Some Church History Food for Thought!

A friend of mine who lives in Missouri (who I'll keep anonymous), recently went on an amazing church history tour. She had some fascinating insight and I have her permission to share. I've pretty much just pasted our conversation below for you to enjoy.

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(Friend)

Ok, some write up about impressions and things learned on the church history tour last week. Brother B. is in our bishopric and president of a historical society for early church history out here. The counsel for it is made up of people from both the LDS church and various other offshoots. 

He said there were over 800 offshoots of the church, 200 of which still survive today. There's great mutual respect and a shared appreciate for the early history of the church, as each shares that. They all bring different perspectives to the table.

Hiram Page - I don't remember his history very well, except that he was the one who thought he was receiving revelations through a seer stone for the church, and a revelation was given through Joseph that only the prophet could do that, and Hiram was being deceived (it's in the D&C). He ended up leaving the church. 

As Brother B. said, many RLDS descendants around today have explained to him that the feeling is their ancestors felt the church left THEM. Those that went out to Utah were called "Brigham-ites". Those that stayed felt Joseph Smith had named Joseph Smith III as successor, and did not practice plural marriage. I actually even just read that two of Joseph Smith's sons (Alex & David) went to Utah to serve missions! Alex got into quite the heated public debate with Joseph F Smith over doctrine while there (they were both in their 30's - Both born at Far West and the debate drew quite the crowd because Hiram & Joseph's sons were together again). It got heated enough that Joseph F. Smith called Emma some bad names, and Alex got quite offended and defended his mother. It ended the debate and Alex went packing home. So, for those that didn't go to Utah, there has been a very different perspective of themselves being "The Church" and those that went to Utah being the offshoot branch. 

With that in mind for Hiram Page - another thing happened. The church moved on without them, evolved, received further revelation, etc, and they felt abandoned by the church. A lot of the earliest members especially felt hurt they didn't have higher positions in the church as it progressed since they had been part of it since the start. Hiram Page was one of the Eight Witnesses of the BOM, and this is some of the sense Brother B. got about him and others leaving the church. 

Hiram Page ended up leaving the church and having a farm in Missouri (Clay or Ray County area). No one in the church knew what happened to him until recently. 

They have tried to put up monuments for each of the BOM witnesses at their grave sites, and his was one that they couldn't find for years. Through some miraculous turn of events, they were able to find out that he died in a farming accident and was buried on his property. One of his descendants found the burial place and contacted Brother B's organization. They got a marker put up and Brother B. marked the grave with stones from his own garden wall. 

Eagle Scouts came out to do their service project out there to make it nice for people to stop. And because Hiram Page died outside of the church, he did not have anyone with the priesthood to dedicate his grave. So Brother B. dedicated it with the scouts and said it was a really neat experience. 

Again, I don't know much of Hiram Page's story, but as soon as we were approaching his grave, this giant rainbow appeared in the sky. It stayed the whole time we were there and left after we left. I took quite a few pictures with it in the background. And two different times, had a sacred and peaceful feeling come while there. 

The impression I had was he had come back to the fold, and all was well again. There just seemed to be a happy feeling there about it all. I thought that was neat.

The second interest to note is about Far West. If standing in the parking lot, if you look  across the street, Southwest direction, you'll see a grove of trees. Joseph Smith's house was just on the other side of that grove of trees.

Apparently there is an event in church history with Joseph Smith came face to face with the adversary. It was at that home in Far West. Apparently his son had a big headache or something, and Joseph came and blessed him and the headache left right away. It soon came back, was blessed away again. And a third time with the same results. This happened numerous times. Finally, Joseph inquired of the Lord as to what was happening, a vision was opened to him and he contended with the devil face to face. "He said it was his house, it belonged to him, and Joseph had no right there. Then Joseph rebuked Satan in the name of the Lord, and he departed and touched the child no more."  (This event is recorded in Heber C Kimball's biography).

Brother B. then talked about another interesting thing that came up there in Far West that may tie to that incident.

Years ago, David O McKay made a trip there with Alvin R Dyer of the First Presidency. While there, Alvin R Dyer extended his arm to the little small knoll on the south, just beyond the gates and said, "And right there is the spot where Cane killed Abel."  😳 President McKay confirmed what he said was true. Thus there, at Far West, were the first oaths made between Satan and man and that whole wicked works started. Satan has had great hold upon this area since. And thus, there has been quite the fight for this land. 

It brought to mind something told to us after we moved here. A member of the stake had come to visit to give my husband a calling. He asked if we'd had our hardship hit yet. We were surprised, but confirmed we'd had quite a few financial issues come up since coming. He nodded and shared what had happened to him when he moved here. I'd heard others mention similar stories. He said that the Stake President said that Satan fights against any new saints moving here and does not want more of the Lord's people to come here. It generally lasts a few months for everybody when they first get here, where they go through some hardships and set backs. 

It has often amazed me that of all the places the Saints went to build up Zion in the early days, they ended up with some of the roughest "lost souls" America had to offer here in western Missouri. So it was interesting to hear that there has been quite the battle for this land since the beginning of man really. 

I also wondered about the temple spot being called holy Ground before it was even dedicated or set apart as a temple space. I wondered what had happened there to make it holy? I do wonder now if one of the early alters was there for Adam's sons to offer sacrifice?? I don't know. Brother B. said he had not come across info about any church leaders saying one way or the other. I had the name Noah come to mind that one time. So it could be many things. 

What also stood out to me - not long after leaving there, we passed a grove of trees on the left, and Brother B. slowed his car down, called me and pointed it out, saying it's where David W Patten died. 

David W Patten was the first martyr of the church. He led the rescue for some LDS men who they were told were captured by the mobs. (I believe the result was the Battle of Crooked River??) He ended up dying later from the wounds in a cabin near Far West, in the grove he pointed out to us.

What struck me about this - how interesting that the first matyr of mankind (Abel) was so near the place where the first matry of the latter-day church happened as well (David W Patten). There are some parallels there.

A friend had joined us with her family. She gasped at the info shared about where Able was killed as well, and what came to her mind was the role this area had in the United States joining the United Nations. She lives near the Independence sites right now and has explored them quite a bit. She said Harry S Truman is from the area and is the one who signed the treaty putting us into the united nations, he was instrumental in arranging it. There's a statue commemorating it out here. It just seems some of the adversary's plans are hatched out here. And it made more sense understanding the background of what happened here so long ago, and why a fight is put up to have the Saints come back and reclaim these areas for the Lord.

Last thing that stood out to me - we went to see where D&C 105 was given during Zion’s Camp. That’s not far from our home and significant to me, as that section is what gave us one of the big answers to move forward with trying to buy this home. 

As we were approaching the site, we turned on to a street whose name really stood out to me - Salem! I pointed it out to my husband and explained it was a reference to the Savior, Jerusalem and Peace.

We soon saw the road Salem runs right through what was Zion’s Camp! That seemed symbolic to me.

Later in the tour, Brother B. quoted a general authority as saying in a recent conference that  Zion’s camp was the second most important event in the church, after the First Vision. Reason being it united the Brethren, put them in a position where they were willing to die for one another and the cause of building Zion, and trained and pointed to the Q of 12 and future church leaders. 

