Saturday, December 15, 2007

A Word From Abraham Lincoln, and The Book of Mormon

Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address:

"At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it?-- Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never!--All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."

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"Whoso should posses this land of promise [the American continent], from that time henceforth and forever, should serve him, the true and only God, or they should be swept off when the fullness of his wrath should come upon them."
-Ether 2:8, in the Book of Mormon

3 comments:

Angela said...

Will this be the Dawn of Peace for the World?

Dear Guys,

I wrote an e-mail to Jason with some personal thoughts and reflections. Among those thoughts was an interesting fact that I wish to point out here.

Back in the time of Christ there was a man name Jesus, known as Barabbas (or Barabba). He was an insurrectionist who sought to free Israel from Roman tyranny by means of bloodshed and war. He had the favor of religious leaders and many believed that he was the messiah.

Jesus of Nazareth was also teaching at that time, but he was not trying to gain control of the government thru murder and plans of deception...He was teaching the people of freedom from oppression based on submission to authorities and prayer to God. We know who the True Messiah of Israel was, and is, but some of the people were deceived by Barabba and his followers.

What does "Barabba" mean? It is actually 2 words 'Bar' which is 'son of' and 'Abba' which means 'Father' He was seen and believed to be a prophesied messiah, and he was in prison at the same time as Jesus of Nazareth.

Pilot knew that Jesus of Nazareth was an innocent man, but it was the custom of the day for the Romans to release one prisoner at the time of the Passover. So Pilot put Jesus and Barabba next to one another and said "Which one should I release for you?" Expecting the people to release Jesus of Nazareth because he knew that Jesus was popular with the people. But they chose "Barabba" They had to choose between the messiah of peace and the messiah of war, They chose Barabba...Jerusalem fell about 70 yrs later. Israel did not become a nation again for almost 2000 years. Israel reestablished itself around 1948....Just as Joseph Smith Predicted that Israel would rise from the dust and become a nation once more. (I do not know the exact quote or where he said it, but I know that he spoke about the matter in his lifetime)

Now, at this moment in time when we have a priesthood holder, a man of God running for President. Isn't it interesting that there are so many contenders? Isn't it also interesting that all of the other contenders within the Republican party are all trying to defame Mitt Romney and are banding together in attack adds against him, and then when Romney responds to them they try and turn it around to make it look like he is the one that is using dirty methods in order to win the nomination?

IF Mitt Romney is elected, he will be the first Mormon as President, he could use not only his office as President to help the world begin to heal from the wounds of war not only because of his elected position within our government, but also because of the blessings that are bestowed upon him by God as a priesthood holder.

I think his being elected as President could be the beginning of a new era for not only this nation, but every nation that would heed to his counsel. However, God will not overrule our own agency. So the question becomes, will the people of the US choose to elect and follow the true man of God, or will they be deceived into following one of the other contenders, like Mike Huckabee?

Mike Huckabee is also a former Gov. He is also a man of faith, but he is a Baptist Minister, and he has used slander and attack campaigning tactics, as well as fear in order to get less informed members of our society to vote for him, telling them that we are not Christians and that Romney is the enemy. Are you seeing the similiarities that I am at the moment?

Only time will tell, but keep the nation in prayer during this time. May God have Mercy on us all.

Have a Blessed Week!
Angela

Kate The Great said...

*poke, poke, poke* Is this blog dead?

Hey Schmidicuses! Post so we know you're not dead!

Angela said...

Dear Kate the Great,

they're not dead; it's worse; they're in the middle of FINALS!

I have heard from Jason, and have reminded him that they started this page, but I think the others forgot! I miss their comments and interesting stories!

My name is Angela and I was one of Jason's converts on his mission to Evansville IN.

I recently started a website marketing business with the LTD team which is an international organization associated with Quixtar.

I have a couple of websites that I would appreciate any one of you checking out when you have some extra time.

the beauty line is
http://aworking.qbeautyzone.com

the health line is
http://aworking.qhealthzone.com

and the gift one is

http://aworking.ordermygift,com

Thanks for your interest, and hopefully I'll get a chance to some day come out to Zion and move away from the land of no mormons!

God Bless!

Angela