Joe [aka Joseph] Smith - Seer Not Prophet

Joe [aka Joseph] Smith - Seer Not Prophet



What was Joseph Smith called to do? To bring forth a book. What was The Book supposed to do?

1.Clarify Doctrine
2.Strengthen Jacob, the House of Israel, the Jews.
3.Unify the believers.
4.Build up the Bible.
5.Build up the Lord’s Church, which he said was already present.
6.Define who his "other sheep" were.
7.Reveal the "true points of doctrine."
8.Eliminate contention.


Joseph Smith sequestered The Book of Mormon to his church, thus, preventing it from going freely to the public.

Today, The Book of Mormon is associated with doctrine it does not contain - those of Joeseph’s churches. This has caused a serious wound to the original purpose and work of God for The Book of Mormon.

Joseph’s original calling was to bring forth The Book of Mormon:
8. And I shall give unto him a commandment that he shall do none other work, save the work which I shall command him. (2 Nephi 3)

And you have a gift to translate the plates; and I have commanded that you should pretend to no other gift for I will grant unto you no other gift. (Book of Commandments IV:2)

Behold I give unto you a commandment, that you rely upon the things which are written (Book of Mormon); for in them ARE ALL THINGS WRITTEN, concerning my church, my gospel, and my rock. (Book of Commandments XV:3, dated June, 1829.)

Contend against no church, save it be the church of the devil. (D&C 18:20)







After this work was done, Joseph was allowed to preach:

After the translation of the Book of Mormon was finished, early in the spring of 1830, before April 6th, Joseph gave the stone to Oliver Cowdery and told me as well as the rest that he was through with it, and he did not use the stone any more. He said he was through the work that God had given him the gift to perform, except to preach the gospel. (David Whitmer, An Address to All Believers, 1885, p. 32.)

Unfortunately, Joseph went beyond this call. Readers should note that the Urim and Thummim was prepared for the purpose of transmitting The Book. When that purpose was completed, they were returned to Moroni. This shows how singular Joe’s work was to be.

If Joe was meant to be a prophet of the people, or their church leader, he would have retained the use of the Urim and Thummim - just as the prophets of old - but he did not.

Joe went on to give more revelations without the anointing he had for The Book of Mormon project. Whether these were inspired requires discernment. If they add requirements to salvation, then we know they were not.

There is one revelation however which pertains to The Book of Mormon that may have been inspired. It’s considered God’s last warning for Joe’s people to turn back, dated September 1832:

54 And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received—
55 Which vanity and unbelief have brought the whole church under condemnation.
56 And this condemnation resteth upon the children of Zion, even all.
57 And THEY SHALL REMAIN UNDER THIS CONDEMNATION UNTIL THEY REPENT AND REMEMBER THE NEW COVENANT, EVEN THE BOOK OF MORMON and the former commandments which I have given them, not only to say, but to DO ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH I HAVE WRITTEN—
58 That they may bring forth fruit meet for their Father’s kingdom; otherwise there remaineth a scourge and judgment to be poured out upon the children of Zion. (D&C 84:55-58)

We may recall that Joe’s followers did receive judgment - they just don’t understand the true reason why - this explains why.
http://www.joseph-smith.net/

AN ADDRESS TO ALL BELIEVERS IN CHRIST

AN ADDRESS TO ALL BELIEVERS IN CHRIST
David Whitmer
Richmond, Missouri
1887

Christ commanded the Nephites to write his teachings, for they were to come down to us as the fullness of his gospel to us.

As you know, the teachings of Christ are the same in the New Testament and in the Book of Mormon; but on account of the plain and precious things being taken from the Bible, there is room therein for disputations on some doctrinal points; but the teachings of Christ in the Book of Mormon are pure, plain, simple and full.    Of course I do not mean to place one book ahead of the other. I am also called to bear witness that the Bible is true. The angel who declared unto us that the Book of Mormon was true, also declared unto us that the Bible (KING JAMES VERSION) was true. They are both the Word of God, and as it is prophesied, they both shall be one.

The "Doctrine and Covenants" — in which are the doctrines that Christ never taught to the "twelve" at Jerusalem, nor to the "twelve" upon this continent.

God called him to translate ( The Book Of Mormon) his sacred word by the power and gift of God; but he was not called to set up and establish the church any more than any of us Elders were.

After the translation of the Book of Mormon was finished, early in the spring of 1830, before April 6th, Joseph gave the stone to Oliver Cowdery and told me as well as the rest that he was through with it, and he did not use the stone any more. He said he was through the work that God had given him the gift to perform, except to preach the gospel. He told us that we would all have to depend on the Holy Ghost hereafter to be guided into truth and obtain the will of the Lord. Revelations in the D&C sect. 2-16 were given through “the stone.” The revelations after this came through Joseph as "mouth piece;" that is, he would enquire of the Lord, pray and ask concerning a matter, and speak out the revelation, which he thought to be a revelation from the Lord; but sometimes he was mistaken about it being the word of the Lord.

In June, 1829, the Lord called Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and myself as the three witnesses, to behold the vision of the Angel, as recorded in the fore part of the Book of Mormon, and to bear testimony to the world that the Book of Mormon is true. I was not called to bear testimony to the mission of Brother Joseph Smith any farther than his work of translating the Book of Mormon, as you can see by reading the testimony of us three witnesses.

Now you have thought that because Brother Joseph was given a gift to translate the Book, that he could not fall into error; and you worship and give credit to the man, when all the credit is due to God. You should think of this matter. Brother Joseph did not write a word of the Book of Mormon; it was already written by holy men of God who dwelt upon this land. God gave to Brother Joseph the gift to see the sentences in English, when he looked into the hat in which was placed the stone. Oliver Cowdery had the same gift at one time. Now when we look at it aright, the fact of Brother Joseph having the gift to translate the Book, is that any reason why you should put any more trust in him than any other man? Not at all. Is that any reason why he should be a man who could not fall? Not at all. As you see from what the Lord told him, he was very weak man, and liable to fall even while translating the Book. "How oft have you transgressed the commandments and the laws of God, and have gone on in the persuasions of men.... If thou art not aware thou wilt fall.... Thou hast suffered the counsel of thy Director to be trampled upon from the beginning..... Thou wilt again be called to the work; and except thou do this (repent) thou shalt be delivered up and become as other men, and have no more gift." (To translate.) I give you my testimony that the Lord had to chastise Brother Joseph time and again, as a father would a disobedient child, to help him through the translation of the Book.

Trusting in an arm of flesh, by receiving Brother Joseph's revelations as if they were from God's own mouth, when some of his revelations conflict with the teachings of Christ in the two sacred books. I tell you brethren, you are trusting in an arm of flesh and being in blindness you cannot see it.

ONE MAN TO LEAD AND RECEIVE REVELATIONS FOR THE CHURCH, NOT ACCORDING TO THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST

In June, 1829, Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery and myself, received this commandment through the stone, "Behold, I give unto you a commandment, that you rely upon the things which are written (then, at that time, June, 1829), for in them are all things written concerning my church, my gospel, and my rock." This revelation reads this way to-day in the old Book of Commandments. But the Latter Day saints changed it in 1834 to read different in the Book of Doctrine and Covenants. The revelations received through the stone in 1829, agree with the teachings of Christ in the Bible and Book of Mormon; but in order to support the errors which were afterwards introduced by men, some of the early revelations have been changed and added to.

RELATIVE TO PUBLISHING THE REVELATIONS

The main reason why the printing press was destroyed, was because they published the Book of Commandments. It fell into the hands of the world, and the people of Jackson county, Missouri, saw from the revelations that they were considered by the church as intruders upon the land of Zion, as enemies to the church, and that they should be cut off out of the land of Zion and sent away. The people seeing these things in the Book of Commandments became the more enraged, tore down the printing press, and drove the church out of Jackson county. (See Doc. and Cov., Sections 52:9, 64:7, 45:15.)

I will now tell you of a prophecy which the Lord gave through me to Brothers Joseph Smith and Sydney Rigdon, of what should come to pass if they printed those revelations. In the spring of 1832, in Hiram, Ohio, Brothers Joseph and Sydney, and others, concluded that the revelations should be printed in a book. A few of the brethren — including myself — objected to it seriously. We told them that if the revelations were published, the world would get the books, and it would not do; that it was not the will of the Lord that the revelations should be published.

But Brothers Joseph and Sydney would not listen to us, and said they were going to send them to Independence to be published. I objected to it and withstood Brothers Joseph and Sydney to the face. Brother Joseph said as follows: "Any man who objects to having these revelations published, shall have his part taken out of the Tree of Life and out of the Holy City." The Spirit of God came upon me and I prophesied to them in the name of the Lord: "That if they sent those revelations to Independence to be published in a book, the people would come upon them and tear down the printing press, and the church would be driven out of Jackson county." Brothers Joseph and Sydney laughed at me. Early in the spring of 1833, at Independence, Mo., the revelations were printed in the Book of Commandments. Many of the books were finished and distributed among the members of the church, and through some of the unwise brethren, the world got hold of some of them. From that time the ill-feeling toward us began to increase; and in the summer of 1833 the mob came upon us, tore down the printing press, and drove the church out of Jackson county.

