THE WEDDING FEAST AND THE ENDOWMENT

 This is profound:

https://youtu.be/r9JBb0DivH0?si=IHzqLNeJO2OzZzB5

It should be required listening prior to taking out one’s endowment.

THE BIG ONE READY TO UNZIP?

 I have a friend I used to home teach.  He worked on those vessels that went offshore to study the subduction zones.

As soon as he could, he retired early and moved his family inland to Wyoming.  I wonder what he saw…

https://scitechdaily.com/the-west-coast-is-at-risk-new-megathrust-fault-research-indicates-that-the-next-big-earthquake-could-be-imminent/

CONFIRMATION OF MY DATE OF APRIL 3RD, 33AD

 First person that confirms my research:

https://youtube.com/shorts/9a_v1RS-vBE?si=nIzcmAwwP4vUjukX

Just a matter of time til it all comes out.

SEEK REFUGE IN RUSSIA?

 I never thought I'd see the day.  And actually give those notion pause as the West just gets more and more bizarre with hate speech crimes, gun confiscations and so much else.  Russia actually seems like a they could provide sanctuary of sorts.  Actually, if I were to flee anywhere in Europe or Asia (besides Switzerland), it would be to Poland, whose politicians seem to have their heads screwed on straight.

Right now, Chicago, Detroit and so many other large cities are third world hell holes and with all the homelessness going on due to things spiraling out of control, most other large cities are despicable.  America, other than Texas/Montana/Alaska is looking downright bleak to me.  The Kamal (double humper) will finish driving this place into the ground.  It is only a matter of time.

Someplace in the middle of nowhere Russia sounds just fine to me right about now...:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-putin-maga-immigrant-sanctuary-1941913

America is corrupt to the core and is imposing its corrupt practices around the world.  Russia is very corrupt.  Do you choose the lesser of two evils?  Or ride it out where you are at?

The Lord cannot come soon enough to rescue us.

HOW TO GAIN TRUE ETERNAL POWER

 I can speak freely now - as I have mentioned in earlier posts.  I had to speak in code previously in order to keep peace with my wife - as my MIL would read the blog and not to learn from any interesting posts, but likely for less noble purposes.

I was stalked while alive.  At one point, I was living with the nephew of L. Tom Perry in the Seattle area.  I rented a parking spot from him and had an RV (that my co-workers jokingly called the pedo-van) to save money on rent.  Anyway, one day while I was away on my bi-weekly visit with my wife and kids, a woman matching her car and physical description showed up looking for me.  I am pretty sure she was checking up on me to see if my story was legit and that I was not shacked up with some girlfriend or something like that.  It always amazed me that she could easily drive from Portland to Seattle to do something like that - yet always claim she had a fear of city driving such that she could not visit for a baby blessing, baptism etc.  Had she garnered any salacious proof, she of all people would have been overjoyed to know that she finally had some dirt on me.  My wife actively hid information from her that could be construed negatively because she was just that kind of a karen/person.  Just nasty.  Movies make fun of the meddling MIL, but I am yet to find another example of anything close to what I have endured.  My poor other BIL has endured as much or worse - so it is just not my perception that there is a heavy dose of man-hate in her.  The crazy thing is that some of her actual sons are quite less than perfect (drugs,etc) - yet they could do no wrong in her eyes.

If we expect to gain true eternal power, the first thing we will NEVER do in this life is abuse power.  This is the very reason that Satan himself will never get a body (thus power) because he clearly has shown that he will abuse power - and even common sense.  One constant theme in the turbulent 32 years I had to endure was a constant need to gain power over others (manipulation).  When she got some leverage, she would use it.  This is the exact opposite of what we need to be about.  If we are given any kind of power, we need to wield it with kid gloves.  For what we abuse in this life, we will be deprived of in the next.  To the point that even in her death, and the subsequent estate monies disbursed, I want none of it as that pall of manipulation still hangs over anything she put her hands to.  The odd thing is that I had no problem being party to some monies that my FIL (divorced from my MIL) and who was a repentant pedophile, had disbursed to my wife.  Odd you say?  Nope - just how dysfunctional things were with my MIL.

