A LOOK INSIDE THE HUTTERITE WORLD

So, we are surrounded here in S. Alberta by Hutterite colonies.  Every time I turn around, I am finding out that there is another one around us.  I think next to the Church, they must be the biggest land-owners in the area.  And I am thrilled - and intrigued by them.  In studying what they are about, we can possibly learn how to correct the things that went wrong with the United Order, as it was presented as a sub-set of the Law of Consecration.  Having said this, it is much too little, much too late.  Our fate is sealed because of very fundamental things we all are missing to make it work.

The Hutterites, however, have made it work - even if it is a bit archaic and even if it does follow a lesser set of principles.  At least it works - where Consecration, with it's higher ideals did not.

I had some friends over on Sunday who have been tied into the colonies and I learned some very interesting things.  First of all, there is no "share" given to each member of a colony, therefore making it hard to leave if things are not working out.  Under the United Order, you put all your things (plows, tools, horses, etc) into the pot and you were issued a receipt for that "share" or percentage of the total pot.  If things were not working out, you were allowed to leave and take the original "share", plus any interest or increase in the size of the pot, with you.

In the Hutterite model, you are basically a slave or worker bee, for life.  If you leave, you are shunned and have nothing with which to start over with outside of the Colony life.  Divorce is not allowed (for clear Biblical reasons), therefore your options are pretty limited.

When it comes to comparing amongst the members within the life, there is little to compare to.  Most everyone dresses modestly and tv is mostly non-existent, so thankfully, they do not have to compete with the unexplainable draw to the Kardtrashians and other babylonian filth the rest of us have to have our kids exposed to as part of the cost of admission to this ride, and "being in the world, but not of it".

The part that amazes me is the economy of scale of doing everything on an industrial scale.  Their cars/vans are usually new and in perfect running order.  Their farm equipment, impeccable.  When you share costs on big-ticket items, you can do amazing things.  Not every individual farmer needs a 2018 model harvester, so the equipment of the individual tends to be out-dated as other priorities take precedent.  But a group that size, can use 10 quite efficiently.

The other thing that shocked me - was learning from an LDS ranch boss, that they are very hard on the equipment they do have - even as nice as it is.  Repairs for negligence can run into the tens of thousands of dollars.  And this is where the model breaks down.  There apparently is a long distance from the guy running the machine (who is just a slave and will die with nothing to pass on to his kids or to be a "steward" over), to the guy who is cutting the check to fix the broken equipment due to negligence.  In this model, there is no skin in the game, so to speak.  If the stuff is broken, it is not the user's problem - and the equipment manager is left standing when the music stops.  In the Consecrated model, everyone is a steward over all things not their own, and the Golden Rule is key. 

This is where terrestrial living breaks down in my limited knowledge of the failure in Orderville, Logan Valley, Kingston UT and a few others that I am still studying.  In poverty, all work together.  When value sets begin to crumble (some family groups are filled with pride - want nicer clothes, better food, nicer horse/wagon) - or some parents cannot feel to trust their kids with the other kids (I struggle with this - as some kids are media-addled and think the Kardtrashians are the cat's meow - and I do not want my kids around those kids), and the list goes on and on and on..... then it collapses.

So, it is a struggle.  By having a draconian set of rules, the Hutterites have managed to avoid many of the pitfalls.  Most "westerners" would not consent to their lifestyle because they could or would not abide it.  Many suffer from a subtle form of greed and cannot live the golden rule and "return it better than they found it".  Many, as in the days of Peter in the earliest incarnation of this that I am aware of, would suffer from overt greed and would withhold a portion - and thus there would be a imperceptible, but accelerating leaking in the dam that holds back the inevitable tide of human imperfection awaiting to spill out and ruin the experiment.

It likely, other than the companion Consecration analog of Plural Marriage, is the hardest thing a group of people will ever do on this fallen orb.  To get it right - nearly impossible.

