FORNICATION AND MONEY - A LOOK INTO WHERE THE TWO PILLARS OF OUR MODERN DEPRAVED SOCIETY COME FROM

Well, my friend Darin the Linguist comes through yet one more time in a fascinating little jaunt down the historical lane. He ties where the Romans got the seed money for their empire from and how the (unholy...) Roman empire became the more modern incarnation of the whore of all the earth, Babylon.

I love how this guy puts it all together into a neat little package. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did - and hope that your focus is not on the pursuit of either of these two things as the train the great whore has been riding is about to derail and make an end to quite the long run she has had....:

And, now, for the Main Horrible Crime Against Mankind, that was committed by those who began the City of Rome.

Those Founders of Rome came to understand that they could collect a Multiple of the Gold Coins that they collected in the Forum if, after the Western European Merchants, with their Cargoes, had exited out from the Forum, under the Fornix Exit Gate, they could have a Large Hotel, that they built, on the west side of the Apian Way Road, just after those Merchants had exited out from under the Fornix Exit Gate, where, on the many balconies of that Large Hotel they could have large numbers of women, calling down to those Merchants, that they had the best Hotel Accommodations in Italy, there, with the Finest Food, the Finest Most Comfortable Furniture, the Best Entertainment, etc., etc., in Italy, to get those Merchants to stop, and to rest there, before continuing on for the rest of their long journey to the South End of the Italian Peninsula.

That large “Hotel” was built there. And, since it was there, right next to the Fornix Exit Gate, it too was given the name of it being, “the Fornix.” And, it did become the source of a Multiple of the Gold Coins that the Romans collected in the Forum, which became the Main Source of that Large Volume of Income of the Gold Coins from Babylon that enabled those “Founders of Rome” to establish their “Roman Empire,” that has had the dominating effect that it has had on the Culture of the People of Europe and of the World until this time.

But, now, for the terrible Evil against Mankind, that was done there.

If a person looks up, in most Dictionaries, the origin of the word for the “sin” of “fornication,” most Dictionaries will give the origin of that word from the name, “the Fornix,” of that large Main “Hotel,” that the Ancient Romans built. That is, it might have been the Largest House of Prostitution that had ever been built, in the History of the World, maybe, even, down until the present time.

In The Revelation, Chapters 17 and 18, the word, “fornication,” which word came from those Romans’ Largest House of Prostitution in History, till that time, is used 6 times in those two Chapters.]


However, THE ENTIRE CONCEPT OF THE WORLD’S “MONEY,” COMES TO THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, TODAY, FROM THE WAY THAT THE ANCIENT ROMANS, WHO ESTABLISHED THEIR CITY OF ROME, WERE ALSO THE ESTABLISHERS OF THE WAY THAT ALMOST ALL OF THE WORLD HAS COME TO HAVE ALMOST ALL OF THEIR POLITICS OPERATE, AT THIS TIME.

The question can come up of, “What was it that the Apostle, John the Revelator, meant, when he wrote, in The Revelation 17:5,

And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH?”

and in 18:19, where he said:

“for in one hour is she made desolate?”


It has seemed, to Commentators on this, throughout History, that an identification of that “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH,” is made, in relation to the City of the Ancient Romans, in The Revelation 17:9, with:

9 And here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

and in 17:18,where it is said:

18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.


[One thing that is obvious to everyone in the World, about one “ignorance” that the Founders of Ancient Rome had, is that they thought that there were only 10 “Months” in a year. The word, “Month,” is an expression for how long it takes for the “Moon” to “spin around” the Planet Earth. It does that 12 times a year, each time of which is called a, “Month,” in Modern English, perhaps, a “Moonth,” in our Ancestral Anglo-Saxon.

So, to the Ancient Romans their word, “December,” meant the “10th” Month, “November,” meant the “9th” Month, “October,” meant the “8th” Month, and, “September,” meant the “7th” Month. When the Ancient Roman Emperors realized that they could not operate successfully, militarily, in Italy, against the Superior Military Operations of the North Europeans, and that those Roman Military Dictators needed to move their Military Headquarters out of Italy and over to Byzantium, they copied so many of the things that the North Europeans did, including the utilization among them of the fact that there are 12 Months in a year, by naming two of the Summer Months for those first Roman Emperors, Julius Caesar, and Augustus Caesar, the origin of the names, “July” and “August,” for those two Summer Months.]

The name of the Ancient Romans for the First Month, in the Summer, was for the primary ancient pagan goddess of the Romans, for which they used the name, “Juno,” the origin of the English word for the name of that Month, “June.”

The Ancient Roman Military Dictators operated their Military by the practice that, if a man would risk his life to go out to kill, according to the dictates of that Military Dictator, in exchange for a small “solid” Gold Coin, that man was given the name that he was a “solid-ier” of that Military Dictator, (the origin of the English word, “soldier”).

