tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57579565297431988572024-03-27T17:56:45.510-07:00THE WOOD ZONEIRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.comBlogger6484125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-89532501826310400452024-03-24T10:55:00.000-07:002024-03-25T09:21:57.872-07:00IF IT AIN'T A BOEING, I AIN'T GOING<p> IF IT AIN'T A BOEING, I AIN'T A GOING:</p><p>For years, this was the saying amongst the rank and file at Boeing and the flying public in general. Now, Boeing is becoming a hiss and a byword due to greed, trying to keep to schedule (again, bottom line over safety) and an amazing company that was hijacked and control wrested away from engineers (whose main concern was about safety and performance) and given to the bean counters (whose main concern was stock price and having the most complex machines in the air using components from the lowest bidders out there). I know because I had an amazing run there until corruption got the best of the system and I could no longer be part of it. It took just over two decades for that to happen; and the fall was meteoric. And quite sad.</p><p>If you read the blog back in the start of the decade of 2010, I told a friend of mine that Boeing would eventually cease to exist as a company (maybe under some other name or as a military-only concern) due to corruption and some kind of occult obsession with "luck" that went beyond just crafty marketing. It got really weird when they rolled out a mostly "prop" made a carbon fiber barrel and of plywood, etc on 07/08/2007 or 787 for the launch date of that iconic jetliner whose vision was quite bold, but whose existence has been plagued by problems related to beans, more than engineering excellence and cutting-edge innovation. To the point that I refused to work on it until the bean problems had been worked out of it and I was confident that it was safe for the flying public. Nothing horrifies me more than thinking I had anything to do with something that was responsible for the loss of a human life (been through the whole loss of a single life and that was a bit much, thank you)... The thought of a whole jet going down and all of the collective hell generated during that event, is more than I care to think about. How it would not drive a sane man (who survived, but was responsible) crazy, is beyond me. I have already been there and done that - and my conscience is really starting to light up right now over this whole 737Max door plug blowout incident. I am writing this article to finally clear the air and get it off my chest and I hope it will encourage others to come forward when they read it in major Seattle newspapers and news outlets. I love Boeing enough to try and change the culture there while they still can - so they can continue to make and sell reliable products.</p><p>In the last couple of days, I have been reading articles on the MAX door plug blowout incident where the FBI has made the statement that this last incident was "criminal". This implies negligence and this drives the legal definitions into a whole new arena, as well as the potential financial harm to Boeing. This will finally make them wake up and admit that there was a problem. I feel I finally have a chance of being heard - and that my testimony can be a driving force in making change at Boeing and possibly saving the company that I loved and cherished, working for over those past 20 years. Any attempt to forward my narrative in the past, would have been met with a consolidated front that I am just a "disgruntled former employee". I am not - but instead one who actually dreamed of working for the "lazy B" since I was still a senior in High School. When asked where I wanted to work after graduation, "Boeing" was always my answer and it never stopped, even when in college and trying to impress the father of the girl I was dating, who was a CFO of the Franklin Quest Institute. It was a fairy tale ending when I ended up not just at Boeing in 1997, but in Flight Test as a Systems Engineer. Every adrenaline junkie's dream - and the reason I was happy to get up every morning just to see what exciting cloud-punching adventure the day would bring. But this recent article on the criminality of what occurred with the 737-MAX, when there was no loss of life, kind of made my blood boil, knowing what I know of criminality with Alaska Airlines and complicitness, when 80+ lives actually were in the balance <span style="background-color: #01ffff;">(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261">click for link</a>)</span>.</p><p>I was a congregant (lay) minister to a young family in our church back in November 2001 (right after the Sept 11th tragedy). It was my religious duty to reach out to the D. Dew___ family a minimum of once a month to make sure they had what they needed spiritually and temporally and were thriving. Our young families had about the same aged kids, but he and she had married later in life, so he had 5-10 years on me. He was a ramp mechanic for Alaska Air at SEATAC and I was a maintenance engineer with Boeing (our roles were more or less reciprocal; we called out the maintenance actions, the ramp mechanics performed them). For whatever reason (if not just to clear his conscience with a guy who knew the significance of this problem), he confessed to me after church one Sunday that<span style="background-color: #fcff01;"> "it is not a matter of 'if', but 'when' we have a crash at Alaska". I asked him what he meant by that and he confessed that he had buckled to management pressure to sign off on maintenance that was not being done to the airplane.</span> As a maintenance engineer, our responsibilities involved breaking down a complex machine and it's maintenance needs into time-based and landing-cycle intervals that would keep the machine in the air. This complex set of maintenance requirements were spelled out on MPD (Maintenance Planning Document) Task Cards that had the action required (such as "Grease the Horizontal Stabilizer Ballscrew, per AMM 27-41-XX-XX"), and it spelled out the interval of that maintenance such as, every 60 flight hours, every 10 landings, during C or D-checks, etc As it was, in order to save money, time, schedule, etc the Alaska Air maintenance managers were forcing these line mechanics to initial and date those time cards with false information. I am sure that, if they did not, they would be marginalized, pushed out and likely lose their jobs. In a worst-case scenario, where billions and fractional trillions of dollars are involved, they could have a convenient "accident". I will get into later why this actually became an issue for me as I moved into the 777 production side of Boeing - and how it relates to an actual whistleblower on the 787 line who appears to have been "suicided" conveniently the day before he was supposed to testify before a committee.</p><p>Being a relative nobody and not having easy access to FAA reps within Boeing, I just took it under consideration as I really did not know what to do, or even if it had any merit at that point. One man's opinion against a well-established air carrier? Well, that was all about to change. On January 31st, 2002 (just a few months later) I was driving home from my shift at Boeing (and I will never forget where on I-5 I was, nor the time of day), when I heard over the radio that an Alaska jet had gone down that day off the coast of California due to a jammed horizontal stabilizer. The pilots had heroically fought to keep the airplane controllable until the airframe could no longer take the stresses and the ball nut stripped the acme (square) thread off of the ball screw and the horizontal stabilizer then departed the aircraft, sending the aircraft into the ocean and a hellish end for those poor passengers and heroic pilots.</p><p>I have gone over that scenario countless times in my head for the past 22 years. It is time to clear my head of that 18,000 foot dive inverted as the people screamed for their lives. The amount of emotional angst of just those 88 people overwhelms me and causes me to awe that the Son of God could take on Himself all of human suffering over all time - a truly incomprehensible and infinite act. And then there is the pain and suffering of those who love those 88 people. Unimaginable the magnitude of human suffering over corrupt, bean counting and schedule drivers. I was not directly responsible for this crash in any way, yet I feel guilt by association to one man I knew who, no doubt, feels enormous guilt. So what happened to Brother Dew___, you ask?</p><p>I have no idea. Of course, I was extremely excited/curious to know what his take on everything was, so I went to set up a visit to see how his family was doing (they had not been to church in a while, so I was concerned for them). When I talked to the mechanic's Deborah, she matter of factly told me that she could not visit as her husband had gone AWOL - simply vanished. She gave me some theories as to where he might be, but he was gone. I was not aware of any problems in their marriage, but just assumed that I had missed some big clues and that he simply had left her and their four young children. My source within the Alaska maintenance organization was gone, and over time, with all the layoffs at Boeing (due to the twin tower crashes), that incident faded into the background. All of the preceding was dwarfed by my wife and I losing our third child to SIDS on April 4th, 2002 and then the loss of my mother about six months later. One could say that I had had one helluva year and I mostly wanted to forget that it had ever happened.</p><p>I have written several journal pieces on this event, but never one that had all of the relevant details, as this one does. Next, within the Maintenance Engineering org came the changes. Within the month before my kid died of SIDS, my manager excitedly called me into his office to tell me that, instead of a 60-day WARN notice (of impending layoff), I was going to receive a pay bump and movement from a Level 2 to a Level 3 engineer. For a 4.5 year employee, this was unheard of. Usually, you got that reward after 11 years of service with just a Bachelor's degree or 7 years of service with a Master's degree. The FAA wanted to completely revamp ALL of the ballscrews on the 737 through the 767 due to a problem with hygroscopic grease (MIL-G-23587) that was causing severe problems at altitude when the moisture within the base grease material (a clay) would freeze and distort the ball return tubes and the balls fall out and leave the airplanes in danger of a crash of a similar mode to that of the recent Alaska ballscrew failure. Because of this revamping exercise, the FAA overrode the internal layoff rule at Boeing (they were cutting up to the 20 year seniority mark) and compromised with Boeing HR that they could keep any critical skills employee if they were a Level 3 engineer or higher. Because I was over the Hor Stabilizer and Elevator, my job had been miraculously saved. I felt as if I had one of the greatest miracles of my life. I had a young family to take care of and my wife was pregnant with our fourth child. </p><p>Over the course of the next months, as the Alaska investigation continued, it was clear that some shenanigans were going on. Many of the maintenance executives from Alaska were brought in to lead our Maintenance Engineering deptartment. Managers at Alaska were made Directors at Boeing and upper Managers at Alaska were made VPs over Maintenance Engineering. Posts were created for these new managers that were suddenly in the wheelhouse. For most, this was a non-issue. For me, along with the sudden disappearance or my church buddy, it smacked of corruption. As most know, corporate law is similar to civil law in that your spouse cannot be compelled to testify their spouse in a court of law. Similarly, with Boeing bringing those executives inside the fold, Boeing and Alaska were shielded from embarrassing revelations. As with Southwest Airlines, Ryannair and many other carriers, at the time Alaska maintained a "Boeing-only" fleet. This would cement and solidify this agreement and minimize any payouts from Alaska due to criminal negligence due to willful skipping of critical maintenance and it would also shield Boeing from the embarrassment of a faulty design on a critical component that, in the past, McDonnel-Douglas (original designer of the MD-83) had gone with a double ballscrew actuator on their DC-8, but had decided the risk was warranted to go with a single actuator on the MD-83 with no secondary load paths that would mitigate complete failure of the component, and therefore, controllability of the aircraft. In the case of the Alaska crash, both Boeing and Alaska were clearly responsible - and in the case of Alaska, criminally so. Of course, the FAA had signed off on the MD-83 (DC-9) design years before, so it literally was in the interests of everyone to just keep this on the down low, pay off some victims for pain and suffering of loved ones, and let it fade into everyone's collective memory. Except my own memory. Having simulated some of these events in a flight test scenario, I understand how much terror could be experienced if you did not know if this was just a test.</p><p>So why come forward now? </p><p>Number one: I am no longer under Boeing payroll. </p><p>Number two: The FBI is declaring criminality in this Alaska door plug event when not a single life was lost - and I had been privy to this other gross misconduct with nearly 90 lives lost. </p><p>Number three: My kids are all launched are no longer a leverage point for me (in the past, when corrupt managers have tried to manipulate me, I have literally gotten the, "Think of your wife and kids!" line - and I took it seriously as the threatening manager was from Jersey and came from a family of mafiosos). </p><p>Number four: The 787 whistleblower mysteriously offed himself the day before giving testimony on corruption within the system at Boeing S. Carolina. This kind of pisses me off - and instead of cowering, makes me want to come out swinging. I swore when I was down in Brazil, that I would fight corruption to my dying day - and I wonder sometimes if I have kept this promise to myself, after seeing all of the corruption down there that left people living in slums with gut-wrenching diseases while those skimming off the top were living in marbled high-rises in the best of circumstances.