The next day, I was listening to Tim Ballard’s book, Pilgrim Hypothesis, and wouldn’t you know - he was talking about Salem! The East Puritan settlement. What he said seemed to parallel Zion’s camp so much to me, that I went back and listened a few times to copy down what he said:

Zion’s March & Pilgrims

Historian Perry Williams said about the Puritan settlers: “Winthrop believed their errand was not a mere scouting expedition. It was an essential maneuver in the drama of Christiandom. The Bay Company was not a battering remnant of suffering separatists thrown upon a rocky shore. It was an organized task force of Christians, executing a flank attack on the corruptions of Christiandom.

These Puritans did not flee to America. They went in order to work out the complete reformation which was not yet accomplished in England and Europe.” They often called their leader, Winthrop, Nehemias Americanus - referring to the ancient Hebrew king that led the Israelites out of Babylon back into the promised land, rebuilt Jerusalem, and inspired his people to return to their national covenant.

The Puritans named one of their first towns Salem - which has its root in the word Jerusalem and translates from the Hebrew word meaning “Peace”

They called their colonies the “New Jerusalem” and believed they were fulfilling prophecies concerning the last days. The tapped into the ancient covenants, for the enlargement and restoration of the Gospel.” (End quote)

Wow!! All of that paralleled Zion’s Camp and the importance of it so much! A latter-day Hebrew King (Joseph was later crowned King of Israel), bringing the Lord’s Covenant people out of Babylon and “restoring Jerusalem’” - both figuratively with the people and literally with the New Jerusalem - and bringing Israel back to their covenants. Just as Nehemiah did, and just as Winthrop was trying to do.

All the quotes - so much parallel! 

And D&C 105 is so interesting - it talks about the New Jerusalem, and also to “lift up the ensign of Peace” - Peace - Salem! Name of the road!

The map - so here you can see the site where Zion’s camp was (in red) and how it’s just off the road, Salem. Section 105 background says Joseph received the revelation on the banks of the Fishing River - there on the right of the road Salem is the river! It’s one of the forks from the Fishing River. It’s amazing to me that a road now parallels that river called Salem, especially with all that section 105 talks about! That cannot be mere coincidence 😊

And to clarify some things I wrote after reading back over them - The impression I had was Hiram Page had returned to the fold and all was well between him and the church in the spirit world. There was very much a feeling of sacredness to the site that touched me a few times, and a sense of appreciation for what had been done for him there (burial site, site dedicated, etc). 

And Zion’s camp - the quote about the puritans not being a mere scouting expedition, but an essential role in the drama of Christiandom - Zion’s camp was the same. It was one of the most important events of the church - and thus Christiandom and the full restoration. Only they were literally fulfilling last day prophecy in restoring Jerusalem.

(My response): 

I was fascinated with this history, when I visited Missouri last year. Most of the friends I met, belonged to the various offshoots. The couple I stayed with said that their little branch/offshoot and dwindled down now to just about 8 people. It made me wonder how they don’t see that as a sign? You look at the “Brigham-ites” 😄 and see how the Church now covers the globe and has billions of dollars, meets with diplomats, and helps the world. You see these other little offshoots who are dying off and going bankrupt. Just so interesting!

(Friend):

Yes! I thought the same thing. The RLDS Church (community of Christ) is something like 70 million dollars in debt right now, most of it the retirement or pensions owed to their employees. They have sold a lot of properties to the church, but still run them. Brother B. hadn't heard of the sales I’d heard about, but did confirm the church gave the RLDS church 10 million recently to help keep up the Kirtland temple. They also used some kind of metal that leaks for their temple in Independence and it’s in desperate need of repair. They tried to sell it to the church, but asked too much money and the church walked away. The church does own the parking lot for their temple though 😅

And yes, comparing how the churches have done financially is fascinating. Didn’t a report come out this year about the church having $100 Billion tucked away?? That floored me! They have been blessed in both gathering funds and knowing how to manage them.

(Me):

Yes, you are right. Billions. And just that our church is growing and flourishing and theirs seems to be dwindling. The lady I stayed with told me how their Community of Christ church gave the women priesthood and allowed gay marriage because they didn’t want to lose even more members. That’s when even more break offs happened. She then broke off and they started a new branch and now that’s down to about 8 people. I asked if I could go with her that Sunday because I was curious, and she told me I would be bored and unimpressed and that I should find an LDS meeting house and attend. That’s when I contacted my friend and she gave me that amazing tour of Farr West and other sites. I felt something special about Farr West. We visited the little white church across the street and they gave us a tour and told us all about their history. I had no idea about Satan having the land and Cain killing Able there. But I remember hearing that the land Adam and Eve dwelled in, spread out for miles and miles. There was just something about Farr West, I could feel it. I remember you mentioning Noah and that area. 

(Friend):

Oh wow. That’s really interesting about the split off church down to 8 people! There’s a small town called Kidder where we did some co-op classes, and there’s still a split off branch of the church there too, also down to a handful of people. 

One thing I also found interesting is Brother B. has an original Book of Mormon collection with rare copies. He wanted to show it to us and was very excited about his newly acquired “Whitmer-ite” Book of Mormon someone had gifted him. There were only 200 copies made. 

I didn’t know what the Whitmer-ites were (though can guess as many of the Whitmers left the church). But he told us that under the direction of President Frederick M Smith of the RLDS, they did a re-translation of the Book of Mormon! They have in fact done so many re-translations at this point, that their BOM ended up 200 pages longer than ours. It starts with the same first verse, but then goes off from there!

The Whitmer-ite Book of Mormon was a re-translation of the RLDS church’s original re-translation 😜. Apparently a few of the off shoot churches did that! So interesting!

I do remember touring the building while doing my semester in Nauvoo at BYU. They played beautiful organ music in the center, and served coffee in the lobby. I remember there being artwork everywhere - but it was of such dark and grotesque things. Focusing on starving children and wickedness around the world. Causes their charities work with. But, it left such a cold, dark feeling to look at. It felt like such a contrast to me from our temples - where the artwork inspires hope, faith, and feelings of the Spirit. They concentrate on the beauty of an area, history, moments of faith and of course on Christ. 

The other thing they had there were a lot of pictures of women giving priesthood blessings, and “Q of the 12” that were women. I could see members splitting off as they adopted philosophies of the world. The United Methodist church has done the same recently, and factions are forming and starting to split their church as well over the same issues.

The other thing I remember is the tour we were given by a member of the RLDS church. They kept referring to Joseph Smith going to the groves or a sacred experience, but wouldn’t say what it was. I raised my hand and asked what they thought happened in the Sacred Grove. He said, “Well, everyone has their different opinion about what he saw. There’s no official stance on it.” 😳

He also referred to Joseph Smith as writing the Book of Mormon. I again asked if he meant “translated” the Book of Mormon, and he again said, “Well, everyone has their own opinion about that as well. It’s up to members if they want to use it as scripture or not.” Again 😳

I wondered how people could follow church leaders that had no real stances on anything, especially fundamental founding principles of a church. I guess if the BOM has been added to, taken away from and changed so many times by their leaders, it would lead to people no longer feeling the book was inspired.

