Section 130

1–3, The Father and the Son may appear personally to men; 4–7, Angels reside in a celestial sphere; 8–9, The celestial earth will be a great Urim and Thummim; 10–11, A white stone is given to all who enter the celestial world; 12–17, The time of the Second Coming is withheld from the Prophet; 18–19, Intelligence gained in this life rises with us in the Resurrection; 20–21, All blessings come by obedience to law; 22–23, The Father and the Son have bodies of flesh and bones.

1. When the Savior shall

appear we shall see him as he is. We shall see that he is a

man like ourselves.

2. And that same

sociality which exists among us here will exist among us there, only it will be coupled with

eternal glory, which glory we do not now enjoy.

3. John 14:23—The

appearing of the Father and the Son, in that verse, is a personal

appearance; and the idea that the Father and the Son

dwell in a man’s heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false.

4. In answer to the question—Is not the reckoning of God’s

time, angel’s time, prophet’s time, and man’s time, according to the planet on which they reside?

5. I answer, Yes. But there are no

angels who

minister to this earth but those who do belong or have belonged to it.

6. The angels do not reside on a planet like this earth;

7. But

they reside in the

presence of God, on a globe

like a

sea of glass and

fire, where all things for their glory are manifest, past, present, and future, and are continually before the Lord.

8. The place where God resides is a great

Urim and Thummim.

9. This

earth, in its

sanctified and

immortal state, will be made like unto

crystal and will be a Urim and Thummim to the inhabitants who dwell thereon, whereby all things pertaining to an inferior kingdom, or all kingdoms of a lower order, will be manifest to those who dwell on it; and this earth will be

Christ’s.

10. Then the white

stone mentioned in Revelation 2:17, will become a Urim and Thummim to each individual who receives one, whereby things pertaining to a

higher order of kingdoms will be made known;

11. And a

white stone is given to each of those who come into the celestial kingdom, whereon is a new

name written, which no man knoweth save he that receiveth it. The new name is the key word.

12. I prophesy, in the name of the Lord God, that the commencement of the

difficulties which will cause much bloodshed previous to the coming of the Son of Man will be in South Carolina.

13. It may probably arise through the slave question. This a

voice declared to me, while I was praying earnestly on the subject, December 25th, 1832.

14. I was once praying very earnestly to know the time of the

coming of the Son of Man, when I heard a voice repeat the following:

15. Joseph, my son, if thou livest until thou art eighty-five years old, thou shalt see the face of the Son of Man; therefore

let this suffice, and trouble me no more on this matter.

16. I was left thus, without being able to decide whether this coming referred to the beginning of the millennium or to some previous appearing, or whether I should die and thus see his face.

17. I believe the coming of the Son of Man will not be any sooner than that time.

18. Whatever principle of

intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the

resurrection.

19. And if a person gains more

knowledge and intelligence in this life through his

diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the

advantage in the world to come.

20. There is a

law, irrevocably decreed in

heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all

blessings are predicated—

21. And when we obtain any

blessing from God, it is by

obedience to that law upon which it is predicated.

22. The

Father has a

body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of

Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not

dwell in us.

23. A man may receive the

Holy Ghost, and it may descend upon him and not

tarry with him.