Origin of the 'Reorganized' Church and the Question of SuccessionSmith, Joseph Fielding
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Origin of the 'Reorganized' Church and the Question of Succession
Smith, Joseph Fielding
Latter Day Saint churches -- Government; Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- Government
"And again, another angel shall sound his trump, which is the
seventh angel, saying, It is finished! It is finished! the Lamb
of God hath overcome and trodden the wine-press alone; even the
wine-press of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God; And
then shall the angels be crowned with the glory of His might,
and the saints shall be filled with His glory, and receive their
inheritance and be _made equal with Him_" (i. e., with Christ).
How can the Saints receive of His fulnesss and be _equal_ with the Lord
and not be as He is, that is Gods? This is not the doctrine of Brigham
Young (for then in the eyes of Reorganites it would be blasphemy),
but these are the revelations of the Lord to Joseph Smith. And these
revelations have been received by the "Reorganized" Church as binding
on them, yet they do not accept the truth these revelations contain.
Therefore, they prove themselves to be those who have departed from the
teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
ADAM.
A word now, in relation to Adam. If all those, _as it is written--and
the Scriptures cannot be broken_--are Gods unto whom the word of God
came, and they are to receive all things, even the fulnesss of the
Father's glory and be made equal with him, will not Father Adam be
included among them? What do the Scriptures say of _him_?
In section 27 of the Doctrine and Covenants he is called, Michael, or
Adam, the _father of all, the prince of all_, the "ancient of days."
In section 107:54-55: "And the Lord appeared unto them, and they
rose up and blessed Adam, and called him Michael, the Prince, the
Archangel,
"And the Lord administered comfort unto Adam, and said unto him, _I
have set thee to be at the head_--a multitude of nations shall come
of thee, and _thou art a prince over them forever_." Section 78:16:
"Who hath appointed Michael your prince, and established his feet,
and _set him upon high, and given unto him the keys of Salvation
under the counsel and direction of the Holy One_, who is without
beginning of days or end of life."
These expressions are from the revelations to Joseph Smith, Brigham
Young did not receive them, although he accepted them.
This is what the Prophet said in a discourse in 1839:
"The Priesthood was first given to Adam, he obtained the First
Presidency, and held the keys of it from generation to generation.
He obtained it in the Creation, before the world was formed, as
in Gen. 1:26, 27, 28. He had dominion given him over every living
creature. He is Michael, the Archangel spoken of in the Scriptures.
* * * * The Priesthood is an everlasting principle, and existed
with God from eternity, and will to eternity, without beginning
of days or end of years. The keys have to be brought from heaven
whenever the Gospel is sent. When they are revealed from heaven,
_it is by Adam's authority_. (My italics.)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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