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Joseph Smith and Temples

24 pulpits in the Kirtland temple.
Used as a teaching device.. to understand the organization that was unfolding for them.

Mel. Priesthood Pulpits on the west end..
Aaron Priesthood Pulpits on the east end..

Pulpit name descriptions:

West End:
MPC – Melch. Presiding council
PMH – Presiding Melch. High Priesthood
MHP – Melchezedek High Priesthood
PEM – Presidency Elders Melchiz.

East End:
BPA – Bishop Presiding Aaronic
PAP – Presiding Aaronic Priest
PTA – Presidency Teachers Aaronic
PDA – Presidency Decons Aaronic

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No facilities for Priesthood Ordinances in the Kirtland Temple.
Temple service was revealed line up on line..

Kirtland Temple consisted of two large rooms.. for general purposes.. not Ordinance purposes.. and 10 (or 5) rooms on the 3rd floor

At far west Joseph received a revelation D&C115.. Where the saints might gather and worship. No mention of ordinances…

D&C 124 — for a place that me might dwell.. and ‘reveal’ things.. and baptisms for the dead belong in the temple.

124:42 – Reveal all things pertaining to the temple.. certainly pertaining to the ordinances that are to be performed there.

For an Ordinance to be bound in Heaven there must be:
1. Done by Priesthood Authority.
2. And in the name of Jesus Christ.
3. Perfocmed truly and faithfully.
4. Recordered properly…

THR 1230
Recent Research on the Book of Abraham

Showed up late.. not sure the topic for today.. Stupid parking

Geographic Horizon
- The area that a given political entity is in contact with at a specific time.

Another city-state wiped out by Babylon is Mari.

Timeline
Dynasty 12
– Amenemhet I
– Sesostris I
– AmenemhetII
– Sesostris II
– Sesostris III
– Amenemhet III (45 years)
– Amenemhet IV (9 years)
– Sobeknofru (4 years)

Abraham’s Travels:
Stage 1 (1860-1810BC)
– Abraham finds it necessary to find a new place to live because of Egyptian influence in Ur
– So moves across Euphrates to Harran (out of Egyptian influence)

Stage 2 (after 1800BC)
– Leaves harran for Cannan
– Egyptian influence has lefft Cannan..

Stage 3 (before 1775BC)
– Enters Egypt
– Northern Egypt is under the rule of the 14th Dynasty

After the Manner of the Egyptians…

Lots of pictures of stuff.. Didn’t get much out of it except for looking at the pretty pictures of stuff from his time.

WED 2030
A Type for the Great Plan of Happiness
Patrick D. Degn
The Seven Churches of Revelation

Revelation 4:3 — why emarld, why jasper, sardine stones? Let the scriptures speak for themselves.. Check out the Law (Deut)

Revelation 1:1 – Revelation of Jesus Christ
1:11 – Commandment to write what he shall see.. send it until the 7 churches.

Why those 7 churches? why not church of Rome? The names of these Churches in Greek form a pattern

Ephesus 2:1
Smyrna 2:8
Pergamos 2:12
Thyatira 2:18
Sardis 3:1
Philadelpia 3:7 (one who loves his brother – what Philidelphia means)
Laodicea 3:14

v12 Instead of seeing a person he sees seven golden candlesticks.. candlestick is a symbol of the Church. Hold up the Light.
v13 – garment.. begins with a garment, ends with a garment

Right hand is the covenant hand.. hand in hebrew also means ‘power’.. giving all that you have to God.
These 7 stars in his hand are in his power.
v20 – Angels or servants of the 7 churches.

Teachings, 290 .. plainest books…
Teachings, 327. He who reads it oftenest will like it best, and he who is acquainted with it, will know the hand of God wherever he can see it.
Teachings, 290 … being born again comes by teh Spirit of God through ordinances.

Parabels of Matthew 13
1. Sower and the Soils
2. Wheat and the Tares
3. Mustard Seed
4. Three Measures of Leaven
5. Treasure Hidden in a Field
6. Pearl of Great Price
7. Net
8. Householder

Covenant Fathers of Malachi.. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob

The order of the 7 churches the name and the order is important.

Seven Key Elements for each of the 7 churches:
1. The meaning of the name of the Church
2. The Savior’s title relative to each particular Church.
- The Savior has 24 names in Revelation 1.
- In Revelation 4 he has 24 Elders on the Throne.
- 7 different ways introduced to these churches.
3. The commendation-things done well
4. The criticism – things needing attention.
5. The exhortation – specific to each Church.
6. The promise to the “overcomer” in each Church.
7. The key phrase: “He that hath an ear to hear let him hear…” (only occurs 7 times.. in relation to these 7 churches) (only occurs 7 times else in the bible)

The Power of a Name:
Ephesus: The Desired one; permitted
Smyrna : Myrrh
Pergamos: Mixed Marriage; height, elevation
Thyatira: Semiramis (wife of nimrod)-Continual sacrifice; odor of affliction
Sardis: Remnant; red ones
Philadelphia: Brotherly love; one who loves his brother
Laodicea: The rule of the people; justice of the people.

These 7 churches are the story of how we go from birth to God-hood..

Blessings of the Churches are always at the end of the letter to the church.