The Ancient Pagan Romans had ancient pagan Idols that they worshipped, in relation to their ancient pagan god and goddesses. One place where they worshipped an Idol of their pagan goddess Juno was near to the Fortress, on the north side of Rome, where the Solid-iers of Rome were stationed, to protect Rome against attackers.

So many in the populations of the Northern Europeans were so terribly offended at the Filthiness of the Lives of the Romans, that they destroyed the Decency of Life for so many of the male Merchants that were involved in that “Gold-Coin-Source Trade,” between Northern Europe and the South of Italy, that went through Rome, that so many of the People of Northern Europe wished so much that it would be possible, somehow, to destroy Rome. However, Rome was a long way away from Northern Europe; and, if the North Europeans were ever going to be able to get a large enough Military Force to the vicinity of Rome, so that it would be able to destroy Rome’s horrible Large House of Prostitution, it was understood that that attacking Army was going to need to be most clever in order to be able to get near enough to that horrible Large House of Prostitution in order to be able to do that.

However, eventually, one large Attacking Army had been able to secretly sneak up so close to that Fortress, that was there to stop Attacks against Rome, that it was almost ready to attack and destroy that Fortress and the “Army of Guards” that were in it, that they would have, then, been able to go to the south side of Rome and also destroy Rome’s horrible Large House of Prostitution.

However, just as that large attacking Army was sneaking though the last open space, before getting to that Fortress, it happened that that open space was a yard that was next to the place where the ancient pagan Romans worshipped their ancient pagan goddess, for which they used the name, Juno. And, it just happened that in the yard, that was in that final open space, there were a large flock of geese that had been put there. Then it happened that as that large attacking Army was trying so silently to sneak up close enough to that Fortress, so that they could attack it, while its Army of Guards were still mostly asleep, that flock of geese started cackling, at that those who in that Army of those Attackers. When that happened that cackling sound woke up some of those Guards, who, then, woke up all of the rest of that Army of Guards, who, from their Fortress, threw spears and shot down arrows, etc. at those Attackers. in such a way that they were able to stop that Attack.

After that Attack was defeated the talking began that, “That yard where those Geese are is the yard of the place where we worship our pagan goddess Juno. Those are the geese of our pagan goddess, Juno. Therefore, it was our pagan goddess, Juno, who ‘WARNED’ our Guards, through her geeses’ cackling, that woke up our Guards and stopped that Attack on the way that we do things here in Rome. THEREFORE, FROM NOW ON, LET’S CALL OUR PAGAN GODDESS JUNO, ‘JUNO THE WARNER.’”

One sees the basis of the Ancient Latin word for, “warn,” in the English word, “ad-monit-ion.” The, “monit” part of that word is the basis of the Ancient Latin word for, “warn.” Therefore, the Ancient Romans began calling their ancient pagan goddess, Juno, by the longer name, “Juno Moneta,” Ancient Latin for, “Juno the Warner.”

The point of this is that when the Romans began using some of all of that Babylonian Gold that they had, for them to begin “minting” their own Gold Coins, they did a lot of that minting in a place where they had a huge Idol of their pagan goddess, Juno Moneta. So, they began calling that place, that was their, “Mint,” their, “Moneta.” And, then, also, they began calling the Gold Coins that they “minted” there by that same name. And, those two names have continued in the Modern Latin Language of Spanish as, “una moneda,” which is the way that, “a coin,” is said in modern Spanish, and “la moneda,” which is the way that the expression, “the mint,” is said, in modern Spanish.

The French Language was different enough from Ancient Latin that the word, “moneda,” in Latin, came out as, “moneie,” in French. And, that French word, “moneie,” is the origin of our English word, “money.”

“What is a name that could be used for the ancient pagan ‘Culture” of Rome?” As they developed their “Ancient Roman Empire,” based upon the way that they “controlled life,” with the “monetas” (coins) of the Ancient Romans, among the populations of Southwest Europe, which area they made into their “Empire,” they did that with what most of the World would designate as a number of “evils.” One of what most people would call, “evils,” is that, when they so extended that Ancient Empire of theirs, it was estimated that about ½ of the people that made up the population that were the Subjects of those Roman Emperors were, “Slaves.” A “slave woman” has no ability to refuse when the Master who owns her decides that she will be sold to do prostitution services, at the behest of that Roman Master of hers.