</p><p>Number five: The time is right, when someone will actually listen to me and my unique view into what happened previously with Boeing/Alaska and just quite possibly might change the corruption vector (both direction and magnitude) at Boeing. </p><p>Number six: There is enough heat on Boeing at this time, that they HAVE to act and do something. I am usually sympathetic to the underdog and do not want the ChiComs with their C919 offering to get the upper hand on Boeing, nor make anymore inroads into advanced aviation, in relation to Airbus and Boeing. But I DO want the flying public to be safe and free from worry while flying western offerings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Within a few years of the whole Alaska thing and the clear cover up to keep the victims quiet and paid only paltry amounts for loss of companionship, loss of wages and earning potential, pain and suffering - I was talking to a religious leader (equivalent to a Bishop in the Catholic church) at a type of confessional and I was expressing my concerns over what I knew and instead of trying to get me help, he basically advised me to keep my mouth shut and that damaging information like that could end up getting me killed. Even though he was in the JSF with Boeing (military side), I took him seriously - as I had a young family and had already experienced loss there. I also was taking in a nice annual salary plus bonuses and did not want that interrupted.</p><p>So, I shut my mouth until the next big thing hit that opened that wound back up and made me angry at the endemic corruption within Boeing. About 2006, I had left Maintenance Engineering and was working in Everett as an MRB (Quality Engineering) Liaison Engineer. Our job was to repair anything in the factory that was not built to drawing specifications and bring it back to within spec, or order the installation of replacement of defective parts that could not be repaired. In some instances, this meant the replacement of entire wing halves and other major repairs where damage was beyond allowable limits and a fix was simply not tenable.</p><p>On the 777 line in Everett, I had done rotations around most of the various stations where wings were built, installed and where Final Assembly occurred (stuffing of the interiors, landing gear installation, engine hanging, etc). I was back in my home group and was training a surge of newbies (who had no time with the company; fresh out of school and just starting their rotations). I had just received my MRB certification (similar to completing an apprenticeship, complete with rigorous training/testing and then mentoring under senior MRB signatories for 12-24 months). One morning, a tag came in to a gal I was mentoring. Her tag involved the destruction of a 1/2" thick carbon fiber "T-chord" that would need to be replaced. On the second shift I was working, a separate tag came in for a "scratch" that QA told me just needed a "blend". QA listed the scratch as 0.012" deep - or about four pieces of paper thick. Doing my usual due diligence, I personally went out to inspect the "scratch". Well, it turned out to be in excess of 0.040" deep, and was in a critical area of structure. This was right where the horizontal stabilizer hooks onto the airframe. There is a phenomenon called hidden latent failure, where - if a defect is not properly addressed, it can crack out and the crack slowly grow until it reaches a critical length and then fails catastrophically and suddenly. In this area, it would mean complete loss of the airframe with all souls on board which number in the 300-500, depending on configuration and cabin layout. So I took it back to QA (first shift) and asked "Lou" to change the defect description to the 0.040" depth to accurately reflect the problem. Lou kind of freaked out and I began to suspect something was amiss. Meanwhile, my newbie confidant came to me and wanted to get my opinion on this carbon fiber damage. When I looked at the location, I about peed my pants - same exact location as my damage. Same side of the airplane. I knew the two were connected, but how? I knew they had just installed the Hor Stab on the 777 on the third shift, so I stayed over past my 1am clockout and started asking around. I could tell by body language and such that all of the mechanics on that crew were mum. The closer I got to the crane crew, the more pushback I got so I pulled an installation mechanic aside (literally into a dark corner) and asked him questions until he finally started to speak (after sharing my Alaska story - and how guilt likely drove my friend nuts). I assured him that his statements would be safe with me and after, pointing out that he could lose his job or worse if he came forward, he spilled his guts. The prior night, the crane crew was "flying" the horizontal stabilizer into place before installing the tailcone. As they got about less than two feet away from the mating part of the body with the horizontal stabilizer, one of the six lifting straps (three on left, three on right) broke and the whole 7,000 pound+ stabilizer (the size of a 737 wing) came crashing into that critical area of 777 structure. On the horizontal stabilizer, there are three points that hold the stabilizer on. The ballscrew at the front (middle) and two pivot points on the rear spar of the assembly on either side. If any of those points are compromised, you get the same effect that happened with Alaska (where the critical control surface comes off and the plane is basically an expensive lawn dart, complete with hundreds of screaming humans).</p><p>I had enough information that the next day before leaving first shift, I approached Lou and asked him to completely revamp the tag to place the two defects together since they were related. <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">This is when he started getting "spicey" with me, calling me names and then finally dropped the <b><i>"you know, the last guy who did something like you are doing ended up getting run down in the parking lot"</i></b>. I am not making this stuff up - it is surreal to me every time I think of it. </span> Of course, being threatened just raised my hackles and I knew there was much more to this. Probably the biggest factor was that the crane crew screwed up with that busted strap. Those straps are life-limited and load limited. I did not get any proof, because everyone was telling me to drop it and no one would have cooperated, but the strap was likely worn beyond use and this incident would have triggered an OSHA investigation at the very least with possible FAA oversight when the airplane damage was factored in.</p><p>In order to cover my ass, I backed myself up with calling out to the floor (very calculatedly) one of the "two Chucks" - our "Stress Gods", as they were affectionately called. If one of them could back me up, there was nothing a corrupt QA or anyone else could do. They reported directly to the FAA. Anyone of a corrupt nature feared them. Funny thing was that, with that much power, the "two Chucks" were the nicest guys around. One was the personable Chuck Anderson and the other was what I called "Savant Chuck" because he could literally tell if structures were in danger of failure by just by thinking about it. He had so much experience and such, it was almost scary. I only feared approaching Savant Chuck if my calculations were amiss and he could shoot a hole in my proposed repair (which he never did). When Chuck Anderson came out to the airplane and reviewed my case, he just shook his head and said that they were already having failures in the 767 Hor Stab pivot points and that the 777 with hidden latent, plastic deformation damage there was just a ticking time bomb. When they went to design the structure on the 777, they just scaled up the 767 design to account for the increased loads, etc. So, in other words, the failures they saw in the 767 after 30 years of service, were going to manifest themselves on the 777 in a similar fashion. Any damages there would only decrease the service life of that structure.</p><p>After iron-cladding my case for a lengthy repair (with a 20 page powerpoint presentation and Chuck's recommendations), I was told I was meeting with the Factory General Manager. Even though I had done my homework, I was told by a 40 year colleague that I would not be employed by Boeing in two-week's time. He was very threatening and I took him seriously because he would often socialize after hours with my first and second level managers, who had similar time under their belts. The next day, I was marched up to the fifth floor with my Lead, FL Manager and Second Level Manager to get grilled by the Factory General in his walnut-paneled office. He got in my face and asked me who I thought I was to slow down 2.3 billion worth of product on the floor in the 777 line. I was thinking to myself what kind of education did this guy have in regards to materials science and if he even knew the difference between elastic and plastic deformation, or if he even knew that there were three forged and machined lugs in that layup, made from the strongest 7 series aluminum made by man and covered by a stainless swiper seal rub strip that could potentially hide (uninspectable) damage to that lug. This has been a hot bed situation in the MRB world and HAS brought down a 747 among many other aircraft. Hidden latent failures are the fear of every maintenance and structures engineer.</p><p>As we left that office, my feet were prunes in my dress shoes from sweating so profusely and I went home drained emotionally and told my wife to get ready in case I got thrown to the curb for standing up and doing the right thing. When we left the office of the factory general, I will never forget my second level telling me that "this is too hot for me, you are on your own".... Grrr.... At that point, I started plotting my escape to the 747 line where the -8 was just coming online and they could not keep up with the number of MRB actions required to keep the line moving. In that environment, it is only so long before they find some reason for "cause" to build a case and fire you - even though you are a model employee and just seek to do what is the best thing for the airplane and the flying public (stock price be damned).</p><p>Long story short, Chuck Anderson and I "won that battle", but I believe we both ultimately lost the war. I am not sure why, but about a month after that incident, Chuck Anderson left Boeing for some kind of extended leave that was about two years long. In his absence, things went to hell in the Stress dept and it was chaos. Even Chuck "Savant" Lackey could not keep up. When I was on the 747-8 line, Chuck Anderson suddenly was back in the Stress ranks. I pressed him to know why he had been gone for so long and he would not budge other than it was for "personal reasons". I wonder if he had been involved in some kind of breakdown over the politics he was exposed to with his job. I will probably never know. As a side note, when "Savant Chuck" finally did retire a few years later and was out on his first day of retirement, he went kayaking with his wife on the Yakima River and while in a rather placid section of the river and near the bank, with no witnesses, he supposedly overturned and drowned. I had never been even mildly suspicious before, but with the 787 whistleblower suddenly committing suicide the day before giving damning testimony, I have to give credence to the possibility of foul play <a href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/man-dies-kayaking-with-wife-in-yakima-river/566073035/">(click link for Chuck Lackey's death announcement)</a>. The problem with someone like Chuck Lackey is that they literally carry every piece of messy dirt that is dredged up in the day-to-day of the factory. The benign stuff - and the nefarious stuff.</p><p>Has that 777 crashed? Nope, they repaired it 70% per my instructions and I chose not to push them on the other 30% of my instructions that they glossed over. If it ever does crash due to a hor stab failure, I will raise utter hell over it and will not rest until I am dead or until it is acknowledged that the shoddy repair had something to do with it. People need to be held accountable for their shitty attitudes and actions. The bean counters that sit in their ivory towers, running a once-proud company into the ground need to pay for their insolence and arrogance. Every time one of these bean counters gets run out, I cheer. From the last engineer/womanizer Phil Condit to the first in a long string of McDonnell Douglas bean counter execs that came in and ruined the company (Harry Stonecipher - that sold off Spirit Aerosystems and gutted the company for stock price), it has been a pleasure to see them go. It will be a pleasure to see real engineers return to leadership positions.</p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>FINAL THOUGHTS ON ROOTING OUT CORRUPTION AT BOEING:</b></u></p><p>What do I see as a possible solution to the problems at Boeing? A large poster in every cube farm with the name and number or website where a rank and file can report corruption within the system - and a rewards system where the biggest whistleblowers are given some kind of compensation from a "victims fund" in memorial to those from the likes of the Alaska crash. Also, access to an independent (and well-heeled) law firm where the employee can sue if they are black-listed for speaking out or that will represent them with investigative power if they end up "taking their lives" for no reason at all. The existing SPEEA employee system does not work and there are no mechanisms in place to relieve pressure when the management heat is on over the existing corrupt cost/schedule/delivery/stock price drum beat.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-38646015551040404582024-03-17T15:09:00.000-07:002024-03-17T15:09:38.398-07:00EVIL SPIRITS AND HOMOSEXUALITY<p> Interesting beans:</p><p>From my Friend/ Homosexuality and all the associated gender dysphoria problems are all caused by evil spirits.