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 TRUTH VERSUS TRADITION! Which do you choose?         

"For although a man may have many revelations, and have power to do many mighty works, yet if he boasts in his own strenth, and sets at naught the counsels of God, and follows after the dictates of his own will and carnal desires, he must fall and incur the vengeance of a just God upon him. And behold, how oft you have transgressed the commandments and the laws of God, and have gone on in the persuasions of men. For behold, you should not have feared man more than God. Behold, thou art Joseph, and thou was chosen to do the work of the Lord, but because of transgression, if thou art not aware thou wilt fall." D&C 3:3-9 

Joseph was called to restore the Original Book of Mormon which states that polygamy is an ABOMINATION unto the Lord! Jacob 2:23-24. Polygamy was the reason for the destruction of the Nephites; Jacob 2 chapter 3! The Book of Mormon also warns against the learned men, altering the words of the Book of Mormon, secret combinations, secret, satanic blood oaths, having Kings rule over you - which all Presidents/"Profits", i.e. Prophets of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been acting as  "Kings" (even proclaimed by Brigham Young) in fulfillment of Daniel's prophecies. (see Daniel II on this site) The Original Book of Mormon (now altered) is a 2nd witness to the Bible and clarifies the identity that Jesus is God, the Eternal Father who came to this earth as a man with a veil to take upon himself our sins. The record-keeping people of the ancient Americas are some of the "other sheep" that Christ visited after His Resurrection. We've had 6,000 years of Lucifer's influence on this earth and men's interpretations of controlling religion. Become as a pure-hearted children willing to be taught the truths coming forth today with the inspired internet which is not able to be controlled by conspiring men and is fulfilling the prophecy of the "sins being shouted from the rooftops."

           Doctrine & Covenants Chapter 3:3-9 warned Joseph that if "he followed his OWN dictates and CARNAL DESIRES" he would fall! Joseph Smith fell (even though he did have a pure heart even as King David did who was also loved by the Lord) because he had adulterous affairs even before he tried to justify his CARNAL DESIRES with polygamy which even in the Bible was NEVER commanded by God. Abraham lied to a Prince and to another leader, fearing man more than God because of Sarah's beauty - and had concubines because of LACK of FAITH in the Lord. The consequence of this act being Hagar and the Moslem race (all people are of God) who hate Christians - which is why the Lord later tested his repentance by telling him to sacrifice Isaac (also a similitude of the sacrifice of Jesus).

           Joseph had his first affair even before he told Emma about polygamy - which, of course, she hated and did not believe in as it diminishes all women, did not repent daily (as we all need to) and that he would loose his spiritual gifts and become as other men if he did anything more than what he was commanded to do - restore the plain and precious truths of the Book of Mormon. 

           The Bible, Book of Mormon and even the movie "The Passion" teach that all religious leaders CAN unrighteously mislead the people because of their great control and desire for power.  Roger Williams (founder of the first American Baptist Church in 1639 after being banished from Massachusetts because of their allegiance to British Rule) eventually became a "seeker" - leaving organized religion - because he had to follow his heart rather than the "rules".  He "outrageously" believed the American Indians should be paid for their land.  

            "As for the Wisdom who is called 'the barren,' she is the mother of the angels.  And the companion of the Savior is Mary Magdalene.  But Christ loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on her mouth.  The rest of the disciples were offended by it and expressed disapproval.  They said to him, 'Why do you love her more than all of us?' The Savior answered and said to them 'Why do I not love you like her?" - Gospel of Philip 

 

             "...The (Gnostic) Gospel of Mary depicts Mary Magdalene (never recognized as an apostle by the orthodox) as the one favored with visions and insight that far surpass Peter's.  The Dialogue of the Savior praises her not only as a visionary, as the apostle who excels all the rest.  She is the 'woman who knew the ALL'" -Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels

             

             The Original Book of Mormon (can be found on the internet) exposes significant changes made to the 2nd edition of the Book of Mormon, altered by the early leaders, being used by the LDS Church today. The plain and precious truth that Jesus Christ is the Eternal Father was altered with the second printing of the Book of Mormon. Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball (33rd degree Masons- HCK autobio, pg 11, etc) infiltrated the church and influenced the alteration of the pure Book of Mormon, brought the Masonic/satanic blood oath rituals (Moses 5:29) to the Nauvoo Temple.  They also helped to bring in polygamy and TOOK AWAY the priesthood from the women and the blacks.  Joseph Smith bears responsibility/liability as well.  The priesthood is for everyone who has a pure heart.  God is NOT racist nor values women less than men.  Polygamy has ALWAYS been an abomination to God (Jacob 2: 23-24 & 3) AND was the SOLE reason for the destruction of the Nephites. (Some Nephites were prompted earlier by the Spirit and left with Hagoth on ships for the "Islands of the Seas.")

