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...

THE MIYAKE EVENT - BIGGER THAN A CARRINGTON EVENT?

 Wow - this would fry everything we consider dear to us...:

https://fb.watch/rGJHAtHGjd/

It will be interesting to see emerging research on this.

Perfect fodder for the enoZ DOOM (read in mirror, while upside down...).

AN ATHIEST HAS AN NDE

 This is a great experience:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZfaPCwjguk

Really cool stuff!  She definitely learned that God is in control.  We have to let go of the wheel, as hard as it may seem.

JOSEPH'S LAST DREAM AND THE DoC KNIFE FIGHTER RABBLE

 Man, when it comes to entertaining dreams, this last one took the cake.

It involved a bunch of rabble doing nefarious stuff (hidden agenda kind of stuff - telling you they are about one thing, while doing another; the ultimate form of betrayal and hypocrisy).  While I was dreaming, my mind was led to the barn dream of Joseph Smith and I was told to look it up in the morning.  Sure enough, they are part of the equation of Joseph's last dream - which I am sure was a forewarning and it played into what happened directly after Joseph's death with all of the traitorous players scrambling to get a piece of the action.

The DoC says that Brigham Young and John Taylor (among others of the 12) plotted to kill Joseph and Hyrum in order to wrest control of the Church from the rightful heirs and appointees.  Their claims are so outlandish as to be offensive to common sense - but it helps them to align their hatred for polygamy and tithing with (for many) an undeniable witness of the Book of Mormon.  Most consider the endowment of satanic origin (which offends the hell out of me...).  If I did not know better, this whole set of notions was a desperate attempt by the Community of Christ to pull people away from the true Church.  Some kind of missionary effort.

In fact, the DoC folks who believe in anything up until the late 1830's (sound familiar?) had rented out the Kirtland Temple for their competing spring conference on April 6th, 2024 - probably as a way to make a statement and say, "We are here - and a force to be reckoned with".  Well, I am not sure exactly how it all went down - nor the why's and what's of the timing of it all, but the Church bought it out from under them and IMMEDIATELY started offering tours (usually the Church would have gone through a restorative process, etc but did not in this instance).  This excluded the DoC crowd from getting a one up.  I am sure the wolves went away licking their wounds over this PR coup.  I could not have been happier with that outcome.  I am so sick of the rabble out there feigning to be active and good members of the Church all the while using their social weight to pull others subtly away from the Tree of Life into the mists of darkness.  They will spend quite some time in hell for their role.  I will see to it.  No role would give me more satisfaction than that.  Either that or a destroying angel, wreaking mayhem and delivering justice according to God's will.  Let's just say that my stint on this blue marble has given me a little PTSD - and either of those roles would be GREAT therapy (kind of like how it went down in the movie Ghost).

So, to my point.  Read this dream and ask yourself who the person is who was trying to take his life in the beginning and then who the various factions are in the knife fight:

“My Old Farm in Kirtland”

Joseph Smith Jr.

<June 27, 1844> [Carthage Jail] . . .

Joseph related the following dream which he had last night:

“I was back in Kirtland, Ohio, and thought I would take a walk out by myself, and view my old farm, which I found grown up with weeds and brambles, and altogether bearing evidence of neglect and want of culture. I went into the barn which I found without floor or doors, with the weather boarding off, and was altogether in keeping with the farm. While I viewed the desolation around me, and was contemplating how it might be recovered from the curse upon it, there came rushing into the barn a company of furious men, who commenced to pick a quarrel with me. The leader of the party ordered me to leave the barn and <the> farm, stating it was none of mine, and that I must give up all hope of ever possessing it. I told him the farm was given me by the Church, and although I had not had any use of it for some time back, still I had not sold it, and according to righteous principles it belonged to me or the Church. He then grew furious, and began to rail upon me and threaten me, and said it never did belong to me nor the Church. I then told him that I did not think it worth contending about; that I had no desire to live upon it in its present state, and if he thought he had a better right I would not quarrel with him about it, but leave; but my assurance that I would not trouble him at present did not seem to satisfy him, as he seemed determined to quarrel with me, and threatened me with the destruction of my body. While he was thus engaged, pouring out his bitter words upon me, a rabble rushed in and nearly filled the barn, drew out their knives, and began to quarrel among themselves for the premises; and for a moment forgot me, at which time I took the opportunity to walk out of the barn about up to my ankles in mud. When I was a little distance from the barn I heard them screeching and screaming in a very distressed manner, as it appeared they had engaged in a general fight with their knives. While they were thus engaged the dream or vision ended.”

