Dear friends after a week or so delay the Spring GA is now available. We have posted it here on the blog site for your ease and convenience. It is also available on YouTube if you wish to see it there.

Once again we apologise if you have been waiting for a while to see the recording of the General Assembly. We thank you for you patience and hope that you enjoy just as we did the Spring General Assembly. God bless

Spring GA2009 Part One


Spring GA2009 Part Two


Spring GA2009 Part Three


Spring GA2009 Part Four


Spring GA2009 Part Five


Spring GA2009 Part Six

On Sunday the 31st of May The Latter day Church of Jesus Christ held its 4th Annual Spring General Assembly Meeting. It was a wonderful meeting witch was filled with the spirit and one that is eagerly anticipated by our friends overseas. The GA was conducted by the Prophet and the speakers included Elder David Smith who spoke about his strong belief and testimony of the church and the gospel and his love for the Book of Jeraneck. He was followed by a short testimony from Elder Phil Gill, who was then followed by Sister Vicki Gill who gave two wonderful spiritual thoughts that drew laughter and enjoyment from all present. The final speaker was the Prophet who spoke about the wrongs done to Joseph smith and his wrongful association with polygamy.

However Due to a technical problem the recording of the conference which is now on tape is still waiting to be put on to the computer so that it can be posted on to the blog site. It is hoped that this will soon be solved and the recoding of the General Assembly that took place on Sunday will be available for all to see and enjoy.

God Bless

NEWS & ANNOUNMENTS

• Unfortunately due to illness the General Assembly that was scheduled for Sunday just gone has had to be pushed back to Sunday the 31st of May. The video of the General Assembly will still be available on the blog site so please check back after the 31st to see that.
  
• May's Times & Seasons will be going out this week to all those that have subscribed. The special GA edition will now be added to the June edition due to the delay in the start of May's General Assembly.

Once again we apologise if this has caused any one any problems. God Bless and keep you.

Today the BBC and the its love child David Attenborough have in conjunction with the believers of evolution and Darwin broken the story of ‘Ida’ the supposed Missing Link, the connection that supposedly links us with the animal kingdom. As a believer in God and a firm and unwavering believer in the biblical creation I thought that it would be appropriate to find a believer’s answer to this ‘Missing Link’. It is with great pleasure that I am able to post this reply from the http://www.answersingenesis.org/ web site. This wonderful website is a great resource for all those that believe in the biblical creation and the events of Genesis. I believe that although we have many differences with organized Christianity that this belief binds us together and gives a true unwavering scientific approach to the creation. Please read and do not be duped in to thinking that everything you read or see on the BBC or TV is actual proof of anything, try and open up your mind and examine what you are told about this supposed ‘Missing Link’

FROM http://www.answersingenesis.org/
For all the headlines and proclamations, this “missing link” story includes an amazing amount of hot air.
A story we first previewed on May 16 has since rocketed to the heights of media hype as a team of scientists reveals “Ida,” the latest and greatest supposed missing link. But does Ida actually support “the evolution of early primates, and, ultimately, modern human beings,” as one news outlet reported?

Another reporter raved, “The search for a direct connection between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom has taken 200 years—but it was presented to the world today at a special news conference in New York.”

Formally identified as Darwinus masillae (in honor of Charles Darwin), the fossil originated in Germany and is purportedly 47 million years old. One scientist gave the find the nickname Ida (after his daughter).

Despite the hype, Ida looks nothing like a transitional “apeman,” instead looking quite like a modern lemur.

As for a more level-headed explanation of the evolutionary excitement, the Wall Street Journal reports:
Anthropologists have long believed that humans evolved from ancient ape-like ancestors. Some 50 million years ago, two ape-like groups walked the Earth. One is known as the tarsidae, a precursor of the tarsier, a tiny, large-eyed creature that lives in Asia. Another group is known as the adapidae, a precursor of today's lemurs in Madagascar.

Based on previously limited fossil evidence, one big debate had been whether the tarsidae or adapidae group gave rise to monkeys, apes, and humans. The latest discovery bolsters the less common position that our ancient ape-like ancestor was an adapid, the believed precursor of lemurs.

Thus, rather than an apeman-like missing link that some media sources have irresponsibly implied, the real story is quite underwhelming and should in no way faze creationists. Let’s first review the facts:

• The well-preserved fossil (95 percent complete, including fossilized fur and more) is about the size of a raccoon and includes a long tail. It resembles the skeleton of a lemur (a small, tailed, tree-climbing primate). In no way does the fossil (see the picture, right) resemble a human skeleton.
  
• The fossil was found in two parts by amateur fossil hunters in 1983. It eventually made its way through fossil dealers to the research team.


• Ida has opposable thumbs, which the ABC News article states are “similar to humans’ and unlike those found on other modern mammals” (i.e., implying that opposable thumbs are evidence of evolution). Yet lemurs today have opposable thumbs (like all primates). Likewise, Ida has nails, as do other primates. And the talus bone is described as “the same shape as in humans,” despite the fact that there are other differences in the ankle structure.


• Unlike today’s lemurs (as far as scientists know), Ida lacks the “grooming claw” and a “toothcomb” (a fused row of teeth) In fact, its teeth are more similar to a monkey’s. These are minor differences easily explained by variation within a kind.

Given these facts, it may seem incredible that anyone would hail this find as a “missing link.” Yet British naturalist David Attenborough claims:
“Now people can say, ‘Okay, you say we’re primates . . . show us the link.’ The link, they would have said until now, is missing. Well, it is no longer missing.”
Unbelievably, Attenborough claims his interpretation is “not a question of imagination.”

The Creationist Interpretation
The principles that inform creationists about Ida are some of the same that allow creationists to interpret fossil after fossil hailed as “transitional forms”:

1. Nothing about this fossil suggests it is anything other than an extinct, lemur-like creature. Its appearance is far from chimpanzee, let alone “apeman” or human.


2. A fossil can never show evolution. Fossils are unchanging records of dead organisms. Evolution is an alleged process of change in live organisms. Fossils show “evolution” only if one presupposes evolution, then uses that presupposed belief to interpret the fossil.


