Sign #17 - Return Of The Ten Lost Tribes Of Israel From The North

The gathering of the Tribe of Ephraim in these Last Days is a Major Event.  Ephraim was given the Blessing by Jacob, rather than Manasseh even though Manasseh was the first born, but the Lord inspired Jacob to give the blessing to Ephraim. 

The majority of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are of Ephraim.   WHY? 

Because the blessing was given to Ephraim to be gathered First to the covenant of the Gospel with Priesthood Authority and then bear the message of the Restored Gospel to the world and they would preside over the Gathering of Israel and administer the ordinances of salvation. 

The Ten Tribes would come to the children of Ephraim and receive their blessings under the hand of Ephraim because they hold the Restored Melchizedek Priesthood with the Authority to minister the Ordinances thereof.  Heavenly Father only recognizes the Authority and Priesthood given by Him to His servants.

Let me give a few scriptures that back up and explain the things I have said:

1 Nephi 22: 4.

4 And behold, there are many who are already lost from the knowledge of those who are at Jerusalem. Yea, the more part of all the tribes have been led away; and they are scattered to and fro upon the isles of the sea; and whither they are none of us knoweth, save that we know that they have been led away.

(This is the Prophet Nephi talking to his wayward brothers between 588-570 B.C.)

Here, Jesus Christ is talking to the Nephites in the Americas in 34 A.D. explaining what He did in Jerusalem.

3 NEPHI 15: 15 - 20

15 Neither at any time hath the Father given me commandment that I should tell unto them concerning the other tribes of the house of Israel, whom the Father hath led away out of the land.  

(The Ten Lost Tribes)

16 This much did the Father command me, that I should tell unto them:

 

17 That other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

 

18 And now, because of stiffneckedness and unbelief they understood not my word; therefore I was commanded to say no more of the Father concerning this thing unto them.

 

19 But, verily, I say unto you that the Father hath commanded me, and I tell it unto you, that ye were separated from among them because of their iniquity; therefore it is because of their iniquity that they know not of you.

 

20 And verily, I say unto you again that the other tribes hath the Father separated from them; and it is because of their iniquity that they know not of them.

(The Lost Ten Tribes)

Now, Jesus tells them this:

3 NEPHI 17: 4

4 But now I go unto the Father, and also to show myself unto the lost tribes of Israel, for they are not lost unto the Father, for he knoweth whither he hath taken them.

Then a little later He tells them this:

3 NEPHI 21: 26

26 And then shall the work of the Father commence at that day, (Last Days - Our Time) even when this gospel shall be preached among the remnant of this people. (The Remnant is the Indians, they are descendants of Israel) Verily I say unto you, at that day shall the work of the Father commence among all the dispersed of my people, yea, even the tribes which have been lost, which the Father hath led away out of Jerusalem.

(God, The Father, led Lehi and his family out of Jerusalem 600 B.C. and the 10 Lost Tribes between 922-721 B.C.)

To keep this blog short, here are the Scriptures you should read, IN THIS ORDER, so it may be easier to understand.  Just click on them and it will take you to them.  This will give you a better picture of what has happened and what WILL happen.

3 NEPHI 28: 29  if you read the whole chapter, you will get a better picture.

2 NEPHI 29: 12-13 he says the Jews should write it (Bible) and the Nephites shall write it (Stick of Ephraim or Joseph - Book of Mormon) and the 10 Lost Tribes will write and  ALL of them will have EACH OTHERS WRITINGS).

DOCTRINE and COVENANTS 110: 11

(Moses conferred the Keys to the Gathering of Israel 3 April 1836 in the Kirkland Temple)

DOCTRINE and COVENANTS 133: 26 - 34 What is going to happen at their Return.

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Sign #16 - The Final Gathering Of Israel From The Four Quarters Of The Earth

The people of the covenant are scattered when they reject the true Messiah, which is Jesus Christ, and His gospel and His true doctrine, that is when they fall into apostasy. 

They are scattered Israel in regards to their identity.  They do not understand who they are and who they belong to.  They belong to God.  We are all His sons and daughters. 

