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¶ Joseph Smith read the 3 chap Malachi dwelt with emphasis upon the Levitical priesthood and the promise concerning them ¶ Took up Jhon [sic] showed him to be a Levite and proceed The voice of one crying in the wilderness prepare ye the way of the Lord and make his paths straight Now it was written that the priests lips should keep knowledge and to them should the people seek for understanding and above all the law binds them and us to receive the word of the Lord at the hands of the Levites therefore Jhon being Lawful heir to the Levitical Priesthood the people were bound to receive his testimony. Hence the saying the Kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force |
Sabath Meeting--Joseph Read the 2 & 3d Chapters of Malichi & stated that there was a preistHood Conferred upon the sons of Levi throughout the Jenerations of the Jews, & he also said they was born heirs to that prestHood By Linage or Decent & held the Keys of the first principles of the Gospel--for this-- |
after Jhon had been testifying of Jesus for some time Jesus came unto him for baptism Jhon felt that the honor of baptizing his master was too great a thing grater than he could claim and said I have need to be baptized thee and comest thou to me Jesus repled thus it behooveth us to fulfill all righteousness thus signifying to Jhon the claim of the Aronic priesthood which holds the Keys of entrance into the Kingdom. Then the three signs which were given were conclusive The dove which sat upon his shoulder was a sure testimony that he was of God |
he quoted concerning Jesus coming to John to be Baptized of Jhon that he (Jesus) Might Enter into the Kingdom as Jhon held the Keys, suffer it to be so now &c |
he also Brought up Zacharias pleading with the Lord in the temple that he might have seed so that the preistHood might be preserved | |
Brethren be not deceived
Jhon was great in that he baptized Jesus an for this cause Jesus saith "Among them
that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than Jhon the baptist But
again he says ¶ Jesus as I said could not enter except by the administration of Jhon. Although Jhon was not a restorer but a forerunner It was not the Lawful priests who rejected jesus but the self made priests Those who were priests lawfully received the Saviour in his station which was given him by the Law All the Authority that we have is from Jhon The Law is not changed nor the ordinances The keys of ushering into the Kingdom were given to Peter, James & Jhon. ¶ Malachi 4th [3rd] chap And he shall purify the sons of Levi &c yes brethren
the Lord will purify the sons of Levi good or bad for it is through them that
blessings flow to Israel and as Israel once was baptized in the cloud and in the
sea so shall God as a refiners fire and a Fullers soap ¶ And he shall witness against all iniquity as saith Malachi and shall sorely chastise those who are gone astray, but still he saith I am God I change not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed return thou unto me and I will return unto thee
The Lord will begin by revealing the House | |
¶ And I prophecy that the day will come when you will say Oh that we had given heed
but look now upon our public works the store schoolhouse for instance the Simoon of
the Desert2 has passed over it
the people will not hearken nor hear And bondage Death
and destruction are close at our heels The Kingdom will not be broken up but
| ¶ he also prophesyed that all those that made Light of the Revalations that was Given and him & his words--would ere Long Cry & Lament (when the servant of God would be imprizened) say O!! that we had harkened to the words of God & the Revelattions Given--But all opportunity is Cut off from them. |
2. The desert sandstorm winds of Arabia.