Friday 27 July 2007

Hello once again and welcome firstly to our members and also to our visitors. We hope that the week has been good to you and that the Lords hand has helped guide you on your way.

This week the blog is being written by the Prophet of the church Matthew Philip Gill, so over to the Prophet for this weeks subject....



As the Prophet of the church I am always asked questions by outsiders on doctrine and also which of the scriptures we embrace in The latter Day Church of Jesus Christ. Firstly we only use those scriptures authorised by the Lord and also of Joseph Smith Jr, because we are Mormons and he was our founding Prophet and to use anything else would be a server lack of judgement. However over the last couple of weeks we have been asked exactly which scriptures we use so here it is for all those who want to know, and i will explain one of the reason we do this. We use the 1830 Book of Mormon, the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants the Inspired version of the Bible and of course the new scriptures that we have been given through revelation they are the book of Jeraneck and the book of Prophesy and Revelation.


Now to explain one of the reasons why we us 1835 Doctrine and Covenants. Well this can be explained in few ways but I will us the following. Firstly the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants was the only copy of the Doctrine and Covenants to be approved by the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr and to be sustained by the general membership of the church which is a must for all scripture as outlined in the Doctrine and Covenants. The other reason is that you will only find sections that Joseph Smith Jr approved to be their for example in the 1835 edition you will not find any mention of subjects such a Polygamy and also the most famous American Civil Car prophesy...the reason behind this is that Joseph Smith Jr never wrote any thing either in favour of Polygamy or about the American Civil War.


Many LDS members believe that Joseph Smith Jr prophesied the American Civil War in 1832 but it fails to appear in any contemporary writing of the time even though in the LDS edition of the Doctrine and Covenants section 87 it is dated December 25, 1832, this did not appear in the 1833 Book of Commandments or in any edition of the Doctrine and Covenants or in any LDS scripture for that matter until after the Civil War began! It was first printed in the 1851 Pearl of Great Price in England. So to all those LDS members that keep bombarding my office with emails and letters asking why we have gone astray from the true church I say this, maybe you need to look a little closer at your own scriptural faults and not at ours. Joseph Smith Jr was a great man a man that used sense not illogical thinking, i mean why write a prophesy as important and the American Civil war and leave it out of not only the book of commandments but the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants....I mean it smacks of things that are a little dark and suspect on the part of the LDS church.


So to some up i say this stop being so blind stop being sheep look a little deeper, its all there you just have to have the desire to look a little beyond the end of your own nose, for heavens sake just do it. If we can be of any assistance then please contact us. God Bless


We also have a new picture from our artist this week we hope you like it.





here is a scene of Jeraneck finishing the record of the people of light with is son standing by his side. I think that the artist has done a great job in capturing the council chamber and the last days of the righteous.


If you would like any more information on the Book of Jeraneck please contact us we will be morethan willing to help.

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