FREEMASONREY BY ANOTHER NAME

In June, 1838, at Far West, Mo., a secret organization was formed, Doctor Avard being put in as the leader of the band; a certain oath was to be administered to all the brethren to bind them to support the heads of the church in everything they should teach. All who refused to take this oath were considered dissenters from the church, and certain things were to be done concerning these dissenters, by Dr. Avard's secret band. I make no farther statements now; but suffice it to say that my persecutions, for trying to show them their errors, became of such a nature that I had to leave the Latter Day Saints; and, as I rode on horseback out of Far West, in June, 1838, the voice of God from heaven spake to me as I have stated above. I was called out to hold the authority which God gave to me.

I see from a letter written by the heads of the church, while they were in Liberty Jail, that they repented while in jail of having anything to do with this secret organization, and came out again Dr. Avard, declaring it all wickedness, and resolved to henceforth disapprobate everything that was not according to the gospel, and which was not of a bold, frank and upright nature. I quote from this letter, printed in the Times and Seasons, July, 1840:

"We farther caution our brethren against the impropriety of the organization of bands or companies, by covenants, oaths, penalties, or secrecies; but let the time past of our experience  and suffering by the wickedness of Dr. Avard suffice. And let our covenants be that of the everlasting covenant, as it is contained in the Holy Writ, and the things which God has revealed unto us. Pure friendship always becomes weakened the very moment you undertake to make it stronger by penal oaths and secrecy. Your humble servants intend FROM HENCEFORTH to disapprobate everything that is not in accordance with the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and which is not of a bold, frank and upright nature."

They were put in jail in November, after I had left them. Now you see why I left the Latter Day Saints. After I left them they say they gave me a trial and cut me off. About the same time that I came out, the Spirit of God moved upon quite a number of the brethren who came out, with their families. All of the eight witnesses who were then living (except the three Smiths) came out; Peter and Christian Whitmer were dead. Oliver Cowdery came out also. Martin Harris was then in Ohio. The church went deeper and deeper into wickedness. They were driven out of Missouri, and went to Nauvoo; and were driven out of Nauvoo, and went to Salt Lake, where they are to-day, believing in the doctrine of polygamy. Nearly all the members at Nauvoo went to Salt Lake. Only a very few rejected the revelation on polygamy. The Reorganization is built up principally of members — not of the old church — but new converts. The majority of those who did not go to Salt Lake are in the Reorganized Church to-day.

THE CHOICE SEER.

The "CHOICE SEER," spoken of in the Book of Mormon is not Brother Joseph. He is yet to come forth. The man who is not learned (in 2 Nephi xi:18), refers to Brother Joseph, but the "Choice Seer" (in 2 Nephi ii) is another man. He is to come from the Lamanites. He is to come from the fruit of the loins of Joseph (of Egypt), that seed being the "branch which was to be broken off" at Jerusalem, to whom this land was consecrated for their inheritance forever — being Lehi and his seed; Lehi's seed being little Joseph, who received the blessing from his father Lehi, that his seed should not be utterly destroyed; for out of his seed which should not all be destroyed (the Indians) should come to this "Choice Seer." This is the interpretation of this chapter. This "Choice Seer" will be of that seed. His name will be Joseph, and his father's name Joseph. He is to translate sealed records yet to come forth, (spoken of in 2 Nephi xi:18). "And not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, BUT TO THE CONVINCING THEM OF MY WORD." How many Indians did Brother Joseph convince? He never preached a sermon to them in his life to my knowledge.

To conclude, we see that Brother Joseph was not this Choice Seer for the following reasons:

First: He is to come from the seed of Lehi, and Joseph Smith is not of that seed.

Second: He is to convince the Lamanites in person; Joseph Smith did not convince them.

Third: His tongue will not be loosed that he can speak much, and the Lord is to raise up a spokesman for him; Joseph Smith's tongue was loosed to speak, he being a good speaker.

Fourth: Those who seek to destroy this Seer will be confounded, this does not agree as being Brother Joseph, because he was destroyed.

Fifth: The Choice Seer will be faithful and do strictly according to the command of God; Brother Joseph broke the commands of God from the beginning.

So we see that Brother Joseph was not this Choice Seer.

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2NE.12:1 And now, behold, my brethren, I have spoken unto you according as the Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know that they must surely come to pass.
2 And the things which shall be written out of the book shall be of great worth unto the children of men, and especially unto our seed, which is a remnant of the house of Israel.

3 For it shall come to pass in that day, that the churches which are built up, and not unto the Lord, when the one shall say unto the other, Behold, I, I am the Lord's; and the other shall say, I, I am the Lord's.

The restoration, or LDS, RLDS, has always claimed to be the only true church, the restored church. The Book of Mormon condemns them and ALL Churches not built unto the lord.

12 Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, false, and vain, and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark; and the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground against them.
13 Yea, they have all gone out of the way; they have become corrupted.
14 Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine, their churches have become corrupted; and their churches are lifted up; because of pride, they are puffed up.
They have ALL become corrupted.

(These words copied from the Book of Mormon and put into the IV)

Isaiah 29:24 Wherefore, when thou hast read the words which I have commanded thee, and obtained the witnesses which I have promised unto thee, then shalt thou seal up the book again, and hide it up unto me, that I may preserve the words which thou hast not read until I shall see fit in mine own wisdom to reveal all things unto the children of men.

25 For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men, save it be according to their faith.

26 And again it shall come to pass, that the Lord shall say unto him that shall read the words that shall be delivered him( Joseph Smith), Forasmuch as this people (those around Joseph in the early church) draw near unto me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precepts of men, therefore I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people; yea, a marvelous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise and learned shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent shall be hid.

27 And woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord. And their works are in the dark; and they say, Who seeth us and who knoweth us? (Masons in the leadership of the church) And they also say, Surely, your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay. (changing revelations)

28 But behold, I will show unto them, saith the Lord of hosts, that I know all their works.

(The Inspired Version and the Doctrine and Covenants These 2 books have Masonic fingerprints all over them)

For, shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? 

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THE MASONIC INFLUENCE IS IN EVERY BOOK OF MORMON CHURCH, IT’S IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE PRIESTHOOD, THE VERY FOUNDATION.

The people around Joseph at that time had other motives, rather than the Lords Work. We are the result of 175yrs. of disobeying God’s directive for Book of Mormon believers.

Sec 83:8a] And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received, which vanity and unbelief hath brought the whole church under condemnation.
[Sec 83:8b] And this condemnation resteth upon the children of Zion, even all; and they shall remain under this condemnation until they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments which I have given them, not only to say, but to do according to that which I have written,
[Sec 83:8c] that they may bring forth fruit meet for their Father's kingdom, otherwise there remaineth a scourge and a judgment to be poured out upon the children of Zion; for, shall the children of the kingdom pollute my holy land? Verily, I say unto you, Nay.

Now, as you have asked, behold, I say unto you, Keep my commandments, and seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion:

The marvelous work is not the creating of another Gentile church, which is what the people in 1830 did.
1: The church never left the earth it was in the wilderness, (out of site).
2: The priesthood never left the earth it also was hidden.
3: To believe otherwise is to have, blinders on when it comes to history. Study The Second Great Awakening and Charles Finney.

Inherited Covenant Promises

Their is more to it that the Indians were here from as long as time itself. The reality of the Inherited Covenant Promises between the Creator and His People is fact. And the proof is in their traditions, their oral stories, and archeology itself.
Maybe in the dimness of time things become lost, but the agreement between God and the tribes on this land live.
And through the fullness of time the records came forth proving once and for all to the world that the Creators word will not return to Him void.

The most prized of all the original 12 tribes was given this land as one of the covenants. And so it was in 1830 the truth sprang forth into the hands of the white man, the proof of the identity of the very peoples they were annihilating.
The proclamation sprang forth from the earth ,by the hand of God, to stop the deadly slaughter of His people. "For they exterminate the very House of Israel" of whom the white man lays claim through the Bible in which they hold so deer!
Stop the blood shed of my Ancient covenant People!

No... white man wouldn't listen! The Native people said if the white man believed in the same God they did they wouldn't have treated them as such, driving them to and fro like cattle, hated, despised and nearly annihilated!

But as soon as the record sprang forth from the dust the controversy began. Every excuse under the sun was given to destroy the truth. Satin put it into the minds of those in possession of the record to take control of it and to build up a church unto them selves. They sequestered the book to their church, thus, preventing it from going freely to the public. Leaving the Indian at the mercy of a Government, hell bent to finish the conquest, under the influence of "Manifest Destiny."

And so the keepers of the record, in their act of defiance of the Creators decree, ended up being driven to and fro at the hands of their white brothers ,who also thought the book was bewiched of the devil and wouldn't touch it! So the continued act of rebellion engulfed them into such a cloud of darkness that it put them into a perpetual state of defense. A defense of the truth of a record that would stand on it's own had they delivered it into the hands of the rightfully hears of the covenant.

SO IT HAS BEEN A GREAT MISCARRIAGE OF THE WILL OF GOD: THE GREAT SUPPRESSED SPIRITUAL DESTINY OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS.............

IT IS A LITTLE KNOWN HISTORICAL FACT THAT MORMON FOUNDER JOSEPH SMITH WAS INSTRUCTED TO TRANSLATE THE BOOK OF MORMON AND IMMEDIATELY DELIVER IT TO THEM IN ORDER TO EMPOWER AMERICAN INDIANS TO LEAD EUROPEANS SPIRITUAL QUEST -- TOWARD A WORLD WITHOUT WAR AND KILLING...

