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Sunday, August 8, 2004Rl

12:40 a.m. DictationDictation past midnight. Saturday night into

Sunday morning.I got word from my phone answerer in ShortCreek that Ernest Jessop of R17 wanted to talk to

me so I called him and every question he asked mewas a compromise to the word of God wanting todo different than was required by the Lord. Andthe Lord took me into an immediate session such astrong session that I was paralyzed physicallyexcept for my voice and my eyes and I wassmiling. My smiling muscles worked. And I wentthrough the greatest suffering and atonement and Iwas awakened to the reality of what the Lord hadshowed me the previous Thursday, August 5th . Orwas it August 4th? I thought it was August 4th whenI was pressing them to get the saws because theyhadn't been inspired enough to get ready for themission.

As I traveled about looking at their projects Ipicked up Paula and Sandra on the sides of he fourwheeler and they asked to go to see Barbara'sgrave and as I passed through the area ofthe supplyyard by the batching plant I looked over and thereMrs Emest lessor, Alleft Steeei, L e ~ , Jessol" aneiAbraham Barlow and the Lord's Spirit whisperedto me there is a conspiracy in progress. I marveled.I didn't even want to go over by them. I hesitated,thought about it, thought I would just go and seewhat they were doing and I walked up and theywere sitting there waiting for the phone calls tofind the saws needed. The Lord had me rebukethem by the next morning, call them to repentanceand allowed me to atone for them.

Today, the Lord gave a revelation just from6:45 p.m. on rejecting Ernest Jessop telling that hehad no Priesthood and his family would be givenelsewhere if they were worthy. And Merril Jessopwas appointed Bishop and presiding Elder at R17and counselors are Raymond Jessop and JosephSteed. I also talked to Allen Steed and said hedidn't hold Priesthood. He was being sent away asthe Lord had me voice to him last Thursday awarning that this would happen. These men keep

compromising the will of God and thus this is astrong lesson: No matter how much righteousnessa man has done that does not justify a man todictate God and correct God. That is what thesemen have done. I told Allen Steed I would givehim more of the word of the Lord concerning hissituation later but said they both must leave thatproperty in Texas before midnight. I had manybrethren present and I kept a record of he meeting.

I called Uncle Merril back and gave instructionson pressing forward on digging the foundation forthe temple and quarrying the rock. I instructed himto not go either place until he is ordained and setapart for the building of the temple. Uncle Merriltold me he told those two men to go visit theirfamilies for forty-five minutes and then leave theproperty before midnight. I told Uncle Merril Iwould hopefully be there soon to go over all theissues with him.Loyalty to God and Priesthood is only throughobedience. The Lord had me go to R17 twice inthe last two weeks and give such strong warningsand describe to the people why they were failing intheir mission. And the Lord finally had me give awarning to my family before I left. So I sawverified that there was an actual conspiracybetween those men; dictating God, workingagainst what He had given to do.

I called th e BishOp, Wjlliam Edson Jessop jnShort Creek, and told them these two men werereleased from the mission, did not hold Priesthoodbut were allowed to be among the people byhaving an apartment at the guest house, each ofthem and could work on the projects that they werewithout their families.

I called David Allred and told him to be at R17by Monday morning. I named to him who theofficers of YFZ land company should be: MerrilJessop and Joseph Steed are added on and toremove Ernest Jessop. I had asked Ernest Jessop tosign a letter of esignation from that land company.

I have been spiritually and physically weigheddown all evening, yearning for these men and forthe redemption of Zion to succeed. There will bemore men to be handled and a cleanup is going on.

