The Mormon Doctrine of Deity: The Roberts-Van Der Donckt Discussion: To which is added a discourse, Jesus Christ, the revelation of God; also a collection of authoritative Mormon utterances on the being and nature of GodRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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The Mormon Doctrine of Deity: The Roberts-Van Der Donckt Discussion: To which is added a discourse, Jesus Christ, the revelation of God; also a collection of authoritative Mormon utterances on the being and nature of God
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines; God (Christianity); Jesus Christ -- Mormon interpretations; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
And the Lord said unto me: Now, Abraham, these two facts exist,
behold thine eyes see it; it is given unto thee to know the times
of reckoning, and the set time, yea, the set time of the earth upon
which thou standest, and the set time of the greater light which
is set to rule the day, and the set time of the lesser light which
is set to rule the night. Now the set time of the lesser light is
a longer time as to its reckoning than the reckoning of the time
of the earth upon which thou standest. And where these two facts
exist, there shall be another fact above them, that is, there shall
be another planet whose reckoning of time shall be longer still;
and thus there shall be the reckoning of the time of one planet
above another, until thou come nigh unto Kolob, which Kolob is
after the reckoning of the Lord's time, which Kolob is set nigh
unto the throne of God, to govern all those planets which belong to
the same order as that upon which thou standest. And it is given
unto thee to know the set time of all the stars that are set to
give light, until thou come near unto the throne of God. Thus I,
Abraham, talked with the Lord face to face, as one man talketh with
another; and he told me of the works which his hands had made: and
he said unto me: My son, my son, (and his hand was stretched out,)
behold I will show you all these. And he put his hand upon mine
eyes, and I saw those things which his hand had made, which were
many; and they multiplied before mine eyes, and I could not see the
end thereof.
* * * *
And it was in the night time when the Lord spake these words unto
me: I will multiply thee, and thy seed after thee, like unto these;
and if thou canst count the number of sands, so shall be the number
of thy seeds. And the Lord said unto me: Abraham, I show these
things unto thee before ye go into Egypt, that ye may declare
all these words. If two things exist, and there be one above the
other, there shall be greater things above them; therefore Kolob
is the greatest of all the Kokaubeam (stars) that thou hast seen,
because it is nearest unto me. Now, if there be two things, one
above the other, and the moon be above the earth, then it may be
that a planet or star may exist above it; * * * as, also, if there
be two spirits, and one shall be more intelligent than the other,
yet these two spirits, notwithstanding one is more intelligent than
the other, have no beginning; they existed before, they shall have
no end, they shall exist after, for they are gnolaum, or eternal.
And the Lord said unto me: These two facts do exist, that there are
two spirits, one being more intelligent than the other; there shall
be another more intelligent than they; I am the Lord thy God, I am
more intelligent than them all. * * * *
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