The Church of the Firstborn is ___NOT___ a polygamist group, nor a "Mormon Fundamentalist" sect. We do not practice polygamy.
The Morrisites believe in the following:
*Joseph Smith was a true Prophet of God, and the reincarnation of the ancient Prophet Mormon and the Apostle Paul.The Church of the First Born came out of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; founded by the Prophet Joseph Smith, in 1830.*The Baby Resurrection (reincarnation) is a true doctrine taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith.
*James J. Strang, and not Brigham Young or Joseph Smith III, was Joseph Smith Jr.'s true successor.
*Joseph Morris was a true Prophet of God, and the reincarnation of Moses.
*George Williams was a true Prophet of God, and the reincarnation of the prophet Cainan (father of Enoch).
While a young boy of 14, Joseph Smith claimed to have a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ, in the woods near his home in Palmyra, New York.
In the vision Jesus told Joseph to join none of the existing churches; for they were all abominations before Him.
Later, Joseph Smith claimed to have been visited by Angels, who instructed him where to find ancient writings. Joseph Smith translated them into the Book of Mormon.
In a vision to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon, the LORD showed them that only those who are members of "the Church of the First Born" will be heirs of the celestial glory (the highest glory) of the Celestial Kingdom.
According to Eliza Snow (one of Joseph Smith's plural wives), and Joseph Lee Robinson, a personal friend of Joseph Smith, the Prophet believed in reincarnation, or what Mormons called "the Baby Resurrection"; that was are "resurrected" as babies. Joseph told Robinson that it took "many mortal probations" until one can be exalted (Journal of Joseph Lee Robinson, p.12).
The journals of nearly all early Latter-day Saints are locked away, and unavailable for publishing or review by Members of the Church. Why? The LDS Church says that reason is that there are "personal items" in the journals. A few former Church archivists and historians say that it is because there are too many references to reincarnation or "the baby resurrection" in the journals.
Not all of the teachings and revelations of Joseph Smith were published. He once told a group of high priests:
"Would to God, brethren, I could tell you who I am! Would to God I could tell you what I know! But you would call it blasphemy and want to take my life! (Life of Heber C. Kimball, p.333)Who was Joseph Smith? He was the reincarnation of the ancient American Prophet Mormon. This is why the LORD told Joseph that he was "called and chosen to WRITE the Book of Mormon" (D&C 24:1).
But Mormons don't believe he wrote it. They believe he translated the plates, and his scribes wrote down what he said. But we believe Joseph Smith WROTE the book. He is the author of it.
Anti-Mormons claim that The Book of Mormon is false; because Mormon quoted the Apostle Paul in various places. This is because Mormon was Paul.
Joseph Smith knew what Paul looked like, how tall he was, his mannerisms, etc. (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p.180).
Joseph Smith was "chosen" before he was born to translate The Book of Mormon, because "he" was its author!
Joseph Smith was told by the LORD:
"And this shall be your business and mission in all your lives, to preside in council and set in order the affairs of this church and kingdom." (D&C 90:16)The LORD promises "crowns of eternal lives [plural] in the eternal worlds" for all those who become members of the Church of the First Born (D&C 133:55).
Today, the LDS Church teaches that the "Church of the First Born" is just a nickname for the LDS Church, or a nickname for those Latter-day Saints who follow The Brethren (Church leaders) most faithfully (i.e. blindly).
The 1891 Prophecy
The Prophet Joseph Smith was told "if ye live until thou art 85 years of age thou shalt see the face of the Son of Man." (D&C sec.130).
Joseph Smith would be 85 most of the year (save a few days) in 1891.
He also said:
"I have never had the opportunity to give them the plan that God has revealed to me." (DHC 3:286)Joseph Smith died before he was finished. God said that Joseph would build the foundations of the City of New Jerusalem, in Jackson County, Missouri.
Joseph Smith did, but not as "Joseph Smith".
