Address By Joseph Smith
On the Priesthood-the Second Advent-the Gathering-Spiritual
Ministrations and Manifestations - Journal of Discourses, Volume 6,
pages 237-240.
(Typical Mormon blasphemes that is evidence of its non-Christian cult
status)
Synopsis of an Address delivered by President Joseph Smith, in
Commerce, Illinois, Tuesday, June 2, 1839.
The Priesthood was first given to Adam. (Correction: The priesthood
was first given to Aaron and his sons. Exodus 29:9) He obtained the
First Presidency, and held the keys of it from generation to
generation. He obtained it in the creation, before the world was
formed, as in Genesis 1:20, 26, 28. (Correction: Adam and Eve were
created after everything else had been created on the sixth day.
Genesis 1:26-31) He had dominion given him over every living
creature. He is Michael the Archangel (Correction: Michael is an angel
not a man. Jude 1:9), spoken of in the Scriptures. Then to Noah, who
is Gabriel (Correction: Gabriel is an angel not a man. Luke 1:26): he
stands next in authority to Adam in the Priesthood. (Correction: John
the Baptist was the greatest born before Jesus Christ. Matthew 11:11)
He was called of God to this office, and was the Father of all living
in his day, and to him was given the dominion. These men held keys
first on earth, and then in heaven. (Correction: Adam is not mentioned
in the book of Revelation.)
The Priesthood is an everlasting principle, and existed with God from
eternity (Correction: The Priesthood was created for Aaron at the time
of the Exodus. Ephesians 3:9), and will to eternity, without beginning
of days or end of years. (Correction: The priesthood was done away
with by Jesus Christ who became our spiritual High Priest. Hebrews
chapter 7) The keys have to be brought from heaven, whenever the
Gospel is sent. (Correction: The Holy Spirit is not a set of keys.
Acts 4:8-12) When they are revealed from heaven, it is by Adam's
authority. (Correction: Jesus Christ has all authority. Matthew 28:18)
Daniel vii. speaks of the Ancient of Days. He means the oldest man-our
Father Adam (Michael). (Correction: Adam is not God since God created
Adam. Mark 10:6) He will call his children together and hold a council
with them to prepare them for the coming of the Son of Man.
(Correction: God does not need to be counseled. Romans 11:34) He
(Adam) is the Father of the human family, and presides over the
spirits of all men; (Correction: Adam and all humans will have to
stand before God. Revelation 20:12) and all that have had the keys
must stand before him in this grand council. This may take place
before some of us leave this stage of action. The Son of Man stands
before him, and there is given him glory and dominion. (Correction:
Adam the sinner has a Savior in Jesus Christ. 1 John 4:14) Adam
delivers up his stewardship to Christ-that which was delivered to him
as holding the keys of the universe, but retains his standing as head
of the human family. (Correction: Adam the sinner has no special
standing before God. Romans 3:23)
The spirit of man is not a created being: it existed from eternity,
and will exist to eternity. (Correction: The spirit of man is created
at the conception of the body. Zechariah 12:1) Anything created cannot
be eternal; and earth, water, &c, had their existence in an elementary
state from eternity. (Correction: After creation eternity begins.
Genesis 9:6) Our Saviour speaks of children and says, "Their angels
always stand before my Father." The Father called all spirits before
him at the creation of man, and organized them. He (Adam) is the head,
and was told to multiply. The keys were first given to him, and by him
to others. He will have to give an account of his stewardship, and
they to him. (Correction: Christians will give an account of their
stewardship to Jesus Christ not Adam the sinner. 1 Corinthians
15:22-23)
The Priesthood is everlasting. (Correction: The priesthood was changed
into Jesus Christ being a Christian's High Priest forever. Hebrews
7:12) The Saviour, Moses, and Elias gave the keys to Peter, James, and
John, on the mount, when they were transfigured before him.
(Correction: The focus of the transfiguration was Jesus Christ not an
priesthood. Matthew 17:5) The Priesthood is everlasting-without
beginning of days or end of years-without father, mother, &c.
(Correction: The High Priesthood of Jesus Christ is forever for
Christians. Hebrews 7:24-27) If there is no change of ordinances,
there is no change of Priesthood. (Correction: The priesthood was
changed into Jesus Christ being a Christian's High Priest forever.
Hebrews 7:12) Wherever the ordinances of the Gospel are administered,
there is the Priesthood. (Correction: Wherever the gospel is preached,
the Holy Spirit is present. Romans 15:18-19)
How have we come at the Priesthood in the last days? It came down,
down, in regular succession. Peter, James, and John had it given to
them, and they gave it to others. Christ is the Great High Priest;
Adam next. Paul speaks of the Church coming to innumerable company of
angels; to God, the Judge of all-the spirits of just men made perfect;
to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant, &c. (Hebrews 12:23.)
