To introduce this topic we quote directly from the great prophet
Isaiah who saw our day and rendered a stinging diatribe of modern
Israel's contempt for God's laws and ordinances:
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because
they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken
the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured
the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore
the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. (Isaiah
24:5-6)
Remembering that the Gospel with its saving and exalting laws
and ordinances was held in trust for God's people through the
Abrahamic Covenant, we expect to see Isaiah's prophetic diatribe
fulfilled. Let us now see how such a thing could happen.
In the 1800s Joseph Smith restored the Gospel of Jesus Christ
to the earth including its laws and ordinances. With respect to
the necessity of obeying these laws and ordinances, he said:
All men who become heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ
will have to receive the fulness of the ordinances of his kingdom;
and those who will not receive all the ordinances will come short
of the fullness of that glory, if they do not lose the whole.
(TPJS, p. 309)
If a man gets a fullness of the priesthood of God he has to get
it in the same way that Jesus Christ obtained it, and that was
by keeping all the commandments and obeying all the ordinances
of the house of the Lord. (TPJS, p. 308)
Joseph said that these ordinances were of the Priesthood and were
not to be changed, ever! This is what he had to say:
Ordinances instituted in the heavens before the foundation
of the world, in the priesthood, for the salvation of men, are
not to be altered or changed. All must be saved on the same
principles. (TPJS, p. 308)
. . .the ordinances must be kept in the very way God has appointed;
otherwise their Priesthood will prove a cursing instead of a blessing.
(TPJS, p. 169)
If there is no change of ordinances, there is no change of
Priesthood. (TPJS, p. 158)
Where there is no change of priesthood, there is no change
of ordinances, says Paul. If God has not changed the ordinances
and the priesthood, howl, ye sectarians! If he has, when and where
has He revealed it? (TPJS, p. 308)
Now the purpose in Himself in the winding up scene of the last
dispensation is that all things pertaining to that dispensation
should be conducted precisely in accordance with the preceding
dispensations. . . .He set the ordinances to be the same forever
and ever, and set Adam to watch over them, to reveal them
from heaven to man, or to send angels to reveal them. (TPJS,
p. 168)
We bear solemn witness that Joseph Smith, Jr. was and still is
the dispensation head of this last dispensation of the fulness
of times. Before his martyrdom, he put in place God's unchangeable
ordinances that will save and exalt the elect of Israel. As he
said, they were not to be altered or changed. Now, there are those
who profess to possess the very keys which he possessed in mortality,
but it is a lie. Listen to what the Lord said:
Verily I say unto you, the keys of this kingdom shall never
be taken from you, while thou art in the world, neither in the
world to come; Nevertheless, through you shall the oracles
(revelations--not keys) be given to another, yea, even
unto the church. And all they who receive the oracles of God,
let them beware how they hold them lest they are accounted as
a light thing, and are brought under condemnation thereby, and
stumble and fall when the storms descend, and the winds blow,
and the rains descend, and beat upon their house. (D &
C 90:3-5)
The early brethren understood very well that Joseph Smith held
the keys of this dispensation and would until the dispensation's
conclusion. On the 9th of October 1859, President Brigham Young
told the saints in General Conference:
Joseph Smith holds the keys of this last dispensation,
and is now engaged behind the vail in the great work of the last
days. ...I will now tell you something that ought to comfort every
man and woman on the face of the earth. Joseph Smith
junior, will again be on this earth dictating plans and calling
forth his brethren to be baptized for the very characters who
wish this was not so, in order to bring them into a kingdom .
. . (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7:289)
Just after the martyrdom, Elder Parley P. Pratt of the Quorum
of the Twelve Apostles was walking from Peoria, Illinois en route
to Nauvoo. As he was on his way down a road in broad daylight,
he received the following from the Lord:
My servant Joseph Smith still holds the keys of my kingdom
in this dispensation, and he shall stand in due time on the
earth, in the flesh, and fulfill that to which he is appointed.
(Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, p. 368)
Apostle Franklin D. Richards also understood this concept and
spoke upon this topic:
So it is with the Prophet Joseph Smith. He has gone before
with the keys of this dispensation, after having lived and conferred
them upon the authorities of the church, even all that was
necessary until he shall come again to build up this kingdom
preparatory to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Franklin
D. Richards, 30 August 1885, Journal of Discourses, Vol.
26:302)
It is obvious that Joseph's successors only had sufficient keys
left to them to promote and maintain what Joseph had set in motion.
It is generally left to a dispensation head's successors to call
the people to repentance and bring them back to the laws and ordinances
the dispensation head put in place. For a more thorough explanation
of this concept see the pamphlet Joseph Smith, Jr.
These are the very concepts behind the doctrines (laws and ordinances)
for which Joseph was willing to die. In fact, he sealed his testimony
and bound up the law upon this dispensation when the wicked mob
on 27 June 1844 spilled his blood. Read the inspired words penned
after that tragedy by John Taylor, who was with him at the martyrdom:
Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done
more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world,
than any other man that ever lived in it. . . .He lived great,
and he died great in the eyes of God and his people; and like
most of the Lord's anointed in ancient times, has sealed his
mission and his works with his own blood. . . (D &
C 135:3)
Who, then, would have the audacity to open the seal that Joseph
put in place to dare alter or change the laws and ordinances he
delivered from God to this last dispensation to save and exalt
Israel? Only the Destroyer of God's works would attempt such a
course. It is ludicrous to even suppose that Joseph, from the
other side of the veil, would "inspire" those claiming
to have the keys to change what he, himself, said could not be
changed. To do so would make a liar of himself. To change the
unchangeable is what constitutes priestcraft. Let us now look
at some of the changes that have been put in place by those claiming
keys, so they meet the conveniences and notions of the people.
BAPTISM
Since baptism is one of the most fundamental of doctrines,
it is almost inconceivable that the Latter-day Saints would apostatize
from a most important segment of this doctrine. In fact, for the
most part, Latter-day Saints are not even aware of such an apostasy.
The segment of the doctrine forgotten is RE-baptism. It is a very
integral part of the restoration. One participates in the outward
ordinance of baptism to wash sins away after sincere repentance
from those sins. To suppose that a person once baptized is forever
free from future sinful acts is, indeed, vain imagination. Therefore,
the Lord in His mercy reintroduced into this dispensation the
doctrine of rebaptism as a continuing principle for the purifying
and sanctifying of the elect of Israel who continue the journey
to Christ through repentance. Thousands of rebaptisms were performed
for the faithful in the first half of this dispensation to their
benefit and blessing. The Prophet Joseph Smith, President Brigham
Young and many others taught and practiced this doctrine. For
example:
I know that in my traveling and preaching, many a time I have
stopped by beautiful streams of clear, pure water, and have said
to myself, " How delightful it would be to me to go into
this, to be baptized for the remission of my sins." When
I got home, Joseph told me it was my privilege. At this time,
came a revelation, that the Saints could be baptized and rebaptized
when they chose... (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses,
Vol. 18, p. 241)
It has been pointed out that President Brigham Young was baptized
seven times and that just two years before he died he was rebaptized.
Sat. 17, 1875 -- Pres. Brigham Young, his counselors and others
renewed their covenants by baptism at Ephraim, Sanpete Co.
(Utah). This example was subsequently followed by the Saints generally.
