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Chapter Eight
HOW THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION IS
HAD AMONG ALL NATIONS
The Father makes the Plan of Salvation available
to ALL peoples in ALL
nations in ALL dispensations of time
through a "REMNANT " of the chosen lineage
that would be saved UNTIL THE END OF THE
WORLD . The first to receive this knowledge was
Adam:
RB, Gen. 5:44 "....the gospel began to be
preached from the beginnin', 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.
45 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 ; and thus it was. Amen."
The gospel is the Plan of
Salvation:
D & C 39:6 "And this is my gospel -
repentance and baptism by water, and then cometh the baptism
of fire and the Holy Ghost, even the Comforter, which
showeth all things, and teacheth the peaceable things of the
kingdom." (D & C 133:57)
This remnant was the literal descendants of the chosen seed
who held the right of PRESIDENCY through the
EVANGELICAL OR PATRIARCHAL ORDER UNDER THE
MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTHOOD :
D & C 107:40 "The order of this priesthood was
confirmed to be handed down from father to son, and rightly
belongs to the literal descendants of the chosen seed, to
whom the PROMISES were made .
41 This order was instituted in the days of Adam, and came
down by lineage in the following
manner:
42 From Adam to
Seth.39
who was ordained by Adam .........and
received the promise cf God by his father that his
posterity should be the chosen of the Lord and that THEY
SHOULD BE PRESERVED UNTO THE END OF THE EARTH
;"
Note the foregoing, that they were to be preserved
unto THE END OF THE EARTH which was the same with
Enoch:
39 This promise was to the SPIRITUALLY
REBORN:
Moses 6:2 "And Adam knew his wife again, and she bare a son,
and he called his name Seth. And Adam glorified the name of
God; for he said: God hath appointed me another seed,
instead of Abel, whom Cain slew...................
10 And Adam ............begat a son IN HIS OWN LIKENESS.
AFTER HIS OWN IMAGE, and called his name Seth. "
The term "in his own likeness. after his own image"
means again the SPIRITUAL likeness and image for
certainly Adam who had many sons did not finally have one
who was bom with the male physical earthly form.
Moses 7:51 "And the Lord
........covenanted with Enoch ........
52 And he sent forth an unalterable decree. that a
remnant of his seed should always be found among all
nations. WHILE THE EARTH SHOULD STAND ;"
Since the promise was to continue WHILE THE EARTH
SHOULD STAND , a son of Enoch's was left on earth
when Zion was taken into heaven. (See Moses 8:2)
THE REASON this priesthood PRESIDENCY went
from the spiritual to the spiritual or from the father to
the son who had qualified, WAS TO INSURE THAT
CORRECT KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE PLAN OF SALVATION WOULD
CONTINUE .
Abraham was next:
Abraham l:l9 "As it was with Noah so
shall it be with thee;"
Also: D & C 132:30 "Abraham received promises concerning
his seed, and of the fruit of his loins
.........WHICH WERE TO CONTINUE SO LONG
A S THEY WERE IN THE WORLD
40
and as touching Abraham and
his seed. out of the world they should continue ; both
in the world and out of the world should they continue as
innumerable as the stars;"
40 Gen. 26:4 "And
I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and
will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed
shall all the NATIONS OF THE EARTH be blessed;~
These promises all pertain to this earth life - not to the
eternities. (Also Gen. 12:3; Abr. 2:9)
The foregoing is consistent with the preceding scriptures to
a point and then it reaches the ultimate of contradictions
in the statement, "and as touching Abraham and his seed.
out of the world they should continue ;" The promises of
the Lord pertaining to the continuation of a remanant
clearly state that this is to be ONLY UNTIL THE END OF
THE EARTH which is the time period that is needed to
make known the Plan of Salvation. The 132nd Section of the
Doctrine and Covenants was addressed publicly for the first
time in 1852, five years after the Saints had arrived in the
Salt Lake Valley which was eight years after Joseph Smith's
death. It also was not printed in the Doctrine and Covenants
until 1876 which was thirty-two years after the martyrdom.
William Law, counsellor to Joseph Smith, was shown the
original revelation in Nauvoo which, he stated, was on two
foolscap sheets of paper; that much had been added to that
which he read in the Salt Lake Church's publication of the
same.
Isaac, the chosen seed, received the promise:
Gen. 17:20 "And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I
have blessed him, ............
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac which
Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next
year."
The promise was restored to Joseph Smith:
D & C 86:8 "........the priesthood hath continued
through the lineage of your fathers
9 For ye are lawful heirs, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH
, and have been hid from the world with Christ in
God-
10 Therefore your life and the priesthood have
remained. and must needs remain THROUGH YOU AND YOUR LINEAGE
...."
The summary is that a remnant of the chosen lineage
would be found AMONG ALL NATIONS until the end of the
earth ; that this chosen lineage having the priesthood
birthright would bear the knowledge that this priesthood
gives and that is, that God is merciful and loving to all
peoples and nations and that salvation is free to all
through their exercising faith in the Atonement. This is
accomplished through the "LAW OF ADOPTION " for those who
are not of the chosen lineage and also through being
"GRALTED IN " for those who were of the chosen lineage but
lost their birthright through transgression, as they were
the natural branches of the true vine.
1. The Adoption
RB, Ro. 9:4 "....OF WHOM ARE THE ADOPTION , and
the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and
the service of God,
5 And the promises which are made unto the fathers; and
of whom as concerning the flesh, Christ was. who is God over
all blessed for ever . Amen.
.....................
24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but
also of the Gentiles?
25 As he saith also in Hosea! I will call them my people,
which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not
beloved.