(Correction: The priesthood has been done away with by Jesus Christ
and the New Covenant. Hebrews chapter 8)
I saw Adam in the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman. (Note: Mormons believe
that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri.) He called together his
children and blessed them with a patriarchal blessing. The Lord
appeared in their midst, and he (Adam) blessed them all, and foretold
what should befall them to the latest generation. (Correction: Adam
the sinner did not bless Jesus Christ. Hebrews 7:7) (See Doc. and
Cov., sec. iii., pars. 28, 29.)
This is why Abraham blessed his posterity-he wanted to bring them into
the presence of God. (Correction: Jesus Christ brings Christians into
the presence of God. Hebrews 9:24) "They looked for a city," &c. Moses
sought to bring the children of Israel into the presence of God,
through the power of the Priesthood, but he could not. In the first
ages of the world they tried to establish the same thing; and there
were Eliases raised up who tried to restore these very glories, but
did not obtain them: but they prophesied of a day when this glory
would be revealed. Paul spoke of the dispensation of the fulness of
times, when God would gather together all things in one, &c.; and
those men to whom these keys have been given will have to be there;
and they without us cannot be made perfect. (Correction: At judgment
day, God the Father will have all things subject to Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:7-12)
These men are in heaven, but their children are on earth. Their bowels
yearn over us. God sends down men for this reason. (Matthew 13:41.)
"And the Son of Man shall send forth his angels, &c." All these
authoritative characters will come down and join hand in hand in
bringing about this work. (Correction: At judgment day, Jesus Christ
will purge His Kingdom of evil people and cast them into the lake of
fire. Matthew 13:37-43; Revelation 20:15)
The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed. The mustard
seed is small, but brings forth a large tree, and the fowls lodge in
the branches. The fowls are the angels. (Correction: Birds are types
of evil in the parables that will be in Christendom until judgment
day. (Matthew 13:4; 13:30) Thus angels come down, combine together to
gather their children, and gather them. We cannot be made perfect
without them, nor they without us. When these things are done, the Son
of Man will descend-the Ancient of Days sit; we may come to an
innumerable company of angels-have communion with and receive
instruction from them. Paul told about Moses' proceedings-spoke of the
children of Israel being baptized, &c. He knew this, and that all the
ordinances and blessings were in the Church. Paul had these things,
and we may have the fowl of heaven lodge in the branches, &c. (Note:
Paul had nothing to say about a priesthood.)
The horn made war with the Saints and overcame them, &c., until the
Ancient of Days came; judgment was given to the Saints of the Most
High from the Ancient of Days; the time came that the Saints possess
the kingdom. This not only makes us ministers here, but in
eternity.
Salvation cannot come without revelation: (Correction: Prophecies will
cease. 1 Corinthians 13:8) it is in vain for any one to minister
without it. No man is a minister of Jesus Christ without being a
prophet. (Correction: Prophets ceased after the revelation of Jesus
Christ. Hebrews 1:1) No man can be the minister of Jesus Christ,
except he has the testimony of Jesus, and this is th`e spirit of
prophecy. (Correction: Wherever the gospel is preached, the Holy
Spirit is present. Acts 1:8) Whenever salvation has been administered,
it has been by testimony. Men of the present time testify of heaven
and of hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man
knows these things without this. (Correction: Christians will testify
of Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 1:23)
Men profess to prophesy. (Mormons need to renounce Joseph Smith the
false prophet. Matthew 7:15) I will prophesy that the signs of the
coming of the Son of Man are already commenced. One pestilence will
desolate after another. We shall soon have war and bloodshed. The moon
will be turned into blood. I testify of these things, and that the
coming of the Son of Man is nigh, even at your doors. If our souls and
our bodies are not looking forth for the coming of the Son of Man, and
after we are dead, if we are not looking forth, &c., we shall be among
those who are calling for the rocks to fall upon us, &c. (Mormons need
to renounce Joseph Smith the false prophet. Matthew 24:11)
The hearts of the children of men will have to be turned to their
fathers, and the fathers to the children, living or dead, to prepare
them for the coming of the Son of Man. If Elijah did not come, the
whole earth would be smitten. (Mormons need to renounce Joseph Smith
the false prophet. 1 John 4:1)
There will be here and there a Stake for the gathering of the Saints.
Some may have cried peace, but the Saints and the world will have
little peace from henceforth. Let this not hinder us from going to the
Stakes; for God has told us to flee, not dallying, or we shall be
scattered, one here, and another there. There your children shall be
blessed, and you in the midst of friends, where you may be blessed.