And, so, since the “Culture of Money” of the Ancient Pagan Romans, that spread throughout the World, came from the Ancient Pagan Romans, and that Roman name for it continues, from the name of the main Ancient Pagan Goddess of the Ancient Romans, and since so much of the ancient Culture of the Ancient Pagan Romans came from the way that those Ancient Pagan Romans dealt with Mankind, through that which was named for their Ancient Pagan Goddess, Juno Moneta, it seems that the Apostle, John the Revelator, is speaking about that “continuation,” until this time, of that Culture of Rome, the Culture of Rome’s Main Pagan Goddess, Juno Moneta, “Money,” as he speaks about, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH,” that, “in one hour is she made desolate.”

It will literally take one hour (not 22 years in Kolob's reckoning) to wipe it all out. CAN'T WAIT..... I would like God's Millennial economy to take over and to finish raising my kids and grand kids in a society not centered on that garbage. There is almost no way to escape it now - EVEN IN THE CHURCH, WE HAVE RUN NEARLY 100% AMOK - but when it all comes crashing down, some of our Lamanite brothers and folks from the 10 Tribes who have lived without the constraints of our greed-centered world will be part of the solution in showing the way. I suspect that the Sealed Portion of the Book of Mormon will hold the rest of the key. They did something right to make it last for over 300 years.

OUR FUTURE AS SEEN LOOKING THROUGH SOMEONE'S PAST

You are going to read the following story and you will probably be appalled, sickened and, most of all, have a complete sense of denial when I tell you that we are on the cusp (next 3-10 years) of having many of us in these very conditions as we are asked to go thru the trials that the Saints of all past generations were asked to go thru - but multiplied several times over. We will have foreign troops on our soil - and this will be the result for those who refuse to deny Christ. We need to stand up now and make all of our friends, family and associates aware of what is coming unless we heed the messages of the Book of Mormon immediately:

Originally published Friday, April 13, 2012 at 5:31 AM


Book review
'Escape from Camp 14': Survival and escape from a North Korean hell

"Escape from Camp 14" by Seattle journalist Blaine Harden tells the harrowing story of Shin Dong-hyuk, who grew up in a North Korean labor camp and then escaped from one of the ghastliest places on earth. Harden discusses his book Monday at Town Hall Seattle.

By Craig Welch

Special to The Seattle Times


It's difficult to imagine an existence more devastating than life without hope — until you meet Shin Dong-hyuk.

The central character in Seattle journalist Blaine Harden's extraordinary new book, "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" (Viking, 205 pp., $26.95), reveals more in 200 pages about human darkness in the ghastliest corner of the world's cruelest dictatorship than a thousand textbooks ever could.

The child of a coupling arranged by authorities in a North Korean labor camp, Shin's youth was spent being pummeled — once he was even hung by a hook and tortured over flames — by prison guards, teachers and other children. He lived for years so close to starvation that he picked stray kernels of corn out of cow dung and ran a finger along the floor to get licks of spilled soup. Prison officials worked him so long without breaks during the North's bitter winters, he often ended the day in clothes stiffened by frozen urine. Guards dubbed such child labor "rallies of endeavor."

This part of Shin's story is shared by many. It's just daily life for the hundreds of thousands of citizens who live and die in secret gulags that the North Korean government still tries to deny exist. But it's Shin's personal revelations, the horrifying years without even a hint of human kindness, that give his story its sickening power.

Idle chatter among children is punished with beatings. (Sex among adults, except when arranged by prison guards, is a guaranteed death sentence.) Trained from birth to snitch on anyone violating prison rules, Shin and everyone around him view one another with suspicion. Parents, siblings and other children are merely rivals for food. When he watched his mother and brother executed for attempting to escape, Shin felt only anger (toward them) that authorities would now question his loyalty to the Great Leader, Kim Jong-il.

But it wasn't until Shin was tossed in a cell within his camp as a teen in the 1990s that he met another person who spoke to him as a human being. Only then did Shin get the faintest glimmer that life, for most, also includes love.

"Shin had become conscious of what he could never eat and never see," Harden writes in one of his most crushing passages. For the first time, "the filth, stink, and bleakness of the camp crushed his spirit. As he became marginally self-aware, he discovered loneliness, regret, and longing."

"Escape from Camp 14," the story of Shin's awakening, escape and new beginning, is a riveting, remarkable book that should be required reading in every high-school or college-civics class. Like "The Diary of Anne Frank" or Dith Pran's account of his flight from Pol Pot's genocide in Cambodia, it's impossible to read this excruciatingly personal account of systemic monstrosities without fearing you might just swallow your own heart.

Shin's tale of survival is amazing enough, but Harden's wisdom as a writer shines on every page. A former New York Times reporter and Washington Post foreign correspondent who now works for PBS' Frontline, Harden keeps the story simple and searing. He allows Shin's story to unfold largely chronologically, so we watch the awfulness mount year by year.

