(See Alma 7:11-12. Latter-day Saints affirm that life is a three-stage process, to be viewed within the context of the Father's "great plan of happiness" (Alma 42:8). Moses was able to discern and perceive. Both men had questions raised about marital decisions they had made: Moses with regard to the Cushite or Ethiopian woman (Numbers 12:1-2), and Joseph in connection with the revelations concerning plural marriage. They spit upon me, pointed their fingers at me, saying, `Prophesy, prophesy!` and thus did they imitate those who crucified the Savior of mankind, not knowing what they did. " (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 220) How different the Lord's "now" is from ours. He has no other interest. Moses doesn't lead them across the Jordan, but Joshua does. ), The contrasts here are extreme. Indeed, those who gain exaltation in the highest heaven hereafter are said to "come unto Mount Zion." Our solar system centers on the sun, one of a huge group of stars on the order of 100 billion stars swirling around a huge pinwheel-shaped mass called the Milky Way galaxy, which is about 100,000 light-years across. . Paralyzed with fear, "he saw the bitterness of hell." It would have been during this time-before he had returned to Egypt to deliver Israel-that Moses 1 occurred. . (January 10, 1962, BYU Speeches of the Year, 1962, p. 9). In this great moment of crisis, 'Moses received strength, and called upon God, saying: In the name of the Only Begotten, depart hence, Satan' (Moses 1:21). The consequence is, we lose blessings instead of retaining them-a decrease of the Holy Spirit follows, instead of an increase, and our minds become darkened. Ps. How grand they are!
Their effects sweep across the existence of mankind from before the world was, through the days of our mortal probation, to the endless vistas of a never-ending eternity. "As early as June 1830, opposition to the newly organized Church had become a force to be reckoned with.
(Moses 1:20.) He's flat; he's out cold. That June a mean-spirited constable arrested and verbally abused the Prophet for the better part of a day. ("Confidence through Conversion," Ensign, Nov. 1992, 88). Satan told him, 'I am the Only Begotten, worship me' (Moses 1:19). 4 Und Gott sah, dass das Licht gut war.
and the glory of God was upon Moses; therefore Moses could endure his presence." TGÂ Eternal Life; Man, Potential to Become like Heavenly Father. (Exodus 14:12.) 1976, 71). 8:3 (3â4); Amos 9:6; D&C 76:24; Moses 7:30 (29â31). 3:10 (7â12). and now they are also [130] spoken unto you show them not unto any except them that believe
10:8 (8, 17); 1Â Ne. 29:11 (11â12). called upon God in the name of Jesus Christ, saying to Satan, Depart Hence.” / IV, 1878, 1888 “. Show them not unto any except them that believe. (Moses 1:39.) .
V. January, 1902. Having just conversed with God, having just beheld the earth and all of its inhabitants, Moses sees "the bitterness of hell." TGÂ Immortality; Jesus Christ, Mission of; Resurrection. We are using a name most sublime, most holy, and most wonderful-the very name of the Son of God. 22:20; Deut. 17:36; Moses 1:33, 39). 34:10; D&C 17:1. The stuff had piled up behind a dam; and when the dam broke, it came down with a rush of dirty water, mud, sand, trees, and everything else.
Moses again commanded him to depart, and Satan cried and ranted upon the earth, again refusing to leave (see Moses 1:18-19).
Moses' remarkable spiritual experience did not come unaccompanied by a traumatic encounter with the adversary. Ex.
They are so great, so incomprehensible, that no one can remain mortal who sees them all.
And the same thing happens again. 18:15; Acts 3:22; 1Â Ne.
[3] And God spake unto Moses, saying, behold I [7] am the Lord God Almighty, and endless is my name for I am without beginning of days or end of years; and is this not [8] endless.
What He is doing so lovingly and redemptively is, nevertheless, work-even for Him!
"When we use these sacred words, 'in the name of Jesus Christ,' they are much more than a way to get out of a prayer or out of a testimony or out of a talk.
Matt. "Here was a power that was dark and bitter. No man can remain permanently miserable who believes with all his heart that the Almighty is his defense, and that a divine guide daily pours light upon a human pathway."
Did the Spirit of God impress it by the rays of light upon the retina of the eye only? TGÂ Discernment, Spiritual; Holy Ghost, Mission of. 7:6).
[22] And [67] it came to pass that Satan cried with a loud voice with weeping and wailing [68] and gnashing of teeth, and \ [69] departed hence yea [70] from the presence of Moses that he beheld him not.
7 And now, behold, this one thing I show unto thee, Moses, my son, for thou art in the world, and now I show it unto thee.
In eternity, when the faithful receive "all that [the] Father hath," this will include an enormous enlargement intellectually.
[6] And I have a work for thee, Moses, my son; and thou art in the [13] similitude to
It is marvelous that He would attend to us so personally in the midst of those cosmic duties. "Moses had learned something about himself. While encountering and exploring such vastness, we sometimes know more than our tongues can tell. 12 And it came to pass that when Moses had said these words, behold, aSatan came btempting him, saying: Moses, son of man, worship me. In Moses 1, we get the Lord's Mission Statement: this is my work and my glory-to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. Here is cwisdom and it remaineth in me. TGÂ Israel, Twelve Tribes of. (D&C 1:20. (D&C 93:24.)
(Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005), 57–66. Amen.). (D&C 130:7.) The seeric gift is a supernatural endowment.
32:17; 1Â Kgs. 8:53 (51, 53).
52:7.). Compared with such distances, our solar system occupies a very tiny amount of space. Joshua does the very same thing when they get to the Jordan. (JS-H 1:15-16. Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?" 19:13 (13â15); Jacob 4:9; Moses 2:1 (1, 5).