If Adam had not transgressed

A couple of points put forth on a forum:
1. Why did God show Adam the tree in the first place, and subsequently forbid him from approaching it?
Adam, before the incident was innocent like a child. If you tell a child to not go to a specific toy, what do you think the child will do? Automatically, curiosity will impel the child to touch it. Such is our nature.
Doesn't it mean that God inadvertently led Adam to sin?

2. If Adam had not eaten the apple from the tree, how else would you have existed? How else would this earth have come to be?

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I answered with:




If Adam had not transgressed, he would not have fallen; but he would have remained in the garden of Eden. And all things which were created, must have remained in the same state which they were, after they were created; and they must have remained for ever, and had no end.
And they would have had no children; wherefore, they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin.
But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things. Adam fell, that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy. And the Messiah cometh in the fullness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall.
And because that they are redeemed from the fall, they have become free for ever, knowing good from evil;
To act for themselves, and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the Lord, at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.
Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man.
And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great mediation of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil:

For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things.
If not so, righteousness could not be brought to pass; neither wickedness; neither holiness nor misery; neither good nor bad.
Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one;
Wherefore, if it should be one body, it must needs remain as dead, having no life, neither death nor corruption, nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.
Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing of nought;
Wherefore, there would have been no purpose in the end of its creation.

Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God, and his eternal purposes; and also, the power, and the mercy, and the justice of God.
And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say there is no sin.
And if ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say there is no righteousness.
And if there be no righteousness, there be no happiness.
And if there be no righteousness nor happiness, there be no punishment nor misery.
And if these things are not, there is no God.
And if there is no God, we are not, neither the earth, for there could have been no creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon; wherefore, all things must have vanished away.

From the book everyone loves to hate!

GOD in the Flesh

A FINAL CALL
Dick Bauman,


Let me clarify who God is. The Power of God (His Spirit) is throughout the universe, which He framed and holds in place, and if it were contracted, the universe would implode. When God ‘pulls’ together some of His Spirit (Power) into a form, it is called the Father, and the Father is not limited by time or space, He is thus Omnipresent, and can be anywhere/everywhere all at once! When the Father projects himself into a spot in time; i.e., occupies time and space, such as the dimension we live in; and assumes a physical image patterned after the spiritual form, He is called the Son, or flesh, of God. That’s why the Son is in the image of the Father, but He is simply an extension of the Father.

Thus the Father is AN EXTENTION of the Power, and the Son is AN EXTENSION of the Father! He is in fact ONE GOD!, NOT three separate beings!! This is why Jesus Christ can say He is in the Father, and the Father is in Him, and the Father and He are One!

Christ, of course, could not be killed UNLESS HE GAVE UP PART OF HIS ETERNAL QUALITY. So, in order for the Jews to have him killed, so He could show the world how far he would go to redeem all who would accept Him, He had to set aside some of his power. He said (as an old friend found in an old Bible) “My Power, My Power, why hast thou forsaken me!” Modern Bibles say, “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me!”
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28 And now Abinadi said unto them, I would that ye should understand that God himself shall come down among the children of men, and shall redeem his people;
29 And because he dwelleth in flesh, he shall be called the Son of God:
30 And having subjected the flesh to the will of the Father, being the Father and the Son; the Father because he was conceived by the power of God: and the Son, because of the flesh; thus becoming the Father and Son:
31 And they are one God, yea, the very eternal Father of heaven and of earth;
32 And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the Son to the Father, being one God, suffereth temptation, and yieldeth not to the temptation, but suffereth himself to be mocked, and scourged, and cast out, and disowned by his people.

A FINAL CALL

A FINAL CALL
Dick Bauman, servant of Christ, March, 2009
Part 5

Many ministers will rail against the ‘author’ of the Book of Mormon, and claim the book is the work of the Devil, BUT EITHER THEY HAVEN’T READ IT, OR DIDN’T STUDY IT AND ASK GOD IF IT’S TRUE!

Now I say ‘fortunately’, because Joseph Smith did, in fact, do MANY things contrary to what the Book Of Mormon actually says. The few who are willing to read this book with the eye of faith, will be astounded with the truth and relevance there is for us today.

As a Baptist minister said after he actually read the book (because he had set out to disprove it), “It is filled with the blood of Jesus.”

Indeed it is, and as it says in 2 Nephi, “And now behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way (but to follow the words of Christ) nor name (Christ) given under heaven, whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God.”

Though many have tried laboriously to discredit the Book, the best they can do is to discredit the man; hopefully by killing the messenger, the message will be stopped! I studied the Book for years, and the history surrounding it. I know more ‘dirt’ about Joseph Smith and the church he founded, than probably any other person on the face of the earth, BUT I CAN’T DENY THE FULLFILLMENT OF THE MANY PROPHECIES, AND THE ENORMOUS TRUTH BETWEEN ITS COVERS! Nor can I deny the gift of tongues, and the power of the Holy Ghost I received, AFTER I read and accepted the truth and divinity of that book!

Its message is that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, and that he invites all races, men and women, young and old, black or white, rich or poor to partake of Eternal Life. It obviously isn’t anti-Christ, is it?

It declares the plan of salvation, with the Plan of Mercy and the Plan of Justice, with an undeniable simplicity and clarity.

It declares that you must believe in the Bible, and if you believe what the Bible says you will believe this Book from the Native Americans, also.

When the manuscript was written in 1829,
1. It prophesied that the Native People would be relocated and forts built among them. The U.S. Congress passed the Relocation Act in 1830 (the following year!). So that prophecy was fulfilled, wasn’t it?
2. It prophesied the Native People would be scattered, smitten, and brought down almost to nothing, and would be sustained by the Gentiles. That happened, didn’t it?
3. It prophesied that the Gentiles would take over the inheritance of this land. That happened, didn’t it?
4. It prophesied this nation would become the most powerful nation on the face of the earth. That happened, didn’t it?
5. It prophesied that it would have the most pride of any nation. That happened, didn’t it?
6. It prophesied that an organization that believed in Cain would be the downfall of this nation. It describes the earmarks of that organization: handshakes, blood oaths, the ceremonial loin cloth, and the profession of Cain. THAT ORGANIZATION IS FREEMASONRY! I have copies of their materials, and every mason is obligated to employ the principles of Cain. And as one mason told me, “Don’t you know it’s alright to FLEECE the sheep!” Isn’t that contrary to what Christ told Peter THREE times, “FEED my sheep!” So, you see that Freemasonry is contrary to the way of Christ!

Albert Pike, 33 degree, who wrote “Morals and Dogma” for the Masons, stated to a world-wide conference of top Masons some years ago that Lucifer was their God!

The Baptists and most other churches that condemn the Book of Mormon are loaded with Freemasons – so is CONGRESS AND THE LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM! These churches should be thankful for the clarity of the Book of Mormon in exposing the secret societies, for it says, concerning the organizations set up by Cain---
“For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations, neither doth he will that man should shed blood, but in all things hath forbidden it, from the beginning of man.
“Wherefore the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come upon 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, ---
“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,”--.

Now here is the real kicker, the Mormon Church RELIGION IS BASED ON FREEMASONRY:
A. building of physical temples (Christ says He is the temple, and our bodies are supposed to be temples, too!),
B. two priesthoods named after men – Aaronic and Melchisidec (Book of Mormon says ONE order of ministry: Holy Order of Christ),
C. A Prophet, and other offices,
D. 3 Glories (the Mormons have added the third one, ‘telestial’, which word does not exist in the dictionary!),
E. blind obedience to next degree above, things done in secret (Christ says He did nothing in secret),
F. inequality of women (they have to be tied to a man to have the best eternal life, although the Book of Mormon says all are equal!) and many other things. (the doctrine of polygamy is directly tied to “eternal marriage” in the Mormon church.)

When the Prophet Brigham Young moved a large group of people west, the first thing they did was to apply for 3 new Masonic Lodges! And it is in their history that when Brigham saw the Salt Lake valley he exclaimed, “This is the place!” However, Christ warned against this in Matt. 24:24-26:
“For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.”

Jeremiah 17:5-6 also curses the man who would follow a man to a “salt land and not inhabited.”
I explained what happened to the Mormon church, and its splinter groups in a series of video/DVD tapes, “To All Book of Mormon Believers: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHURCH?” (See allbookofmormonbelievers.org)

Continuing on with Book of Mormon prophecies.
7. It prophesied that because of the things kept back by the Great Whore, the Gentiles would stumble and establish many churches. In 2000 A.D., there were 285 churches registered with the U.S. Government. That was true, also, wasn’t it?
8. It prophesied that some churches would say little children had to be baptized. That was/is true, also, isn’t it? (Book of Mormon is adamantly against that) Christ picked them up into his arms and blessed them, didn’t He? He did not baptize them! And, He also said, “of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
9. It prophesied the leaders of the Gentile churches had to be paid for their ministry. That’s true, isn’t it?
10. It prophesied that the leaders would say God no longer does miracles for us, and He has left it up to us. That is true, isn’t it? And yet, God is unchangeable, at least that’s what the Bible says. And I, for one, believe what it says, and I know that He does perform miracles.
11. It also says that polygamy is an abomination to God, and men are commanded to have ONLY one wife! (what’s interesting about that is the Bible doesn’t even say that!) And some of the Mormon church members still believe in polygamy, and still practice it. Also, for the record, the doctrine of polygamy was one of the last ‘revelations’ that came through Joseph Smith. He renounced it just before he died, calling it “An accursed doctrine.” When he first came up with it, he told his wife Emma that it was from God, and if she didn’t accept it that God would destroy her. He died about a year later, but she lived many years after.

