is to come after holding the keys of power building
the Temple to the cap stone, placing the seals of
the Melchezedeck priesthood up on the house of Israel
& making all things ready then Mesiah comes to
his Temple which is last of all. Mesiah is above
the spirit & power of Elijah for he made the world
& was that spiritual rock unto Moses in the
wilderness. Elijah was to come & prepare the way
& build up the kingdom before the coming of
the great day of the Lord. Although the spirit of Elias might begin it, I have asked of the
Lord concerning his coming & while asking, the
Lord gave me a sign & said in the days of Noah
I set a bow in the heavens as a sign & token [Genesis 9:16-17] that
in any year that the bow should be seen the Lord
would not come, but their should be seed time &
harvest during that year, but whenever you
see the bow withdraw, it shall be a token that their
shall be famin pestilence & great distress among
the nations. But I take the responsibility upon
myself to prophesy in the name of the Lord, that
Christ will not come this year as Miller has prophecyed, for we have seen the bow. And
I also prophecy in the name of the Lord that Christ will not Come in fortyyears &
if God ever spake by my mouth he will not
come in that length of time, & Jesus Christ
never did reveal to any man the precise time that
he would come. go & read the scriptures & you
cannot find any thing that specifies the exact [time] he
would come & all that say so are fals teachers
Their are some important things concerning the
office of the Mesiah in the organization of the
worlds which I will speak of hereafter. May
God Almighty bless you & pour out his spirit upon you
is the prayer of your unworthy servant Amen
is to come after holding the keys of power building
the Temple to the cap stone, placing the seals of
the Melchezedeck priesthood up on the house of Israel
& making all things ready then Mesiah comes to
his Temple which is last of all. Mesiah is above
the spirit & power of Elijah for he made the world
& was that spiritual rock unto Moses in the
wilderness. Elijah was to come & prepare the way
& build up the kingdom before the coming of
the great day of the Lord. Although the spirit of
Elias might begin it, I have asked of the
Lord concerning his Coming & while asking, the
Lord gave me a sign & said in the days of Noah
I set a bow in the heavens as a sign & token that
in any year that the bow should be seen the Lord
would not come, but their should be seed time &
harvest during that year, but whenever you
see the bow withdraw it shall be a token that their
shall be famin pestilence & great distress among
the nations. But I take the responsibility upon
myself to prophesy in the name of the Lord, that
Christ will not come this year as Miller has
prophecyed, for we have seen the bow. And
I also Prophecy in the name of the Lord that
Christ will not Come in fortyyears &
if God ever spake by my mouth he will not
come in that length of time, & Jesus Christ
never did reveal to any man the precise time that
he would come, go & read the scriptures & you
cannot find any thing that specifies the exact time he
would come & all that say so are fals teachers.
Their are some important things concerning the
office of the Mesiah in the organization of the
world which I will speak of hereafter. May
God Almighty bless you & pour out his spirit upon you
is the prayer of your unworthy servant Amen
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