The other thing that stood out to me was finding out how their “General Conferences” are run. I asked about that, and he described the great debates that would happen with various parties within the church yelling at each other over how to run the church and next steps to take. He described it as very exciting and similar to a law-making council in government, only more lively. My jaw just dropped. I know General conferences in Nauvoo were filled with inspiring talks from the leaders, not meetings of debate. Where did they get that from? 

In conclusion, our semester director (Brother Larry Dahl is you know him from publications, he was the leading historian for the church at the time). He let us see and explore it all, then gathered us on the temple grounds. I remember him pointing back to the RLDS temple and said, “They are wonderful people doing much good in the world, and it’s a beautiful building. But they have no idea what to do with it and what a temple is for. They do not have the saving ordinances a temple is built for.” That has stayed with me.

I’m so glad that you were able to take that tour with your friend! What a kind thing to take you around to the various sacred sites.

When he told us and showed us the spot where Cain killed Abel, I felt tingles up and down and a strong spirit of confirmation. Talking with my friend after and she did too! It was a really interesting experience.

Looking at the scriptures surrounding that event, it has made me wonder if the Abel being martyred there may have made it holy ground as well. Much as we travel to the place where Joseph and Hyrum were martyred and there is a feeling of sacredness for the sacrifice given there. Perhaps it is the same with Abel’s place of martyrdom.

There are two different scriptures that note about his blood crying from the ground, and the earth receiving his blood.

I recently listened to a Hugh Nibley lecture about the events following Cain’s murder of Abel - how the ground was cursed and he was cast out to the East. Because he and his descendants could not farm, they became nomads, following herds to hunt and forming big cities where they could create business, banks, etc. the other descendants of Adam stayed in the hills and mountains, farming and having flocks. That pattern has followed the Lord’s people vs Babylon’s institutions throughout time. Interesting that even today, the headquarters for Israel is now in the tops of the mountains! And how farming and having flocks is still a strong part of the LDS people and many who came from the British isles. So, it was interesting being there in the hills and seeing where that early separation started.

Also another interesting side note - I’ve always wondered if the Nephites were in this area and if it’s spoken of in the BOM. I still haven’t found any identification of this area being mentioned (though 2 hours east of here was identified as the City Manti in BOM by Joseph Smith). I do remember he also identified a “Nephite alter” that was at Adam-Ondi-Ahman when the saints first got there. 

But on the tour I learned of other evidence they were here. On the tour, Brother B. talked about Wayne May giving a 3 hour lecture out there, and then taking Brother B. around to various archaeological sites out here. He took him to a mound just south of Far West and identified it as from the final days of the Nephites, around battle Cumorah time period. He said he’s seen enough of the mounds to recognize what time period the mounds are from, and this one marched that time period. I thought that was pretty interesting! Brother B. showed me where it is on a map and which road to take to go and walk on it and explore it, so I am looking forward to doing that.

(Me):

I think if I remember correctly, the RLDS believed in handing down the mantle from father to son. Eventually someone only had daughters and maybe that’s when they decided to allow women to have the priesthood. I had heard that before (they stopped doing a father to son mantle, and the church presidents were no longer from the Smith family).

(Friend):

I watched a movie the other day made by the descendants of Joseph & Emma. It was about what happened to Emma after the martyrdom, and told both perspectives - the perspective the LDS church has and the RLDS church. It was fascinating. 

Something I noticed is that experienced everyone had where they saw Brigham take on the mantle of Joseph Smith, and felt confirmation from the Spirit that he was the new prophet - Emma skipped that meeting. She didn’t experience seeing or feeling that. And she already butted heads with Brigham quite a bit. 

The other person I know that skipped the meeting was Lyman White. He left the church as well and took a branch of saints down to Texas’s. Joseph had sent him years earlier to scout it out as a possible place for the saints, so Lyman was convinced that’s where Joseph wanted the Saints to go. The place he took his off-shoot branch was in my stake in Texas. A few generations later, the branch rejoined the church and their descendants were in my stake. So I grew up seeing plays done and hearing stories about their experience. The institute director always noted that if Lyman had been at that meeting like he was supposed to be, he would have been able to receive confirmation like everyone else that Brigham was the new prophet. He wasn’t there, and he didn’t receive it. So, that came to mind seeing Emma chose not to go as well. 

One thing the RLDS church believes is that Joseph gave his oldest son a blessing saying he would be the successor of the church. This came up in the movie as well. 

Funny enough, a month or two ago, a President Hinckley talk came up on YouTube that I felt to watch. It felt random at the time, but addresses this subject directly, and that this was NOT the case. If this is a topic being covered in any future videos Lindsey, this would be a good talk to review. The church obtained the document and President Hinckley did a really good job addressing what was actually said and meant by the Prophet Joseph Smith. 

While watching the movie, I still could not understand the choices Emma made to stay behind. And continually, she chose to not do what Brigham asked her to (various legal matters with the properties of the church under Joseph’s name - she ignored counsel and did her own thing instead, which ended up meaning most property was lost to the state, and then she refused to give the translation of the Bible over when asked, which is why the RLDS church owns it today, and there were some other papers of Joseph’s she wouldn’t give over either. She really butted heads with Brigham (A LOT, lol). 

Anyway, so I’m watching this, still struggling to understand her view point to not go West. She said she prayed about it and didn’t get a confirmation to go or to stay, so she stayed. She said she was tired of running (though staying behind meant she and the children had to flee and hide many times because the mobs wanted to kill Joseph’s whole family. It wasn’t until she married Bidemon that she really finally has security and rest from the mobs).

So, I’m watching this, and the drama many in the Smith Family had of thinking they were supposed to be in charge of the church (Joseph’s Brother, William, also caused a lot of drama on this subject), I had the thought that maybe they stayed behind to help prevent that confusion from going to Utah. Once in Utah, there was never a question if Joseph’s offspring should be the next prophet or someone else. All of that ended when they left Nauvoo. So, maybe the Lord felt it best to keep their family behind and bring them back into the fold a few generations later? Just a thought that came.

More from the church history tour:

He also took us over to the south just a bit, halfway between the temple lot and a line of trees where the Missouri armies camped. The extermination order had been in place, Hahn’s Mill massacre had already happened, and two thousand Missouri militia had approached and camped just outside of Far West. They had enough to wipe it out completely, as they had Haun’s Mill. The saints were terrified. Joseph and Hyrum and a few others wanted to talk it out on middle ground, and their safety was assured to just go talk a truce.

But, when Joseph got to the middle ground area, they immediately arrested him, shoved him into the muddy ground and said they would kill him in the morning.

All night, he lay there, face down in the mud with Hyrum. It was October and cold. It was in an open field with no shelter. The kids and I immediately were like - “The Coyotes!!” 

The next morning, Alexander Doniphan was ordered to kill Joseph for treason, and he refused. He told the higher ranking man that it was wrong and that if he had Joseph Smith killed, he’d hold him responsible for murder before a court, or court marshaled or whatever. 

It saved Joseph’s life that day. Instead, he was transferred to Richmond (a town we’ve been to many times to get some of our chicks) . Thats where he had that moment where he stood up in chains and rebuked the guards for all the terrible things they were saying. 

Then the next day he was transferred to Liberty Jail and we know that story. 

Alexander Doniphan became Joseph’s lawyer for the next 5 months while in Liberty Jail. You can see more details about all that in that movie I recommended, Out of Liberty. 

