LDS Last Days Prophecy and Gospel Discussions

I am creating this bonus episode to speak to why I Know Joseph Smith was a true prophet and why Jesus is our Redeemer and my Physical Eye witness experience with The Father and the Son as well as other experiences I have had which lead me to believe the truth of God and Zion's Redemption and teaching through through this program the way I do.

  A MODERN DILEMMA, Chapter 5 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   Pages 69-77 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 Women’s Rights Generally speaking, women have been treated unfairly throughout history. Many of their sacrifices and labors have been unnoticed, forgotten, or never recorded–not only anciently, but also in our own dispensation. So it is no wonder that most of them feel inferior to men and fee...

        Patriarchal Order, Part 5 of Chapter 4 of Holy Priesthood Vol 3   Pages 64-68 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 As previously mentioned, the Holy Priesthood is patriarchal rather than matriarchal, and rightly so. The Prophet Joseph explained that “there are three grand orders of priesthood,” one of which is Patriarchal (TPJS, p. 322). Hyrum Smith and his father were among those who have h...

Conferral of Priesthood, Part 4 of Chapter 4 of Holy Priesthood Vol 3   Pages 59-64 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 Throughout Church history the importance of correct Priesthood conferral has been stressed over and over again–even to the point that if it is not done correctly, the man’s Priesthood authority is in jeopardy. For conferring both the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods, the correc...

  Keys and Dominion, Part 3 of Chapter 4 of Holy Priesthood Vol 3   Pages 53-59 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 In previous dispensations when the Gospel was on the earth, the keys of the Priesthood have always been held by men, as Joseph Smith explained: Paul spoke of the dispensation of the fullness of times, when God would gather together all things in one, etc.; and those men to whom these...

This is the untold story of the condemnation of the early saints - it’s so fascinating and intriguing, and never been laid out like this before! I’ve spent the past 5 months living in the Joseph Smith Papers finding anything I could to help paint a clearer picture of the name change from “The Church of Christ” to “The Church of the Latter Day Saints” in 1834. Why it really happened.  Previous arti...

  The Nature of Women, Part 2 of Chapter 4 of Holy Priesthood Vol 3   Pages 49-53 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 It is an historical fact that women are not actually the weaker sex, but in many instances have fared better physically than men. The trek from Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley was [50] proof of that. Even in spiritual things she is often superior, as Brigham Young said on several o...

PROPER ORDER IN THE PRIESTHOOD, Part 1 of Chapter 4 of Holy Priesthood Vol 3 Pages 45- 49 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 Women’s relationship to the Priesthood has been a controversial issue in the Church for decades. The generally accepted, but very restrictive, position today is illustrated in the following story told by Leah Widtsoe about a conversation between a small boy and his sister: T...

Women of the Book of Mormon, Part 3 of Chapter 3 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Although the Book of Mormon contains very few passages about women directly, it is obvious that they, too, experienced the hardships and privations of traveling in the wilderness and across the ocean (as recorded in 1st Nephi); bore a great deal of the responsibility in setting up their...

ANCIENT MATRIARCHSOF THE SCRIPTURES, Part 1 of Chapter 3 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   It takes only a quick look through the Bible to see that other noble women besides Eve were worthy to receive the blessings of the Priesthood. Their examples of bravery, intelligence, and righteousness prove that they are entitled to these blessings as much as the men. Woman has many striking examples of her inf...

The Priesthood Rights of Eve, Part 2 of Chapter 2 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 In the divine order woman was given to man, not man to the woman. Eve was given to Adam to be his helpmeet and companion, and share in the building of His kingdom in a way that he could not do alone. There was an order established and one had to be the head, yet they shared all things...

ALL ABOUT EVE, Chapter 2 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3   http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 11-23 The Identity of Eve The scriptures use three different terminologies when referring to Eve: (1) One was “Woman because she was taken out of Man” (Gen. 2:23)–which was more of a generic designation because of her relationship with Adam. (2) Both Adam and Eve were collectively called Adam: “Male and...