If we expect to gain true eternal power, we will never bear false witness.  Imagine the chaose in heaven if this kind of thing were allowed in and allowed to flourish.  The order, the peace the serenity would break down.  Thus, those who love a lie and to make a lie, will be thrust down to hell.  Not pushed.  Not shoved.  Thrust!!  In other words, you cannot get rid of that trash soon enough.  I have pictured my MIL going to meet the man she was sealed to in this life and the eventual confrontation over what I percieve as lies that were told against his fidelity, etc in order to tear him down.  I get the idea that this meeting will not go well.  Character and tendencies do not just change in the blink of an eye once we pass over the veil.

If we expect to gain true eternal power, we will never covet.  If we covet (as David did), the minute we get some power, it will be used to manipulate a situation into our favor, as was done with Bathsheba.  Instant loss of rank for David.  Almost instant consequences for him and his posterity.  We can covet by not being fair in the way we treat others financially.  This cost me a friendship with my best man who put the squeeze on a desperate man he was buying a crate motor from.  He needed to money to pay a medical bill and, knowing he was desperate, he talked this man down from the valuated $4000 to $700.  I lost respect for him to the point that I had to cut off our former relationship.  He pointed out that the man who he was on Sunday did not necessarily convey who he was when it came to business (even though he had the $4,000) during the week.  This, I could not deal with and it told him I could no longer be my friend on those terms.

If we expect to gain true eternal power, we will never be stingy.  We will know that God has given us everything - and that we have nothing and are nothing without Him.  When we see another in need, we will act.  This is the essence of tithes and offerings for the poor.  We know that sacrifice is one of the foundational pillars of heaven.  The Law of Tithing is the greatest motivator to the removal of stinginess.  The higher law, Consecration, takes that to a whole new level and is meant to be the foundation of Terrestrial living.  All things in common.  This includes our relationships with our children and our spouses.  We must be willing to give it all up, if it means it is the best thing for them.  We will always seek the betterment of another above our own needs.  This is the key to a successful marriage and the polar opposite of what the world teaches.

If we expect to gain true eternal power, we will seek humility.  The whole "not my will, but thine be done" is a key attitude.  The arrogant, the haughty, those who have no intention of bending the knee and confessing that Jesus is the only way to Salvation, will never achieve true power.  It is in humbly confessing that you are nothing before the God of this Universe, that you gain true power.  This is precisely why satan will never have any.  Because he chose to put at defiance, the Plan of Happiness and to go his own way, while convincing others to do the same.  Rebellion is NOT a Godly attribute.

If we expect to gain true eternal power, we will be filled with love.  This is the essence of everything.  This is the currency of heaven.  It is what moves things over there.  The grease, so to speak.  All things, including the very elements, operate according to obedience and love of God.  Coercion and manipulation are the domain of devils.  Genuine compliments will flow freely and mutual approbation and support will be the norm - and without compulsory means it will flow.  You will see the potential of all of God's children and seek for that end.

JESUS HAS AN "ALL BUSINESS" STREAK?!?

 The last article was kind of heavy and some might say (including my "scriptorian" black sheep sister and other siblings who buy her tripe narrative) that I am out of the wheel house on the character of a good Latter-day Saint.

Nope - not when you have seen the corruption that I have seen and witnessed stuff that needs to be expunged from this earth and from the record.  It finally becomes toxic and you realize that it is either you or them.  That point was finally arrived at by Jesus - and He let it rip amongst the Nephites (and we will assume He was behind the finally really nasty arse-whooping of the Jews in the Second Diaspora or dispersion from Jerusalem in 70AD).

If you still don't get it, here is the proof (look for the "have I caused to...." phraseology).  This is the very God of Love - and I know the goodness and love of God.  This is not "have I allowed" - but He himself did the deed.  Called down the reaping of the wicked (corrupt) in order to alleviate the suffering of the innocent.  