When they receive Jesus Christ as their Lord, and receive His Restored Gospel and accept His Doctrine, and they Repent and forsake their False Traditions and their False Gods that have been passed down through the ages, THEN they are Gathered.

Millions who are receiving the Restored Gospel today in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, after getting their PATRIARCHAL BLESSING, are finding out that THEY are descendants of the House of Israel.  Most are descendant from Ephraim, Joseph of Egypt's Son.

1 NEPHI 15: 12-18

12 Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was compared unto an olive tree, by the Spirit of the Lord which was in our father; and behold are we not broken off from the house of Israel, and are we not a branch of the house of Israel?

 

(As I have said once before, that the Indians in North America are a broken off part of the House of Israel because their ancestors came from Jerusalem and recorded their history, which became the Stick of Joseph or The Book of Mormon, written by their Ancestors to them in these Latter Days.)

 

13 And now, the thing which our father meaneth concerning the grafting in of the natural branches through the fulness of the Gentiles, is, that in the latter days, (NOW)  when our seed shall have dwindled in unbelief, yea, for the space of many years, and many generations after the Messiah shall be manifested in body unto the children of men, (His first Ministry in Jerusalem 2000 years ago) then shall the fulness of the gospel of the Messiah come unto the Gentiles, (The Non-Jews) and from the Gentiles unto the remnant of our seed—   

 

(The Indians, descendants of the Lamanites of the Book of Mormon)

 

14 And at that day shall the remnant of our seed know that they are of the house of Israel, and that they are the covenant people of the Lord; and then shall they know and come to the knowledge of their forefathers, and also to the knowledge of the gospel of their Redeemer, which was ministered unto their fathers by him; wherefore, they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer and the very points of his doctrine, that they may know how to come unto him and be saved.

 

(The Indians have been receiving the Bible and The Book of Mormon, which is the knowledge of their Forefathers and the Gospel Restored, which Jesus Christ MINISTERED UNTO THEM after His Resurrection.  He came to their forefathers in the Americas.  It's Recorded by the Prophets in the Book of Mormon, in:

3 Nephi chapters 8-30, which records the Destruction and in chapter 11, His Appearance.)

 

15 And then at that day will they not rejoice and give praise unto their everlasting God, their rock and their salvation? Yea, at that day, will they not receive the strength and nourishment from the true vine? Yea, will they not come unto the true fold of God?

 

16 Behold, I say unto you, Yea; they shall be remembered again among the house of Israel; they shall be grafted in, being a natural branch of the olive tree, into the true olive tree.

 

17 And this is what our father meaneth; and he meaneth that it will not come to pass until after they are scattered by the Gentiles; (They - The Indians) and he meaneth that it shall come by way of the Gentiles, (It - Meaning the Book of Mormon, the record of their Ancestors) that the Lord may show his power unto the Gentiles, for the very cause that he shall be rejected of the Jews, or of the house of Israel.  (Crucified and rejected by the Jews.)

 

18 Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone, but also of ALL the house of Israel, pointing to the covenant which should be fulfilled in the latter days; which covenant the Lord made to our father Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

 

At the time of the original Apostles, before the Lord ascended into Heaven, and because of the Roman control of Israel asked Him:

 

ACTS 1: 6-9

 

6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

 

7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

 

8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

 

9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

 

In other words, the Promised Gathering of Israel was not YET, but in the Future, the Last Days WHEN the RESTORATION of the GOSPEL will begin.

 

The Keys of the Gathering of Israel were confered upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery by MOSES on APRIL 3, 1836 in the Kirkland Temple, the first Temple built since Herods Temple, 2000 years ago.

 

Since that time the Scattered remenants of Jacob have been leaving their professions, friends in all nations, and with the Spirit of Gathering are assembling with the Latter Day Saints to comprise Latter Day Israel.

 

The drawing power of this church is a Sign of the Times. 

According to Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the 4th Largest church in the United States and is one of the Fastest Growing Christian Churches. 

YES, CHRISTIAN. 

Not Protestant or Not Reformed, but RESTORED as it was ORIGINALLY.