</p><p>No one is born that way. They are influenced to be that way by evil spirits. I was bisexual until I turned 55. I was addicted to pornography in addition to being bisexual. I had reached a point where I wanted to be healed of my afflictions and I was willing to do absolutely anything to be healed. I told my wife everything and then went to my bishop and told him everything. For one year, my wife had been telling me that I was possessed by unclean spirits. After confessing everything to my bishop, I said, "My wife thinks I'm possessed by evil spirits. I want you to cast them out of me." He was dumbfounded, especially since the Church teaches nothing about possession and evil spirits, but he said OK. He anointed me and then blessed me. He commanded any evil spirits to leave me and when he said the name, Jesus Christ, I felt what I can only describe as an angry beehive boiling up inside me. It churned around inside me for a second that then was expelled from my body. I felt them leave me. When my bishop ended the blessing, I jumped up and said, "Bishop, I felt them leave me. I felt them leave me." He replied, "I heard them leave. I heard a whooshing sound as they left." When the evil spirits left me, they took with them their imposed thoughts, feelings, desires, emotions, and urges. I no longer had any desire for porn and the homosexual urges and desires I had were also gone and have never returned.</p><p>That was on Dec 19, 2012 and since then, I have intently studied the subject of evil spirits and their abilities. I have located and downloaded every magazine ever published by the Church since its inception that is available on PDF. I have also downloaded many out of print books and tracts written by early church leaders and scholars. My collection comes to more than 9500 magazines, books, and tracts. On the subjects of evil spirits, possession, discernment of spirits, and several other subjects, I have searched through all of it several times and gleaned hundreds upon hundreds of quotes. You would be shocked by what was taught by Joseph Smith and subsequent leaders for the first 100 years of the Church. Based on my research, I can only conclude that possession by evil spirits is the single most common affliction of mankind. </p><p><br /></p><p>Using alcohol, marijuana, pharmaceuticals will cause crack in your spirit wall and evil spirit will enter the body.</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-82644235808677620492024-03-11T08:54:00.000-07:002024-03-11T08:54:21.858-07:00THE RED HEIFER SACRIFICE IS HAPPENING<p> Sounds like the Red Heifer sacrifice is on!:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmraascin6OkYgI3VpvgafwSFTg9vLPbYPLvc01mJYDfu0OTCZtPjyT3uK-ttKR2OYaHSHFJ3kq0TTjhOBaG-1Y_XOcMVADn2yIKuPo61autWTLias8e74HBBAAniTm0Ml2lu3Tklx9i53R7uCf3_ebwiq9-RnoB28w6OG5vDPBdifyY-SJ-lfWZAS96I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="669" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmraascin6OkYgI3VpvgafwSFTg9vLPbYPLvc01mJYDfu0OTCZtPjyT3uK-ttKR2OYaHSHFJ3kq0TTjhOBaG-1Y_XOcMVADn2yIKuPo61autWTLias8e74HBBAAniTm0Ml2lu3Tklx9i53R7uCf3_ebwiq9-RnoB28w6OG5vDPBdifyY-SJ-lfWZAS96I=w483-h640" width="483" /></a></div><p><br /></p>This is a big deal because those officiating in the temple must be anointed with the ashes of a Red Heifer and those ashes were not found with the original Temple Mount treasures.<p></p><p>SUPER exciting!<br /><br /></p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-69408391769884669712024-03-06T07:25:00.000-08:002024-03-06T07:25:31.861-08:00A NEW MOVIE ON CIVIL WAR IS COMING OUT IN 2024<p> Interesting commentary in questionable times:</p><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m " data-_get-element-size="{"w":343,"h":325}" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.00625rem; line-height: 1.5625rem; margin-top: 1rem;">While civil war hand-wringing might sound like fringe thinking, a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/29/us-civil-war-fears-poll" rel="nofollow" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-brand-primary,#d92128); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">2022 poll</a> by YouGov and the <em style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Economist</em> found that 40 percent of Americans believe a new civil war is “at least somewhat likely in the next 10 years.” A Zogby <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/is-the-us-headed-for-another-civil-war/" rel="nofollow" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-brand-primary,#d92128); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">poll</a> found similar sentiments. That <a href="https://www.governing.com/now/no-america-is-not-on-the-verge-of-a-new-civil-war" rel="nofollow" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-brand-primary,#d92128); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">number drops to 14 percent</a> when you only include those who “strongly” believe it. Last week, RuPaul <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4501359-rupaul-civil-war/" rel="nofollow" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-brand-primary,#d92128); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">drew headlines</a> by declaring in a <em style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">New Yorker</em> profile that the U.S. is “moments away from fucking civil war. I’m fearing the absolute worst. All the signs are there.” </p><p class="paragraph larva // a-font-body-m " data-_get-element-size="{"w":343,"h":225}" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.00625rem; line-height: 1.5625rem; margin-top: 1rem;">Civil war fears are enough of a concern that <em style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">The New York Times</em> has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/opinion/the-argument-america-civil-war.html" rel="nofollow" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-brand-primary,#d92128); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">held a debate</a> on the topic, while <em style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Politico</em> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/21/political-violence-2024-magazine-00093028" rel="nofollow" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-brand-primary,#d92128); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">announced</a> in a recent headline that “the threat of civil breakdown is real.” Historians assure that an actual civil war “<a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/01/harvard-political-scientist-says-u-s-civil-war-unlikely/" rel="nofollow" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-brand-primary,#d92128); text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">is really unlikely</a>,” though one worrisomely added, “There are so many bad things that can happen well short of civil war.”</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-50669099503079522402024-03-06T06:14:00.000-08:002024-03-06T06:14:33.906-08:00WHERE DO MINISTERING ANGELS RESIDE?<p> A Russian’s (Moldovan’s) Visit to the New Jerusalem 🇮🇱 🇷🇺</p><p>The Book of Enoch Vol. 1: Chapter 12 - Cosmic Journey to the New Jerusalem</p><p><br /></p><p>Now in relation to the New Jerusalem Michael shares a less know account from a man named Ivan Moiseyev. It’s an experience that shares similarities with the visions of Enoch, John, and even Joseph Smith. Ivan was a Russian soldier during the Cold War. The story Michael shares is a transcription from a voice-recorded interview Ivan did with his family while on leave in May of 1972. Michael relates that Ivan would be beaten to death two months later by command of his superior officers because of his faith in Jesus Christ. His experience took place one cold winter in a Siberian training camp. Because of his beliefs, Ivan had been forced to remain outside in only his summer uniform for five hours. Everyone else was asleep when he was finally allowed to return to his barracks. After lying down to go to sleep, he had the following experience:</p><p><br /></p><p>‘Suddenly an angel appeared to me and said: "Vanya, get up!" I thought it was a dream. I got up, and I don't remember how I dressed. I flew off with him upwards. We did not fly through the door or window, but the ceiling and the roof of the barracks opened up before us and we flew to another planet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The angel said to me, "On this planet you will follow behind me, since here you do not have any knowledge of how things are." I consented, and followed after him We went over a great expanse of grass and arrived at a brook. The angel crossed the brook, but I was afraid. He asked me, "Why do you fear?" "Serpents," I said. "Don't be afraid; you are with me. Here it is not as on earth. Here there are no serpents."</p><p><br /></p><p>I crossed over after him. There he showed to me the apostle John. He flew over to me and told me through the angel how life was on this planet. This planet was illuminated better than on earth in the daytime, though I saw no sun anywhere...</p><p><br /></p><p>When we went further, the angel said, "We have traveled a long way and you are tired." We sat under a large tree and rested. The angel told me, "I wish to show you the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem, but if you actually see it as it is, you cannot remain alive. There is still much work for you left on earth. We will fly together to another planet, and I will show you only the light of this city so you will know, while yet alive, that there actually is a New Jerusalem." We flew to the other planet. I saw high mountains. Between the mountains was a deep canyon. The angel lowered me into this canyon and said, "Look upward and you will see this light." I looked and saw a light brighter than the sun, brighter than the arc of an electric welder. I really thought I would be blinded, but the angel said, "Nothing will happen to you: look." And I looked.’ (Vanya,A True Story by Myrna Grant 154 & 155)</p><p><br /></p><p>“Ivan's account is fascinating on so many levels. For one, it has nothing to do with traditional Christian teachings. Secondly, he describes traveling with this angel right through the barracks ceiling, precisely how Joseph Smith described the Angle Moroni coming into his cabin. Third, he traveled to another planet that he was told was unlike Earth because of its absence of serpents. I believe this is an acknowledgment that there were no evil spirits in this other world. Fourth, he saw John the Revelator in the flesh upon another planet. While John spoke to Ivan, Ivan did not share what John talked about other than that it was about the things that were happening on that planet. - Interestingly enough, in a portion of the account I excluded for brevity, Ivan also saw Moses but had no interaction with him. Both John and Moses are translated beings. According to Joseph Smith, the primary purpose of translated beings is to administer the gospel to beings on other worlds. That is exactly what Ivan saw happening.” - MBR</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-19764335914502733942024-03-04T22:18:00.000-08:002024-03-04T22:18:00.986-08:00THE MINISTERING OF ANGELS - AND THE KEY OF PRAYER IN OVERRIDING AGENCY<p> There are a lot of lessons to be learned from this small anecdotal story:</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Guardian Angels Protecting Us- </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">“I feel moved to share an experience I had a few years ago. Don’t know why, but I feel like it’s important to share.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Maybe someone needs to hear it. Maybe I just need to hear it again. I am a veterinarian. One morning I was pregnancy checking a herd of holsteins. The cows were all locked up at the feed bunk lined up in a row and I was checking each one to see which were pregnant. In the corral was a holstein bull (several actually). This particular bull had often been very vocal and used aggressive body language during my visits. He would usually stand in the corral and bellow at me and paw at the earth expressing his displeasure with my presence. We always kept an eye on him. On this particular morning, this bull was much bolder than usual, following me closely and being a problem. Suddenly, I had a very strong prompting from the Spirit. “Your life is in danger. Get out of the corral.“ I had only about five cows left to do so I explained to the Spirit that there were only five cows left and that I really needed to finish… I know… dumb. The dairyman then said to me, “Patrick, I think you should get out of the corral. Your life is in danger.“ Oddly he used exactly the same wording. I told him I only had five more cows… I know… dumber! At that point, I checked a cow with a big calf. Since they were bull bred, we had no breeding dates. I can tell how close a large calf is to being born by “bumping“ the calf while pushing on the cow’s side. I had the dairyman let one of the cows go so I could get between the cows and bump this calf. So now I am crouched down between two locked up cows with my back to the lock-ups and up comes the bull. He bellows bloody murder and hits me. Instead of driving me straight back into the lock-ups, (which likely would have killed me), he came up from below with a vertical thrust. I was thrown straight up into the air several feet above the backs of the cows. I landed on my feet and he hit me again. Again I flew into the air high above the cows. I landed on my feet again, and he hit me again. This happened several times. It was surreal, like slow motion. Each time I flew into the air I knew that if I didn’t land on my feet he’d plow me into the concrete and lock-ups, and that would be it. I don’t know how many times he threw me into the air. It must’ve been four or five. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The last time I landed on my feet, the bull charged toward me again then suddenly stopped. A look of real terror came into his eyes and he abruptly backed away. The dairy man grabbed me by my collar and literally yanked me out of the corral (big guy… lots of adrenaline). He was sobbing and feeling my legs and arms to see how much of me was broken. I was OK. Miraculously, there were no broken bones. The next morning I had some pretty exciting bruises but only from my knees down. As I sat in sacrament meeting that morning, taking the sacrament on the bench with my wife and children, (I think we had about 12 at that time), I said a prayer of gratitude that we were just having sacrament meeting and not a funeral. