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From: "Perry L. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ---> Church History.
Date: 07 Mar 1998 16:23:14 -0700

Chronology of the film "Legacy"

This is a chronology of events and historical points of the film Legacy. I
am interested in feedback as to any times that need
consolidated or items that need inserted.

1.1892 Angle Moroni in walking distance of temple MERL lives.
2.Read Book or Mormon at age 13
3.Stayed up all night reading the book
4.Was one of the 1st. Baptized in to the church.
5.Papa's Friend brother Issac Morley.
6.Establishing Zion.
7.1830 Up state New York.
8.Met Prophet in Kirtland.
9.Isaac Morley was missing Book of Mormon.
10.Brother John not joined at the beginning.
11.Brother Ran away.
12.Moved to MO. In 1831 (Independence) Zion
13.JS gave BoM to Mary.
14.June 20th 1833 Anti-Mormon Meeting, where discussed closing printing
press.
15.MERL Lived with Printer.
16.Book of commandments partly shown. Present but wrong age.
17.Clay County 1835 (mother died)
18.Had a Parent that died. (totally wrong years)
19.Raised by single parent.
20.Fart West 1836 Caldwell County set aside for the settlement of the
latter-day saints.
21.Brother John (Hames)came back to family and church, the church.
22.(Cut bad, Rocker was on other horse) horses kept trading places.
23.John's girl frined called Caorline, (was sister named caroline)
24.Look for zippers on pants.
25.1838 March MERL father (John) Willimas went on mission. to Western
England.
26.Father reconciles with son.
27.Five pennies for a BoM short one farthing. "a mans soul should be worth
a farthing.
28.David Walker, read Jame 2:4 and preacher encouraged him to join another
church.
29.Jacob A temple worker looked after family.
30.Her friend's name was Catherine.
31.Didn't notice zippers on pants. no close-up's
32.Sold Book and walked away, an odd thing to do. (how common)
33.Brother Fought against Mob. Some of them determined that they would not
be driven out again, Johnny was one of them.
34.Brother Killed fighting mob. At Hans Mill.
35.General Clark to far west.
36.Boggs extermination order.
37.1838 Hans Mill. Showed mormons fighting back.
38.October 30th 1838 Hans mill (John, Mary's brother Killed.)
39.Catherine was a friend? of Jonny?
40.Peace Treaty If JS and other leaders allowed to be taken from state.
41.Treaty that must leave far west. She pushe past the gards to see JS
taken away with other leaders. (emmy running behing wagon)
42."There is no Zion is there?" went to Commerse to butil strength, to
return to "Zion", but I did not belive them.
43.Commerce Illinois, Swamp Mary Elizabeth Sick, 1839
44.She Lost faith in Zion, Will find Zion?
45.Mary Dark Skinned. 1/2 Jewish.
46.JS visits her in her sick bed. Blessed by him.
47."Eliza Williams in the name of JC arrise and be made whole.
48.Arise and be made whole.
49.1840 Liver pool England David Walker MERL future husband leaves
England.
50.Saw Nauvoo Temple Cornerstone, became the largest city in the state of
Illinois.
51.David Walker, name of Young husband.
52.John Williams "Eliza's Father, walks in at the last second of the
corner stone setting.
53.JS suddenly has an eastern accent.
54.Jacob Whitney ?? to Marry Eliza after the temple built.
55.Little sister is called Mary.???
56.David Walker meets JS.
57.Went to {Socia Atery} when JS was in Nauvoo.
58.Married a stone cutter. Was married outside temple by JS.
59.Cross cutting compition, Dance. did a Circle Dance, walzed as a couple.
60.Proposals from 2 men.
61.She was sworn to marry Jacob.
62.Picked wild flower and pressed in book. same flowers as at end of
book., when trying to decide which to marry.
63.Will marry him if David will Make me Laugh.
64.married by Joseph Smith, But not in the temple, but a church, it
appears, but there were not ward houses in Nauvoo,
they met in homes or the upper room of store.
65.Bind on earth bound on in Heaven.
66.Rocker with Sunstone. At end of the movie. April 1844. Nauvoo temple
partially competed Joseph Preached. Pericutions vain, accusations false.
67.Heard Joseph Speak at corner stone laying partially completed.
68.This is the testimony last of all that he lives for I saw him even on
the right had of God. (when)
69.Church Not about Joseph Smith says the aged MERL but about Christ.
70.Last thing she heard JS say was his testimony.
71.June 22nd 1844 heard word of Joseph Smith death by Old boyfriend .
72.Worked on Temple. He held an amy why didn't he use it, asked David?
73.His vision.. Transcended Ours. (i.e. JS)
74.(maybe JS had so many join Masons to help learn to build?)
75.Showed the Nauvoo temple but did not show the Angle Moroni in temple
cloths, or even show the top.
76.Why that is how the show started?
77.Maybe his work was finished.
78.Lord .... not above us.
79.Got endowments in the Nauvoo templ, before Mormons 1846 exodus.
80.Not showed temple endowment?
81.Moved west.
82.Lost Blessing Struggled Moving west
83.Council Bluffs July 1847.
84.Husband went on Mormon battalion.
85.He joined battalion as a call from God.
86.From God a test of faith. "If there were any other way?"
87.One more temple yet to buil, Small toy hammer, remember your father
loved you.
88.Zion will be to live with your husband. "if we ever meet again it will
be Zion to me."
89.Winter Quarters Nebraska a dark place that I will never forget 1846 &
1847 Moved on.
90.Not in the first group with Brigham Young. Went with Parley Pratt in
his wagon.
91.Father hurt his leg. "lets help god keep his promis."
92.Shared wagon with sister-in-law, because other wagon lost,
93.Why didn't they go straighter? why following windy river what appears
to be Platt river.
94.Prayed to heal OX. with eyes open. caressed ox's hair.
95.Battalion met on trail in summer.
96.Entered valley in the summer of 1847.
97.Still had Book of Mormon that JS gave her and flower.
98.The book legacy of faith never die. "May this legacy of faith never
die." (Faith in what?")