3. Similarities can never show evolution. If two organisms have similar structures, the only thing it proves is that the two have similar structures. One must presuppose evolution to say that the similarities are due to evolution rather than design. Furthermore, when it comes to “transitional forms,” the slightest similarities often receive great attention while major differences are ignored.


4. The remarkable preservation is a hallmark of rapid burial. Team member Jørn Hurum of the University of Oslo said, “This fossil is so complete. Everything’s there. It’s unheard of in the primate record at all. You have to get to human burial to see something that’s this complete.” Even the contents of Ida’s stomach were preserved. While the researchers believe Ida sunk to the bottom of a lake and was buried, this preservation is more consistent with a catastrophic flood. Yet Ida was found with “hundreds of well-preserved specimens.”


5. If evolution were true, there would be real transitional forms. Instead, the best “missing links” evolutionists can come up with are strikingly similar to organisms we see today, usually with the exception of minor, controversial, and inferred anatomical differences.


6. Evolutionists only open up about the lack of fossil missing links once a new one is found. Sky News reports, “Researchers say proof of this transitional species finally confirms Charles Darwin's theory of evolution,” while Attenborough commented that the missing link “is no longer missing.” So are they admitting the evidence was missing until now (supposedly)?

So it’s clear what Ida is not. As for our conclusion on what Ida is, we wrote in News to Note:
Because the fossil is similar to a modern lemur (a small, tailed, tree-climbing primate), it’s unlikely that creationists need any interpretation of the “missing link” other than that it was a small, tailed, probably tree-climbing, and now extinct primate—from a kind created on Day 6 of Creation Week.

Much of the excitement over Ida appears to stem from a well-coordinated public relations effort to promote an upcoming documentary and a new book titled The Link. The documentary will air on the History Channel in the U.S. (as The Link) on May 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. It will air on BBC One in the UK (as Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link) on Tuesday May 26th at 9 p.m. Filmmaker Atlantic Productions even launched a website to promote the discovery, revealingthelink.com.

Yet as Hurum commented, “This fossil will probably be pictured in all the textbooks for the next 100 years.” So while the media rush may at first be a bid to promote the documentary and book, the ultimate result is one more trumped-up “missing link” presented to future generations as evidence of evolution.

The Real Story of this “Scientific Breakthrough”
While Ida has hit the mainstream media—and will even be featured on Good Morning America Wednesday—what is the real story? Has Ida been exposed to good scientific review? To the contrary, the Guardian reports:

Jørn Hurum, at the University of Oslo, the scientist who assembled the international team of researchers to study Ida is relaxed about using the phrase “missing link” to describe Ida. “Why not? I think we could use that phrase for this kind of specimen,” he said. “People have a feeling that if something is important it is a missing link.”

In the paper published in PLoS ONE from the Public Library of Science on the fossil the author is more circumspect. “Darwinius masillae is important in being exceptionally well-preserved and providing a much more complete understanding of the paleobiology of an Eocene primate than was available in the past,” the authors wrote.

“The species could represent a stem group from which later anthropoid primates evolved the line leading to humans, but we are not advocating this here.”

The paper’s scientific reviewers asked that they tone down their original claims that the fossil was on the human evolutionary line.

One of those reviewers, Professor John Fleagle at Stony Brook University in New York state said that would be a judgment for the scientific community. “That will be sorted out or at least debated extensively in the coming years once the paper is published,” he said. (Emphases added)
So despite the treatment most media reports are giving Ida, the research team behind Ida was asked to remove their speculation from their peer-reviewed paper! Even so, the Guardian also reports, “There is even talk of Ida being the first non-living thing to feature on the front cover of People magazine.” Indeed, it seems that the pitch of Ida as the missing link is full-out sensationalism by people who are bypassing the scientific community with a direct-to-the-public appeal on behalf of Darwinism.

Meanwhile, the New York Times has reported:
Despite a television teaser campaign with the slogan “This changes everything” and comparisons to the moon landing and the Kennedy assassination, the significance of this discovery may not be known for years. An article to be published on Tuesday in PLoS ONE, a scientific journal, will report more prosaically that the scientists involved said the fossil could be a “stem group” that was a precursor to higher primates, with the caveat, “but we are not advocating this.”

All of this seems a departure from the normal turn of events, where researchers study their subject and publish their findings, and let the media chips fall where they may.

The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ will be holding their annual Spring General Assembly on the 24th of May this coming Sunday. The proceedings will be videoed and will be available for all to see on the churches blog site via YouTube. We welcome all who wish to attend to do so and to call ahead to confirm with us that they will be attending. Once again we wish to encourage all those that can not be their in person to watch the Spring General Assembly on the videos that will be posted on the Blog site.

For all those that subscribe to the churches newsletter The Times & Seasons Mays edition will be a special General Assembly issue so this will be dispatched to you the week commencing the 25th of May.

Work is still progressing nicely on the numerous projects that the church has undertaken. The Churches official 1835 Edition of the Doctrine & Covenants is still due to be completed by the end of the year along with the children’s version of the Book of Jeraneck. If you are interested in purchasing any of these please contact the church by email

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS:-

• The Latter day Church of Jesus Christ will be holding there spring General Assembly Meeting on May the 24th 2009


• A supplement to the Book of Prophecies & Revelations is to be introduced so that all new revelations can be added to the book rather than having new ones re-printed.


• A New Children's edition of the Book of Jeraneck is due to be completed by December of this year and should be available by Christmas.

