The Seventy's Course in Theology, Second Year: Outline History of the Dispensations of the GospelRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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The Seventy's Course in Theology, Second Year: Outline History of the Dispensations of the Gospel
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
"And God cursed the earth with a sore curse, and was angry with the
wicked, with all the sons of men whom he had made; for they would not
hearken unto his voice, nor believe on His Only Begotten Son, even Him
whom He declared should come in the meridian of time, who was prepared
from before the foundation of the world. And thus the Gospel began to
be preached, from the beginning, being declared by holy angels sent
forth from the presence of God, and by His own voice, and by the gift
of the Holy Ghost. And thus all things were confirmed unto Adam, by an
holy ordinance, and the Gospel preached, and a decree sent forth, that
it should be in the world, until the end thereof."
_Establishment of the Ancient Church:_
As the Gospel was thus preached there were those among the children
of Adam who obeyed it, and a record of those men was kept, and they
constituted the ancient Church of God. Enoch was of the number of
righteous ones, and a preacher of righteousness. In these revealed
writings of Moses he is represented in the course of his ministry as
referring to the manner in which the Gospel was taught to Adam:
"And he said unto them: Because that Adam fell, we are and by his fall
came death; and we are made partakers of misery and woe. Behold Satan
hath come among the children of men, and tempteth them to worship him;
and men have become carnal, sensual, and devilish, and are shut out
from the presence of God. But God hath made known unto our fathers
that all men must repent. And He called upon our father Adam by His
own voice saying: I am God; I made the world, and men before they
were in the flesh. And He also said unto him: If thou wilt turn unto
me, and hearken unto my voice, and believe, and repent of all thy
transgressions, and be baptized even in water in the name of mine Only
Begotten Son who is full of grace and truth which is Jesus Christ, the
only name which shall be given under heaven, whereby salvation shall
come unto the children of men, ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost, asking all things in His name and whatsoever ye shall ask, it
shall be given you."
Adam was obedient to the commandments of the Lord, and taught them to
his children, any of whom believed them obeyed, and became the sons of
God.
Enoch, we are told, "walked with God; and he was not; for God took
him." Paul, in speaking of him, says: "By faith Enoch was translated
that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had
translated him." But the writings of Moses, as revealed to Joseph
Smith, and from which I have been quoting, give information that not
only was Enoch translated but the Saints inhabiting his city, into
which he had gathered his people, and this city was called Zion; "And
it came to pass that Zion was not, for God received it up into His own
bosom; and from thence went forth the saying, Zion is fled."
_The Gospel Plus the Law:_
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