 

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Sign #15 - The Growth of the Kingdom and Church

The Lord told us through Daniel and Modern Revelation through Living Prophets that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints would never be destroyed no matter what evil men, led by Satan, can do. 

It would never be left to another people and never again would there by a Universal Apostasy.  This time the Plan of Salvation and the Restored Gospel would remain and in due time, the Established Kingdom of God would break in pieces ALL EARTHLY KINGDOMS and would remain FOREVER.

REMEMBER, My comments will be in RED and in brackets (  ) especially in the MIDDLE of Scripture quotes.

See  DANIEL 2: 44

44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Even the Prophet Enoch saw that the Kingdom of God set up in the Last Days would REMAIN until the Lord's Second Coming.

See:  MOSES 7: 60-66

60 And the Lord said unto Enoch: As I live, even so will I come in the last days, in the days of wickedness and vengeance, to fulfil the oath which I have made unto you concerning the children of Noah;

61 And the day shall come that the earth shall rest, (Millennium - a day = 1000 years)  but before that day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the earth; and the heavens shall shake, and also the earth; and great tribulations shall be among the children of men, but my people will I preserve;

62 And righteousness will I send down out of heaven; and truth will I send forth out of the earth, to bear testimony of mine Only Begotten;

 

(The Stick of Ephraim (Book of Mormon) The Second Witness of Jesus Christ - His Only Begotten)

62 continued:

his resurrection from the dead; yea, and also the resurrection of all men; and righteousness and truth will I cause to sweep the earth as with a flood, to gather out mine elect from the four quarters of the earth, unto a place which I shall prepare, an Holy City, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming; for there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem.

 

(Not the old Jerusalem, which shall be Re-built in Glory, but the New Jerusalem (Zion) which has been revealed by Revelation, to be at Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, on THIS CONTINENT.)

 

63 And the Lord said unto Enoch: Then shalt thou and all thy city meet them there,   (The city of Enoch which was taken up unto the Lord, will Return with Enoch to Meet up with Zion PHYSICALLY, after it is built)  and we will receive them into our bosom, and they shall see us; and we will fall upon their necks, and they shall fall upon our necks, and we will kiss each other;

64 And there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall come forth out of all the creations which I have made; and for the space of a thousand years the earth shall rest.  (Millennium)

65 And it came to pass that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the space of a thousand years;

 

66 But before that day he saw great tribulations among the wicked; and he also saw the sea, that it was troubled, and men’s hearts failing them, looking forth with fear for the judgments of the Almighty God, which should come upon the wicked.

 

The Wicked are those who do not believe in God and do not Keep His Commandments, and only think of Money, and Power over the hearts of the people.  These are the ones that say, when you mention God or Jesus or Judgement Day or anything like it, and they say to you, "That Offends Me". 

 

What they are really saying in their heart is: 

 

"Don't mention anything Religious because that troubles me inside, because I know that I am Not doing or living the way I should and I DO NOT want to be Reminded inside, that judgement is coming"

The Lord gave us Assurance that the Gospel would cover the earth.  This revelation was received in October 1831 and the Prophet designates it as a prayer.  It says that the KEYS of the Kingdom of God are committed unto man on Earth and the Gospel will Triumph and the Millennial Kingdom of Heaven will Join the Kingdom of God on earth.  Here it is:

DOCTRINE and COVENANTS 65  The whole chapter.

1 Hearken, and lo, a voice as of one sent down from on high, who is mighty and powerful, whose going forth is unto the ends of the earth, yea, whose voice is unto men—Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

 

2 The keys of the kingdom of God are committed unto man on the earth, and from thence shall the gospel roll forth unto the ends of the earth, as the stone which is cut out of the mountain without hands shall roll forth, until it has filled the whole earth.

 

3 Yea, a voice crying—Prepare ye the way of the Lord, prepare ye the supper of the Lamb, make ready for the Bridegroom.

 

4 Pray unto the Lord, call upon his holy name, make known his wonderful works among the people.

 

5 Call upon the Lord, that his kingdom may go forth upon the earth, that the inhabitants thereof may receive it, and be prepared for the days to come, in the which the Son of Man shall come down in heaven, clothed in the brightness of his glory, to meet the kingdom of God which is set up on the earth.