Source: “History, 1838–1856, volume F-1,” 177–78.

I think that the first encounter is the d'evil himself or represents the gadiantons.  The mob of rabble rausers are those like the DoC who are quarreling over the farm with others.  Joseph is like, "meh - you can have it"...

Enjoy!

SARAH MENET PREDICTION ABOUT TO COME ABOUT WITH IRANIAN NUKE?

 Seeing this direct Iran on Israel (not using proxies) conflict, I can't help but think about the prediction of the nuke coming out of Libya and taking out Tel Aviv.  To me, this is the natural progression of things - and this article backs it up:

https://www.the-sun.com/news/11104279/iran-hit-israel-weapon-never-used-before/

and then there is this:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/enemies-west-preparing-tactical-nuke-135511462.html

In this recent volley between Iran and Israel, most of the incoming ordinance from Iran came from within Iran.  Jordan even helped the West to shoot down stuff before it got to Israel.

One of the only ways to provide a surprise attack on Israel would be to come in over the water from the east where there is no buffer (unless Israel has ships in the water with Patriot batteries to pre-emptively shoot down incoming ballistics).

TRANSPARENT ALUMINUM

 I first heard about this stuff from a fellow Boeing worker.  One of the wonder materials that will likely one day make it into mainstream aerospace usage:

https://theconstructor.org/building/building-material/transparent-aluminium/561733/#google_vignette

I remember reading the fantastic descriptions of the building materials used in the New Jerusalem.  This was one of them - and this plus a few others that are maturing are showing that we are closer than we think.

AFTER THE SAUDI PLATES COME THE DENIERS

 This is pretty typical.  After something comes along that corroborates something to do with Mormonism, out comes the deniers.  Is it possible that the Saudi plates are a hoax?  Yes, right now (without more provenance - or stuff that corroborates or puts it in context, like the other stuff that was purportedly found in the same chamber), I would say there is a 50% chance of it being made up.  That is my head.  My heart feels it is correct based on a prophecy that I made over a decade ago that there would be a flood of stuff that would corroborate the coming forth of the Book of Mormon (including the Sealed Portion), that would corroborate and make irrefutable, the evidence of the Book of Mormon.  To the point that to deny it, you would have to deny that the sun existed as it arced in the sky above, providing light and warmth and the other external evidences of it, such as plants alive due to photosynthesis, etc.  And, there are some, who for the hatred of anything related to God, woud do just that.  Kind of like Gene Matthews at Boeing, who knew in his heart of hearts that he had been cursed for cursing God, would not follow the guy's advice who likely had something to do with it and seek out the Elders he had bragged about throwing off his porch to save his life via a blessing.  Stubborn likely to the point he would rather die than acknowledge God.

The crowd that hate the truth thought it folly that Joseph Smith had found gold plates in a stone box and that there were plates made from lesser precious metals that contained things of lesser importance, such as the Brass Plates, etc.  The fact that Joseph or the Book of Mormon even were based on such a thing before the Apadana hoard (with gold and silver plates in a carved stone box in Persia) 

and the Copper Scrolls (found near the Dead Sea Scrolls) all come from a similar time period and culture, pretty much says that Joseph predicted that these things were a thing (even if the translation from the golden bible were somehow a hoax).  At a miminum, the naysayers have to give it up for Joseph Smith for conceiving of something that actually became a thing over a century after he purported to have found the gold plates here in the Americas, that had roots in a middle eastern culture.

The fact that people cannot see it, pains me.  But such is it for God.  One third of his royal offspring were such dunces that they overlooked Christ and went with that miserable of all beings.