If you have any additions or corrections please email me.


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From: "Perry L. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ---> Exegesis of D&C Section 132 By Perry L. Porter Mar 1997
Date: 15 Mar 1998 20:46:53 -0700

This is a 2nd draft with just the verses simplified and reworded to make
for easier analysis, without the King James English or scripture like
wording.

Analysts of the redacted text will someday be forth coming.

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Exegesis of D&C Section 132 By Perry L. Porter Dec 1997

1. Were Old Testament Prophets justified with multiple wives and
concubines.

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as
you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord,
justified my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David and
Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their
having many wives and concubines--



2. God here gives Joseph Smith the answers to his questions as to why Old
Testiment Prophets had multiple wives.

2 Behold, and lo, I am the Lord thy God, and will answer thee as touching
this matter.



3. Must obey law, all those that find out about it.

3 Therefore, prepare thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which
I am about to give unto you; for all those who have this law revealed unto
them must obey the same.



4. This covenant is everlasting and it is a new covenant. Live it or be
damned. If anyone rejects covenant not go to heaven with God.

4 For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant; and if
ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject this
covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory.



5. Blessing are predicated upon specific laws, since the start of the
world.

5 For all who will have a blessing at my hands shall abide the law which
was appointed for that blessing, and the conditions thereof, as were
instituted from before the foundation of the world.



6. New and Everlasting Covenant was created to enable us to obtain God's
glory. To receive a FULLNESS of Gods glory you must live this law or be
damned, that is to not enter Gods heaven.

6 And as pertaining to the new and everlasting covenant, it was instituted
for the fulness of my glory; and he that receiveth a fulness thereof must
and shall abide the law, or he shall be damned, saith the Lord God.



7. Conditions of the law. Any kind of marriage vow that is not done
according to this law, become null and void at death.

vaguely specified conditions of being married according to the law, which
are :

1.by proper authority 2.sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise 3.by
revelation 4.and commandment from Joseph Smith.

7 And verily I say unto you, that the conditions of this law are these:
All covenants, contracts, bonds, obligations, oaths, vows, performances,
connections, associations, or expectations, that are not made and entered
into and sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, of him who is anointed,
both as well for time and for all eternity, and that too most holy, by
revelation and commandment through the medium of mine anointed, whom I
have appointed on the earth to hold this power (and I have appointed unto
my servant Joseph to hold this power in the last days, and there is never
but one on the earth at a time on whom this power and the keys of this
priesthood are conferred), are of no efficacy, virtue, or force in and
after the resurrection from the dead; for all contracts that are not made
unto this end have an end when men are dead.



8. Vows are bound by rules, because God is consistent.

8 Behold, mine house is a house of order, saith the Lord God, and not a
house of confusion.



9. Rhetorical question, must vows be done according to Gods specifications
if he is to honor them?

9 Will I accept of an offering, saith the Lord, that is not made in my
name?



10. Rhetorical question, can God accept a marriage that he didn't ask you
to create?  This question must refer to Plural Marriage, as this is not a
requirement of monogomus marriage.  Must God honor a sacrifice that he did
not request from you?

10 Or will I receive at your hands that which I have not appointed?



11. Vows of marriage are given by law from God.

11 And will I appoint unto you, saith the Lord, except it be by law, even
as I and my Father ordained unto you, before the world was?



12. Can not live with God except that you live his word or law.

12 I am the Lord thy God; and I give unto you this commandment--that no
man shall come unto the Father but by me or by my word, which is my law,
saith the Lord.



13. All marriage vows by any government, king or preacher that are not
done according to this word or law, end at death.

13 And everything that is in the world, whether it be ordained of men, by
thrones, or principalities, or powers, or things of name, whatsoever they
may be, that are not by me or by my word, saith the Lord, shall be thrown
down, and shall not remain after men are dead, neither in nor after the
resurrection, saith the Lord your God.