We hear Shin's youthful voice as he shrugs off his role in causing others physical pain. We watch Shin come to grips with shame as he faces, publicly, his own capacity for betrayal. And we see the toll his first 23 years have left on a man who is now physically free but still coming to grips with hope.

Craig Welch is The Seattle Times environment reporter.

What will make it harder is having felt love and compassion for an entire lifetime, and then having none shown to you in this most brutal fashion. Death would be a welcome relief for those people who are called to endure that torture.

NAUVOO TEMPLE SYMBOLISM

Just got this from a friend and thought I would share. The Nauvoo Temple is loaded with symbolism and imagery that goes all the way back to Solomon's Temple and beyond. One of my favorite books is called "Symbols in Stone" which discusses some of this.

Hope you enjoy!!

NAUVOO TEMPLE EXTERIOR SYMBOLISM

By Lisle Brown
All rights reserved, March 1999
Joseph Smith purposely included symbolic stones and other symbolic artifices on the exterior of the Nauvoo Temple. These stones were not intended to be mere adornments for beautifying the building - although they did that, but they were designed to enrich the symbolism of the building, thereby providing visual clues for teaching principles of the restored gospel.

THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE
The word, "temple" comes from the Hebrew "beth-el," which means the "house of the Lord." Such a structure was viewed as the mountain of holiness (Jer. 31:23). Indeed, temples were the personification of the Mountain of the Lord, and traditionally temples were built on the highest ground available, such as on the temple mount in Jerusalem. The Nauvoo Temple was no exception. Although there were no mountains on the flat Illinois prairie, Joseph Smith chose the most commanding location within the city limits of Nauvoo - on the prominent bluff overlooking the city and the Mississippi River. Reportedly the Temple's glistening stone walls could be seen from twenty-miles down river.


A CELESTIAL OBSERVATORY

Temples were also meant to be celestial observatories, where men could take their bearings by the heavens. Accordingly it was common for temples to be oriented to the cardinal directions of the compass; the Nauvoo Temple was so situated with an east-west orientation. It was also common for decorations to be placed on the exterior of temples reflecting its cosmic purposes; the Nauvoo Temple retained this tradition, particularly with its unique pilasters.


ASTRONOMIC SYMBOLS: EARTH, MOON, SUN AND STARS

The Nauvoo Temple had thirty pilasters. Each pilaster was designed with a moonstone base, a polished shaft, and a sunstone capital. On the pilaster rested an entablature with starstones and circular windows in its frieze.

Although the revelation called the Vision (D&C 76) uses the sun, moon and stars as symbols of the kingdoms of glory in eternity (vss. 70-71), the arrangement of the stones bearing these symbols on the Nauvoo Temple, did not neatly correspond to the symbolism in the Vision. The Vision presented the symbols in descending order of glory: the sun as the highest for the Celestial Kingdom; the moon as the intermediate for the Terrestrial Kingdom; and the stars as the lowest for the Telestial Kingdom. On the Nauvoo Temple Joseph Smith arranged these symbols in different order from the ground level up: the moon in the base; sun in the capital, and the stars in the frieze. Clearly the arrangement of the symbolic stones did not reflect the Vision's arrangement, but instead an astronomical scheme: first the earth upon which the temple rested, next higher the moonstones representing the moon; third higher the sunstones representing the sun; and highest the numerous starstones representing the starry heavens above.


Joseph Smith may have had this cosmological arrangement in mind when he said, "God has made certain decrees which are fixed and immovable; for instance, God set the sun, the moon and the stars in the heavens, and gave them their laws, conditions and bounds, which they cannot pass, except by his commandments; they all move in perfect harmony in their sphere and order, and are as lights, wonders and signs to us" (TPJS, p. 197-198). Since the Nauvoo Temple was to be a place of order and harmony, the Prophet may have desired the Saints to see God's orderly cosmos whenever they viewed the Nauvoo Temple's exterior symbolic stones. Indeed, the pilasters may reflect the revelation, which reads: "The earth rolls upon her wings, and the sun giveth his light by day, and the moon giveth her light by night, and tha stars also shine their light, as they roll upon wings of glory, in the midst of the powr of God...and any man who hath seen any or the least of these hath seen God moving in majesty and power" (D&C 88:45,47).

This does not mean that these symbolic stones were only to be interpreted in this manner, because the moonstones and sunstones were personified with faces, suggesting that additional symbolism was incorporated into their design.


THE MOONSTONES

One of the most prominent features of the pilasters were the base-stones. The base-stones included a deeply carved relief crescent moon facing downward. Although William W. Phelps stated that the moonstones were "new moons" (Lundwall, Temples of the Most High, p. 47), they were clearly crescent moons. Each moon also had a carved face in profile. The personification of the moonstones was perhaps meant to also represent those who dwell in the Terrestrial Kingdom, because the moon represents the glory of that kingdom on the Vision (D&C 76:71, 78).


