LDS Last Days Prophecy and Gospel Discussions

THE CATHOLICS, Part 2 of Chapter 11 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4   Pages 110 to 120 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=126 Around the year 400 A.D. restrictions increased for persons who wanted to become members of the priestly offices. Schaff reports: Catechumens, neophytes, persons baptized at the point of death, penitents, energumens (such as were possessed of a devil), actors, dancers, soldiers, cu...

THE CATHOLICS, Part 1  of Chapter 11 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=126 Pages 100 to 110   THE CATHOLICS: Polygamy Against Secular and Ecclesiastical Law   As is true in every dispensation when prophets bring the word of God to man, the Gospel of Jesus Christ also began to be changed within a few years of its beginning. Departure from true principles did not occur sudde...

THE CHRISTIANS, Chapter 10 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 89 to 99   Christ Fulfilled the Law   When Jesus Christ was born, polygamy was known and lived by various nationalities all over the world. Many of the Jews that He associated with either talked about it or were living it. How could these learned Biblical scholars teach about the ancient prophets without...

  THE NEPHITES: Polygamy not for the Wicked, Ch 9 of Holy Priesthood Vol 4   Pages 77 to 88 To Read Along with me click here: https://www.tumblr.com/fundamentallymormon/722893988248584192/the-nephites-polygamy-not-for-the-wicked-ch-9-of Unlike the Bible, the Book of Mormon doesn’t say much about plural marriage. Nor did it say much about any of the other higher principles of the Priesthood. This i...

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THE JEWS, Chapter 8 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 Polygamy Increases Their Population Pages 69 to 76 There comes a time when the faithful adherents to principle become outnumbered by those who oppose them; [76] then a strange transition occurs: the faithful are labeled apostates by the apostates. However, principles do not change but men do. The Jews can’t deny that polygamy existed in the Bible, no...

  THE HEBREWS, Chapter 7 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 read this chapter https://fundamentallymormon.tumblr.com/post/672842251269963776/the-jews-chapter-8-of-holy-priesthood-volume-4 Pages 59 to 68 https://youtu.be/G0Iyc6zjzuI Blessings of Bible Polygamists!! It is important in this history to also include the plural marriage beliefs and customs of the Hebrews, or Israelites–descendants of Abraham,...

    THE ISLAMS, Chapter 6 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=126 Pages 44 to 58 The Polygamous Solution in Arabia   By definition, Islam means “The Moslem religion; a monotheistic religion in which the supreme deity is Allah and the chief prophet and founder is Mohammed.” (Webster’s New World Dic., 1984 ed., p. 747) Mohammed was born in Arabia and lived from 570 to 632 B.C....

  THE HINDUS: Polygamy to Monogamy, Chapter 5 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=126 Pages 36 to 43 India Law Changed Polygamy to Monogamy   Hinduism is the professed religion of over 2/3 of the people in India. It embraces the philosophies and moral teachings of sacred works in the Vedas (four ancient sacred books of Hinduism, consisting of psalms, chants, sacred formulas,...

  THE AFRICANS: A Variety of Polygamy Cultures, Chapter 4 of the Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=126 Pages 23 to 35   Africa has proved to be one of the most interesting nations allowing and practicing polygamy. Some may wonder why so many “backward” or “heathen” people should be included in a study or defense of the practice of plural marriage. One of the reasons is becaus...

    THE ROMANS: Monogamy Law, Chapter 3 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=126  Pages 14 to 22   Although monogamy goes back to the beginning of time, specific laws enforcing it go back to only about 2500 years ago in the Roman Empire.   The date and origin of the first settlement on the present site of Rome are obscure; although legends name Romulus as the city’s founder i...

    ADAM AND EVE:The Garden, Chapter 2 of Holy Priesthood Volume 4 Read this chapter here: https://fundamentallymormon.tumblr.com/post/672843604476264448/adam-and-evethe-garden-chapter-2-of-holy  Pages 10 to 13   The marriage system among the nations should be determined according to the laws of God, not by men in government. Since the days of the Garden of Eden, man was given the power and respon...

The Search for Truth   Recognizing and honoring truth is far more important than abiding by traditions and customs. If one system has more evidence of truth and righteousness than another, then certainly we ought to condone it rather than condemn it. Our American Christian marriage system has taught us that monogamy is right and polygamy is wrong. But as James Campbell said:   These prejudices are...