14. Only things (vows) made by God remain after death.

14 For whatsoever things remain are by me; and whatsoever things are not
by me shall be shaken and destroyed.



15. Repeats verse 14. If vows not done by his word or law are of no force
after death. Repeats an earthly married couple are not bound by any law or
married after death.

15 Therefore, if a man marry him a wife in the world, and he marry her not
by me nor by my word, and he covenant with her so long as he is in the
world and she with him, their covenant and marriage are not of force when
they are dead, and when they are out of the world; therefore, they are not
bound by any law when they are out of the world.



16. Once dead, there are no more marriages, but former couples become
angles or servants to minister to those new Gods that were married by
God's law.

[What about prexy marriages for dead couples, i.e. does one become a
ministering angel and can one be promoted to a God upon having one's
Temple work being done?  How can they minister to Gods, but not be allowed
in Gods presencem in the highist defree?  Can proxie plurl marriage count,
must the couple live the law by living on earth and being tested as a
multiple parter marriage? ]

16 Therefore, when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are
given in marriage; but are appointed angels in heaven, which angels are
ministering servants, to minister for those who are worthy of a far more,
and an exceeding, and an eternal weight of glory.



17. Angles are those people that didn't live the law. They remain single
or non exalted, but only saved forever without a chance of exaltation.
They are not Gods but angles of God forever.

17 For these angels did not abide my law; therefore, they cannot be
enlarged, but remain separately and singly, without exaltation, in their
saved condition, to all eternity; and from henceforth are not Gods, but
are angels of God forever and ever.



18. If a man marry a women FOR TIME AND FOR ALL ETERNITY but it is not by
Gods word which is his law, The 4 conditions of law are repeated.
Marriage for time and all eternity ends at death. They are not bound by
his word become other angles and Gods will not allow them to pass into
heaven. Repeats that Gods laws are consistent.

[This hints of the sentinels that protect non initiates from progressing
in Masonry or the vail in Mormonism]

18 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife, and make a
covenant with her for time and for all eternity, if that covenant is not
by me or by my word, which is my law, and is not sealed by the Holy Spirit
of promise, through him whom I have anointed and appointed unto this
power, then it is not valid neither of force when they are out of the
world, because they are not joined by me, saith the Lord, neither by my
word; when they are out of the world it cannot be received there, because
the angels and the Gods are appointed there, by whom they cannot pass;
they cannot, therefore, inherit my glory; for my house is a house of
order, saith the Lord God.



19. Repeat If vows are made by word or law (??? 4 conditions of law
repeated) A 5th condition is now added that when obeying the covenant and
one may not shed innocent blood.  Additional promises are that you will be
part of the first or 2nd resurrection, their vows will have force after
death, and they will get Godhood (name written in the Lambs Book of Life).
Pass by the angels and Gods to exaltation and glory in all things. You
will be able to have additional children forever.

19 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word,
which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed
unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto whom
I have appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood; and it shall
be said unto them--Ye shall come forth in the first resurrection; and if
it be after the first resurrection, in the next resurrection; and shall
inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all
heights and depths--then shall it be written in the Lamb's Book of Life,
that he shall commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood, and if ye
abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood,
it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put
upon them, in time, and through all eternity; and shall be of full force
when they are out of the world; and they shall pass by the angels, and the
Gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all

20. Those that keep the law and do not shed innocent blood become Gods
because they continue without end. Angles obey them, (from afar).

[Are non Gods not eternal? Can your own children be ministering angles to
you?  Can Gods ministere to another God? ]

20 Then shall they be Gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they
be from everlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they
be above all, because all things are subject unto them. Then shall they be
Gods, because they have all power, and the angels are subject unto them.



21. Obey law or not become a God.

21 Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye abide my law ye cannot attain
to this glory.



22. If not know and buy into God in this world (obey his law) otherwise no
marriages or continuation of new children after death.

22 For strait is the gate, and narrow the way that leadeth unto the
exaltation and continuation of the lives, and few there be that find it,
because ye receive me not in the world neither do ye know me.



23. Repeat verse 22 in positive voice. If you buy into God now, you can
get exaltation with him later.

23 But if ye receive me in the world, then shall ye know me, and shall
receive your exaltation; that where I am ye shall be also.



24. Eternal liveS (*S* note unusual use of plural here) or increase of
children, is given by knowing God and obeying his law.

24 This is eternal lives--to know the only wise and true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom he hath sent. I am he. Receive ye, therefore, my law.



25. Repeat verse 22 in the positive voice. Broad is the gate and wide the
way to deathS (*S* note unusual use of plural here) of those that did not
obey Gods law.

25 Broad is the gate, and wide the way that leadeth to the deaths; and
many there are that go in thereat, because they receive me not, neither do
they abide in my law.



26. If a man obey the law or word and meets the conditions of the law and
later commits any sin or transgression of the New and Everlasting Covenant
or any manner of blasphemies as long as he does not murder and shed
innocent blood, he can still be exalted to a God, but will have be
punished by Satan, from the time of his death until the redemption.

