I have been working on this one for a long time (like since I became a sensiate being) - and after a nice long vacation with a bunch of driving/thinking and a nice nap just now and a little more crunching, I think I have a foundation for the algorithm God uses and am willing to take a stab at it.
I have been hesitant to put anything down because it is so complex, yet so simple that it might sound like a bunch of deranged rambling. Here goes:
I have repeatedly said that I am yet to encounter anyone who is actually better off for having loosened their grip on the Iron Rod or who have forsaken the principles of the Restored Gospel. All of the principles or any of them. The fact is this: the Restored Gospel is the Apex Religion. No one - nay, not a one, can do better or find better. This is what has caused such extreme distress in many who did not read the response to the scamdemic properly (including myself). Those who have loosened their grip on the Rod in the Mists of Darkness have exposed themselves and their achilles heels when it comes to the Restored Gospel. It might be a problem with their love of money (manifested in tithing issues, which is actually the lower law, preparatory to the higher law of Consecration), it might be their love of immorality (manifested in a reason to leave their spouse, etc and break temple covenants or repudiate Joseph and Brigham over things related to polygamy), it might be their love of the pleasures of the world as manifested in breaking the WoW - which is a protection against the destroyer in these last days as scourges are poured out upon the people in order to cleanse the earth in preparation for Christ's return (remember that only a Terrestrial people, or higher will be allowed to remain upon the earth).
The only way that we can qualify for higher laws and higher blessings is through obedience to lesser laws with exactness. The wicked will attempt to tear down those who are living, or attempting to live, the higher laws because they are not capable of doing so on a lesser level - but will call those who attempt to live the higher laws, as being in league with the Pharisees. God does NOT see it that way. He loves obedience. "If ye love me, keep my commandments". Simple and straightforward. God does not like hypocrisy; but He does love obedience which is construed as loyalty to His plan. God dwells in everylasting burnings. Only those who have been purified through His Son, can ever have a hope of entering back into His presence. The relationships are simple and bear to reason. Those who have loosened their grip will attempt to tear away at those who are moving to partake of the fruit of the Tree of Life by either badmouthing the Laws or the servants sent to teach those laws.
Here is where the punishment enters in: those who tear down or seek to deceive will be increasingly subjected to the buffetings of Satan until they are sealed his. Those who seek to bring others to a higher law are shielded from those buffetings and have a protection about them. For those who have partaken of the blessings of the Temple, this is the effect of the endowment. For those who have rejected the Endowment, they reject the very thing that provides them with power and with protection against satan's inroads. As increased power is sought, angelic ministrations will be possible and increased power will be given. This is an upward spiral.
The opposite is a downward spiral. Anything that takes anyone away from truth or from greater obedience will result in a diminishing of their power until they have shrunken from greatness to nothingness. I can read countenances. I spend time on FB poring over photos of those who have fallen and do a "spiritual progression/regression" over time. Without fail, there is a diminishing of their "glory" as manifested in their pictures. I do not do it to be judgmental or mean. I do it to gather data and to bolster my theory. When I was in the hospital recovering from the ventilator, I was able to juke the oxy numbers by specific breathing patterns and convinced them I was probably better than I actually was so I could get out and go see my daughter that was home for the Christmas break. In like manner, some can evade detection in quoting scripture and talking of Christ. But in the end, it is mere deception and I always come to the conclusion of: where is thy glory that I should worship (listen to) you?
Alma the Younger sought to tear down the teachings of his father. He went about in a state of rebellion, as he kicked against the pricks. The only way he was able to turn it around was through a divine intervention that his father asked for. Then, in order to attempt to repair the damage he had caused, he spent the rest of his days preaching to those who were astray. A sort of blood atonement in this war of words that has trailed us from our pre-mortal battlefields.
There are no cursings by those with Priesthood authority, per-se. There are pleadings that those who are not acting in good principle be stayed from receiving further blessings. For Jesus' injunction to those who were sent as agents to teach, to dust their feet off against those who rejected their testimonies, it simply was a way by one of a higher order (who was attempting to bring others to a higher state of being), of pleading their cause to remove an obstacle from the way of promoting righteousness. I think bearers of the Higher Priesthood live far below their means in this respect. As promoters of a higher way, we should be blessing (or impinging upon) the lives of those around us in a much more active manner - and only as moved upon by the HG. As power in the Priesthood increases through living commandments with exactness, we will only ask and seek to do the will of Father. This ability increases until one arrives at a fullness of the Priesthood, as Enoch had. A Nephi of 3 Nephi had. There have been a few modern contemporaries who possessed/possess this same ability.
There in the pre-mortal contest, the correct choice was the prize of receiving a body and experiencing mortality and all of it's possible pitfalls (the devil and minions will never have that privilege). The prize of correct choices in this life, is that of receiving all of the covenants and promises made in the temple and the ability to have eternal increase. Those who fail this segment, will have no increase. It is very simple. The gate is strait, the way narrow. It is meant to be a filter to keep those who simply are not capable of wielding heavy things, out of areas where they not able to tread. It is part of the survival of the spiritual fittest strategy. The only way that the eternities can perpetuate - otherwise heaven would become a foul place, unfit for nobleness and something worth having or striving for.
That is not exclusionism. It is the only way forward. God is Just. God is Great. God is Perfect. God will have a perfected people or they simply will not reside where He dwells. Very simple. This is the punishment of the wicked. God does not punish them. They punish themselves for being too willful and for remaining in ignorance when the truth is for the asking or taking. I have a child who is languishing right now. Because of willfulness, this child consistently chooses to forego blessings that otherwise could be glorious. Blessings of lucrative employment, stable living and even of meaningful relationships with people who love this child. It is painful to watch - but this child has the ability to choose and no one else can do it for them.
Please pray for my wayward child.
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