THE SUNSTONES

The capital of each pilaster was a sunstone, composed of five individual stones. Brigham Young left a detailed description: "There are thirty capitals around the temple, each composed of five stones, viz., one base stone, one large stone representing the sun rising above the clouds, the lower part obscured; the third stone represents two hands each holding a trumpet; and the last two stones form a cap over the trumpet stones, and all these form a capital" (History of the Church, 7:323). President Young neglected to mention that the sun had a face carved into its disk.

President Young's descriptions helps in interpreting the symbolism of this stone. First, some persons have felt that the trumpets were "horns of plenty," but President Young's words clearly settle the question. At the Jerusalem Temple a trumpet call heralded the dawn of each day, and special silver trumpets called the people to come and assemble at the temple (Num 10:2-10). So too, it appears that the Nauvoo Temple trumpet stones above the rising sun were symbols reminding the Saints to come the temple for the same purpose, to assemble at the temple for their worship and devotions.

The personification of the sunstones also suggests that they also represented those in the celestial kingdom, whose glory was likened to the sun in the Vision (D&C 76:70).

OF STARS: STONES AND WINDOWS

The Nauvoo Temple had a variety of "stars" on its exterior. There were three types of stars depicted on its exterior walls. One was an inverted five-pointed starstone, which was carved into the frieze above the capitals. The circular windows in the frieze were also designed to have panes of glass worked into an inverted five-pointed star, but it is not certain that this was actually done in the finished building. (The photographic evidence is not clear and there are no descriptions of such windows.) Six-pointed stars on a vertical axis were carved into the panels interspersed along balustrade at the roof line, and into the soffit of the roof. William Weeks' second drawing of the temple's facade also indicates that the round windows between the arched windows were to have panes of twelve-pointed stars. Again, it is not clear if this was done in the completed building.


THE FIVE-POINTED STARS

The five-pointed star is often represented as the morning star. The descending ray of the Nauvoo Temple's inverted five-point starstones (there is only one surviving example and it is damaged) was extended downward. Such an orientation suggests the rising morning star. This "star" is not a star at all, but the planet Venus. Venus' brightness is a reflection of the sun, which invisible below the horizon. The extended ray portrays the source of the morning stars brightness, not the planet itself, but the sun's brilliance.

Through a unique orbital characteristic Venus shares a relationship with the five-pointed star. Carl G. Liungman explains: "If one knows the ecliptic and can pinpoint the present position of the planets in relation to the fixed star of the zodiac, it is possible to mark the exact place in the 360 degrees of the zodiac where the Morning star first appears shortly before sunrise after a period of invisibility. If we do this, waiting for the Morning star to appear again 584 days later (the orbital time of Venus) and mark its position in the zodiac, and then repeat this process until we have five positions of Venus as the Morning star, we will find that exactly eight years plus one day have passed. If we then draw a line from the first point marked to the second point marked, then to the third, and so on, we end up with a pentagram [five-pointed star]" (Dictionary of Symbols, 1991, pp. 333-334). No other celestial object, whether planet or star, has this orbital characteristic; it is wholly unique to Venus (the Morning/Evening Star).

Furthermore, between the starstones in the frieze were circular windows. The architect's drawing of these windows repeated the motif of the starstones with inverted five-pointed stars, unifying the design of this part of the temple.
Jesus Christ is called the "bright and morning star" (Rev 22:16). The starstones on the Nauvoo Temple, some with their unique lengthened ray, are a fitting symbol of Jesus Christ as the morning star. Additionally, the circle is a symbol of eternity and it is wholly fitting that the symbol of Jesus Christ in the circular windows (five-pointed stars) was framed by a circle.

THE SIX-POINTED STARS
The six-pointed stars commonly represented the stars in the heavens, and clearly this was the intended purpose in placing them along the soffit, where only when persons looked upwards were they visible. There placement also on the balustrade, the highest point of the temple's walls, also suggests that they represented the stars in heaven.
Although the six-pointed stars were not personified lke the moon and sun on the Nauvoo Temple, it is likely that they too could be likened to the glory of those in the Telestial Kingdoms, who glory will be as varied as the stars in the heavens (D&C 76:81).


THE TWELVE-POINTED STARS
The intended use of twelve pointed-stars in the circular windows of the main body of the Temple, may suggest the priesthood, as well as the fulness of the priesthood. (See, Draper, Opening the Seven Seals, p. 46,56,83-84). Such symbolism would be fitting for the windows, which illuminated the interior. Those righteous leaders who hold the priesthood in its fulness are the source of power, revelation and light to the Saints, and it is through their teaching and officiating in the temple, that the building and its ordinances are empowered in the lives of those who enter the temple.