 

6 Wherefore, may the kingdom of God go forth, that the kingdom of heaven may come, that thou, O God, mayest be glorified in heaven so on earth, that thine enemies may be subdued; for thine is the honor, power and glory, forever and ever. Amen.

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Sign #14 - The Lord's Church and Kingdom Set Up Again On The Earth

The Lord wants us to be bold in declaring the Good News. 

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the Kingdom of God, set up again, on the Earth.

The Prophet Daniel saw and recorded in his prophesies, a kingdom set up without hands, meaning it would be set up by Revelation from Heaven to a prophet that would be chosen to establish it.

It would be set up in the Last Days, in the days of certain kings, AFTER the Roman Empire.  Here is his words when he was interpreting Nebuchadnezzar’s dream:

DANIEL 2: 31-45

31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

 

32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

 

33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

 

34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

 

35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.  (This is the Kingdom of God, the Church)

 

36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

 

37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

 

38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

 

39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

 

40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

 

41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

 

42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

 

43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

 

44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.  (This IS that Kingdom)

 

45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

 

The Prophet Joseph Smith was that chosen prophet to organize the Kingdom and Church at this time.  The Prophet Joseph Smith explained it in two Revelations that was recorded.

 

DOCTRINE and COVENANTS 128: 20,  as an Epistle on 6 September 1842.

 

20 And again, what do we hear? Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, an angel from heaven, declaring the fulfilment of the prophets—the book to be revealed. A voice of the Lord in the wilderness of Fayette, Seneca county, declaring the three witnesses to bear record of the book!  The voice of Michael on the banks of the Susquehanna, detecting the devil when he appeared as an angel of light! The voice of Peter, James, and John in the wilderness between Harmony, Susquehanna county, and Colesville, Broome county, on the Susquehanna river, declaring themselves as possessing the keys of the kingdom, and of the dispensation of the fulness of times!

 

In April, 1830, The Prophet Joseph Smith received a Revelation having to do with Church organization and Government.  He said;   “We obtained of Him [Jesus Christ] the following, by the spirit of prophecy and revelation; which not only gave us much information, but also pointed out to us the precise day upon which, according to His will and commandment, we should proceed to organize His Church once more here upon the earth”

(History of the Church, 1:64).

The Revelation mentioned, was recorded as:

Doctrine and Covenants 20: 

The whole section giving details of the doctrines of Creation, Fall, Atonement, and Baptism.  Laws governing Repentance, Justification, and other items.  It gave the duties of Deacons, Teachers and Priests, Elders, blessing of children, mode of baptism, Sacramental Prayers, and regulations regarding church membership.

The Revelation is too long to print here, click on link above.

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The Prophet Joseph Smith was directed to Formally organize the church on 6 April, 1830, under the laws of the State of New York with 6 official members.

Sign #13 - I Will Send My Messengers To Prepare the Way

Before the Lord came in the Meridian of Time, Two Thousand years ago, He sent His Messenger before Him to prepare the way.

This Messenger at that time was John the Baptist.  He taught that the Lord would be coming and told everyone to Repent of their Sins and be baptized.

Before the Second Coming of the Lord, He sent another Messenger to Prepare the Way. 

He Did That.  He sent the Prophet Joseph Smith to RESTORE the Gospel and also to tell the people to Repent and be baptized, like John did. 

The Lord sending Messengers before Him is recorded in:

MALACHI 3: 1-6

1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

 

2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

 

(Read up on what happens in the Refiners Fire and what Fullers' soap does with impurities in Gold and Silver and you will know what is going to happen to the people alive at that time.)

 

3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

 

4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

 

5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

 

6 For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

 

The fulfilment of these ancient predictions Have Been Completed.

 

The GOSPEL ITSELF is also a Messenger preparing the way before the Face of the Lord.  IT IS NOW HERE!

