The Vision

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The Vision

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Little kids in religious school

• SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES WITH THE AXE OF
  THE APOSTLES.
• MOSES LED THE JEWS TO THE RED SEA WHERE THEY
  MADE UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH IS BREAD WITHOUT ANY
  INGREDIENTS.
• THE EGYPTIANS WERE ALL DROWNED IN THE DESSERT.
  AFTERWARDS, MOSES WENT UP TO MOUNT CYANIDE TO
  GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
• THE FIRST COMMANDMENTS WAS WHEN EVE TOLD ADAM
  TO EAT THE APPLE.
• MOSES DIED BEFORE HE EVER REACHED CANADA. THEN
  JOSHUA LED THE HEBREWS IN THE BATTLE OF GERITOL.
• THE GREATEST MIRICLE IN THE BIBLE IS WHEN JOSHUA
  TOLD HIS SON TO STAND STILL AND HE OBEYED HIM.
• SOLOMON, ONE OF DAVIDS SONS, HAD 300 WIVES AND
  700 PORCUPINES.
• JESUS ENUNCIATED THE GOLDEN RULE, WHICH SAYS TO
  DO UNTO OTHERS BEFORE THEY DO ONE TO YOU. HE ALSO
  EXPLAINED A MAN DOTH NOT LIVE BY SWEAT ALONE.
• THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THE LORD WERE CALLED THE
  12 DECIBELS.
• THE EPISTELS WERE THE WIVES OF THE APOSTLE

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What is the Lords Message to us?

• Section 76
• 1 Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, and
  rejoice ye inhabitants thereof, for the Lord is
  God, and beside him there is no Savior.
• 2 Great is his wisdom, marvelous are his ways,
  and the extent of his doings none can find out.
• 3 His purposes fail not, neither are there any
  who can stay his hand.
• 4 From eternity to eternity he is the same, and
  his years never fail.
• 5 For thus saith the LordI, the Lord, am
  merciful and gracious unto those who fear me, and
  delight to honor those who serve me in
  righteousness and in truth unto the end.
• 6 Great shall be their reward and eternal shall
  be their glory.

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Philo Dibble

• On a subsequent visit to Hiram, I arrived at
  Father Johnson's just as Joseph and Sidney were
  coming out of the vision alluded to in the Book
  of Doctrine and Covenants DC 76, in which
  mention is made of the three glories.
• Joseph wore black clothes, but at this time
  seemed to be dressed in an element of glorious
  white, and his face shone as if it were
  transparent, but I did not see the same glory
  attending Sidney Rigdon.
• Joseph appeared as strong as a lion, but Sidney
  seemed as weak as water, and Joseph, noticing his
  condition smiled and said, "Brother Sidney is not
  as used to it as I am."

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Josephs Reaction

• "Nothing could be more pleasing to the Saints
  upon the order of the Kingdom of the Lord, than
  the light which burst upon the world through the
  foregoing vision.
• Every law, every commandment, every promise,
  every truth, and every point touching the destiny
  of man, from Genesis to Revelation go to show
  the perfection of the theory (of different
  degrees of glory in the future life) and witness
  the fact that that document is a transcript from
  the records of the eternal world.
• (D. H. C. 1252-3.)

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W.W. Phelps Vade Mecum

• Go with me, will you go to the Saints that have
  died
• To the next better world where the righteous
  reside?
• Where the angels and spirits in harmony be,
• In the joys of a paradise vast?Go with me.
• Go with me where the truth and the virtues
  prevail
• Where the union is one, and the years never fail
• Not a heart can conceive, nor a nat'ral eye see
• What the Lord has prepar'd for the just.Go with
  me.

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Josephs ResponseI will go

• I will go, I will go, to the home of the Saints,
• Where the virtue's the value, and life the
  reward
• But before I return to my former estate
• I must fulfil the mission I had from the Lord.

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Telestial Glory

• 68. The glory celestial is one like the sun
• The glory terrestrial is one like the moon
• The glory telestial is one like the stars,
• And all harmonize like the parts of a tune.
• 69. As the stars are all different in lustre and
  size,
• So the telestial region, is mingled in bliss
• From least unto greatest, and greatest to least,
• The reward is exactly as promis'd in this.

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Telestial Glory

• 70. These are they that came out for Apollos and
  Paul
• For Cephas and Jesus, in all kinds of hope
• For Enoch and Moses, and Peter, and John
• For Luther and Calvin, and even the Pope.
• 71. For they never received the gospel of Christ,
  
• Nor the prophetic spirit that came from the Lord
  
• Nor the covenant neither, which Jacob once had
• They went their own way, and they have their
  reward.

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Terrestrial Glory

• 53. Again I beheld the terrestrial
  world,
• In the order and glory of Jesus, go on
• 'Twas not as the church of the first born of God,
  
• But shone in its place, as the moon to the sun.
• 56. These are they that are hontrable men of the
  earth
• Who were blinded and dup'd by the cunning of men
  
• They receiv'd not the truth of the Savior at
  first
• But did, when they heard it in prison, again.
• 57. Not valiant for truth, they obtain'd not the
  crown,
• But are of that glory that's typ'd by the moon
• They are they, that come into the presence of
  Christ,
• But not to the fulness of God, on his throne.

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Ezra Taft Benson

• "...not to be valiant in one's testimony is
  a tragedy of eternal consequence.
• These are members who know this latter-day
  work is true, but who fail to endure to the
  end.
• Some may even hold temple recommends, but do not
  magnify their callings in the Church. Without
  valor, they do not take an affirmative stand for
  the kingdom of God.
• Some seek the praise, adulation, and honors of
  men others attempt to conceal their sins and a
  few criticize those who preside over them."
  (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p392-393)

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Celestial Glory

• 40. And again I bear record of
  heavenly things,
• Where virtue's the value, above all that's
  pric'd
• Of the truth of the gospel concerning the just,
• That rise in the first resurrection of Christ.
• 41. Who receiv'd and believ'd, and repented
  likewise,
• And then were baptis'd, as a man always was,
• Who ask'd and receiv'd a remission of sin,
• And honored the kingdom by keeping its laws.
• 43. For these overcome, by their faith and their
  works,
• Being tried in their life-time, as purified gold,
  
• And seal'd by the spirit of promise, to life,
• By men called of God, as was Aaron of old.

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Celestial Glory

• 51. To the church of old
  Enoch, and of the first born
• And gen'ral assembly of ancient renown'd.
• Whose names are all kept in the archives of
  heav'n,
• As chosen and faithful, and fit to be crown'd.
• 52. These are they that are perfect through
  Jesus' own blood,
• Whose bodies celestial are mention'd by Paul,
• Where the sun is the typical glory thereof,
• And God, and his Christ, are the true judge of
  all.

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Spencer W. KimballKings and Priests

• Now, you 10,000 priests and
  priestesses, where do you
  stand? You are heirs to great
  fortunes, for eternal life is the
  greatest gift.
• What will you do with it? You are entitled to a
  kingdom or a queendom. you are princesses and
  princes. Do you prize your inheritance? Will you
  abdicate and relinquish your heavenly rights to
  all that is your due?
• The permanent kingdom is yours, not for the
  asking, but for the earning.
• (Elder Spencer W. Kimball, February 15, 1966, BYU
  Speeches of the Year, 1966 17.)