Unfortunately, the works of Joseph Smith, Jr., and the Mormon church have done more to discredit the Book of Mormon than any outside group!

THE BOOK OF MORMON ALSO HAS PROPHESIED THAT A CONSPIRACY BY A SECRET ORGANIZATION(S) WOULD DESTROY AMERICA, AND IT IS HAPPENING!

12. It prophesied that when this nation is ripe, there will be economic collapse, war & destruction, and the burning of all who will not accept Jesus Christ and His way of life. The question is: is this nation ripe? Christ, in the Bible, talks of the ‘fullness of the Gentiles’. The Book of Mormon clarifies the fullness as when the Gentiles have received the fullness of the truth and have performed the fullness of iniquity.

As you study the Book of Mormon you will realize that indeed it contains the ‘fullness’ of the truth of the gospel. And what about the fullness of iniquity?
A. In what category would you put millions of babies killed by
abortion – the cup of iniquity?
B. In what category would you put the law against prayer in schools – in the cup of iniquity?
C. In what category would you put pornography, - or birth control devices in public school, or condoning illegitimacy – in the cup of iniquity?
D. And we can also add that those who wrote the U.S. Constitution said congressmen SHOULD NOT BE PAID!- hasn’t this brought iniquity to the top of our government?
E. In what category should we put starting wars in various places in the world FOR THE SAKE OF BIG OIL? (admitted by John McCain during his election campaign!)– thus killing thousands of innocent people, including our own fine young women and men: leaving behind children without a parent, who will never have one of their parents attend a school function, or see them married –DOESN’T THAT HEAP UP THE CUP OF INIQUITY?

Now, are you able to set aside prejudice and read the Book of Mormon with an open mind to see the truth and the finale? You will see WHY churches are against it: it condemns the false practices of Protestantism, Catholicism, AND Mormonism, and secret societies. You will understand in detail the Great Separation, and how to find yourself on the right side: to preserve the lives of your families and friends, and be prepared to make it through to be with Christ and a whole new society on this earth. You will see the great plan that will bring the Native Americans back into their inheritance of this land, and how you, as Gentiles, can be a part of it. I have seen parts of it in Vision and Dreams, and my friends Red Elk and Gayle have even seen more detail than I have. And years before us were the visions of President George Washington, the Iroquois prophecy of Deganawida, and others also.

1830 New York Map

Charles Finney preaching in and arround Rochester in 1830...Joseph Smith was arround Palmyra in 1830....The towns are 24 miles appart.....





Charles Finneys conversion experience In Adams N.Y. 1821
Joseph Smith in Manchester N.Y. 1823-1827




The translation, known as the Book of Mormon, was published in Palmyra on March 26, 1830, by printer E. B. Grandin.[67] Martin Harris financed the publication by mortgaging his farm.[68] Soon thereafter on April 6, 1830, Smith and his followers formally organized the Church of Christ,[69] and small branches were established in Palmyra, Fayette, and Colesville, New York.[70] The Book of Mormon brought Smith regional notoriety,[71] but also strong opposition by those who remembered Smith's money-digging and his 1826 trial near Colesville.[72] After Cowdery baptized several new members (including Emma Smith), the Mormons began receiving threats of mob violence.

When the translation spoke of an institutional church and a requirement for baptism, Smith and Cowdery baptized each other,[61] saying that John the Baptist had appeared and given them priesthood authority to do so.

THIS IS THE RESULT OF MORMONISM BROUGHT ON BY FREEMASONS....GOD IS NO RESPECTOR OF PERSONS....THESE LDS RAN ,OR WERE DRIVEN OUT OF THE SAME AREA WHERE THE LORDS SPIRIT HAD BEEN SPREADING LIKE WILD FIRE IN WAVES OF DEEP REPENTANCE PREACHING....READ FOR YOURSELF....

http://www.gospeltruth.net/memoirsrestored/memrest21.htm

Not doing the Lords work you suffer the consequences....
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A youtube video 43:39 min. Sandra Tanner great great granddaughter of Brigham Young....
"The Early Years of Mormonism, by Sandra Tanner"

Notice at the 5:24 min. mark using the caption option Quote: It (Book of Mormon)does not contain the major doctrines of Mormonism that seperate it from standard Christianity!

The D&C, IV of the Bible, the whole structure of the church priesthood,LDS, RLDS,Restoration,and All other's that adhear to the D&C-Book of Commandments...All= Mormonisim.......David Whitmer was correct........Try to find JKV and BOM ony believers without the D&C...restored priesthood etc. mormonism ...is hard to find........................RenegadeBoMbeliever

And when the day cometh

This is the thing which I will give unto you for a sign

[1 Ne 3:236] And when the day cometh that the wrath of God is poured out upon the mother of harlots, which is the great and abominable church of all the earth, whose foundation is the devil,
[1 Ne 3:237] Then at that day, the work of the Father shall commence, in preparing the way for the fulfilling of his covenants which he hath made to his people, who are of the house of Israel.
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[2 Ne 12:80] For after the book of which I have spoken shall come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up again unto the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the words which are written; and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed.
[2 Ne 11:127] Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up, the things which are sealed, shall not be delivered in the day of the wickedness and abominations of the people.
[2 Ne 11:128] Wherefore the book shall be kept from them.

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[3 Ne 7:32] But wo, saith the Father, unto the unbelieving of the Gentiles, for notwithstanding they have come forth upon the face of this land, and have scattered my people, who are of the house of Israel; and my people who are of the house of Israel, have been cast out from among them, and have been trodden under feet by them;
[3 Ne 7:34] And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you, At that day [1] when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and [2] shall reject the fullness of my gospel, and [3] shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and [4] above all the people of the whole earth, and [5] shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and [6] of deceits, and [7] of mischiefs, and [8] all manner of hypocrisy, and [9] murders, and [10] priestcrafts, and [11] whoredoms, and [12] of secret abominations;
[3 Ne 7:35] And if they shall do all these things, and shall reject the fullness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fullness of my gospel from among them;
[3 Ne 7:36] And then will I remember my covenant which I have made unto my people, O house of Israel, and I will bring my gospel unto them;
[3 Ne 7:37] And I will shew unto thee, O house of Israel, that the Gentiles shall not have power over you, but I will remember my covenant unto you, O house of Israel, and ye shall come unto the knowledge of the fullness of my gospel.

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[2 Ne 2:9] That the Messiah should be made manifest unto them
in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light; yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.
[2 Ne 2:11] Yea, Joseph truly said, Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins.
[2 Ne 2:12] And unto him will I give commandment, that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.
[2 Ne 2:15] And he shall be great like unto Moses, whom I have said I would raise up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel.
[2 Ne 2:17] But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins;
[2 Ne 2:18] And not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth among them.
[2 Ne 2:24] And out of weakness he shall be made strong, in that day when my work shall commence among all my people, unto the restoring thee, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
[2 Ne 2:26] And they that seek to destroy him, shall be confounded:
[2 Ne 2:38] And the words which he shall write, shall be the words which are expedient [better, or good] in my wisdom should go forth unto the fruit of thy loins
[2 Ne 11:131] And the day cometh that the words of the book which were sealed, shall be read upon the housetops; and they shall be read by the power of Christ;
[2 Ne 11:130] For the book shall be sealed by the power of God, and the revelation which was sealed, shall be kept in the book until the own due time of the Lord, that they may come forth: for, behold, they reveal all things from the foundation of the world unto the end thereof.
[3 Ne 9:63] And behold ye are the children of the prophets; and ye are of the house of Israel; and ye are of the covenant which the Father made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed, shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed;

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[3 Ne 9:86] And verily, I say unto you, I give unto you a sign, that ye may know the time when these things shall be about to take place, that I shall gather in from their long dispersion, my people, O house of Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion.
[3 Ne 9:87] And behold, this is the thing which I will give unto you for a sign, for verily I say unto you, that when these things which I declare unto you, and which I shall declare unto you hereafter of myself, and by the power of the Holy Ghost, which shall be given unto you of the Father, shall be made known unto the Gentiles,
[3 Ne 9:88] That they may know concerning this people who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, and concerning this my people who shall be scattered by them;
[3 Ne 9:89] Verily, verily, I say unto you, When these things [Nephite record] shall be made known unto them of the Father, and shall come forth of the Father, from them unto you, for it is wisdom in the Father that they should be established in this land,
[3 Ne 9:92] For thus it behooveth the Father that it should come forth from the Gentiles, that he may shew forth his power unto the Gentiles, for this cause, that the Gentiles, if they will not harden their hearts, that they may repent and come unto me, and be baptized in my name, and know of the true points of my doctrine, that they may be numbered among my people, O house of Israel:
[3 Ne 9:93] And when these things come to pass, that thy seed shall begin to know these things, it shall be a sign unto them, that they may know that the work of the Father hath already commenced unto the fulfilling of the covenant which he hath made unto the people who are of the house of Israel.

