THE CHEROKEE WILL RETURN TO POSSESS THE LANDS THEY WERE DRIVEN FROM

 A lot of good history in this song and video.  My people will come out on top after their chastisement is over (very soon):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ0gobSHgIs&list=RDMM&index=26&pp=8AUB

ANOTHER ASSASSINATION (ATTEMPT?) IN THE BALKANS

 There seems to be a connection to the Balkans and World War....

Hopefully, this is not a harbinger of things to come:

https://www.the-sun.com/news/11374201/slovakia-prime-minister-robert-fico-shot/

He is pro-Russian, so I do not know which way to pray (for or against him).  As far as the whole Ukraine vs NATO thing, I have the same funk.

One of my great fears/concerns is rooting for the wrong team.  There is no way to know but by the direction of the Holy Ghost.  He seems to be in short supply.

So my prayers are often vague - praying that the Lord's will be done.  Is there any other way to go?

I TAUGHT TUCKER CARLSON TO FLY

 What a dream!  It seemed like it took up most of the night.  In fact I woke up two hours late for work because I was working away on it so hard.  In actual life, I was listening to a podcast of him and half-brother of Castro-spawn (Canada's marxist PM) and fell asleep with that going.  In my dream, agents were trying to kill off Tucker because he was making too many good points against them and due to his following, decided it was time to eliminate him.

I had bumped into him and somehow got invited to go out on the town after a meeting he had.  His intention was to have a drink at a bar before he went back to his hotel for the night.  We met up with some of his colleagues and were trying to get to this place when they attempted to kill Tucker and I in an elevator when we had been isolated.  Somehow, I said something that thwarted that attempt (by letting them know this would be live-streamed, or something) so the attempt was off.  As we were walking to the place to meet his friends, I decided to show him how to fly.  He did very well on his first attempt, but landed pretty hard.  I then reasoned that, if we could levitate and overcome gravity, that we could then walk on water (or just above water).

I spent the rest of the night convincing him and others to learn to do it.  Fun times!

FROM LSD TO LDS

 Great example of shepherding by the Great Shepherd:

https://youtu.be/7iEJKYg3PEI?si=e9bEYijgO396GvlH

Enjoy!

THE DISCERNING OF SPIRITS

 Great quotes and words of wisdom:

“Who can drag into daylight and develop the hidden mysteries of the false spirits that so frequently are made manifest among the Latter-day Saints?  We answer that no man can do this without the Priesthood, and having a knowledge of the laws by which spirits are governed…. A man must have the discerning of spirits, before he can drag into daylight this hellish influence and unfold it unto the world in all its soul destroying, diabolical, and horrid colors: for nothing is a greater injury to the children of men than to be under the influence of a false spirit, when they think they have the spirit of God.” (Times and Seasons, Vol 3, No 11, Apr 1, 1842, p 744; HC4:573; TPJS 205)

This quote is from Joseph Smith’s treatise on false spirits (D&C 50:2) titled, Try the Spirits. A false spirit is an evil spirit whose entire existence is devoted to deception. The job given the false spirit by Satan is to use any conceivable method or tool to lead everyone astray. It doesn’t have to get you to sin; all it has to do is get you to believe in some form of untruth – a lie – however small just enough to keep you from gaining your exaltation. That’s because anything short of exaltation is damnation. The Bible dictionary says this about damnation. “Damnation is the opposite of salvation and exists in varying degrees.  All who do not obtain the fullness of celestial exaltation will to some degree be limited in their progress and privileges and hence be damned to that extent.”

Joseph was deeply concerned about the problem of false spirits within the Church. He was so concerned about this that it was his number one subject to teach. His cousin, the apostle George A. Smith said, “There was no point upon which the Prophet Joseph dwelt more than the discerning of Spirits” (Words of Joseph Smith, p 21). Joseph would conduct weekend fireside chats in his home that taught nothing more than the discerning of spirits. These chats would focus on the nature of evil spirits, their power, laws, government, intelligence, and the signs by which they may be known.