26 Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man marry a wife according to my
word, and they are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, according to mine
appointment, and he or she shall commit any sin or transgression of the
new and everlasting covenant whatever, and all manner of blasphemies, and
if they commit no murder wherein they shed innocent blood, yet they shall
come forth in the first resurrection, and enter into their exaltation; but
they shall be destroyed in the flesh, and shall be delivered unto the
buffetings of Satan unto the day of redemption, saith the Lord God.



27. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost is defined as, after you have receive
the New and Everlasting Convent that you murder an innocent person.
Repeated for the __th time that if you do not obey THIS law you can not be
exalted but will be damned.

27 The blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which shall not be forgiven in
the world nor out of the world, is in that ye commit murder wherein ye
shed innocent blood, and assent unto my death, after ye have received my
new and everlasting covenant, saith the Lord God; and he that abideth not
this law can in nowise enter into my glory, but shall be damned, saith the
Lord.



28. God will give the law of his Holy Priesthood, which was NOT new, but
existed before the world was.

[Since this revelation was given 12 years earlier, but not written down
until July 12 1843, the verb tense "will give", seems inachronistic.]

28 I am the Lord thy God, and will give unto thee the law of my Holy
Priesthood, as was ordained by me and my Father before the world was.



29. Abraham the polygamist, kept Gods word and was exalted.

29 Abraham received all things, whatsoever he received, by revelation and
commandment, by my word, saith the Lord, and hath entered into his
exaltation and sitteth upon his throne.



30. Abraham and all his decedent, including Joseph Smith, have the
promises of continuing increase of children, on earth and after death in
heaven.

30 Abraham received promises concerning his seed, and of the fruit of his
loins--from whose loins ye are, namely, my servant Joseph--which were to
continue so long as they were in the world; and as touching Abraham and
his seed, out of the world they should continue; both in the world and out
of the world should they continue as innumerable as the stars; or, if ye
were to count the sand upon the seashore ye could not number them.





Ciao Perry     <[e-mail]>    http://pobox.com/~plporter

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From: "Perry L. Porter" <[e-mail]>
Subject: ---> The 2nd half of the Exegesis of D&C Section 132 By Perry L.
Date: 15 Mar 1998 20:50:58 -0700

Exegesis of D&C Section 132 By Perry L. Porter Mar 1997

Continued

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31. Repeated that Joseph Smith was a descendent of Abraham. God was
glorified by Abraham's living of the law of polygamy.

In other words, God was made to look more powerfull and important becaue a
famous Biblical figure lived polygamy, thus correct of observence of the
law of plural marriage is essential to making God what he was.

31 This promise is yours also, because ye are of Abraham, and the promise
was made unto Abraham; and by this law is the continuation of the works of
my Father, wherein he glorifieth himself.



32. "Do the works of Abraham", live the law and be saved.

[inconsistent, should read EXALTED, instead of SAVED. Saved from etural
death, by Chirst resurection and attonment, is NOT the same as being
exhalted.]

32 Go ye, therefore, and do the works of Abraham; enter ye into my law and
ye shall be saved.



33. If you don't do like Abraham and live the law you can not receive the
promise of eternal increase of children like Abraham did.

33 But if ye enter not into my law ye cannot receive the promise of my
Father, which he made unto Abraham.



34. Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham because it was the law.  A Biblical
precidence for a prophit's wife to give the prophet a new wife.

34 God commanded Abraham, and Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham to wife. And why
did she do it? Because this was the law; and from Hagar sprang many
people. This, therefore, was fulfilling, among other things, the promises.



35. Polygamy not wrong, because it was commanded, even though this section
is written in a defensive posture that the assumption is that polygamy is
wrong.

35 Was Abraham, therefore, under condemnation? Verily I say unto you, Nay;
for I, the Lord, commanded it.



36. Even shedding of innocent blood is ok if you are commanded to do so.
Some laws are less everlasting than others.

36 Abraham was commanded to offer his son Isaac; nevertheless, it was
written: Thou shalt not kill. Abraham, however, did not refuse, and it was
accounted unto him for righteousness.



37. Concubines are ok because they were within the law of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob because they were commanded to do so. These polygamists became
Gods because they lived the law.

[Implied is that they had no sex outside the prescribed law.  Sex with no
intent to product children, is ok if it is done under the ospisis of the
New and Ever Covenent.]

37 Abraham received concubines, and they bore him children; and it was
accounted unto him for righteousness, because they were given unto him,
and he abode in my law; as Isaac also and Jacob did none other things than
that which they were commanded; and because they did none other things
than that which they were commanded, they have entered into their
exaltation, according to the promises, and sit upon thrones, and are not
angels but are Gods.



38. David, Moses and many others from Adam to now took many wives which
was not wrong as long as the women were given to them according to the
law.

38 David also received many wives and concubines, and also Solomon and
Moses my servants, as also many others of my servants, from the beginning
of creation until this time; and in nothing did they sin save in those
things which they received not of me.



39. David's wives and concubines were authorized by Nathan and other
prophets that had keys. Except for causing the death of Uriah so as to
take his wife Bathshiba. David lost his exaltation and his wives were
given to another.