            In the Original Book of Mormon we can read hundreds of examples such as "Mary, mother of God" and "Jesus, yea the Eternal Father", etc. 1 Nephi 13:40 "And the Angel spake unto me, saying: these last records (Book of Mormon), which thou hast seen among the Gentiles (members of the church), shall establish the truth of the first (the Bible), which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known the plain and precious things which have been taken away from them (the Bible AND the Book of Mormon); and shall make known to all kindred’s, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Eternal Father (Original Book of Mormon version), and the Savior of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved."

            The plain and precious truths of the Book of Mormon were taken out by  Masonic "learned men" who were a part of the "blood oath" secret combinations as warned of in the Book of Mormon.  The Masonic blood oath secret covenant is still operating today with religion, government, commerce and judicial corruption being exposed  with truth.  Many examples are given of latter-day prophecies, types and shadows and how they are being fulfilled today. 

            The greatest gift to be given to this world is free agency and truth. Men throughout the ages have altered the pure and simple words of truth to take away our free agency. Women have allowed it. It is now time to restore truth which was given to the earth in a pure form, but then altered by men with evil intent. The Original Book of Mormon is a pure history recorded by men who did counsel with the Lord. This history records the good and bad choices of the ancient civilizations who inhabited the Americas. It is important to read the Original Book of Mormon for an understanding of the Lord’s truth and to learn from the Ancient Americans’ mistakes and also from their triumphs. There are some misspelled words, grammatical errors, etc. from the translation/scribe process. This book is pure, not perfect and the Lord mentions how he feels about those who feel perfection is more important that purity.

            During a three-day Near Death Experience, one individual was called by the Lord to restore this Original Book of Mormon to the Latter-day Saints to wake them up to the apostasy and condemnation of the Church and why it is necessary to clean up the Lord’s House as prophesied. It is not our intent to "throw the baby out with the bath water" but to restore the truth of the identity of Jesus Christ as God. The truth of the First Vision of Joseph Smith needs to be restored, as well, to the original version which Joseph Smith wrote with his own hand declaring that the Lord appeared to him; one personage not two as the later versions stated. Joseph Smith also originally gave the priesthood to women and to blacks. This equality of all in the eyes of God also needs to be restored. Women are equal in worth to men - women do not want to be "saved" by men which diminish free agency but to be responsible for their own progression and have the inherent right to communicate with the Lord themselves. In other ancient scriptures the husband and the wife acted as ONE and were called to be a "Bishop" over the "ward" with the wife over the women and the husband over the men and counseling with each other.

            The Book of Mormon was written by many ancient prophets by the spirit of prophecy and revelation. Their words were quoted and abridged by a prophet-historian named Mormon around 350 A.D. The record gives an account of two great civilizations. One came from Jerusalem in 600 B.C. and afterward separated into two nations, known as the Nephites and the Lamanites. The other came much earlier when the Lord confounded the tongues at the Tower of Babel. This group is known as the Jaredites. After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites who were the principal ancestors of the American Indians and those Nephites who were blessed and followed inspiration and left by ship to settle and populate in other lands (Isles of the Sea) prior to the destruction of the Nephites at the time of Mormon.

            Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: "I told the brethren that the (Original) Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book."            The Book of Mormon is a pure and simple history with tremendous examples to learn from. When the people lived righteously, they were blessed; when they put money or power (government, commerce, religion and traditions) before God who is Jesus Christ the people died spiritually. It is the same today.

            After Mormon completed his writings, he delivered the account to his son Moroni, who added a few words of his own and hid up the plates in the hill Cumorah. On September 21, 1823, the same Moroni, then a glorified, resurrected being, appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith and taught him about his responsibility to translate this ancient record.

            It took four years of Joseph Smith repenting, being taught by Moroni and finally understanding who it was that Heaven required him to have with him before the plates would be delivered to Joseph. The person Heaven required to be there with Joseph before he would be given the plates was Emma Hale representing the equality of men and women in the eyes of God. Joseph Smith being given the authority by God, gave the priesthood to women and to blacks. These rights were unrighteously dissolved by Brigham Young, a high degree mason, and other masons (secret combinations, as warned of in the Book of Mormon). The Lord would have us be pure and open as a child (not perfect).

            A good example is the original open ceremony of the Kirkland Temple validated by Heaven with Spiritual manifestations to everyone - members and non-members. Jesus taught us to only say "yea or nay" in all of our dealings and to never swear any secret/blood oaths as initiated in the Nauvoo Temple. The Lord is about truth not secrets. It’s wiser to consecrate everything unto the Lord not to any man or church of this earth who would then be justified in that power to take advantage and control requiring "blind obedience" which violates our free agency.

            Joseph Smith warned us about blind obedience in the Millennial Star #14 #38, Pages 593-595 "We have heard men who hold the priesthood remark that they would do anything they were told to do by those who preside over them (even) if they knew it was wrong; but such obedience as this is worse than folly to us; it is slavery in the extreme; and the man who would thus degrade himself, should not claim a rank among intelligent beings...A man of God would despise the idea. Others in the extreme exercise of their almighty authority have taught that such obedience was necessary and that no matter what the saints were told to do by their presidents, they should do it without any questions. When Elders of Israel will so far indulge in these extreme notions of obedience as to teach them to the people, it is generally because they have it in their hearts to do wrong themselves."