The only time it has really ever worked was associated with a catastrophe.  Shem (Melchizedek) with the city of Salem and the flood.  The Nephites after the destruction at the First Coming and then we will shortly have our turn after the destruction of the Second Coming.  By force of circumstance, we will be forced (in a different way than the Hutterites), to make it happen.  It will be refreshing to be in this pickle.  IF we cannot abide the principles in all the forms above, we will not be part of the equation.  The bar is exceedingly high.  Most of us, including myself, have been incredibly complacent.  The wake-up call will be incredibly harsh. 

Ministering is part of that equation.  Being less selfish - and more centered in others' lives.  This is all part of the sifting process.  A Patriarch from a different Stake got up and shared this testimony - and apparently was mocked for it.  I add my witness, that it is so.  We can either choose to get with the program, or we will get tossed off the train.

THE SLTRIB IS GETTING PRUNED

Interesting:

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/05/14/reacting-to-plunging-revenues-salt-lake-tribune-lays-off-a-third-of-its-newsroom-cuts-back-print-offerings/

This is an answer to prayers.....

I have been so fed up with this contrarian rag through the years.  It cannot collapse soon enough.

Sadly, the vermin on that sinking ship will just swim for it, make land and then peddle their wares elsewhere.....

SEVENTY YEARS AGO, ISRAEL DECLARED INDEPENDENCE

And the US Embassy is raised this day.  FANTASTIC non-coincidence....

"On May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv, Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel, establishing the first Jewish state in 2,000 years. In an afternoon ceremony at the Tel Aviv Art Museum, Ben-Gurion pronounced the words “We hereby proclaim the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine, to be called Israel,” prompting applause and tears from the crowd gathered at the museum. Ben-Gurion became Israel’s first premier.
In the distance, the rumble of guns could be heard from fighting that broke out between J.ws and Arabs immediately following the British army withdrawal earlier that day. Egypt launched an air assault against Israel that evening. Despite a blackout in Tel Aviv–and the expected Arab invasion–J.ws joyously celebrated the birth of their new nation, especially after word was received that the United States had recognized the Jewish state. At midnight, the State of Israel officially came into being upon termination of the British mandate in Palestine."

THE CHURCH RELEASES A STATEMENT ON MARIJUANA USAGE

Glad they did.  There are too many doubage people who are being influenced by people of the world.  Except in possible cases of extreme pain, I think this stuff simply is BAD news.....  It exascerbates existing mental health conditions such as paranoia, schizophrenia, etc.

Glad they released it on 5/11 instead of 21 days earlier......

https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/marijuana-analysis

Get the word out.  el diablo is doing a full court press on our value set.

A FAMINE IN THE LAND - POTENTIAL CAUSES

Remember that a famine does not mean the absence of moisture - though the two are often associated with each other.

I was interested in tilling this weekend - as were many farmers here.  The land was ready - and then we got some moisture and cold temps at just the wrong time.  Many planting machines were dead in their tracks (they are industrial scale in this area - some contraptions being of the hundreds of feet in length and fill both lanes of a road).

A famine can come from a short growing season, too much moisture, not enough, lack of people to plant and harvest due to war or other calamity, lack of seed at planting time, not enough fuel to power the machines, etc

Those are the physical causes of a famine.   Then there are the spiritual causes of a famine in the land.  We are also experiencing those - when a Prophet goes silent because the people do not have ears to hear nor eyes to see.

PRESIDENT BENSON AND FAMINE

This is interesting in light of my recent dream:

 President Benson said, "a famine of one years length could wipe out a large portion of slothful saints, including some bishops and stake presidents."

A PROPHECY ABOUT IRAN AND ISRAEL

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/701985/iran-israel-war-us-syria-nuclear-deal-middle-east-ayatollah-rabbi-bible-apocalypse

This could get interesting fast.

This reminds me of what Sarah Menet said....

A CALLOUT IN ISAIAH??

This is interesting verbage that my wife found and mentioned to me:

20 ¶ Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, ^auntil the indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her ^ablood, and shall no more cover her slain.

It reminds me of what I have been reading about those in the Golan Heights who have had to move to their bunkers due to increasing activity due to Iranian attacks.  I always knew that this Syrian thing was a pre-text to getting men and war materiel closer to Israel.  I despise the country of Iran and their stated objective to wipe Israel off the face of the map.  Go ahead and try it.  What you have declared for Israel, shall come upon you ten-fold.

