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The Vision

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Little kids in religious school…

SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES WITH THE AXE OF THE APOSTLES.

MOSES LED THE JEWS TO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY MADE UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH IS BREAD WITHOUT ANY INGREDIENTS.

THE EGYPTIANS WERE ALL DROWNED IN THE DESSERT. AFTERWARDS, MOSES WENT UP TO MOUNT CYANIDE TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM TO EAT THE APPLE.

MOSES DIED BEFORE HE EVER REACHED CANADA. THEN JOSHUA LED THE HEBREWS IN THE BATTLE OF GERITOL.

THE GREATEST MIRICLE IN THE BIBLE IS WHEN JOSHUA TOLD HIS SON TO STAND STILL AND HE OBEYED HIM.

SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVIDS SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 PORCUPINES.

JESUS ENUNCIATED THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH SAYS TO DO UNTO OTHERS BEFORE THEY DO ONE TO YOU. HE ALSO EXPLAINED A MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY SWEAT ALONE.

THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THE LORD WERE CALLED THE 12 DECIBELS.

THE EPISTELS WERE THE WIVES OF THE APOSTLE

What is the Lord’s Message to us?

Section 76: 1 Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, and rejoice ye

inhabitants thereof, for the Lord is God, and beside him there is no Savior.

2 Great is his wisdom, marvelous are his ways, and the extent of his doings none can find out.

3 His purposes fail not, neither are there any who can stay his hand.

4 From eternity to eternity he is the same, and his years never fail.

5 For thus saith the Lord—I, the Lord, am merciful and gracious unto those who fear me, and delight to honor those who serve me in righteousness and in truth unto the end.

6 Great shall be their reward and eternal shall be their glory.

John Johnson Home

Philo DibbleOn a subsequent visit to Hiram, I arrived at Father

Johnson's just as Joseph and Sidney were coming out of the vision alluded to in the Book of Doctrine and Covenants [D&C 76], in which mention is made of the three glories.

Joseph wore black clothes, but at this time seemed to be dressed in an element of glorious white, and his face shone as if it were transparent, but I did not see the same glory attending Sidney [Rigdon].

Joseph appeared as strong as a lion, but Sidney seemed as weak as water, and Joseph, noticing his condition smiled and said, "Brother Sidney is not as used to it as I am."

Joseph’s Reaction"Nothing could be more pleasing to the

Saints upon the order of the Kingdom of the Lord, than the light which burst upon the world through the foregoing vision.

Every law, every commandment, every promise, every truth, and every point touching the destiny of man, from Genesis to Revelation… go to show the perfection of the theory (of different degrees of glory in the future life) and witness the fact that that document is a transcript from the records of the eternal world.

(D. H. C. 1:252-3.)

W.W. Phelps “Vade Mecum”Go with me, will you go to the Saints that

have diedTo the next better world where the righteous

reside?Where the angels and spirits in harmony be,In the joys of a paradise vast?—Go with me.

Go with me where the truth and the virtues prevail;

Where the union is one, and the years never fail;

Not a heart can conceive, nor a nat'ral eye seeWhat the Lord has prepar'd for the just.—Go

with me.

Joseph’s Response“I will go”

I will go, I will go, to the home of the Saints,

Where the virtue's the value, and life the reward;

But before I return to my former estate

I must fulfil the mission I had from the Lord.

Telestial Glory68. The glory celestial is one like the sun; The glory terrestrial is one like the moon; The glory telestial is one like the stars,And all harmonize like the parts of a tune.

69. As the stars are all different in lustre and size,

So the telestial region, is mingled in bliss; From least unto greatest, and greatest to

least, The reward is exactly as promis'd in this.

Telestial Glory

70. These are they that came out for Apollos and Paul;

For Cephas and Jesus, in all kinds of hope; For Enoch and Moses, and Peter, and John; For Luther and Calvin, and even the Pope.

71. For they never received the gospel of Christ, Nor the prophetic spirit that came from the Lord; Nor the covenant neither, which Jacob once had; They went their own way, and they have their

reward.

Terrestrial Glory

53. Again I beheld the terrestrial world,

In the order and glory of Jesus, go on; 'Twas not as the church of the first born of God, But shone in its place, as the moon to the sun.

56. These are they that are hontrable men of the earth; Who were blinded and dup'd by the cunning of men: They receiv'd not the truth of the Savior at first; But did, when they heard it in prison, again.

57. Not valiant for truth, they obtain'd not the crown, But are of that glory that's typ'd by the moon: They are they, that come into the presence of Christ, But not to the fulness of God, on his throne.

Ezra Taft Benson"...not to be valiant in one's

testimony is a tragedy of eternal consequence.

These are members who know this latter-day work is true, but who fail to endure to the end.

Some may even hold temple recommends, but do not magnify their callings in the Church. Without valor, they do not take an affirmative stand for the kingdom of God.

Some seek the praise, adulation, and honors of men; others attempt to conceal their sins; and a few criticize those who preside over them." (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p392-393)

Celestial Glory40. And again I bear record of

heavenly things, Where virtue's the value, above all that's pric'd— Of the truth of the gospel concerning the just, That rise in the first resurrection of Christ.

41. Who receiv'd and believ'd, and repented likewise, And then were baptis'd, as a man always was, Who ask'd and receiv'd a remission of sin, And honored the kingdom by keeping its laws.

43. For these overcome, by their faith and their works, Being tried in their life-time, as purified gold, And seal'd by the spirit of promise, to life, By men called of God, as was Aaron of old.

Celestial Glory

51. To the church of old Enoch, and of the first born:

And gen'ral assembly of ancient renown'd. Whose names are all kept in the archives of

heav'n, As chosen and faithful, and fit to be crown'd.

52. These are they that are perfect through Jesus' own blood,

Whose bodies celestial are mention'd by Paul, Where the sun is the typical glory thereof, And God, and his Christ, are the true judge of

all.

Spencer W. KimballKings and Priests

Now, you 10,000 priests and priestesses, where do you stand? You are heirs to great fortunes, for eternal life is the greatest gift.

What will you do with it? You are entitled to a kingdom or a queendom. you are princesses and princes. Do you prize your inheritance? Will you abdicate and relinquish your heavenly rights to all that is your due? …

The permanent kingdom is yours, not for the asking, but for the earning.

(Elder Spencer W. Kimball, February 15, 1966, BYU Speeches of the Year, 1966 17.)