Ephesus: Blessing — overcome our natural fallen nature. given the tree of life. Represents Christ because of what it produces.. fruit.. brings us everlasting life.
Smyrna: Blessing — (why tribulation for 10 days? 2:10) He that overcometh shall not be hurt by “second death”
- Agency is not the freedom to choose.
- An Agent represents the cause of someone else.
- Freedom and right to represent our client.. God is our client. We represent his name.
- We dont have the right to sin..
- Teachings, 328. One thing to see the kingdom.. another to enter it..
- John 3 .. born again to see.. born again to enter..
Pergamos: Blessing v17 – Hidden manna, white stone, new name.
- God covenant.
- Given three things (hidden manna, stone, new name)
- When you make a covenant you are given three things.
- Hidden from whom? From the world. Those who dont overcome.
- White stone in ancient Greek..they cast a white stone to acquit someone in a court of law.. Black to mark them guilty.
- The manna acquits us of the sin.
- Stone is a symbol for Christ in the OT. (Rock/Stone of Israel)
- Who’s name is it? Christs. We receive it at Baptism..which gives us access to the bread of life..which acquits us of all sin..
Thyatira:
- Blessing in 2:26-27
- Blessing: Power over the nations
- Before #3 (Pergamos) you are nothing.. but after #3 you have right to a kingdom.
- Rule them with a Rod of Iron — Word of God. Rod begins where the path begins..
- Power, rod of iron
- who is the word of God? Christ manifested through his gift he gives us.
- Give him the morning star (Christ)
Sardis:
- I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
- Hold fast and repent.. if thou shalt not watch, I shall come as a thief (2nd coming)
- If you are watching he does NOT come as a thief in the night.
- If you know the signs.. Like a woman in Labor.
- Clothed, book of life, name before Father.
- What makes these people worthy? Their garment makes them worthy.
- You must be wearing ‘internal’ garments to be made worthy and not being cast out..
- Before you are covered with the white garment you are covered in blood..
Philadelphia:
- Pillar in the temple of my God.
- Two pillars built by Solomon positioned at the entrance on the east side… protected the way into the temple.
- Jachin and Boaz – He will establish – and – In him is strength
- Boaz is a type for Christ
- After you’ve been clothed in garments.. you must enter the covenant of marriage.
- Pillar in the temple; God’s name
- Write upon him the Name of my God.
- My new Name will be written upon him.
- 3 NEW NAMES. You’re new name. Son and God the Fathers new name. The number of the covenant.
Laodicea:
- you are six things: wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.
- Tried in the fire.. that though may be right, clothed.. etc.. image of a king.
- Behold– I stand at the door and knock;.. and will sup with him (marriage supper)
- Door of the temple to which the pillars are flanking..
- He stands with the convent people in a marriage.
- Knocks with those three names.
- The son is knocking.. God the Father is on the other side..
- Once the door is opened.. The bride and the bride groom and Christ come through the door
- v21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne.
- Sit in God’s throne.
- Opens a door, allows you to enter into his celestial throne.
- A door was opened in heaven (4:1)
- Chapter 4 is a description of Celestial Glory.. what it’s like to live there.

Chapter 4:
- 24 is a fullness of priesthood..
- man and a woman have a FULNESS of the Priesthood.
- Withtout the Son we can do nothing.

Brigham Young.. Journal of Discourses 2:31.
Teachings p65 — If you kept the faith you get 7 things..

Partake of the fruit of the vine
Crowned with a crown of righteousness
Free from every affliction
Kept the faith
Clothed in white raiment
Marriage …
….

7 letters to the churches.. John and Paul.. they both wrote 7 letters to…

Seven Pastoral Letters?
Timothy, Titus, Philemon, JAmes, Peter, John Jude..
corrolation?

WED 1910
Patrick D. Degn
The Coming Prince: Messianic Types and Shadows for the Latter Days
Cities of Refuge (Numbers 35)

Moses chapter 5 — they praise the NAME of God..
All scriptures are made to bear witness of Christ.

Purpose of the Law of Moses:
2 Nephi 11:4
Galatians 3:24

Numbers 35

Levites to possess their own cities.
The Priests should be among the people..

v2 – Command.. give unto the Levites of the inheritage off their posession cities to dwell in…
v5 – 3000 cubits.. 3 is the number of the covenant.. Gods people confine themselves within certain bounds..
v6 – Six cities for refuge — 6? Designed for refuge. 6 represents fallenness.. mortal, incomplete..
manslayer – unintentional killing.. so you must be punished.. there is refuge for those who commit sin unknowingly..
v7 – 48 cities. 48 is a multiple of 12? Jeremiah picks up on the implication here..

The Law of Moses is a divine law given to bring us unto Christ.

The 49 cities (7×7) of the Levites.. not 48? where’s the other?
1. Forty-two cities given to the Levites from each tribe (numb 35:6)
2. six cities designated as “cities for refuge” (Nnumbers 35:6, named in Joshua 20:7-8) .. names are highly significant.
3. The Messiah is designated as the consummate fortress for refuge (Zechar. 9:9-12 Jeremiah 16:19-21)

v14 — where are the cities? 3 on this side on jordan.. 3 in the land of canaan… West of Jordan (Gentile lands)..The Lord makes refuge even for Gentiles.. even if you are white, black, male, female, etc..

The candlestick (Menara?) is symbolized of looking for hope or light..

v25 – The congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood…… and shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest.. The death of the high-priest absolves all those living in the city of refuge of transgression.. you’re not covered by the blood of the high-priest if you’re not in the cities of refuge..

(Go back into Exodus on how a High Priest is made a High Priest.. Exodus 25, 26, 27, 28) high priest comes to represent God in the Flesh.. he is clothed to how God will come.. gold, blue, purple, scarlet — colors of God..

Alma 13 says, v2 — those Priests were ordained after the Order of the Son in a manner …….

Where were these cities were: (west of jordan)
Kadesh (Holy Place)
Shechem (Shoulder, back)
Hebron (Society, alliance)
(look at the names of the cities from south to north.. a Temple type.. the black onnex stone .. black means falleness.. )
These are covenant names..

(east of Jordan)
Jordan is a type of dividor between the righteous and the wicked.. .. Lehi’s vision.. river is between the two too..

Golan (Exile) — Lifted up. pigs/devils outside of israel.. casting the spirits into them.. why? can’t raise them in israel.. so some guy goes outside into Gentile land and raises them..
Ramoth (Heights) — pride??
Bezer (Gold) — money.