Multiple Mortal Probations
Heber C. Kimball, a Mormon Apostle and confidant of Joseph Smith, believed in the "Baby Resurrection"; that we are resurrected as babies. He taught what is called multiple mortal probations in General Conference in 1850:
"We have come here to become inured in work to build temples, and improve upon the elements that God has placed around us, that we may become more skillful tomorrow, through the experience of today. What I do not today, when the sun goes down, I lay down to sleep, which is typical [a metaphor] of death; and in the morning I rise and commence my work where I left it yesterday. That course is typical [a metaphor] of the probations we take. But suppose that I do not improve my time today, I wake up tomorrow and find myself in the rear; and then, if I do not improve upon the day [mortal life], and again lay down to sleep [die], on awaking, I find myself still in the rear. This day's work is typical of this probation, and the sleep of every night is typical of death, adn the rising in the morning is typical of the resurrection. They are days labours, and it is for us to be faithful today, tomorrow, and every day." (JD 4:329)Heber C. Kimball's discourse cannot be seen as anything else than a parable about reincarnation (multiple mortal probations). Although Brigham Young never prophesied, Heber C. Kimball did. Some of his prophesies were quite amazing.
Nothing Unreasonable
Eliza R. Snow, a plural wife of Joseph Smith, told her brother Lorenzo Snow (Apostle and later President of the Church) that Joseph Smith taught her reincarnation. Lorenzo told her he "saw nothing unreasonable" with it and believed it because it came from God's oracle, the Prophet Joseph Smith (Diary of Orson F. Whitney, June 8, 1889).
How many Mormons today know that President Lorenzo Snow was a believer in reincarnation? Some Mormon historians do. But if they talk about it, they may face a Church Court. LDS Church leaders do not want Members knowing about this, and this is why they keep the journals of early Latter-day Saints under lock and key.
Why did Joseph Smith command the early Saints to keep journals when the current LDS Church leaders don't want anyone to read them?
Most of Joseph Smith's teachings were public, but some of his teachings were private. He never publicly taught the doctrine of plural marriage, but did privately, to only a small close-knit group of friends and confidants.
Joseph Smith taught other truths in private.
The Matthias Incident
Today, the LDS Church denies that Joseph Smith ever taught reincarnation. They base this on a comment made by Joseph Smith in 1835, when a man named "Joshua the Minister" visited him in Kirkland, Ohio. "Joshua's" real name was Joseph Matthias. He claimed that he a descendant of the Apostle Matthias, and that the soul passed from father to son. Joseph Smith said that "his" (Matthias') "doctrine was of the devil" and that he was a murderer (DHC 2:304-05)
Joseph Matthias ("Joshua the Minister") in fact was wanted for murder in New York State.
Joseph Smith was not saying reincarnation was a doctrine of the devil, but that Matthias himself was a devil, and "his doctrine" (that the soul passes from father to son) was a doctrine of the devil.
"Joshua the Minister" (Joseph Matthias) was not teaching reincarnation, but a strang doctrine of the transmigration of souls from father to son.
Reincarnation does not teach that the soul or spirit passes from father to son.
The True Successor of Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were assassinated in June of 1844 in Carthage, Illinois.
After the assassination three men arose to proclaim that they were the rightful successors to Joseph Smith....
*Brigham Young: senior Apostle among the Twelve Apostles.
*Sidney Rigdon: disfellowshipped former 2nd Counsellor to Joseph Smith in the First Presidency.
*James Strang; Presiding Elder of the Church in Wisconsin and one who claimed he had a letter of appointment from Joseph Smith.
The widow, mother, surviving brothers, and sisters of Joseph Smith followed James Strang. A majority of Mormons followed Strang Only about 2,000 Mormons followed Brigham Young to Utah. A small number (perhaps about 100) Mormons in Pennsylvania followed Sidney Rigdon; whose church continues to this day.
The Utah LDS Church did not grow until the 1860s when many thousands of converts were made in England and Scandinavia, and these people gathered to Utah.
Others that followed James Strang, and not Brigham Young, were....
