I feel that Sarah Menet was spot on. What she said about the Iranian nuke was conditional upon us mixing things up in the ME; which we indeed did do.
Things are set up PERFECTLY. Now, they are talking 7 minutes from Iran to Tel Aviv; which will put all their anti-missile forces on the east side of the country, facing Iran. The whole time, Iran will be staging and prepping the missile in Libya; just as described.
I think Iran feels pressured to act quickly before Trump (Cyrus) does something amazing to bring Iran to her knees. He is my kind of man; defines a problem and crushes it. Act now decisively; ask questions later and sort out the mess from within the pile of rubble. The whole "wishy-washy" thing is an exercise for wimps. Same thing when using the Priesthood - find the will of the Lord; then just do it in faith and power. We had a lesson on exercising P-hood yesterday and talked about blessings - and faith. I talked about the morning we lost our kid and how I called the HT to get over to our place and crush the problem; until I came to a realization (without realizing it), that it was not the will of the Lord, to do so.
Right after the bloc, I was asking the Bishop if my records happened to have finally come in, so I can contribute to the ward where I can. He checked and we were chatting about my plans when a woman came up asking for her HT. She wanted a blessing because the docs had found nodules in her lungs. Someone went and got the former Bishop and his son and we all three went into a side room and anointed and blessed her. It was a fine blessing - but it did not crush the problem. Part of the problem is that you are often called with no notice to give that blessing, so there is little time to ponder/pray in order to find the Lord's will in the matter. I was quizzing the woman (who is a new convert), trying to get her level of faith in Jesus Christ and whether she wanted to be healed, or just needed a blessing of comfort. The blessing is largely dependent firstly on the will of the Lord, then upon the faith of the person that is requesting the blessing and thirdly, the ability of the one giving the blessing in successfully having the promptings of the Holy Ghost in order to know the will of the Lord and to command the will of the Lord authoritatively with faith in that which they are being the mouthpiece for.
It is no small thing to get all that right. Personal worthiness is also required in order that the giver of the blessing have virtue sufficient to imbue the person who is receiving the blessing, with that virtue. Now, for me, at this point in my learning, I have not been able to find much on the matter - only that when you are pronouncing the blessing, you will "fill" with this virtue and it will then be "transmitted" through your arms and into the portal of the person's spirit (which is the crown of the head). This is why we anoint there - and place our hands on the head of the recipient. At the location, where the spirit enters and leaves the body.
This virtue is actually some sort of force that comes and goes into and out of people. Those who suffer from low levels of virtue (spiritually, they are worn out due to sin or just due to a hard life that they have let get ahead of them by not taking proper care of the spirit within them), benefit from those who are at a higher level at that time. The Savior felt some virtue leave His person as the woman (whose virtue was at a lower 'entropic' state than His was at that point), touched His garment. When you are filled with light, or meet someone who is, the experience of meeting their "largeness" is described as "electric"; and it may well be so. When in the prayer circle in the temple, this same principle applies. Touch to other entities within that circle is paramount. Virtue is also applied/re-apportioned at those times. I love being in the prayer circle every opportunity that I can for this reason. The best place to increase virtue is a day serving in the temple in all higher ordinances including washings and anointings. If you are down due to life or other things - and need to "re-charge", there is no better place than the temple to get that done. Other than personal visitations by those trailing glory from Heaven, there is no better place to accomplish this. That is the closest we will get to heaven.
When giving blessings, we need to be very specific. Using words NOT imbued with faith is an exercise in futility. Words that are conditional, or better, tentative in nature like "would" or "might" are no good. I have seen them creep into our language - and it is NOT good. Words like "will" or "can" are the words to use. They are words that imbue the receiver with power and direction. They crush doubt, fear, uncertainty and cause the very devils to flee. These cause our confidence to wax strong, darkness to flee and faith to abide in your fortress of faith that you build around yourself every day through your words, actions and intentions.
Here is the original article that got me pontificating:
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran-News/Iran-Only-seven-minutes-needed-for-the-Iranian-missile-to-hit-Tel-Aviv-480654
Never cease to pray for Trump and any good people he has surrounded himself with. The prayer of the righteous availeth much!!
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