Elder Jeffrey Holland,

Dr. Richard Vetterli PhD was your “silent writer” of your great conservative speeches you gave over the years.  Dr. Vetterli was a very close friend of mine and taught me why conservative LDS President Howard W. Hunter called you to be an apostle of the Lord, Jesus Christ.  President Hunter was a Stake President in Pasadena, California when he was called to be an apostle in October, 1959.  Dr. Vetterli was the Pasadena School Superintendent back in 1980 when Ezra Taft Benson hired him to teach at the Brigham Young University Political Science Department because not one single professor was “conservative” in that department.  Dr. Vetterli mysteriously died in September, 1998.  You were deliberately out of town and didn’t speak at his funeral!  You were told by President Hinckley not to attend because of my very close association with Richard.  For years, each semester, I would come and teach before his BYU classes about the Original Book of Mormon and our City of Zion design and political science structure.

This attached Deseret News article shows how much the Mormon Church bribed RLDS President W. Grant McMurray back in 1995 to photo copy the hand-written notes written by Joseph Smith and his scribes back when Joseph Smith violated a commandment of the Lord – to only stay focused on the Book of Mormon and not the Bible.  My father was very upset about various Missouri financial transactions being secretly done through monetary favors, especially after he and I met the RLDS President in January, 2000.  McMurray was Canadian and was very “liberal” in his leadership.  Grant reminds me of my Uncle Val D. Rust.  Both are excellent scholars and have been involved in church history for many years.  Like in Washington DC where liberals want to “save Americans”, Grant wanted to correct the many errors and live off the super wealthy Salt Lakers!  This type of leadership caught up with him as he was exposed in being “gay” and he quickly retired on November 29, 2004.  He was definitely “gay” back in 2000 when I met him! 

I believe the Lord recognizes the baptisms within the RLDS Church.  Baptized members of the RLDS and LDS are protected from the actions of the corrupt leaders of both churches. But then the members have the great opportunity and responsibility to seek the truth and to stand up against their leaders who are corrupt moneychangers! (D&C 64:40) Until the members do this they are the blindly obedient sheep of condemned churches as President Ezra Taft Benson warned the LDS members in his famous “Pride” talk about the passive members about not following the Book of Mormon teachings. For instance, the Book of Mormon clearly teaches that Polygamy is an "ABOMINATION of the Lord", and that this WAS the cause of the destruction of the Nephites (Jacob 2:23-24, 3).  And yet, lustful men leaders following their "carnal desires" rather than the Lord's Will have convinced the followers that polygamy is of God (D&C 3:1-11). No one will be saved because of ignorance.

The Lord told Joseph Smith that other records would come forward and validate the Bible.  Joseph Smith’s mission was to restore the history of the people, written by Mormon.  These warnings and instructions came from the son of Mormon, Moroni.  Moroni even warned Joseph Smith that if he didn’t bring with him the “right” person, then he was would NOT gain access to the golden plates (September, 1826).  Why was Emma Hale so important to Moroni?  Why was Eve so important to Adam?  Why was Sarah so important to Abraham?  There is a law, very much connected to the LETTER OF LAW during the first 6,000 years.  Joseph Smith had to honor Emma Hale!  Only until April 6, 2000 did the Resurrected Jesus Christ take charge on this earth!  Heavenly Mother (divorced wife of Heavenly Father, Fallen Angel/Lucifer/Satan) was put in bondage and this will last for 1,000 years. Who else could have persuaded the children to be saved by her control rather than have the opportunity to grow by Father’s plan of Free Agency of choice?

Who was Emma Hale?  Emma’s spirit was connected to Joseph’s spirit before they were born (Alma chapter 40, Alma the Younger warning his wayward son about ‘many lives’)!  Joseph could only have her with him to obtain the sacred records which told the world about the ABOMINATION of polygamy.  Lehi’s son, Jacob, made it very clear.  Mormon made sure these warnings were written in the golden plates for Joseph Smith as a warning against practices within the Bible! As mentioned briefly previously, Joseph Smith was warned about following his “carnal desires” rather than doing the Lord’s will or else he would fall! (D&C 3:1-11).

