B. H. Roberts
Brigham
Henry Roberts is known to most for the numerous books he has authored (The most
notable, A Comprehensive History of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and also as a General Authority to the
Church. He shares in his autobiography what it was like the day he entered Salt
Lake City and said that he was wearing what from a dead man?
a. A shirt
b. Shoes
c. Pants
d. Hat
Yesterday’s answers:
1. False
We
are living in the great day of restoration. The Lord has declared that all
things are to be restored to their primitive condition. Our tenth Article of
faith says, “We believe . . . that Christ will reign personally upon the earth;
and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.” Too many
have the idea that this has reference to the celestialzed earth, but this is
not the case. It refers to the restored earth as it will be when Christ comes
to reign. This is taught in Isaiah 65: 17-25, and in the Doctrine and
Covenants, section 101: 23-31.
Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce
R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 84.
2. A. Blood
After
the fall, which came by a transgression of the law under which Adam was living,
the forbidden fruit had the power to create blood and change this nature and
mortality took the place of immortality and all things, partaking of the
change, became mortal.
Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce
R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 77.
3. B. Is a Celestialized world
It
is my opinion that the great stars that we see, including our sun, are
celestial worlds; at least worlds that have passed on to their exaltation or to
her final resurrected status. This is in conflict, of course, with the
teachings of scientific men, who declare that the sun is losing its energy and
gradually cooling off and will eventually be a dead world. I do not believe the
Lord has any such thing in his plan. The Lord lives in “everlasting burnings”
we are informed. President Brigham Young has said that this earth when it is
celestialzed will shine like the sun, and why not?
Doctrines of
Salvation, Bruce R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City:
Bookcraft, 1955), 88.
4.
A.
Adam
Some
people have the idea that the Ten Commandments were first given by Moses when
he directed the children of Israel and formulated their code of laws. This is
not the case. These great commandments are from the beginning and were
understood in righteous communities in the days of Adam. They are, in fact,
fundamental parts of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the gospel in its fulness
was first given to Adam.
Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce
R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 96.
5. D. Both a and b
Let me call your
attention to the fact that Noah was not alone in bearing witness. It is
recorded in the Pearl of Great Price that: “It came to pass that Methuselah,
the son of Enoch, was not taken, that the covenants of the Lord might be
fulfilled, which he made to Enoch; for he truly covenanted with Enoch that Noah
should be of the fruit of his loins. And it came to pass that Methuselah
prophesied that from his loins should spring all the kingdoms of the earth
(through Noah), and he took glory unto himself.”
Now Methuselah, grandfather of Noah, was a
righteous man and a prophet. He knew by the spirit of revelation that the flood
would come in the days of Noah. Moreover, he lived until the year of the flood
when he died. Do you not think that this righteous man was also declaring
repentance to the perverse world, and warning them of the flood which was to
come? Again, Lamech, father of Noah, was also a righteous man and he lived
until five years before the flood. It is reasonable to suppose that he, too,
was preaching to the people, as well as his father and his son.
Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce
R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 204.
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