You have money, high and lifted up and in gentile lands..because you’re in exile.. Jesus was temped in Matthew 4 by 3 sins.. Money, Power and appetites of the World.

v28 – In the Death of the High Priest these people have life..
v32 – take no satisfaction for him in anything.. except for the death of the priest.
v34 – I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel

Jerusalem is the 7th city of refuge.. temple work .. it is the 49th city. . 7×7=49

Jerimiah 17:16 — my strength, my fortress, my refuge in my days of affliction

Cities of Refuge: A Type for Christ
1. Cities were divinely appointed (Num 35:1-2 — D&C 49:5 )
2. Cities were for the guilty (Num 35:11-12 — Matt 9:10-13)
3. The way to the cities was clearly revealted and known (Deut 19:3; Joshua 20:7-9; D&C 93:5)
4. The cities of refuge were accessible to all (Num 35:15; 2 Nephi 26:33)
5. Cities of refuge were to be entered without delay (Num 35:6, 10-12; Alma 34:32-36) — if you dont flee you’ve broken the law of Moses
6. The cities of refuge were the only hope for the guilty (Num 35:12, 24-28; 2 Nephi 4:15-35)

The Slayer: A Type for Israel
1. They executed (karath) the Messiah not knowing what they did (Num 35:11,15; Daniel 9:24-27; Luke 23:34)
2. They were protected from vegeance but did not enjoy total liberty (Num 35:11-12; Luke 16:22-26)
3. A distinction was made between the slayer “unawares” and the “murderer” (Num 35:15-24; Luke 23:34; Romans 9:6-8)
4. The death of the high priest brought complete liberty (Num 35:25; Hebrews 9:11-15)

Every chapter of the old testament..especially in the Law… is a testimony of Christ..

Wednesday 1750
Patrick D. Degn
Prophecies of the Latter-day Kingdom

Hosea: The Calling and Election Of the House of Ephraim

There’s one chapter that some people think (faithful biblical scholars) is the most important chapter in the bible.. more than any chapter in the N.T… Hosea Chapter 3.

If you’re from teh tribe of Joseph..Hosea is your book. Even more so than the Doctrine and Covenants..

Deut 28: — When you go into Israel and inhabit it, fight your way to a particular place to make convenants with your Lord.

Joshua is from the tribe of Joseph – Ephraim. It’s the house of Joseph that leads the tribes of Israel into the promised land.
Joshua is the Hebrew name of Jesus.. It’s a type of the leading of the people until the Celestial Kingdom..

Bethabara — where the Israelites crossed the Jordan river..
Where Jesus was baptized..

Deut 28:29 — where Joshua is trying to get to.. Two mountains.. Garatine and Ebal.. One is on the right and one is on the left when the map is turned so the east on top.. In between Garatine and Ebal is a valley .. called – Shahem – in the New Testament Jesus went there to commune with the woman at the well.. Joseph was given this parcel of land.. It’s the tribe of Joseph, their rams, that the convenant is established..

28:29 — 6 tribes ascent each mountain.. 6 tribes shout across the blessings they’ll receive if they keep their promise.. The well built by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob..

The levites put the Ark in the middle.. Blessings were shouted acrossed.. then cursings were shouted across.. the Ark represents the presence of God.. God is cutting a covenant here.. Which tribe kept it’s blessings? Joseph.. not Judah.

There’s a reason why there’s more Ephramites than any other tribe combined.. contained in Hosea..

Hosea the Prophet is a type for Christ.

Anytime the Lord wants to teach/show something that’s sacred.. is told in the story of marriage.

There is no other story more beautiful than Ruth and Boaz.

Hosea’s wifes name is Gomer.

Hosea’s name means salvation.
Gomer’s name means …
They have 3 children.. — covenant symbolism.

The Bride of Christ:
“I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife” Revelation 21:9
At the end of Revelation she is sanctified and purified… Not that way in Hosea.

Hosea 1:2 — Go take unto thee a wife of whoredoms..

Chapt 1-3 — the story. The real story of what happened.
Chapt 4-14 — how the Lord likens this story to his covenant people.

Gomer comes to represent Israel.

Hosea 1:4 – Jezreel name of the Firstborn son of three..
Jezreel has alternate meanings.. “to sow”.. (seeds or blood)
“to scatter” .. “to gather”.

Hosea 1:6 — Lo-ruhamah (Not having obtained mercy).. firstborn daughter of three.. #2

Hosea 1:9 — Lo-ammi — not my people.. another son.

Son – daughter – son .. order is significant.

Hosea Chapter 2.

v1: Ammi = my People Ruhamah = Having obtained mercy

v3-5 — Gomer took off for her whoring men.. because they give her nice luxeries..
Later in the text Gomer is stripped.. sold as a slave.

Gomer keeps selling her body and becoming rich. Gomer is a type for the kingdom of Israel.

With Ancient Israel and modern Israel.. it’s not good enough to have some.. we have to comprimise the standards of our children to go get more..

The state of the kingdom is Israel is they have wealth and prosperity and land..but that’s not good enough.

If Gomer was your spouse what would you do? Divorce her? In the scriptures a study on marriage and divorce is startling to most people.. hosea 2:6 — build up a wall and hedge to keep her in.

v7 — seek her lovers but not find them.

If we go whoring after false Gods, they’ll eventually leave us because they can’t deliver.. we’ll have nothing, so then we’ll go back to their God. Because we dont have any better place to go.

v14 – I will allure her and bring her into the wilderness and speak comfortably to her..

Is this a man in Love? Or out of duty? Hosea honestly has emotional ties to this woman Gomer.. even though she’s abused him.

Hosea represents Christ. Gomer represents Israel.

v15 – I will give her, her vineyards.. Valley of Achor — where Joshua executed the dude that stole the garment from Jericho.. Where he was executed and his family and posessions were burned..

Isaiah 65.. the valley of trouble (Achor).. to work out whatever problems we have, and come back to the Lord.

v16 – Ishi and no more Baali .. call me ‘my husband’ ‘my master’
v17 – Baalim out of her mouth..
v18 — having the right name keeps coming up.
v19 – I will betroth thee unto me for ever.. betroth from Hebrew means “to woo her”…. or Marriage. Because of her unfaithfulness she broke the covenant.. need to Marry again..
v22 – Jezreel — to sow.
v23 – I will sow her unto me in the earth.
v23 – I will have mercy upon her..
v24 – I will say to them which were not my people, thou art my people.

Chapter 3 – hosea
v2 – Action. Gomer is a slave. Only 3 ways to become a slave. Birth, Conquered, or you become indebted.
Remember the Hosea and Gomer representation.
Aren’t we indebted?? For sin. We are indebted to Jesus Christ..
v2 – Who will give ten silver.. .. Hosea has lost his wife because of her indebtedness.. Hosea shows up to the action.. I bought her to me for 15 pieces of silver.. and a homer and a half of barley. .. He gave everything he had.. his money.. his food.. He was wealthy but she squandered it.. All that he has he gave for her.

v5 – Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God and David their king;…… in the latter days.