*Martin Harris (one of the Three Witnesses of The Book of Mormon)
*David Whitmer (one of the Three Witnesses)
*John Whitmer (one of the Eight Witnesses)
*Jacob Whitmer (one of the Eight Witnesses)
*Hiram Page (one of the Eight Witnesses)
*Most of the personal friends and scribes of Joseph Smith.
Strang claimed that Joseph Smith knew that he would be killed, so he appointed him (Strang) to be his successor. The letter is part of Special Collections at Yale University. You can read the letter in the article James Strang Was Joseph Smith's True Successor in the links below.
James Strang received many "Thus Saith the LORD" Revelations; which was published in a volume called "The Book of the Law of the Lord".
Strang translated some brass plates found in Voree, Michigan, called "The Voree Plates":
Strang also called for Negroes to be freed, and free Negroes to have the right to vote, to hold office, and to marry white women; a radical view at the time.
In 1856 James Strang was assassinated by a former follower whom he had publicly flogged for adultery. The followers of Strang scattered, and a few of them eventually formed the Reoganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now called "Community of Christ").
Brigham Young
After the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in 1844, a majority of Latter-day Saints followed James Strang. However, a significant minority followed Brigham Young.
In 1847 Brigham Young, without Revelation, declared himself "President" of the Church; saying that "the people demanded it". Over the next few decades Young would introduce brand new teachings and practices into the Church. Brigham Young would also....
*"Borrow" hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from the Tithing Office (the equivolent of millions today). He did not "pay back" what he borrowed. At the time of his death, Brigham Young was one of the wealthiest men in North America.*Teach the Curse of Cain Doctrine; that Negroes were the descendants of Cain and under the Curse of Cain, and the Mark of Cain was a black skin, kinky hair, and negroid features. In 1848 he established the Priesthood-ban; forbidding blacks from the priesthood and Temple. He said in General Conference in 1852:
""You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind....Cain slew his brother. Cain might have been killed, and that would have put a termination to that line of human beings. This was not to be, and the Lord put a mark upon him, which is the flat nose and black skin. Trace mankind down to after the flood, and then another curse is pronounced upon the same race—that they should be the 'servant of servants;' and they will be, until that curse is removed; and the Abolitionists cannot help it, nor in the least alter that decree." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7, p. 290-91.)Presidents and Apostles of the LDS Church continued to teach the Curse of Cain Doctrine for the next 130 years! At no time was it ever presented as "speculation" or "personal opinion". DOCUMENTATION*Write that the Saints would go back to Jackson County Missouri before all those living in 1832 had all died (Times & Seasons 6:956)
*Write that the Millennium began in 1845:
"Know ye not that the Millennium has commenced?" (Times & Seasons 6:12:956)*Teach that the Sun and Moon were inhabited.(JD 13:217)*Teach that only polygamists can become Gods (JD 3:266)
*Declare that all of his published sermons (published in the Journal of Discouses) should be considered Scripture (JD 13:95)
*Declare in General Conference that the Civil War would ___NOT___ free the Negroes (JD 10:250).
*Advocate that interracial couples and their children be gruesomly killed. In 1852 Brigham Young said:
Any man having one drop of the seed of Cain in him Cannot hold the priesthood and if no Prophet of God has said it before, I will say it now in the name of Jesus Christ. I know it is true & they know it. The Negro cannot hold one particle of Government ... if any man mingles his seed with the seed of Cain the ownly way he Could get rid of it or have salvation would be to Come forward & have his head Cut off & spill his Blood upon the ground. I would also take the life of his Children. (Wilford Woodruff's Journal, Vol. 4, p. 97)*Teach the doctrine of Blood Atonement; that apostates, thieves, murderers, adulterers, and those who criticised him or challenged his authority should have their blood spilt on the ground to atone for thier sins. DOCUMENTATION"Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the while man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so!" Journal of Discourses 10:110 (March 8, 1863)
*Teach the Adam-God Doctrine; that Adam was God the Father and the father of our spirits and the father of the spirit and body of Jesus Christ. DOCUMENTATION
*Teach the Heavenly Incest Doctrine that Adam came down and had sex with his spirit-daughter Mary in order to produce the physical body of Jesus Christ. DOCUMENTATION
*Teach that all his talks and sermons and "counsel" to the Latter-day Saints was without error:
"What man or woman on earth, what spirit in the spirit-world can say truthfully that I ever gave a wrong word of counsel, or a word of advice that could not be sanctioned by the heavens? (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 12, p. 127).