THE ALL-SEEING EYE
Apparently the Nauvoo Temple was to include the depiction of the all-seeing eye in the center of the top portion of the large rounded windows. Whether this was done or not cannot be determined from photographic evidence. This symbol is based on the statement that the "eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him" (Ps 33:18). Brigham Young called this symbol "the all-searching eye of the Great Jehovah" (J.D. 2:32).


THE INSCRIPTION PANELS

ALLOW GOD TO FIGHT YOUR BATTLES

I have come up against some formidable enemies in my life (and one of the greatest, at times, can be me....), but I have always asked God to fight them for me and I have had an interesting track record at it. When God is allowed to fight them - and my life is consecrated to serving Him and His purposes - I always come out the victor. Its not one of those faith without works kind of situations where I sit back and do nothing. I have to fight the good fight - mostly in keeping myself worthy of His choicest blessings and so that when I ask Him to weigh me and my "enemy" in the balance, I will come out justified in having my petition heard while the other petition (or justification) does not balance out.

God simply supports those who support Him. Those who are indifferent, He will not justify and support in their times of need. Being perfectly just, he cannot do it.

Here is a scripture that illustrates the point:

10 That they themselves may be prepared, and that my people may be taught more perfectly, and have experience, and know more perfectly concerning their duty, and the things which I require at their hands.

11 And this cannot be brought to pass until mine elders are endowed with power from on high.

12 For behold, I have prepared a great endowment and blessing to be poured out upon them, inasmuch as they are faithful and continue in humility before me.

13 Therefore it is expedient in me that mine elders should wait for a little season, for the redemption of Zion.

14 For behold, I do not require at their hands to fight the battles of Zion; for, as I said in a former commandment, even so will I fulfil—I will fight your battles.

15 Behold, the destroyer I have sent forth to destroy and lay waste mine enemies; and not many years hence they shall not be left to pollute mine heritage, and to blaspheme my name upon the lands which I have consecrated for the gathering together of my saints.

THE INDOLENT AND IDLER SHALL NOT EAT THE BREAD

Maybe its getting a little too close to tax day - and I am fed up with the moral decline of our country where people feel perfectly happy to live off of others' hard work.

Here is something my good wife found - a guy who really knows what is what when it comes to socialism and its ever-creeping tentacles:



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23 Wherefore, O ye Gentiles, it is wisdom in God that these things should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are built up to get power and gain—and the work, yea, even the work of destruction come upon you, yea, even the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall upon you, to your overthrow and destruction if ye shall suffer these things to be.

24 Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up.

25 For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the destruction of all people, for it is built up by the devil, who is the father of all lies; even that same liar who beguiled our first parents, yea, even that same liar who hath caused man to commit murder from the beginning; who hath hardened the hearts of men that they have murdered the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out from the beginning.

26 Wherefore, I, Moroni, am commanded to write these things that evil may be done away, and that the time may come that Satan may have no power upon the hearts of the children of men, but that they may be persuaded to do good continually, that they may come unto the fountain of all righteousness and be saved.

Can't wait for the Millennium when all the "something for nothing" socialist trash gets taken to the curb.... The idler will not have a place at the table - simple as that. Its not in God's economy - not in the least. You simply work by the sweat of your brow for what you have - or you suffer. Its nature's law - and an eternal principle. The parasitic drag we have on our country's resources - and on those who choose to work for what they have - is stupendous. Right now, those who parasitically rely on others' hard work and get a paycheck while watching Jerry Springer all day, far outnumber those who believe its their God-given mandate to support themselves and their families, if they have them. We are in trouble at the most fundamental level of society's fabric. The only way to fix it is to trash it and start completely over. You cannot put old wine into new bottles - when the earthenware bottles have been dry for too long.... Keep the powder dry - it will be a contest between the idlers who choose by Executive Order and legislative decree to force the rest of the working class into de-facto slavery to live off the fruits of their labors and those who have prepared to say "Enough is enough". The Nephites faced the same problem with the Lamanites of the day who chose to inhabit their cities, raid their crops, rape their women, and otherwise be indolent and lazy towards their own responsibilities of self-sustenance. The thing that makes it worse today is, at least the Lamanites/Gads had to fight and die trying to steal from those who were productive. Today, they just march, rally, coerce, legislate and legally take it by force. And that stinks - if you like to be productive and set your own course and determine your own destiny....

Phew - that was a great rant. Must be a little touchy as April 15th approaches.....