Joseph and Emma named their son that was born in Far West after him - Alexander Hale Smith. In his 30’s, Alex made a trip to Utah with brother David to serve a mission and try and rescue some of the “Brigham-ites”. It didn’t go well.

Spot where they tried to kill Joseph. I didn’t notice until sharing this with my mom today - note the day they tried to kill him. October 31st!! 

This was maybe a 100 yards from the far west temple site. Isn’t it interesting that right near the location where the first murder happened, Satan tried to arrange the martyrdom of Joseph Smith to happen as well - on oct 31st of all days. Only confirms to me once again that it is not a day to celebrate his kingdom.

(Me):

That is crazy about October 31st and his almost killing. It's truly a day of blood sacrifice. Makes me wonder if it was around the same date/season for Cain and Able? I know their calendar was not the same but there has to be a reason why Satan originally chose that date. Maybe it honors that first blood sacrifice and he has required it every year since. I now on the Satanic holy day website October 31st shows it's a day recognized each year by blood sacrifice.

(Friend):

Lindsey, I had the EXACT same thought about the date for the Cain/Able murder! I didn't mention it because I thought I might be jumping to conclusions. But I think you've summed it up nicely. Just as Rome has required the blood of saints throughout the ages to fuel their power and the strengthen the devil's kingdom, it seemed to me that he similarly wanted blood sacrifice of holy men on these holy lands to give him more power as well. It was a thought I had, which seems confirmed by the points you are bringing up. It makes Alexander Doniphan's role in standing up to those men even more amazing. There's a lot of things named after him out here. Apparently he went on to do other noble and heroic things during the Civil War as well and is well known in this area for those acts.

Another date that stood out to me - did you know the date Joseph and the men left Liberty Jail was April 6th?? That clearly would have been symbolic to them and a message to them that the Lord knew their plight and had a plan. It also makes me think there is quite a bit of significance to the Oct 31st date of the start of the ordeal if such a big date was when the left the jail.

So, I went to see the date John Pratt has assigned to Abel’s death. He thinks the equivalent of our 6 April 3873. But....that doesn’t seem to fit the pattern. April 6 is a day of birth and redemption. Not a day of power for the adversary. 

I tried plugging into his calculator to see that same year, but Oct 31, 3873. That was a day called “4 skull” on whatever ancient calendar he was referring to (I think Mayan). It notes it was a day that represented death, and a day a business closed its doors. In Hebrew, that date corresponds to 1 Tebeth, The Winter Solstice “when the sun dies and the day is shortest in length”. If that is the date Able died, it does seem it would be very symbolic, to die on the longest day of darkness, a day that represented death on Other cultures calendars after that. 

That’s interesting, because Joseph Smith was born the day after the Winter Solstice of 1805, in the morning hours. He was literally born as the new dawn broke after the longest day of darkness of the year. It was hugely symbolic of the light he would return to the earth after the longest darkness it had experienced.

As a side note, I think you know John Pratt left the church a few years ago, following after Denver Snuffer’s movement. Which has been a shame because his past 20 years of articles before that has some neat insights on significant dates for sacred events and better understanding constellations relating to Israel (instead of Roman gods). He now publishes articles about why he likes these other off-shoot groups. Which means I haven’t been to his site in forever. The old articles have good info though and I wanted to find the calendar calculator. It basically compares our modern dates to a bunch of ancient calendars to give the equivalent. 

While looking up the date calendar, I saw an article he published recently about his latest adventures and read it. Apparently there is a man in Brazil who claims to be the prophet Joseph Smith reincarnated and translating sealed portions of the BOM! You can’t make this stuff up you guys! I’d heard reference to the man claiming to have the BOM down there a few years back, but not the reincarnated part. John Pratt went down to see the man and speak at his conference on multiple mortalities because the man said his congregation needed to understand that “doctrine” for the “restoration of the church he was leading to continue”. (Insert giant eye-roll here. Of course he needs them to believe that to believe his claims). John Pratt was baptized into the man’s church while down there. They call themselves The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and say they are different because they don’t hyphenate the Latter-Day part, just like Joseph originally did not do. (I wonder if they realize Joseph missed a lot of punctuation in his writings, not purposefully, but because he only had up to a third grade education?? Lol) They claim the hyphen was added by Brigham Young who didn’t have the authority to do so. I was amazed to see he was referring to the early history in this area and the “Brigham-ites” going off to settle an off-shoot group of the church in Utah! That’s amazing that belief held by original off shoot groups are being perpetuated in modern off-shoot groups around the world! Once again, how do you not compare the fruits of the various groups and not clearly see which church still held the authority??

He also has articles posted showing how these modern day translated scriptures he’s reading disprove the heartland model Wayne May proposed 🤦🏼‍♀️. Well, that’s another witness to take a look at the Heartland model for the BOM if these modern day off-shoot groups are speaking out against it, ha!

I wonder if these off-shoot groups think they have the good “fruits” because they have all these strange “gifts” of rolling around laughing or clicking in tongues for an hour?? Counterfeit gifts. I don’t understand how thrashing around or uncontrollable laughter is seen as a gift? So strange.

Archbishop's Powerful Letter to President Trump!

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò warns the president that the current crises over the coronavirus pandemic and the George Floyd riots are a part of the eternal spiritual struggle between the forces of good and evil. It appears that this crisis is even causing division within the Catholic church, and other churches for that matter. 

This paragraph in his letter to the president was the most profound:

"And it is disconcerting that there are Bishops – such as those whom I recently denounced – who, by their words, prove that they are aligned on the opposing side. They are subservient to the deep state, to globalism, to aligned thought, to the New World Order which they invoke ever more frequently in the name of a universal brotherhood which has nothing Christian about it, but which evokes the Masonic ideals of those want to dominate the world by driving God out of the courts, out of schools, out of families, and perhaps even out of churches."


Mr. President,

            In recent months we have been witnessing the formation of two opposing sides that I would call Biblical: the children of light and the children of darkness. The children of light constitute the most conspicuous part of humanity, while the children of darkness represent an absolute minority. And yet the former are the object of a sort of discrimination which places them in a situation of moral inferiority with respect to their adversaries, who often hold strategic positions in government, in politics, in the economy and in the media. In an apparently inexplicable way, the good are held hostage by the wicked and by those who help them either out of self-interest or fearfulness.

            These two sides, which have a Biblical nature, follow the clear separation between the offspring of the Woman and the offspring of the Serpent. On the one hand there are those who, although they have a thousand defects and weaknesses, are motivated by the desire to do good, to be honest, to raise a family, to engage in work, to give prosperity to their homeland, to help the needy, and, in obedience to the Law of God, to merit the Kingdom of Heaven. On the other hand, there are those who serve themselves, who do not hold any moral principles, who want to demolish the family and the nation, exploit workers to make themselves unduly wealthy, foment internal divisions and wars, and accumulate power and money: for them the fallacious illusion of temporal well-being will one day – if they do not repent – yield to the terrible fate that awaits them, far from God, in eternal damnation.