The Prophet Joseph Smith never taught any of these things, and the Revelations of Joseph Smith seem to contradict all of them. The Book of Mormon says that Jesus was conceived "by the power of the Holy Ghost" (Alma 7:10) NOT via a sex act between God and Mary! The Book of Mormon says "there is neither Jews or Gentile, black or white, free or bond...all are alike unto God." (2 Nephi 26:35) in the eyes of God. The Book of Mormon NOR the Doctrine & Covenants anywhere teaches "blood atonement" or "Adam-God" or many things that Brigham Young introduced while he ruled the Church with a iron fist.
Joseph Fielding Smith, the grand-nephew of Joseph Smith and the 10th President of the LDS Church, wrote:
"The only way of ascertaining a true prophet is to compare his prophecies with the ancient Word of God, and see if they agree, and if they do and come to pass, then certainly he is a true prophet... when, therefore any man, no matter who, or how high his standing may be, utters, or publishes, anything that afterwards proves to be untrue, he is a false prophet" (Answers to Gospel Questions 4:81-82).Joseph Fielding Smith wrote that the Adam-God doctrine was untrue. He also wrote that Negroes were "inferior" and their black skins are "emblematic of eternal darkness"; which Gordon B. Hinckley declared in 2006 that such beliefs make one NOT a disciple of Christ.
Of course, faithful Mormons won't believe any of this; merely because they don't want to believe it. They will ignore all the evidence. They've been told from birth that Brigham Young was a true Prophet of God, and this they will believe! The same is true for "Mormon Fundamentalists". They believe their leaders are Prophets of God; regardless of what they teach, or do, or how many false prophecies they give.
The Adam-God Doctrine was a doctrine of the Church for many decades, and whomsoever opposed it was excommunicated.
The LDS Church today no longer teaches the Adam-God Doctrine. Anybody teaching it will be automatically excommunicated.
The LDS Church abandoned the Curse of Cain Doctrine in 1978. President Spencer W. Kimball, bowing to internal and external pressure, ended the priesthood-ban in June, 1978. Since then, black Mormons can hold the priesthood and enter Mormon Temples.
Mormons are told today the following:
"We don't know the reason for the Priesthood-ban!"Both of these statements are, of course, untrue. The reason why President Kimball ended the priesthood-ban in June, 1978, is because the Church in Brazil had already mistakenly ordained many thousands of white men with Negro ancestry to the priesthood. The Church was building a Temple in Sao Paulo; only to discover (after genealogical work was done) that most of its Priesthood-holders and leaders in Brazil were "of the seed of Cain" (had at least one Negro ancestor). Kimball had a choice:"The ban ended in 1978 because white Mormons were not ready until then."
a) End the priesthood-ban
b) Cancel plans to build a Temple in Brazil and dismiss thousands of priesthood-leaders and holders from their positions.
Kimball also was facing a threat from the Federal Government that it would deny student loans to anyone attending BYU or other Church schools. The Federal Government was also threatening to revoke the Church's tax-exempt status; which would mean it could tax all Church properties, and donations (i.e. tithing) to the Church would no longer be tax-deductable.
On June 8th, 1978, President Spencer W. Kimball ended the Priesthood-ban, but without repudiating the Curse of Cain doctrine. Many younger Mormons today have never heard of the Curse of Cain doctrine, and don't believe me when I tell them that the Church taught it, as doctrine, for 130 years!
LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, a man who as a Mormon Apostle sustained as his spiritual leaders other men who preached that Negroes were "inferior" and "cursed", recently declared:
"I remind you that no man who makes disparaging remarks concerning those of another race can consider himself a true disciple of Christ, nor can he consider himself to be in harmony with the teachings of the Church of Christ. How can any man, holding the Melchizedek Priesthood, arrogantly assume that he is eligible for the Priesthood while another who lives a righteous life but whose skin is of a different color is ineligible." (General Conference, April 2006)If this is true, then Brigham Young, whom Mormons believe was a Prophet and Joseph Smith's true successor, was not even a disciple of Christ; much less a Prophet of God.
If this is true, then every single LDS Church President from Brigham Young until and including Spencer W. Kimball were not even disciples of Christ (much less Prophet) because all of them taught that Negroes were cursed and ineligible for the Priesthood! As an Apostle, Gordon B. Hinckley sustained and followed Church Presidents that taught that Negroes were "accursed" and "an inferior race".
Were these men "Living Prophets"? How could they be? How could Gordon B. Hinckley be their successor when he doesn't even consider them disciples of Christ?
Think about it.
The LDS Church stopped teaching the Heavenly Incest Doctrine by the late 1970s, but one can still see it being taught in books like The Millennial Messiah series by Bruce R. McConkie, and sometimes hear it taught or inferred by older Mormons in Sunday School.
Why has the LDS Church abandoned many of the teachings of Brigham Young? Why? Was he not a true Prophet?
The current leaders of the Church want to have their cake and eat it too! They want to deny the doctrines of Brigham Young, but at the same time honor him as a true Prophet (even though he himself denied it). This way, they can keep Members in line, and prevent them (they hope) from asking questions they don't want asked.
Brigham Denies He Is A Prophet
In fact, Brigham Young always denied he was a Prophet!. He said in General Conference:
"I do not profess to be a Prophet. I never called myself so." (JD 5:177)"A person was mentioned today who did not believe that Brigham Young was a Prophet, Seer, Revelator. I wish to ask every member of this whole community, if they ever heard him profess to be a Prophet, Seer, Revelator as Joseph Smith was?" (JD 6:320)
"The brethren testify that brother Brigham is brother Joseph's legal successor. You never heard me say so! I do not think anything about being Joseph's successor. That is nothing that concerns me." (JD 8:69)
Brigham Young denied he was Joseph Smith's rightful successor. He denied he was a Prophet. Why does the LDS Church teach its Members from birth that Brigham Young was a Prophet, and the rightful successor to Joseph Smith?
The answer is simple: if Brigham Young was not a Prophet nor Joseph's rightful successor; then Brigham Young's successor were not the rightful successors of Joseph Smith.
Changing Brigham's Teachings
Today, the LDS Church teaches its Members that Brigham Young was a true Prophet/Seer/Revelator; but at the same time it excommunicates anyone who teachings some of his doctrines (such as Adam-God). The LDS Church is also now trying to distance itself from the priesthood-ban (denying blacks the priesthood and the Higher Ordinances of Mormon Temples) and the Heavenly Incest Doctrine (that God the Father and Mary had sex to produce the body of Jesus).
The Church first promoted, then ignored, then finally declared "heretical" the Adam-God doctrine.
Brigham Young taught that a Deacon had to be a mature married man! This was changed. Since the late 1800s Deacons have been 12 and 13 year old boys!
The Church changed Brigham's additions to the Endowment Ceremony, in 1990.
However, the LDS Church retains Brigham's teaching that the "Baby Resurrection" is false. Anyone teaching it is excommunicated.
By the time of his death in 1877, Brigham Young was one of the wealthiest men in North America. Where did he get his fortune? Ask any Mormon Historian, and he'll tell you that Brigham got his vast wealth from "borrowing" from the Tithing Office; the place were all tithing donations were kept.
Is God the Author of confusion? How can the LDS Church today teach that Brigham was a true Prophet, when Brigham himself denied it, and the LDS Church excommunicates anyone who teaches Brigham's Adam-God Doctrine?