(Church Chronology, p. 94)
Rebaptism has been a part of the doctrine practically from the
start and there were great rebaptismal efforts or reformations
in 1847, 1854 through 1856, and thereafter for a time. There are
hundreds of records of this ordinance being practiced. The object
and benefit of rebaptism is for the remission of repented sin
and resulted in a renewing of covenants. The participant, once
again, started afresh and was excited to live the Gospel better
than ever before. Baptism/rebaptism was and is practiced for the
following reasons:
1. Remission of sins
2. Entrance/reentrance into the Church
3. Renewal of lost records
4. Renewing of covenants
5. Entering marriage (first or plural)
6. Entering the United Order
7. Healing of the sick
8. In accepting new Church position
9. Upon entering a major change in life or lifestyle.
The ancients also practiced rebaptism as is clearly shown by Moroni
in the following from the Book of Mormon:
And now I speak concerning baptism. Behold, elders, priests,
and teachers were baptized; and they were not baptized save
they brought forth fruit meet that they were worthy of it. (Moroni
6:1)
Elders, priests, and teachers were members of the church being
rebaptized. This doctrine has always been a part of the Gospel,
and President Brigham Young's counsel of the past is just as sound
today as it was then. He counseled the Saints after arriving in
the mountains:
My advice to you is, go and be baptized for the remission of sins,
and start afresh, that temptation may not overcome you again;
pause and reflect, that you be not overcome by the evil one unawares.
(Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1, p. 324)
My counsel to them today is, as it has been on former occasions
to all who have come into these valleys, go and be baptized for
the remission of sins, repenting of all your wanderings from the
path of righteousness, believing firmly in the name of Jesus Christ,
that all your sins will be washed away ...I have heard some of
you cursing and swearing, even some of the Elders of Israel. I
would be baptized seven times, were I in your place; I would not
stop teasing some good Elder to baptize me again and again, until
I could think my sins forgiven. I would not live over another
night until I was baptized enough to satisfy me that my sins were
forgiven. Then go and be confirmed, as you were when you first
embraced the religion of Jesus. That is my counsel. (Brigham Young,
Journal of Discourses, Vol. 2, p. 8, 9)
What a glorious truth! As we grow and progress in the works of
righteousness we might be rebaptized for the remission of sins
we have committed along the way. From the early part of the dispensation,
rebaptism was considered an important doctrine having its inception
with the Prophet Joseph Smith himself. Only deceived and/or wicked
men would change or take away this magnificent truth identified
as rebaptism. However, in 1897, after the Latter-day Saints had
already rejected many of God's requirements for exaltation, they
began rejecting rebaptism as an important requirement for salvation.
As rebaptism became more controversial, George Q. Cannon of the
First Presidency announced in General Conference:
We hear a good deal of talk about re-baptism, and the First Presidency
and Twelve have felt that so much re-baptism ought to be stopped.
(Conference Report, Oct. 1897, p. 68)
Israel's leaders had lost the truth that rebaptism was to help
the sinner to again obtain the spirit of the Gospel. By the turn
of the century, re-baptism was buried in the annals of this dispensation's
history. Truly, Israel had turned from the pristine truth God
had given through the Prophet Joseph Smith for the deliverance
of His people. Today it is a forgotten doctrine for most and is
the privilege of a rare few who know, believe and practice the
truth. Let us once again ponder the words of a true prophet:
In the first place, if you were re-baptized for the remission
of sins, peradventure you may receive again the Spirit of the
Gospel in its glory, light and beauty; but if your hearts are
so engrossed in the things of this world, that you do not know
whether you want to be re-baptized or not, you had better shut
yourselves up in some canyon or closet, to repent of your sins,
and call upon the name of the Lord, until you get His spirit.
(Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 1:324)
Rebaptism is a truth buried in Israel's latter-day apostasy!--a
great tragedy!
SACRAMENT
Doctrine and Covenants Section 20 identifies who God has chosen
to administer the Sacrament. We read that one of the duties of
an elder is:
40 And to administer bread and wine--the emblems of the flesh
and blood of Christ--
Administering the sacrament is not just an elder's privilege,
or right; it is his duty! Further on we read:
46 The priest's duty is to preach, teach, expound, exhort,
and baptize, and administer the sacrament. . .
49 And he is to take the lead of meetings when there is no elder
present;
50 But when there is an elder present, he is only to preach, teach,
expound, exhort, and baptize.
