THE WOOD ZONE: THE ROD OF MOSES, A STONE AND LIVING WATERS

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Sunday, February 11, 2018

THE ROD OF MOSES, A STONE AND LIVING WATERS

Today in church, a speaker spoke on the Children of Israel and how the rod of Aaron (Moses) was used to strike the rock (or mountain) and the living waters came forth to quench the thirst of the wandering Israelites. This truly was living waters.

I did an earlier piece on this Rod of Aaron:

http://woodyoubelieveit.blogspot.ca/2013/05/the-rod-of-aaron-and-salt-lake-temple.html

I have to wonder, if the living waters that will flow out from underneath both the temples of the ancient Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem with coincide with some action of this Rod of Aaron that Oliver Cowdery was given, as stated in the original Book of Commandments (read the material in the link).

Oliver Cowdery was prophesied of in 2 Nephi 3. Here is what it speaks of him:

17 And the Lord hath said: I will raise up a Moses; and I will give power unto him in a rod; and I will give judgment unto him in writing. Yet I will not loose his tongue, that he shall speak much, for I will not make him mighty in speaking. But I will write unto him my law, by the finger of mine own hand; and I will make a spokesmanfor him.
18 And the Lord said unto me also: I will raise up unto the fruit of thy loins; and I will make for him a spokesman. And I, behold, I will give unto him that he shall write the writing of the fruit of thy loins, unto the fruit of thy loins; and the spokesman of thy loins shall declare it.

Oliver Cowdery is analgous to Aaron and Joseph Smith is made analgous to Moses - both of whom performed a mighty miracle in relation to the House of Israel - who were made great in writing (the Penatuech and the Book of Mormon) - but who were both given spokesmen in Aaron and Oliver Cowdery.

Here is another article I did earlier on Oliver Cowdery and the Rod of Aaron:

https://woodyoubelieveit.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-rod-of-aaron-more-tradition.html

The patterns in scripture and woven into the narrative of God's Chosen People are truly awesome. In all things, there is a type and shadow, when God performs a mighty work among His children to bring them to salvation.

1 comment:

AnonymousFebruary 11, 2018 at 11:20 PM
Joseph didn’t need an “Aaron.” He was mighty in speech by himself. Read that whole chapter and you’ll learn that it doesn’t speak of Joseph Smith but of a future prophet that comes through the lineage of Joseph of Lehi(Manasseh). And he will do a mighty work in converting the Lamanites(Joseph Smith never did that).

This was actually commonly understood with the early brethren. And in fact the early editions of the BOM mentioned an Indian prophet in that chapter. It was changed in the early 1900s to Joseph Smith. That chapter has yet to be fulfilled.
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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