One of my favorite books is "The Fate of the Persecutors of the Prophet Joseph Smith", precisely because it did not take an entire generation before they got their commeuppance for their sick roles in his martyrdom (as it did the Jews from 33AD to 69AD), but because it was nearly instantaneous and it was a protracted thing where the lack of blessing (cursing) allowed some of them to rot alive as it pronounces in the Doctrine and Covenants:

17 And it shall come to pass, because of the wickedness of the world, that I will take vengeance upon the wicked, for they will not repent; for the cup of mine indignation is full; for behold, my blood shall not cleanse them if they hear me not.

18 Wherefore, I the Lord God will send forth flies upon the face of the earth, which shall take hold of the inhabitants thereof, and shall eat their flesh, and shall cause maggots to come in upon them;

19 And their tongues shall be stayed that they shall not utter against me; and their flesh shall fall from off their bones, and their eyes from their sockets;

20 And it shall come to pass that the beasts of the forest and the fowls of the air shall devour them up.

I really do crave the more immediate solutions so that the wicked cannot say that there is no correlation between the cause and the effect of their actions.  Or that the very God of Heaven delayeth His coming or His vengeance upon the wicked.  But, I guess this has a purpose in that those who would procrastinate the day of their repentance will be ever more fully steeped in their wickedness.  Soon - very soon, this will mean VERY intense persecutions being heaped upon the innocent until their cries ascend day and night to the throne of Heaven.  It will be hard to bear.  I imagine it will be exquisite.  And the wicked will be harsh in the day of their temporary power - just as prophetic utterance states.  They will reap knowing that the time is limited.   If Trump loses, it will be a very difficult thing for Conservatives.  Gun round ups, speech curtailment, BLM type actions.  The VP for the Kamal (double humper) is the guy who was cheering them on in Minnesota and who is rabidly pro-choice, to the point that they will likely do something to the Supreme Court in order to never have to deal with defeat like they had in the past few years.  This will  be the final dying act of this democracy.  It will be epic.

2 Wo, wo, wo unto this people; wo unto the inhabitants of the whole earth except they shall repent; for the devil laugheth, and his angels rejoice, because of the slain of the fair sons and daughters of my people; and it is because of their iniquity and abominations that they are fallen!

3 Behold, that great city Zarahemla have I burned with fire, and the inhabitants thereof.

4 And behold, that great city Moroni have I caused to be sunk in the depths of the sea, and the inhabitants thereof to be drowned.

5 And behold, that great city Moronihah have I covered with earth, and the inhabitants thereof, to hide their iniquities and their abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints shall not come any more unto me against them.

6 And behold, the city of Gilgal have I caused to be sunk, and the inhabitants thereof to be buried up in the depths of the earth;

7 Yea, and the city of Onihah and the inhabitants thereof, and the city of Mocum and the inhabitants thereof, and the city of Jerusalem and the inhabitants thereof; and waters have I caused to come up in the stead thereof, to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints shall not come up any more unto me against them.

8 And behold, the city of Gadiandi, and the city of Gadiomnah, and the city of Jacob, and the city of Gimgimno, all these have I caused to be sunk, and made hills and valleys in the places thereof; and the inhabitants thereof have I buried up in the depths of the earth, to hide their wickedness and abominations from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up any more unto me against them.

9 And behold, that great city Jacobugath, which was inhabited by the people of king Jacob, have I caused to be burned with fire because of their sins and their wickedness, which was above all the wickedness of the whole earth, because of their secret murders and combinations; for it was they that did destroy the peace of my people and the government of the land; therefore I did cause them to be burned, to destroy them from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints should not come up unto me any more against them.

10 And behold, the city of Laman, and the city of Josh, and the city of Gad, and the city of Kishkumen, have I caused to be burned with fire, and the inhabitants thereof, because of their wickedness in casting out the prophets, and stoning those whom I did send to declare unto them concerning their wickedness and their abominations.

11 And because they did cast them all out, that there were none righteous among them, I did send down fire and destroy them, that their wickedness and abominations might be hid from before my face, that the blood of the prophets and the saints whom I sent among them might not cry unto me from the ground against them.

12 And many great destructions have I caused to come upon this land, and upon this people, because of their wickedness and their abominations.

13 O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they, will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you?

14 Yea, verily I say unto you, if ye will come unto me ye shall have eternal life. Behold, mine arm of mercy is extended towards you, and whosoever will come, him will I receive; and blessed are those who come unto me.

