THE WOOD ZONE: THE DESERET ALPHABET

THIS BLOG ATTEMPTS TO SHOW HOW SCIENCE IS CATCHING UP WITH REVEALED RELIGION

THIS BLOG IS AN ATTEMPT TO PUT ALL THE COOL STUFF THAT I BUMP INTO ABOUT THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO IT INTO ONE LOCATION.
THE CONTENTS WILL BE FROM AN LDS PERSPECTIVE. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING IN HERE, I DO NOT PARTICULARLY CARE TO ARGUE, UNLESS YOU CAN ADD TO THIS BODY OF WORK. I HAVE AN OPEN MIND, THAT IS WHY I READ STUFF FROM ALL DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND SEEK LEARNING FROM THE BEST BOOKS. I JUST AM NOT HERE TO ARGUE ABOUT IT - BUT TO PUT IT OUT THERE WHERE OTHERS CAN PERUSE/PURSUE IT. I TAKE PARTICULAR INTEREST IN HONEST SEEKERS OF TRUTH AND BELIEVE THAT SCIENCE IS REVEALED RELIGION'S BEST ALLY. YOU WILL SEE ALOT OF TOPICS IN THIS BLOG THAT SHOW SCIENCE BACKING - AND SLOWLY CATCHING UP WITH - REVEALED RELIGION.
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Monday, September 29, 2014

THE DESERET ALPHABET

I can see why the people may have needed a code to communicate when Federal Marshals were hunting them down and trying to suppress them. According to a commenter, this was used by the early Saints to communicate when many nationalities were present in the same location.

Could it be that one day, we will need to communicate in code again if we once again find ourselves in dicey circumstances? Or when we find ourselves again mixed as a people in the camps of Zion? It is either this, or the gift of tongues as it was on the day of Pentecost with the early Saints.

http://www.deseretica.com/search?updated-max=2010-12-06T14:01:00-08:00&max-results=7

4 comments:

AnonymousSeptember 29, 2014 at 2:59 PM
That wasn't the purpose of the Deseret Alphabet. It was an attempt by Brigham Young and other church leaders to create a new common written language to help non-English speaking Mormon immigrants moving to Utah.
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UnknownOctober 6, 2014 at 10:06 AM
The purpose of the Deseret Alphabet was and is controversial. I explored the subject in my Master's Thesis at Stanford ("Of Two Minds: Language Reform and Millennialism in the Deseret Alphabet," available at the LDS archives and at BYU Library. After looking at primary 1800 documents and subsequent research, I concluded that the ultimate purpose of the Alphabet was to begin the restoration of Adamic Speech.
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AnonymousOctober 7, 2014 at 11:25 AM
Anonymous (9/29) has explained the true purpose of the "Deseret Alphabet". A source for information is BYU "Church History in the Fullness of Times" on page 398. I have one of the books in my possession and I guarantee - it is not a secret method of communicating. We do a disservice when we go off course on matters such as this to boost other theories.
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Bro BApril 29, 2015 at 9:19 AM
This obviously is not secret code. Secret code must change at time intervals as once the particular code is broken is no longer useful. Secret Code has to use a time sensitive authentication system.

The code sheet I used had authentication digits every 5 minutes and the sheet was changed every day. The authentication was a random set of 2 digit alpha characters.

For quick messages the code had standard phrases with a 2 digit alpha code... for example - "Mission Complete Successful" might be "SB" one day and then the next day be "XU".

You would give your message code in open communication. If the person didn't recognize you or thought something was wrong would ask you to "Authenticate". You would go to the time table (hour/5 minute) pick the proper interval and respond with the 2 letter alpha code according to the time.

The decode sheet must be in possession of the receiver.
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WHY SHOULD WE STUDY THE HIDDEN THINGS RELATED TO THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST?

But the Latter-day Saints are not in darkness; they are the children of light, although many of us will actually be asleep. We shall have to wake up and trim up our lamps, or we shall not be prepared to enter in; for we shall all slumber and sleep in that day, and some will have gone to sleep from which they will not awake until they awake up in darkness without any oil in their lamps. But, as a general thing, the Saints will understand the signs of the times. Others have their eyes closed upon the prophecies of the ancient Prophets; and not only that, but they are void of the spirit of prophecy themselves. When a man has this, though he may appeal to ancient Prophets to get understanding on some subjects he does not clearly understand, yet, as he has the spirit of prophecy in himself, he will not be in darkness; he will have a knowledge of the signs of the times; he will have a knowledge of the house of Israel, and of Zion, of the ten tribes and of many things and purposes and events that are to take place on the earth; and he will see coming events, and can say such an event will take place, and after that another, and then another; and after that the trumpet shall sound, and after that certain things will take place, and then another trump shall sound, &c., &c.; and he will have his eye fixed on the signs of the times, and that day will not overtake him unawares.

JD, O PRATT 7:190

JOSEPH SMITH SAID THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AND WAITING, WILL KNOW THE HOUR:

"Christ says no man knoweth the day or the hour when the Son of Man cometh. This is a sweeping argument for sectarianism against Latter day ism. Did Christ speak this as a general principle throughout all generations Oh no he spoke in the present tense no man that was then liveing upon the footstool of God knew the day or the hour But he did not say that there was no man throughout all generations that should not know the day or the hour. No for this would be in flat contradiction with other scripture for the prophet says that God will do nothing but what he will reveal unto his Servants the prophets consequently if it is not made known to the Prophets it will not come to pass; again we find Paul 1st of Thesslonians 5th Chapter expressly points out the characters who shall not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man cometh for says he it will come upon them as the theif or unawares. Who are they they are the children of darkness or night. But to the Saints he says yea are not of the night nor of darkness of that that day should come upon you unawares. John the revelator says 14 chap 7th verse that the hour of his judgements is come they are precursers or forerunners of the comeing of Christ. read Matthew 24 Chap and all the Prophets. He says then shall they see the Sign of the comeing of the Son of Man in the clouds of Heaven. How are we to see it Ans. As the lighting up of the morning or the dawning of the morning cometh from the east and shineth unto the west—So also is the comeing of the Son of Man. The dawning of the morning makes its appearance in the east and moves along gradualy so also will the comeing of the Son of Man be. it will be small at its first appearance and gradually becomes larger untill every eye shall see it. Shall the Saints understand it Oh yes. Paul says so. Shall the wicked understand Oh no they attribute it to a natural cause. They will probably suppose it is two great comets comeing in contact with each other It will be small at first and will grow larger and larger untill it will be all in a blaze so that every eye shall see it." (Joseph Smith, General Conference, April 6, 1843