[Did the wives have any choice in this matter?]

39 David's wives and concubines were given unto him of me, by the hand of
Nathan, my servant, and others of the prophets who had the keys of this
power; and in none of these things did he sin against me save in the case
of Uriah and his wife; and, therefore he hath fallen from his exaltation,
and received his portion; and he shall not inherit them out of the world,
for I gave them unto another, saith the Lord.



40. Joseph Smith to restore all tings. Joseph Smith to be given any women
he asks for, because the law that permits or requires such. Joseph Smith
asks questions, and get's the law as an answer.

40 I am the Lord thy God, and I gave unto thee, my servant Joseph, an
appointment, and restore all things. Ask what ye will, and it shall be
given unto you according to my word.



41. Joseph Smith asked about adultery. If a man marries a wife in the New
and Everlasting Covenant and she has sex with a man that she was NOT
married to or had been anointed to him during an endowment ceremony, she
has committed adultery and she will be damned.

41 And as ye have asked concerning adultery, verily, verily, I say unto
you, if a man receiveth a wife in the new and everlasting covenant, and if
she be with another man, and I have not appointed unto her by the holy
anointing, she hath committed adultery and shall be destroyed.



42. Sex with a man other than her husband, is adultery for women, unless
she has a New and Everlasting Covenant type of marriage.

[It is ambiguous as to with whom she has a covenant. It must mean that she
can have relations with someone other than her regular husband, if her
other husband's marriage is of the New and Everlasting Covenant type of
marriage. At face value this Scripture on it's own tends to sound out of
character for typical adultery. However, in the cases where Joseph Smith
took as a plural wife, a women that was married to another man civilly,
that marriage was not seen as less valid as a New and Everlasting Covenant
marriage, therefore the women was not committing adultery, as in the case
of Mary Elizabeth Rollings Lightner, whom was still civilly married and
had children by Adam Lightner. Out of that context, the direct
interpretation of this scripture would seem unusual.]

42 If she be not in the new and everlasting covenant, and she be with
another man, she has committed adultery.



43. If a man has sex outside of his Non-New and Everlasting Covenant
marriage it is adultery, but it does not state that he will be destroyed.

[This scripture is also ambiguous, as it refers to the man as being the
husband of the Women that has a civil marriage. But it states that if he
was under a vow, then he has broken his vow. Now why state the obvious, he
is referred to as being her husband, so of course he is under a vow.
Unless it intend that this vow refers to a New and Everlasting Covenant
vow. Also implied with verse 41 is that women are expendable, while men
are not.]

43 And if her husband be with another woman, and he was under a vow, he
hath broken his vow and hath committed adultery.



44. If a women's husband has had sex outside his marriage vows Joseph
Smith has been granted the priesthood power to give this women to a
non-adulterous man.

[No mention if she is given a choice in this matter or not. It does not
say that Joseph Smith was given the powers over the reverse situation.
i.e. a women commits adultery, her husband can be given to another worthy
women. The only remedy offered by this revelation is that she is to be
destroyed.]

44 And if she hath not committed adultery, but is innocent and hath not
broken her vow, and she knoweth it, and I reveal it unto you, my servant
Joseph, then shall you have power, by the power of my Holy Priesthood, to
take her and give her unto him that hath not committed adultery but hath
been faithful; for he shall be made ruler over many.



45. All keys and power have been restored to Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith to
know all things at sometime.

[This revelation supposedly was given in 1831, but not written down until
1843, less than a year before his death. Other sections of the D&C refer
to Joseph Smith receiving even more keys than "All keys". Most notably and
the endowment. Oddly Joseph had upwards to 15 plural wives before he gave
the first endowments on May 4th 1842. How could he have keys to things
such as the second anointing as far back as 1831 when he didn't know all
there was to know about the first endowment until 1842. Apparently "All
keys and power" is not as encompassing, once you start checking the dates
out.]

45 For I have conferred upon you the keys and power of the priesthood,
wherein I restore all things, and make known unto you all things in due
time.



46. Joseph Smith married (sealed) a couple on earth, therefore they are
married (sealed) in heaven at the same moment. Bind according to word, or
law, becomes bound in heaven. The Sins that Joseph Smith forgives here are
forgiven in heaven. Those sins that Joseph Smith chooses NOT to forgive,
will not be forgiven in heaven.

46 And verily, verily, I say unto you, that whatsoever you seal on earth
shall be sealed in heaven; and whatsoever you bind on earth, in my name
and by my word, saith the Lord, it shall be eternally bound in the
heavens; and whosesoever sins you remit on earth shall be remitted
eternally in the heavens; and whosesoever sins you retain on earth shall
be retained in heaven.



47. Joseph Smith has power to bless or curse anyone he feels like cursing.

47 And again, verily I say, whomsoever you bless I will bless, and
whomsoever you curse I will curse, saith the Lord; for I, the Lord, am thy
God.