Easter did not always symbolize Christ's Resurrection from the dead and the meaning of Easter was quite different. The feast day of Easter was originally a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth. Celebrated in the early spring, it honoured the pagan Saxon goddess Easter. When the early missionaries converted the Saxons to Christianity, the holiday, since it fell around the same time as the traditional memorial of Christ's resurrection from the dead, was merged with the pagan celebration, and became know as Easter. For this reason the Lord has given us new direction on how we are to celebrate his atonement. On the 8th of March 2007 he gave the church a new revelation and outlined His will concerning the celebration of Easter. The Lord made the following statement concerning Easter:- "I the Lord am most displeased with the world for they have taken my sacrifice and they have desecrated it and they have set it at naught. Behold I say unto you that it is not pleasing unto me that Easter be celebrated amongst my church in the manner in which it is being done”

So the Lord has made his feeling on how and why we should not hold with the traditional teaching of Easter. So what is it that we are to do at this time of year? Well the Lord has also given us direction on that front as well he says: - "Wherefore come unto me at the time you call Easter and lay a feat at your table in my honour and lay upon the alter table well prepared and cooked lamb which is a similitude of me and also bring before me unleavened bread mixed with bitter herbs that you may remember that I suffered in the garden and upon the cross for you. Behold I say that this is not to take away the sacredness of the sacrament but it is to prove unto me that I the lord am remembered amongst you and that my sacrifice is not set at naught".

So we see that the Lord has commanded us to keep this celebration special and holy. It is not just another holiday to be spent in frivolity and overindulgence, but a celebration and remembrance of the Lords sacrifice for us. I pray that you have a great Passover weekend and that the spirit of the Lord is with you and your family. God Bless you all

Prophet
Matthew P. Gill

The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ is making its scriptures and other items available for everyone to buy and to read and for this reason we are posting a price list of the scriptures here on the blog site so that those who wish to buy them can do so. If you wish to buy them please pay through PayPal this is the safest and easiest way of making sure that your purchase goes through. The following are the list of scriptures that are available and also the cost:-
The Official Church Edition of The 1830 Book of Mormon: - £20.00 + P&P
The Book of Jeraneck: - £15.00 +P&P
The Book of Prophecies & Revelation: - £13.00 +P&P
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The Book of Jeraneck Picture Collection (28 pictures):- £200

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The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ is led by living Prophet. His name is matthew Gill. This Prophet is not aloof from others he lives a normal life with his family, if you check out our sister site Gods place you will see. The crowing glory of the church in these latter days is that the Prophet can be contacted and can be spoken to and that he is speaking with God and revealing truths that have been lost to us over time. The Lord God is very much at the head of our church and it is only though him that we have the things that we have in our lives today. The church has not only been blessed with a modern living Prophet who speaks to God today but we have additional scripture given to us by the power of God. The Book of Jeraneck takes place at around 2500 BC and it speaks to us today and tells of a people that lived here upon the British Isles and believed in the Lord God. The Book of Jeraneck tells of there struggles and there teachings and clarifies things that were confused or even lost to us. The Book of Jeraneck we compiled by the last Prophet of the people of Light, Jeraneck. Jeraneck was the last Prophet of the people and we believe he died between 150-130 BC. It is a book of belief that was hidden until our time to come forth to reveal to us that the Lord had established upon this land a people that believed in him and loved him.

Please take the time to read this wonderful book brought to us today through a living Prophet of God and that has been given to us by God to help us understand the past and future of our land and our people. The book of Jeraneck has touched many people’s lives and has helped them come closer to the Lord through reading it. Of course it has its critics and it has its persecutors but then again so does the Bible and the Book of Mormon. All the critics in the world do not detract from its truth and its message. We believe that if you read it with an open heart and mind and do not read it with malice already in your heart then the spirit will do what Jeraneck says and testify of the truth of his words. We hope you will take the time to read it and that the Lord will bless you with a witness that it is from him.

Please fell free to contact the church. We are here to talk and to testify of Christ.

News:- Apostle Elder Michael S. Clarke is doing well again. he has moved back to Clay Cross and we are about to set up a branch there, were Elder Clarke will become the presiding Elder.

The Church has started work on an official church Edition of the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants and this shouldbe completed bythe start of teh Summer.

The work on the Bible is still on going with the Prophet wroking very hard with an assistant to do what the Lord has instucted with the Insoired version oft eh Bible. Look out for the completed edition by the end of the year.

This year is a very special time for the church because we have the opportunity to study the Book of Mormon in Sunday school. In doing this we not only get a greater understanding of the Book of Mormon and all the wonder and truth it holds but we also gain a greater understanding the prophet Joseph Smith and also who we are and why we are here. In the modern restoration today and in this church we hold the Prophet Joseph Smith in high regard not because he was an extraordinary man although he was but because he is a Prophet of God and he brought forth one of the greatest books in history The Book of Mormon. We are now standing and building on the foundation laid by Brother Joseph Smith we are rebuilding what was once torn down and in doing so we hold before the world not only the Book of Mormon but also new revealed scripture in the Book of Jeraneck, we need not be afraid and shamed to do this for we know that Joseph was and is a Prophet of God and that he did translate from ancient lost plates of Gold, that we have had the same privilege and that we are like unto him. My brothers and sisters let us go forth with renewed vigour to take these two wonderful records to the world and bring light and knowledge to a dark and dreary lost people who are crying out to be saved from themselves and the eternal darkness that awaits them if they do not heed our words. I bless you with the Lords guidance in the coming week ahead until we meet again in fellowship and love.

Joseph Smith and the Gold Plates

Joseph Smith, the first Prophet and founder of the Church tells us that the Book of Mormon was translated from golden plates shown to him by a heavenly messenger on September 21, 1823.
"While I was thus in the act of calling upon God I discovered a light appearing in the room which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at noonday, when immediately a personage appeared at my bedside standing in the air for his feet did not touch the floor...When I first looked upon him I was afraid, but the fear soon left me. He called me by name, and said unto me that he was a messenger sent from the presence of God to me, and that his name was Moroni. That God had a work for me to do, and that my name should be had for good and evil, among all nations, kindred’s, and tongues; or that it should be both good and evil spoken of among all people. He said there was a book deposited written upon gold plates, giving an account of the former inhabitants of this continent, and the source from whence they sprang. He also said that the fullness of the everlasting gospel was contained in it, as delivered by the Savior to the ancient inhabitants. Also that there were two stones in silver bows, and these stones fastened to a breastplate constituted what is among them called the Urim and Thummim, deposited with the plates, and the possession and use of these stones was what constituted seers in ancient or former times, and that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book." (Times and Seasons, vol. 3, p. 753)