I feel sorry for the children and those who have tried to throw off the regime.

MASSIVE SLIDE POTENTIAL IN HAWAII??

Wow - this sounds interesting:

The Hilina slide on the southern side of Kilauea is an excellent example of a slump. The large "palis" or cliffs on the south side of Kilauea are the tops of the extensive fault system at the head of the Hilina slide. The faults downdrop blocks towards the coast over 2000 feet in places. The downdropped coastal side of the fault blocks are probably tilted back towards the rift zone, but have been filled in by numerous lava flows making them slope very gently (about 1 degree) towards the ocean.During the 1990's, Kilauea was moving an average of about 10 cm a year seaward. This is a lot of movement for such a large object. This is a lot of ground to break and as you can imagine it results in some pretty large earthquakes. The last time that this appears to have happened was in 1868 and the result was the M8 Kau Earthquake.Second, the volcano can get stuck and suddenly release, causing a massive earthquake and landslide. The Hilina Slump is said to be "the most rapidly moving tract of ground on Earth for its size." The Hilina Slump can move much faster. At 4:48 AM, November 29, 1975, a 37-mile-wide section suddenly dropped 11½ feet and slid seaward 26 feet. The result was a magnitude-7.2 quake and a 48-foot-high tsunami around Hawaii. This was a minor movement of the slump. If the entire 4,760-cubic-mile block broke off, (as some geologists who spoke with me today believe may take place) it would probably create a magnitude-9 quake and a tsunami 1,000-feet high.

I am not sure anything would happen on the south side of the island that would affect the rest of the chain - but this could have effects on the rest of the grouping.

I have always maintained that the folks in Hawaii are in for it big-time (according to the Lord's scales of justice).  For some reason, they pushed the whole gay agenda thing there - and it passed.  Then the fight was taken to Californication - and Prop 8 went down.  Then it went Federal and the rest is history.  Hawaii was the seed and the start.  Why, with the large LDS population, etc they allowed it there, I am not sure.  Is the attitude amongst the members there similar to the attitude on the islands in general?  I do not know (other than I have heard that the population is very liberal with lesbianism being accepted/tolerated in congregations, as it was historically before the gospel was there) - but there will be a large debt to pay - amongst many that will generally be called in during the Tribulations.

As I tell those who are in positions of influence and authority over others - "You never want to be the first one that drags the rest of them down."  Whether it is Ed Decker, Tal Bachman, Denver Snuffer, all the way back to early apostates in the Church.  The burden will be a heavy one to bear - because the ripples, over time, become quite huge.  God will not be mocked.  Where much is given, much is required.

Here is more for the non-faint-of-heart:

The Hilina Slump is a 5,000 cubic mile (20,000 kilometre³) section of the Big Island of Hawaii on the south flank of the Kilauea volcano. Between 1990 and 1993, Global Positioning System measurements showed a southward displacement of the south flank of Kilauea up to approximately 10 centimeters per year.[1] The slump has the potential of breaking away at a faster pace in the form of an underwater landslide. In Hawaii, landslides of this nature are called debris avalanches. If the entire Hilina Slump were to slide into the ocean at once, it could cause an earthquake in excess of a 9 in magnitude, and a megatsunami. Previous megatsunamis in Hawaii 110,000 years ago caused by similar geological phenomena may have created waves 1,600 feet (500 m) tall.<<  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilina_Slump

http://seismo.berkeley.edu/blog/2018/05/07/a-slow-emergency-and-a-sudden-slump.html

A MOST UNUSUAL DREAM OF FAMINE

So, in accordance with my usual custom, I said a quick prayer and asked the Lord to teach me, opening the scriptures in the Celestial Room.

I am positive that I was in Helaman Ch. 11 - though I cannot find the words that I was reading last night.  I read the first verse which said to repent.  The next thing I read was that there would be a great famine in the land, and pestilence because the people have not heard the voice of the Lord.  And that the wicked would seek the life of the Prophet.  The great calamity would come upon them due to their wickedness.  I was told that we are at Helaman 10 in the parallel destructive path we are on as a people.

