Posted on 12/27/2013 4:34:09 PM PST by Colofornian
...But what I was going to bring before your minds was this: Shall we expect that the Lord Jesus is going to delay His coming in the midst of His people, until all this great work shall have been accomplished? By no means. I do not understand that He has ever intimated anything of this kind. Nor need we wait in our faith and in our expectations till all these great and glorious things shall have been accomplished on the earth before the Prophet Joseph Smith shall come unto us again. He has merely taken another mission in advance of us. He fulfilled the mission given unto him on earth. The Lord was satisfied with his labors here. He lived long enough to endow his brethren with full authority to carry on the work that he had begun on the earth. He took his departure behind the veil. The Lord suffered his enemies to destroy him in the flesh, to take away his life, and he was made an offering—what shall I say? an offering for sin....
...there will be another mission undertaken. The next mission will be to come and prepare the way in Zion, and in her Stakes, and in the temples of our God for turning the key of the resurrection of the dead, to bring forth those that are asleep, and to exalt them among the Gods. And who will be first and foremost? Why, he whom God has chosen and placed first and foremost to hold the keys of this last dispensation.
(Excerpt) Read more at journalofdiscourses.com ...
This discourse given by a Mormon "apostle" -- a man who had been an Lds "apostle" for 35 years when he made this statement in the Tabernacle in Logan Utah. [Erastus Snow was a Mormon "apostle" for 39 years]
From the discourse:
Yet another piece of evidence that the Mormon Church has stressed "The Second Coming of Joseph Smith!"
Here is how Erastus Snow's message looked in the Feb. 27, 1884 issue of the Mormon Church-owned Deseret News:
Here is Lds author Duane S. Crowther quoting this same Erastus Snow message...although he clipped out the first graph highlighted in this thread:
Duane S. Crowther, Prophecy: Key to the Scriptures, p. 85
And please note: This book is available thru Deseret Book Co. -- the publishing arm of the Mormon Church!
For Crowther's Chapter 6 content stressing the Second Coming of Joseph Smith -- but in a different presentation format -- see: Duane S. Crowther, Prophecy: Key to the Scriptures, Chapter 6
...there will be another mission undertaken. The next mission will be to come and prepare the way in Zion, and in her Stakes, and in the temples of our God for turning the key of the resurrection of the dead, to bring forth those that are asleep, and to exalt them among the Gods. And who will be first and foremost? Why, he whom God has chosen and placed first and foremost to hold the keys of this last dispensation.
The last sentence is a reference to Joseph Smith. Lds leaders have constantly harped on Smith having "the keys of this last dispensation."
And for those of you who think Mormonism teaches about only "one God"; well, sorry to dispel that PR rumor.
And Lds author Duane S. Crowther, whose book in post #1 is mentioned as having been carried by Lds Church's publishing arm, Deseret Book...did cite the "gods" portion of that quote in his book (p. 85). See post #1 for link.
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A Mormon apologetics outfit -- Shields-research.org -- wanted to prove that Mormon leaders in 1884 (E. Snow) taught that Joseph Smith's resurrection was still to come:
What's interesting is that in the process, they quoted Snow saying: "...The Prophet Joseph Smith shall come unto us again." [See content matching up with "Footnote 14"]
So even this Lds apologetics outfit...
(a) cited this Snow message to confirm a key theological point it was attempting to make;
and (b) ...had ZERO qualms in promoting Joseph Smith's Second Coming to the Mormons!
| YEAR | Sources Promoting Kimball's 1868 'Prophecy' |
| 2012 | Cedar Fort Publishing (Springville, UT): Visions of Glory: One Man's Astonishing Account of the Last Days: See subtitle: "An Army of Elders by Heber C. Kimball (1931)" |
| December 2004 | Deseret Book Publisher: Prophecy: Key to the Future by Duane S. Crowther For exact reference to Kimball "prophecy", see. p. 86 of : Cedar Fort publishing, pp. 84-86 |
| 2004 | The Coming Storm and Redemption by Don B. Williams, Mt. Zion Books |
| 2002 | Cedar Fort publisher: Author Norma Pyper Mitchell: Book entitled Prophecy Checklist; See reference on p. 71 |
| 1988 | Deseret Book Publishing (Bookcraft was original publisher); for exact reference in book, see: Life Everlasting: A Definitive Study of Life After Death by Duane S. Crowther; note also that Crowther references this as being quoted in Church Section, p.3 of May 23, 1931 Deseret News, a newspaper owned by the Mormon Church |
| June 1980 | Prophecy and Modern Times by Cleon Skousen, pp. 31-33; per Per this Sept. 1, 2008 blog, Skousen covers this on pp. 31-33 |
| 1979 | See content matching Footnote 14: Shields-Research.org: The Polygamy Story: Fiction and Fact by J. Max Anderson 1979 by J. Max Anderson (by permission of the author) Chapter Ten JOSEPH SMITH RESURRECTED? |
| 1947 | Smith, Robert W. and Elisabeth A., Scriptural and Secular Prophecies Pertaining to The Last Days, Ninth Edition, Pyramid Press, SLC, UT, pp. 134-138; per Per this Sept. 1, 2008 blog, authors covers this on pp. 134-138; originally published 1931 |
| May 23, 1931 | "Prophecy of Heber C. Kimball," Church Section, Deseret News, p. 3: |
| Oct. 3-5, 1930 | General Conference Report, pp. 58-59; Visions of Glory |
| Feb. 27, 1884 | Deseret News: Discourse by Apostle Erastus Snow, In the Tabernacle, Logan, Saturday Afternoon, February 2nd, 1884 |
| Feb. 2, 1884 | Lds "apostle" Erastus Snow, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 25, pp. 29-35 |
| March 9, 1873 | Lds "apostle" Orson Pratt: |
| May 1868 | Heber C. Kimball per 1931 Deseret News: Note May 1868 citation here: An Army of Elders -- Heber C. Kimball |
| 'Associated' Earlier Lds 'Prophecies' of 2nd Coming of Joseph Smith | |
| June 22, 1844 | Supposedly Joseph Smith's "last admonition" before leaving for the Carthage, IL jail: "...This I will promise you, that when I come again to lead you forth, for I will go to prepare a place for you, so that where I am you shall be with me." (William Decatur Kartchner, baptized as Mormon May 8, 1843) |
| Feb. 24, 1834 | Lds "scripture" 103:15-17 in Doctrine & Covenants: 15 Behold, I say unto you, the redemption of Zion must needs come by power; 16 Therefore, I will raise up unto my people a man, who shall lead them like as Moses led the children of Israel. 17 For ye are the children of Israel, and of the seed of Abraham, and ye must needs be led out of bondage by power, and with a stretched-out arm." |
| Nov. 27, 1832 | Lds "scripture" 85:7 in Doctrine & Covenants: 7 And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the saints whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the book of the law of God; |
There ya go: More Mormon Church "Messiahsizing" of Joseph Smith
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