48. Whenever Joseph Smith marries by the law will not be cursed here or in
heaven.

48 And again, verily I say unto you, my servant Joseph, that whatsoever
you give on earth, and to whomsoever you give any one on earth, by my word
and according to my law, it shall be visited with blessings and not
cursings, and with my power, saith the Lord, and shall be without
condemnation on earth and in heaven.



49. God will side with Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith told that he has earned
his exaltation with other polygamists.

49 For I am the Lord thy God, and will be with thee even unto the end of
the world, and through all eternity; for verily I seal upon you your
exaltation, and prepare a throne for you in the kingdom of my Father, with
Abraham your father.



50. God recognizes Joseph Smith sacrifices and forgives Joseph Smith's
sins and God makes plans to exalt Joseph Smith as he did Abraham for
obeying God's unreasonable test of faith.

50 Behold, I have seen your sacrifices, and will forgive all your sins; I
have seen your sacrifices in obedience to that which I have told you. Go,
therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I accepted the offering of
Abraham of his son Isaac.



51. Emma whom was endowed and married to Joseph Smith by way of the New
and Everlasting Covenant. Emma doesn't have to take the wife Joseph Smith
was asking for. God was just testing, as he did with Abraham.

51 Verily, I say unto you: A commandment I give unto mine handmaid, Emma
Smith, your wife, whom I have given unto you, that she stay herself and
partake not of that which I commanded you to offer unto her; for I did it,
saith the Lord, to prove you all, as I did Abraham, and that I might
require an offering at your hand, by covenant and sacrifice.



52. Emma told to accept all of Joseph Smith's current wives, but if Joseph
Smith brings Emma a slut for her approval, Emma can say no. If they lie
about being a slut, that slut will be destroyed.

[In other workds, if Joseph Smith brings Emma a virgin or chase women for
approval, Emma must approve.]

52 And let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, receive all those that have been
given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me; and
those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed,
saith the Lord God.



53. Emma must Obey God in that Joseph Smith now has many vies and he will
get more.

53 For I am the Lord thy God and ye shall obey my voice; and I give unto
my servant Joseph that he shall be made ruler over many things; for he
hath been faithful over a few things, and from henceforth I will
strengthen him.



54. Emma to be faithful to Joseph Smith and live the commandment and law
or Joseph Smith would be destroyed.

54 And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my
servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this
commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy
God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.



55. If Emma does not live the covenant Joseph Smith will have to do Emma's
works of salvation, for Emma, just as Joseph Smith had said. In spite of
what ever course Emma takes, God will bless Joseph Smith a 100 times, with
everything, included wives and children, not with Emma.

55 But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant
Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him
and multiply him and give unto him an hundredfold in this world, of
fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and
children, and crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds.



56. Emma is to forgive Joseph Smith's sins so that her sins will also be
forgiven, and Emma will be blessed if she does forgive Joseph.

[Since this section center around marriage and fedelity or lack there of
to marriage, is this the implication of what sins of which Emma is to for
give Joseph?]

56 And again, verily I say, let mine handmaid forgive my servant Joseph
his trespasses; and then shall she be forgiven her trespasses, wherein she
has trespassed against me; and I, the Lord thy God, will bless her, and
multiply her, and make her heart to rejoice.



57. Joseph Smith is NOT to sell property (or property signed jointly with
Emma), because Satan would like that. Repeat Joseph Smith was in God's
good favor as was Abraham.

57 And again, I say, let not my servant Joseph put his property out of his
hands, lest an enemy come and destroy him; for Satan seeketh to destroy;
for I am the Lord thy God, and he is my servant; and behold, and lo, I am
with him, as I was with Abraham, thy father, even unto his exaltation and
glory.



58. law of Priesthood has many aspects.

58 Now, as touching the law of the priesthood, there are many things
pertaining thereunto.



59. Joseph Smith was correctly called and set apart like Abraham, and had
his Endowments and was married by the word and law of God. Joseph Smith's
relations were not common sin (adultery) but are justified as ok by God.

59 Verily, if a man be called of my Father, as was Aaron, by mine own
voice, and by the voice of him that sent me, and I have endowed him with
the keys of the power of this priesthood, if he do anything in my name,
and according to my law and by my word, he will not commit sin, and I will
justify him.  In other words, Joseph Smith is being asked to make this
sacrifice of living Plural marriage because of past sins of Joseph Smith.



60. Don't let anyone pick on Joseph Smith for living plural marriage,
because Joseph Smith is making the sacrifice that God asked him to, as a
payment for Joseph Smith's transgressions.

60 Let no one, therefore, set on my servant Joseph; for I will justify
him; for he shall do the sacrifice which I require at his hands for his
transgressions, saith the Lord your God.



61. The law of God is, that if a man marry a virgin and wants to have
another virgin, he can have her if the first wife gives her ok and the 2nd
candidate really is a virgin. This man can not commit adultery by having
sex only with the virgin women "given" to him.

