An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus ChristTaylor, John
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An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Taylor, John
Atonement -- Mormon Church; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
The remarks of President Joseph Smith are very plain and explicit, and
are a strong confirmation of the passage he himself refers to,
pertaining to the times of the restitution of all things; which will
embrace all systems, doctrines, ordinances, dispensations, and
Priesthoods connected with the Church and Kingdom of God. That there
will be a full manifestation of all these things, relating to the
various times and dispensations, is assured; yet, as Joseph Smith has
very properly said, the details of those rituals and observances
cannot now be fully defined. But as ancient Israel preserved in the
Ark of the Covenant memorials of God's power, goodness and mercy,
manifested during the exodus from Egypt, in the two tables of stone
and the pot of manna; and of the recognition of the Aaronic Priesthood
in Aaron's rod that budded; and as the sword of Laban, the sacred
plates already revealed, as well as numerous others yet to be made
manifest, and a Urim and Thummim were preserved on this continent; so
will there be an exhibition an evidence, a memorial, and an actual
manifestation of matters pertaining to laws, ordinances, ceremonies
and dispensations, from the commencement of the world to the present
time, preserved and manifested in the dispensation that the Lord in
His loving kindness has now inaugurated. This will be in accordance
with the eternal plans and purposes of God, and with the rights,
ceremonies and ordinances belonging to the Priesthoods of God in the
different ages, pertaining to the organization of this world, the
proposed mediation and atonement of the Son of God, the manifestations
and developments of the Melchizedek Priesthood, as the Prophet Joseph
has referred to, as well relating to sacrifices in early days as in
other matters, the introduction of the Aaronic Priesthood, together
with the Ark and the Tabernacle, which we are told were made after the
patterns shown unto Moses in the mount--patterns which existed in the
heavens; the eternal existence, authority and power of both
Priesthoods as connected with God and administering in time and
eternity; the attempts of Satan to overthrow the dynasty, power and
authority of Jehovah and his complete failure and discomfiture;
exhibiting in a panorama all the leading, prominent details of the
creation, atonement, redemption, salvation and exaltation of the world
and man, the organization of a new heaven and a new earth, and all the
purposes of God, His plans and ordinances, manifested through the
Priesthood from the first inception of the organization of the world
to the final consummation, purification and exaltation of the world
and its inhabitants, according to the foreknowledge and determinate
counsel of the Almighty.
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