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">As I prayed, the voice of the Spirit came to me, filling my entire being, and said, “It is only because of the prayers of your little ones each day that ‘daddy come home, safe’ that I was able to violate your agency and preserve your life. Your great grandfather, Joseph Wilcox was sent and exercised his priesthood to save you that your children might not be fatherless.“ I then remembered Joseph Smith’s statement about temple work when he said, concerning our ancestors, “Without us, they cannot be saved, and without them, we cannot be saved”. The spirit confirmed strongly that this statement did not relate only to salvation in a spiritual sense, but also in a literal, physical sense. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My great grandfather, Joseph Wilcox died at about my age in a farming accident, leaving a widow and large number of children. He was a returned missionary and faithful priesthood holder. What if he had not been? What if he had not had priesthood to “exercise” in my behalf to save me in my moment of need? There are several take-home messages for me from this experience. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Most obviously: Don’t explain to the Holy Ghost why you can’t obey. Just obey. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. The prayers of loved ones can enable God to intervene in the lives of people in spite of their own choices. (see Mosiah 27:14 for another example of this). </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Our righteous dead are aware of us and can use their priesthood through the veil to bless and protect us. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I’ve since had several experiences in the temple, (which I won’t go into here) with those for whom I was officiating which have confirmed and expanded my understanding of #3. It strikes me that one of the most powerful things that we can do to protect ourselves, and our loved ones in the coming times of great peril is to be sure our ancestors have received the priesthood so that they can bless us. Do your family history and attend the Temple. You may be creating an army of angels to minister to you in times of need.</span></p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-17778416186658744672024-02-22T13:39:00.000-08:002024-02-22T13:39:54.347-08:00THE NATIVES WILL RISE UP AS ONLY A REMNANT OF EPHRAIM WILL LEAD THE NEW JERUSALEM EFFORT<p> This topic came up in GD on Sunday. I could not bring myself to tell the people the truth. No one wants to hear it. It is too hard to think of being de-linked from Babylon:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O5KYct7iZw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O5KYct7iZw</a></p><p>One of the best collection of quotes on Walker Lake and the Indian Messiah. 1890 was a pivotal year when our birthright was sold for a mess of pottage and it will be given to another, just as we see over in Israel with the mess over there.</p><p>Time will show this narrative to be correct.</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-64889430556382205862024-02-14T12:58:00.000-08:002024-02-14T12:58:13.175-08:00IS THERE PLURALITY OF WIVES AMONGST THE STAR REALMS?<p> My curious wife asked this question after reading about planets having significant others. I, off the cuff, told her that there are multiple star systems out there (even though I have not read it for at least a decade). </p><p>Sure enough, about 85% of star systems are binary and the numbers in excess of two (up to four - total) are in the balance. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwD1NonvzfcMvi-SirAGiqCcknwLBYxRaxeK3bScAB72jI15sRs9IIuPI85f9J0QG64iMgCChSDnzE_8ap75QUtCLGX9LVmxX_30HMk2nks5tP5TwSYc9bJKqefzAg194x8cjI11oOPAT4UB85juQQSko1N3RAQ12TlqvAfofmMbpJE-67Fw2YocBjAn8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="691" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwD1NonvzfcMvi-SirAGiqCcknwLBYxRaxeK3bScAB72jI15sRs9IIuPI85f9J0QG64iMgCChSDnzE_8ap75QUtCLGX9LVmxX_30HMk2nks5tP5TwSYc9bJKqefzAg194x8cjI11oOPAT4UB85juQQSko1N3RAQ12TlqvAfofmMbpJE-67Fw2YocBjAn8=w628-h298" width="628" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>For example, Alpha Centauri (our closest star neighbor) has three suns in it.</p><p>Four is the number that Joseph spoke of as being the typical situation for polygamous unions. I have heard it said that Father has up to 2,000 wives. Remember, there is no scarcity in the heavenly order, so no bound to time, resources, love, and so much else.</p><p>I suppose that the Law of Attraction that I have spoken of quite a bit in the past, would be in effect amongst the stars every bit as much as it would be among the women who are allowed to "upward move" if their star does not shine brightly (or dims) over time. I believe that the stars can move out of their orbit and can be attracted to other systems/stars. </p><p>People were magnetically drawn to the great Jehovah while He was here. Same with Joseph Smith and many other noble and great ones. There is a modicum of magnetism in every one of us, just as there is magnetism between stars and other systems. I am sure the parallels do not end there.</p><p>All things follow a pattern.</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-75808624851294622622024-02-14T09:21:00.000-08:002024-02-14T09:21:43.212-08:00THEY WILL HUNT THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS<p> My wife and I were reading in the apocryphal 2 Esdras 16:70 where it spits out one more piece of gloom and doom (at least for those who are in the big cities when the crud hits the oscillator):</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.4rem; min-width: 0px;"><span class="text 2Esd-16-71" id="en-CEB-37138"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">71 </span>There will be great uprisings against those who fear the Lord in many places and in neighboring cities.</span> <span class="text 2Esd-16-72" id="en-CEB-37139"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">72 </span>People will be like maniacs on account of their own distress. They will spare no one, seeking to plunder and destroy those who still fear the Lord.</span> <span class="text 2Esd-16-73" id="en-CEB-37140"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">73 </span>They will destroy and rob their possessions and throw them out of their own homes.</span> <span class="text 2Esd-16-74" id="en-CEB-37141"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">74 </span>In that time, the genuine commitment of my chosen ones will be shown, as gold that is tested by fire.</span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.4rem; min-width: 0px;"><span class="text 2Esd-16-75" id="en-CEB-37142"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">75 </span>Listen, my chosen ones, says the Lord, the days of distress are at hand, and I will deliver you from these.</span> <span class="text 2Esd-16-76" id="en-CEB-37143"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">76 </span>Don’t fear or hesitate, for God is your leader.</span> <span class="text 2Esd-16-77" id="en-CEB-37144"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">77 </span>You who keep my commandments and precepts, says the Lord God, don’t let your sins drag you down, and don’t let wickedness get the upper hand over you.</span> <span class="text 2Esd-16-78" id="en-CEB-37145"><span class="versenum" style="display: inline; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; position: relative; top: auto; vertical-align: text-top;">78 </span>How terrible it will be for those who are choked by their sins and covered over by their iniquities, as a field is choked by overgrowth and its paths are covered over by thorns so that a human being can’t pass through. It is shut off and consigned to destruction by fire.</span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">Very interesting times we will pass through. We know the persecution of the Saints must exceed that of the persecutions of any previous epoch in history. Much of it will be at the hands of parents, siblings and SONS and daughters who have become enraged against the things of God, and whose hearts have waxed cold. This is the Book of Mormon pattern. This is what happened when the Nephites were hunted by the Lamanites just at the end of their historical run. It is the natural course of history.</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.4rem; min-width: 0px;"><br /></p></blockquote>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-75870996002116592942024-02-14T09:07:00.000-08:002024-02-14T09:07:56.224-08:00DOES THE EARTH HAVE A GIRLFRIEND OR BOYFRIEND? A VALENTINIAN PONDERING<p> Admittedly, this will be one of the more zany posts to ever hit the Wood Zone - a hard feat, to be sure....</p><p>But my wife and I were at a really beautiful overlook soaking in nature and enjoying some D&C 88 as a follow-on scripture deep-dive after our EQ lesson on Sunday. In it, we learn about the nature of future changes to the earth as she comes to her own and is crowned with glory and made a habitation of those exalted beings who have made it through all of the filth and come out of her wickedness and who have not partaken of her sins.</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370671" id="p15" style="--height: 40.484375px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">15 </span>And the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note15a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note15a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>spirit</a> and the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note15b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note15b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>body</a> are the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note15c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note15c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>soul</a> of man.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370673" id="p16" style="--height: 69.28125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">16 </span>And the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note16a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note16a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>resurrection</a> from the dead is the redemption of the soul.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370676" id="p17" style="--height: 98.078125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">17 </span>And the redemption of the soul is through him that <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note17a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note17a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>quickeneth</a> all things, in whose bosom it is decreed that the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note17b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note17b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>poor</a> and the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note17c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note17c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>meek</a> of the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note17d" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note17d" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">d</sup>earth</a> shall inherit it.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370678" id="p18" style="--height: 98.078125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">18 </span>Therefore, it must needs be <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note18a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note18a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>sanctified</a> from all <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note18b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note18b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>unrighteousness</a>, that it may be prepared for the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note18c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note18c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>celestial</a> glory;</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370681" id="p19" style="--height: 98.078125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">19 </span>For after it hath filled the measure of its creation, it shall be crowned with <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note19a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note19a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>glory</a>, even with the presence of God the Father;</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370683" id="p20" style="--height: 98.078125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">20 </span>That bodies who are of the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note20a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note20a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>celestial</a> kingdom may <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note20b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note20b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>possess</a> it forever and ever; for, for this <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note20c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note20c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>intent</a> was it made and created, and for this intent are they <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note20d" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note20d" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">d</sup>sanctified</a>.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370686" id="p21" style="--height: 126.875px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">21 </span>And they who are not <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note21a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note21a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>sanctified</a> through the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note21b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note21b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>law</a> which I have given unto you, even the law of Christ, must inherit <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note21c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note21c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>another</a> kingdom, even that of a terrestrial kingdom, or that of a telestial kingdom.