for a season seemed to rest be with John
alone. The Lord promised Zecheriah that he
should have a son [Luke 1:13], which was a desendant
of Aaron & the Lord promised that the
priesthood should continue with Aaron & his
seed throughout their generations [Exodus 40:15].
Let No man take this honour upon himself
except he be called of God as was Aaron, &
Aaron received his call by Revelation [Hebrews 5:4]. An angel of God Also appeared unto Zecheriah
while in the Temple [and said] that he should have a
son whose name should be John & he should
be filled with the Holy Ghost [Luke 1:11-13] Zecheriah was
a priest of God & officiating in the Temple &
John was a priest after his fathe[r] & held the keys
of the aronic priesthood & was called of God
to preache the Gospel & the kingdom of God
& the Jews as a nation having departed
from the Law of God & the gospel the Lord
prepared the way for transfering it to the gentiles
But says one the kingdom of God could
not be set up in the days of John for John
said the Kingdom was at hand But I would
ask if it could be any nearer to them than
to be in the hands of John, the people need
not wait for the days of Pentecost to find
the kingdom of God for John had it with
him, & he came forth from the wilderness
crying out repent ye for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand [Matthew 3:2] as much as to kaul out
here I have got the kingdom of God & I am
coming after you. Ive got the kingdom
of God & you can get it & I am coming
after you & if you dont receive it you
will be damned & the scriptures represent
for a season seemed to be with John
alone. The Lord promised Zecheriah that he
should have a son, which was a desendant
of Aaron & the Lord promised that the
priesthood should continue with Aaron & his
seed throughout their generations.
Let No man take this honour upon himself
except he be called of God as was Aaron, &
Aaron received his Call by Revelation. An
angel of God Also appeared unto Zecheriah
while in the Temple and said that he should have a
son whose name should be John & he should
be filled with the Holy Ghost. Zechariah was
a priest of God & officiating in the Temple &
John was a priest after his father & held the keys
of the aronic priesthood & was called of God
to preache the Gospel & the kingdom of God
& the Jews as a nation having departed
from the Law of God & the gospel the Lord
prepared the way for transfering it to the gentiles
But says one the kingdom of God could
not be set up in the days of John for John
said the Kingdom was at hand. But I would
ask if it could be any nearer to them than
to be in the hands of John, the people need
not wait for the days of Pentecost to find
the kingdom of God for John had it with
him, & he came forth from the wilderness
crying out repent ye for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand as much as to kaul out
here I have got the kingdom of God & I am
coming after you. Ive got the kingdom
of God & you can get it & I am coming
after you & if you dont receive it you
will be damned & the scriptures represant
"Journal (January 1, 1843 – December 31, 1844)," January 22, 1843, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/MoR