The time soon came for The Prophet Joseph to see the plates and to experience the beauty of being given a record that has been lost to the world, this is what he says concerning that moment.
"Convenient to the village of Manchester, Ontario Co. New York, stands a hill of considerable size, and the most elevated on any in the neighbor hood; on the west side of this hill not far from the top, under a stone of considerable size, lay the plates deposited in a stone box: this stone was thick and rounding in the middle on the upper side, and thinner towards the edges, so that the middle part of it was visible above the ground, but the edge all round was covered with earth. Having removed the earth and obtained a lever which I got fixed under the edge of the stone and with a little exertion raised it up, I looked in and there indeed I beheld the plates, the Urim and Thummim and the Breastplate as stated by the messenger. The box in which they lay was formed by laying stones together in some kind of cement; in the bottom of the box were laid two stones crossways of the box, and on these stones lay the plates and the other things with them. I made an attempt to take them out but was forbidden by the messenger and was again informed that the time for bringing them forth had not yet arrived, neither would until four years from that time." (Times and Seasons, vol. 3, p. 771)

After many times of being able to go to the hill and see the plates the time came for the Prophet to be given the plates and to take them. Here the Prophet Joseph describes receiving the plates and the gravity if the situation.
At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, and Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate; on the 22nd day of September, 1827, having went as usual at the end of another year to the place where they were deposited, the same heavenly messenger delivered them up to me, with this charge that I should be responsible for them: that if I should let them go carelessly or through any neglect of mine I should be cut off; but that if I would use all my endeavors to preserve them, until he the messenger should call for them, they should be protected...by the wisdom of God they remained safe in my hands until I had accomplished by them what was required at my hands when according to arrangements the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him and he has them in his charge until this day." (Times and Seasons, vol. 3, p. 772)

Here Josephs mother Lucy describes the effort that Joseph had to make to get the plates back home safely.
After removing the plates from the stone box, Joseph hid them in a birch log until preparations could be made at home for the plates. Then he went to retrieve them. "The plates were secreted about three miles from home...Joseph, on coming to them, took them from their secret place, and wrapping them in his linen frock, placed them under his arm and started for home." After proceeding a short distance, he thought it would be safer to leave the road and go through the woods. Traveling some distance after he left the road, he came to a large windfall, and as he was jumping over a log, a man sprang up from behind it, and gave him a heavy blow with a gun. Joseph turned around and knocked him down, then ran at the top of his speed. About half a mile further he was attacked again in the same manner as before; he knocked this man down in like manner as the former, and ran on again; and before he reached home he was assaulted the third time. In striking the last one he dislocated his thumb, which, however, he did not notice until he came within sight of the house, when he threw himself down in the corner of the fence in order to recover his breath. As soon as he was able, he arose and came to the house." (History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, pp. 107- 108)

I would ask at this time that our prayers be turned to Elder Michael Clarke who is having some personal problems at the moment. He needs us to pray for him, ask the Lord to help him find a new place to live. Please pray and fast for him I know that he needs all the help he can get at the moment.

Today's post as been submitted by the prophet himself:-
It’s difficult sometimes for us as members of the church to communicate to others what it is God has revealed to us, in consequence of traditions. We are differently situated from any other people that have ever existed upon the face of the earth, so those former revelations can not be suited to our conditions today, those revelations were give to other people, who were before us; but in these the last and end of days. It is said that God is to call a remnant and deliver them unto Zion. Now if God should give no more revelations, where will we find Zion and this remnant? I tell you now in this blog that the time is drawing ever closer when desolation is to be poured out upon all the world like has never before been seen, It will be so great that men’s hearts shall fail them and they shall seek a place to hid themselves but find no rest unless they put themselves in the hands of God and his people; it is then that God will have a place set aside for the remnant of his people to deliver his remnant.

All around us today we see that the perilous times have come that the Lord promised we would see, we may look then with the most perfect assurance, for the fulfilment of all those things that have been written, and with more confidence than ever before. As saints of the most high God we can see that everything is being fulfilled; and that the time shall soon come when the Son of man shall come and stand in all righteousness upon the Mount of Olives and ushers in His kingdom. Our hearts do not shrink, neither our spirits break with the yoke of these terrible times, neither do they think of breaking with the things that are sure to come to fulfil the revelations of the Lord.

My dear brothers and sisters I think that it must be deeply impressed upon our minds that we should take hold of every opportunity, and should make every preparation that is within our power to make to be ready for the terrible storms that are now growing and gathering upon the earth. We must be aware that the Angels in the court of the Father have gathered and have been entrusted with these matters for the end of days; they have taken counsel together and have been instructed of the Father that the time is now upon the inhabitants of the earth to prove themselves.

My friends it is the time to seek out the Lord and take hold of His ever trusting arm. We know what we have been commanded to do and soon the time of the gentiles will be brought in and the time will come when we shall be called out from amongst Babylon. I pray that we may be ready when called. But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! For these people are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Preach the Word of God unto all men, I ask you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:,Preach the word unto all people! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long suffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. In doing this i say to you all that the Lord will preserve his people and feed them.

I ask in the name of Jesus Christ the almighty God that we may be like unto the people of Zion yes even the same people that were taken unto heaven form the earth because they were to righteous. I ask and pray these things in Jesus name. Amen

It has been a wonderful week for the church with our very first subscription out side of the church for The Times & Seasons. The Times 7 seasons can be ordered form the church for £3.00 a month or you can play for a full year up front. If you are interested in subscribing to The Times 7 seasons then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will sort it out for you.

The church is experiencing a lot of interest form the United States at the moment with many people coming forward and expressing a wish to be united with the church. The church is looking forward to getting out to the United States and baptising those involved and establishing a branch of the church among the people of the United States. The Unites states as the prophet said on Sunday is ‘being prepared once again to hear the truth of all things’ I believe that he is right and that those who have come to us in search of the truth have been led here by the Lord. There are great things due to come forth form the United States and I know that they will come forth form the Lord unto his people.