Comparing verses 46 and 50:
46 The priest's duty is to preach, teach, expound, exhort,
and baptize, and administer the sacrament
50 But when there is an elder present, he is only to preach, teach,
expound, exhort, and baptize.
In verse 50, notice there is no mention of a priest administering
the sacrament if there is an elder present. Clearly, God intends
for Melchizedek Priesthood holders to administer the sacrament
to the church. Priests cannot administer it if there is an elder
present. As for teachers and deacons, God says:
58 But neither teachers nor deacons have authority to baptize,
administer the sacrament, or lay on hands;
According to God's instructions, deacons and teachers have no
authority to administer the sacrament. Preparing and passing the
sacrament are part of administering the sacrament to the church.
Yet these divine commandments are broken every week in nearly
every LDS chapel. In the LDS church today, teachers prepare, priests
bless and deacons administer that which God declared was to be
blessed and administered by elders.
Both the Book of Mormon, Moroni 4:2 and D&C 20:76, explain
that the elder or priest should "kneel with the church"
during the sacrament prayers. In the early days of this dispensation,
the church did kneel as God instructed. This simply is not done
anymore in the LDS Church.
Wine was the emblem of the blood of Christ in His dispensation
and also in our own. During a time when enemies of the Church
were trying to poison the Saints, Joseph Smith set out to purchase
some wine to be used for the sacrament. He was met by a heavenly
messenger on the way who told him:
Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, that you shall not purchase
wine neither strong drink of your enemies; Wherefore, you shall
partake of none except it is made new among you; yea, in this
Father's kingdom which shall be built on the earth. (D&C
27:4-5)
For a brief time, Joseph Smith used water to represent the blood
of Christ in the sacrament. As soon as the Saints could start
to produce their own wine, they again used it for the sacrament.
In D&C 89, God explains again what to use to represent the
blood of Christ in the sacrament:
6 And, behold, this should be wine, yea, pure wine of the grape
of the vine, of your own make.
D&C 89 was given by the Lord two and one half years after
the commandment not to purchase wine from the enemies of the Church.
The commandment not to purchase wine for sacrament was a circumstantial
instruction, and wine of the Saint's own make is what God would
have us use, but the LDS Church today uses water instead of obeying
the commandment to use wine.
An emblem of the sacrament has been changed, those who should
administer it have been replaced by deacons and it is prepared
by teachers, the church does not kneel anymore as God commanded;
and priests now administer it when elders are present. This constitutes
plain and simple apostasy. This is the changing of an ordinance.
Remember, Joseph said:
Ordinances instituted in the heavens before the foundation
of the world, in the priesthood, for the salvation of men, are
not to be altered or changed. All must be saved on the same
principles. (TPJS, p. 308)
All this is evidence of Israel's latter-day apostasy; another
tragedy brought on by God's errant sons as they break faith with
Him.
ENDOWMENT
There are three parts to a true endowment; covenants, keys,
and the instructional setting in which the first two are placed.
The covenants of the endowment form the law of God. When the endowed
keep their covenants, it leads them to greater blessings from
God and eventual exaltation. Joseph Smith said that God's plan
for the exaltation of the elect of Israel cannot be altered or
changed. Let us, therefore, look at that which the Latter-day
Saints have broken, altered and changed.
In every version of the endowment, Satan declares in the Lone
and Dreary World that he is the God of this world. In this world,
Satan states, "Now is the great day of my power. I reign
from the rivers to the ends of the earth. There is none who dares
to molest or make afraid." He boldly declares before those
who have been charged to liken themselves to Adam and Eve, that
he is the self proclaimed God of this world and that he rules
on this earth, and there are none present to challenge him. A
little later, as Satan is cast from the presence of Peter, James,
John, Adam, Eve and the endowment patrons, he says, "I have
a word to say concerning these people. If they do not walk up
to every covenant they make at these altars in this temple this
day, they will be in my power!" It is obvious that those
who have power to overcome Satan and possess the earth are those
who have received the proper keys and covenants and then use and
keep them.