SOLS GUARDISTO VISION REVISITED

This has been on my mind as of late. Sols is just one of several sources of the prophetic utterances talking of massive race rioting on the American continent. I think of Joseph Smith who said the second Civil War would start in Chicago in what (was then) a very small town (smaller than Nauvoo at the time, where the statement was uttered), but would then grow into a large city and would be the source of the beginning of the conflict that would embroil America. I have driven in West Chicago and was appalled at the conditions of the people and the vastness of the ghettos. I was told by a friend that South Chicago down into Gary, Indiana was far worse than West Chicago - and the thought was sobering. People who have nothing to lose due to poverty and the lack of opportunity (whatever the source) will finally have all they can take and just break out at the first provocation. We are seeing a fore-taste of it with the vigilante/self-defense killing of Treyvon Martin in Florida.

We are sitting on a powder keg - and it could blow at any time. And I am not just talking about race relations. I am talking about the Middle East and a whole host of situations, folks. The little Dutch boy is stuffing his finger in the hole in the dike - but the leak appears to be getting bigger and full tide is coming in.....

I would have said the same thing, had I been aware of the situation in 1968 - and here we are 48 years later - but something has got to give.....

Here is a snippet of the Sols vision from the Cardston Temple:

I saw the international world war automatically break down, and national revolutions occur in every country and complete the work of chaos and desolation. I saw geological disturbances occur, which helped in this work as if it were intended to do so. I saw the Cardston Temple preserved from all this geological upheaval. I saw the international boundary line disappear as these two governments broke up and dissolved into chaos. I saw race rioting upon this American continent on a vast scale.

I saw hunger and starvation in this world granary of the American continent sweep off vast numbers of the conflicting elements. I saw disease produced by hunger, strife, and chaos complete the end of this present order or epoch…"

So, how is that food storage coming along??

MY TESTIMONY OF THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD

I have not really used this as a forum for my personal testimony of God and His Son, Jesus Christ - and I probably should be a little more overt in my feelings. Sometimes it is what is in the implied where the message is sent - so I am sometimes not direct concerning the things I hold most sacred and dear.

I have a great love for my Savior - not a great enough of a love to say that I have overcome all personal shortcomings, but enough to try and please Him and our Father by doing my best and letting His atoning blood cover my shortcomings where I cannot meet the measure.

I KNOW God lives! I LOVE His plan for his children. Its perfect! I cannot think of a better way to let people sift themselves and allow themselves to establish what they want out of their eternal life. This life is the perfect laboratory. I love the miracle of eternal marriage where two people can work out their salvation together (from eternity to eternity) while bringing children into this world that help refine the couple and the family. I love the uniqueness of woman and my dear companion and thank my God for putting her into my life. We have had a most remarkable journey together so far - and in retrospect, would not change a thing of it. Parts of it, I would not wish on my worst enemy (many of our struggles have been over the top - losing Dallin would be near the top of the list), but we are better for having passed through them together.

I love the knowledge and security the Atonement gives me. One who was so perfect that He could descend below it all, to take upon Him all the pain and suffering of mankind in order that we might overcome the world and rejoice with Him again, clean and pure in the Kingdom of Heaven. Christ is truly the manifestation of God's love for His children. That love will be manifest when Christ returns to rescue those, who choose to attempt to live His laws fully, from the depravity that surrounds them. May we all rejoice this special day in His love for us and resolve to be more Christ-centered in our living.

In Jesus' holy name, Amen.

THREE LEVELS TO THE INNER SANCTUM OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE

One reason I like our older temples in this final dispensation is that it is clear as you move through the progression of states (from telestial to celestial), that you are made aware of the differences as you "upward" move. In the Salt Lake Temple, that is quite apparent - and even in the celestial room, you have distinct differences showing there are greater realms within that state of being with the sealing rooms above that level indicating the greatness of the crowning ordinances of being sealed to your eternal sweetheart throughout all time and eternity. I LOVE symbolism - the mind soars when you are able to see a 3D interpretation of God's plan for His children - and to see what He wants to place the most emphasis on.

In Solomon's Temple, apparently there were three levels within the holiest area (of which there were three areas). Three levels - which I can only guess represent the three levels within the celestial kingdom. It appears that there is enough oral tradition left of how the original temple was built that this important detail may make it into the final design of the third temple. I am VERY excited to see this - and will sell plasma (if I have to) to make sure my wife and I get to go and visit it - and give a gift (of poison, or something) to the anti-Christ...... And I firmly believe that I will live to see the day! Exciting times we live in!

TWO WINDING STAIRCASES

The First Temple as drawn by Ezekiel had a winding staircase built within the thick wall which accessed the higher chambers. Josephus confirms that a large winding staircase existed in the First Temple. He claims it was built in its thick wall. The Bible states it was built in the thick southern wall. The Second Temple did not have a winding staircase.