In this weeks blog I would like to talk to those people who might be reading this blog who have fallen out of favour with any of the Mormon denominations whether it be the LDS or the Cof C or any other Mormon faith. Indeed we would like to address this blog to any one that has stopped going to any church. Elder Michael Clarke has posted a blog on this very subject on his church blog site, that I you might find interesting. I want you all to know that just because you might have had a bad experience with another Mormon faith does not mean that we are all like that, we want you to know that we here ate the latter Day Church of Jesus Christ have something wonderful that we can share with all the world, we want to help you to rediscover your love for the saviour and for the restoration that took place through the prophet Joseph Smith. We want to be able to help rekindled the love that you once felt for the Book of Mormon and for the prophets of that great book of scripture. We want to be able to share our love of the Bible with you and help you come to know Jesus Christ and for you to let him in to your heart once again. Most of all we would love to share the Book of Jeraneck with you, which stands at another testimony of Jesus Christ. The Latter day Church of Jesus Christ has a lot to offer you so get in touch and let’s see if we can’t add to what you already know and help relight that fire.

The Second coming is not far of and we need to be diligent in obeying the laws that the Lord has put down for us. We need to be putting on the whole armour of god and doing what it takes for us to be worthy to stand to meet him at the great days of his return.

To all our members and friends we wish you have a great week and that you keep on with your studies in the gospel. The Lord is with us speaking to us and revealing new truths to us that we should tell to the entire world. To those new investigators that have contacted us we wish you well and we want you to know that the Prophet is ever praying for you that you might be joined with us soon. God Bless you all.

What a great end to the week the church has had. We have seen great work coming out of the Leicester area with Elder Michael S. Clarke out doing missionary work and getting things moving up in his area. Elders Kyle & Andrew Alverson are doing well and have been in touch this week. The work is going forward really well at the moment and we expect it to keep going. Sunday was a great meeting with a new revelation being delivered to the church concerning the tribulation and the coming of the Messiah. The new revelations that the Lords flock have had are really helping us to understand the time sin which we are living along with renewing our love and relationship with the Saviour.

The Book of Mormon takes centre stage this year with the church studying this wonderful book of scripture in Sunday school. Over the weekend the churches monthly news letter The Times & Seasons was sent out to all those that have requested it and given to all its members. The Times & Seasons is a wonderful opportunity for the church to share uplifting stories and also for people to know what is going on in the church and to read a monthly message form the prophet on a wide range of issues. We would like to thank all those that have helped with input for The Times & Seasons and also to Vicki Gill for arranging The Times and Seasons so beautifully. Keep a look out for next months when Elder Clarke will be submitting an article to be included. If any one out there wants to subscribe to the Times & Seasons then pleases get in touch and we will arrange for a monthly delivery of the newsletter.

All in all our little flock is doing well and are looking forward to the day when we shall be able to reach more people and to share our message with a larger audience, it is refreshing to know that every morning the church receives new emails of encouragement and of support from all over the world and even here in the UK. So from everyone here at The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ we hope you have a good week and that you are able to be touched by the spirit and feel the presence of the Lord in your lives. God Bless to all our fiends and supports all over the world.

Truly this is a day long to be remembered by the Saints of the last days, a day in which the God of heaven has begun to restore the ancient order of His kingdom unto His servants and His people, a day in which all things are concurring to bring about the completion of the fullness of the Gospel, a fullness of the dispensation of dispensations, even the fullness of times; a day in which Jehovah has promised should be made known in His own due time unto His servants, to prepare the earth for the return of His glory. (Jospeh Smith)

Today’s Blog is posted by the Prophet Matthew Gill: - Who am I? Many people believe they know who I am. It has been said by many that they know me and that I can’t possibly be a Prophet because they know what I’m really like! Know man knows me! And to coin a popular phrase ‘Know man knows my history’. I’m grateful for all the opposition that I receive and that the church receives, for some reason they believe that we are important enough to write lengthy posts about and important enough to ruffle their feathers. It has come to my knowledge that again things have been said about me personally and about my family that are just NOT TRUE, let me say it again NOT TRUE. I will once again out line a few things for those people so that I have put it on record in this blog post for all those that wish to see.

I have never been kicked out of the LDS church. It simply didn’t happen that way. I was not excommunicated and I was never invited to a church court. I know that it is hard for some people to understand what with them knowing me so well, but I’m afraid that it is simply not the case. I’m sorry if that upsets some people, I’m sorry if that is not the version of my history that you seem to think is correct, but its just hard luck because it’s the truth. The fact is that I resigned my membership of the LDS church to Jason Store who was the first councillor on the Derby ward bishopric at the time. I invited him round to my house and we sat and I explained to him why I was doing it and he took my resignation in writing from me and after a warm and conflict free chat he left. About a month latter I received a letter confirming that my name had been removed from the records of the LDS church. That's how it happened. There was no church court or argument or conflict of any nature, I was not kicked out because of apostasy, I simply resigned my membership, simple really. In the same fashion my father also resigned his membership, In fact that’s how some other people who have joined the church left the LDS, once again no courts no recrimination no arguments nothing, I don’t know from what source the opposite view has come form but it’s NOT TRUE and it’s a LIE.

So that has dealt with me for the moment, let’s turn our attention to the issue that keeps being asked about Elder David Smith. Let me say once and for all on the record that Elder David Smith has never donated any amount of money to the church other than his tithing that he gives every month. He has never sold a property and given the money to the church, he has never been left any money by a relative and left that to the church, nothing of that nature has happened at all, its yet another fantastical idea of certain members of the LDS church, it’s a LIE. The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ is not at liberty to say who pays tithing and who does not, it’s a matter of data protection, plus it would be a betrayal of trust, and it’s none of your business any way.

The congregation of The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ seems to be a real concern to some people. The size of our membership seems to be really important to a lot of LDS members, why I don’t know? But some of them seem to be really hung up on how many members we have. The Latter Day church of Jesus Christ has ten members in the UK at the moment. I have never made any claim that we are bigger in the UK, I have never given the impression that we are heaving with membership in the UK. I hope that answers that problem for some of you. Although I don’t know what membership size has to do with being true or false as seems to be the assertion.