In the first section of the Doctrine and Covenants is given the
premier prophecy of the last days in these words:
For I am no respecter of persons, and will that all men shall
know that the day speedily cometh; the hour is not yet, but is
nigh at hand, when peace shall be taken from the earth, and the
devil shall have power over his own dominion. (D&C
1:35)
The Devil's dominion is the whole world and most certainly does
not exclude that possessed by Latter-day Saints. This prophecy
finds its fulfillment when those who have keys to overcome Satan
violate their covenants by changing them and not keeping them.
Has this prophecy been fulfilled? President Ezra T. Benson seemed
to think so when he declared the following:
We live in a day of great challenge. We live in that time of
which the Lord spoke when he said, "Peace shall be taken
from the earth, and the devil shall have power over his own dominion."
(Conference Report for April 1986, Ezra Taft Benson, Ensign,
May 1986, p. 79)
We solemnly proclaim that the Latter-day Saints have abdicated
to the power of the Adversary by changing and failing to keep
their covenants which is the transgression of God's law to them.
During this century, the endowment covenants have undergone several
changes to meet the whimsical demands of the people, the LDS leaders
and society. Not only have they violated the sacred endowment
covenants but have transgressed every other law that would establish
a Zion society. They abandoned the doctrine of gathering in which
the saints could collectively live the higher principles that
would exalt them. (See the pamphlet, The Gathering of the Elect.) They abandoned
the higher principles themselves, including celestial plural marriage
and consecration. (See the various pamphlets that deal with these
principles.)
The transmittal of priesthood keys to the endowee is at the very
core of the endowment and one of the great purposes for which
it even exists. Satan desires to stop the elect of Israel from
obtaining these keys since they constitute the very powers by
which he can be overcome and controlled. From the very beginning
he has sought to keep God's chosen people from receiving the proper
keys or has changed them so they become a corruption of God's
priesthood. He always sets his kingdom up in direct opposition
to God and as a mockery to God. He often does this by perverting
true priesthood keys so they become the corrupted form he calls
his own priesthood. When the watchmen who should prevent Satan
from doing this become the very ones who perpetrate changes in
God's unchangeable keys, then Satan has control over the saints
and foists a false priesthood upon them. This is the case with
the Latter-day Saints today; priesthood keys were changed on 10
April 1990 and, subsequently, all that is left is priestcraft.
Let us here briefly review. Joseph Smith personally administered
the endowment to men like Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff, and
Heber C. Kimball. Near the end of his life, he called together
these men and others and diligently taught them the ordinances
of the Gospel, how to administer them, and the symbolic meaning
and power behind each aspect of each ordinance, including the
endowment. Once the ordinances and the authority to perform them
had been given to men on the earth, Joseph warned them not to
alter them. Remember:
Ordinances instituted in the heavens before the foundation
of the world, in the Priesthood, for the salvation of men, are
not to be altered or changed. (TPJS, p. 308)
Taking it for granted that the scriptures say what they mean and
mean what they say, we have sufficient grounds to go on and prove
from the Bible that the gospel has always been the same; the
ordinances to fulfill its requirements, the same; and the
officers to administer, the same; and the signs and fruits resulting
from the promises, the same. (TPJS, p. 264)
And again, God purposed in Himself that there should not be an
eternal fullness until every dispensation should be fulfilled
and gathered into one, and that all things whatsoever, that should
be gathered together in one in those dispensations unto the same
fullness and eternal glory, should be in Christ Jesus; therefore,
he set the ordinances to be the same forever and ever,
and set Adam to watch over them, to reveal them from heaven to
man, or to send angels to reveal them. (TPJS, p. 168)
And speaking particularly about the endowment, he said:
The order of the House of God has been, and ever will be the
same, even after Christ comes; and after the termination of
the thousand years it will be the same. (TPJS, p. 91)
On June 8, 1887, Wilford Woodruff wrote a letter to Logan Temple
President Roskelley. Part of it says:
Now, concerning the endowment, in all its phases. My own views
are these--that we ought to follow out, as far as we can, the
pattern laid down by our leaders. I consider that if there ever
was a man who thoroughly understood the principle of the Endowments
it was Brigham Young. He has been with Joseph Smith from the beginning
of the Endowments, to the end, and he understood it if any man
did. And before his death he required me to write a Book, every
ordinance of the Church and Kingdom of God, from the first to
the last, beginning with baptism, to the last ordinance performed,
through every department of the endowments. I was several weeks
doing this writing, and President Young corrected it all, until
he got through. Then he said to me "Now, THERE YOU HAVE
A PATTERN OF ALL THE ORDINANCES OR ENDOWMENTS FOR EVERY TEMPLE
WE SHALL BUILD, UNTIL THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN."