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[3 Ne 9:51] And I say unto you, that if the Gentiles do not repent, [1] after the blessing which they shall receive, [2] after they have scattered my people, [3]then shall ye who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among them;
[3 Ne 9:52] And ye shall be in the midst of them, who shall be many; and ye shall be among them, as a lion among the beasts of the forests, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through, both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

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[3 Ne 10:1] But if they [gentiles] [1] will repent, and [2] hearken unto my words, and [3] harden not their hearts, I will establish my church among them, and they shall come in unto the covenant, and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob, unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance, and they [gentiles] [4] shall assist my people, the remnant of Jacob;
[3 Ne 10:2] And also, as many of the house of Israel as shall come, that they may build a city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem;
[3 Ne 10:3] And then shall they assist my people that they may be gathered in, who are scattered upon all the face of the land, in unto the New Jerusalem.
[3 Ne 10:4] And then shall the power of heaven come down among them; and I also will be in the midst, and then shall the work of the Father commence, at that day even when this gospel shall be preached among the remnant of this people.

Lihyan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Lihyanite Temple in Arabia
Was Lehi the "father" of the Lihyanites in Arabia?

Lihyan (Arabic: لحيان) is an ancient Ancient North Arabian kingdom. It was located in northwestern Arabia, and is known for its Ancient North Arabian inscriptions dating to ca. the 6th to 4th centuries BC. Dedanite is used for the older phase of the history of this kingdom since their capital name was Dedan (see Biblical Dedan), which is now called Al-`Ula oasis located in northwestern Arabia, some 110 km southwest of Teima.

Their cities included Higra, Al-`Ula, Al-Khuraibah, Teima, Oman.




Lozachmeur, H (ed.) 1995. Présence arabe dans le croissant fertile avant l'Hégire. (Actes de la table ronde internationale Paris, 13 Novembre 1993). Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations. pp. 148. ISBN 2-86538-254-0. [1]
Werner Caskel, Lihyan und Lihyanisch (1954)
F.V. Winnett "A Study of the Lihyanite and Thamudic Inscriptions", University of Toronto Press, Oriental Series No. 3. [2]

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Strong winds and vertical sandstone cliffs couldn’t prevent a group of amateur Book of Mormon explorers from ascending a 600-foot rock face. Resting atop the mountains summit is a vast Lihyanite temple complex. The team included Jim Anderson, David Alexander, and myself.



What makes this find interesting to the LDS community is that the Lihyanites might have been a community of converts who were taught the gospel by Lehi and Nephi. Lynn and Hope Hilton originally brought to our attention that the name “Lihyanite” meant the “people of Lihy”, and that the Lihyanites appear to have had temple practices that were consistent to those in Jerusalem. The Hiltons based their theory largely upon the discovery of a font (cistern) at the Lihyanite temple in ruins of the Biblical town of Dedan (see LDS Bible Maps showing northwest Arabia). The cistern has nearly the same dimensions as the Brazen Sea of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem and has stone stairs inside it leading to its floor which has been buried below ground level (see Discovering Lehi, Hiltons).



Who were the Lihyanites? Until recently, archaeologists had no clue as to where they came from or how they conquered the Dedanites, the people who ruled the valley since the era of Abraham. Jewish historians believe that they were Hebrew descendants of Abraham[i] through the Dedanites (see Genesis 25:1-3). However, it is only recently that Professor Michael Macdonald at Oxford University’s Oriental Institute showed that the Dedanite and Lihyanite languages were the same[ii], meaning that the Lihyanites, who came to power in northwest Arabia around 550 BC, were not a new people, but were the Dedanites themselves who simply changed their name to “the people of Lihy”.

However the Hiltons didn't realize that the ancient trail down Arabia passed through the Ula valley, which became the capital of the Lihyanites.

All the same, the Hiltons studied the Lihyanite ruins in the wadi al-Ula, including the remains of the Lihyanite temple. The Lihyanites ruled the area between the coast of the Red Sea at the west and Domat al Jandal in the east for over five hundred years. Their rule ended with the emergence of the Nabataeans in the first century .C. [1]

In other words, the Lihyanties ruled northwest Arabia starting just after Lehi

passed through the valley of Ula.


In Nephi’s time, he would have been restricted to teaching the gospel to only Hebrews – yet here in Dedan, along the trail Lehi took through Arabia (see Lehi in the Wilderness by Potter and Wellington), were a community of Hebrews, the Dedanites. Secondly, the Dedanites changed their name to the people of Lihy. The question begs to be asked, “Why would they have changed their name after being called after the man Dedan for a millennium?” Whoever Lihy was, he must have meant a great deal to the Dedanites for they renamed themselves after him and did so shortly after the passage of Lehi through their town. The renaming of a tribe after a new leader is an ancient tradition in Arabia that persists to this day. That is, an entire tribe will rename itself (change their last names) in honor of a new leader, if that leader was truly exceptional.

Could the Lihyanites have been converts? The
Qur'an states that they were descendants of the people of Thamud, a righteous people who believed in the one true God. The Hiltons pointed out that the Lihyanites built a temple at Dedan, which had a font that was nearly the same in dimensions as the one at Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. The cistern (font) at the Lihyanite temple has stairs going into it, and if one stands in it, the lower half of their body would be below the surrounding surface of the earth.

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Antiquities does not know the purpose of the font, however it notes the Lihyanite Temple. The modern name for Dedan is Ula, which means "to exalt". In antiquity Dedan and its surrounding villages were called Qura Arabiyyah. Allegedly, there are inscriptions on a large stone near Medina which indicates that Jeremiah sent two people to visit the people Qura Arabiyyah [2].

Were these two messengers Lehi and Nephi?

First, to our great surprise, we found that the Saudi Arabian Department of Antiquities has begun excavating the Lihyanite Temple! All that we knew

about the temple site prior to now was that a temple had once set upon a half mile long site, and that all that remains of the entire site is rumble--small pieces of rock. The one exception is the cistern that the Hiltons compare to the Brazen Sea baptismal font at Solomon's Temple. According to the Saudi Department of Antiquities, "near the foundations of a large temple is still found a well preserved large cistern." [3]. However, that is not what I saw at the temple's excavation on this trip. As the picture indicates, the font is located within the foundations to the temple itself. It was part of the temple, with the floor of the font being several feet below ground level.

Second, I discovered that the steep mountain that rises above the temples site, Mount Um-Daraj, has a very impressive feature - a stone stairs that had been carved up the entire 700 foot ascent to the mountain's summit, and that atop the summit is a second temple site. It appears that the Lihyanites carved a stone stair case from the temple with the font the entire way up a steep mountain to the temple with an altar.

Third, as we were preparing to leave the valley, I met a French explorer who told me about a hidden Lihyanite sacred area--their sanctuary. He told me he discovered the holy site in a maze of narrow wadis three miles west of the main wadi Ula. According to the Frenchmen, the site included an altar with two carvings, one a circled bowl and the other a rectangle. One was for the blood of the sacrificed animal and the other for water for the washings. I will make it the quest of my next visit to the oasis of al-Ula.

But were the Lihyanites practicing a faith consistent with that of Nephi? The Lihyanites referred to their God as 'Dhu-Ghaibit'. Dhu means
"the one with or one possessed with." Ghaibat literally means "absent, unknown, faint, swoon." Ghaiba( singular) means "one absent," but Ghibat
(plural) means "a lot of Absents." According to the Almonjed (Arabic to Arabic dictionary), Ghibat means "valleys, digs, caves, woods", or any thing that could make things or people absent or hidden. They say, "Ghaib this person" which means to kill him, or make him absent. The Koran
say "God has the knowledge of the Ghaib," which means God knows the unknown, which can also mean future things to happen. The sorcerer or enchanter claims he knows the Ghaib (mainly future). The Koran states "Al-Ghaib Knowledge is only for God." The Lihyanite God's name then means, "He who possess knowledge of the future". This compares well with Nephi's teaching that the Lord knoweth all things ...

The Lihyanites placed great importance on offerings and sacrifices, paid an annual offering (talal) at the temple [4]. Their Solomon like temples appear to have been used for sacrificing she-camels, black camels and other livestock to the God Dhu Ghaibat. [5], and as we have already seen, the temples included altars and what appear to be baptismal fonts.



During an earlier visit to Dedan, I learned from a French author and explorer that Lihyanite statutes and columns could be found on the top of a mountain on the opposite side of the valley from where the Lihyanite temple and cistern were found. In April 2005 my companions and I returned to the ruins of Dedan to search for the Lihyanite artifacts.



However, what we found was truly amazing. On the summit of the mountain, we found a large sanctuary covering approximately 10-14 acres. This lost temple is completely surrounded by vertical cliffs, and today it can only be reached with the aid of ropes.



In antiquity the sanctuary had steps carved in the sandstone that led from the base of the mountain to the summit. Unfortunately the steps have completely eroded away except at the bases of the mountain. Like an Arabian version of Machu Picchu the second Lihyanite temple is perched upon a mountain top with magnificent vistas. But unlike the Peruvian lost city, the lost temple of the Lihyanites is much more difficult to reach and appears to have been of much greater significances. Indeed, we found dozens of altar stones for animal sacrifices, statutes, columns, incense burners and cisterns.



There are literally hundreds of artifacts spread over the sanctuary including two large assembly areas where seats had been carved into the walls of natural amphitheaters


Overlooking the Dedan ruins in the valley below are two large carved cisterns which would have been filled with water and could have been used for bathing or similar purposes. There, we found a serpent stone the engraving of the snake symbolically protecting the sacred site.



