"The Church" (it doesn't mean what you think it does - see DC 10:67-68) is STILL ABSOLUTELY true! I am more Mormon now than I've ever been, in that I'm truer to Joseph's teachings and the Book of Mormon's teachings than the mainstream church chooses to be.
Prophecy is being fulfilled: hidden things are being brought to light, namely this:
The LDS church has been exposed as a Brighamite church that resembles nothing Joseph Smith founded. Joseph's Last Vision (ask yourself why the church buried by Joseph's Last Vision so virtually nobody knows it) prophetically foretold the fate of the church -- that it (with the farm as a metaphor for the church) would deteriorate and ambitious men would fight over it, and drive Joseph away.
Though the examples are many, the polygamy fraud is easy to quickly confirm as a brazen and despicable lie perpetuated by Brigham Young years after Joseph was murdered and therefore unable to defend himself from the grave. It's easy for YOU (the reader) to confirm that Joseph was honest if you will just spend some time looking at *unapproved* sources (meaning, JOSEPH'S OWN WORDS!).
Joseph's own words are available anytime for you to read. They testify from the dust that he strongly and always condemned polygamy. The Scriptures witness the same.
LDS church history was simply rewritten by Brigham's historians and the mainstream body has been bombarded with this false history for many decades, deceiving many.
Those seeking "power and gain" and who have sought to hide their counsels in the dark have been exposed as enemies to Joseph and purveyors of the abomination of polygamy.
Joseph's and the Lord's name are being vindicated from those who sullied it.
And in that day, there shall be a root of Jesse who shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the gentiles seek, and his rest shall be glorious.
Salvation is at stake. This stuff is important!! The heavens are open. Do you desire more God has to offer you right now, or are you satisfied with what you have?
I said I'd cut to the chase. Here it is: in all probability, you completely lack self-awareness of an unbelief that is cutting you off from God. If you're a mainstream Mormon, then simply stated, you are likely putting your trust in church leaders ("the church") for your salvation, and you think this is a good thing! But, this is idolatry.
Most people can't see it. The Jews couldn't see that loyalty to their leaders and traditions blinded them, to the point that they wholesale rejected their very own Messiah!
The test is the same for all variety of Mormons. Do you think God would test you more leniently than the Jews! "The first shall be last, and the last shall be first." The gentiles (meaning you and me) are now being tested just as the Jews were.
The Book of Mormon explains the self-inflicted curse and why almost all Jews / Mormons reject their God:
Trusting in man (church leaders or "the church") to save you curses you (2 Nephi 4:34). We must trust only Christ because only He can save us.
Idolatry of church leaders is almost impossible to perceive by the one guilty of the idolatry. This website's most noble contribution to your life is to help you recognize this nearly imperceptible idolatry that is cursing you and you may not even know it.
Your curse is manifested in these forms: a total absence of a desire to repent (because you have checked the boxes on the church checklist), a lack of receiving angelic visitations, an unbecoming satisfaction with vapid teachings at church week in and week out, or an arrogance that you know you're right ("the church is true").
To help you see your potential misplaced trust in man (i.e., the church) that is cursing you right now, study the PDF picture below.
The time for fence-sitting is over. If you didn't know, you now are being made aware that Joseph fought polygamy. He told the truth!
You can either face this reality head on, and ponder the implications (which are painful and exhilarating at the same time). Or, you can "shelf" it.
But refusal to think about it does you no good. The Lord has offered you a chance to repent and accept something new from Him.
Someone is lying. You can put lipstick on the lie, but it's still a lie.
Either Joseph or Brigham is lying. Whom do you believe?
1) Joseph told the truth when when denouncing polygamy. He NEVER practiced it. (Priesthood sealings of MEN and women to him are a completely different topic).
or...
2) Brigham alleged after Joseph died that Joseph was lying publicly about polygamy, and secretly practicing it (incl sexual relations) with some or all of 40 women, ALL BEHIND EMMA'S BACK. Believing this means YOU, like Brigham, hold Joseph's name in derision in fulfillment of DC 122:1.
There are no other choices.
Nobody disagrees that Joseph publicly fought polygamy for many years. Nobody disagrees that both Joseph and Emma declared Joseph had only one wife. The disagreement is about his private behavior.
But there was no allegation by Brigham when Joseph was alive that Joseph led a secret life. It was only several years after Joseph had been murdered that Brigham began to accuse Joseph of leading a double life behind Emma's back, In 1852 Brigham rolled out his own plural marriage teachings to legitimize his own lifestyle, JUST AS THE NEPHITES had done in Jacob's day, which prompted Jacob to call them out:
"But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son." (Jacob 2)
Brigham, like wicked men in Jacob's time, sought to excuse his actions by pinning it on Joseph Smith who was dead.
God has NEVER commanded polygamy. The false Brighamite teaching that "polygamy is a celestial law" has been EXCLUSIVELY taught in the curriculum for decades. It's time Joseph's version gets a hearing, don't you think?
Accepting Joseph's testimony that polygamy is a whoredom and abomination doesn't mean you give up your faith in God or in the Restoration begun with Joseph.
It should, however, stir you to ask, "What else might be a false tradition I've unwittingly embraced?"
Joseph declared, "The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing."
No unhallowed hand can stop truth. Just because Brigham lied, doesn't affect the Truth of Mormonism. It does affect whom you should trust. The BoM provides this timeless guidance: DO NOT PUT YOUR TRUST IN MAN (2 Nephi 4 and 28).
And Mark 9 JST directly admonishes us to take the extremity of cutting off our foot (or doing something that is very painful). Stop following a man who is leading you astray! Changing course can be painful, like cutting off your foot.
Further in Mark 9 JST, the Lord drives the point home even further with the command to pluck out your eye, or "him who is appointed to watch over you". The Lord foresaw how men, like a Brigham Young, would be a transgressor and how we should respond with courage when discovering priestcraft:
"And again, if your foot (my note: foot = any man which you may use for balance or walking) offend you, cut it off. For he that is your standard by whom you walk, if he become a transgressor, he shall be cut off. It is better for you to enter lame into life than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched.
"Therefore, let every man stand or fall by himself, and not for another, or not trusting another. Seek unto my Father and it shall be done in that very moment what you shall ask, if you ask in faith, believing that you shall receive.
"And if your eye which sees for you — him who is appointed to watch over you to show you light — becomes a transgressor and offends you, pluck him out. It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than having two eyes to be cast into hellfire; for it is better that you should be saved than to be cast into hell with your brother, where their worm dies not and where the fire is not quenched."
In short, follow Jesus! That is the doctrine of Christ.
Alma taught whom we should beware of and NOT trust: "trust no one to be your teacher nor your minister except he be a man of God, walking in his ways and keeping his commandments." (Mosiah 23:14)
The Restored Gospel is true. The Book of Mormon is still Christ's message. A marvelous work and wonder is now being rolled out by the Lord. You may think it to be strange, and yes, indeed it is His "strange act."
Our door is open if you'd like to discuss. Please contact us.
Let me not mince words here.
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