In society, Mr. President, these two opposing realities co-exist as eternal enemies, just as God and Satan are eternal enemies. And it appears that the children of darkness – whom we may easily identify with the deep state which you wisely oppose and which is fiercely waging war against you in these days – have decided to show their cards, so to speak, by now revealing their plans. They seem to be so certain of already having everything under control that they have laid aside that circumspection that until now had at least partially concealed their true intentions. The investigations already under way will reveal the true responsibility of those who managed the Covid emergency not only in the area of health care but also in politics, the economy, and the media. We will probably find that in this colossal operation of social engineering there are people who have decided the fate of humanity, arrogating to themselves the right to act against the will of citizens and their representatives in the governments of nations.

            We will also discover that the riots in these days were provoked by those who, seeing that the virus is inevitably fading and that the social alarm of the pandemic is waning, necessarily have had to provoke civil disturbances, because they would be followed by repression which, although legitimate, could be condemned as an unjustified aggression against the population. The same thing is also happening in Europe, in perfect synchrony. It is quite clear that the use of street protests is instrumental to the purposes of those who would like to see someone elected in the upcoming presidential elections who embodies the goals of the deep state and who expresses those goals faithfully and with conviction. It will not be surprising if, in a few months, we learn once again that hidden behind these acts of vandalism and violence there are those who hope to profit from the dissolution of the social order so as to build a world without freedom: Solve et Coagula, as the Masonic adage teaches.

            Although it may seem disconcerting, the opposing alignments I have described are also found in religious circles. There are faithful Shepherds who care for the flock of Christ, but there are also mercenary infidels who seek to scatter the flock and hand the sheep over to be devoured by ravenous wolves. It is not surprising that these mercenaries are allies of the children of darkness and hate the children of light: just as there is a deep state, there is also a deep church that betrays its duties and forswears its proper commitments before God. Thus the Invisible Enemy, whom good rulers fight against in public affairs, is also fought against by good shepherds in the ecclesiastical sphere. It is a spiritual battle, which I spoke about in my recent Appeal which was published on May 8.

            For the first time, the United States has in you a President who courageously defends the right to life, who is not ashamed to denounce the persecution of Christians throughout the world, who speaks of Jesus Christ and the right of citizens to freedom of worship. Your participation in the March for Life, and more recently your proclamation of the month of April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, are actions that confirm which side you wish to fight on. And I dare to believe that both of us are on the same side in this battle, albeit with different weapons.

For this reason, I believe that the attack to which you were subjected after your visit to the National Shrine of Saint John Paul II is part of the orchestrated media narrative which seeks not to fight racism and bring social order, but to aggravate dispositions; not to bring justice, but to legitimize violence and crime; not to serve the truth, but to favor one political faction. And it is disconcerting that there are Bishops – such as those whom I recently denounced – who, by their words, prove that they are aligned on the opposing side. They are subservient to the deep state, to globalism, to aligned thought, to the New World Order which they invoke ever more frequently in the name of a universal brotherhood which has nothing Christian about it, but which evokes the Masonic ideals of those want to dominate the world by driving God out of the courts, out of schools, out of families, and perhaps even out of churches.

            The American people are mature and have now understood how much the mainstream media does not want to spread the truth but seeks to silence and distort it, spreading the lie that is useful for the purposes of their masters. However, it is important that the good – who are the majority – wake up from their sluggishness and do not accept being deceived by a minority of dishonest people with unavowable purposes. It is necessary that the good, the children of light, come together and make their voices heard. What more effective way is there to do this, Mr. President, than by prayer, asking the Lord to protect you, the United States, and all of humanity from this enormous attack of the Enemy? Before the power of prayer, the deceptions of the children of darkness will collapse, their plots will be revealed, their betrayal will be shown, their frightening power will end in nothing, brought to light and exposed for what it is: an infernal deception.

            Mr. President, my prayer is constantly turned to the beloved American nation, where I had the privilege and honor of being sent by Pope Benedict XVI as Apostolic Nuncio. In this dramatic and decisive hour for all of humanity, I am praying for you and also for all those who are at your side in the government of the United States. I trust that the American people are united with me and you in prayer to Almighty God.

            United against the Invisible Enemy of all humanity, I bless you and the First Lady, the beloved American nation, and all men and women of good will.


+ Carlo Maria Viganò

Titular Archbishop of Ulpiana

Former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America

From Wilderness to Wedding Feast!

Wrapped up my final thoughts about everything going on, before conference. There's a part in here where I share something about China and the dragon. I'd love to hear any additional thoughts on that if any come to mind. ❤️

A Voice from the Past

Loved this down below by A.Theodore Tuttle. So true! It seems as though back in day, prophets saw things happen years before they actually happened. Their warnings were always for the future generations. Remember the Proclamation for the Family was given in 1995 (which didn't make as much sense at the time) and then in 2015 (20 years into the future) marriage in our nation was redefined. Now days, it seems like not only are all the past prophecies for our generation but so are the current warnings and counsel. When President Nelson says something today, it's just a matter of months before it unfolds.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1979/10/therefore-i-was-taught?lang=eng&fbclid=IwAR0X1rcY1kOCokQ07qx9NvXl1muIRXe-cf613FhsFxcX4WvtG6EGX5PvAGk

When the Missionaries Are Called Home

Lots going on in the world lately, it's almost hard to keep up.

How Deep is this Rabbit Hole?

Apostate groups are running rampant and taking so many off of the covenant path. Just how deep does this rabbit hole go? See what I uncovered. 

We Wrestle Not With Flesh and Blood...

 This might be the longest one yet! I had a lot of challenges in getting it published. My laptop just wouldn't allow the video to upload to YouTube. It's quite a bit, but hope there's something that speaks to you all. ❤️

             

Opening the Door that Lets God In - My Experience

It's been a week of profound experiences and BIG events in the news...

Prophecy from 1999!

I am on the email list for a movement called, "Independence is Alive and Well" which is headed by the Latter-day Saint Stake President of the Independence, Missouri stake - President Dennis Cato. The movement/group is made up of LDS, RDLS, and members of other local churches and ministries. 

Today the following prophetic testimony from a missionary in 1999, was shared in the group's email chain. Independence, Missouri is a very special place of past, present, and future significance. I found this testimony very interesting and wanted to share here. ❤️

Testimony given at Independence Christian Center, Oct. 10, 1999, by Paul Tucker, missionary, recently ministering to the Ojibwa Indians in Canada.

 My message this morning deals with ‘Reaching Your Destiny.’  Now, I don’t know what I’m
going to preach, but that’s my sermon topic.  You know, during the course of a service anything can change.  But I’ve learned one thing, that there are certain keys that we need to recognize in a service.  And we’ve had several this morning.

 The first things I’m going to tell you about is a little insight the Lord gave me in the first service. As we were worshipping the Lord, suddenly, I saw what I described as an invisible wall that seemed to be surrounding this community, this whole community.  And I call it invisible simply because we couldn’t see it.  It was very real to me. It was a very high wall, a very thick wall, but I saw this wall being dismantled bit by bit, piece by piece, board by board, post  by post, I saw it being dismantled.  And I though in my mind, What is causing this to be dismantled, and suddenly I saw a group of people that were praying.  And I believe that somebody in this church, a group of people, has been praying_how many have been praying?_there’s some kind of a wall that’s coming down_I want you to know that_that’s being torn down.