 

DOCTRINE and COVENANTS 45: 9

 

9 And even so I have sent mine everlasting covenant into the world, (THE RESTORED GOSPEL) to be a light to the world, and to be a standard for my people, and for the Gentiles to seek to it, and to be a messenger before my face to prepare the way before me.

 

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Sign #12 - The Restoration of the Fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

The Prophets of Old had known that in the Last Days, the Fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and Living Prophets would, at last, be RESTORED again to the Earth. 

They knew that the scriptures and writings that they had made and recorded would be LOST or CHANGED from what they originally had written.  They looked FORWARD to this LAST DISPENSATION OF THE GOSPEL, and that it would be called, as Paul said in Ephesians, The Dispensation of the Fullness of Times.

EPHESIANS 1: 10.

10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

This Dispensation was to come and RESTORE ALL that has been lost over the Centuries, but that is not all. 

The Lord said that besides all that existed in earlier Dispensations would be known, but also, many things that Those Dispensations did NOT know, would be REVEALED in this Glorious, LAST Dispensation organized just before the Second Coming of Lord Jesus Christ to RULE upon the Earth.

Isaiah talked so much about the Restoration in the Latter Days, he could be called the Ancient Prophet of the Restoration and now we know that The Prophet Joseph Smith is called the Modern Prophet of the Restoration.

Many of Isaiah's chapters gave details of it.  Here are Isaiah's chapters:

Isaiah Chapter 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 18, 24, 29, 33, 34, 35, 51, 52, 54, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66.

You will come across in chapters in the Book of Mormon that will have entries from the BRASS PLATES that Lehi brought with him in 600 B.C., unaltered, and were recorded from those plates straight onto the Gold plates which became the Book of Mormon.  These were DIRECT translations so if there are any differences, the Bible had been altered in the many translations it has had.

Compare these with the ones in the Bible and you may see some changes.

John the Revelator also saw the Restoration that would take place before the Day of Judgment and that the Restoration would come by REVELATION and the Ministration of Angels. 

See:

REVELATION 14:  6-8

6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

 

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

 

8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Also in Modern day Revelation given to the Prophet Joseph Smith is this recorded in:

DOCTRINE and COVENANTS 133: 36-41

36 And now, verily saith the Lord, that these things might be known among you, O inhabitants of the earth, I have sent forth mine angel flying through the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel, who hath appeared unto some and hath committed it unto man, who shall appear unto many that dwell on the earth.

 

37 And this gospel shall be preached unto every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.

 

38 And the servants of God shall go forth, saying with a loud voice: Fear God and give glory to him, for the hour of his judgment is come;

 

39 And worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters—

 

40 Calling upon the name of the Lord day and night, saying: O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence.

 

41 And it shall be answered upon their heads; for the presence of the Lord shall be as the melting fire that burneth, and as the fire which causeth the waters to boil.

The concept of the Last Days is so intertwined between the Bible and the Book of Mormon that people must believe that the Lord is in control.  All they need to do is see what is happening now before their eyes and match them to the Bible, Book of Mormon and Modern Revelations coming to Living Prophets Today.

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Sign #11 - The Lord Restores The Keys And Priesthood To The Earth

Priesthood is:  The Power and Authority of God Delegated to Man on Earth to Act In ALL Things for the Salvation of Men.

THE KEYS: It is the Right and Power of Presidency to Direct  the Manner in which Priesthood is to be Used, and the Means by which the Door is opened for the Gospel cause.

The Covenants of the Lord cannot be fulfilled without the Keys.

The Restoration of the Priesthood AND the Keys is a SIGN that the Work Reserved for this, The Dispensation Of The Fullness Of Times, that the AUTHORITY and POWERS are given to OFFICIALLY PERFORM THE ORDINANCES in these Last Days, before the Second Coming of the Lord.

This is the Last Dispensation of the Gospel before the End.  It's Purpose is to do the FINISHING WORK and to Organize the Kingdom on Earth in preparation for the Millennium.

Many Prophets of the Past who Held the Priesthood and the Keys HAVE ALREADY COME in this Dispensation and RESTORED the KEYS and POWERS and AUTHORITIES needed by His LATTER DAY PROPHETS and His Servants to conduct this important business.