The discerning of spirits was the first thing Joseph was taught by the angel Moroni. “The morning after the visitations from the angel Moroni (21-22 September 1823), Joseph Smith went to the side of the hill Cumorah to unearth the plates he had seen in his vision. As he later told Oliver Cowdery, on the road to Cumorah he became fixed and determined to obtain the plates for wealth and prestige and not for the glory of God. Only after attempting unsuccessfully three times to remove the plates from the stone box in which they were enclosed did he become aware that Moroni was present. The angel indicated that he was permitted by God to be led by this evil spirit so that from that time forth he would always know the difference between a true spirit and an evil spirit. This was only a beginning of his instructions in the gift of discerning spirits (D&C 46:15-16, 23, 27).”

The Lord considered the discerning of spirits to be so vital that it was included in the original temple endowment as revealed to Joseph Smith. “There were ‘keys of the kingdom,’ [Joseph] said to a Sunday audience of the saints in the Grove, ‘certain signs and words by which false spirits and personages may be detected from true, which cannot be revealed to the Elders till the Temple is completed.... There are signs...the Elders must know...to be endowed with the power, to finish their work and prevent imposition’ (1 May 1842 discourse). Three days later Joseph Smith revealed these sacred keys to nine men…. To these men he taught the keys of prayer and detection whereby all false documents, revelations, or manifestations could be tested” (Words of Joseph Smith, pp 20-21).

The last time the discerning of spirits was correctly taught in general conference was in 1918 by acting Patriarch Elder Hyrum M. Smith. For unknown reasons, its teaching was discontinued and it morphed into the “discernment” that is taught today and contains no mention that discernment is for the discerning of evil spirits.

TO THE DAY - PRECISION PROPHECY

 This is pretty interesting - and my limited understanding seems to back it up in other areas:

https://youtube.com/shorts/RjLYSNfE80E?si=pg-mn2_xJL4Quf7m

Enjoy!

THE POLY CONFRONTATION

 So, like a real man, I sent my wife on errand to confront the gadianton about the rumors that he was spreading about me - attempting to slander me with the whole pligger thing?!?  Why do I give the name gadianton here?  Because there are two options here: the guy came off as a Mormon Progressive to me when we ate dinner. I was plying him hard to see what his stance was not knowing he would later be tapped for a prominent position in Cardston.  I simply need to know if I can trust someone - precisely because I despise back-stabbers (people who work their way into one's bosom, only to betray them).  Seems Jesus and Joseph and Job were all surrounded with them; bleche!!  Like slimy parasites, a serious downer when you realize you have an infestation in your area.  To me, you can not be formally blood-oathed into a gadianton enclave and still carry out the objectives of their secret society, which is; to gain control of means, of power or of influence over anything that purports to carry the truth.  To supplant righteous authority and replace with satan's duplicitous fake.  They have gotten above us.  There is no question in my mind.

This is what Joseph referred to in his last dream (he found something in place that he wanted nothing to do with).  Something he did not recognize.  I am old enough (thank God for that) that I understand the vector the Church was on when I was growing up.  There was a certain (screw you, in your face) bravado or swagger about it, from the pre-1989 endowment all the way down to the fact that we were stirring the hornet's nest enough that we were hated to the point that we often had fences and guard shacks (at least outside Utah) in order to fend off the protesters and malcreants that refused to just let things be and do them while we did us in our own quirky way.  I was there in 1978 when the Seattle Temple was under seige by the Ed Deckerites, etc who were inflamed about the depiction of the Preacher in the old film - and his obvious subservience to Ole Scratch....  Those were the good old days when it was said like we meant it and little pulling of punches.  When the Church was not afraid to "tell the Samaritans that they were not the chosen people and that they would have to wait their turn in line".  I am perfectly fine being told I am a "Gentile" and that I may be considered somewhat chopped liver in the big picture.  I really give ZERO schitts about it - so long as my loyalty and adoration of Christ does not waver.  Doctrine being number one - without apology.  Now we have lost our way and we grovel and feel after the one while losing the 99 because we refuse to teach doctrine and the sheep - the entire flock - seems to be lost as de-emphasization occurs and certain hard subjects become taboo to talk about.  Instead, we attack leaders who were not afraid to say the difficult things, above all Brigham Young and I am surprised that it is not considered good sport to go after ETB, the last one to lay it down and call out the wickedness of the general membership.  The fact that the general membership would not take to heart the principle warning of the BoM - and plea to awaken from our awful situation and root out the gadiantons amongst the fold.