61 And again, as pertaining to the law of the priesthood--if any man
espouse a virgin, and desire to espouse another, and the first give her
consent, and if he espouse the second, and they are virgins, and have
vowed to no other man, then is he justified; he cannot commit adultery for
they are given unto him; for he cannot commit adultery with that that
belongeth unto him and to no one else.



62. If a man have 10 virgin plural wives given to him by the law he can
have sex with all 10 and no adultery is happening.

62 And if he have ten virgins given unto him by this law, he cannot commit
adultery, for they belong to him, and they are given unto him; therefore
is he justified.



63. If any of the 10 virgins has sex with any other man, she shall be
destroyed because the virgin belongs to the 1st man, for the purpose of
making children, not making love, and to fulfill Abraham's promise of
Eternal child bearing, which is part of exaltation in the after life, thus
glorifying God.

63 But if one or either of the ten virgins, after she is espoused, shall
be with another man, she has committed adultery, and shall be destroyed;
for they are given unto him to multiply and replenish the earth, according
to my commandment, and to fulfil the promise which was given by my Father
before the foundation of the world, and for their exaltation in the
eternal worlds, that they may bear the souls of men; for herein is the
work of my Father continued, that he may be glorified.



64. Any endowed priesthood man that is married and teachers her the law of
plural marriage, she must obey or be destroyed.

Women must give whatever wives the man asks for or the women will be
destroyed, because God intends on having the law lived by someone.

64 And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, if any man have a wife, who
holds the keys of this power, and he teaches unto her the law of my
priesthood, as pertaining to these things, then shall she believe and
administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord your God;
for I will destroy her; for I will magnify my name upon all those who
receive and abide in my law.



65. If wife is not willing to give her husband other wives according this
God's word, then she becomes the transgressor. In this cas, the man is
exempt from the law of Sarah, whom obeyed the law and gave Abraham Hagar
as his wife. The law of Sara is ...

[not giving your husband many virgins, is an act of commission, not an act
of omission]

65 Therefore, it shall be lawful in me, if she receive not this law, for
him to receive all things whatsoever I, the Lord his God, will give unto
him, because she did not believe and administer unto him according to my
word; and she then becomes the transgressor; and he is exempt from the law
of Sarah, who administered unto Abraham according to the law when I
commanded Abraham to take Hagar to wife.



66. God will tell more about the law later.

[Again this revelation was given 12 years ago, but only written down in
1842, so hows it seems that now is the time to give more about the law,
since many more people than just Joseph Smith has been asked to live it
previous to this time.

66 And now, as pertaining to this law, verily, verily, I say unto you, I
will reveal more unto you, hereafter; therefore, let this suffice for the
present. Behold, I am Alpha and Omega. Amen.





Joseph Smith's take on King David.

The following are some quotes that either come from Joseph Smith or he was
the probable influence on the following view of King David.  Considering
some similarities to Joseph's relationship with Fanny Alger and other
Nauvoo plural wives, the husbands of some of those wives were sent far
away on Missions, I find this a very interesting view of David, as it
relates to convincing Emma of the divine origin of Joseph's plural
marriages.





Murderers Have No Forgiveness

A murderer, for instance, on that sheds innocent blood, cannot have
forgiveness. David sought repentance at the hand of God carefully with
tears, for the murder of Uriah; but he could only get it through hell: he
got a promise that his soul should not be left in hell.

Although David was a king, he never did obtain the spirit and power of
Elijah and the fullness of the Priesthood; and the Priesthood that he
received, and the throne and kingdom of David is to be taken from him and
given to another by the name of David in the last days, raised up out of
his lineage.

Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section Six 1843 44, p.339



27.& Although David was anointed a king by the Prophet Samuel, it was not,
according to this teaching of Joseph Smith, after the order of the fulness
of the Melchizedek Priesthood (see 1 Samuel 16:12-13). For this reason,
when David ordered the murder of Uriah (2 Samuel 11), he did not commit
the unpardonable sin.

Ehat & Cook, Words, 10 March 1844 Note, p.390



... while, for the crime of adultery with Bathsheba, and for ordering
Uriah to be put in the front of battle in a time of war, where he was
slain by the enemy, the Priesthood, and the kingdom were taken from David,
the man after God's own heart, and his soul was thrust into hell. Why?
Because "the Holy Ghost spake by the mouth of David" or, in other words,
David possessed the gift of the Holy Ghost, and had power to speak by the
light thereof. But even David, though guilty of adultery and murder of
Uriah, obtained the promise that his soul should not be left in hell,
which means, as I understand it, that even he shall escape the second
death.

Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, p.433



Status of King David

Question: "Some time ago the question came up as to the standing of King
David because of his sin as pertaining to Uriah.

Because we understand there is no forgiveness for murder some of the class
felt he lost his priesthood and retrogressed from the time of this
incident. Others felt that inasmuch as David repented and abhorred his sin
and indicated his sorrow, that he did not lose his priesthood. Would you
please enlighten us? Whet is the teaching of the Church on this point?
What is his status?"