Now, if I ever have anything to do or say, in any Temple on the
earth, concerning the Endowment, I would say: FOLLOW THE PATTERN
THAT PRESIDENT YOUNG HAS SET US, AND NOT DEVIATE FROM IT ONE IOTA.
And if we do that, we may have a hundred Temples at work, and
all the work and ceremonies will be alike in every Temple. While
on the other hand, if every man who is called to preside over
a Temple has his own way, and introduces his own form of ceremonies,
our Temple work would be as diverse as the sectarian world, and
God would not approbate it. Brother Roskelley, I have given endowments
in Salt Lake City for twenty years, and I received my endowments
under the hand of the Prophet Joseph Smith. I directed the fixing
up of the Temple in St. George for giving endowments, under the
direction of President Young; since THE RULES ARE WRITTEN FOR
OUR GUIDANCE IN ALL FUTURE TIME, I feel very strenuously that
in giving Endowments we should all work alike, and NOT DEVIATE
FROM THE WRITTEN WORD. (Original in Church Historian's Office,
copies in Truth 1:34-35, and Truth 16:42.)
Despite all of the above mentioned instructions to keep the endowment
ceremony unchanged, LDS Church leaders have changed the endowment
several times over the last century. Between 1902 and 1905 the
lecture at the veil that Brigham Young had written was changed
to delete the Adam-God doctrine. In 1923 the true garment of the
Holy Priesthood was changed to the "street garment"
to meet the social whims of the people. In the 1920's the covenants
began to be changed. The Initiatory ordinances were substantially
changed from washing in a tub to "sprinkling" as done
today. In 1975 the long garment was no longer allowed in the temple
and people were required to wear the apostate "street garment".
The final act of apostasy came on 10 April 1990 when the penalties
that accompany the priesthood keys were removed; where there is
no penalty there is no law. On that date, the sign of the first
token of the Melchizedek Priesthood was changed and the words
associated with the sign of the second token of the Melchizedek
Priesthood were changed. Also, the special embrace required at
the veil was changed. All these changes of God's unchangeable
ordinances constitute nothing less than complete apostasy and
a fulfillment of the prophecy that the devil would at one day
have power over his own dominion. The LDS temples have even now
given out Satanic new names such as "Nimrod". If the
Latter-day Saints had not sought their place in the world by compromise
and concession, they would have never tolerated these changes
which have left them in utter apostasy and ripe for God's wrath
and vengeance to be poured out upon them.
We have only touched upon some of these changes, but Joseph Smith
was plain when he warned:
. . . if any man preach any other Gospel than that which I
have preached, he shall be cursed; and some of you who now
hear me shall see it, and know that I testify the truth concerning
them. (History of the Church, Vol. 6, Ch.17, p. 365)
The Latter-day Saints preach a much different gospel than the
true gospel delivered to the dispensation by the Prophet Joseph
Smith. They have transgressed every law that would establish a
Zion society, changed God's unchangeable ordinances, and as a
result broken the everlasting covenant. We repeat the words of
Isaiah:
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because
they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken
the everlasting covenant.