I have lost the very best people I know in my Cardston and other circles who simply have not been taught the doctrines clearly and succinctly; therefore, there is confusion, fear, stampeding from one wind of thought to another.  For some, this is the rejection of Section 132, tithing and so much else.  For others, it is extremism which includes embracing plural marriage out of order or some other cafeteria doctrine which fits their personal agenda.

I had a peep who is pretty universally beloved who went in for hip surgery and, while on some pretty heavy meds, decided he was going to take himself some other wives while his actual wife was on the East Coast for an extended period.  Turns out, once he came off the meds, he found himself in a real mess and his wife went to town on anyone on the list (apparently my wife was included in that list, but never approached by him, but approached by her to see if she had given in to his Oxycontin-induced wiles...).  I would have just laughed after having my own fentanyl-induced whackadoodle coming out of intubation where my wife was not allowed to visit me in the h-pital (after promises by Staff that she could once out of quarantine) and I thought I had been abandoned and decided to break out of there in -20C weather with my arse hanging out and go make a move on the single French lady by impressing her with my gravel-spreading capabilities (long story for another day).   So, if I am part of the Cardston Codeine Confederacy who practice polygamy, while under the influence of some serious schitt, then yeah.  Guilty as charged.

I can also say that most of us accept Church history as written by those that I call the "earlies" or those who rubbed shoulders with Joseph.  My key witness being Eliza.  If folks had deviated from the words of Joseph, she would have raised hell.  You can say all you want about the "Patriarchy" - but one thing is certain; they, no doubt, feared the likes of Eliza R. Snow and other feminists of the day.  So, my primary goal is to identify those who are attempting to move the rudder from the setting set by Joseph to new and unexplored territory.  Not a single time has that every gone well, from the Catholics with Indulgences to the CoC with ordaining women to the office of Elder.  Not EVER Once!

And so it goes.  This is my daily grind - to ferret out the impostors and to throw it back in someone's face if they attempt to label me one.  This was the political schitt that I had to deal with at Boeing.  I correctly predicted it's demise (without an abrupt course correction) to the point that my wife finally gets the level of stress I was under while in my Production roles.  It seems like I will never shake this role of pot stirrer at least while in this life - and look forward to the next when I hope to have a few more cimeters and sharp pointy things in my arsenal so that I can take names and kick some ass in a more gratifying manner and in a way that moves consequence from painfully slow to something this side of the action at the local DMV.

And believe me, I will do so.  I was born for this.

IS THE WOOD ZONE MAN A POLYGAMIST?!?

Wow - just wow!  Of course I am not - but this is the latest hometown gossip I just heard.  And I always seem to be the last to find out that I have second (or third wives) and all that goes along with that.  I bet they are all wearing pastel polyester dresses and black patten leather shoes, as well.  Just my thing!

I actually met the perveyor of these rumors at a dinner we had with some friends some time back.  He came off as a Liberal Canadian (just my impression - not sure if this is true) - but I am somewhat tolerant of lefties, so long as they leave me alone and do not try and tax me any more.  But yeah, he was aware of my blog - so I have another stalker (wink) out there.  I am kind of glad he is reading it, because I lay traps in it and perform loyalty tests, just as Joseph Smith did when he was attempting to ferret out the gossipers (of untruth) in his midst.  The fastest way to catch one, is to lay a good one down - and then set the timer to see how long the nefarious news takes to get back to you.  I find that to be good sport and some of the best entertainment I can find in a sleepy town.

I suppose that my support of Brigham Young and support of full Consecration (including the principles as laid out in Section 132) all make me out for a bad actor.  In reality, whatever is just around the corner, I push and lay out there so that the people are not gobsmacked by reality when it get's rolled out.  That does include all of the above - and most all of it is taught and practiced within the walls of our very temples (just ask any man who is sealed to multiple women as a linear  polygamist...)  Seriously...