An Open
letter to the 1st. Presidency
and the Twelve Apostles,
from a free Thinker
who has found the truth
of Bible Prophecy in the
present facts of Mormonism.
The theological teachings
of the Christian World with
regard to the dealings of
God with the Hebrews in
their coming forth from Egypt
are absolutely and relatively
false
The prophet, seer and
revelator Pres. Geo Q. Cannon
voices their teachings in his
discourses when he states:
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that the Lord gave to the children of Israel the
law of carnal command-
ments for their guidance
when they departed from Egypt. [Exodus 21-24]
"It was admittedly an in-
ferior law to that he desir-
ed them to have, yet it came
from the Lord. He inspired
His servant Moses to do that
for the people; because they
were not prepared to receive
and put in practice higher
truths and live up to higher
laws." Church & Farm, Dec. 14 [18]95.
Again, "When the Hebrews
emerged from Egyptian slavery,
they were a degraded people,
incapable of receiving any
higher law than that of retal-
iation, it may be called a
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law of carnal command-
ments. They were not
able to receive the
higher law of the gospel
and this law of an Eye
for an eye and a tooth
for a tooth was given
unto them by their law-
giver Moses. Deseret Evening News
Dec. 10 [18]92. [Exodus 21:24]
The Celestial Seer,
prophet, and revelator, Jos.
Smith Jr., taught that the
Lord God of Moses, led
Moses and the Hebrew Church
out of Egypt under His cloud
by day and His pillar of
fire by night, to His holy
habitation, His Mount Zion,
The heavenly Jerusalem, The
City of the living God; [Exodus 12:21-22] And
unto an innumerable com-
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pany of Angels; They looked
into eternity and saw the
Judge of all, the Mediator
of the New Covenant. ^See^ Inspired
Translation of the Bible, Pearl of
Great Price & Jos. Smith's Letter
to his uncle Silas of Sept 26 [18]33. ^1833^
While praying in the woods
in 1820, Jos. Smith Jr., was
baptized with fire and with
the Holy Ghost. He there re-
ceived the testimony of the
Father and was there ordained
by the Son an apostle, a living
witness.
The heavens were opened
to him, he saw his parents
gathered, with the millions of
Israel, from the nations of the
Gentiles, to the Land of Zion, Amer-
ica, by the Lord God of the
Hebrews, preparatory to His re-
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vealing Himself, at the
expiration of the 2520 years,
to the Ensign, who was
to prepare the way for the
reorganization of the king-
dom of God on Earth in
the Five Sovereign nations
of Indian Territory, the Goshen
of the Latter Day, the rallying
point for the gathered Israel
in Tribal order where the
legislative, executive, and
judicial power of the time
appointed of the Father will
bless every nation kindred and
tongue.
Joseph, the Ensign, also of-
ficiated as the apostle, seer,
and revelator of the Holy Ghost,
being ordained by angels
that he might ordain the
Twelve Apostles of the Lamb,
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the mortal Jesus, in telestial
order for the Gentiles in the
church of God, 1835 A.D.
He brought light,
life and immortality to view
from 1820 to 1844 A.D. by revealing
the past, present, and future
destiny of the Hebrews, the
chosen people of the Lord
God of glory, the only peo-
ple on Earth to whom He re-
veals himself.
To them He gave His oricles
(1) The Tribal government.
(2) [The] Cloud by Day
(3) [The] Pillar of fire by night.
(4) [The] Sanctifying Power of the glory of God or God of glory.
These Oriacles make time and
utilized labor, capital; and
the equalized elements
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air, earth, fire, & water
the common property
of every man woman and
child. Such is the gospel
of Jesus Christ, the power of
God to save His people from
the hell and curse of Aristocrat-
ic, Democratic, and Republican
forms of government instituted
by the Gentiles, with their
land monopoly, individual-
property, selfish-exclusiveness,
refined-tyranny, brute-force,
a floating-capital, and usury,
the seven heads of the beast.
Romans. chapters—1, 3, 8, 9, & Rev. 13.