Chapter 4

4:6 – Destroyed for lack of knowledge.
5:11 –
7:8 – ephraim will be mixed among the people.. cake not turned
9:1 – hast gone a whoring from thy God
9:8 – watchman among the gentles
9:13 – planted in a pleasant place..
10:12 – sow to yourselves in righteousness.. reap in mercy.. break up your fallow ground.
Moses 7:62 — righteousness shall look down from heaven and .. spring forth from the earth..

11:10 —
When the Savior shall roar the children shall tremble from the west.. (who in the west? Ephraim)

Ephraim hears the call and come to the rally..

12:9 — Shall dwell in tabernacles as in the days of the solemn feast.. Temples
12:10 – I have also spoken by the prophets.. and used similitueds by the ministry of the prophets.
13:5 – I did know thee in the wilderness …drought — Apostasy

14: — The great chapter of the restoration —

Chapter 14 — In the last days Ephraim shall repent and return unto the Lord.
Take no longer swords.. but NEW WORDS.. to gather the other tribes of the house of Israel.
Calves of our lips — Ephraim

v5- dew unto Israel … dew comes to represent revelation
v6 – become very prosperous

Olive Trees are symbolic of God.. because God gives us olives.. which is the healing balm..anti-toxin.. olive oil.

v7-8 — The TWO BIG VERSUS of our destiny as Ephraim..
who dwell under Ephraims shadow shall return

Corn, Wine and Oil .. 3 symbols used together is symbolic of the covenant.
Restored to the true covenant.

v8 Green = life.. fir tree

From me is thy fruit found.. — olives are the fruit.. Eternal life.
From me, Ephraim, is eternal life found.

What’s in a Name?
——————-
Jesus: Salvation
Hosea: Salvation —- Gomer: Complete
Jezreel: God scatters
Lo-ruhamah: Not having obtained mercy
Lo-ammi: Not my people

WED 16:30
David Bokovoy

Ancient Prophets and the Heavenly Councils

We are a bit different than others as we believe God acts in a council setting.

Teachings, pg150-151 — “The head God called together the Gods and sat in grand council to bring forth the world”

Doctrines of Salvation, 2:57 – “… councils were held and the spirit children were instructed… ”

Psalm 82:1; NRSV – “God has taken his place in the Divine Council; in the midst of the Gods he holds judgment”

Saba` — word for ‘Host’..
“In the religious world of the ancient Near East, the cosmos was understood to be ruled by the gods who not only existed in great numbers and should be conceived as a pantheon but frequently acted as an assembly or council to delivery and make decisions about the world and its inhabitants..
“Cosmology and World Order –??? ”

Saba` — Isaiah 24:21 — “In that day the LORD shall punish The Saba` of heaven in heaven, and the kings of the earth”

“By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the host (Saba`) of them by the breath of his mouth” (Psalm 33:6)

Genesis 2:1 – Saba` — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all the hosts (Saba`) were completed..

Isaiah 40:26 —

“Hebrew grammars traditionally represent the Hiphil stem as the causative of the Qal stem” .. KJV translated translated Yahweh as LORD.. or Jehova

Yahweh is the 3rd person for of the “to be” verb.. .’ HE IS ‘

When Jehova appears with a ‘a’ and a ‘e’ it is causative.. action..

He Causes to Be (or to exists).. the name Jehova literally means ‘He causes to exists’.

Frank Moore Cross – Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, 65 —

Sod – Hebrew word described for ‘council’

- Amos 3:7
– the word secret we should cross out and replace with the word ‘Sod’– council —
divine council.. one who experiences first hand the divine council.
- Jeremiah 23:18
– A true prophet has/does
-counsel should be council
- perceived should be ’seen’
- A true prophet “STANDS” and he “SEES” and he “HEARS”
- Psalm 25:14
- Exodus 18:13-14
- Moses SAT ..and the people stood by Moses from the morning until the evening.
- A Mediator stands.. a judge SITS..
- Isaiah 3:13
- 1 Kings 17:1
- Jeremiah 23:18

Jewish Study Bible: Oxford University Press, 2004.. Jeremiah 23:18; “But he who has ’stood’ in the council of the Lord, and ’seen’ and ‘heard’ his word is a true prophet” Worth getting that bible if you want a scholarly bible..

“It is typical for gods in the ancient Near East to have at their disposal specific, lower ranking deities who do their bidding in running errands and relaying messages” “Angel of Yahweh”, “Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, 53.

Psalm 103:20-21 — hosts, messengers.. in the two lines.. “Bless the LORD, O his ‘hosts’, Bless the LORD, O his ‘messengers’..”

Prophets who stand in the council, who see and hear the word of God.. become members of this council..become deified in the old testament.. become M&M

when you think of M&M think of prophets.
Messengers and Mediators in the council

Malachi = My Messenger

Behold, I will ‘SEND’ you Elijah the ‘prophet’ —- sent as a messenger from the council — messenger —- … and the heard of the children to their fathers — ‘mediator’..

Apostle is a greek word for one who is Sent.

Malachi 3:1 — messengers are sent.

Mosiah 3:19 — sent his holy prophets.. to declare…

Genesis 32:4 — Messenger Formula — “And he commanded them (messenger)..

“And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau” (Genesis 32:3)

Messengers would typically preface their speach with the messenger formula “Thy servant Jacob saith thus…”

Thus sayeth the Lord — Messenger Formula.. messengers sent from the council.

Mediator and Messenger in Isaiah 6:8-9 — “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” (Mediator — council) — “Here am I, send me” — Messenger

Isaiah is part of the ‘us’.. in 6:8-9..

“A large potion of the Mesopotamian sources raise the possiblity that the washing of hte mouth or the purity of the mouth has independent significance as a characteristic granting or symbolizing special divine or quasi-divine status to the person or object so designated. The pure mouth enables the person or object to stand before the gods or to enter the divine realm, or symbolizes a divine status. ” Victor Horowitz, “Isaiah’s Impure Lips and Their Purification In Light of Akkadian Sources.” Hewbrew Union College Annual 60 (1989): 54.

Isaiah 6:2 — “Above it “STOOD” the seraphims…”
v5-7 — coal in the mouth.. Makes him a member of the council… Now that he’s a member of the council he can say “I can go.. send me”..because he’s a member.

