Authentic Joseph Smith (No. 7) Part of the Joseph Smith, Jr. Series All blue quotes by Joseph Smith (unless otherwise noted). From Wilford Woodruff’s diary (March 1844) The Rainbow’s Meaning Is Buried First, the rainbow has incredible significance. The Creators always meant it to be a compelling, meaningful signal that enlarges our awareness and refocuses us…
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Spirit of Elijah ≠ Spirit of Elias
Authentic Joseph Smith (No. 6) Part of the Joseph Smith, Jr. Series All blue quotes by Joseph Smith (unless otherwise noted). From Wilford Woodruff’s diary (March 1844) The Britannica Encyclopedia defines Elias and Elijah as the same person, and this is the general, secular understanding among religious scholars today: “Elijah, also spelled Elias or Elia, Hebrew Eliyyahu, (flourished 9th century BCE),…
New Wine Breaks People
Authentic Joseph Smith (No. 3) Part of the Joseph Smith, Jr. Series All blue quotes by Joseph Smith (unless otherwise noted). Question of the day, does new wine break your bottle? Does all the recent change at Church and new revelations make you uncomfortable? Consider what might be causing that. From the journal of contemporary David…
Do You Unbelieve in Yourself?
The truth is, tangible evidence hasn’t gone far with people. Those insisting there should be physical evidence and miracles as proof of God, ancient civilizations, and other religious truths would still reject the gospel even if they did experience them. Christ reminds Joseph that people rejected Him as their Savior when He was right in front of them performing miracles.
Moroni Said that Joel Said You Are Magnificent
We have two sides. Whether you have discovered it yet or not, you have a glowing side. It is of divine origin and comes with gifts, talents, celestial traits, and capacity. Sometimes we hide our shine because we’ve learned it attracts negativity and brings adversity into our lives. Then, we have another side; it’s the one we sometimes try to hide behind a Sunday smile. We certainly don’t want to broadcast our failures, weaknesses, or shortcomings.