will receive intelligence from the fountain of all
knowledge, which will exalt you in the presence of God. You may read all the books in the universe, and
study all you can upon the science of astronomy, chemistry, and theology, and make those sciences
interwoven with your very nature, till they are like a straight-jacket upon you, and you may be wrapped up in
them and bound hand and foot, and after all they will not let you into the fountain of all knowledge; but by
taking such a course, you will have to become slaves to the learning that you have acquired. But I want the
Saints to use their learning in the same manner as a boy uses the top, which is in perfect subjection to him;
upon the same principle let the Saints use their learning, and when they speak, let it be by the power of God. It
is not that I discard learning, but let it be used properly.
JD 3:11, Jedediah M. Grant, May, 30, 1855

I am not what the world calls a learned man; neither is President Young. We never went to any college except
the one sustained by the Latter-day Saints, and we have been in that from the beginning. Let me tell you,
gentlemen and ladies, if we had been brought up in palaces, and been sent to school all the days of our lives to
get all the education of the world, and were practical men only in these things, would we be of any advantage
to this people? A man may pass through a course of education designed to fit him for a doctor, a minister, or a
lawyer, and it is often the case that he comes out an ignoramus, or worse than useless member of society.
JD 3:106, Heber C. Kimball, March 19, 1854

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Its Just the Gospel! a quick rant

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October 2, 2009

With conference coming up this weekend I needed to bit of a pre-education rant.  Its something that has been troubling my brain a bit and needs to be said before we start listening to the spirit concerning the words of men.  I’ve read a good deal of things lately where people are being discouraed from searching the mysteries.  Even had my wifes visiting teacher come over and share this messsage, from Joseph B. Wirthlin:

Faithful members should be like oak trees and should extend deep roots into the fundamental principles of the Gospel.  We should understand and live by the simple basic truths and not complicate them.  Our foundations should be solid and deep-rooted so we can withstand the winds of temptation, false doctrine, adversity, and the onslaught of the adversary without being swayed or uprooted.  (“deep roots” Ensign Nov. 1994)

The Visiting teacher went on to quote one of the fine young CES teachers at women’s conference who said that the best way toward exaltation and spiritual growth was through “mainstream” Mormonism.  This kind of upset my wife, as we know darn well why that message was given to her.  Also, since the CES teacher gets paid to teach the Gospel ( i.e Priestcraft.   Another thing, the first quote tells us to stick to the fundamentals, which is great since I lean toward fundamentalism, but the second message says you have to stay mainstream…and they were saying the same thing.  Basically, know the basics , go to church and pay your tithing, sustain and follow the priesthood and that is the way to exaltation.

Can someone define what the ‘fundamentals’ of the gospel are?  And how is it that we can seek to understand and live the basic truths and simultaneously be deep-rooted in the gospel?  Where do deep roots in Gospel come from?  Don’t they happen through knowledge of the gospel, testimony of it and living those things?  As Joseph said,

““The things of God are of great import; and time, and experience, and careful, and ponderous, and solemn thoughts can only find them out. Thy mind, oh man, if thou wilt lead a man unto salvation, must stretch as high as the utmost heavens, and search into and contemplate the darkest abyss, and the broad expanses of eternity; thou must commune with God!”

Or we read in scripture, “It is impossible for a man to be saved in ignorance” (D&C 131:6).  Finally we find from scripture the deeper our knowledge and wisdom, the more effectively we can communicate with the savior, “ “the Lord God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men according to their language, unto their understanding” (2 Nephi 31:3) “.

The scriptures tell us to seek wisdom from the best books, to study it out in our mind and to search the mysteries.   Joseph even told us that we accept truth come from whence it may, no matter what it is and that is mormonism.

I think that is the crux of my rant here.  Mormonism should be based on truth, not a ritualistic set of ideas.  True mormons are followers of Christ and seek out all truths available to return to him.

When it comes to the Gospel, there ARE NO BASIC OR FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES. It is all just the Gospel or not the Gosepl.  Its true or it ain’t.  You sure aren’t going to flex the muscle of discernment by relying on the words of men to learn the basics.  Sure, there are doctrines that must be understood in order to learn other doctrines, but where do our fundamentals stop?  While trapped in this mortal man suit in a Telestial sphere, is it really a worry of ours to think that we are going to ‘out think’ the fundamentals of eternity?  Is not faith a mystery?  IS not salvation a Mystery?  If a person becomes afraid and reticent to learn the fundamentals at a deeper level, is it even possible to be deeply rooted?