Throne Theophany —
1 Nephi 1:8 — Lehi SAW the heavens open.. saw God sitting upon his throne..
What are the angels doing? Singing, and Praising their God..
v8 – Concourse: “a Meeting; an assembly of men; and assembly of things”

v10 – Christ comes forth as a mediator in the council.
v11 – The first came before and STOOD before my father.. and he STANDS as a mediator in the council.

How many references are there to ‘my father’ in Chapter 1 of Nephi?
Nephi is not going to let us forget it..
why?
Genesis 22– like that. Abraham, his father.. Isaac, his son. The author doesnt want us to forget this relationship.
“My Father” in Hebrew … “The Hebrew [in Genesis 1:7] is literally ‘My Father,’ but that noun with the possessive ending is the form of intimate address in biblical Hebrew, like Abba in postbibilical Hebrew”.. it is ‘pappa’.. or ‘daddy’.. Rober Alter, Genesis: Translation and Commentary, pg 105.

The prophetic leader is called ‘my father’..
There are certain well-known passages in which the prophetic leader is called ‘my father’. James G. Williams, Journal of Bilblical Literature; 85 (1966): 345.
2 Kings 2:12 — 2 Kings 13:14 — examples of that ‘my father’.

1 nephi 1:15 — praising of his God..
Lehi has become a member of the divine council. He’s become one who stands in the council.. he can act as M&M.. One who has seen, heard and stands..

v18 — after the Lord shown him the things.. he went forth (as a messenger and mediator) among the people.. of the things which he had both seen and heard.

Conclusion:

D&C 107:19 —
To those who receive the Mel. Priesthood.. they receive the blessing of the privilege of receiving the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.. to have the heavens opened unto them.. to commune with the general assembly.. enjoy teh communion and presence of God the Father and Jesus the mediator of the new covenant.

WED 1230
Recent Research on the Book of Abraham
Mapping the Issues and Positions

Positions of the Church of the book of Abraham
– Canonized scripture
– Date of the Book of Abraham
Issues dealing with Book of Abraham on which the church has no official position:
– The relationship between Book of Abraham and JS Papyri
– The date of the Joseph Smith Papyri
– The transmission of the book of Abrahama
– The nature of the facsimiles

Good faithful members of the church take both positions.. That Joseph received the Book via Revelation and some that say that it comes from the Book of Papyri.

Date of the Book of Abraham
- Abrahamic (ca 2000-1700BC)
- Hellenistic (ca 200BC-AD150)
- Modern (1835-1845)

Date of the Joseph Smith Papyri
- Abraham’s Day (ca 2000-1700BC)
- Ptolemaic Period (ca 200-150BC)
- Roman Period (ca AD100-150)

When you carbon date you might encounter contamination.
Charcol example.. sending off to a date to date for carbon 14..

Glue and paper to which the fragments are glued is 19th century..which bled through the papyri and no uncontaminated fragments could be found.

People that date the papyri deal with the style of handwriting.. Some dude wrote some volumes.. though there’s a problem with the 3rd volume.. for a 1200 year time period he has 9 manuscripts.. for a 500 year time period he has 2 manuscripts to compare against.. not really good for dating.. This is why people date the papyri to the timeperiod of the romans.. because it looks like that time period.

On the papyri is a “this book transcribed by XYZ, and my parents and grandparents are.. “.. so because there were 4 people we knew who had this job.. So this guy that analyzed it dated that to 200-150BC… (Ptolemaic Period)

some people dont think the genalogically method actually works.. better than the comparison to other documents..

Transmission of the Text:
How does the text get to the copy of text that we have?
- Autograph Version
– Abraham writes the text and it comes to Joseph Smith
- Egyptian Transmisson
– Abraham writes the text out in Egyptian in Egypt.. passed down by Egyptians.. eventually comes down as the text Joseph Smith got
- Jewish Transmission
– Abraham writes the text, he hands it to descendants.. pass it down.. copy it pass it down.. descendants wander off into Egypt and take the text, translated into Egyptian, Egyptians pass down text, text comes to Joseph Smith.

This is all null if you believe the book of Abraham came direct from revelation.

Another theory..

Mnemonic Device
– Abraham writes the text, passed down.. text encoded with a different text.. Different text comes to Joseph Smith.
– makes it so you can learn one text and pull another one out of it.

Theory about the Nature of the Facsimilies:
- Common vignette to Book of Breathings Made by Isis
- Common vignette to Book of the Dead
- Uses elements common to the Book of the Dead
- Common Egyptian funerary vignettes
- Illustrations of the day
- Copied from Abraham’s drawings
- Drawn by Abraham
- Jewis reuse of Egyptian vignettes

– “Book of the Dead is really a fun text”

The Church doesn’t really have an official stance..
There’s a big range and nobody agrees on anything..

The Official Stance is that it is scripture, true, and written by Abraham.

Some people said that he used the Urim and Thumim to translate the Papyri.. one said that he was given the translation by Heaven when reading over the Hyroglifs.

TUE 2030
Patrick D. Degn
The Creation: A Type for the Great Plan of Happiness”

The Lord is not trying to tell you what happened on the particular days, but the significance on what happened in the days..

Types and Shadows

A Type is a Physical Realization of a greater realtiy
Shadow is a ‘Foreshadow’ of something to come.

The Creation is not a type, but a shadow of what is to happen with us.

“Christ and the Creation”
Bruce R. McConkie – Ensign June 1982 9-15
Took Abraham, Moses, Temple and Genesis and harmonized them together…

“We consdier that God has created man with a mind capable of instruction, and a faculty which may be enlarged in proportion to the heed and diligence to the light communicated from heaven to the intellect; and that the nearer man approaches to perfection, the clearer are his views, and the greater his enjoyments, till he has overcome the evils of his life and lost every desire for sin; and like the ancients, arrives at that point of faith where he is wrapped in the power and glory of his Maker and is caught up to dwell with Him. But we consider that this is a station to which no man ever arrived in a moment: he must have been instructed in the government and laws of that kingdom by proper degrees, until h is mind is capable in some measure of comprehending the propriety, justice, equality, and consistency of the same.”
Teachings of JS, 51

“The Final Judgment is not just an evaluation of a sum total of good and evil acts- what we have done. It is an acknowledgment of the final effect of our acts and thoughts–what we have become. It is not enough for anyone just to go through the motions. The commandments, ordinances, and conventants of hte gospel are not a list of desposits required to be made in some heavenly account. The gospel of Jesus Christ is a plan that shows us how to become what Heavenly Father desires us to become…”
Dallin H Oaks, Ensign, Nov 2000, 32.