The promise of the Lord
God of glory into Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Fathers
of Altitude was: that by paren-
tal law, they should bring
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the first born of the Lord,
the fathers of the Twelve Tribes
of Israel into a state of mortal
servitude and affliction for
four hundred years and that
He, the Lord God of Glory would
make of them a great nation
of nations in Egypt and bring
them forth from their mortal
servitude and affliction with
great substance in the four-
hundred and thirtieth year of
the Abrahamic Creation. (1921-1491). B.C.)
Before the Lord God
left His nation of nations, Jacob's
dream was fulfilled for the
ladder connected them
with the kingdom of heav-
en. Gen. 12:1-3; & 15:13, 14; & 28:10-18;
& 46: 1-4.
The scepter and lawmaking
power of the kingdom of heaven
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was ^to be^ preserved on Earth
in the branches of Joseph
and Judah until the
coming of Shiloh, unto
whom the gathering
should be. Gen. 49:10-18; & 50:24, 25. New Trans.
Have these promises had
their fulfillment?
The Bible answers in
the affirmative; Joseph Smith Jr.
say; yes; but the Christian
world says; no!
I am reviewing
the Divine Origin of the Five
Sovereign Nations of Indian
Territory.
Showing them to be
a part of the Branches of
Joseph Judah and Levi
with whom the scepter
and lawmaking power
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of the kingdom of 'heaven'
and the kingdom of God
has been preserved on
Earth, while the scepter
and lawmaking power
of the 'Church' of God
has been restored from
time to time by 'angels'
In the 'Church' of God
In the 'kingdom' of God
In the 'kingdom of Heaven'
In oneof these three
are all of the families
of Earth ^are^ to be blessed in
a universal brotherhood,
befor the expiration of
the century commenc-
ing with 1820 ending 1921.
The Church of God
is to prepare the way
for the kingdom of God to
go forth that the kingdom
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of heaven may come.
Having through
sickness and resulting
weakness been compelled
to canvas from City to City
and from County to County
and not being disposed
to carry with me a begging
paper, as a monthly church
recommend, I have been
deprived orof Church Privileges
in the Salt Lake Stake of Zion,
since the 5th of Nov. 1892.
You must be fully
aware that the Christian
world are combining their
forces against the Church of
God and that the strength
of the church is in union;
her power in the knowledge
of her quorums and I
respectfully solicit the
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privilege of speaking to the
people of this Stake as
a professional gentleman
that has made Prophetic
Numbers a study.
(2) On the government of God
the Son over the Tribe of Levi for 1091 years (1491-400 B.C.)
(3) On the government of God
the Holy Ghost over the Gentiles
for 2300 years—400 B.C.-1900 A.D.
through the ministry of
'angels' and the Twelve Apos-
tles of the Lamb.
This year ^1897^ ushered in
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the first of the last quarter
of the century that completes
the 3842 years of the Abraham-
ic Creation.
Careless observers have
hardly failed to note the
rapid fulfillment of proph-
ecy that has taken place
within the last seventy-
five years. What then
must be the result
of a close investigation
of the subject through reve-
lation and the lense
supplied by our beloved
prophet & seer Jos. Smith Jr.
The facts of the present
can only be determined
by a knowledge of the past.
Hence, the first thing to
be determined is. How
many of the Bible prophecies
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have had their fulfillment
and thereby establish con-
fidence in its predictions
still future.
Has the Lord God of the
Hebrews revealed Himself
to the Ensign? Isa. 18
Has the Book been taken
out of the ground? Isa. 29.
Has the book been given
to the Gentiles? III Nephi 29.
Has the Lord God restored
His people, the Nephites, to the
land of their Fathers, a sover-
eign power by treaty stip-
ulations? Micah 5.III Nephi 21.
Hoping that your convictions of convictions in regard to the
State of the Hebrews, when
coming forth from Egypt
are not those of the so called
Christian world I remain your
friend, Angus McDonald
312 N. 2nd. West.