   PRIESTHOOD, POWER THROUGH OBEDIENCE, Chapter 12 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   Pages 172 to 185   A Priesthood Problem Where does the Priesthood issue stand today? Some women are pushing to have Priesthood conferral–something that has never been instituted for women. Some are requesting Priesthood offices such as High Priests, Bishops, Stake Presidents, etc. This, too, is not according to the re...

  THEIR FINEST HOUR, Chapter 11 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3 Pages 161-171 It is inspiring and informative to read the stories of early LDS women who, from their heart and mind, delivered some of the most noble speeches for freedom ever recorded. Here in Salt Lake City, on a very inclement 13th of January in 1870, about five or six thousand women packed the old tabernacle to present their feelings...

PRIESTHOOD “PRIVILEGES, BLESSINGS AND GIFTS”, Part 1 ofChapter 10 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3 Pages 146 to 149   Gifts of the Priesthood According to Joseph Smith, “the sisters would come in possession of the privileges, blessings and gifts of the Priesthood, and that signs should follow them.” (DHC 4:602) Edward Tullidge beautifully describes some of these great gifts and privileges of righteous...

  Church Position Changes, Part 2 of Chapter 9 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   Pages 139 to 145 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 Around the turn of the century, this understanding of women holding Priesthood in connection with their husbands began to fade away, along with many other doctrines. Note the contradiction made by Joseph F. Smith in 1907: Does a wife hold the priesthood with her husband,...

  “THEY SHALL BE ONE FLESH”, Chapter 9 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   Pages 131 to 145 Read along at: http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 Listen to book with no commentary: https://youtu.be/JXvxfuWtdfs Read other gospel related books: http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Vocal music reaches its greatest power and beauty in the harmonious blending of more than one voice. The energy, power and usefulness...

    Aiming for Celestial Glory, Part 3 of Chapter 8 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 Pages 124-130 We are all aiming at celestial glory. Don’t you know we are? We are talking about it, and we talk about being kings and priests unto the Lord; we talk about being enthroned in the kingdoms of our God; we talk about being queens and priestesses; and we [125] talk, when we...

    The Second Anointing, Part 3 of Chapter 8 of Holy Priesthood Volume 2   Pages 114 to 124 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 September 28, 1843 (exactly four months after their marriage had been sealed), Joseph and Emma Smith received their second anointing in an upper room of the Nauvoo Mansion House. They were the first couple in this dispensation to be “anointed and ordained to the highest a...

THE TEMPLE ENDOWMENT, Part 1 of Chapter 8 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 Pages 104 to 11 The Significance of the Endowment Included as an introduction to this chapter is an excerpt from a sermon given by Brigham Young in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, April 6, 1853 (when the cornerstone for the S.L. Temple was laid), wherein he emphasized the importance of temples and th...

  Governing the Church,Part 2 of Chapter 7 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   Pages 98-103   Churches may grow, prosper, and do great missionary service in the name of Christ, but they may or may not be governed by Priesthood. They can lose it more easily than they gained it. When church leaders call people to hold offices in its organization, they may or may not be inspired to make those choices. Thos...

    CHURCH OFFICES, Part 1 of Chapter 7 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3 Pages 92 to 98 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 Appendages to the Priesthood According to the Doctrine and Covenants, church offices are appendages to “the Holy Priesthood, after the Order of the Son of God”–or Melchizedek Priesthood: There are, in the church, two priesthoods, namely, the Melchizedek and Aaronic, including the L...

    The King and Queen of Heaven, Part 2 of  Chapter 6 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   Pages 87-91 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 From ancient history to the present time, there is a continuous record of the most exalted station of women. Among men and among Gods, she holds a rightful place and an equal position, even to holding and sharing the blessings and rights of the Holy Priesthood–but she...

    OUR MOTHER IN HEAVEN, Part 1 of  Chapter 6 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   Pages 78-87 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 Goddess Worship As demands for women’s rights have escalated, some women have begun to give too much respect, honor and even worship to others of their own sex. A new stage has been set for the worship of our Mother in Heaven because Father in Heaven is a man. Consider the fo...