The creation account is an account instructed by different accounts.. From an infant to an exalted being.

Abraham 3:

Kolob is a type for the Messiah.

Abraham 3:22-23 — Many of the nobel and great ones.. and he stood in the midst of them..

If Jesus is not in the midst of your life you are in deficit (6)

Abraham 4:1 — Gods — noble and great ones mentioned in chapter 3.

4:10 – Gods saw that they were obeyed
4:11 – Even as they ordered
4:12 – Gods saw that they were obeyed
4:18 – Gods watched those things which they had ordered until they obeyed.
4:21 – And the Gods saw that they would be obeyed and that their plan was good
4:25 – Gods saw that they would obey.

Gods (plural) saw that something would be obeying.. the Earth.. D&C 88 .. The earth is a living entity.. When the Gods order the Earth to do something, they fall back and wait until the Earth has finished with what it has been commanded.

The Earth is choosing to obey.
The Earth obeys the Celestial Law.. By being obedient.

The Whole process of the Earth.. Organize and formed the heavens and the earth. 4:1
4:2 – Empty and Desolate

In Abraham he calls them ‘times’ instead of ‘days’. It could be any preset of time that it takes the earth to do what it’s been commanded to do.

1st day – v1-2 — The earth is formed; “Let there be light”
2nd day – v5-8 — Provision is made for clouds, rain, and storms to give life to the earth.
3rd day – v9-13 – Dry land appears; vegetation comes forth.
4th day – v14-19- Lights in the heavens; seasons
5th day – v20-23- Fish and fowl; commanded to multiply (water and air)
6th day – - Beasts are created (morning); man on the afternoon.. commanded to multiply and fill the earth.
7th day – - He rests. Engaged in Spiritual Work/things.. Resting from your temporal labors so you can focus on the spiritual matters.

Every time the Gods come the Earth is beautified.

the further we progress in the creation, the more orderly it becomes.. House is a House of order.

Abraham 4:24-25 — The Gods prepared the earth to bring forth to bring forth the livign creature after his kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind;…
v26 — Let US go down and form man in our image, after our image, after our likeness; and we will give them dominion over…

When we are born we are giving a gift, the Light of Christ..
1st day of the creation – Light.

2nd day – a Portion of the Spirit (John 3:3)
in v4 he (Jesus) doesnt answer the question.. he just goes on in v5.

3 is a number for God’s covnenant.
Day #3 – there is an immersion. Now that you have the light of Christ, and recognize the Spirit.. You need to
Enter into the convenant (John 3:5)

4th day — God creates the Seasons and lights.. The Greater Light. After baptism you’re given the Greater Light.
Receiving the Greater Light 2Nephi31:17, helaman 5:45

5th day — Fish and Fowl are created. Earthy thing with a heavenly thing. Gods grace saving fallen man. An “endowment” of beauty. D&C 105:18; John 10:10

6th day — Entering the covenant of Marriage (D&C132:19). In our fallen nature we’re like beasts.. Adam and Eve are married by God..
3 + 3 without God is A marriage outside the temple.. without God. 3+3+1 = 7.. Seed planted within the woman (Christ) who grew to crush Satan. The Seed of the Woman is Christ.. is divine.

7th day — Exaltation. D&C 132:22..

5 covenants in the sealings.. 4 with God and 1 with each other..
East end of the Garden was placed Cheribum (2 angels).. on the outside of Solomons temple were two pillars representing marriage.

When Abram entered into the conventant of marriage his name was changed.
Abram = Exalted Father
Abraham = Father of a lot of nations.

Exaltation was promised.. now see that your children obtain it, Abraham..

Tokens are just physical representation to help us remember our convenant.

Token of the Priesthood.. service..

Nnumber Creation Revelation Dispensation Personal
1 Earth is formed Tree of life Adam Birth, light of Christ
Enoch Borh of the Spirit (John 3:3)
Noah Born of the water (John 3:5)
Abraham Gift of the HG (2 Ne 31:17, Hel 5:45)
Moses Endowed with power and clothed
Christ Covenant Marriage
Joseph Exaltation

1st Facsimilie = Sacrifice
Abraham 3 — gaining knowledge.. 2nd Facsimile
God requires more sacrifice..which gives you greater knowledge, and so on..
Until you have learned all the knowledge to become a God.. 3rd Facsimilie.. Abraham being crowned a God.

to Try their faith.. if they shall have received this, then I shall make the greater things known or manifest unto them.
3 Nephi 23:6?

TUE 1910
The Coming Prince: Messianic Types and Shadows for the Lattery Days
The Seventy Weeks of Daniel (Daniel 9)
Patrick D. Degn

Daniel 12:8 –

Daniel 9:25 — Know therefore and understand…
Luke 19– because the Jews knew not this prophecy of Daniel, they’d loose the city of Jerusalem and be scattered.

Numbers in Scriptures:
Numbers mean something to the Jews/hebrew Mind/God himself..

1 – God.
— Water means life, revelation. Incense or Smoke means prayer…
2 – Opposition.
— That which is in opposition or complementary..goes with it.
3 – God; covenant
— Baptize you in the name of the Father, Son, and HG.. Abraham Isaac and Jacab.
— anytime you make/see a covenant made there’s always 3 involved.
4 – Geogrpahic fulness; totality .. Why would the Lord want you to know the names of the rivers unless they were important.
— Torah = The Law. Complete Law. YHWH TNKH… totality..
5 – Divine grace and Fallen man
— 5 animals and sacrifice them.
6 – Defecit, imperfection.. fallen short. Falleness.. Mortal, Evil..
7 = lacks nothing.. complete, whole. Full.
8 – Rebirth. Newness. Resurrection.
— what day did the ark come to rest and he came forth? Anytime the Lord drops dates pay attention and figure it out.
12 – Priesthood
– 144000 .. 12000×12000
– 24 elders sitting in the thrones.
24 – fulness of the priesthood.
40 – Probation, testing
— 40 years of wandering to the wilderness. Zarahemla back to land of Nephi.. 40 days in the wilderness

———-
Stars come to represent the Children of God.