In yet another location on the mountaintop we found two large reservoirs that were carved into the floor of the summit. With small circular openings, the subsurface reservoirs were roughly 10 feet deep and 7 feet wide and would have held thousands of gallons of water which all would have been brought to the summit from the valley floor in goat skin bags. The Frenchman believed that the reservoirs held water for the washing of animal sacrifices for within a few feet of the reservoirs was what appears to be the remains of an altar of unhewn stones and two bowls carved in the floor which the Frenchman believed was used for collecting the blood of the sacrificed animals.



It will take decades of excavations and restorations to understand fully the functions and the significance of this lost Lihyanite temple. However, it was clear that the mountain top sanctuary certainly eclipsed in importance the Lihyanite temple in the floor of the valley, and leads me to believe that the Lihyanite capital at Dedan was a major religious center in the centuries preceding the birth of Christ.



I am currently producing a film on the people of Lihy which is scheduled to be released in the Winter 2006.

http://www.ancientamerica.org/library/media/HTML/liz439og/Lihyanite%20temple.htm

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More pictures here.............

http://s1.zetaboards.com/anthroscape/topic/4700678/1/

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The Linguistic Footprints of Lehi

http://www.nephiproject.com/linguistic_footprints_of_lehi.htm

A HEBREW NATION IN AMERICA

A HEBREW NATION IN AMERICA


And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.— John 10: 16.

IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER, we gave consideration to evidence ~ from the Bible that the Shepherd of Israel led the flock of Joseph to America. We found that the Bible promised to Joseph a special land, a promised land (Deuteronomy 33: 13-16; Genesis 49: 22-26), a land abounding in precious things. This Promised Land was to be “afar off,” “across the sea,” and “unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.” All this involved a great migration or movement of a colony of peo­ple from ancient Israel to America. Before giving direct con­sideration to archaeological evidence that the Shepherd of Israel established a fold (Hebrew social order) in ancient America, let us examine some of the American Indian origin legends.
Paul Radin says,

The Mexicans came from Aztlan. They carried with them an idol called Huitzuilop;tchili. They affirm it was this idol that had commanded them to leave the country, promising them that they would be rulers and chiefs of all the provinces which had been settled by the other six tribes; of a land greatly abounding in gold, silver, precious stones, feathers, rich shawls, and every costly thing conceivable. Thus did the Mexicans set out just as the children of Israel had done in search of the Promised Land, taking with them their idol enclosed in an ark made of rushes just as the others had taken with them their ark of the covenant. They took with them four principal
priests who made their laws, instructed them in their rites and sacri­fices, etc. They traveled with their ark wherever their idol bade them go.l

Mr. Radin says the Mexicans came from Aztlan.
Mr. Baldwin quotes from E. G. Squier: “In the map of their migrations presented by Gemelli, the place of the origin of the Aztecs is designated by the sign of water (atl standing for Aztlan), a pyramidal temple with grades, and near these a palm tree.”2
We shall soon give consideration to the pyramidal temple with grades as one of the signs of the origin of the Aztecs. Another symbol of the origin of the Aztecs is the palm tree. Concerning this palm symbol, Mr. Baldwin says, “In history Jerusalem has been sometimes referred to as the City of Palms.”3 In I Kings 6: 29-36, the walls of Solomon’s Temple are described as being decorated with palm trees carved in wood and overlaid with gold.
Concerning the origin legends of the Maya Quich6s (Guate­mala), Lewis Spence says, “The truth is that the conditions of migration undergone by the Maya were similar to those de­scribed in the Scriptures.”4
According to Mr. Nadaillac, “The people of Yucatan be­lieved that their ancestors had come from the East, across a great body of water.’ ‘~

A HEBREW TEMPLE IN AMERICA

Did the Shepherd of Israel establish a fold for his sheep here in America? If he did, the first evidence we should look for will be a temple of Hebrew design. Solomon’s Temple at Jerusalem was the center of the Good Shepherd’s fold in the Old World. We have also a second strong reason to look for a temple of Solomon in the New World. The “stick of Joseph” (Nephite Record) which contains the record of the Good Shepherd’s dealing with the flock he led to America contains the story of the erection of a temple after the manner of Solomon’s Temple. “And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it after the manner of the temple of Solo­mon,... and the workmanship thereof was exceeding fine.”
—II Nephi 4: 22, 25.
Solomon’s Temple was composed of three courts, the inner­most being called the Holy of Holies.

A. Hyatt Verrill says, The great temple of Pachacamac, Peru, is composed of courts in the center of which is the Holy of Holies containing the image of their great God.”6
The Nephite Record records that as their civilization devel­oped, the Nephites gradually spread northward (into Central America and Mexico). It is also recorded that they continued to build temples, sanctuaries, and synagogues after the manner of the Jews (Alma ii: 22, etc.).
Mayan temples were usually composed of an outer corridor and an inner sanctuary surmounting a more or less lofty pyramid.7
In Bancroft’s Native Races, Volume 4, page 332, is a draw­ing of the ground plan of the Temple of the Cross at Palenque. This drawing shows an outer court or corridor and an inner corridor and a Holy of Holies, In a tablet on the wall of the Holy of Holies was found the great symbol (cross) of the Shepherd of Israel.
Solomon’s Temple was very large. The temple of the thous­and columns with its courts at Chichen Itza covers five acres. The north colonnade extends across the north side of the court. It is a spacious hall 463 feet long.8
Nephi says the temple he built (after the manner of Solo­mon’s Temple) was of “exceeding fine workmanship.”
Besides its three courts, its size, and fine workmanship, the Temple of Solomon was noted for other things:
A. Greatest collection of gold and silver known -in the Old World (II Chronicles 9:13-22).
B. The flowers, palms, and temple utensils were made of pure gold (I Kings, chapter 6; II Chronicles, chapters 3,4).
C. The nails used in the Temple of Solomon were of pure gold (II Chronicles 3: 9).
A. Hyatt Verrill says,

Taken all together the gold of the Incas was probably the greatest accumulation of the precious metals the world has ever known prior to the time of the Conquest. . . . It is obvious that the Incans, finding the temple ready made, repaired it, added to it and made use of it as their own place of worship. Although the Spaniards transformed the temple to a Christian church, and added a deal of European embel­lishment and adornment to it, yet the greater portion of the structure still remains that of the prehistoric unknown inhabitants of Peru.
Architecturally this Temple of the Sun is one of the most remark­able buildings in the entire world. It is built of immense blocks of amazingly fitted stone, no two of which are exactly alike in size or shape, but which are so accurately designed and cut that the circular interior with its radii is mathematically and geometrically perfect. . . .
In the days when the Incas held sway this temple presented a sight which would have made Aladdin’s cave look tawdry by comparison. The walls, outside and inside, were completely covered with plates of burnished gold. The gardens were filled with trees, shrubs and plants of silver and gold. Among the leaves and branches of precious metals were birds, animals, and insects of gold and silver, and even the fountains, the tools and the implements of the gardener’s trade were of the same metals, . . .
The woodwork of the temple of the sun at Pachacamac was fastened together with gold nails and when, at Pizarro’s orders, these were re­moved, they were found to weigh more than thirty-two thousand ounces, roughly a value of over half a million dollars in our money.

During the months of July, August, and September, 1953, in company with Ronald Anderson of Rich Hill, Missouri, Joseph Anway of Independence, Missouri, and my son, Ward, I visited and photographed two temples in Copan, Honduras, each having outer, inner, and innermost divisions. We also visited an ancient temple in the ruins of Zacaleo in the moun­tains of northern Guatemala. Our pictures, both Kodachrome and third dimension, clearly show the three divisions of the temple.
Archaeology underwrites the Nephite Record claim of temples in ancient America built after the manner of the Temple of Solomon.

THE LAW OF MOSES
We have discovered that the Bible, the Nephite Record, and Indian traditions all indicate that the Shepherd of Israel
led some of his sheep of the flock of Joseph to the new world. The Bible and Nephite Record agree that this “remnant escaped from Jerusalem” just before Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city (about 600 B.c.) . The children of Israel of that day practiced the Mosaic Law.
The Temple at Jerusalem and the Mosaic Law went hand in hand. They were two parts of a whole. Together they comprised the Shepherd’s fold for ancient Israel. If the Shep­herd of Israel established part of his fold here (Hebrew tem­ples), then it is logical to look for evidence of the prehistoric existence of the other part (the Law of Moses) .

The Book of Joseph (Nephite Record) tells us the ancient Americans kept the law of Moses.

And we did observe to keep the judgments, and the statutes, and the commandments of the Lord, in all things, according to the law of Moses—Il Nephi 4: 14.
The prophets, and the priests, and the teachers, did labor diligently, exhorting with all long suffering, the people to diligence; teaching the law of Moses, and the intent for which it was given—Jarom 1: 24.

- H. H. Bancroft says, “Circumcision was practiced upon all Aztec male children.”10
Theodore A. Willard says,

It is a curious fact that the ancient Itza-Mayas had many habits and customs similar to those of the Jews. Many have remarked that some of the faces carved on the walls and stones are of a Jewish caste, . . . Both the Itza-Mayas and the Jews venerated one God, of whom they made no image. Both worshiped toward the east; and both burned incense in the four directions. The confession of sins and atonement were common to both peoples. Both believed in devils. The Maya like the Jew was punctilious about washing and in making ablutions.”