            Joseph Smith after receiving the plates from Angel Moroni then translated them by the gift and power of God. This record is now a witness that Jesus Christ is the living God and that all may come unto him. The Lord is no respecter of persons nor lineage and anyone may be called of him. An example of this is Samuel the Lamanite called by the Lord as (written about in the Book of Mormon) who was called to cry repentance to the Nephites. Samuel, a Lamanites proves that anyone can repent and come unto God. The Lord earlier had cursed the Lamanites because of their hard hearts. They at times repented and in the end most of the Nephites became abominable (practiced polygamy) and were destroyed by the Lamanites.

            The Book of Mormon gives many examples of the corruption of leaders, lawyers, judges, and kings. One very wicked King Noah was the "leader of the church" with 12 high priests. This King flattered the people, built many great and spacious buildings and even temple(s). Three times in the book of Mosiah it warns that this would be repeated in the latter-days and is a prophetic type and shadows of events today. We are the "Gentiles" who have rejected the pure and simple truths of the ORIGINAL Book of Mormon that Jesus is God.

            We pray, of course, to God the Eternal Father in the name of Christ as this was the name of the Lord when He loved us so much that He came to this earth as a man. (Mosiah 15:1-5) Those who ask in faith will gain a testimony of the original Book of Mormon’s truth and divinity by the power of the Spirit of God.

            After reading and pondering the pure and simple truths of the Original Book of Mormon it’s not hard to comprehend that Joseph Smith was pure-hearted WHEN he repented and did receive divine answers and translated from ancient records this pure history and second witness that Jesus is God, but he sadly failed to repent and did fall just like David and Solomon. King David before he died having repented told his son Solomon to remember that each individual can have talk with God so go with your pure heart rather believe in any man or woman (including “prophets.”)

            The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after his resurrection. There was darkness for three days all over the world with dreadful destruction of the earth. After the third day the Savior ascended from the Heavens in Great Power and Glory appearing to those parts of the world that were worthy of the Savior's Ascension as it had been foretold. THIS WAS THE PROPHESIED SECOND COMING! Jesus Christ taught, blessed and administered to the Nephites and their children, fulfilling all Old Testament prophesies of His Second Coming. Today, the Lord comes to the pure in heart as a “Thief in the Night.”

            As in Jerusalem with 5,000 being raised from the dead, the dead in the Americas were raised as well! Jesus prophetically foretold that he would rise up the "Temple" in three days and ascend from the clouds in great power and great glory. This happened!  Yet, men being blinded by their own interpretations of the scriptures are just as unaware of the truth as the Sadducees and Pharisees regarding the Savior. In the Americas there was peace in the land for 200 years because of the spiritual impact and power of this event.  Much was so incredible that it could not be written.  This event happened all over the world to those who were worthy of it as recorded in the Bible and other ancient scriptures.  Today, we should be looking for the Savior to come as a Thief in the night.  "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God" is a promise for everyone if they can overcome themselves and the world. 

            In addition to Joseph Smith, the Lord provided for eleven others to see the gold plates for themselves and to be special witnesses of the truth and divinity of the Book of Mormon. Their written testimonies are included herewith as "The Testimony of Three Witnesses" and "The Testimony of Eight Witnesses."  Many of these Apostles left the church because of abominable practices by unrepentant leaders which brought the church into condemnation by the Lord (D&C 124) such as polygamy (Jacob 2:23-24), masonry with it's blood oath (Moses 5:29) still implied in the temples today, and the alteration to the Book of Mormon (1Nephi 13:40), but they NEVER denied their testimony of the Book of Mormon.

            The Lord loves purity not perfection. The Lord established his position regarding the spelling and grammatical errors of the Original Book of Mormon. (Ether 12:23-26) "And I said unto him, Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing: ... for thou hast made all this people that they could speak much, because of the Holy Ghost which thou has given them;...when we write, we behold our weakness and stumble because of the placing of our words; and I fear lest the Gentiles shall mock at our words. And when I had said this, the Lord spake unto me, saying fools mock but they shall mourn..." The Lord loves the purity of the Original Book of Mormon - He does not care that there are grammatical and spelling errors just as he loves the children in their purity. It is only the learned/natural men; "enemies" to God who are critical "fools".

            In 1632, John Lathrop gave up his vast wealth and social status as a Deacon of the Church of England to protest the political control of religious leaders.  He and his followers were imprisoned in England because of their defiance.  When John's wife died, his son bribed a guard and John and his congregation managed to escape to America.  John Lathrop protested the religious control of politics, judicial enforcement and economics. What can we learn from men who gave up everything to stand up for truth against the control of corrupt religious leaders? 

            Today, that same unrighteous control exists.  John Lathrop was one of the founders of the Baptist/Christian Church in America. 

            God is about truth and full-disclosure, getting back to the pure and spiritual truths, equality for women in the priesthood as disciples of Christ, reversing the historic suppression of women and truth that Jesus is God, the Eternal Father!