Now it seems that someone who has read the church blog site has gotten it in to their heads that I think that they are or were jealous of the Gill family in the past. I don’t know if they were or weren’t, and to be honest I don’t really care. I’m sure that there are lots of very rich people in the LDS church, I’m sure that they are extremely happy with their wealth; it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. What does bother me however is when people make comments about my family or people that are close to me that are untrue or slanderous. Once again I will make it very clear on record that my father has never been to gaol, has never been arrested for fraud and has never stolen money from people, and just in case I’m accused of hiding neither have I.

It is true that I grew up in the LDS family. I have been in many units in my time in the LDS church. I was first in Birmingham then in the old Hansdwroth unit where I was baptised in to the LDS church at age eight. My family then moved to the Tamworth unit and stayed there for many years where my father served for many years on the bishopric, in fact we moved to Tamworth when I was eight and I didn’t leave until I was eighteen. My family then moved to the Derby ward for the first time, then back to Birmingham and to the Wild Green unit. From there I married and moved to Sheldon unit in the Birmingham stake. My wife and I then moved to Derby and obviously went to the Derby ward, my mother and father followed due to the family business having to relocate due to the distance between the two families. I left the church when I was a member in Derby ward.

The final thing I want to clear up and put on record is that the church has no mentality ill people as members, none of them have learning difficulties, NONE OF THEM. I am not sure why people who claim to know some of the members in the church would say this, maybe, just maybe they have the wrong person, or they are just wrong. I know that it might be a hard thing for an LDS member to get their head around but, they could be wrong!

I hope that I have been able to put some reoccurring persecution to bed once and for all. In my heart I hope that this can be closed, but I doubt it. It’s a sad shame that these people keep asking the same questions over and over, it is a sad shame that they believe that there is something evil and sinister going on here; nothing could be further form the truth. To all our members I wish to thank you for your continued faith and prayers to our members outside of the UK, I am so proud of your commitment and your friendship, it is a great example to me of how much our message has touched you. I thank the Lord everyday that he has called me to this work and tat I am his servant in these troubling and dark times, keep the faith my friends, the journey will soon be at an end and we shall behold the Saviour in all his glory and majesty. I leave you with a wonderful quote that sums up what we have to go through, it was written by the Prophet Joseph Smith and I think relates very well to our situation: - The Saviour said . . . "Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake; rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you." Now, dear brethren, if any men ever had reason to claim this promise, we are the men; for we know that the world not only hate us, but they speak all manner of evil of us falsely, for no other reason than that we have been endeavouring to teach the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

God Bless you all I look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Happy New Year to all our friends and members out there. We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and that you were all able to spend the festive season with family and loved ones.

It is a new year and a new start. 2009 promises to be a great year for the church although even if it wasn't going to be a great year our work would go on as we have a duty and promise to the Lord to perform the work that we have all been called to do. We have a new blog site from Elder Clarke in Leicester which is http://www.saintsinthelatterdays.blogspot.com/ I would encourage all of you to check it out and give Elder Clarke all the support you can while he is in Leicestershire.

At the end of last year we had a wonderful winter GA which was watched by lots of people all over the world from Argentina to Australia, we are so pleased that we have been able to touch people’s lives and bring them some happiness and friendship. The churches official copy of the Book of Mormon was published at the end of 2008 and it has gone down very well with those that have ordered copies form us; we are so pleased that we have been directed by the Lord to get this edition of the Book of Mormon published. The Book of Jeraneck was read by record amounts of people last year fulfilling a promise made by the Lord that it would be 'read by people in many lands and that it would be sent unto all the world to stand a witness of the people that once inhabited this land'. The work on the churches official Bible goes on with the Prophet working hard to go through the new sections that need to be added and communing with the Lord over the issue, when the work is complete we shall notify everyone on the blog site. We would like to thank all those people that sent us support last year in whatever way they could, it was wonderful to come into contact with people who wanted to hep and also those that wanted to join with us.

We are small and although three baptisms last year may not seem like an awful lot to many out there, but for us it was a wonderful moment, we had had the chance to save souls and we performed our duty to them and to the Lord. There are many great and glorious things set to happen this year including the bringing forward of revelation and prophesy and another great things. Although we find our world falling deeper and deeper in to dark times we know that we will stand as light unto the entire world. The Lord is with us we have proved this in days past we have weathered the storms that have been thrown our way we have stood firm and not faltered and when times come that test our resolve and our very faith we know that the Lord will be with us no matter what happens. We hope and pray that we can fulfil our duty as well as we did last year and that we can do what the Lord asks of us this year without hesitation. God bless you all in the coming year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
It’s that time of year again. Christmas is just around the corner. At this time of year we have our last General Assembly of the year and also our last organised meeting until we meet again in the New Year. It has become the tradition of The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ to hold its Winter General Assembly in December so that we can dedicate some of the time of the Winter General Assembly to Christmas and hopefully convey our thoughts and feeling on this special time of year. The Winter General Assembly took place on Sunday the 14th of December at Ten o’clock in the morning and this gave us the opportunity to gather together and to worship with all the members of the church. From everyone here at The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year, God Bless.

Winter General Assembly Part One



Winter General Assembly Part Two



Winter General Assembly Part Three



Winter General Assembly Part Four

Hello everyone! well as some of you are aware a lot has happened over the last couple of weeks. But when the storms break over you it is then that your friends and allies excel themselves and it is then that they come to the forefront and stand next to you shoulder to shoulder. I would like to personally thank all those that have sent well wishes to us and I would like to now thank our presiding Elders of the church who have come out and defended not only me but the church and the things that we believe in. It was during this time that Elder Michael S Clarke posted a video on the net and set out his stall for the whole world to see and to hear. Please find this video below. Before I end this blog post I would like to remind everyone that the 3rd Annual Winter General Assembly is due to take place on Sunday the 14th of December. We will also be doing one final blog post just before Christmas with the Prophets Christmas message on it. Please stay tuned. God Bless you all.