The real worry that is promoted here is that in seeking and learning you may go wrong and fall prey to “false-doctrine”.  So, in the wisdom of man, the thing to do is rely on those over you who know better and can tell you all you need to know.  However, in the wisdom of God one should rely on the Holy Ghost and the Holy Ghost will tell you all things what you shall do.  A person can’t even receive the Holy Ghost without revelation!

We tell ourselves to accept a 6th grade education in the Gospel, but go for the Doctorate in worldly pursuit.  We are thus more afraid of learning gospel truths than of learning the fallacies of Babylon.

By living our lives afraid of truth, afraid of revelation, afraid of visions, afraid of entertaining strangers, afraid of openly discussing the gospel beyond Primary all we do is damn our own progress in reliance on the arm of flesh.

This weekend is conferance and the blog site here is dressed up to show us.  Lets remember when listening to follow the Arm of God.  To listen for revelation.  And finally remember the fruits of a person who is really seeking Christ and his Zion.  There is nothing you can learn by the spirit or in scripture which could qualify as to complex to be needed.  If you can understand the complex, your foundation in the ‘basics’ will only be stronger.  In fact I would testify that the best way to have deep roots and a strong foundation is through seeking the truths with all your heart and conforming to them.

in a remarkable bit of synchronicity, I just read a similar post to this one, and as always it’s put in better words, here at LDS Anarchy which you might be interested in.

rant finished-Adieu.

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The Sheep Flu-dream/prophecy

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October 1, 2009

August 27, 2009
Pastor Joh. W. Matutis

While trying to prepare my message, the Lord showed me a vision.

I saw a large pasture with very many sheep. All of a sudden, from every direction and from all over, came wolves upon the herd, mixing themselves amongst the sheep. Neither the shepherds nor the shepherd dogs (of utmost importance) sounded any alarm. They lay on the floor as if hypnotized. There was just a bit of panic within the herd. The sheep did notice that something was wrong, but they took no serious note of what was happening. They just continued grazing in a relaxed manner. The shepherds and the shepherd dogs on the other hand noticed nothing.

As I observed closely, I saw the wolves, which had fangs like snakes in their mouths, tweak (pinch or prick) the sheep on their buttocks. These twitched briefly, and then continued their relaxed grazing. After a short while, the wolves ran from the herd, withdrawing themselves again into the mountains, without having stolen a sheep or inflicted any visible harm on them.

On seeing all these things, I thought to myself. ‘This is not at all possible, that wolves would come amongst sheep and not harm them. This is out of character!’ Then as the wolves left the sheep, I saw all of a sudden the leader of the wolf pack, together with his whole wolf followership on a high cliff. It was like a great beast; a monster. Then the wolves began to howl and yelp. The shepherd, shepherd dogs and all the sheep were terrified, shivering and shocked.

And the leader of the pack began, like a demon, to speak with a deep human voice. “My dear shepherds, dogs and all my dear sheep. You now belong to us. We have you completely in our hands. We were amongst you, without your noticing anything. We worked amongst you in disguise. We even inoculated you with a ‘serum’ that makes you now ours. You are all, as at now, bearing our ‘mark’. We have also inoculated you with our spirit and data, without your having been aware. There is now no more escape for you. The whole flock is now under our control.”

I then said in my spirit “No! The Lord is my shepherd. I will have nothing to do with the devil and his demons. I will not have them as my shepherds.” Then spoke the leader of the wolf pack even further with a sneer on his face, saying “The sheep here ate and slept. Your bellies and welfare was more important to you.”

Now hear what this demon said to me very clearly: “We have now come to take revenge for our man of the Gadarenes. (See Matt 5:1-17) Back then, your Lord cast us out of him, and we had to flee into swine and spring into the abyss. Now though, we have recovered and are strong enough to leave our cursed dwellings again. We have therefore returned from the abyss to take revenge against him (Jesus) and his works. These sheep all grazing here have been infected by our demons from the abyss. They can no longer escape. They belong to us absolutely.

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