15 Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God. I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are. I was with the Father from the beginning. I am in the Father, and the Father in me; and in me hath the Father glorified his name.

16 I came unto my own, and my own received me not. And the scriptures concerning my coming are fulfilled.

The very God of Heaven may not have personally done the deed, but the language seems to indicate that the order or command went forth directly from His mouth.

This was an "all business" moment.

One I can endorse when it comes to Divine Parenting - though I would love to be the fly on the wall overhearing the conversation and any debate from the women amongst the Elohim (plural Gods).  They tend to be the nurturers and would probably rather create than pull back a few million malcreants (in each of the cases above) - but I am pretty sure they generally see eye to eye with Justice.

PUTTING MY ENEMIES BENEATH MY FEET

 This is a topic a long time in coming - and I do not want to be accused of drama.  This is simply how I see life and have had to deal with it.

I have always said exactly how I feel on any given topic.  I really give zero schittz what people think of me - I learned early that you either have to buckle down to the whims and perceptions of society as a slave to their opinions, or you can be a free man and operate on your own terms.  For this reason, I have never been popular.  If you want to create an enemy, just stick to your guns on the Law of Chastity or on the Word of Wisdom - or these days, on the witness you have of the divinity of the life of Jesus Christ.  You will get the hell beat out of you for your trouble.  At some point in the near future, you may well pay with your life for holding these unpopular opinions.  The more you deviate from the norm, the worse it gets.  We truly are crabs in the pot of boiling water - attempting to escape the gravity of the situation, but never quite capable of orbital velocity.

I am going to define the term enemy in terms of a Millennial context.  My enemy is anyone who does not have my best interests in mind.  In a  Millennial model, we will seek out the interests of our fellow man above our own.  Spouse, then family, then fellow man generally.  It will be an amazing time - that I crave for with ALL of my heart.  My wife, when not in her right mind, at times has been my worst enemy.  I have had co-workers who have not had my best interests in mind, some downright threatening, and fall in this category.  If you have someone's best interest in mind, you do not necessarily blow sunshine up their keisters, but tell them what they need to hear.

And then there is this: I have had siblings, co-workers, MILs, who have said horribly injurious and malicious things behind my back.  Stuff so salacious, it trips my circuit breakers.  For example, when my kid died of SIDS, I got the back-channel that I somehow had something to do with his death.  To me?  That comment is worthy of a prison sentence - it is so injurious.  To me, it borders on an electric chair experience in the flesh.  One worthy of simply keeping a person out of the terrestrial kingdom, or less.  On this topic, I have had many nightmares that I was caring for him and dropped the car seat accidentally and his head popped off and I was frantically trying to put it back on.  Messed up.  Implying anything like that (other than to an investigator, if there is a true legitimate concern) is just over the top sick, when people are fragile and dealing with an over-the-top traumatic life event.

Then there is a constant undermining of my relationship with my wife of those who would imply that I am anything but faithful to her.  This includes the second counselor (sitting) of the Cardston Temple.  To me?  If I had it in my power?  I would strip that person of their membership and the only way they could get it is by going through the person who they slandered.  At a minimum, there would be civil penalties in an earthly court.  If the effects were widespread, it could mean a degree of glory lost.  I take my reputation and honor seriously.

My wife is an abuse survivor at the hand of her step-dad.  He has profusely apologized to her for those multiple incidences until she was brave enough to stand up for herself and it all blew wide open.  That profuse apology was the balm that she needed to heal as much as she can in this life.  I am an abuse survivor of an older sibling that denied all of it and gas-lighted me when I tried to deal with "anything in (my) your past that has not been resolved".  This sibling of mine died suddenly a few days before Chirstmas last.  It was a shock, to be sure - but the thing that really stung, was that she had not let me close that door before her passing.  She created a wide sibling rift - in those who took her gas-lighting narrative and whom I reject as family or even friends - and those who have my back.