  Woman’s Relationship to Priesthood, Chapter 1 of Holy Priesthood Volume 3  http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=124 I [Joseph Smith] met the members of the “Female Relief Society,” . . . and gave a lecture on the Priesthood, showing how the sisters would come in possession of the privileges, blessings and gifts of the Priesthood, and that the signs should follow them, . . . (DHC 4:602) * * * And for t...

CONCLUSION, Part 2 of the Holy Priesthood Volume 2   Priesthood laws can be abused, misused, opposed or forsaken by people, but in reality the laws themselves do not change. He who mistreats these laws will lose his own power, with only a shadow remaining–like a burned-out building where only the charred walls are left standing. The rest is dark and worthless dross, and thus it is, “amen to the pr...

Lecture at the Grove, The last Sermon of Joseph Smith June of 1844   President Joseph Smith read the 3rd chapter of Revelation, and took for his text 1st chapter, 6th verse -- "And hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father: to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."   It is altogether correct in the translation. Now, you know that of late some malicious and corrupt men have...

Listening to audio of the King Follet Discourse by Joseph Smith Junior.

CONCLUSION, Part 1 of the Holy Priesthood Volume 2 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 82-87 These ten blessings should be indelibly imprinted on the mind of each Latter-day Saint. So, to review–the following Priesthood blessings are available to those who live worthy of them: to receive the fullness of the Gospel to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost to be sanctified to stand in the place of...

SEEING THE FACE OF GOD, Chapter 10 of Holy Priesthood Volume 2 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 77 to 81 We have the power–and it is our privilege–so to live that, becoming pure in heart, we shall see the face of God while we yet dwell as mortals in a world of sin and sorrow. In Christ’s first public sermon He said, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” (Matt. 5:8) It see...

  CALLING AND ELECTION, Chapter 9 of Holy Priesthood Volume 2  http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 72-76   We have power to make our calling and election sure, so that while we yet dwell in mortality, having overcome the world and been true and faithful in all things, we shall be sealed up unto eternal life and have the unconditional promise of eternal life in the presence of Him whose we are....

  GAINING ETERNAL LIFE,  Chapter 8 of Holy Priesthood Volume 2 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 We have power, through the priesthood, to gain eternal life, the greatest of all the gifts of God. Eternal life and everlasting life, according to the definitions by dictionaries and churches of the world, mean the same thing and are used interchangeably. However, in taking a closer look at the use of...

  GOVERNING ALL THINGS, Chapter 7 of Holy Priesthood Volume 2 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 57-65 We have power to govern all things, both temporal and spiritual, the kingdoms of the world and the elements and storms and powers of the earth. Here Elder Bruce R. McConkie has listed several things over which the Holy Priesthood has power. They will be discussed in the following order in th...

PATRIARCHAL ORDER OF MARRIAGE, Chapter 6 of Holy Priesthood Vol 2 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 50-56 We can enter into the patriarchal order, the order of eternal marriage, the order which enables the family unit to continue everlastingly in celestial glory. What a great blessing to have a “family unit to continue everlastingly!” What sacrifice or service would a man be willing to offer...

  SONS OF GOD, Chapter 5 of Holy Priesthood Volume 2 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Pages 42-49 We have power to become the sons of God, to be adopted into the family of the Lord Jesus Christ, to have him as our Father, to be one with him as he is one with his Father. The scriptures mention both the “sons of God” and “the sons of men,” and apparently there is a difference, but the distinction i...

  ADMINISTERING SALVATION, Chapter 4 of Holy priesthood volume 2 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Page 34 We can stand in the place and stead of the Lord Jesus Christ in administering salvation to the children of men. This blessing consists of two parts: (1) representing the Lord and (2) administering the ordinances of salvation. Both have been evident on the earth for relatively short periods of...

  SANCTIFIED BY THE SPIRIT, Ch 3 of Holy Priesthood Volume 2 http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=30 Page 30 We can be sanctified by the Spirit, have dross and evil burned out of us as though by fire, become clean and spotless, and be fit to dwell with gods and angels. There are two baptisms mentioned in the scriptures: the baptism of water and the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost. When John the Bapti...