And then the scene was changed and I saw a throne over this community, like a throne, a big seat; and a big, dark, ugly looking character was sitting on this throne, and he was looking down on this church with a big frown upon his face, at this church.  He was very unhappy with what was happening here, a look of disgust and disdain and disappointment, and as this group of people over here was praying I suddenly saw a figure come to where this throne was at, which I believe was the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, He’s the King of kings, and He’s the king over every throne, and over every dominion_how many know that this morning?_and I saw Him just kind of sit on this seat and go like this (bump)_you know_and suddenly this figure exited, he was pushed off the throne, hallelujah, and I believe that God is bringing down principalities and powers.

Oh, one other thing: I saw, in the Spirit I saw, that this wall had been built, erected generations in the past because somebody, some generation in the past, did not take their rightful place and did not hold on to the inheritance that God gave them and so an outside invader came in and took possession of the territory that really belonged to God.  How many know this community belongs to God?  Amen. I’m talking about the one true living God.  And I’m not talking about syncretism, if you know what syncretism is.  That’s a mixture of all kind of conglomerates. How many know that God doesn’t like mixed drinks?  Amen. He likes the pure stuff, Amen? Hallelujah. And so God is not content to have a lot of false leaven in the bread.  So I believe that God is establishing purity, and the Lord has a real destiny for this church, hallelujah.

And this former generation of people that relinquished what God gave them, the Lord gave me a verse for this church, 1Peter two and verse nine, which says, You are a chosen generation.This is the generation that’s going to make an impact on this community, hallelujah, Amen.This is the generation right here, you’re the generation, praise the Lord.  You’re the chosen generation.  God has a special mission for you.  You are a people on a mission impossible, hallelujah.  How many of you want to a part of that team, Mission Impossible?  Well, we’re going to call it Mission Possible, because all things are possible with God.  And God is going to change the course of things.

 [My sister, Kathy Hamrick, was present at this service and afterwards obtained a tape of the testimony.  She loaned it to me and I copied it from the tape.]

[Note: Check out RLDS D&C 98:6./LDS D&C 101:43-51]

Shifting Your Paradigm!

As I was short on time (though it was a long video) with this week's livestream, I left out a few things that I had wanted to share in this video message. So, I thought I would share them here in a blog post.

First off, YouTube has again disabled my comments - as soon as this video was finished live-streaming. That tells me that certain words will tag a video and and put an instant block on the comments. This video was all about unity among Christians in America. I have been emailing back and forth with YouTube over the past few weeks about this issue and the customer service reps who have been handling my case, say they are confused as to why this is happening to me. They agree that my channel is not breaking any rules or at risk in any way, however they aren't getting answers from the people at the top, so we are just waiting it out. It's the comment section that allows us to connect and have conversations about these important topics. The Adversary does not want us having these conversations. He wants to silence our voices. Please keep my videos and channel in your prayers!

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Because I was rushed, I skipped over some important things in my video notes. The first thing I skipped over was the attack in New Zealand. I had shared in some of our groups, that when news first broke, immediately I heard in my mind, "Attacks on Christ's Church are coming!" A friend of mine messaged me shortly after and said that he felt that some kind of retaliation would be coming for Christian churches. I agreed. 

The following morning when I woke up, the latest headlines reported that two Latter-day Saint meeting houses has been set on fire in Christ Church, New Zealand.  I felt it was a confirmation and a witness that attacks are certainly coming for Christ's Church.

That same day, I saw that there had also been attacks on Israel and so Israel had struck back. There on the news post was that number attention grabbing number of mine, 113. I heard "pay attention". I happened to take a screen shot of this post at 11:30 - of course! 

In the video, I had mentioned a couple of images that didn't show up in my program as I was recording. I described them but decided to share them here as well. 

The first is the screenshot of the restaurant we were searching. 113 was all over the screen. Right after I took this screenshot, we saw the the license plate in front of us had 113 on it, and I showed that in the video. 

I had showed a screenshot of an ad for a workout ball with the number 311 on it. I realized after the livestream, that in the moment I had taken that screenshot, I had been worried about something and pondering over it. The word "workout" was for me. The Lord was near letting me know that everything was going to "workout" and not to worry.

Later there was some posts about attackers and pedophiles (wolves in sheep's clothing) being brought into the light and their masks pulled off. This post had 144 and 11 on it. Over the last few weeks there have been a lot of people close to my age and younger who have been whistleblowing their childhood sexual abusers and bringing it into the light. Some I have not met, but their stories have been all over the media. Others live in my community and I do know them. Many have been coming into my life and opening up to me about it. I feel that this is part of prep work for the 144,000. They must be healed and they must be made whole, so the Lord can use them. It is so important! 

Lastly, is the image that I mentioned about the solar storm. At the very bottom it mentions 333 and 11 manifesting. Isn't it interesting that this took place the week that I took all these screenshots and experienced all that craziness? But truth be told, I see these numbers all the time. I have been seeing them for about the last 2-3 years now. Maybe there has been an increase of solar activity happening during that duration. Either way, I'm paying attention. 

Yesterday was the Super Worm moon and I must say it was a wonderful day! I decided to ignore my phone until about 4:00 pm. Every call, message, text and email that came through - I paid it no attention. Instead, I spent time serving a neighbor, talking with the Lord, and sitting out in the sunshine with my toes in the grass. I cleaned my home, and made some delicious and healthy treats for my kids. When they got home from school we played outside together and enjoyed the treats. It was such a wonderful day! 

I learned that the worm moon represents the earthworms that come up during the spring equinox. Funny thing, this morning as we woke up to rain, I went outside and noticed earthworms all over the driveway and sidewalk. I smiled. 

Earthworms happen to symbolize digging deep in our subconscious mind and unearthing hidden memories, feelings, or desires and bringing them to the surface. These things can be beneficial for our growth, healing, and development. It represents a time of renewal and restoration. Being restored back to wholeness!

How fitting for what I just shared, right? And how fitting for spring time. 

Something I wanted to clarify since I can't leave comments on my videos, is about the analogy I had made about "what if everyone is right?" and the Big Bang Theory. I mentioned that maybe the Lord banged some things together to create our universe. What I meant by that is maybe speaking the beginning into existence resulted in an explosion. The elements responded to His word and reacted, and things began to form and take their proper place. He did everything through His word. Just wanted to add that.

When speaking about my Missouri experience, I mentioned in the video that things began to open up inside of me and little downloads of knowledge would go into my mind about each person I prayed for, so I knew exactly what to say. This happened all night on the first day, and we witnessed some incredible things!  I forgot to mention that the following morning Pastor Steve approached me with a twinkle in his eye and asked, "Had you ever done that before?" I replied, "No." and he chuckled and said, "I didn't think so." It was a witness for He and I that the Lord did something awesome that night, and it was something new. 

I shared a little bit about Marilyn and her husband and their awesome stories. They were hosting me in their home. I forgot to mention something neat that they shared. They belong to a break-off of the Community of Christ Church (RLDS). Marilyn had explained to me that many changes had taken place in their church since 1844 (when Brigham Young went west with the saints, and Joseph Smith's wife, mother, and children along with many others stayed behind). Those who stayed behind continued practicing their beliefs, doctrine, priesthood etc., and supported Jospeh Smith III to be the prophet's legitimate successor. 