Remember, it was Lehi who told his other son, Joseph, that another “Joseph” would come forward and his father’s name was the same. (2 Nephi 3).

The nephew to the Prophet Joseph Smith when he became the President of the Mormon Church, Joseph F. Smith in 1901 gave a warning about “kingmen” leading the Mormon Church (Alma chapter 51).  During general priesthood meeting at October General Conference in 1994 President Howard W. Hunter re-read this President Smith warning and told the 9-1/4 Million members to not be deceived by a sinning leader within the ranks of the church, including bishops and general authorities.  Elder Hunter and myself were close personal friends for 44 years.  He was a very conservative California attorney.  He warned me about the liberal and corrupt teachings of Grant McMurray and the RLDS historical society group.  They were just like the “altered” history created for fifty years by Joseph Fielding Smith (married three women) between 1920-1970.  Joseph Fielding Smith wanted to return back to Independence, Missouri to set up new church headquarters there.

The Book of Mormon also warns of a “type and shadow to come” in the Book of Mosiah of a repeat of the life of the wicked King Noah, leader of the church (who was his father?) with his 12 high priests. What was King Noah known for? Flattering the people, doing the thinking for the people by interpreting their dreams for them (“when the leaders have spoken the thinking is done”), and building “great and spacious buildings and temple(s)”.  Definitely, a type and shadow of the uninspired “profit” Hinckley of today!

Transcribing translation a thrilling feat

      PROVO — For some it might seem like the worst homework assignment ever. Transcribing someone's 446 pages of notes, written by different scribes more than 170 years ago.

      Brigham Young University professor Kent Jackson thought different.

      "I'm not going to ever do any better than this," he said of the feat.

      That's the reaction one might give after meticulously scouring, for nearly six years, Joseph Smith's translation of the King James Bible.

      Jackson, along with Robert J. Matthews, Scott H. Faulring and nearly 15 students, transcribed more than 3,400 verses that make up the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, or the JST. Their final work, "Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts," was published in 2004.

      They transcribed the words, the misspellings, the punctuation and the spacing.

      "The exciting thing was this got us on the ground level at the mind of Joseph Smith," said Jackson, who spoke Thursday at BYU.

       Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints already have access to portions of the JST in their version of the King James Bible, but Jackson and company wanted to make a definitive and historical record of the entire JST, word for word, letter for letter.

      Even though Smith modified more than 3,400 biblical verses, only about 600 appear in the LDS Church's edition of the Bible as footnotes. Jackson's work would make the complete work available for everyone — and under $100.

      The original manuscripts remain the property of the Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, located in Independence, Mo.

      Smith's translation of the Bible set out to help LDS Church members better understand the Bible and answer doctrinal questions, Jackson said. "He considered it a part of his calling," Jackson said.

      The project to transcribe the JST began in 1995. Leaders of the LDS Church and academics at BYU contacted the Community of Christ and came to an agreement in which they could scan and photograph the original documents.

      However, transcribing was no easy task. Joseph Smith employed several scribes over the course of three years, including other church leaders and his wife. Some were legible. Others not as much.

      "He had plenty of bad days on his own handwriting," Jackson said referring to scribe Sidney Rigdon.

      The JST was not made in one pass, Jackson said. Often Smith would make corrections after dictating the translation. Others later would make corrections to punctuation and capitalization.

      For the first half of translation, scribes wrote every verse that Smith covered even if he didn't alter or amplify any verses.       However, for the second half of the translation, Smith would only note which verses changed and what changed in them. In the transcription, Jackson and his team tried to keep the document's layout consistent by showing how the scribes used different indentions and spaces to highlight separate sections and changes.

      Often changes were used to make the Bible simpler to read by taking out archaic expressions and words, Jackson said. But not all were consistent.