Daniel 9:24 – The overview
Gabriel – Messanger about the coming of the Christ.
9:25 – The 69 Weeks
– 6 things will be happen in the 69 weeks and then the 70th week God will come in to finish it off.
9:26 – The Interval — we dont know how long the break is, until the 70th week.
9:24 – the 70th Week. Revelation chap 6-19
- the Lord divides up the 70th week into days too.. in revelation

The Seventy Sevens of Israel:
Abraham to the Exodus — 490 years (7×70)
Promise (Gen 12:4 75 years
Galatians 3:17 430 years
Ishmael -15 =490
Exodus to the Temple = 490 years
3. Temple to Artaxerxes = 490 years
1 kings 8:1-66 1005BC
Nehemiah 2:1 445 BC 560 total
Babylonian Captivity -70 = 490
Artaxerxes to 2nd Coming
Artaxexes to the 1st advent (69 weeks) 483 years
interval ??
The Seventieth Week = 7 years for 490 years..

In the Bible there are 6 periods of 490 years..
Milleninum.. 7

Daniel 9:

matthew.. 1st 17verses of chap 1
14 generations.. david to babylon = 14 generations… 14, 7, 7.. 3, 14’s…
Jesus is the first one in the 7th of the 7 generations.

Luke chap 3..
– Adam to Christ there are 77 people … in Christ is all Fulness welling.

What brought the revelation?
Daniel 9:1-2 .. Reading the prophehcy of Jeremiah.. captivity for 70 years.
1. Daniel was in the Scriptures v2
2. Daniel was in prayer v4
— v5 – We have sinned and have committed iniquity..
— 2nd Chronicles p632 – Chap 36:20-21
Until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths.
— evening oblation.. time that Christ offered himself on the cross.
— if Gabriel said in two verses Understand this.. you think it’d be important?
— 1. Finish the Transgression
— 2. Make an end of Sins
— 3. Make a reconciliation for iniquity.
— 4. Bring in everlasting righteousness
— 5. To seal up the vision and propecty
— 6. To anoint the most Holy.
v25 –

Calendars change in 701BC
ASsyrians, Egyptians, Chaldeans, Hebrews, Persians, Greeks, Teutons, Phoenicians, Chinese, Mayans, Hindus, Carthaginians, Etruscans.

What happened in 701BC.. 12 months with 30 days..

The Decrees to Rebuild Jerusalem:
1. Cyrus 537 BC (Ezra 1:2-4) — Not just reubild the city, but the Temple
2. Darius, (Ezra 6:1-5,8,12) — Rebuild the temple, not the city
3. Artaxerxes, 458 BC (Ezra 7:11-26)
4. Artaxerxes, 445 BC (Neh 2:5-8, 17-18) now go back and rebuild the city.

From 445BC to the coming king would be 69 weeks.

69×7x360 = 173,880 days
Decree of Artaxerxes March 14, 445BC — Jewish and Roman calendars..
Luke 19:28-39 — Lord does not reprimand the diciples when they say “Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of hte Lord”.. though before he has.. He arranged the donkey.. v31
v39-40 — I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out…
v42 – If thou hadst known even thou, at least in this thy day.. “THIS THY DAY .. 10th of Nizon..” — Because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation..

April 6, AD32 — according to the bible.
Luke told us when a particular Cesar rose to power.

The coming kingdom was established on April 6th..
The coming King comes on April 6th..

445BC to AD32 is 476 years.. 476×365 = 173,740 days..
March 14th to april 6th = 24 days..
Leap years = 116 days..
Total of them is 173880..

Jewish 360 days on a 365 day calendar..

Interval.. 70th week..

70th week = Abomination of Desolation

Daniel Chapter 9 verse 26 — Messiah be cut off — executed.. but not for himself, but for the people.. people of the prince (Romans) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.

v27 – revelation 6 thru 19

TUE 1750
Prophecies of the Latter-Day Kingdom
Patrick D. Degn

Messiah-Ben-Joseph

There 3 Messiahs
It is signifant for Latter-Day Saints to understand names.
Names mean something.

To identify someones heavenly name gives you power over them.
Helaman 5.. “Remember these names”

“What’s in a name?”
Adam Man
Seth Appointed
Enosh (Enos) Mortal
Kenen (Cainan) Sorrow
Mahalalel The Blessed God
Jared Shall Come Down
Enoch (active form of Teach) Teaching
Methuselah His Death Shall Bring (destruction)
Lamech The Despairing
Noah Rest, Comfort

Everybody skips genesis 5 because it’s just a list of names.

JST of genesis is Moses. Adam starts praising the name of God. Moses 5:4,8,10,12

Find those chapters that have a lot of names mentioned that there’s probably a meaning there.

Joseph means incresor for God.. God’s Restorer..
Hyrum means my brother is exalted.

Because of Noah we have new life upon the earth.

Joseph (Asaph) – He who gathers; He who causes to return; God Gatherth
Hyrum - My brother is exalted.

Reuben Behold a son
Simeon Heard; listen to; obey
Levi Join; attend
Judah Praised, throw, shoot cast,
Zebulun Exalted, honor
Issachar There is recompense; lift; hire, wages
Dan A judge, contend plead
Gad troop; invade, attack
Asher happy; go straight, advanced, progress
Naphtali Wrestling; to twist
Joseph Jehovah has added; increase, do again
Benjamin Son of the Right hand.

Anytime the Lord shows you an order or a pattern, there’s a meaning for that order/pattern.

Genesis 49:1.. comparable to the meaning of the names of the 12 tribes.
49:2 —
49:1 — ‘Behold a son’. ‘Listen’ and ‘attend’. ‘Praise’ him. he ‘exalts’ and ‘bears thee up’ and ‘judges’ the ‘contender’. ‘Go straight’ and ‘wrestle’. ‘God will resore’ thee again to the ’son of hte right hand’.
49:2 — ‘See the son’. ‘Hear’ and ‘join’ him. For ‘priase’ and ‘honor’ is he ‘hired’ to ‘carry’ the ‘wages’ and ‘judge’. The ‘contender twists’ it. ‘God restores the son of his right hand’.