These are the Prophets who HAVE COME and RESTORED THEIR KEYS and POWERS and AUTHORITY that THEY were IN CHARGE OF.

At the time of the Dedication of the First Temple in the Last 2000 years, and in this Last Dispensation of the Fullness of Times, the Lord Jesus Christ first appeared on April 3, 1836 along with Moses, Alias and Elijah.  The Lord told The Prophet Joseph Smith that HE HAS ACCEPTED THIS HOUSE as HIS.

JOHN the BAPTIST, (Conferred the Aaronic Priesthood on the Prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery - Authority of Baptise).

PETER, JAMES and JOHN (They conferred the Higher Melchizedek Priesthood on the Prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdrey- The Authority to perform the Laying on of Hands and ALL other Functions of the Kingdom of God and hold the Keys to the Mysteries).

MICHAEL, (Who was Michael the Prince, the Archangel, Presiding High Priest under Christ over all the Earth in Priesthood Authority and the First Man on Earth. -  Adam.  He also, 3 years before his death, met with his righteous descendants in the Valley of Adam-Ondi-Ahman and will meet there again soon, just before the Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord.  All the prophets and servants will be there and give an accounting to Adam and turn their Keys they held back to Adam and he will turn them back to Christ.  Contrary to common tradition, we find from Modern Revelation, it is Michael who will sound the Trumpet of the First Resurrection in that Great and coming day, RATHER than GABRIEL).

(This is the Advantages of Revelation from Living Prophets.)

GABRIEL,   (Who was Noah, second in Priesthood Authority next to Michael, came in Modern times and conferred the Keys of his dispensation upon the Prophet Joseph Smith).

RAPHAEL. (Who held the keys of his Dispensation while he was on the Earth and conferred those keys to the Prophet Joseph Smith.)

ELIJAH, (Who gave the Keys he had to the Prophet Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, on April 3, 1836 in the Kirkland Temple, the Keys to Revelation, ordinances, oracles, powers and endowments of the fullness of the Melchizedek Priesthood and of the Kingdom of God on Earth and to Perform ALL the Ordinances belonging to the Kingdom of God including turning the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children and the Hearts of the Children to the Fathers, (the Dead fathers to the Living children and the Living Children to their dead Ancestors - Performing their Genealogical Research and completing it by doing the Temple Ordinances for them, SEALING THOSE WHO DWELL ON EARTH to THOSE WHO DWELL IN HEAVEN.)

ELIAS, (He also appeared on April 3, 1836 in the Kirkland Temple and said:

DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS 110: 12

12 After this, Elias appeared, and committed the dispensation of the gospel of Abraham, saying that in us and our seed all generations after us should be blessed.

MOSES, (Moses's Ministry was important to men NOW LIVING and his part in the RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS.  (Acts 3: 19)  On April 3, 1836 he came to the Kirkland Temple and committed the KEYS of the GATHERING of ISRAEL from the 4 quarters of the Earth and the Leading of the Lost Ten Tribes from the Land of the North.  (Doctrine and Covenants 110: 11)

MORONI, (The Lord gave the privilege and power to Moroni to bring forth the records that he and other prophets from 600 B.C. to the time he had buried in 421 A.D. to light.  This is because he HELD THE KEYS of the RECORD of the STICK of EPHRAIM (Doctrine and Covenants 27:5), and he REVEALED the Book of Mormon to the Prophet Joseph Smith on 21 September 1823 but he was not allowed to take them for 4 years.  He had to meet each year on that date to be instructed on how the Kingdom of God was to be built and on the 21st of September 1827, he was allowed to take the Gold Plates, the Urim and Thummin and begin his work in the translation of the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ which is the Companion Book of the Bible.)
Moroni's coming was a partial fulfilment of John's Vision:

REVELATION 14: 6-7

6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

ALL PRIESTHOOD AUTHORITY and KEYS are NOW ON THE EARTH and the KINGDOM of GOD here and GROWING.

These Prophets and many more from the times of old, the Prophet Joseph Smith has met and can describe them in detail when he was asked about them.

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