I called the family at R17 and told them ofthisadjustment and warned them also that the Lordwas cleaning us up. I gave Stella a direct warning

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that the Lord showed me her heart wasn't rightbefore Him and she still had bad feelings. And sheacknowledged the truth of it.I arranged with Isaac Jeffs the traveling forearly in the morning and the First Presidency willbe leaving Rl to go to R17. I pray the Lord to blessus. I will go forward. The cleanup of the camp of

Zion has begun and I warned these two men thatwere being back to Short Creek of the tests theywould go through. That the Lord loved them and Ilove them and this sparing of their lives was theLord's mercy allowing them to repent and makesome atonement unto Him.I was able to see Mother Merilyn tonight andinstructed her to carry on with Sunday Schooltomorrow and told her the First Presidency wouldbe leaving early in the morning. We sure need theLord's help every step of the way. And we goforward. End dictation at a few minutes to 1 00 inthe morning on Sunday, August 8, 2004 - is mydictation time.2:20 a.m. Naomie's Testimony of What

Happened Through the NightAfter you dictated you have been going throughthe severe session all day yesterday. You are still.After you took care ofcalling the men at R17 andreleasing those two from the mission and sending

just sick." You got ready to go, everything isready. You got into bed. You dictated and youwere in bed by 1:00. Your body has been joltingalmost constantly, trembling - that shock that justseems to shock your body.At 1: 15 you said, "The Lord wants me to leaveby 4:30. We are still leaving by 4:30. I have got toget to R17 make some more adjustments,corrections. My brother Nephi doesn't realize heis being weighed in the balance. So is Roy Steed.

The Lord hasn't told me what to do with them butHe will before I get there. And oh, my heart isbleeding. My whole inward soul is melting overthis situation, but God does right; His judgmentsare just." You said, "The brethren don't realizethat once they have been called and set apart forthe mission of the temple and then theycompromise the will of God the Lord bringsjudgment immediately." You said, "This is goingto shake all Israel, this whole people. Though I am

yearningfor those men, yearning and yearning forthem and so is the Lord." You said, "More of heword of he Lord is still to be given." You said, "Imust continue on. I must continue on. "At 2:00you said the Lord is pleased with MerrilJessop. He is very pleased with how he handledthis situation. He will set him apart on the temple

mission. The First Presidency will go make theseadjustments. You said, "The Lord sure has beenpatient with us and now He is cleaning house andall ofZion's camp will be cleaned up. Who willrejoice in the Lord through this experience? Thatis the test." You said, "I am sick ofheart. I amphysically, spiritually sick. Priesthood."You said, "The Lord will have me take Ida with

me." You said, "Yes, she will ride with me til Imeet Seth. I will drop her off. I will continue on.The Lord wants her there for a purpose this time.We must go forward. She will ride with Seth. Shewill meet me at RI7." You said, "Oh, my whole -there is such a heaviness, such a pressure,reaching to know what to do." You said, "I canfeel the Lord showing me how He feels. Showingme that my very next breath and movement is Hisgift to me. I am in His hands." You said at 2:15,"This is amazing. It is just amazing." Then yourbody jolted. You came to. It is now 2:30.

11 :30 a.m. Comments travelingHe is only a strength to the Prophet in the work

ofGod ifhe is also inspired. Oneness is inspirationconnecting you to the Prophet and thus the Lord asa power to do, never running ahead and neverlagging behind. You are praying always, yourheart is open to conviction you are reaching, youare focused. Many men jus t respond with anunintelligent effort, they wait to be told what to doand then they do not apply their prayers to it, theydo not reach to be led. So we have had the constanttraining how to live in the prayer of rejoicingreaching to be led, and being led, to be a strengthand to be one. We have been taught how to exertthe gift of oneness through prayer, revelation,obedience and gratitude. It is a dangerous positionto take to receive training and then just let go andnot do it. The Lord expects us to respond, He hasbeen so patient, when we have not met the Lord'sschedule, He keeps extending it, we do not meet it,

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He keeps extending it, now He is renderingjudgement.Here my enemies have combined ready to

destroy our people and we are going along likenothing is going to happen, when it is a matter ofout very survival to establish these lands of refuge.What the halfhearted among Zions Camp is doingis they will be guilty of shedding innocent blood iftheir are not careful. Because the wicked will killsome ofour people in the persecutions and if thereis not a place to have a protection then we will beguilty ifwe are holding back this work. The Lordis meeting His schedule, He has been warning usfor months there would be a great shaking, theshaking is happening.