Names in the house of Israel is found within the prophet of Joseph.. who comes from the tribe of Joseph.

The Coming Messiahs:
– Messiah-Ben-David
– Messiah-Ben-Aaron
– Messiah-Ben-Joseph

Messiah = Anointed one to do something
Ben = Son of..

David = Redeemer Role..
Aaron = Forerunner.. someone who is called who will be Priest who will prepare for David..
Joseph= Some believe he will be a redeemer.. some believe he will be a forerunner.. some believe he’s both.. Samaratans believe the salvation will come from the line of Joseph.
(The book of Ruth is a type of redemption.)

Testament of Simeon 3:11 – “The Lord shall raise up from Levi as it were a high priest, and from Judah as it were a king”

Theodor H Gaster, The Dead Sea Scriptures, 63 – “All things are to be held in common and order must exist “Until the coming of the Prophet and of both priestly and the lay Messiah…” ”

The Samaritans:
Ssamaritans refer to Joseph or Ephraim as “Taheb”, meaning he who returns or he who causes to return.

Joseph Klausner, The Messianic Idea in Isreal 484: “Taheb will be a great leader who ‘brings about repentance or brings back better days.’ .. He is to ‘restore everywhere the tru Law to its former validity and ccconvert all peoples, especially the Jews back to the religion….

Elijah, according to Jewish tradition, is ‘charged with the mission of ordering the comingn time aright and restoring the tribes of Jacob’.. Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews, 4:233

When Elijah comes he must adjust ‘all matters of law and Biblical interpretation’ and correct ‘all genealogical records.’.. Julius H. Greenstone, The Messiah Idea in Jewish History, 96.

6:339.. Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews.. “Elijah’s chief activity will consist in restoring the purity of the family.”

Jewish Traditions:
“A secondary messianic figure is the Messiah son of the tribe of Joseph (or Ephraim), whose coming precedes that of the Messiah, son of David, and who will die in combat with the enemies of God and Israel.” (Encyclopedia Jdaica 11:1411)

“And I saw that a white bull was born, with large horns, and all the beasts of the field and birds of the air feared hima nd made petition to him contiually. And I saw till all their kinds were transformed, and they all became white cattle. And the foremost among them was the buffalo, and that buffalo was a great animal, and had great black horns on his head. And the Lord of the sheep rejoiced over them, and over all the cattle.” R. H. Charles, The Aprocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, 2:260.

4 horns on the alter.. meaning the blood of the lamb covers all 4 corners of the earth.
Kafar means to ‘cover’.. as long as we’re holding on the blood of Christ we’re protected …

Revelations 4.. 4 beasts.. Animals.. Man, eagle, Lion, Bull..
D&C 77.. why those animals? 4 leading tribes..

Lion = Judah (leading tribe on the East)
Eagle = Dan ()
Reuban = Man ()
Joseph = Bull (west)

White means victory firstly.. then purity.

John 1:19 -
— Who art thou?
1:20 -
— I am not the Christ
1:21 -
— Art thou Elias (Elijah)? No.. Art thou that prophet? No.
1:25 -
— Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias neither that prophet?

What prophet did Jews always call “That Prophet”..?
– Abraham, Moses, Isaiah..

Matthew 17:9 -
– Tell the vision to No man until the Son of Man shall be risen again.
– Why say the Scribes that Elias must first come?
— The assumption is that he’d come before the ressurection..
— We interpret it as he’ll come before the 2nd coming.
– Elias shall come and restore all things.
— Did john restore all things? Did Isaiah? Moses? Abraham?
17:12
– Elias is come already and they knew him not.
— John prepared the way for his 1st coming..
— There is one that shall come before his 2nd coming.
JST 17:10-14 — pg 803
— restore all things, asa the prophets have written.
Who is Elias? Behond this is Elias, whom I send to prepare the way before me.
Then the deciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.. AND ALSO OF
ANOTHER who should come and restore all tings, as it is written by the prophets.

Conclusion:

1. The Messiah-ben-Joseph will “arise at the end of days” (Ginzberg, the Legends of the Jews, 5:299, n.201)
2. Messiah-ben-Joseph prepares and is a “forerunner” to the world prior to “when Messiah-ben-David appears in all his glory” (Lausner, the Messianic Idea in Israel, 497; Agus, The Binding of Isaac and Messiah, 220)
3. Messiah-ben-Joseph is to come through the lineage of Joseph through Ephraim (Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews, 5:299, n.201)
4. Elijah is to return as fortold by Malachi 4:5-6 during the days of Messiah-ben-Joseph.
5. Mesiah-ben-Joseph is to be “the revealer of the true faith” of Jehova. (meaning that there’s going to be a false faith)
– Woman imitates the high-priest.. clothed in colors of the Priests in Old Testament..name written on her head.
6. Messiah-Ben joseph “will gather Israelites around him, amoung whom..a part of the 10 tribes will be found”
7. MBJ will “rebuild the temple” of Israel and restore its “true worship”
8. MBJ is to be a warrior. He is envisioned as the first commander of the army of Israel.
9. MBJ will establish his own dominion; he will setup his own dominion.

The standard bearer in the legions of Rome.. portable Gods.. casting off their red cloaks.. Isaiah 11..

10. MBJ stands heroically in battle where it is clear beforehand that death must be the result. In other words, his death is a martyrdom. D&C135 — going as a lamb to the slaughter.. murdered in cold blood.

Scriptual Footprints of Messiah-ben-Joseph:
Genesis 49:22-26
Deutreronomy 33:13-17
Isaiah 53; 3 Nephi 20:44-46; 21:1-11
Jeremiah 30:21
Ezekiel 37:16-21
Daniel 9:24-27
Joel 2:23
Obadiah 18
Habakkuk 1:5
Micah 4:6-13; 5:1-2
Zechariah 4:14
Zechariah 12:10
Mark 9:13
John 1:19-25
John 7:40-41
2 Nephi 3
JST Genesis 50

You are able to append the blessing of that son in the Old Testament to your blessing.. Moses says so. Deuteronomy 33:13-17 —

The legacy of the tribe of Ephraim.. is to take the horns and push the people together back unto the standard (Isaiah 11) .. god.