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370688" id="p22" style="--height: 69.28125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">22 </span>For he who is not able to abide the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note22a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note22a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>law</a> of a celestial kingdom cannot <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note22b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note22b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>abide</a> a <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note22c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note22c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>celestial</a> glory.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370691" id="p23" style="--height: 69.28125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">23 </span>And he who cannot abide the law of a <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note23a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note23a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>terrestrial</a> kingdom cannot abide a terrestrial glory.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370693" id="p24" style="--height: 126.875px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">24 </span>And he who cannot abide the law of a <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note24a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note24a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>telestial</a> <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note24b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note24b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>kingdom</a> cannot abide a telestial <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note24c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note24c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>glory</a>; therefore he is not meet for a kingdom of glory. Therefore he must abide a kingdom which is not a kingdom of glory.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370696" id="p25" style="--height: 98.078125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">25 </span>And again, verily I say unto <span class="page-break" data-page="167" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>you, the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note25a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note25a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>earth</a> abideth the law of a celestial kingdom, for it filleth the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note25b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note25b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>measure</a> of its creation, and transgresseth not the law—</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370699" id="p26" style="--height: 126.875px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">26 </span>Wherefore, it shall be <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note26a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note26a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>sanctified</a>; yea, notwithstanding it shall <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note26b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note26b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>die</a>, it shall be <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note26c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note26c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>quickened</a> again, and shall abide the power by which it is quickened, and the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note26d" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note26d" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">d</sup>righteous</a> shall <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note26e" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note26e" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">e</sup>inherit</a> it.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370701" id="p27" style="--height: 69.28125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">27 </span>For notwithstanding they die, they also shall <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note27a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note27a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>rise</a> again, a <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note27b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note27b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>spiritual body</a>.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370704" id="p28" style="--height: 126.875px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">28 </span>They who are of a celestial <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note28a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note28a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>spirit</a> shall receive the same <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note28b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note28b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>body</a> which was a natural body; even ye shall receive your bodies, and your <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note28c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note28c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>glory</a> shall be that glory by which your bodies are <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note28d" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note28d" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">d</sup>quickened</a>.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370706" id="p29" style="--height: 69.28125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">29 </span>Ye who are <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note29a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note29a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>quickened</a> by a portion of the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note29b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note29b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>celestial</a> glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370709" id="p30" style="--height: 69.28125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">30 </span>And they who are quickened by a portion of the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note30a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note30a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>terrestrial</a> glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370711" id="p31" style="--height: 69.28125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">31 </span>And also they who are quickened by a portion of the <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note31a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note31a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>telestial</a> glory shall then receive of the same, even a fulness.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370713" id="p32" style="--height: 126.875px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">32 </span>And they who remain shall also be <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note32a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note32a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>quickened</a>; nevertheless, they shall return again to their own place, to enjoy that which they are <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note32b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note32b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>willing</a> to receive, because they were not willing to enjoy that which they might have received.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370714" id="p33" style="--height: 126.875px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">33 </span>For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the gift? Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370715" id="p34" style="--height: 98.078125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">34 </span>And again, verily I say unto you, that which is <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note34a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note34a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>governed</a> by law is also preserved by law and perfected and <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note34b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note34b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>sanctified</a> by the same.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370716" id="p35" style="--height: 155.671875px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">35 </span>That which <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note35a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note35a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>breaketh</a> a law, and <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note35b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note35b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>abideth not</a> by <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note35c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note35c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>law</a>, but seeketh to become a law unto itself, and willeth to abide in sin, and altogether abideth in sin, cannot be sanctified by law, neither by mercy, <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note35d" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note35d" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">d</sup>justice</a>, nor <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note35e" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note35e" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">e</sup>judgment</a>. Therefore, they must remain <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note35f" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note35f" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">f</sup>filthy</a> still.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370717" id="p36" style="--height: 40.484375px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">36 </span>All kingdoms have a law given;</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370718" id="p37" style="--height: 98.078125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">37 </span>And there are many <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note37a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note37a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>kingdoms</a>; for there is no <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note37b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note37b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>space</a> in the which there is no <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note37c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note37c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>kingdom</a>; and there is no kingdom in which there is no space, either a greater or a lesser kingdom.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370719" id="p38" style="--height: 69.28125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">38 </span>And unto every kingdom is given a <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note38a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note38a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>law</a>; and unto every law there are certain bounds also and conditions.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370720" id="p39" style="--height: 69.28125px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">39 </span>All beings who abide not in those <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note39a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note39a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>conditions</a> are not <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note39b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note39b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>justified</a>.</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="verse" data-aid="128370721" id="p40" style="--height: 213.265625px; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino-Roman, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.65em; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="verse-number" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Bold", Palatino-Bold, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">40 </span>For <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note40a" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note40a" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a</sup>intelligence</a> cleaveth unto intelligence; <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note40b" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note40b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b</sup>wisdom</a> receiveth wisdom; <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note40c" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note40c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c</sup>truth</a> embraceth truth; <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note40d" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note40d" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">d</sup>virtue</a> loveth virtue; <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note40e" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note40e" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">e</sup>light</a> cleaveth unto light; <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note40f" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note40f" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">f</sup>mercy</a> hath <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note40g" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note40g" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">g</sup>compassion</a> on mercy and claimeth her own; <a class="study-note-ref" data-scroll-id="note40h" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/88?lang=eng#note40h" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><sup class="marker" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Ensign:Serif", McKay, "McKay ldsLat", Palatino, "Palatino Linotype", "Palatino Italic", Palatino-Italic, Pahoran, "Pahoran ldsLat", "Noto Sans Myanmar", NotoSansMyanmar, SaysetthaldsLao, NotoSerifTamil, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75em; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">h</sup>justice</a> continueth its course and <span class="page-break" data-page="168" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>claimeth its own; judgment goeth before the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and governeth and executeth all things.