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Brigham Young
2. President i Kirken

Brigham Young var den 2. presidenten av JKKASDH, og har sagt mye som viser at medlemmene av JKKASDH bør undersøke organisasjonen.

ADAM-GUD doktrinen

I Journal of Discourses, forteller Brigham Young:

"Now hear it, O inhabitants, of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner! When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wifes, with him. He helped to make and organize this world. He is Michael, the Archangel, the Ancient of Days! About whom holy men have written and spoken - He is our Father, and our God, and the only God with whom WE have to do. Every man upon the earth, professing Christian or nonprofessing, must hear it, and will know it sooner or later. They came, organized the raw material, and arranged in their order the herbs of the field, the trees... and every fruit that is desirable and good for man; the seed was brought from his another sphere, and plantet in this earth. ... When Adam and Eve had eaten of the forbidden fruit, their bodies became mortal from its effects, and therefore their offspring were mortal. When the virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father had begotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost. And who is the Father? He is the first of the human family; and when he took a tabernacle, it was begotten by his Father in heaven, after the same manner as the tabernacles of Cain, Abel, and the rest of the sons...." Journal of Discourses, vol 1, s. 50/51.

Han fortsetter:

"Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and who is our Father in Heaven." Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, s. 51.

I avisen skrev de:

"God revealed Adam-God doctrine to him, Adam holds the keys of everlasting life and salvation to all". Deseret News, s. 308 (Juni 18, 1873)

Wilford Woodruff og Hosea Stout skrev om det profeten sa

"Joseph also taught Adam-God." Wilford Woodruff Diary, vol. 6, s. 381 (Desember 16, 1867)

"President B. Young taught that Adam was the father of Jesus and the only God to us." Diary of Hosea Stout, vol. 2, s. 435 (April 9, 1852)

Bibelen har et annet syn på Adam:

"Synden kom på grunn av ett menneske, og med synden kom døden. Døden rammet alle mennesker, fordi alle hadde syndet. Synden var selvfølgelig i verden før loven kom. Men den ble ikke regnet som synd, fordi det ikke var noen lov. Likevel hersket døden også i tiden fra Adam og til Moses, selv om det enkelte menneske ikke hadde forbrudt seg mot Guds lov. Adam er motstykke til Kristus." - Rom 5, 12-14.

Utsagn av Brigham Young:

Brigham Young sa at noen synder må man gi noe av sitt eget blod for å få tilgitt dem:
"There is not a man or woman, who violates the covenants made with their God, that will not be required to pay the debt. The blood of Christ will never wipe that out, your own blood must atone for it . . . " (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 3, s 247; se også, Vol. 4, s. 53-54, 219-220.)

Brigham Young sa at du må erkjenne at Joseph Smith var en profet av Gud for å bli frelst.
"...and he that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is Antichrist." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 9, s. 312).

Brigham Young sa at hans taler var som hellig skrift.
"I say now, when they [his discourses] are copied and approved by me they are as good Scripture as is couched in this Bible . . . " (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 13, s. 264; se også side 95.)

Brigham Young sa at han aldri hadde gitt et feil råd.
"I am here to answer. I shall be on hand to answer when I am called upon, for all the counsel and for all the instruction that I have given to this people. If there is an Elder here, or any member of this Church, called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who can bring up the first idea, the first sentence that I have delivered to the people as counsel that is wrong, I really wish they would do it; but they cannot do it, for the simple reason that I have never given counsel that is wrong; this is the reason." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 16, s. 161.)

Brigham Young sammenlignet hans taler med skriftene.
"I know just as well what to teach this people and just what to say to them and what to do in order to bring them into the celestial kingdom...I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men, that they may not call Scripture. Let me have the privilege of correcting a sermon, and it is as good Scripture as they deserve. The people have the oracles of God continually." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 13, s. 95.)

Brigham Young sa at du er fordømt om du fornekter polygami.
"Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives, and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 3, p. 266). Also, "The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 11, s. 269).

Brigham Young sa at man ikke kan komme til den høyeste himmelen uten Joseph Smith sin godkjennelse:
"...no man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7, s. 289).

Brigham Young sa at Gud blir smartere og får mer makt.
"God himself is increasing and progressing in knowledge, power, and dominion, and will do so, worlds without end." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, s. 120).

Brigham Young sa at Jesus´ unnfangelse var like naturlig som vår:
"The birth of the Savior was as natural as the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood--was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 8, s. 115).

Brigham Young sa at Gud og Maria hadde samleie.
"When the time came that His first-born, the Saviour, should come into the world and take a tabernacle, the Father came Himself and favoured that spirit with a tabernacle instead of letting any other man do it." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 4, Page 218.) "The birth of the Savior was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood -- was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 8, s. 115).

Brigham Young sa at Jesus ikke var unnfanget ved Den Hellige Ånd
"I have given you a few leading items upon this subject, but a great deal more remains to be told. Now, remember from this time forth, and for ever, that Jesus Christ was not begotten by the Holy Ghost." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1, s. 51).

Brigham Young sa om ekteskapet, og hvordan menn skal oppføre seg og litt om livet etter døden:

"You ought to love a woman only so far as she adorns the doctrine you profess; so far as she adorns that doctrine, just so far let your love extend to her. When will she be worthy of the full extent of your affection? When she has lived long enough to secure to herself a glorious resurrection and an eternal exaltation as your companion, and never until then."

"Elders, never love your wives one hair's breadth further than they adorn the Gospel, never love them so but that you can leave them at a moment's warning without shedding a tear. "

"Should you love a child any more than this? No. Here are Apostles and Prophets who are destined to be exalted with the Gods, to become rulers in the kingdoms of our Father, to become equal with the Father and the Son, and will you let your affections be unduly placed on anything this side that kingdom and glory? If you do, you disgrace your calling and Priesthood. The very moment that persons in this Church suffer their affections to be immoderately placed upon an object this side the celestial kingdom, they disgrace their profession and calling. When you love your Wives and children, are fond of your horses, your carriages, your fine houses, your goods and chattels, or anything of an earthly nature, before your affections become too strong, wait until you and your family are sealed up unto eternal lives, and you know they are yours from that time henceforth and for ever." ( Journal of Discourses, Vol. 3, s. 360)

"Love your duties, sisters. Are you sealed to a good man? Yes, to a man of God. It is for you to bear fruit and bring forth, to the praise of God, the spirits that are born in yonder heavens and are to take tabernacles on the earth. You have the privilege of forming tabernacles for those spirits, instead of their being brought into this wicked world that God may have a royal Priesthood, a royal people, on the earth. That is what plurality of wives is for, and not to gratify lustful desires. Sisters, do you wish to make yourselves happy? Then what is your duty? It is for you to bear children, in the name of the Lord, that are full of faith and the power of God—to receive, conceive, bear, and bring forth in the name of Israel's God that you may have the honor of being the mothers of great and good men—of kings, princes, and potentates that shall yet live on the earth and govern and control the nations. Do you look forward to that? Or are you tormenting yourselves by thinking that your husbands do not love you? I would not care whether they loved a particle or not; but I would cry out, like one of old, in the joy of my heart, “I have got a man from the Lord!” “Hallelujah! I am a mother—I have borne an image of God!”". (Journal of Discourses vol 9, s 37)

 

 

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