I am not sure if it was due to having this scripture on my mind, but I had a very powerful dream wherein a guide that I did not recognize told me that this famine was imminent and would occur over the next four years.  I was then told to record this by the guide.  I was then woken up in the night so I could remember this.  I fell back asleep and remembered it in the morning - other than any details of who the guide was that was showing me these things.  I am finally recording it to be obedient.

Here is the wording from Helaman 11 that I thought I had read - but was different slightly than what I had seen in the Celestial Room.  I am still scratching my head as to what I had seen.  Maybe the white-bound scriptures have different wording than mine.....

1 And now it came to pass in the seventy and second year of the reign of the judges that the contentions did increase, insomuch that there were wars throughout all the land among all the people of Nephi.
2 And it was this secret band of robbers who did carry on this work of destruction and wickedness. And this war did last all that year; and in the seventy and third year it did also last.
3 And it came to pass that in this year Nephi did cry unto the Lord, saying:
4 O Lord, do not suffer that this people shall be destroyed by the sword; but O Lord, rather let there be a famine in the land, to stir them up in remembrance of the Lord their God, and perhaps they will repent and turn unto thee.
5 And so it was done, according to the words of Nephi. And there was a great famine upon the land, among all the people of Nephi. And thus in the seventy and fourth year the famine did continue, and the work of destruction did cease by the sword but became sore by famine.
6 And this work of destruction did also continue in the seventy and fifth year. For the earth was smitten that it was dry, and did not yield forth grain in the season of grain; and the whole earth was smitten, even among the Lamanites as well as among the Nephites, so that they were smitten that they did perish by thousands in the more wicked parts of the land.
7 And it came to pass that the people saw that they were about to perish by famine, and they began to remember the Lord their God; and they began to remember the words of Nephi.
8 And the people began to plead with their chief judges and their leaders, that they would say unto Nephi: Behold, we know that thou art a man of God, and therefore cry unto the Lord our God that he turn away from us this famine, lest all the words which thou hast spoken concerning our destruction be fulfilled.
9 And it came to pass that the judges did say unto Nephi, according to the words which had been desired. And it came to pass that when Nephi saw that the people had repented and did humble themselves in sackcloth, he cried again unto the Lord, saying:
10 O Lord, behold this people repenteth; and they have swept away the band of Gadianton from amongst them insomuch that they have become extinct, and they have concealed their secret plans in the earth.
11 Now, O Lord, because of this their humility wilt thou turn away thine anger, and let thine anger be appeased in the destruction of those wicked men whom thou hast already destroyed.
12 O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger, yea, thy fierce anger, and cause that this famine may cease in this land.
13 O Lord, wilt thou hearken unto me, and cause that it may be done according to my words, and send forth rainupon the face of the earth, that she may bring forth her fruit, and her grain in the season of grain.
14 O Lord, thou didst hearken unto my words when I said, Let there be a famine, that the pestilence of the sword might cease; and I know that thou wilt, even at this time, hearken unto my words, for thou saidst that: If this people repent I will spare them.
15 Yea, O Lord, and thou seest that they have repented, because of the famine and the pestilence and destruction which has come unto them.
16 And now, O Lord, wilt thou turn away thine anger, and try again if they will serve thee? And if so, O Lord, thou canst bless them according to thy words which thou hast said.
17 And it came to pass that in the seventy and sixth year the Lord did turn away his anger from the people, and caused that rain should fall upon the earth, insomuch that it did bring forth her fruit in the season of her fruit. And it came to pass that it did bring forth her grain in the season of her grain.
18 And behold, the people did rejoice and glorify God, and the whole face of the land was filled with rejoicing; and they did no more seek to destroy Nephi, but they did esteem him as a great prophet, and a man of God, having great power and authority given unto him from God.

Look for miracles in the coming years.  It has been spoken - and it will come about.  A telestial and sign-seeking people will get them - but only to their condemnation as part of the separating of the sheep and the goats.