Again, you can't ask. If you ask you'll be told:
"Look, don't worry about it! Just pay your tithing, attend your meetings, follow the Brethren, and you'll be blessed! Don't ask questions! Just obey! If you ask again, you'll face a Church Court!"Ordinary Members are never told that Brigham Young denied he was a Prophet, or taught that Adam was God the Father, that he advocated interracial couples to killed on the spot, that he taught the Curse of Cain doctrine, and especially NOT that Brigham "borrowed" millions from the Tithing Office that he never repaid.
The Successors of Brigham Young
The successors of Brigham Young are the Presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints They too are sustained twice yearly as "Prophets/Seers/Revelators"; along with their Counsellors and the entire Quorum of the Twelve: 15 men in all. One cannot join the LDS Church, nor get or retain a Temple Recommend (which Mormons view as necessary for Exaltation) without sustaining all 15 men as "Prophets/Seers/Revelators".
Yet...
*They do not prophesyWhy are they then sustained as "Prophets/Seers/Revelators"?*They do not see visions.
*They do not receive "Thus Saith the LORD" Revelations.
Joseph Morris
In 1856, Joseph Morris said that Brigham Young had "fallen" and was leading the Church astray. Joseph Morris had many "Thus Saith the LORD" Revelations.
In 1863 Joseph Morris had about 800 followers; all of them former followers of Brigham Young. In that year a Mormon Sheriff's Posse was sent to their camp in South Weber, Utah, and Joseph Morris was shot and killed while in prayer. Many Morrisites were killed or wounded.
A Mormon named Bill Hickman, who was a member of the Sheriff's Posse, later claimed in a book he wrote titled "Brigham's Destroying Angel" that Brigham Young had ordered Joseph Morris killed.
I say, rather than that apostates should flourish here, I will unsheath my bowie knife, and conquer or die. [Great commotion in the congregation, and a simaltaneous burst of feeling, assenting to the declaration.] Now, you nasty apostates, clear out, or judgment will be put to the line, and righteousness to the plummet. [Voices, generally, "go it, go it."] If you say it is right, raise your hands. [All hands up.] Let us call upon the Lord to assist us in this, and every good work. Journal of Discourses 1:83 (March 27, 1853)Mormons today are never told about any of this, and if they do read about, they won't believe it. They are taught from birth that Brigham Young was a Prophet of God, and they will refuse to believe that he wasn't; even if Brigham told them himself (and HE DID!).
The Godbeites (Mormon Reform Movement)
In the 1860s several prominent Mormons, including Amasa Lyman (an LDS Apostle), William Godbe, and others, had visions of Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith; wherein they were told that Brigham Young had led the Church astray, and was teaching false doctrines, and that reincarnation was a true Doctrine. These dissenters formed a group called "The Mormon Reform Movement" and later The Church of Zion. They were nicked named the "Godbeites"; after one prominent Mormon Reform leader: William Godbe.
Brigham Young had all of Godbeites excommunicated, and forbade, under penalty, for any Mormon to have any dealings with them whatsoever.
Amasa Lyman, who had been one of the original Apostles of the LDS Church, sacrificed his Apostleship and Membership in the Church because he believed in the Revelations that he and other Godbeites were receiving.
The Prophet Cainan (George Williams)
The year that Joseph Morris was killed (1863), a new Prophet arose by the name of George Williams; who had many visions and received a number of "Thus Saith the LORD" Revelations. He founded The Church of the First Born. In 1967 he had a vision of Muhammad, where Muhammad tells him to send a disciple to the Sultan of the Ottomon Empire, with a message. George Williams sent one of his followers, and the man travelled to Istanbul, and met with the Sultan, and delivered the message.
George William was told in one Revelation that he was the reincarnation of the Prophet Cainan who lived at the time of Enoch. He became known as "The Prophet Cainan".
In one of George Williams last visions, he was told that Jesus would be reincarnated. He was told that Jesus would be born in Jerusalem in 1909, the son of an Arab woman.
In 1883 George Williams died in London, England. He was the last "Living Prophet" of Mormonism.