With each change over the years, many people split off from the Reformed Latter-day Saint church forming new churches or a branches each time. In 1984 the first monumental change was announced which was the announcement of ordaining women to the priesthood. About half of the members left the church when this change occurred.

Marilyn said in 2013, the church began to ordain gay marriages. After that many more members left. She mentioned that now there is some kind of scuttle going on with how the church's finances have been handled and it might be the final straw that causes everything to crumble. Because of all of these changes, there are now many different smaller groups and churches who meet together. She said numbers have been dwindling in her small church as well. If I remember correctly she said they have 40 + members but only half come to church. 

Despite all of the drama of their past, Marilyn and her husband have been faithful to their beliefs and continue worshiping the Lord daily. She is the lady that prayed over a missing thumb and watched it grow back. Her husband is the patriarch of their church and while I was there he had been preparing and fasting to give a patriarchal blessing that coming Sunday. He had mentioned he was nervous because the sweet sister requesting the blessing was Catholic! He was looking forward to giving the blessing but nervous at the same time. 

He shared an incredible story about a debilitating depression that he was healed from three years ago. It was so bad, that he was admitted to a rehab facility and from there, experienced a downward spiral. Marilyn felt that if she didn't intervene her husband would soon die in that facility. She did all that she could and exercised faith and prayer and through a dangerous mistake that the staff made that almost cost her husband's life, they were able to bring him home. It was a bitter-sweet mercy from the Lord. 

Since that day Marilyn has helped her husband heal. He expressed how much he enjoys serving the people in their church. He takes his priesthood duties very seriously and carries around a bottle of anointing oil at all times. He is such a kind, gentle, and caring man and he and Marilyn have incredible faith! They walk in miracles daily, and experience wonderful manifestations of the Lord's presence. 

These are just some of the stories I learned about the many people I got to meet that weekend in Missouri. They all have different backgrounds, different stories, and operate in different spiritual gifts, but their faith and love for the Lord is all the same! Each of them is so eager to serve and bless all of God's children and I was so humbled when many of them offered to pray over and bless me in their different and unique ways. Some used oil, some spoke in tongues, some laid hands, some raised their hands heavenward - but all were united in faith and belief that the Lord was there and He was listening and answering!

It truly was an incredible weekend and I was so honored and humbled to be a part of it all. ❤️We are trying to raise funds so we can plan the next event and hopefully come to your city. Here is a link to our GoFundMe campaign - please support us and share! 

https://www.gofundme.com/manage/believers-building-bridges-tour

The John 3:16 Story!

This is a great story about how God uses numbers to send profound messages to us individually and to the world!

Most Powerful Testimony!

I shared this video with family last Sunday as part of our home church lesson. The lesson was about becoming born again. I explained to them that sometimes even after we learn of Jesus Christ our Savior, who He is, what He has done for us, and we are baptized, it still can take many years before we have that true born again conversion - what Alma refers to as the "mighty change of heart". 

This man had the true born again conversion the first time he learned of Jesus Christ and prayed to know Him. Even 20 years after the matter, his spirit is still on fire for Jesus. I love his story! 

John 3:5,16

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Stand Tall or Not at All: More on 2019 - 2020!

In this week's video message, I talk about where I've been and where I'm going in reference to what awaits the body of Christ in 2019-2020. Plus, what recent prophecies have just been fulfilled? Watch to find out!

 

Daughters of God...

I read this prophecy in my last video message. Due to popular request, I reached out to the sweet sister who sent it to me and she tracked down the source. It comes from the facebook page of Nate & Christy Johnston, a prophetic husband and wife Christian ministry in Australia. Here it is in text version. 

Christy Johnson & Family

DAUGHTERS OF GOD, YOU’RE BIRTHING, ROARING AND ABOUT TO RELEASE THE PURITY AND JUSTICE OF GOD INTO THE EARTH.

By Lana Vawser and Christy Johnston
www.lanavawser.com/     www.everydayrevivalists.com/
Lana writes;

Daughters of God, His roar through you is about to get loud, as the Lord is removing limitations from upon you. The Lord is removing the things that have attempted to pervert, twist and hinder what God is doing within you and through you. You have been silenced for too long and now the Lord is removing the tape from your mouth and you will speak LOUDLY. I saw a roar coming out from within you, that is going to shake nations. I saw a roar coming out of you, that is going to shake your household. I saw a roar coming out of you, that is going to shake your workplace. I saw a roar coming out of you, that is going to bring about a mighty move of God in your midst. This roar, is the roar that comes from the deep place of the awakening to the true reality of your identity and worth in Him. I see the roar coming out from within you that is HIS roar and it is bringing things into sudden alignment and it is ACTIVATING DESTINY around you.

Lana Vawser

The enemy has been attempting to silence you for so long, because WITHIN YOU is a message, within you is a FLOW, within you is a ROAR of heaven, that when released the Lord is going to bring significant breakthrough, change, alignment and destiny activations all around. There are new songs that the Lord is birthing through you. The Lord is unlocking the places of captivity within you where the enemy has fought hard to keep your song hidden. Where the enemy has brought so much shame, condemnation, fear and insecurity upon you to keep the song the Lord has placed within you, your life message, from coming out. Daughter of God, it’s coming out! It’s coming out! It’s coming out! It is going to look completely different to the song of another daughter of God, but it HAS to be different. The Lord is releasing the INDIVIDUAL sounds of the daughters of God, but together they flow in harmony, decreeing the sound “HE IS COMING! THE KING IS COMING! MAKE WAY! MAKE WAY FOR THE GREATEST MOVE OF GOD UPON THE EARTH! MAKE ROOM! MAKE WAY! HERE HE COMES”

Christy writes;

I AM BIRTHING MY WEAPONS OF PURITY

Recently I saw before me in a vision, a great multitude of heavily pregnant women who were readying the hour of birth. Some were already getting into position to birth the life in their wombs. I heard the Holy Spirit say to me, ‘I am birthing my WEAPONS of PURITY through my daughters across the earth in this time and season.’ As I pondered this, I was reminded of a number I have been seeing repeatedly everywhere I go; #144.

As I asked what this meant, the Holy Spirit led me to Luke 1:44-45 which says, ‘For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed spiritually fortunate and favored by God is she who believed and confidently trusted that there would be a fulfillment of the things that were spoken to her by the angel sent from the Lord.”

There has been a company of women, God’s daughters, who have been in a state of dizziness and confusion, lost, beat down and held back, they have felt as though they have no place, no purpose, no direction and no voice, but the Father has heard their cries. I saw Him leading them out of their brokenness in this very hour, shaking away the confusion and lies and restoring them to a place of honor. I see He is releasing to their wombs NEW LIFE and they will birth PURITY with heavenly strategies to carry out the purpose He has set before them. The life and destiny in their spiritual (and physical) wombs will walk where no man has walked and overturn and overthrow strongholds set up by the enemy from many generations ago.

