LDS Last Days Prophecy and Gospel Discussions

To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings, thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse: as it is this day. (Jer. 25:18) As mentioned God has always brought blessings to those who serve Him and cursings upon those who fight against Him. Thus we can conclude that God would bring about an especially severe curse upon those who...

ANCIENT CURSES, Chapter 12 of Who Crucified Christ by Ogden Kraut   Page 106 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God. (Deut. 11:26-28) It maybe asked why there are so few Jews who accept Christianity today? Among the re...

Cottage meeting for Sunday February 9th 2020. We spoke about preparing for end time events both physically and spiritually.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! (Luke 13:34) The Jewish conspirators were not satisfied with just the death of Jesus; they persecuted His followers and even imprisoned and killed them. For years God’s patience had bee...

In our effort to further understand this issue, let us examine the story more closely. After appearing before Annas and then Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin, Jesus was led to the judgment hall of Pontius Pilate. The governor sensed that Jesus was not a criminal when the Jews declared, “We found this fellow perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar. . . .” The charge of blasphemy wa...

Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when the two nations shall run together, the testimony of the two nations shall run together also. (2 Nephi 29:8) In addition to the New Testament, there are other available statements and records t...

TWO ADDITIONAL WITNESSES, Chapter 8 of Who Crucified Christ by Ogden Kraut.    Stephen and Paul Witness: as the most direct mode of acquiring knowledge of an event is by seeing it, “witness” has acquired the sense of a person who is present at and observes a transaction. (Black’s Law Dictionary, p. 1231) Neither did Stephen and Paul actually witness Christ’s crucifixion, but they did personally wi...

THE TESTIMONY OF FOUR WITNESSES, Chapter 7 of Who Crucified Christ by Ogden Kraut Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. (John 3:11) Although, out of these four men, only John was an actual witness of Christ’s crucifixion, Matthew, Mark, and Luke were witnesses of the actions of those wh...

Cottage meeting with Kevin Kraut and friends.

Rebroadcasting May 23 2016 of my reading of The Priesthood Garment by Ogden Kraut.

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  CAIAPHAS’ REPORT TO THE SANHEDRIN Chapter 6 of Who Crucified Christ by Ogden Kraut  I am told that there was never seen such a concourse of people assembled at Jerusalem as at the cross. (Caiaphas, The Archko Volume, p. 105) Now, from the other side of the fence, comes the Jewish point of view of what occurred. This information is taken from an ancient record of recent discovery. It is a report...

  PILATE’S REPORT,Chapter 5 of Who Crucified Christ by Ogden Kraut   And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him. (Luke 23:13-14) This chapter deal...

    RESPONSE TO THE EASTER MESSAGES,  Chapter 4 of Who Crucified Christ by Ogden Kraut  It is tragic indeed that the birth pangs of Christianity were occasioned by an event in which Jews were directly implicated. (Ellis Rivkin, “What Crucified Christ?” p. 3) As previously mentioned, in 1964 the Roman Pope decreed that “all of us” are guilty of the death of Christ. This was one of the first times i...

EASTER MESSAGES, Chapter 3 of WHO CRUCIFIED CHRIST BY OGDEN KRAUT  Two two-fold goal (reconciliation between mother and daughter religions) may perhaps be achieved if we shift our focus from the  Question, “Who crucified Jesus?” to the question “What crucified Jesus?” (What Crucified Jesus? Ellis Rivkin, p. 5)

CONFUSION OVER THE CRUCIFIXION, Chapter 2 of Who Crucified Christ by Ogden Kraut Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? Howbeit we know this man whence he is; but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. (John 7:26-27) In 1963 the Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church took a vote on the question, “Who was responsible for the crucifixion of Christ.” After some con...

It is very difficult to imagine why anyone would want to kill Jesus. Was He such a serious threat to those in ruling positions at the time? Did this Teacher from Galilee jeopardize their power and influence with the people? Why would anyone pay blood money for information leading to His death? And furthermore, why would one of Christ’s own apostles be willing to accept a few pieces of silver for a...

CONCLUSION, Chapter 14 of The Church and The Priesthood by Ogden Kraut   And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God. (Luke 9:62)  We have seen how mortal, immortal and resurrected beings can function with Priesthood outside of the organization of the Church. We have reviewed how Jesus established a church in Jerusalem with the...

LATTER-DAY EXCOMMUNICATIONS, Chapter 13 of The Church and The Priesthood by Ogden Kraut    During the first three centuries following Christ’s death the Christians were nearly exterminated. Between the reign of Nero and Diocletian there were approximately ten major waves of persecution, the last ending shortly after 306 A.D. So successful had been the destruction of the Christians that Diocletian...

   THE EXCOMMUNICATION OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS BELIEVERS, Chapter 12 of The Church and The Priesthood by Ogden Kraut  http://ogdenkraut.com/?page_id=101 When Jacob gathered his 12 sons together to give them their patriarchal blessings, he prophesied what would happen to their descendants down to the last days. In the blessing for Judah and his tribe, he declared, “The sceptre shall not depart from...

  Jesus predicted that His disciples would be separated from “their company” and their names would be “cast out . . . as evil.” (Luke 6:22) He warned them of what they should expect from the Pharisees–and that they would eventually be excommunicated:   These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever...

CHRIST’S CONTROVERSIAL DOCTRINES, Ch10 of The Church & The Priesthood by Ogden Kraut    The early Christian Church had many of the same similarities as the Church of Jesus Christ in these latter days:   The PriesthoodA church organizationLaws, ordinances and principlesGood and bad membersBaptism into and excommunication out of the church   The doctrines taught by Christ were often controversia...

  In simple terms, communication includes a connecting, sympathetic relationship, while excommunication involves a disconnection or exclusion. In a Latter-day Saint context, some have thought that excommunication results in some terrible curse or judgment that befalls those cut off from the Church. However, when someone is excommunicated for a gross sin, that person has already incurred a severe j...

TWENTY PRIESTHOOD LAWS AND EVIDENCES, Ch8 P5 of The Church and the Priesthood by Ogden Kraut   Kings and Queens The Bible mentions the word kings over and over again. For example, God told Father Abraham that he would be the father of kings. (Gen. 17:6) The kings that God speaks of are not necessarily the kings of the world, but rather those like king David, Solomon and even the King of kings, Jes...

  TWENTY PRIESTHOOD LAWS AND EVIDENCES, Chapter 8 Part 4 of The Church and the Priesthood by Ogden Kraut   Babylon vs. Zion The word Babylon has been given many definitions in both ancient and modern times. It has been referred to as–   A great and ancient city An evil empire A wicked, apostate government Worldly and spiritual wickedness 5.An evil latter-day international world government [143] Th...