</p></blockquote></blockquote><p>So, if the earth is supposed to be baptized with water, then by fire and eventually be the habitation of Celestialized beings that once flourished on her surface, then is she going to enjoy companionship and receive the ultimate crown of being sealed to another for the eternities? That was my question. </p><p>My wife chimed in and pointed out that a majority of small planetoids/suns out there have a binary equivalent and they revolve around each other - and that suns often are the planet producers. Meaning, they spit out posterity - or more of their own kind. All documented/observed. Just a matter of applying common sense along with some wild thinking to make the connections.</p><p>I think it would only make sense that these binary unions are the companions to each other. </p><p>Scientists have calculated and speculated that our sun has a binary companion star, but that it either went cold or is "away" (possibly preparing a place for the bride) and also will appear suddenly at the "Weddng Feast". Just a thought. But either way, we know of it's presence due to it's gravitational effects on the other planets in the system.</p><p>Enjoy the thoughts on this day of lovers!</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-26372113579990302062024-02-13T11:56:00.000-08:002024-02-13T11:56:51.565-08:00TAKING THE GUTTER OUT OF THE PERSON<p> One of the latest DoC talking points is that they try to drive a wedge into those who are suffering financially (which is most of us, as inflation bites into earning power and buying power and threatens even the robust double income household budget), in order to get them to lash out against the Church for sending funds to Africa to push the schitt schatt, or by building ever-increasing numbers of temples - while having a cool $110billion in a kitty, while many members are on the edge financially.</p><p>Many will appeal to the Church to solve the homeless problems with the windfall. I happen to feel this way. With just a few billion, nationwide homelessness could be stamped out and even the issue of clean drinking water in Africa could be brought to an end. What a lofty and amazing goal that would be.</p><p>Of course, the Church could just simply give all of the kitty away until the balance sheet showed zero dollars. This would be utter foolishness - given what has happened historically to the Church when she was allowed to be put between a rock and a financial hard spot at the turn of the last century.</p><p>So, the critics just love to rail on the Church in how moneys are spent. All I care, is that they are being used wisely and fairly and according to the law of the land so they are not seized. I also feel that there will be enough backlash at some point in the future, that they (the wicked) will come and attempt to clean out the kitty just as the Romans did with the Jewish kitty, etc. Same analgous concept.</p><p>So when it comes to this, instead of attempting to fling the poo and accusing or railing on a Law of God, why not just confess that you are not able to live the Law of Tithing? You are too weak with a feeble testimony, that you are waiting for better times, that you are____________ (fill in excuse blank). Same thing with the Law of Chastity, Consecration, the Law of the Lord, etc etc. It is not hard to do - and it removes the need to lie to yourself. The more we create a delusion around ourselves by self-lying and performing mental and spiritual gymnastics, the harder it is to be in a humble or "raw" state.</p><p>Here is something I had to say to a FB peep who is falling for the lies of the DoC:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">I maintain that you cannot take the gutter out of the homeless guy until he learns to overcome addiction and anti-social behavior. The best tool for overcoming addiction is a hope in Christ. That comes through preaching of the word. The only way you would know that is by the preaching of the Word as a missionary or as a vocal member sharing what you feel. Same thing applies to our temples. You could take the same dollars used to build temples, and build very large "projects" to house the people. However, chances are VERY good (just as with the "projects" in NYC), you would have a run down, rat-infested hell hole just a decade later. However, if all of those occupants were able to embrace the Gospel and attend the temple and continue to make higher and higher covenants, you would find a similar place 10 years older, but in impeccable shape with peace and harmony abounding. No midnight outbursts of gunfire, bronze plaques or copper wire missing, no graphiti tagged on every wall? Why? Because the gospel elevates and ennobles a person. The opposite (vacuum formed by the withdrawal of the Spirit) leaves a trail of infidelity, drug and alcohol abuse, and despair which leads to suicide and dysfunction.</span></p></blockquote><p><br /></p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-84124052282873015202024-02-12T08:55:00.000-08:002024-02-12T08:55:02.624-08:00A TESTIMONY OF PLURAL MARRIAGE<p> This is one of hundreds heart-felt witnesses out there that I have read. And yet, many will say that this was a creation and wicked notion of Brigham Young. Sorry; the sketchy "evidence" you present holds no water. Did people deny polygamy? Yes, they did just as I might soft pedal or even deny some of our less-pleasant doctrines such as our belief that we can progress to Godhood one day. Not exactly something you want to say in front of a wicked and adulterous crowd that is intent on slandering you in any way that they can because they are infuriated at your self-control and desire to accomplish something, that - in their heart of hearts - they know they never will, but really need to in order to secure eternal bliss in Father's presence. Crabs in the bucket. I endured it in high school and had to throttle back my stated ambitions because I was physically threatened by the drinking crowd and the crowd that thought homework was a waste of time. Quite frankly, just a disgusting revelation about human nature. And then there are those who would tear a man down for a successful marriage, when theirs had not been successful. Why not take a few notes and celebrate when someone accomplishes the impossible or near impossible - and then go and do thou likewise? People truly are disgusting - and they reveal who they are by their petty actions, back-stabbing, attempts at belittling, etc.</p><p>The fact is this: plural marriage, if it is lived in it's pure form, is nearly impossible in this life where scarcity and hardship is a thing. So, if it is done with any modicum of success, praise the couple who was able to pull it off! Do not tear it down or criticize it as a thing of a repugnant and foul nature. Because you WILL have to answer your criticisms to those beings who made it work properly, including Jesus Christ himself. That will be just a little uncomfortable and I pity you:</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #37474f; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.25px;"><a href="https://josephsmithfoundation.org/lucy-walker/">https://josephsmithfoundation.org/lucy-walker/</a></span></p><p><br /></p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-72706692200999703782024-02-07T09:12:00.000-08:002024-02-07T09:13:51.309-08:00A WOMAN WILL HAVE HER CHOICE<p> This is absolute fact!:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“The Prophet Joseph Smith often referred to the feelings that should exist between husbands and wives, that they, his wives, should be his bosom companions, the nearest and dearest objects on earth in every sense of the word. He said men should beware how they treat their wives, that they were given them for a holy purpose, that the myriads of spirits waiting for taberenancles might have pure and healthy bodies. He also said many would awake on the morning of the resurrection </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">sadly disappointed; for they, by transgression would have neither wives nor children, for they surely would be taken from them and given to those who should prove themselves worthy. Again he said, a woman would have her choice; this was the privilege that could not be denied her.” (They Knew the Prophet, pg’s 157-158).</span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p>For the male who thinks it is all about unlimited sex in some orgiastic setting or even somewhat less crass, he is mistaken. A male of that calibre will be passed over as something of naught by a woman who merits the blessings of being able to move up as far as she has the ability. The woman is to be cherished and basically put on a pedestal by her man. A good woman will not take advantage of this, and the divinely-appointed roles will be revealed. Another great quote/testimony for the DoCers out there who deny that polygamy was ever a thing with Joseph or that it was just a construct of BY:</p><div class="x1a8lsjc x1swvt13 x1pi30zi" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px;"><div class="x1jx94hy x78zum5 x1q0g3np" style="background-color: var(--card-background); display: flex; flex-direction: row; font-family: inherit;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">“It was near dawn after another sleepless night when my room was lighted up by a heavenly influence. My soul was filled with a calm sweet peace that I never <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>knew. Supreme happiness took possession of me and I received a powerful and irresistible testimony of the truth of Plural Marriage, which has been like an anchor to the soul through all the trials of life. I felt that I must go out into the morning air and give vent to the joy and gratitude that filled my soul. As I descended the stairs, President Smith opened the door below, took me by the hand and said, “Thank God, you have the testimony. I too have prayed.” the first day of May 1843, I consented to become the Prophet’s wife, and was sealed to him for time and eternity at his own house by Elder William Clayton. </div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Today I have but one regret which is that I have not been a more worthy representative of the principle of Plural Marriage, and that I have not lived a more perfect life. I can also state that Emma Smith was present and did consent to Eliza and Emily Partridge, also Maria and Sara Lawrence being sealed to her husband.”</span><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" style="display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Letter by Lucy Walker Smith, Church Archives</div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-43952012277207321362024-02-03T15:42:00.000-08:002024-02-03T15:42:57.064-08:00A PERSIAN KING ADMITS TO PRE-FLOOD BUILDINGS<p> Very interesting on many levels.... I am a strong believer that the pyramids were leftovers from an antedeluvian people:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/sP8lsJS2zrU?t=110">https://youtu.be/sP8lsJS2zrU?t=110</a></p><p>Enjoy!</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-22986732667447421032024-02-02T17:03:00.000-08:002024-02-02T17:03:04.276-08:00TRANS - GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM MANUAL TO AUTOMATIC<p> So, I just posted quote by Joseph Smith on Agency. Here is a tough thing; watching the predators twist the minds of our younger generation and then watching that generation stumble through really poor choices. The devil laughs and rejoices...:</p><p><a href="https://dnyuz.com/2024/02/02/as-kids-they-thought-they-were-trans-they-no-longer-do/">https://dnyuz.com/2024/02/02/as-kids-they-thought-they-were-trans-they-no-longer-do/</a></p><p>The fallout of all of this mind-bending molarkey will be enormous. Utah is at the forefront of this because leaders refuse or cannot speak boldly against the insanity of all of this.</p><p><br /></p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-88368951043728274282024-02-02T16:58:00.000-08:002024-02-02T16:58:43.959-08:00JOSEPH SMITH QUOTE ON THE TRUTH SPEAKING FOR ITSELF<p> Love this quote!:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="font-family: inherit;">"If I esteem mankind to be in error, shall I bear them down? No. I will lift them up... if I cannot persuade them my way is better; and I will not seek to compel any man to believe as I do, only by the force of reasoning, for truth will cut its own way."</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="font-family: inherit;">Joseph Smith</div></div></blockquote><p>I believe the hardest thing to endure as a parent is to watch children develop their own ideas that sometimes can be so far afield (at least from commonly-accepted reason). But, if we are to be as God is one day, then we must accept the spirit and principle of Agency and not only encourage, but accept the ability to make mistakes and recover from them on their own terms and in their own way at the time they decide.</p><p>However, I would never discount the power of prayer in calling on Father to help shape their lives as efficiently as is possible, so as to not waste what precious time of mortal probation still remains.</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></blockquote>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-64766331534899248062024-01-31T12:30:00.000-08:002024-01-31T12:30:19.062-08:00GREAT VIDEO ON THE HEARTLAND MODEL<p>From David Lindsley:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itlH3cyBzT4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itlH3cyBzT4 </a></p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-38962442905045623752024-01-30T16:03:00.000-08:002024-01-30T16:03:52.574-08:00A ROMAN LIGHTHOUSE IN ENGLAND, CONTEMPORARY WITH JESUS' TIME<p><br /></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Many people cannot believe that Joseph of Arimathea was so wealthy and that his source of wealth was in the trade of stategic metals of the day (tin was an alloy of bronze making). I tell people that Jesus was likely trained in the best schools of the day that were located in England and that one of his wives and the resulting children went back after the crucifixion and resurrection when it was no longer tenable to remain in the Holy Land.