Some Mental Brain Storming From Sunday:
There are important things that Snuffer hinted about in The First Three
Words (found in the book Essays: Three Degrees or in the link below), trying to help us realize we need to "see" where we are.
Add that
to a prior discussion about the need of being fore-ordained with
"priesthood" prior to coming here (or it's like ordaining a sack of
flour), and the "Noble & Great" degree talked about by Abraham.
There seems to be different degrees or levels of
spirits that come to mortality based upon prior progression/failure ("3
degrees"). Another part caught my curiosity, when Snuffer said
something about Ham's wife Egyptus not aware about being caught up into a
city of Enoch like the others did (Snuffer also references this comment to Moses 7:22 and Abraham 1:22-23)... though all 8 stayed in the
ark to continue the mortal experience after a major cleansing. Also
important is the need to be "Complete", by having a certain promise and
an eternal relationship... even prior to ascending to the Lord's
Presence (a Throne Ascension). If some who come into this life are not
even able to hold priesthood based on their not passing/keeping their first mortal estate, not having it fore-ordained before this life according to
Alma... then we must presume that not all can have greater things that
require priesthood as a foundation, like C&E promises, some sealing
authority, eternal relationship and throne ascensions(seeing the face of
God). I pondered about the Lord and the crumbs to dogs comment to the
lady who wanted healed (and He eventually does heal her), and Him coming
only to work with IsraEl (the family of God), etc. Which brings to mind
why some are placed in the mortal circumstances that they are, who gets
certain opportunities. And what about the talk about some cursed
lineages not holding priesthood in the past (I mean why are some spirits placed into those lineages -or
other harsh living environments- in the first place, and how long do such curses continue - 3 or 4 generations after that family ceases the carried on error or at the time of Christ's Atonement?)... prior to and
after dividing up "priesthood" into 3 different levels; or Joseph or
Brigham doing some kind of marital re-arrangements; which later morphed
into Brigham selfishly thinking a man with more priesthood can have the
wife (if she so chooses) of a husband who has lesser (or none at all I
would assume falls into that). What if there is something to matching up
spouses on similar progression level/degrees that BY later altered for
his selfish benefit? Can a Terrestial degree (second estate) person have an eternal
union with someone Telestial (first estate) in the same mortality? The Noble and Great
already obtained C&E, Eternal Sealed Relationships, etc before
coming here, and then have those things restored or re-confirmed to them
here (like Denver said about Joseph Smith in 1832 in the Mission of
Elijah)? Who could even non-pridefully accept, let alone declare openly, to "see" that they were among the Noble
and Great in the first place, even if true? Then think about plural
wives of prophets in the Bible (even Denver discusses in PTHG and
Mission of Elijah of the two rare reasons it can be lived and how Joseph
progressed for being obedient to it though he personally found it
morally wrong) and what ever actually occurred in Joseph Smith's
history. Maybe we can better see when such things might be a necessity.
Gets
the wheels turning. Had some further inspiration and instructions (more stuff I find hard to digest). Then
reading NT and other writings seemed to shed more light later that same
day.
We gotta have the proper foundation to really understand. The full
gospel is complex. Anyway, back to publicly debating little things
online like some arguing about saving for a Temple to redeem Zion...
good grief, what's it gonna be like when gathering occurs, actual temple
building, temple ordinances, sharing, etc.
Read: http://denversnuffer.info/Alma_13.pdf
Listen: http://denversnuffer.info/1st3Words.pdf
Also Read: http://denversnuffer.info/Elijah-Edited.pdf