Elder Michael S Clarke

As some of you are aware last weeks blog post was supposed to be our last of the year, apart form the GA video that is to be posted latter in December. However it has come to my attention again that there continue to be lies posted on the Nauvoo forum about the church and my family. It saddens me that I have to write this blog post, but I want the opportunity to tell the truth regarding some of the lies that have been posted. I think however before I write this post that I make it clear that I have no problem with the LDS church at all. I do not condemn them or the work that they do. I believe they are wrong but I would never go as far as to lie about their teachings or about individuals who lead the LDS church. This seems though unfortunately to be the pattern that many LDS members have taken regarding The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ and its leaders and members. The reason for this post apart from telling the truth is that many of these lies are slanderous and have no foundation whatsoever and if these lies ever got out in to the public domain could damage very seriously our professional working relationship.

So some of these lies lets examine them. To do this I shall list just a few of the lies that have been told and answer each of them in turn.

(Bugbyte)“They prey on venerable people. Their 1st ‘convert’ (Smith?) was a returned missionary with quite severe learning difficulties”

We have never preyed on vuneravle people. In fact I don’t even know who these vulnerable people are. They state that at least one of them is Elder David Smith. I have known Elder David smith for a very long time. I knew him when he and I served in Ireland on a Mission. He does not have any learning difficulties what so ever. In fact he was one of those that helped found the church. It’s so funny because any one that knows our David Smith knows that this is just so untrue.

(Bugbyte) “They got him (David Smith) to sell his house he had inherited to fund their church”
Another lie. David Smith has never sold a house as far as we are aware. The church has never taken any money from him in this regard. The question that needs to be asked here is where did they get this lie from? Who told them of this? As it’s not true then I guess that they are listening to gossip yet again. I state once again for the record that Elder Smith has never received a house as an inheritance from any one!!!!1 and he has never sold a house and given the money to the church.

(Bugbyte) “The two new converts in the baptism videos are also venerable ex members. I am concerned at the level of investment they have made to Phil Gill”
I am not sure who they are referring to here. But I state yet again that none of our members here in the UK are venerable in any way. None of them have severe learning difficulties and none of them have given any money to the church, apart from normal tithing donations. Phil Gill is not the leader of this church and has no reason to rip people off and steal from them; he has a very successful business of his own that makes more than enough money. These people listen to our message and we let them decided what hey wish to do about joining, no one has been forced and tricked in to joining. Once again a rumour and a lie. May be they should talk to us rather than listen to gossip.

(Iregretthis) “It bothers me that they are appealing for money to set up Zion Camp. I am so upset to hear about the preying on and exploitation of these vulnerable people”

We do not see a problem in asking people for donations if you don’t want to give then don’t give, it’s that simple, and we don’t force anyone to give us money. I do believe that the LDS church asks its members for donations, they call them fast offerings that are voluntary donations, so what's the difference? Again it would seem to be that this person is more wiling too except an unfounded lie rather than find out the truth for them selves.

(Bugbyte) wouldn’t worry, his church will fail. Phil Gill just does not have the charisma to pull it off, hence the complete lack of baptisms. If you ever met him you would know what I mean. As a good Mormon I do worry about their salvation, but I worry a whole lot more about his converts. Although baptised into our church the three converts have some degree of learning difficulty and will have been exploited. I am 100% sure the Lord will not hold them accountable. The first convert gave the equity from his house sale to them.
I don’t know what Elder Phil Gill having charisma has to do with the church going forward. The LDS church have lots of baptisms because they have lots of people already on the ground to do lots more work with lots more money at their disposal. Please don’t be worried about our members none of them have learning or mental disabilities….it just makes me laugh when in on line this person says that they were former members of the LDS church and makes it sound like its fine for them to have members with difficulties but for any one else to have them, then they must be tricking them or stealing from them. We have no converts with learning difficulties at all in any case so the argument is just stupid. If we did I still don’t see what the problem would be any way. Aren’t they entitled to know God? You might want to find out how many disabled people and people of low intellect there re in the LDS church. You will find it’s much higher than our church, as WE HAVE NONE.

(Freezer) I'm so glad I've found this site and others are aware of the "Gills”. have been very concerned that I was the only person who was aware of Phil’s and Matthews’s background, although there are many facts you are unaware of. Matthew came into contact with David while serving a mission in Ireland. I’ve read Matthews comments of this forum on his blog site and it’s interesting to note that he hasn’t commented regarding the sale of David’s house and if the money was given to the Gills. Whatever reason or motive drove them to this point, only they know. But I do pray for them that they will give up this charade and repent.

Please, please for the sake of sanity can someone tell me what they know about my background and my fathers? Note the word ‘know’ very few people ‘know’ anything what they think they know is untrue. Many of the people like the person above have relied on gossip and lies to fuel their bigotry. Note how they use the David Smith issue again. David has never sold a house and given the money to me my father or the church. I also like how this person thinks that we need to give up the charade. Maybe they need to examine their own LDS dogma and give up what they think is right. Crazy!!

(amazonman) The gills are going all out to deceive so I feel like I need to put in my 2 pennies worth. I grew up with the guy in Tamworth England. We didn't get on. I almost hit him........twice - you get the picture! I smile at his testimony of him growing up and recieving his visitation at 12 and how the family were great church members. I'm sorry but it is completely untrue.The comments on paralells of JS and people not believing him etc etc came to my mind too. Fortunately I know the man behind the claims and can safely say I have good reason not to believe him. I have a lot to say about him, not all good. I knew his counselor briefly too, I think he's seriously been taken advantage of. In summary, try to find someone who has anything positive to say about him or his family. Compulsive lying, pride, not going to church because a position of authority wasn't bestowed.

What a lovely man this is. As I don’t know his name I can’t personally comment on this person. However he betrays the sort of person he is by his unchristian act of almost hitting me twice, nice guy then? I don’t think I have ever used the words great church members, in fact we very rarely mention our past association with the LDS church. He claims to know the man behind the claims, he obviously has a biased opinion of me from his childhood, (maybe he felt inadequate around me I don’t know) and I doubt weather he would have been a friend in any case, so it’s very unlikely that he would ‘know’ me at all. Once again Elder Smith is being described as some kind of poor unintelligent person who can be taken advantage of, not true, and I don’t know how he knows of him any way as I dint even know Elder Smith growing up. This guy has a real dislike of me and my family that is obvious from his post, but I want to state now that none of my family ever went in active from the LDS church while we were members of the church ever!! In any case most of my family had postions of authority for majority of thei time in the LDS church. So that’s a lie.

