New Jerusalem CUBE

Do you know the size of New Jerusalem? When I was studying Isaiah a year ago, I cross referenced it with Revelations. Needless to say I was astounded when I learned the following.

Revelations 21:16 "And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth; and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal." 

In other words New Jerusalem is massive.

A furlong = 1/8 of a mile. 12,000 = 1500 miles. IF the length (1500 miles) is the same as the breadth (1500 miles) and the height is equal to the length and breadth this is a 1500 miles square CUBE. No plane that we have on the earth today would be able to fly over the 7,920,000 ft high if my calculations are correct. SO....here is some food for thought.....

1. We know that the Garden of Eden was located 'eastward' according to Moses.

Moses 3:8 "And I, the Lord God, planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there I put the man whom I had formed."

According to Wilford Woodruff:

“Joseph, the Prophet, told me that the Garden of Eden was in Jackson County, Missouri. When Adam was driven out he went to the place we now call Adam-ondi-Ahman, Daviess County, Missouri. There he built an altar and offered sacrifices.”

2. Wilford Woodruff also said, "The Salt Lake Temple is the Lord's favorite and it will stand during the millennium."

3. The Prophet Brigham Young had this to say about the murder of the Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum Smith: "Were they aware of it at the seat of government? I have no doubt they as well knew the plans for destroying the Prophet as did those in Carthage or in Warsaw, Illinois. It was planned by some of the leading men of the nation. I have said here once before, to the astonishment of many of our own countrymen, that there was a delegate from each State in the nation when Joseph was killed. These delegates held their council. I have heard Joseph say: You will see the sorrows and misery of the world and the misery that will be upon this land, until you will turn away and pray that your eyes may not be obliged to look upon it. Said he, There are men in this council that will live to see the affliction that will come upon this nation, until your heart sink within you."

D&C 136:33-36 Elder John Taylor said: 

33 For my Spirit is sent forth into the world to enlighten the humble and contrite, and to the condemnation of the ungodly.

34 Thy brethren have rejected you and your testimony, even the nation that has driven you out;

35 And now cometh the day of their calamity, even the days of sorrow, like a woman that is taken in travail; and their sorrow shall be great unless they speedily repent, yea, very speedily.

36 For they killed the prophets, and them that were sent unto them; and they have shed innocent blood, which crieth from the ground against them.

I took the liberty of counting and naming the 26 states in the union at the time the Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum were murdered. You can check it out here. Texas was not in the union until later in the year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...election,_1844

So IF we accept the fact the Garden of Eden might be the eastern boundary for the Garden of Eden/New Jerusalem we look westward 1500 miles to find the western boundary. So we can surmise the 1500 mile cube includes Salt Lake City (after the cleansing of course.) The distance between Independence is approximately 1100 miles. 

PLEASE NOTE: Reno is 1600 miles; Los Angeles is 1700 miles; Las Vegas is 1500 miles; Portland is 1800 miles; Boise is 1400 miles....you get the picture.

It has been suggested Cardston, Alberta will be a refuge to the north and is 1429 miles from Independence, MO. It has also been suggested Washington County (St George) will be a place of refuge. Cardston, Alberta is 1050 miles from St George; Mesa, AZ is 1407 miles from Cardston.

In summation: I submit the following scenario for contemplation and prayer. New Jerusalem is a 1500 mile square cube. The eastern border is about where the original Garden of Eden was located. Evil and wicked men including members/delegates/leaders of this nation from EACH of the 26 states conspired to murder Joseph and Hyrum Smith. There isn't enough money in the world to make me want to live in any one of those 26 states it is 'scripture' that "innocent blood has been shed and it crieth from the ground against them." At the top of the list is Illinois where the actual murder took place. Anyone want to re-locate to Chicago??? If you want to know IF your home is in the cube it's easy enough to check. Keep in mind there will be a great cleansing including Salt Lake City so make sure you're out of the way when they time comes. 

This is the picture I used in my presentations. Notice that it is approximately 1500 miles from Kansas city (which will become a seaport) and the West coast. Also from just above Cardston to down into Mexico...(Think of Mormon Battalion march as the sort of boundry. Colonial Juarez.