The Gospel net gathers of every kind. (Mormons need to flee from the
abominations of Joseph Smith. Matthew 24:15-16)
I prophesy that the man who tarries after he has an opportunity of
going will be afflicted by the Devil. Wars are at hand: we must not
delay, but are not required to sacrifice. We ought to have the
building up of Zion as our greatest object. When wars come, we shall
have to flee to Zion. The cry is to make haste. The last revelation
says, "Ye shall not have time to have" gone over the earth, until
these things come. It will come as did the cholera, war, fires, and
earthquakes, one pestilence after another, &c., until the Ancient of
Days come; then judgment will be given to the Saints. (Mormons need to
renounce Joseph Smith the false prophet. 2 Peter 2:1)
Whatever you may hear about me or Kirtland, take no notice of it;
(Note: Joseph Smith was guilty of bank fraud in Kirtland, Ohio.) for
if it be a place of refuge, the Devil will use his greatest efforts to
trap the Saints. You must make yourselves acquainted with those men
who, like Daniel, pray three times a day to the house of the Lord.
Look to the Presidency and receive instructions. Every man who is
afraid, covetous, &c., will be taken in a snare. The time is soon
coming when no man will have any peace but in Zion and her Stakes.
(Note: Joseph Smith was soon destroyed as Paul declared. 1
Thessalonians 5:3)
I saw men hunting the lives of their own sons, and brother murdering
brother, women killing their own daughters, and daughters seeking the
lives of their mothers. I saw armies arrayed against armies; I saw
blood, desolation, fires, &c. The Son of Man has said that the mother
shall be against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother,
&c. These things are at our doors. They will follow the Saints of God
from city to city. (Note: The wrath of God was manifested against
Joseph Smith. Romans 1:18) Satan will rage, and the spirit of the
Devil is now enraged. (Correction: The wrath of God was manifested
against Joseph Smith. Ephesians 5:6) I know not how soon these things
will take place; and with a view of them, shall I cry peace? No. I
will lift up my voice and testify of them. How long you will have good
crops, and the famine will be kept off, I do not know. When the fig-
tree leaves, know then that summer is nigh at hand.
We may look for angels and receive their ministrations, but we are to
try the spirits and prove them, for it is often the case that men make
a mistake in regard to these things. God has so ordained that, when he
has communicated, no vision is to be taken but what you see by the
seeing of the eye, or what you hear by the hearing of the ear. When
you see a vision, pray for the interpretation. (Correction: Prayer
will not be needed for interpretation. Christians will know. Matthew
24:32-33) If you get not this, shut it up. There must be certainty in
this matter. An open vision will manifest that which is more
important. Lying spirits are going forth in the earth. There will be
great manifestations of spirit, both false and true. Being born again
comes by the Spirit of God, through ordinances. (Correction: Being
born again does not come by set ordinances. John 3:5-8) An angel of
God never has wings. Some will say that they have seen a spirit,-that
he offered them his hand, but they did not touch it. This is a lie.
First, it is contrary to the plan of God. A spirit cannot come but in
glory. An angel has flesh and bones: we see not their glory.
(Correction: Angels are spirits. Psalm 104:4) The Devil may appear as
an angel of light. Ask God to reveal it. If it be of the Devil, he
will flee from you; if of God, he will manifest himself, or make it
manifest. We may come to Jesus and ask him: he will know all about it.
If he comes to a little child, he will adapt himself to the language
and capacity of a little child.
Every spirit, or vision, or singing is not of God. The Devil is an
orator. (Note: Many have followed the destructive oratory of Joseph
Smith. 2 Peter 2:2) He is powerful. He took our Saviour on to a
pinnacle of the Temple, and kept him in the wilderness for forty days.
The gift of discerning spirits will be given to the Presiding Elder.
(Correction: The spiritual gift of discerning spirits is freely given
by the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:4-10) Pray for him that he may
have this gift. (Correction: If is by the will of the Holy Spirit that
gifts are distributed to Christians. 1 Corinthians 12:11) Speak not in
the gift of tongues without understanding it, or without
interpretation. The Devil can speak in tongues: the Adversary will
come with his work. He can tempt all classes-can speak in English or
Dutch. Let no one speak in tongues, unless he interpret, except by the
consent of the one who is placed to preside; then he may discern or
interpret, or another may. Let us seek for the glory of Abraham, Noah,
Adam, the Apostles, who have communion with these things, and then we
shall be among that number when Christ comes. (Correction: Christians
will seek for the glory of God through faith in Jesus Christ. Romans
5:1-2)
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