Lana writes;

MY FIRE IS FALLING RELEASING THE MAIDENS OF PURITY

I saw the fire of God falling upon the daughters of God and a great birthing was taking place, and I asked the Lord what birthing was happening and the Lord said: “These are My maidens of purity” The Lord showed me such a deep work of His Spirit and fire upon women right now that was birthing a cry from within them bringing PURITY, CLEANSING and FIRE to every area that they were sent to minister in. From their houses, to their workplaces, to their cities, nations, the fire of God was being released through them with SUCH LOVE bringing cleansing. The impartations of fire within their wombs was SO HUGE, SO POWERFUL, that as they reached out in their different roles and assignments, the fire of God was being released and bringing such cleansing. Impurity, injustice, perversion, deception was being burnt away as the fire of His love fell powerfully in the different realms of influence and seeing the hold of the enemy removed from those places. All that was left was lives, cities, nations changed by the fire of His love that was released. The fire of God that had fallen upon the daughters of God in this season, the embracing of that fire, to allow the Lord to do what He needed to do in their hearts and souls was seeing them left with such incredible impartations of His fire that was going to change the world. I saw in the fire, in the birthing of the maidens of purity, the roar of the PERFECT JUSTICE and TRUTH OF GOD being released from their mouths and wombs, releasing a PLUMB LINE into all arenas the Lord sent them into, that was releasing the alignment of God.

THEY ARE THE ESTHER’S, THE MARY’S, THEY ARE THE DEBORAH’S

They were rising up like Esther’s, ready to stand for their nation, for their family, for their cities, and stand in the gap to partner with the Lord to bring radical change. They were the Esther’s that stood in the gap for the nation, but they were also the Mary’s that know how to sit at His feet and listen to Him and delight in who He is. They were the ones who know how to live at His feet in deep surrender and intimacy, stand for a city, stand for a nation, but also stop for the one. They know how to love like Jesus in different contexts. They stand for justice and release the justice of God like Deborah, and they lift their hands and hearts in praise to God wherever they go, shifting atmospheres.
DAUGHTERS WITH EYES OF FIRE I saw the fire of God falling upon the daughters of God in this season and in this vision it fell upon their eyes and I heard the Lord say “EYES OF DISCERNMENT” and I saw the daughters of God in every sphere of influence the Lord had released them into, looking in the spirit into those spheres of influence, and they were seeing with LASER POINT ACCURACY and they were seeing the strategy of heaven, the blueprints of God to “map out” the new boundaries and mark out what God wanted to do, but they were also uncovering the HIDDEN plans of the enemy and I heard the Lord say “Watch the daughters, and the way I shall use them to uncover the hidden plots of the enemy and decree My truth, to see the plans of the enemy overturned and the tables TURNED in the spheres of influence I have released them into.” Every place the Lord sent them into and they moved in the discernment of heaven, their declarations of truth, UNCOVERED THE TREASURES of God, what He wanted to do and release - especially in the darkest and messiest of places.

I saw a breaker anointing coming forth from within women being activated and awakened to their identity, their purpose, their assignment and their song in accelerated ways in this season, and the birthing the greatest move of God upon the earth is being released. I heard the Lord say, “I am releasing an ACTIVATION ANOINTING through My daughters in this season that is going to activate homes, families, towns, cities and nations.” I saw the daughters of God being mantled with new mantles and they were titled “TIPPING POINTS”. The Lord is raising up women right now all across the earth in positions and places of destiny, unlike has ever been seen, with the mantles to RELEASE THE TIPPING POINTS of God in homes, families, workplaces, cities and nations. I asked the Lord about these TIPPING POINTS and I heard the Lord say: “THE TIPPING POINTS ARE BRINGING ABOUT BIRTH!!!!” “Shall I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.” - Isaiah 66:9-11 MIDWIVES CARRYING THE ACTIVATION ANOINTING I saw the hand of God strategically rising up women in all areas, the seven mountains in SUDDENLY moments right now, and they were being sent in as the MIDWIVES. They were being sent in with the “ACTIVATION ANOINTING” to release the BIRTHING OF GOD. They were coming in decreeing Isaiah 66:9-11 and SUDDENLY a birthing was taking place. The Lord is releasing His daughters as the MIDWIVES to BRING THE BIRTHING. I heard the Lord say:“The enemy has come against women for so long attempting to hinder the birthing of what I am doing in them and through them because of how I am releasing them and rising them up now in the earth to RELEASE MY BIRTHING in the seven mountains and to usher in the greatest move of My Spirit upon the earth.”

YOUR STORY IS ABOUT TO CHANGE

I saw the Lord “rewriting stories” for the daughters of God. I heard the Lord say “I AM REMOVING THE LINES OF LIES”. I saw the Lord removing all the lies that have come against His daughters and He was changing the story. Truth filled the pages, and on the top of every page it said “CHANGE! The day of CHANGE is upon you! The day of CHANGE is upon you! Everything is about to CHANGE in a GLORIOUS WAY! Your BEST DAYS are upon you.” The words “BEST DAYS” stood out to me. They were not based upon circumstances, they were based upon the MOVE OF HIS SPIRIT within their lives. What He was implanting, releasing, shaping and changing in them to release THROUGH THEM.I saw the daughters of God with growing pregnant bellies, getting bigger and bigger by the day, and the words ‘WOMBS OF FRUITFULNESS’ exploded all around me. What they were going to birth was going to release LASTING FRUIT everywhere they went, but not only was the release of fruitfulness for their spheres of influence and cities and nations, it was FOR THEM TOO. The fierce repayment of God for all the enemy has stolen, coming back to them. The increase of God falling upon them. The promises fulfilled. The clarity of calling. All of it screamed “HARVEST TIME!!!” It was time for the daughters of God to rise up with the decree into cities and nations “IT’S HARVEST TIME”, but the Lord was also decreeing over His daughters for their own lives “YOUR HARVEST TIME HAS ARRIVED”. The “LINES OF LIES” had been ERASED and the REWRITING OF THE TRUTH of God had been released. Unshakeable revelation of identity and who He was burned within them. I then saw Jesus place His hand upon their wombs and upon their mouths, and He smiled and spoke.. “And now, you shall go forth and REWRITE HISTORY” Daughters of God, you have been called for such a time as this. Rise up! You are about to see God do FOR YOU and do THROUGH YOU what you have never experienced before. You are being sent out as the midwives into your spheres of influence to call forth the greatest move of God the world has ever seen. It’s your time to arise!

Christy writes;

I hear the Holy Spirit saying, “My Daughters, now is your time. Let nothing hold you back for you are MOVING into my purposes and intentions for your life. You are my WEAPONS of PURITY. Guard your hearts and minds, for the enemy would intend to contaminate the purity I have put within you. My PURITY lived out through you is my WEAPON in this time of chaos. It will destroy the works of the enemy and cause you to walk in greater authority than you ever have before.’

Daughter of God, I decree over you today that you are no longer restrained, the enemy cannot withstand the mighty force of God’s purity and power that is being birthed from within you and the chains that have held you back have been broken. You are moving into the perfect will of your Father and the intimacy that you share with Him will cause unexpected doors to open before you.

Your laid down life is going to be a testament and embodiment of righteousness to the nations and the purity on display through your life will cause others to know Jesus. I decree that what the enemy has stolen from you, will be returned and repaid to you 100 fold. The enemy is no match for you, lioness Daughter. Arise in your Fathers strength today, go without fear into the destiny that He has called you to. You are His weapon of purity and power.’