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that
dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth
are burned, and few men left. (Isaiah 24:5-6)
Moroni saw these things happening in the latter days and lamented
in these words as he concluded his father's, Mormon's, record:
Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye
are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and
I know your doing. And I know that ye do walk in the pride
of your hearts; and there are none save a few only who do not
lift themselves up in the pride of their hearts, unto the wearing
of very fine apparel, unto envying, and strifes, and malice, and
persecutions, and all manner of iniquities; and your churches,
yea, even every one, have become polluted because of the pride
of your hearts. For behold, ye do love money, and your substance,
and your fine apparel, and the adorning of your churches, more
than ye love the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted.
O ye pollutions, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves
for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church
of God? Why are ye ashamed to take upon you the name of Christ?
Why do ye not think that greater is the value of an endless happiness
than that misery which never dies--because of the praise of the
world? Why do ye adorn yourselves with that which hath no life,
and yet suffer the hungry, and the needy, and the naked, and the
sick and the afflicted to pass by you, and notice them not?
Yea, why do ye build up your secret abominations to get gain,
and cause that widows should mourn before the Lord, and also orphans
to mourn before the Lord, and also the blood of their fathers
and their husbands to cry unto the Lord from the ground, for vengeance
upon your heads? Behold, the sword of vengeance hangeth over
you; and the time soon cometh that he avengeth the blood of
the saints upon you, for he will not suffer their cries any longer.
(Mormon 8:35-41)
In conclusion, conditions today are as they have been many times
before, and the prophets' words are before you as they were carefully
recorded by God's servants of previous dispensations. Your LDS
leaders have offended God as they have sought power over the people
and acceptance by a wicked world. For all practical purposes they
have abandoned God's standard, the holy scriptures, and have written
in their place the philosophies of men mingled with scripture
called the "General Handbook of Instruction", and this
leads to ultimate destruction. Through compromise and concession
your leaders have brought upon themselves and the deceived people
the very conditions that existed in Noah's day, Jeremiah and Lehi's
day, Abinadi's day, John the Baptist and Jesus Christ's day, Nephi's
(son of Helaman) day, and Mormon and Moroni's day. Once again,
the enemy (Satan) has taken over the fort but it still flies the
same flag. Your LDS leaders have lead you to the brink of destruction
and you with them face the fulfillment of the desolation of abomination
prophesied from all dispensations including this one. Isaiah said:
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail,
branch and rush, in one day.
The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet
that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they
that are] led of them [are] destroyed. (Isaiah 9:14-16)
If any of you are inclined to be an Alma, we invite you to speedily
repent of your errors and quickly come to Christ. Prosperity,
spiritual "warm fuzzies", class distinction through
higher education, patting yourselves on the back because of worldly
acceptance, sincerity in deception, and declaring that "you
are such good people" will only bring remorse in eternity.
We declare in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is God, that
the Latter-day Saints have abandoned the true God and have allowed
the Devil to set a false image of the real God in His place. The
Latter-day Saints have accepted a false hope in Christ! The words
of Hosea apply perfectly:
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou
hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt
be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy
God, I will also forget thy children. (Hosea 4:6)
We feel as Nephi felt when he said:
And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had
spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the truth;
and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they should
be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty taketh
the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center.
(1 Nephi 16:2)
Wake up and arise to your awful situation! God will be merciful.
He has once again set His hand to reclaim a remnant of Israel.
He has offered hope to the repentant and a chance to return to
Him. We declare that in fulfillment of the prophets He has sent
earthward from heaven the power and authority to live all the
law and provide the proper ordinances that justify His children
in salvation and exaltation. Read all of the pamphlets produced
by The True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the
Last Days. Then, with a sincere heart, with real intent, pray
to God about the message contained therein. He will provide the
witness of the Holy Ghost and then you will know for yourself
the truth of the matter. However, you must then be willing to
sacrifice all things to live the truth. May God help you break
from the shackles of deception which have fallen upon the Latter-day
Saints.