that all Jerrusalem went out unto Johns Baptism
Here was a legal administrator, & those that were
baptized were subjects for a king & also the laws
& oracles of God were there therefore the king-
dom of God was there, for no man could have
better authority to Administer than John &
our Savior submitted to that authority himself
by being Baptized By John therefore the
kingdom of God was set up upon the earth
even in the days of John their is a difference
between the kingdom of God & the fruits &
blessings that flow from that kingdom
becaus their was more miracles, gifts, gracsvisions
healings, tongues &c in the days of Jesus Christ
& the Apostles & on the day of pentecost than
under Johns Administration, it does not
prove by any means that John had not the
kingdom of God; any more than it would
that a woman had not a milk pan because she
had not a pan of milk, for while the pan might
be compared to the kingdom the milk might
be compared to the blessings of the kingdom
John was a priest after the order of Aaron
& had the keys of that priesthood & came forth
preaching repentance & Baptism for the remis-
sion of sins but at the same time crys out
there cometh one after me more mighter than
I the latches of whose shoes I am not worthy
to unlose, & Christ came according to the words of
John, & he was greater than John because he
held the keys of Melchisedic Priesthood
& the kingdom of God & had before revealed the
priesthood to Moses, yet Christ was baptised
by John to fulfill all righteousness & Jesus
in his teaching says upon this rock I will
build my Church & th[e] gates of hell shall not
that all Jerrusalem went out unto Johns Baptism
Here was a legal administrator, & those that were
baptized were subjects for a king & also the laws
& oracles of God were there therefore the kingdom of God was there, for no man could have
better authority to Administer than John &
our Savior submitted to that authority himself
by being baptized By John therefore the
kingdom of God was set up upon the earth
even in the days of John their is a difference
between the kingdom of God & the fruits &
blessings that flow from that kingdom
becaus their was more miracles, gifts,visions
healings, tongues &c in the days of Jesus Christ
& the Apostles & on the day of pentecost than
under Johns Administration, it does not
prove by any means that John had not the
kingdom of God; any more than it would
that a woman had not a milk pan because she
had not a pan of milk, for while the pan might
be compared to the kingdom the milk might
be compared to the blessings of the kingdom
John was a priest after the order of Aaron
& had the keys of that priesthood & came forth
preaching repentance & baptism for the remission of sins but at the same time crys out
there cometh one after me more mighter than
I the latches of whose shoes I am not worthy
to unlose, & Christ came according to the words of
John, & he was greater than John because he
held the keys of Melchisedic Priesthood
& the kingdom of God & had before revealed the
priesthood to Moses, yet Christ was baptised
by John to fulfill all righteousness & Jesus
in his teaching says upon this rock I will
build my Church & the gates of hell shall not
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," January 22, 1843, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/NpN