The Church of the First Born continued until 1969; when it disbanded.
The Reincarnation of Jesus
In 1891, there was a man living in Haifa Palestine (as it was then called), who claimed to be the "return" of Jesus. He was a Persian prince, and a direct descendant of King David, named Mirza Husein Ali Nuri; otherwise known as Bahá'u'lláh (Arabic: "The Glory of God").
Bahá'u'lláh claimed to be "the Son of Man" and He lived in a small room which had its windows and entrance coverede in white veils, in Akka, Palestine, until the year 1891. He called it "the sacred veil". In 1891 He left the Sacred Veil and He claimed to a sacred spot upon Mount Carmel and proclaimed:"O Jews! If ye be intend upon crucifying once again Jesus, the Spirit of God, put me to death, for he hath once more, in my person, been made manifest unto you." (Gleanings, p.10)
"Verily, He Who is the Spirit of Truth is come to guide you unto all truth. The voice of the Son of Man is calling aloud from the sacred veil." (Words of Bahá'u'lláh, p.104)He recited this in a thundering voice from a sacred spot on Mount Carmel. His voice echoed off the mountain to a street below called the "Templar Colony". By 1891, 15% of the Temple Colony (which had homes on either side of this street) were members of the Haifa Branch of the Turkish Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The sacred spot is now covered by a golden-domed shrine:
The Holy Ghost Incarnate
In 1843 Joseph Smith had said:
"The Holy Ghost is now in a state of probation." (The Words of Joseph Smith, p.245)Joseph Smith was referring to himself.
The Book of Mormon calls our mortal life a "probationary state" (1 Nephi 10:21, 2 Nephi 2:2,30, 33:9).
Joseph Smith was told that if he lived to be 85 (1891) he would "see the face of the son of man" (D&C section 130). Joseph Smith planned to go move to the Holy Land before his death, but he never made it.
Today (2006), there are about 6 million followers of Bahá'u'lláh in the world. They are called "Bahá'ís" ("bah-highz").
The mission of Bahá'u'lláh was to establish the 1000-year Kingdom of Christ on earth; the plans of which are contained in his Kitab-i-Aqdas ("Most Holy Book").
The Lamb of God With Seven Horns and Seven Eyes
In the Book of Revelations, Christ is presented as a slain Lamb with 7 horns and 7 eyes.
What is the meaning of the 7 horns and 7 eyes?
Bible scholars can't tell you. The "Living Prophets" (who do not prophesy or see visions nor receive revelations) of the LDS Church cannot tell you.
We shall tell you.
The 7 horns and 7 eyes is a symbol that Christ shall return by incarnating 7 times. Among those 7 Incarnations are...
*Ali ibn Abu Talib (the cousin of Muhammad). He said of Jesus, "I am He, and He is me." (Kitab-i-Kasft, p.8). Over 12 million people on earth today (the Alevis, Alawis, Nusaris, and Ahl-i-Haqq of Turkey, Syria, and Iran) believe that Ali was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
*Mirza Hussein Ali Nuri: called "Bahá'u'lláh". He was a direct descendant of King David and King Cyrus of Persia. He founded the Bahá'í Faith in 1863 in Baghdad. Over 6 million people on earth today believe that he was Christ returned.
*Salim Mousa El-Achi: called "Dr. Dahesh". He was born in Jerusalem in 1909. He is known today as the Palestinian-born Lebanese "Man of Miracles". He is well-known in the middle-east. Over 40,000 people on earth today believe that Dr. Dahesh was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
The Menorah, the symbol of the Jewish Faith, is a symbol:
It symbolizes that the Messiah, the Lamb of God, shall incarnate 7 times: 3 times before Jesus, once as Jesus, and three times after Jesus.
The Christ-Spirit incarnated as...
*Adam
*Melchizedek
*Buddha
*JESUS
*Ali ibn Abu Talib
*Mirza Hussein Ali Nuri ("Bahá'u'lláh")
*Salim Mousa El-Achi ("Dr. Dahesh")
Dr. Dahesh is the last incarnation of the Christ-Spirit on this planet.