Concerning the discovery of the great stone heads of La Venta in 1946 (Mexico), Mr. Miguel Covarubbias says,

On stele C two impressive chieftains stand face to face, surrounded by lesser men suspended in space. The face of the man on the left is smashed, but the other is untouched and represents a stern, fully bearded man with an enormous aquiline nose, totally different from the flat-nosed people of La Venta . . . a personage with surprisingly pronounced Semitic features.12

Altars for sacrificing are a common discovery in unearthing the temples of ancient America.
In the National Geographic for July, 1931, is a picture of what is reputed to be the largest and finest altar yet dis­covered (found at Uaxactun, Guatemala).
The Nephite Record says, “And they also took of the first­lings of their flocks, that they might offer sacrifice and burnt offerings, according to the law of Moses” (Mosiah 1: 30) .
Concerning the similarities between the Mosaic and Aztec systems, Lord Kingsborough says, “There was much in con­nection with the sacrifices that was common to Mexicans and Jews.”13
The Mexicans applied the blood of sacrifices to the same uses as the Jews; they poured it upon the earth, they sprinkled it, they marked persons with it, and they smeared it upon walls and other inanimate things (Ibid. page 154).
No one but the Jewish High Priest might enter the 1-Foly of Holies. A similar custom was found in Peru (Ibid. page 156).
Both Mexicans and Jews regarded certain animals as un­clean and unfit for food (Ibid. page 273).
It was customary among the Mexicans to eat the flesh of the sacrifices of atonement (ibid. page 176).
Mr. C. Reginald Enoch says,

Cloths of vicuna wool, which were interwoven with gold and silver filaments (Peru), have come down to us today in all their primitive freshness. . . . An art which passed in remote times from Babylon to other cities and which is first mentioned as employed in the Ephods of Aaron.’~

THE JUBILEE YEAR

According to the law of Moses (Leviticus 25), the He­brews made a new start every half century. This was called the Year of Jubilee. Mortgages and debts were canceled and all the land returned to the original tribal inheritance, It was a time of celebration and rejoicing.
Thus far we have found evidence of the existence in ancient America of much that the Good Shepherd had in his fold at Jerusalem in Old Testament times. Let us see if there is evi­dence that the Year of Jubilee was known in ancient America. Mr. Jose Jiminez Gomez says, concerning the Aztec calendar stone, “The snake scales are supposed to represent centuries of fifty-two years and on the upper side of the body of the serpents can be seen blazes of fire which means that at the beginning of every century they kindled the new fire.”’5
In the Mexican National Museum in Mexico City there are numerous bundles (stone) of roped years. Manly P. Hall says concerning these bundles of roped years, “The Mexicans had periods composed of what they called the binding of years. These bindings contained fifty-two years and constituted a cycle. “16
Concerning the volador, a religious ceremony of the Totonacs of Mexico, Dr. Alfonso Caso says, “The four macaws descend­ing from the pole and taking thirteen turns are symbols of the 52 years of the Indian cycle, that is to say, of the movement of the sun in 13x4 which gives the 52 years figure.”’7

PATRIARCHY, GENEALOGY, AND TOTEMISM

Patriarchy, genealogy, and totemism were all part of the Old Testament system and found within the Good Shepherd’s fold in ancient Israel. Stephen D. Peet says,

The prevalence of Totemism in the Old Testament is shown by the dying words of Jacob, for in them be described the animal figures which were shown on the escutcheon of each tribe. The lion on the escutcheon of Judah, the serpent on that of Dan, the wild ass on that of Issachar, .and the bird on that of Naphtali.
How the patriarch came to use this language is a mystery. . . . Whatever the explanation is, the passage furnishes a good illustra­tion of a custom which was common among the uncivilized races, and is still prevalent among the aborigines of America; namely, the cus­tom of giving the names of animals and plants to children and making these serve as emblems of the clan or tribe.
Herrera remarks of the Mayas, “They were wont to observe their pedigree very much and therefore thought themselves all related and were helpful one to another. They did not marry any who bore the same name as their father . . . this shows that the patriarchy existed among the Mayas. “18

There are a number of theories as to the origin of the Ameri­can Indian (Mongoloid, Hebrew, Phoenician, Egyptian, indige­nous, etc.) . Concerning the Hebrew origin theory, Mr. Bancroft says, “The theory that the Americans are of Jewish descent has been discussed more minutely and at greater length than any other. Its advocates, or at least those of them who have made original researches, are comparatively few, but the ex­tent of their investigations and the multitude of parallelisms they adduce in support of their hypothesis, exceed by far any­thing we have yet encountered.”19
While traveling in South America in 1949, 1 had a thrilling experience. A young archaeology student at the University of Trujillo in northern Peru was guiding me through the large Museum of Larco Hoyle at Chiclin, Peru. The museum con­tains the world’s finest collection of the ceramics of the ancient Chimus. Instead of painting pictures on canvas the Chimus molded pottery of the object they desired to picture, then painted the pottery. The museum seems to picture all the ob­jects and activities connected with ancient Chimu life. One section is devoted to warriors and war, others to fruits and vegetables, another to various diseases. Finally, we came to a section devoted to crimes and punishments where my guide pointed out a large specimen of pottery. A man and a woman were tied to a post. There were many specks on the ceramic.
My guide pointed out the spots as rocks flying through the air. The crime was adultery punished by stoning to death. This is of course a part of the Mosaic Law, well illustrated by the woman brought to Jesus who was accused of adultery.
THE THEORY OF EGYPTIAN ORIGIN

The British scientist, F. A. Mitchell Hedges, says,

The modern theory is that the Mayas appeared in Central America sometime between 1,000 B.c, and the Christian Era, and that their civilization was derived from Egypt, from which they came across the vast Pacific, The points of resemblance between the Maya and the Egyptian civilizations are too numerous and peculiar to be explained by some imaginary impulse in all prehistoric people to develop along the same line.~

The question may well be asked: If the Shepherd of Israel led the flock of Joseph to America in 600 B.C., and established a fold for his sheep here, why is it that both Egyptian and H~-brew evidences are met with? Joseph was governor of the land of Egypt. He was second to Pharaoh himself. He mar­ried an Egyptian woman. His sons were raised in Egypt. The Bible says, “Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years” (Exodus 12: 40) . As slaves in the land of Egypt, the children of Israel built pyramids and obelisks, and inscribed hieroglyphics on Egyptian monuments.
The Prophet Nephi in the very first verse in the Nephite Record says, “I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians” (I Nephi 1: 1).
The “stick of Joseph” quote, “And now behold, we have written this record according to our knowledge in the characters, which are called among us the reformed Egyptian, being handed down and al­tered by us, according to our manner of speech.”

The Egyptian Tau or letter T has been found at Palenque, Copan, and in Peru. Mr. Nadaillac says of the palace at Pa­lenque, “Numerous masonry niches in the wall merit special attention on account of their resemblance to the letter T or rather the Egyptian Tau.”2’

THE MONGOLOID THEORY

There is one major theory in the world today concern­ing the origin of the American Indian and the ancient civiliza­tions of the Americas. The Mongoloid theory taught in our school books is based upon the supposition that thousands of years ago uncultured tribes crossed from northern Siberia to Alaska over the frozen Bering Sea which is only twenty miles across. (The Nephite Record) records that the American Indian is of eastern Mediterranean or Hebrew origin.
If the Mongoloid theory is correct, how does one account for so much eastern Mediterranean influence in America (Hebrew style temples, Jewish caste faces, Egyptian pyramids, hieroglyphics, obelisks, etc.)? Another serious question arises. Ancient crude Eskimo type people living in the arctic northern Siberia region would have a tremendous adjustment to make between their native frozen north and the torrid tropics where ancient American civilization reached its heights. Which is the more reasonable—that Mongoloid peo­ple gradually scattered over Canada and the United States and down into Central America there to establish themselves and develop a great civilization, or that a people from the eastern Mediterranean already adjusted and acclimated to the warm regions migrated to similar regions here in the New World?

We make one more observation. The Lord told Abraham, “And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed” (Genesis 22: 18) . It is both historical and remarkable that the four civilizations of the Old World sprang up immediately adjacent to the Promised Land of Abraham—Egypt to the Southwest, Babylon to the east, Greece to the north, and Rome to the northwest. Is it unreasonable that ancient American civilization sprang from this same cultural hotbed?