      In one section, Matthew chapter 26 was translated twice. The dual versions offer an explanation and purpose of the translation process, Jackson explained. By comparing the two versions, many changes did not take place verbatim in the same places. However, the changes did reflect the same doctrine or ideas in both versions, Jackson said.

      Jackson said this helps explain that Smith received "pure intelligence," which didn't always convey exact words but did relay the meaning or purpose of the altered verse.

      So what was one highlight for Jackson?

      "It's the first time I got my hands on a revelation," he said.

Why is the RLDS (Community of Christ) so liberal?

While the LDS Church has steered right and become an increasingly conservative denomination, the RLDS Church moved left. Starting in the mid-80s a string of doctrine and policy changes happened: (1) a revelation presented to and accepted by the RLDS membership in 1984 permitted the ordination of women to priesthood office; (2) the new Independence temple was dedicated to "the pursuit of peace," (as a departure from whatever the RLDS Church previously thought about temples); (3) the church moved to "open communion," whereby non-RLDS congregants could partake of the Lord's Supper (i.e., the sacrament) as well as RLDS; (4) in the mid-90s, W. Grant McMurray became the first President of the RLDS Church not from the Smith line; and (5) in 2000, the RLDS Church changed its official name to the Community of Christ. These are significant changes.

The only one of these five that have a parallel in the LDS Church was the first, the LDS 1978 revelation on priesthood.  Both were “political” revelations by polygamist supporter Spencer Kimball and “without male son” Wallace Smith (see http://www.strangite.org/).  The Strangites (RLDS based group) gave women the priesthood back in the 1840s with Lucy Mack Smith, William Smith, the Three Witnesses as members of the congregation.  Joseph Smith gave “blacks” and women the priesthood originally as inspired by God, then he began following his own will and carnal desires and fell! (D&C 3:1-11).  These 1978/1984 actions were simply restoration actions (see 2 Nephi 3:24).

“…unto the bringing to pass much restoration unto the house of Israel, and unto the seed of thy brethren.”

The Department of Religious Education was a strong influence in moving the RLDS to the left. Because the RLDS Church moved left, the dissenters are conservative, such as the Remnant Church (composed of roughly 17 branches and a thousand members, as of 2002, and led by a descendant of Joseph Smith, Jr.). By contrast, LDS Church dissenters are from the left (ignoring the fellows who live behind walled compounds and marry their teenage nieces). But the LDS dissenters haven't formed splinter churches. Most aren't even really "dissenters" (another term of convenience), they just wish the Church wasn't so rigidly conservative.  The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (including William Smith) was against the direct blood-line idea at the time of the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Interestingly, now the RLDS Church is against it as well, given that their present and previous President are not lineal descendants of Joseph Smith, Jr. It is the dissenting conservative splinter groups, such as the Remnant Church that now defend the law of lineage.

The RLDS Church is in disarray. After the 1984 revelation on women, it lost one-fourth of its membership (even though it was a correct restorative action it was done politically and the members were ignorant of the true equality of women in the eyes of God) and now has to fend off organizational and doctrinal challenges from energized conservative dissenting groups. The Utah Church, on the other hand, is the model of organizational efficiency and centralization also without inspiration, with little or no organized internal dissent. Interesting contrast.  Utah LDS know surprisingly little about RLDS thinking.

I have recently communicated with Bill Russell, an RLDS scholar.  He wrote an excellent document:  "The Remnant Church: An RLDS Schismatic Group Finds a Prophet of Joseph's Seed."  Bill is like my Uncle Val, a UCLA professor.  I guess college professors forget that the Lord doesn’t approve of the “learned man” but He does approve of inspired men of God, lacking in both church leaderships.

The RLDS Church accepted the altered 1837 Book of Mormon under the leadership of Joseph Smith III.  The LDS Church has altered the Book of Mormon since 1837 for their own financial and empire gain!  What did the Lord say about altering the Book of Mormon?   Mormon 9:31-34   Ether 12:24-29   

Professors and “money-changers” need to stay away from being a “natural man”:

“For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever, and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ, the Lord, and becometh a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.”