Reservations and concerns were few, and I dismissed these things, I put them onĪ shelf and ignored them. We both took notes.For over 40 years I believed all that Mormonism had to The book was so voluminous, we were there 7 hours-only able to read fast in order to get it done in a day. At first, the librarian, an elderly man, was hesitant to let us read it because we were females ( he obviously knew its contents), so we had to concoct a valid-sounding story as to why we needed to read it. We traveled to the archives and read the manuscript (filed under "The Bryanites"). ( The book was later nicknamed by others in Fundamentalist circles as the "Black Ordinance Book," named after Robert Black who stole the book.) Some time later, my mother and I heard that Bryant's temple ordinance book was stolen and a copy given to the LDS Church archives in Salt Lake City. Shocked, he stared at the chart, then at me with his mouth hanging open, then asked, “ How could you know this? How did you find out?” I answered, “ God showed me in aĭream.” His reaction? He became absolutely delighted! He assumed that because God gave me a dream about it, it was a confirmation of its truthfulness and I should be willing to join his third level and participate. I showed him my chart, illustrating his Patriarchal priesthood ritual of who constituted the Bridegroom and Bride and asked, “ Is this going on?” 36 (underlining mine) (Seeįor an occurrence of this Second Endowment anointing in today’s church, seeįormer Stake President Tom Phillips’ account at )Īt my meeting with Bryant, I didn’t tell him at first that I’d That Brigham Young was blessed that he would “attain unto Eternal
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” The church’s “Book of Anointings” also records KimballĪnd his wife were promised the “blessing of the Holy reserection (sic), Even to Lists all recipients of the Second Anointing in the Nauvoo Temple ). Kimball and his wife received thisĪnointing ( recorded in the Book of Anointings, in the Church Archives which To the highest and holiest order of the priesthood…”and ordained to the eternal Woodruff’s private journal) states that he and his wife, Emma, four monthsĪfter having their First Endowment marriage, were “ anointed & ord Joseph Smith, in his diary (also in Wilford Below areĮxamples of those in the early church who received this. Husband and wife, and/or wives, are ordained to theĮternal Godhead of the future worlds they will be in charge of. ( The biblical understanding of the Church of the Firstborn is foundĥ. Guarantee membership not only in his earthly Church of the Firstborn,īut also in the heavenly Church of the Firstborn, mentioned in Heb.ġ2:23.
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He became a member of the adult Sunday school class I was teaching back when I was still a member of the Mormon Church. I was inspired to write this book because of my years-ago encounter with a man who had escaped from a Virginia chain gang and was living in my town of Wendover, Utah under an alias. Still a ways to go yet, slowed down by other obligations.
#Visions of glory exmormon update
Update on my historical suspense novel, Ultimate Justice: I'm half way through trying to bring the word count down.
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You’re going toīe surprised-maybe shocked is a better word.
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#Visions of glory exmormon plus
Below is my article on the Mormon "Law of Adoption and Sealing of Men to Men,” including Joseph Smith’s revelation to set up anĮarthly Church of the Firstborn, claimed to be an exact replica of the heavenly one mentioned in the Bible, plus much more.