It is sad that the
Church has rejected the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ but it has been
foretold in 3 Nephi 16: 10: And thus commandeth
the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall
reject the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their
hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and
shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs,
and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and
of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject
the fulness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fulness of
my gospel from among them.
We are the Gentiles
according to D&C 109: 60: Now these words, O Lord, we have spoken before thee,
concerning the revelations and commandments which thou hast given unto us, who
are identified with the Gentiles.
You may
disagree with me or call me deceived, misled or mistaken. I really do not
care. However upset we are about the state of events right now we can not argue
with the Scriptures or God's will. We may ignore them at our own peril but
we can not change them. We know from D&C 109: 60 that we are the Gentiles
and we know what exactly the Gentiles were foretold to "achieve" from
3 Nephi 16: 10.
I want to
put here an excerpt from a talk given by Denver Snuffer in Phoenix, Arizona on
September 9th, 2014:
Every dispensation
of the Gospel has only left a remnant behind. Christ's work is designed to
preserve a remnant. At the end, He will gather all remnants together again. The
Restoration given through the Prophet Joseph Smith has also put itself into a
position where it can only produce a remnant. The original Restoration begun
through Joseph Smith must resume. First, we must remember. All who will
remember will constitute a remnant that will be preserved and not abandoned by
God.
In 3 Nephi
chapter 21, the Lord talked about some things that become exceptionally
relevant in light of what we have covered today. "And verily I say unto
you, I give unto you a sign, that ye may know the time when these things shall
be about to take place—that I shall gather in, from their long dispersion, my
people, O house of Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion." [This
is addressing all of those various remnants, wherever they may be found, so
long as they are some residue of the house of Israel.] "And behold,
this is the thing which I will give unto you for a sign—for verily I say unto
you that when these things which I declare unto you, and which I shall declare
unto you hereafter of myself, and by the power of the Holy Ghost which shall be
given unto you of the Father, shall be made known unto the Gentiles [You
see, the Gentiles had to first receive some things] that they [the
Gentiles] may know concerning this people who are a remnant of the house of
Jacob, and concerning this my people who shall be scattered by them [the
Gentiles]. Verily, verily, I say unto you, when these things shall be made
known unto them [some constituent group of the Gentiles] of the Father,
and shall come forth of the Father, from them unto you."
It cannot
come from any source other than from the Father. The Father and Christ being
one. The authority to minister and to deliver His Gospel must come from Them.
The power to baptize before the end will be brought forth from some remnant of
the Gentiles who will bear it.
"For
it is wisdom in the Father that they [the Gentiles] should be
established in this land, and be set up as a free people by the power of the
Father, that these things might come forth from them [the Gentiles] unto
a remnant of your seed, that the covenant of the Father may be fulfilled which
he hath covenanted with his people, O house of Israel."
"O
house of Israel" is much more than one group. "O house of Israel"
is inclusive of all the scattered bits and remnants, wherever they may be found
anywhere on earth. I talked about fulfillment of covenants when we were in
Centerville. All the covenants that apply to His people Israel, and the
remnants, need to be gathered into one group.
"Therefore,
when these works and the works which shall be wrought among you hereafter shall
come forth from the Gentiles." [Not their “book,” but their
“works.” Not their book, which has been brought out in 1830, but the “works” to
bring the Doctrine of Christ to them. Someone must establish repentance,
declare Christ’s doctrine, and baptize by the authority of Christ, to have
people then baptized by fire and the Holy Ghost. These are the works.]"Shall
come forth from the Gentiles, unto your seed which shall dwindle in unbelief
because of iniquity; For thus it behooveth the Father that it should come forth
from the Gentiles, that he may show forth his power unto the Gentiles."
That is
what He now needs to do with some who will assist in the work. That is what He
intends to do if you will receive it. "For this cause that the
Gentiles, if they will not harden their hearts, that they may repent and come
unto me and be baptized in my name and know of the true points of my doctrine,
that they may be numbered among my people, O house of Israel."
You can't
get there except through the power of the doctrine and the power of the
ordinance of baptism performed with power. God has given us the way, and told
us how it is to be performed with the exactness, fidelity and language given to
us by Christ Himself. "And when these things come to pass that thy seed
shall begin to know these things—it shall be a sign unto them, that they may
know that the work of the Father hath already commenced unto the fulfilling of
the covenant which he hath made unto the people who are of the house of
Israel."
All of
Israel will receive this witness that His work has commenced. "And when
that day shall come, it shall come to pass that kings shall shut their mouths;
for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had
not heard shall they consider. For in that day, for my sake shall the Father
work a work, which shall be a great and a marvelous work among them; and there
shall be among them those who will not believe it, although a man shall declare
it unto them. But behold, the life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore
they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because of them. Yet I
will heal him, for I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the
cunning of the devil. Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not
believe in my words, who am Jesus Christ, which the Father shall cause him to bring
forth unto the Gentiles, and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them
forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses said) they shall be
cut off from among my people who are of the covenant. Therefore it shall come
to pass that whosoever will not believe in my words, who am Jesus
Christ..."
(September 9, 2014, Preserving The Restoration, Lecture 10, Mesa, AZ, pages
23-24 in pdf.)
I testify that the time
prophesied by the Lord in 3 Nephi 21 has now come. The Gentile Church has now
rejected the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and can now only produce a
remnant that will restart the original Restoration brought about through Joseph
Smith. If we only remember what that Restoration was about if we are willing to
resume the work we will constitute a remnant and will be preserved by God.
Now is the time to wake up from slumber and choose between the loyalty to the
brethren or loyalty to your God.
I believe God is
starting to gather in the remnant from within the LDS Church which has now lost
any claim on priesthood authority.
Joseph Smith said the following about John the Baptist: "The son of Zacharias wrested the keys, the kingdom, the
power, the glory from the Jews, by the holy anointing and decree of heaven…” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel.
Joseph Fielding Smith [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1938], pp. 275–76).
By the
time John was born, the Judaic law had become corrupted and perverted by
scribes and pharisees. The priests had largely gone astray from their God and
His ways. Now ask yourselves – Have they noticed that the keys, the kingdom,
the power and the glory were wrested from them? Have they? They have not
noticed anything missing or different.
I bear my
testimony that the same happened again in our day. The LDS Church rejected the
fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and God sent His servant, akin John the
Baptist to wrest the keys, the kingdom, the power and the glory from them. Just
like the Jews they have not noticed. The servant I am talking about is a
forerunner of Zion in our latter days sent here to prepare the way for the
Lord. His name is Denver Snuffer. I started reading his books and his blog
about four years ago. I testify that he has never tried to bring the focus or
attention to himself. He has always been pointing to Christ and His words by
expounding the Scriptures and testifying of Christ unceasingly.
The 10 Lectures
he gave in the past year (read or listen from the beginning if you can):
In
the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