The Lord showed me again that soon an arrestwarrant would be issued against me and also manycourt subpoenas to take me as a witness and I willhave to go into deep hiding and I have told you, thegovernment, the apostates, the mafia will all seekmy life and we will have to work in constantrevelation and be one. The Lord has shown methat in the minds and hearts of my enemies theynot only want to kill me but they would want todefile my wives and children and then murderthem to destroy my family and then it will spreadagainst this people. The spiritofhate is among thegentiles, influenced by these apostates that havebeen handled, through sympathy against authority.

We are seeing the spirit in Southern Utah issimilar to the times ofthe Missourians in the 1830sagainst Joseph Smith and the Saints there. Theimpression came to me that so terrible will be thecrimes and corruptions and drivings andmurdering against us that even the mobs inMissouri in the 1830s would blush at what theywould see our enemies do against us. Thatimpression came to me that this generation is somurderous and dark they will do things against theinnocent that will shock even the world. It willhave an effect that in this Texas area those people 'shearts will be softened toward us.

If we do not have the approval of God, whatgood are any of our efforts, we do not have Hisprotection ifwe do not have His approval. So menin Zion's Camp who live outside ofthe approval ofGod are actually bringing a scourge upon us itcould even cause all the protections to be

withdrawn and some killed and driven. This ismore serious than we realize. So I am going thereto clean up more men. The Lord had me voice thatfrom now on to be sent away means you have lostPriesthood. They were given an opportunity tovolunteer for an honorable release to still keepPriesthood and go and do better, that opportunity ispast now. The Lord's judgements will beindividual but beware making sacred covenantswith the Lord then treating those sacred covenantslightly.

The Lord was ready to scourge us when thattraining was given because we broke His trust andconfidence. He also had me correct the familiesthere naming how every family had bad feelingsamong them. So in a measure, we have justtransplanted Short Creek on that land of refuge.Now the Lord is sending me to clean it up, even if itmeans my family be sent away. The Lord hasjudged all the people, there are hardly any inZion 's Camp prepared for the fulness of Zion, theblessings the Lord wants to give us. Most peoplestill tenderly guard their own selfish will, they arenot fervent and devoted to God and Priesthood.Now the Lord has shown me because we will notdo it on our own He will allow these harderexperiences to come upon the people. For the sakeof our very survival, spiritually and physically wewill pray fervently and yearn for Zion. I feel it fore velY penon, I yetiIn ffl' till l"e61"le Mul eveft ifthere is just a few there will be a fulness of Zionestablished. From that, will spring forth a workthat will fill the earth. This is affecting thesalvation of all mankind, not just the feelings of aman here or there, we are affecting everyone bywhat we do because of the mission and calling wehave, to establish Zion in fulness. The Lord doingit.

Oh that we would just be humble and drawclose to the Lord always, reach to be led. You arenot humble unless you are reaching to be led andyou are being led in oneness with the Priesthoodover you. The Lord was ready to take the lives ofthose men, He allowed me to intervene and theirlives were spared to render some atonement andrepentance available, if they would. They are inthe Lord's hands and we go forward. You can seewhat this will do among the halfhearted among ourpeople, how even these men can be handled and if

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anybody sympathizes against authority, they willlose Priesthood and their Priesthood blessings willbe lost. They will go down with the wicked. Youcannot be against God and His judgements and stillhold Priesthood. The Lord, our God, always doesright. His judgements are just, and His judgementis an equal measure to the blessings offered whenthose blessings are rejected.

Do not be distracted from our mission or wecould lose our place. But it is not the fear ofjudgement that keeps us faithful, it is the joy oftheincrease of he Spirit ofGod. That is what we haveto dwell in, not be satisfied with past increase wemust continually be dwelling in the increase.There is a constant pruning of he people ofGod, itis happening very fast today. The day of thehalfhearted and those that compromise is past. Solet us be Zion, increasingly, Ok, everyone?

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