Once again I would like to say that it saddens me to have to post this blog and defend my self in this way. However after thinking about it long and hard it had to be done. What really get s me is that these idiots listen to this rubbish; it’s just amazing really, its mind blowing. I have nothing to hid, if you want to know the truth then please come to the source and ask me. If you dislike what we have done that's okay but don’t make up lies and stories that are not true. I have never been in gaol, I have never been in front of an LDS court, and no one that is related to me has ever exploited anyone in the church with regards to taking money from them. I have never been arrested for fraud or any other crime of that nature. May be these people that say they knew us are the ones that were jealous of the wealth that my father had while in the LDS church, maybe they are the same ones that he took to dinner on numerous occasions and never thanked him, maybe these people are the ones that converted after what he had but as soon as he had some troubled times walked away form him and didn’t even extend the hand of friend ship, may be they are the ones that took more than they gave in back. What saddens me the most is that many of the people that accuse me and my family of much of these sick things don’t even know us first hand. Many of the people have only heard of us and have only listed to gossip and rumour. I have many friends that are LDS even my extended family my mother in law for instance in LDS and even she can’t believe some of the things that have been said about me. I have just yesterday meet with an old LDS friend at Starbucks in Derby where we had a great chat about some of the things above. I consider him a friend and those that know me know that I would not do the sorts of things that I have been accused of. My father has never been arrested for fraud or for anything of that nature. He might have offended people in the LDS church or had differences of opinion with many of them in the past, but that hardly qualifies them to speak about him in a manner that is both derogatory and untrue. Defamation of character and slander are serious and if I knew who these people were personally I would do something more about it though legal channels. I have approached the Nauvoo forum and have asked them to cease and desist their members from posting things of this nature and have told them of our action to seek legal advice should this continue. We have nothing to hide so I make this post with a clear conscience, I just hope that many of the people who have said some of the hatful things about us have some prang of conscience, however I doubt it.

If you have anything to ask please email me or the church and ask us, if you want to meet face to face about your concerned then I am happy to do that, as I have done just yesterday. Don’t listen to gossip and lies, because all that does is make a fool out of you.

The Last Video Presentation of The Year

Message From The Prophet

The Prophet talks about the current financial crisis that has gripped the world and how the members of the church are dealing with it. So please watch the videos below and we hope that you find it informative, God Bless .

Hello again to the blog site for The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ. We hope that you have had a good week and that this blog finds you in good health.

This week has seen some of the most devastating news being beamed around the world, with talk of the imminent financial collapse of the United States and with Britain soon t follow suit, many people have been looking rather grim and down trodden, many of our world leaders look absolutely blasted and they seem to have no good news to pout to the people. We have been inundated with people emailing us asking us what our stance of all this upheaval and how did we feel about the gloom and crisis that the world is in.

Members of The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ are led today by a modern day living Prophet and they receive revelation from the Lord via the Prophet. We have in the church modern day scripture much of which speaks of our day and forewarns us of these things. Much of this revelation and prophesy which speaks to us of events that are happening today can be found in The Book of Prophecies and Revelation. So with this in mind our members are not worried too much about the events that unfold on the national and international news with regards to the financial collapse of the world and the unrighteous leadership of the different nations involved. We are more concerned with our righteousness and our actions in these times and how they reflect Christ like attribute and weather we are doing what we have been asked.

Just this Sunday the Prophet gave a talk on this very subject. In that meeting he quoted from the book of P&R from a revelation given on the 23rd of January2008. The prophet quoted from many sections of that revelation but the following quote made the biggest impression on my mind “Now behold before my Second Coming nations shall collapse one against the other. Behold my servant they shall collapse because they have not done like unto my servant Joseph son of Jacob and they have not put by for the lean years and they have not done this because of their greed and their wont. Now behold I have caused that they have been blinded by their own greed, but behold my servant these things shall come to because they have not listened to my Prophets and mine anointed and because of this the nations shall collapse and there shall be unrest….hearken unto mu voice for the tribulation is coming and it is coming with great speed and its speed is great and it is like unto a great wind and it shall come and strip bear your land and many others in its wake”

This is just one of the many times that our day is spoken of in the book of P&R however that quote was one that stuck in my mind and has stayed with me and caused me to remain faithful in these hard times and has called me up to remembrance of the promises that I made to God and to the church at my baptism.

Also this week we saw the unveiling of the UK national ID card another issue with which many have come to us and asked what our stance is on this issue. All across the world many God centred people have been asking if such things are from God if they are something that we should be taking and honouring. In the same Sunday meeting that has just gone the Prophet also reminded us that he had been told about this some time ago in 2006 and that we were not to touch them or even take part in them he quoted from the book of P&R again this time he read from a revelation given on Thursday the 19th of January 2006 in which it says “behold a warning I give unto you, the time will soon come when thou wilt be asked to take by the leaders of thy country cards to carry your identity, this thou must not do, that is the will of the Lord”

So my friends you see that the members of the church here fear nothing that is happening at the moment as we have been forewarned by the Lord that these things will come to pass. We hear the words of the Lord and we obey, this obedience helps us get through these times. We are not saying that the hard times that are coming or that we may yet be living in will be a stroll in the park because they won’t be; they will be hard and in some instances very dangerous. Some people may be in danger of losing there lives and other things that they hold dear, but the love of the lord will be with us through all that trouble and strife, he will be with us to guide us and to comfort us when we feel down and despairing, then it will be up to us to give back to him our obedience and faith. With this faith and obedience we shall be blessed and the lord will protect us.

The Lords church is a church of revelation, it is a living thing not a dead organisation that claims to have revelation but then none is forthcoming. If you feel that you are lost and alone at this troubled times then come unto us and we shall help you and shall comfort you and help lighten your burden with the love of Christ. If you feel that you are walking through a dark and dreary waste with no light to guide then we shall help show you the way by which you may gain that that light. We are here to comfort and uplift you in these dark and trying days. The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ Is led by a modern day living Prophet of God who speaks and reveals his word to us.

God bless you on your journey, and let your journey led you here to your rest.