These comments, opinions, assumptions regarding the New Jerusalem are mine and mine alone. Now you do your homework and get your own testimony. HUGS everyone!

blondenblueeyed, Avow, June 26, 2016

O That Ye Would Awake; Awake From A Deep Sleep, Yea, Even From The Sleep Of Hell

It seems like every time I speak with my parents they're on their way to go out on vacation. I often wonder why did they buy a new home when they're hardly ever there. Then I thought of a talk I heard the other day and the often-quoted questions came to my mind: Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going?—but a variation of one of these suggested itself:

Where are you really going? And to this we might have added:

What do you really want?

We use much of our time in rushing around, not thinking always what we ought to be, nor what it is that matters most.

Sometimes we set our hearts on things we feel we have to have, and when we get them, we find they don’t mean as much as once we thought they would.

I would like to share a dream by John Ruskin:

“I dreamed,” he said, “that I was at a child’s … party, in which every means of entertainment had been provided … by a wise and kind host. … The children had been set free in the rooms and gardens, with no care whatever but how to pass the afternoon rejoicingly. … There was music … all manner of amusing books … a workshop … a table loaded with everything nice to eat … and whatever a child could fancy … but in the midst of all this it struck two or three of the more ‘practical’ children that they would like some of the brass-headed nails that studded the chairs, and so they set to work to pull them out. In a little while all the children, nearly, were spraining their fingers in pulling out brass-headed nails. With all that they could pull out they were not satisfied; and then everybody wanted some of somebody else’s. And at last the really ‘practical’ and ‘sensible’ ones declared that nothing was of any real consequence that afternoon except to get plenty of brass-headed nails. … And at last they began to fight for nail heads, … even though they knew they would not be allowed to carry so much as one brass knob away with them. But no! it was ‘Who has most nails? … I must have as many as you before I leave the house or I cannot possibly go home in peace.’ At last they made so much noise that I awoke, and thought to myself, ‘What a false dream that is of children. … Children never do such foolish things. Only men do." 

Brothers and sisters, where are you really going? What do you really want?

Today, I would like to talk to you about two topics. First, the temple. A house of the Lord. A place to worship, a place to seek understanding, a place of refuge. A place where I might be able to receive the required ordinances for me to get back home with my Father in heaven.

Brother and Sisters, I am concerned. I know life isn't easy but if I was a gambler, I would bet that life can be a lot easier if we would put God first. If I made that bet with anyone, I would win all the time. I would be rich by now.

But I know money doesn't buy happiness. Perhaps temporarily it will but not for eternity. I am talking about having things that are no worth to you in the next life. I know many of us are not endowed. Or do not have a current temple recommend due to not paying tithing. I am not here to accuse you. I am not here to have you feel bad. I am only here to encourage you and have you rethink about what's more important. The things of the world or have a current temple recommend to redeem the dead and live with your eternal family with our Father in heaven?

Do we really need fancy cars, cable televion, a great big house with more rooms than you need? I am not saying having things are not good but having too much which stops you from paying your tithes is not so good.

Nephi teaches that one of the lies of Satan is complacency - that we would be content with the state of affairs in Zion, saying all is well in Zion, yea, Zion prospereth. Satan understands that as soon as we believe this, we have let our guard down and practically opened the door for him to cheat our souls and lead us carefully down to hell. We should never be content with our own faithfulness or the state of affairs in Zion. Both can be improved and our efforts should be unceasingly aimed at improvement. When they are not, Satan smiles and is let in the door. Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion! Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!

Spencer W. Kimball has this to say:

"We have discussed elsewhere that other class of people who are basically unrepentant because they are not 'doing the commandments.' They are Church members who are steeped in lethargy. They neither drink nor commit the sexual sins. They do not gamble nor rob nor kill. They are good citizens and splendid neighbors, but spiritually speaking they seem to be in a long, deep sleep. They are doing nothing seriously wrong except in their failures to do the right things to earn their exaltation."

One day, in a different ward, there was a lesson in the Elders Quorum and it was about tithing. Not far into the lesson it was asked if they believed that those who are church members will be destroyed by fire if they do not pay tithing.

First, let’s reference the exact scripture source.

D&C 64:23

Behold, now it is called today until the coming of the Son of Man, and verily it is a day of sacrifice, and a day for the tithing of my people; for he that is tithed shall not be burned at his coming.

We have only the scriptures to go on to base how the Father will judge a person. According to the scriptures, this would be the case.

Will the Father allow someone to enter into the Celestial Kingdom without having been baptized? According to the scriptures, no.

What if a person was really good, like Mother Teresa or Ghandi? According to our understanding of the scriptures, no.

D&C 1:31

For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.