Answer: David sorely repented all his life, but his sin was so great that
he lost everything and the Prophet Joseph Smith has given us this
information. Speaking of the Jews whom Peter addressed as recorded in the
third chapter of Acts, they could not receive forgiveness for their sins,
although they repented, until Christ comes, and the same is true of David.
These are the words of the Prophet to the Jews:

A murderer, for instance, one that sheds innocent blood, cannot have
forgiveness. David sought repentance at the hand of God carefully with
tears, for the murder of Uriah; but he could only get it through hell; he
got a promise that his soul should not be left in hell.

Although David was a king, he never did obtain the spirit and power of
Elijah and the fulness of the priesthood; and the priesthood that he
received, and the throne and kingdom of David is to be taken from him and
given to another by the name of David in the last days, raised up out of
his lineage.

. . . "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be
blotted out, when the times of refreshing (redemption) shall come from the
presence of the Lord, and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you," &c.1 ( Acts 3:19-21.)The time of redemption here had
reference to the time when Christ should come; then, and not till then,
would their sins be blotted out. Why? Because they were murderers, and no
murderer hath eternal life. Even David must wait for those times of
refreshing, before he can come forth and his sins be blotted out. For
Peter, speaking of him says, "David hath not yet ascended into heaven, for
his sepulchre is with us to this day."2 ( Ibid., 2:29) His remains were
then in the tomb. Now, we read that many bodies of the Saints arose at
Christ's resurrection, probably all the Saints, but it seems that David
did not.3 ( Matthew 27:52-53.)Why? Because he had been a murderer. . . 4 (
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pp. 239, 188.)

Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, Vol. 3, p.145



When we see each other in the morning, our sleep has often not been the
same, even though we usually each say the same "Good morning." Uriah
apparently slept very well when, as a loyal lieutenant of King David, he
slept with the servants on the floor at King David's door.. Uriah was
loyal to his men "in the open fields," to his king, and to his wife,
Bathsheba. By contrast, one cannot help but wonder how well the conspiring
and adulterous David slept that same night! The later lamentations of
David suggest that many sleepless nights followed his sending of the
uncompromised Uriah to his death-in the "forefront of the hottest battle,"
where the "valiant men were." Uriah fell, but David plummeted from the
privileged place reserved for him in the next world. (See 2 Samuel 11.)

Neal A. Maxwell, Deposition of a Disciple, p.77



David's repentance.

King James Version 1 Kings 15:5

Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned
not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life,
save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

Joseph Smith Translation (forerly the Inspired version) 1 Kings 15:5

Because David did right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from
all that he commanded him, to sin against the Lord; but repented of the
evil all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the
Hittite, wherein the Lord cursed him.



After David had repented with all his heart of his crime with the wife of
Uriah, he, notwithstanding the number of wives he had previously taken,
took Bathsheba legally, and by that legal marriage Solomon was born; the
child born of her unto David, begotten illegally, being a bastard,
displeased the Lord and He struck it with death; but with Solomon, a legal
issue from the same woman, the Lord was so pleased that He ordained
Solomon and set him on the throne of his father David. This shows the
difference between the two classes of posterity, the one begotten
illegally, the other in the order of marriage. If Solomon had been a
bastard, as this pious generation would have us suppose, instead of being
blessed of the Lord and raised to the throne of his father, he would have
been banished from the congregation of Israel and his seed after him for
ten generations. But, notwithstanding that he was so highly blessed and
honored of the Lord, there was room for him to transgress and fall, and in
the end he did so. For a long time the Lord blessed Solomon, but
eventually he violated that law which the Lord had given forbidding Israel
to take wives from the idolatrous nations, and some of those wives
succeeded in turning his heart from the Lord, and induced him to worship
the heathen Gods, and the Lord was angry with him and, as it is recorded
in the Book of Mormon, considered the acts of Solomon an abomination in
His sight.

Journal of Discourses, Vol.13, p.191 - p.192, Orson Pratt, October 7, 1869



The greatest promise, it seems, that God could give to Abraham was that
his seed should be as the stars for multitude and as innumerable as the
sand upon the sea shore, and that in him and his posterity all the nations
of the earth should be blessed. It seemed to be the greatest gift that God
could pronounce upon him; at any rate, I do not read of anything that He
puts ahead of this. David also, though a transgressor is the matter of
Uriah the Hittite, and though deprived of many of his blessings because of
this great sin, yet the Lord had promised him that He would build him a
sure house; and if you will read the history of the dynasty you will see
how remarkably God fulfilled His word in that regard, and how He preserved
his seed. Notwithstanding they were wicked men, He preserved them. He said
that He had made promises to His servant David, which He would fulfill;
and I have no doubt that in these days, when the time shall come, the seed
of David will be found upon the earth just as the Lord said it should be.

Collected Discourses, Vol.5, George Q. Cannon, June 7, 1896



As a polygamist, David, the anointed King and Prophet of Israel, was
called a man after God's own heart; and God Himself expressly declares, by
the mouth of Nathan the Prophet, that he gave him his wives.

Parley Pratt Autobiography(1985), p.385



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