26 AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE
IT WAS SAID UNTO THEM, YE ARE NOT MY PEOPLE; THERE SHALL
THEY BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF THE LIVING GOD . "
Those who are not God's people will become his children
through the plan of adoption and thus it will be in all
nations:
2 Ne. 26:33 "...and he (the Lord) inviteth them all to come
unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none
that come unto him. black and white, bond and free, male and
female; and he remembereth the heathen: and all are alike
unto God, both Jew and Gentile . (Gal. 3:28, Heb. 3:28,
Ro. 10:12 & 2:11, Acts 10:28,34-35)
The right to the Priesthood was not had among the
seed of Cain:
Abr. 1:27 "Now, Pharaoh being of that lineage by
which he could not have the right of Priesthood ,
notwithstanding the Pharaohs would fain claim it from Noah,
through Ham, .... "
But through the promise to Abraham this lineage received
the Priesthood:
Abraham 2:11 "...........in thy seed (that is to say.
THE LITERAL SEED, or THE SEED OF THE BODY) SHALL ALL THE
FAMILIES OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED. even with the blessings of
the Gospel. which are the blessings of salvation. even of
life eternal ."
Note that THROUGH THE LITERAL SEED OF HIS (Abraham's)
BODY all of the families of the earth would be blessed
which was accomplished through the children of Hagar and
Keturah, both from the seed of
Cain.41
Midian, the son of Keturah, a
Canaanite, and also the son of Abraham, received the
priesthood rights through Abraham through the law of
adoption and passed this right on to his progeny who gave
the priesthood to Moses:
41 Hagar was
an Egyptian: Gen. 16:1 ~ Sarai had an handmaid, an Egyptian,
whose name was Hagar.
Keturah was a Canaanite:
losephus, Chapter XV, Page 43 ~....there were many sons bom
to Abraham by Keturah: nay, he names three of them, Apher,
and Surim, and Japhran. That from Surim was the land of
Assyria denominated; and that from the other two, Apher and
Japhran,
the country of AFRICA took its name,....
T & S, Volumes 1 & 2, Page 299 "Moses got his
ordination from his father in law Jethro, who was a priest
of Midian. The Midianites were
descendants of Abraham through his son Midian
,42 born of Keturah,
and BROUGHT UP UNDER THE COVENANT OF
CIRCUMCISION .
42 I Chron. 1:32 "Now the
sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and
lokshan, and Medan, and MIDIAN, and Ishbak, and Shuah.~
Page 489 He (Midian) and his posterity peopled the land,
which was called after his name, and JETHRO BEING THE FIFTH
IN REGULAR DESCENT FROM MIDIAN, LIVED IN THE DAYS OF
MOSES, AND WAS PRIEST OF THE MOST HIGH GOD , when
Moses was a young man, forty years before God called him to
lead Israel from
Egypt."43
43 Could it be that Zipporah, the daughter
of Jethro, who became Moses' wife was the Ethiopian woman
that Aaron and Miriam, brother and sister of Moses, spoke
against and because of this were chastened of God? (Numbers
Chapter 12)
Jesus Christ, whose advent on earth was AFTER the
law of adoption took place for the seed of Cain through
Abraham , honored it by choosing for one of his
apostles a Canaanite:
Matt. 10:2 "Now the names of the twelve apostles are
these;
...........
4 Simon the CANAANITE ,..." (Also Mark
3:18)
Simon was also referred to as Zelotes (RB, St Luke
6:13-15).
The Urantia Book, 11. Simon the Zealot, Page 1565 "After the
dispersion because of the Jerusalem persecutions, Simon went
into temporary retirement. He was literally crushed.
........ but in a few years he rallied his hopes and went
forth to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom.
He went to Alexandria and! after working up the
Nile. penetrated into the heart of AFRICA, everywhere
preaching the gospel of Jesus and baptizing believers.
Thus he labored until he was an old man and
feeble. And he died and was buried in the heart of
Africa
After the Savior's ascension, those having priesthood
authority FROM ALL NATIONS worked together
to further the gospel plan:
The Acts 13:1 "Now there were in the church that was at
Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and
Simeon that was called NIGER ,
...........
..........................
4 .....they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed
unto Seleucia; and from thence
they sailed to Cyprus."
During Book of Mormon times there were no Mcial
restrictions. (See 2 Nephi 26:33)
Joseph Smith was also consistent and excluded no race from
receiving the Priesthood:
"Vol. 3 Book Gen. LibMry, Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah 9 LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Page 577
Abel Elijah (COLORED), born July 25, 1810 in Maryland.
Baptized in Sept. 1832 by Egekiel Roberts.
Ordained an Elder March 3, 1836 and a Seventy April 4,
1841.
Performed a mission in Canada and also labored in the United
States.
Died December 25, 1884."
In 1978, Pres. Spencer W. Kimball, through inquiring into
the matter, received the same information.
2. Grafting In Of The Natural Branches
These are they who were once of the chosen seed but through
transgression lost their birthright and are the branches
that have to again be grafted into the true vine:
1 Ne. 15: 12 "Behold, I say unto you, that the house of
Isme1 was compared unto an olivetree, by the Spint of the
Lord which was IN our father; and behold are we not broken
off from the house of Israel, and are we not a branch of the
house of Israel?
16 Behold, I say unto you, Yea; they shall be remembered
again among the house of Israel;
THEY SHALL BE GRAFTED IN being a natural
branch of the olive-tree. into the true olive- tree
. "
(Also Jacob 5:3-77 & 1 Ne. 10: 14)
How this is to be accomplished is through the restoration of
the Dispensation of Abraham.
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