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Interesting stuff:</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYIJAPA7k8dZb1lDgfpgQxGH_rUS9A3qW-Q9HEsO1bOrb3pMwd97TsdM2KbW8U5nWhG_TjlSIYzV880g2S02shKSm7E-18jNvykpyjXJ9G94gf5qkyb1VzJmrzumbnFItzTyQuswi0xzp01TTp04MZwFLZ-0_yRMfBVAY9ad4kQFTZZjUM7TZpihQVKLc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYIJAPA7k8dZb1lDgfpgQxGH_rUS9A3qW-Q9HEsO1bOrb3pMwd97TsdM2KbW8U5nWhG_TjlSIYzV880g2S02shKSm7E-18jNvykpyjXJ9G94gf5qkyb1VzJmrzumbnFItzTyQuswi0xzp01TTp04MZwFLZ-0_yRMfBVAY9ad4kQFTZZjUM7TZpihQVKLc" width="192" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></p><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: courier;">This Roman lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse in England and one of the oldest in the world. It is located on the south-eastern side of Dover, Kent.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: courier;">It dates from around 46–50 AD, during the reign of Emperor Claudius. In comparison to modern lighthouses, its height of just 25.4 metres is quite short, but in its day, it was a towering landmark.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: courier;">It was built using flint local to the area and mortar. It was an important feature of the Roman trade routes and military <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>operations; its flickering light was critical in guiding ships safely to shore.</span></div><p style="color: black; font-size: medium; white-space-collapse: collapse;"></p><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: courier;">After nearly 2,000 years, the original Roman stonework on the seaward side is weather-worn, and today it stands at just 19 metres high.</span></div></div>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-28577137844735071192024-01-26T05:19:00.000-08:002024-01-26T05:19:25.453-08:00WHEN IS THE LORD ON THE HOOK?<p> We were all told to receive personal revelation in the matter:</p><p>I have posted this quote before, but I think it needs to be posted once again. Something that I’ve learned in my life is that God doesn’t protect you from the consequences of your own choices. This includes when you think you’re following Church counsel that turns out to be harmful like the po I son clo t shot. The following quote from Joseph Smith is interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Martin Harris having boasted to the brethren that he could handle snakes with perfect safety, while fooling with a black snake with his bare feet, he received a bite on his left foot. The fact was communicated to me, and I took occasion to reprove him, and exhort the brethren never to trifle with the promises of God. I told them it was presumption for any one (sic) to provoke a serpent to bite him, but if a man of God was accidentally bitten by a poisonous serpent, he might have faith, or his brethren might have faith for him so that the Lord would hear his prayer and he might be healed; but when a man designedly provokes a serpent to bite him, the principle is the same as when a man drinks deadly poison knowing it to be such. In that case no man has any claim on the promises of God to be healed.” (HC 2:95-96)</p><p><br /></p><p>I know many people have wondered how a mistake can be made such as recommending that members get the v@ x shun ation when it was a dangerous chemical. A lot of people have been sickened, mai med, and k ill ed because of it. This next quote from Joseph Smith also explains that. “This morning, I read German, and visited with a brother and sister from Michigan, who thought that ‘a prophet is always a prophet’; but I told them that a prophet was a prophet only when he was acting as such” (HC 5:265). This means that a prophet has his own opinions and feelings that may not necessarily be in harmony with the Spirit. To most LDS, at the least, this is horribly disloyal to suggest it and to many, it’s barely short of blasphemy. However, it’s the truth.</p><p><br /></p><p>There’s also the belief that a person will be protected from their choices because they were “following the prophet.” That’s also not true. We are supposed to have the Holy Spirit as our guide (D&C 45:56-57) so that we cannot be deceived by anyone. If we do not have that relationship, that is our fault, and we cannot claim we were “following the prophet” to be relieved of responsibility for our own decisions and salvation. Brigham Young had something to say about this type of person:</p><p><br /></p><p>“These persons do not depend upon themselves for salvation, but upon another of their poor, weak, fellow mortals. ‘I do not depend upon any inherent goodness of my own,’ say they, ‘to introduce me into the kingdom of glory, but I depend upon you, brother Joseph, upon you, brother Brigham, upon you, brother Heber, or upon you, brother James; I believe your judgment is superior to mine, and consequently I let you judge for me; your spirit is better than mine, therefore you can do good for me; I will submit myself wholly to you, and place in you all my confidence for life and salvation; where you go I will go, and where you tarry there I will stay; expecting that you will introduce me through the gates into the heavenly Jerusalem.’… Now those men, or those women, who know no more about the power of God, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, than to be led entirely by another person, suspending their own understanding, and pinning their faith upon another’s sleeve, will never be capable of entering into the celestial glory, to be crowned as they anticipate; they will never be capable of becoming Gods” (JD 1:312).</p><p><br /></p><p>Elder Orson Pratt also had some interesting things to say on the subject of deception. “…It may be inquired, how are the humble, honest souls to discern between truth and falsehood? Must they be condemned with liars, because they are deceived with lies? We answer, that all will be condemned who suffer themselves to be deceived: for there is a way for every person to come to the light of truth; and it is not in the power of the devil to invent lies so plausible as to prevent the really honest person from discovering the truth that pertains to his salvation. The scriptures have expressly declared, that ‘cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm’" (The Seer, Vol. 2 No. 3, p 234).</p><p><br /></p><p>No one can guarantee our salvation except ourselves. Let me repeat that: no one – not any other person – no matter their calling in the Church, be it bishop or prophet, can guarantee our salvation. It is our choices that determine whether or not we return to God. We - only we - are responsible for creating a relationship with the Holy Spirit that will guarantee that we cannot be deceived by anyone. If you do not do that, no amount of following the prophet will save you. Remember what Brigham said.</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-82003331460921612712024-01-12T12:16:00.000-08:002024-01-12T12:16:22.467-08:00THE RISE OF THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY IS NOW COMPLETE<p> Well, folks! The numbers do not lie:</p><p><a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/548459/independent-party-tied-high-democratic-new-low.aspx">https://news.gallup.com/poll/548459/independent-party-tied-high-democratic-new-low.aspx</a></p><p>Now a full 43% of Americans identify as Independents. With the Dems and Repubs sapping up the remaining 57%, neither party has as big a piece of the pie as the Independents.</p><p>Joseph Smith's statement that the Dems and Repubs will go to war and out of that will spring the American Independent Party, is now fulfilled.</p><p>Praise to the man!</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-60159880260977919542024-01-12T12:06:00.000-08:002024-01-12T12:06:19.367-08:00MORE ACTION AT AOA<p>Gleaned off the internet from someone who lives in the area of Adam-ondi-Ahman: </p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: white;">Please, folks, note the correct spelling with capitals and hyphens. The name means something close to 'Adam walked with God.' This is a sacred place and deserves to be spelled correctly as a way of honoring it's sacred history and future. The locals all just say "AoA" to be shorter. This site has been called an outdoor temple, a garden temple, open air temple, etc. Lots of people, when walking the grounds, feel the spirit here deeply. </span><b><i><u style="background-color: #fcff01;">AoA is it's own mission and the mission president is Pres. Nelson! The missionaries are called maintenance missionaries and do not give tours. They maintain the grounds. It is easy for us to see out here that they are making many changes. It already looks different than when we arrived her 2.5 years ago. They are building a new building for the visiting authority who comes once a month. We do not usually see them </u></i></b><span style="background-color: white;">but all of the missionaries attend our Spring Hill Ward on Sunday. There are 7 couple during the winter and 14 during the summer. A new pavilion has been added along with a second set of restrooms. </span></span></p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-77989264576726753812024-01-06T08:58:00.000-08:002024-01-06T08:58:24.582-08:00WITNESSES TO MORONI<p> He was probably as instrumental in the Restoration as Joseph Smith was:</p><p>"That talk was a patriotic talk about America. He called Moroni the “guardian angel of America.” He said, “That same angel of God that appeared to Joseph Smith presides over the destiny of the United States of America.” Elder Hyde said that he [Moroni] was in the camp with George Washington. He [Moroni] helped George Washington when he had trouble. He said that same angel was with Christopher Columbus and gave him deep impressions and dreams and visions respecting the new world. He said that same angel was with Columbus on the stormy deep. He guided his frail vessel to the desired haven, and he calmed the troubled elements."</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you want to post this </p><p><br /></p><p>I found this talk and it is fantastic </p><p>Working with the land of promise research team and Wayne May on the location of the Book of Mormon just makes it so much more powerful </p><p>Enjoy</p><p><br /></p><p>In our #ComeFollowMe studies this week we are learning about Moroni and the witnesses. I love how Elder Rudd explained the role of Moroni in his BYU-I devotional in March 2003. He said:</p><p><br /></p><p>I want to talk to you now about Moroni. Moroni is one of the great men in all of the history of the world. What a tremendous thing to think about an individual who lived on this earth and did what he did and accomplished all he did. I want to ask you a question, and you ask yourself, How long has it been since anyone came right up to you and said, "What do you know about Moroni?" I don’t suppose anybody has asked you that very much lately. ... </p><p><br /></p><p>What do you know about Moroni, is a magnificent question. When you are going out into the mission field or when you just meet people, this is a good question to ask them. And then tell them about him. You know, he is one of the most influential men that the world has ever known. He was a prophet, a warrior, a scribe, and many other things. He was the son of a great man named Mormon.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mormon was also a prophet, a leader, and the person who translated much of the Book of Mormon. Both Moroni and Mormon wrote that they had been visited by the Savior of the world and the three Nephites who were still living on the earth.</p><p><br /></p><p>We know that Moroni lived a long time after the Nephites were killed off, by the unrighteous Laminates. He lived alone for about 36 or 37 years, all by himself. He finished writing what he had to write; then he hid up the plates. We know nothing about the loneliness of this great soul except that he did die. We don’t know when or how or how old he was. Some of the Brethren have felt that he was 80 years of age. Some say he was over 70. So he was pretty well up in years when he passed away. But, he was a resurrected being who after 1400 years appeared at the bedside of the Prophet Joseph Smith on the 21st day of September in 1823. That was three years after Joseph had the original first vision. Moroni lived in the fifth century of time. He was the last witness of the people who lived in that area of time. He testified that he had seen the resurrected Christ. He is also the most recent person who has lived and died on this earth who we know has been resurrected. This great man I’m talking about, I see him in my mind; a great soul. I’ll bet he was about 6’3" or 6'4" and had muscles bigger than mine and was really handsome and wonderful; but you wonder what happened during those years of loneliness. You wonder how many times he might have been nursed in sickness or in accident or warned of danger by the three Nephites who did appear to him. (They had the privilege of living on the earth and doing whatever they were allowed to do.) And he testified, “But behold, my father [Mormon] and I have seen them, and they have ministered unto us.” He tells us that we shall know that, “I have seen Jesus." That you should know, and that is the testimony for each of you. This is a man who had seen the Savior. He bore his testimony, and he said, “that he talked with me face to face, and that he told me in plain humility, even as a man telleth another in [his] own language, concerning these things [that he wanted to tell him].”