THE CALENDAR STONE
The greatest Egyptian discovery in America is not pyramids, stelae (obelisks), hieroglyphics, or mummies. It is the Aztec calendar stone. It is a huge round stone, twelve feet wide, four feet thick, and weighs 57,000 pounds. It is on exhibit in the Mexican National Museum in Mexico City. It has eighteen months of twenty days each, with five complementary days and six hours for the measurement of a year’s time. This is similar to the calendar possessed by the ancient Egyptians.
Stephen D. Peet says, “The year in common use, called the vague year, began at different times of the true year through a long cycle. Here we find the analogy between the Egyptian and the American systems very startling.”22
John Delafleld comments:

I have also recognized in your memoir on the division of time among the Mexican nations, compared with those of Asia, some very striking analogies between the Toltec characters and institutions observed on the banks of the Nile. Among these analogies there is one which is worthy of attention. It is the use of the vague year of 365 days, com­posed of equal months, and of five complementary days, equally em­ployed at Thebes and Mexico, a distance of 3,000 leagues. . . . Now, it is remarkable that the same solar year of 365 days, six hours, adopted by nations so different, and perhaps still more remote in their state of civilization than in their geographical distance, relates to a real astronomical period, and belongs peculiarly to the Egyptians, . . . The fact of the intercalation ~by the Mexicans] of 13 days every cycle, that is, the use of a year of 365 days and a quarter, is proof that it was either borrowed from the Egyptians, or that they had a common origin.2~

The works of H. H. Bancroft also touch on this point.~

BARBARIC RELIGIONS
The barbaric religious systems that led to the downfall of ancient Israel were sun worship (Jeremiah 8: 2; 7: 18, etc.),

human sacrifice and serpent ‘worship (II Kings 18: 4) . These three abominations wrecked the Good Shepherd’s fold in ancient Israel and scattered the sheep on a thousand hills.
We have found abundant evidence that the Shepherd of Israel set up his fold in ancient America. Now we are con­fronted with evidence that similar idolatrous abominations wrecked the fold in ancient America. Stephen D. Peet says,

The most remarkable fact which is brought out by this study is that the aboriginal religions of America correspond to the earliest forms of religions which prevailed in the East, The system of sun worship which prevailed among the agricultural tribes of the gulf states closely resembled that which existed in Egypt and Babylonia at the opening of history and many of the same customs were observed.25
The significance of these different works (mounds) will be under­stood if we compare the rites and ceremonies of the sun worshipers of this district with those which prevailed in Syria and Phoenicia in Old Testament times.

It is recorded in the Nephite Record that because of the practices of Solomon the Nephites attempted to introduce polygamy (Jacob 2: 3 5-43) . The Lord’s declaration against this is very revealing—”Wherefore, I, the Lord God, will not suffer that this people shall do like unto them of old” (Jacob 2: 35). It seems evident that the barbaric beliefs and practices of the American Indians show decided indications of having redone like them of old” in similarities to the eastern Mediter­ranean of ancient times.
The Nephite Record history tells us that soon after the colony of Joseph arrived in America, in about 580 B.C., it divided. One group was faithful to God and kept the law of Moses (Nephites) . The other group reverted back to the idols and religious vices which led to the downfall of ancient Israel. This group (the Lamanites) was cursed and their skins were darkened so there would ‘be no intermarriage between the white, cultured Nephites and the lazy, idolatrous Lamanites.

Eventually, and after the Golden Age of ancient America which followed Christ’s visit here, the entire population gradu­ally drifted away from the Good Shepherd’s fold. A war of extinction broke out between the Nephites and the Lamanites, and both nations turned from the gospel of Christ to idolatry and human sacrifice.

Yea, the more part of them [Nephites] had turned out of the way of righteousness and did trample tinder their feet the commandments of God, and did turn unto their own ways, and did build up unto themselves icfols of their gold and their silver.
And they [Lamanites in last war] did also march forward against the city Teancum, and did drive the inhabitants forth out of her, and did take many prisoners, both women and children, and did offer them up as sacrifices unto their idol gods.

The prophets of ancient Israel warned the people if they did not cease from worshiping the sun and moon and offering their sins and daughters up as sacrifices to the idols of Baal, that the Lord would destroy them and leave their cities deso­late. When Columbus discovered America, the words of the prophets against ancient Israel could just as appropriately have been spoken against the Aztecs for human sacrifice to idol gods or against the Mayas for snake rites (II Kings 18: 4) and against the Incas for sun rites.
Jeremiah says,

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, . . . they have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, . . . therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.. . . And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing, every one that passeth thereby shall he astonished, and hiss because of the plagues thereof —19: 4-6, 8.

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.—Jeremiah

AN ARRAY OF SOBERING FECTS

The facts indicate that the God of Israel established his fold in America. His sheep prospered and enjoyed a Golden Age as long as they listened to the voice of the Good Shepherd. The day came (third century after Christ) when they turned away from their Shepherd’s fold and reverted back to the abominations which destroyed the fold in ancient Israel. Now the fold the Good Shepherd established in America is desolate and the words of Jeremiah to Jerusalem and the cities of Judab are startlingly applicable.
Chan Chan, Kabah, and Sayil are “desolate without an in­habitant.” Piedras Negras, Tikal, and Uaxactun are rtdesolate2~ ~and a den of dragons.” Monte Alban, Teotihuacan, Copan, and Chichen Itza, glorious cities of ancient America, are ttheaps~~ and tta;i astonishment to all that pass by.~’
Now, from the pages of the Nephite Record, the warning comes to us and to our cities:

And now we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, that it is a land of promise, and whatsoever nation shall possess it, shall serve God, or they shall be swept off when the fullness of his wrath shall come upon them.
And the fullness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are ripened in iniquity; for behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands; wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God, or shall be swept off; for it is the everlasting decree of God.
And this cometh unto you, 0 ye Gentiles, that ye may know the decrees of God, that ye may repent, and not continue in your iniquities until the fullness comet that ye may not bring down the fullness of the wrath of God upon you, as the inhabitants of the land have hitherto done.—Ether 1: 31, 32, 34.

1. Paul Radin, Sou7ces and Au;henticity ol the Hi.tto7y of the Ancient Mexicans, page 67.
2. Baldwin, Ancient Ame7ica, page 218.
3. Baldwin, Ancient America.
4. Lewis Spence, Myths ol Mexico and Peru, page 152.
5. Nadaillac, Prehistoric America, page 526.
6. A. Hyatt Verrill, Scientific American, March, 1931.
7. S. G. Morley, National Geo,graphic, May, 1927.
8. S. G. Morley, National Geo,graphic, July, 1931 .
9. A. Hyatt Verrill, CIa! Civilizations ol the New World, pages 294, 302, 303,
291.
10. Bancroft, Native Races, Volume 3, page 371.
11. Theodore A. Willard, The Lost Empires ol the Itraes ace’ Mayast page 422.
12. Miguel Covarubbias, Mexico South (1946), page 90.
13. Lord Kingsborougb, Mexican Antiquities, Volumes 6 and 8.
14. C. Reginatd Enoch, The Secret ol the Pacific, page 224.
15. Jose Jiminez Gomez, The Aztec Calendar, page 2.
16. Manly P. Hall, Twelve Great Teachers, page 234.
17. Dr. Alphonso Caso, Archaeological Guide Booh on Mexican National Museum.
18. Stephen D. Peet, Prehistoric America, Myths ace’ Symbols, Volume 5, pages
8-35.
19. H. H. Bancroft, Native Races, Volume 5, page 77.
20. F. A. Mitchell Hedges, London Daily Mail, March, 1924.
21. Nadaillac, Prehistoric America.
22. Stephen D. Peet, Prehistoric America, Volume 5, page 183.
23. Delafield, Antiquities of Ancient America, page 52.
24. H. H. Bancroft, Native Races, Volume 5.
25. Stephen D. Peet, Prehistoric America, Volume 5, pages 7, 321.



WARNING WORDS OF CHRIST FROM ANCIENT AMERICA
Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles, except they repent, for it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots, and I will cut off the cities of thy land~ and throw down all thy strongholds:
Thy graven images I will also cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the works of thy hands.

William Prescott in his Conquest of Peru says, “If no one could become rich in Peru, no one could become poor . . . no man, however humble, suffered from the want of food or clothing” (pages 36, 37, 103).
The science of archaeology proves there was once a high state of civilization in ancient America. The Indian legends and the Nephite Record both associate these high tides of blessing and welfare with the Divine Being who came to them. The legends and the Nephite Record also agree that this Divine Being promised a restoration and a New Jerusalem for his people on the American continent. It is a remarkable fact that biblical prophets also believed in, looked for, and promised a restoration of the Jews to Jerusalem and a Zion. The proph­ets clearly indicate two holy cities—Jerusalem in the Old World and Zion or a New Jerusalem in the New World.
Isaiah says,

For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.—Isaiah 62: 1.

Joel in a prophecy about the last days says,

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions; and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit, And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.—Joel 2: 28-32.

The prophet Isaiah indicates that Zion and Jerusalem are two separate holy cities—”Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation” (Isaiah 64: 10) .
Isaiah also indicates that the rise of Zion and Jerusalem shall come in the last days:
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall he established in the top of the mountains, and shall he exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and be will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.— Isaiah 2: 2, 3.

The prophet Isaiah agrees with the Nephite Record in indicating that Christ will come to Zion in America:

So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun, . . . And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord—Isaiah 59: 19, 20.

After the long period of dark ages which followed the col­lapse and destruction of the ancient civilization in America the Native American, surviving descendants of a once golden era, yearned for the return of their white hero god and a restoration of the ancient order of things. The arrival of Cortez in Mexico therefore was greeted with rejoicing and high expectancy as the natives thought Quetzalcoatl had returned in accordance with the promise he had made.

Following the medieval Dark Ages in the Old World the so-called period of the Reformation was ushered in. The re­formers as evidenced from their own writings looked forward with expectancy to a day of restoration, a day when the old Jerusalem church with apostles, prophets, and the gifts and powers of the early church would again be set up on the earth. Alexander Campbell, founder of the Christian Church, says,

Some new revelation or some new development of the revelation of God must be made, before the hopes and expectations of all true Christians can be realized or Christianity save and reform the nations of the world. We want the old gospel back and sustained by the ancient order of things, and this alone by the blessing of the Divine Spirit is all we do want, or can expect, to reform and save the World.