Why hasn't the "Living Prophet" of the LDS Church told you any of this? Because he is not a Prophet "living" or otherise. He does not prophesy. He does not see visions. He does not receive "Thus Saith the LORD" Revelations. He is _____not____ a Prophet/Seer/Revelator in any way, shape, or form. He is just an ordinary man. And the same is true for all the Brethren.
The successors of Brigham Young are NOT Prophets. They never were. The only true Prophets of the Restoration after the Prophet Joseph Smith are the "Morrisite Prophets": James Strang and his successors.
One of the Morrisite Prophets received a vision wherein he was told that Jesus would be reincarnated as an Arab child, born in Jerusalem, in the year 1909.
The Story of Dr. Dahesh
In the year 1909, in the city of Jerusalem, was born a Palestinian Christian named Salim Moosa El-Achi ("saleem moosa el-awshee"). In the decades to come he would be called "Dahesh" (Arabic: "Astonisher"); because he was able to perform many amazing miracles, such as....
*Walking on water
*Making inanimate objects come alive
*Healing the sick
*Raising the dead
*Speak any language fluently without studying languages
*Making objects appear from thin air.
*Reading the minds of others.
Salim El-Achi never claimed he had any degrees. He only claimed a few years of formal education, but he had the ability to speak any language fluently without study. In 1930 the Sage Institute of Paris read of his remarkable abilities, and granted him an honorary doctorate. After that Dahesh became known as "Doctor Dahesh".
In the early 1930s he wrote Memoirs of Jesus of Nazareth; which was a first-person narrative of Jesus' life between age 12 and age 30.
Dr. Dahesh wrote many books: poetry, fiction, parables, and a book of Scripture called The Book of the Divine Guide.
Dr. Dahesh moved to Beirut, Lebanon, as a youth, and was quite well-known in Lebanon as a worker of miracles. He became known as "The Man of Miracles".
In 1943 Dr. Dahesh was forced out of Lebanon, and he traveled to Iran. Not having any "papers" (passport) Dr. Dahesh was executed as a spy. He was buried. He arose from the dead, and appeared by in Lebanon. Iranian and Lebanese newspapers reported his execution and death, and Lebanese journalists were quite surprised when Dr. Dahesh walked into their offices holding newspaper accounts of his execution and death.
The miracles of Dr. Dahesh were witnesses by many hundreds; most of whom were never Daheshists.
By the mid-1960s Dr. Dahesh had about 40,000 followers in Lebanon; who were known as Daheshists.
Many of the clergy in Lebanon (Christian, Muslim, Druze) said that Dr. Dahesh did his miracles by hypnotism, or by the power of Satan. This is what the clergy in Jesus' day said of Him.
In 1948 Dr. Dahesh prophesied that Lebanon would be chastised "with fire and sulfer". In 1975 the Lebanese Civil War started; which was to devastate the entire country, especially Beirut.
In 1976 Dr. Dahesh left Beirut and went to New York City. He would die in New York City in 1984.
Testimony
It is my testimony to you that God lives, Jesus is the Christ, Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God, and Jesus "came down from heaven" a second time the same way He came down the first time...through the womb of a woman. He was born in Jerusalem, in 1909, as Salim Mousa El-Achi; known to us today as "Doctor Dahesh". And I testify to you of this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Please read the links below. This is the most important message for mankind living today.
You can order a FREE copy of Prodigies of Dr. Dahesh & The Unity of Religions by clicking on the link below. The booklet (39 pages) and mailing are free. No missionaries will show up at your door.
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Thank you.
Darrick Evenson
Director
DAHESH MISSION USA
darrick_evenson@yahoo.com
daheshbooks@aol.com or if you have Adobe .pdf on your computer just click on PRODIGIES (39 pages)
Daheshism: An Introduction to a New Religion
Dr. Dahesh: The Re-Incarnation of Jesus Christ