I don’t know if the question is more rooted in the doctrine, or in how the Father will judge a person even though he or she is such a good person.

The doctrines and commandments of the kingdom are strong, and they are not presented as ‘optional’. If they were “softened”, it would give us the excuse to say that we’ll be okay. We are warned against such thoughts by Nephi.

2 Nephi 28:8

And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry; nevertheless, fear God—he will justify in committing a little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

We must take comfort in the fact, that the Father is the perfect judge.

Tithing is a test of faith with eternal blessings. Pay your tithing. Unlock the windows of heaven. You will be abundantly blessed for your obedience and faithfulness to the Lord’s laws and commandments.

Again,... where are you really going? What do you really want?

Think about it? This is a very serious question. We come to church every Sunday and teach Christ's doctrine but do we follow his doctrine? One of my favorite books that actually makes me feel guilty when I read it is Doctrine and Covenants. Did you know there is a lot in that book that we are not doing? I say "we" because it is true. Even I.

Again, I am not here to accuse or have you feel bad but to awake you because God is waiting patiently. It is my duty to help you understand what we need to do to receive the blessings God is waiting to bless you with.

Brothers and Sisters, I have a testimony of the temple. He is there. I bear witness that he is.

The Book of Mormon

My second topic is The Book of Mormon. Ezra Taft Benson's said and I quote:

"The Saints were given the Book of Mormon to read before they were given the revelations outlining such great doctrines as the three degrees of glory, celestial marriage, or work for the dead. It came before priesthood quorums and Church organization. Doesn’t this tell us something about how the Lord views this sacred work?

"Once we realize how the Lord feels about this book, it should not surprise us that He also gives us solemn warnings about how we receive it. After indicating that those who receive the Book of Mormon with faith, working righteousness, will receive a crown of eternal glory (see D&C 20:14), the Lord follows with this warning: “But those who harden their hearts in unbelief, and reject it, it shall turn to their own condemnation” (D&C 20:15).

"In 1829, the Lord warned the Saints that they are not to trifle with sacred things (see D&C 6:12). Surely the Book of Mormon is a sacred thing, and yet many trifle with it, or in other words, take it lightly, treat it as though it is of little importance."

"In 1832, as some early missionaries returned from their fields of labor, the Lord reproved them for treating the Book of Mormon lightly. As a result of that attitude, he said, their minds had been darkened. Not only had treating this sacred book lightly brought a loss of light to themselves, it had also brought the whole Church under condemnation, even all the children of Zion. And then the Lord said, “And they shall remain under this condemnation until they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon” (D&C 84:54–57)."

There are many “awake” passages in the Book of Mormon, such as: “O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep of hell … awake … [and] put on the armor of righteousness. Shake off the chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out of obscurity, and arise from the dust.” (2 Nephi 1:13, 23.)

I remember when I first read the Book of Mormon, I didn't undersand why would Nephi add the words of Isaiah on the plates and for a long time I had a curiousity why would it be so important to have them there.

Then I re-read 3 Nephi 23:1-5

And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things. Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently; for great are the words of Isaiah.

For surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people which are of the house of Israel; therefore it must needs be that he must speak also to the Gentiles.

And all things that he spake have been and shall be, even according to the words which he spake.

Therefore give heed to my words; write the things which I have told you; and according to the time and the will of the Father they shall go forth unto the Gentiles.

And whosoever will hearken unto my words and repenteth and is baptized, the same shall be saved. Search the prophets, for many there be that testify of these things.

LeGrand Richards said:

"We are all here today in fulfillment of the words of the prophets, and I love the prophecies of Isaiah because it seems to me that he lived almost more in our day than when he was actually upon the earth, because the Lord gave him to see so many of the things that would transpire in the latter days" (Conference Report, Oct. 1956, p. 23) 

For me, the Book of Mormon is a timeline for our day. Yes, a timeline. The Nephites never had the book; neither did the Lamanites.

After reading the Book of Mormon several times, I've asked this question over and over and over again:

Why did Presidents Ezra Taft Benson and Gordon B. Hinckley say that the Book of Mormon was 'written for our day'; should be 'read like the morning newspaper'; and that we should ask ourselves why 'every line' of the Book of Mormon is in there?

Brothers and Sisters, I testify that the Book of Mormon is true and should be read like the morning newspaper. I know Temple ordinances are essential to our salvation and if we keep the covenants we will be saved in the Celestial Kingdom of God and I say this in his name, Jesus Christ, Amen.