</p><p><br /></p><p>Now let me tell you a little something, an interesting story, that some of you may not have heard. In the early days of the Church, Orson Hyde was called to be one of the original Twelve Apostles by the Prophet Joseph. He served under three presidents of the Church–the Prophet Joseph, Brigham Young, and John Taylor. He was one of the great Apostles of this dispensation of time. He gave a talk in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on July 4, 1854. That’s only seven years after they came into the valley. (Now, it’s not the Tabernacle we know now, but the one they originally built.) That talk was a patriotic talk about America. He called Moroni the “guardian angel of America.” He said, “That same angel of God that appeared to Joseph Smith presides over the destiny of the United States of America.” Elder Hyde said that he [Moroni] was in the camp with George Washington. He [Moroni] helped George Washington when he had trouble. He said that same angel was with Christopher Columbus and gave him deep impressions and dreams and visions respecting the new world. He said that same angel was with Columbus on the stormy deep. He guided his frail vessel to the desired haven, and he calmed the troubled elements.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most people never think much about him; but Moroni is still active and busy and doing all those necessary things to help bring about the full restoration of the gospel. We honor Moroni. There are 14 Latter-day Saint hymns that we sing like, "The Morning Breaks," that’s about Moroni; and “What Was Witnessed in the Heavens?”; “An Angel from on High"; “I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly”; and ten others. These beautiful hymns that we sing in the Church are all because of the angel Moroni.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moroni had the great privilege, as he walked across this American Continent, of finding a place and designating the place where the St. George temple was to be built. He also designated where the Manti Temple was to be. And it’s been written that he designated Kirtland and Nauvoo and probably others. Moroni appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith 22 different times during the life of the Prophet Joseph that we know of.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I want to tell you the names of some of the people that saw Moroni. We all know he talked to Joseph Smith who saw him. We know that Oliver Cowdery saw him as did David Whitmer and Martin Harris.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oliver Cowdery was excommunicated from the Church and was out of the Church for ten years, and then he was rebaptized and brought back into the Church and had a strong testimony of the great vision, the great experience that he had with the angel Moroni where he had seen those plates. Oliver Cowdery incidentally died in the Church. He was hoping to come across the country out to the valley, but he got sick and died. He was only 43 years of age and one of the greatest men in the history of our Church.</p><p><br /></p><p>David Whitmer, one of the witnesses of the Book of Mormon, was also excommunicated. He lived until he was past 80 years of age. He never came back into the Church, but he never denied that he had seen the angel Moroni and had seen the plates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin Harris was excommunicated, and was out of harmony with the Church but finally came out West. He was invited to speak in the Tabernacle. He was re-baptized into the Church and lived out his life in the northern part of the state of Utah.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, those four men saw him. But so did Emma Smith, the wife of the Prophet Joseph, and Mary Whitmer. Mary Whitmer was the mother of David Whitmer and the four other Whitmers who were all witnesses of the Book of Mormon. It was in her home that the Brethren organized the Church; and while they were there holding the meetings of organization, she was doing the cooking and all the hard work for the men. She went out into the barn to milk a cow; and while she was out in that barn, Moroni appeared to her and showed her the plates and gave to her a testimony that she never forgot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moroni appeared to a man by the name of Luke Johnson. I don’t know why, but I’ve always had a warm feeling toward Luke. I guess I like the name Johnson. I guess I like the name Luke. Anyway, he saw the angel Moroni. He handled the plates. He was one of the original Apostles, but he was excommunicated from the Church. However, he saw the error of his ways and came back and was rebaptized into the Church. Luke came out West with Brigham Young and the others and went down into the west part of Utah out south of Tooele, Utah. There he was ordained a bishop and served as a bishop in the Church. He had been one of the original Apostles and was a humble wonderful man and one who had seen Moroni.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucy Harris, the wife of Martin Harris, was a problem. If my wife wasn’t here, I’d say she was a pain in the rear end as far as the Brethren all went because she was constantly causing trouble to Joseph Smith. She wanted to see those plates so bad. She went out digging out in the field. And one day she was digging out there trying to find where the plates had been hidden and a big snake came up and scared her half to death, and she quit digging. For some reason I don’t know, she had some kind of a dream where Moroni bore his testimony to her.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ninth man to see Moroni was a man named Zera Pulsipher. He was a minister of another church. He had a vision in his barn. While he was out in the barn one day, a light descended upon him in the middle of this barn, and he looked up and saw Moroni. And Moroni blessed his life and showed him the plates. He became a Seventy in the Church. He became a high priest and became a patriarch. He’s the man who converted and baptized Wilford Woodruff into the Church in 1833.</p><p><br /></p><p>I tell you W. W. Phelps saw Moroni. He was cut off from the Church twice; but he kept coming back. He died in full fellowship. He wrote "Praise to the Man" and some of the other wonderful hymns that we sing.</p><p><br /></p><p>John P. Green saw Moroni. He was a brother-in-law of Brigham Young, and he gave the book to Brigham Young. Rhoda Young, his wife, who was the sister of Brigham Young, also had the privilege of seeing Moroni.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Taylor, who became one of the Apostles and later the President of the Church, as a young man had a vision. Long before he joined the church, he had a vision and he saw an angel of heaven holding a trumpet in his mouth sending a message out to the nations of the world. He didn’t understand what it was until he joined the Church, and then he understood the great mission of this man Moroni.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oliver Granger was met by Moroni. Moroni actually knelt down and prayed with him and put his arm on the back of this man so the man could feel him as he talked with him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just before Heber C. Kimball died (Heber C. Kimball was one of the original Apostles who became a counselor to Brigham Young for many, many years), 21 years after they entered into the Salt Lake Valley, Heber C. Kimball had a visit from Moroni. Moroni explained to him that his work on earth was concluded and that he would soon die. I think if I remember right, it was just the night before he passed away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I have given you the names of sixteen people who had the privilege of seeing the angel Moroni. There’s one other; I can’t find the truth on this one, but I am positive in my own mind that Hyrum Smith, the Prophet's brother, also had a chance to see Moroni.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, you’ve got a chance to see a statue of him on the temples, not all of them, but on most all of the temples there is an angel Moroni sculpture. It’s there to remind us of the Book of Mormon. It is there to remind us of what a tremendous thing it is to have lived, and died, and to have been resurrected.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope with all my heart that you wonderful young people will fall in love with the Book of Mormon, that when you read about these great men in the Book of Mormon, that they will come off of the pages to you not only as a name but as an individual. They were all different. Some were tall, some were quiet, and some were short. I don’t know what they all were; but I have kind of fallen in love with them. And some day, if the Lord let’s me in the next world, I want to go to conference and hear them preach.</p><p><br /></p><p>May God bless you now. May he bless you to be strong in the faith. May he bless you to live the way the Book of Mormon teaches us to live. May he bless you to be worthy of the prayers of your mothers and your fathers, especially you girls. Remember they pray. They do more than just worry. May God bless you all. And may he bless this great school and all who have to do with it. May he be close to us and aid and strengthen you as you journey through life. God is good to us. I hope that you let Him give you every blessing He wants to give you. And this I do as I bear testimony to you that the gospel is true, in the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ, amen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Angel Moroni by Elder Glen L. Rudd</p><p>Brigham Young University–Idaho Devotional</p><p>March 11, 2003</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-89877369687475866392024-01-02T10:12:00.000-08:002024-01-02T10:12:05.476-08:00SATAN'S DECEPTIONS - ARGUING OVER A LIE OF A LIE<p> My wife and I are HUGE fans of the Heartland Model for the BoM. In my mind, there is NO other alternative when reading what Joseph had to say on the matter. Yet, some schmuck injected an opinion into the mix back in the late 1800's and had some godless apostle (a Judas - I will not name names...) give his opinion on things happening in Central America along with his opinions on Darwinism and it took off; and here we are today. So many opinions. A lie took us away from the truth - and now we argue over a lie of a lie. We no longer debate the words of Joseph Smith and how to interpret them in relation to the mounds they wandered among, but we debate and machinate over whether it happened in Guatemala or in Chile and thus we are literally dealing with lies and contention that originate far from the source of truth.</p><p>Same thing with marriage. The lie is that a man can marry a man, nullifying the truth of the first commandment that a man and a woman should cleave to each other and twain become one flesh and then multiply and replenish the earth. Now we are arguing over it is normal for a bearded man to become artificially pregnant and use the women's bathroom, while lowering the age of consent to six years old, so it is normal for them to prey on victims within a sacrosanct space, leaving women particularly traumatized by the freak show out there. It is a form of institution-wide gas-lighting (making you out for the bigot if you do not accept the bizarre social constructs they are attempting to assemble and then foist on the public). And the devil laughs at our stupidity - knowing full well we generally fall into a trap that encompasses all of mankind. Truly, some brilliant work that only a genius could put together. But a fool all in the same (in that he thinks that he and his malcreant minions will actually win this contest).</p><p>The same thing with the fight for the heart and soul of the Brighamite church, which happens to be a belief in Plural Marriage. The arguments against it never deal with affirming statements by all of those of the inner circle that Joseph Smith taught it to and painted it in the proper light. Usually, they take a disparaging point of view, far removed from the source and then run with it in hopes that naive people who have not paid the price to read extensively, will take their flimsy arguments hook line and sinker. Thus the d'evil wins their souls. Many are falling for the silken arguments these days instead of paying the price to know for themselves. Personal revelation takes work!</p><p>The thing to be pointed out here is that the enemy of righteousness will seek to move the argument from solid ground to shaky ground where it can be manipulated at a whole new level and a fallacious set of accusations made so that contention will abound. This is what tore up the 4th Nephi Saints. It is what is tearing us up as Latter-day Saints, as prophesied. Mostly, it is laziness and wickedness brought on by prosperity and too much time on ones' hands. God is about to remedy that "problem" once again...</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-8177486692610379752023-12-31T10:39:00.000-08:002023-12-31T10:39:12.388-08:00THE CATALYST FOR CW2.0?<p> I have always wondered what this would be.</p><p>The really ugly start to CW1.0 was Fort Sumpter, but the very first true shot was fired at Harper’s Ferry, so I am careful to box events in a preconceived construct.</p><p>Interesting possibility here:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">Didn’t Joseph Smith prophesied that America would have a second civil war and it would start in Chicago? If so, what are the chances that the Democratic National Convention will be the catalyst for this? The convention is in Chicago August 19-22 2024. Anyone have any thoughts on this?</p></blockquote>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757956529743198857.post-70456130368167387962023-12-27T16:57:00.000-08:002023-12-27T16:58:05.118-08:00ELIZA R SNOW, HYMN 323 THOU EARTH WAS ONCE A GLORIOUS SPHERE<p> I have never before seen music to this hymn, but you can now listen to it played here and see a few of the 11 verses:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/cHIqaHa8aDQ">https://youtu.be/cHIqaHa8aDQ</a></p><p>I love freaking people out with this knowledge. Especially if they have a testimony of Joseph Smith and the Restored Gospel.</p><p><a href="https://thesongoftherighteous.wordpress.com/tag/thou-earth-wast-once-a-glorious-sphere/?fbclid=IwAR2W1L5KlL5yhjoR-ql4c6gFSjQcNI6YRXYakRyQUthD7KKrMBS3EAb4tqk">https://thesongoftherighteous.wordpress.com/tag/thou-earth-wast-once-a-glorious-sphere/?fbclid=IwAR2W1L5KlL5yhjoR-ql4c6gFSjQcNI6YRXYakRyQUthD7KKrMBS3EAb4tqk</a></p><p>Enjoy!</p>IRAQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18114100359845137241noreply@blogger.com0