This same sibling was part of the crowd that accused my dad of putting the mother in smother and taking my mother's life when she passed from a blood clot and insisted that an autopsy be performed that exonerated my Dad's good name (at least of not being a murderer...).  This is the same sibling that followed him around in the dark and saw him come out of work laughing with a co-worker.  And this somehow made him an adulterer...  Just sick.  Quite frankly - mentally ill.  And her cohort and sibling in crime - still alive.  How awkward when the second cohort gets to the other side and finds that their attempts to slander my father (and myself) have cost them everything that is important to most people?  So sad for them.  Liberating for me.  The liars and the false accusers will become a hiss and a byword and will be spoken of in hushed tones for a long, long time.

My MIL is now dying of cancer, to the point she can no longer speak - and I am getting a familiar feeling that I had when my sister died.  There is sadness over missed opportunities, for sure - but there is also a sense of euphoria or victory in that I no longer have to endure slanderings against my character and I can be free of it until we meet again at the bar.  No one else that I am aware of, other than another king-pin sibling who doubled down on the gas-lighting narrative the other one was pushing - and who still lives, would dare call me an adulterer or imply that I had something to do with the death of a dear, cherished loved one, let alone anyone else in any measure.  So, that chapter/phase is behind me.  I no longer have to endure it patiently - and I have a sense of euphoria in knowing I am free from the schitt-show and that I can now direct the narrative to back to reality.  I vigorously doubt I will have to deal with them through the eternities because where I want to live (a place free from drama and gossip and low-brow actions and liars - wo unto them...), they likely will not be permitted to enter, for those shall "be cast down to hell"..  At least without a mighty course correction.  But this life is the time to prepare to meet God - so I do not hold out a ton of hope for the miraculous hail Mary pass in the last seconds of the game.  And, if so, how sincere does it come off as??

I am glad I have outlived them all - and it is a good feeling because I get to feel the feeling of being free of the dysfunction, the lies, the drama that they sought to impose.  I can now have life on my own terms.

I want to be clear here that I am not putting myself on the same plane as those who I am about to address - but I want to make it clear that this life is supposed to be a test and this schitt-show is part of the deal.  Jesus and Joseph were constantly being maligned and their character was/is constantly being called into question.  And Joseph contantly described the flow of the schitt as water off of a duck's back.  So, we are supposed to just suck it up - but I tell you that Joseph was excited when he knew his ticket was about to be punched, that he would finally be free of his enemies (those who did not have his back).  He knew he was going somewhere that they could not, nor would ever be able to go.  On this earth, he was surrounded by them like ticks on a dog or mosquitos in a swamp.  Jesus, the same.  Some wanted to kill both of them.  Many did try.  How disgusting is that?!?  The best people to walk the earth; expunge them like you would eliminate a rat or even less humanely.  I often think of those who participated in those crimes above all crimes.  What a fate they must be enduring?  A Just God demands a stiff penalty.  Possibly out of reach of the Atonement for their stubborn rejection of it?  So hard for me to comprehend.  Such a waste of a chance!  So sad for them.

But because some would not rise to meet the bar, they must be trodden beneath the feet of those who could have saved them.

Choose carefully your words, your actions and how you handle others, for they most likely will sit in judgment against you.  The first shall be last, and the last shall be first.

HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE OFF OF THE PATH

 Joseph Smith taught,  "Christ said he came to call sinners to repentance, to save them. Christ was condemned by the self-righteous Jews because He took sinners into His society; He took them upon the principle that they repented of their sins. It is the object of this society to reform persons, not to take those that are corrupt and foster them in their wickedness; but if they repent, we are bound to take them, and by kindness sanctify and cleanse them from all unrighteousness by our influence in watching over them."

-Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, page 240

Helaman Ch 5:

remember that there is no other way nor means whereby man can be saved, only through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ, who shall come; yea, remember that he cometh to redeem the world.

10 And remember also the words which Amulek spake unto Zeezrom, in the city of Ammonihah; for he said unto him that the Lord surely should come to redeem his people, but that he should not come to redeem them in their sins, but to redeem them from their sins.

11 And he hath power given unto him from the Father to redeem them from their sins because of repentance; therefore he hath sent his angels to declare the tidings of the conditions of repentance, which bringeth unto the power of the Redeemer, unto the salvation of their souls.

12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.