“The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.” MELAKHIM 6:8 JB

“The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.” 1 KINGS 6:8 KJV

There are clearly two winding staircases. In order to use two winding staircases you would need 3 chambers stacked on top of each other and such is the case in this model of Solomon’s Temple when you incorporate Ezekiel’s measurements. The winding staircase is attached to “the right side of the house” I Kings 6:8 and goes up through the arch in the ceiling.
At the North Gate the blood from the sacrifice was drained into a goblet which was brought up the stairs by the High Priest once a year. In the ritual it took blood to approach the throne room. Once the High Priest passed through the curtain and entered into the Holy Throne Room the blood was then sprinkled on God who was resting in the Ark. He was always pleased. There is no record of Him striking to death any High Priest who brought the blood. The first set of winding stairs for house chamber (60 x 20) start there and connect up into the 40 x 20 chamber (I Kings 6:33)

In a horizontal Temple model the 60 x 20 chamber has a ceiling of 30, but the Holy of Holies has a ceiling of 20. If the Holy Chamber was elevated this would allow one winding staircase to enter it but where would the second winding staircase go? I Kings 6:2 & 8

Historian Josephus states this is how the winding staircases was constructed in Solomon’s Temple.

“The king (Solomon) also had a fine contrivance for an ascent to the upper room over the temple, and that was by steps in the thickness of its wall.”
Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, B-VIII, C-3, V-2.

At the time that Josephus was told about the construction of Solomon’s Temple it had been destroyed 500 years prior. So the memory of perhaps the Holy of Holies chamber being ascended by stairs might have been lost in the oral tradition, but if this model is correct it was sealed in the written tradition of the Hebrew Bible.

In the first winding staircase it incorporates one-fifth (1/5) of the thickness of the wall to stabilize the staircase. In the second chamber the winding staircase is constructed of and tied into one-forth (1/4) of the thickness of the wall. Probably because the walls are pylon shaped it uses less of the stone wall in the middle chamber. I Kings 6:31-33

Solomon’s Temple is the only building on record which incorporated an arched ceiling which spanned 20 cubits (35′). Keep in mind this Temple predates the Roman Empire by nearly 1,000 years. Additionally there were three gigantic arches in Solomon’s Temple for the 3 chambers of the main structure.

Question: Which type of temple could best utilize two winding staircases: A horizontal temple or a vertical Temple? The TWO winding staircases is more evidence that the main tower structure might have had three stories and built vertically.

SHEKINAH AND THE MIGHTY RUSHING OF WINDS

Ever since talking to my Jewish co-worker about Shekinah, I have been intrigued by the similarities between it and the mighty rushing of winds experienced in the Kirtland temple during the dedication. Alot of good stuff on this site:

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A FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM - WHAT BRIGHAM YOUNG HAD TO SAY

TOO GOOD NOT TO SHARE:

"Many of you have heard what certain journalists have had to say about Brigham Young being opposed to free schools. I am opposed to free education as much as I am opposed to taking property from one man and giving it to another who knows not how to take care of it. But when you come to the fact, I will venture to say that I school ten children to every one that those do who complain so much of me. I now pay the school fees of a number of children who are either orphans or sons and daughters of poor people. But in aiding and blessing the poor I do not believe in allowing my charities to go through the hands of a set of robbers who pocket nine-tenths themselves, and give one-tenth to the poor. Therein is the difference between us; I am for the real act of doing and not saying. Would I encourage free schools by taxation? No! That is not in keeping with the nature of our work; we should be as one family, our hearts and hands united in the bonds of everlasting covenant; our interests alike, our children receiving equal opportunities in the school-room and the college." -- Brigham Young

AND MORE:

Socialized education was one of the first major victories that modern political collectivists enjoyed here in these United States, as well as one of ten planks in The Communist Manifesto. Our federal government tried to impose socialized education here in Utah as part of its efforts to forcibly assimilate Utahns into "mainstream" American culture; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fought very hard against such public education, but ultimately lost this battle, and ultimately introduced its Seminary program as a fallback measure.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO PULL OUR KIDS OUT AND DO THE RIGHT THING - OR AT LEAST GO FOR A VOUCHER SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN CHOOSE WHERE TO SEND OUR KIDS. TO THE STATE PROPAGANDA MACHINES, OR TO A PLACE WHERE THEY LEARN GOOD PRINCIPLE? HITLER WAS A HUGE FAN OF THE STATE SCHOOL SYSTEM - THUS KINDERGARTEN. THE LOGICAL END TO THEIR PROGRAMS WAS TO HAVE MOMMY OFF WORKING IN A FACTORY WHILE UNCLE SCAM WAS FILLING THE KID'S HEAD FULL OF STATIST GARBAGE..... WHAT A GREAT PLAN!