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Adam-ondi-Ahman part 4

The quote below is taken from Teaching Of The Prophet Joseph Smith. I added the bold
underline print so that you would know these were all references to Adam and Adam-
ondi-ahman. These are notes taken from Wilford Woodruff's Pocket Companion,
therefore some of the information is sketchy.
The Prophet on Priesthood

The Priesthood was first given to Adam; he obtained the First Presidency, and held the
keys of it from generation to generation. He obtained it in the Creation, before the world
was formed, as in Genesis 1:26, 27, 28. He had dominion given him over every living
creature. He is Michael the Archangel, spoken of in the Scriptures. Then to Noah, who is
Gabriel: he stands next in authority to Adam in the Priesthood; he was called of God to
this office, and was the father of all living in this day, and to him was given the dominion.
These men held keys first on earth, and then in heaven.

Priesthood Everlasting

The Priesthood is an everlasting principle, and existed with God from eternity, and will to
eternity, without beginning of days or end of years. The keys have to be brought from
heaven whenever the Gospel is sent. When they are revealed from heaven, it is by Adam's
authority.

Adam the Oldest Man

Daniel in his seventh chapter speaks of the Ancient of Days; he means the oldest man,
our Father Adam, Michael, he will call his children together and hold a council with
them to prepare them for the coming of the Son of Man. He (Adam) is the father of
the human family, and presides over the spirits of all men, and all that have had the keys
must stand before him in this grand council. This may take place before some of us leave
this stage of action. The Son of Man stands before him, and there is given him glory and
dominion. Adam delivers up his stewardship to Christ, that which was delivered to him as
holding the keys of the universe, but retains his standing as head of the human family.

The Spirit of Man

The spirit of man is not a created being; it existed from eternity, and will exist to eternity.
Anything created cannot be eternal; and earth, water, etc., had their existence in an
elementary state, from eternity. Our Savior speaks of children and says, Their angels
always stand before my Father. The Father called all spirits before Him at the creation of
man, and organized them. He (Adam) is the head, and was told to multiply. The keys were
first given to him, and by him to others. He will have to give an account of his
stewardship, and they to him.

Keys Given to Peter, James and John

The Priesthood is everlasting. The Savior, Moses, and Elias, gave the keys to Peter, James
and John, on the mount, when they were transfigured before him. The Priesthood is
everlasting-without beginning of days or end of years; without father, mother, etc. If there
is no change of ordinances there is no change of Priesthood. Wherever the ordinances of
the Gospel are administered, there is the Priesthood.

Descent of Priesthood

How have we come at the Priesthood in the last days? It came down, down, in regular
succession. Peter, James, and John had it given to them and they gave it to others. Christ
is the Great High Priest; Adam next. Paul speaks of the Church coming to an innumerable
company of angels-to God the Judge of all-the spirits of just men made perfect; to Jesus
the Mediator of the new covenant. (Hebrews 12:22-24.)

I saw Adam in the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman. He called together his children and
blessed them with a patriarchal blessing. The Lord appeared in their midst, and he
(Adam) blessed them all, and foretold what should befall them to the latest generation.
This is why Adam blessed his posterity; he wanted to bring them into the presence of
God. They looked for a city, etc., "whose builder and maker is God." (Hebrews 11:10.)
Moses sought to bring the children of Israel into the presence of God, through the power
of the Priesthood, but he could not. In the first ages of the world they tried to establish the
same thing; and there were Eliases raised up who tried to restore these very glories, but
did not obtain them; but they prophesied of a day when this glory would be revealed. Paul
spoke of the dispensation of the fullness of times, when God would gather together all
things in one, etc.; and those men to whom these keys have been given, will have to be
there; and they without us cannot be made perfect.

These men are in heaven, but their children are on the earth. Their bowels yearn over us.
God sends down men for this reason. "And the Son of Man shall send forth His angels,
and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that give offense and them that do
iniquity." (Matthew 13:41.) All these authoritative characters will come down and join
hand in hand in bringing about this work.

We Cannot be Perfect Without Our Dead

The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed. The mustard seed is small, but
brings forth a large tree, and the fowls lodge in the branches. The fowls are the angels.
Thus angels come down, combine together to gather their children, and gather them. We
cannot be made perfect without them, nor they without us; when these things are done,
the Son of Man will descend, the Ancient of Days sit; we may come to an innumerable
company of angels, have communion with and receive instruction from them. Paul told
about Moses' proceedings; spoke of the children of Israel being baptized. (1 Cor. 10:1-4.)
He knew this, and that all the ordinances and blessings were in the Church. Paul had these
things, and we may have the fowls of heaven lodge in the branches, etc.

The "Horn" made war with the Saints and overcame them, until the Ancient of Days
came; judgment was given to the Saints of the Most High from the Ancient of Days; the
time came that the Saints possessed the Kingdom. This not only makes us ministers here,
but in eternity.

No Salvation Without Revelation

Salvation cannot come without revelation; it is in vain for anyone to minister without it.
No man is a minister of Jesus Christ without being a Prophet. No man can be a minister
of Jesus Christ except he has the testimony of Jesus; and this is the spirit of prophecy.
Whenever salvation has been administered, it has been by testimony. Men of the present
time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man
knows these things without this.

Signs of Second Coming Have Commenced

Men profess to prophesy. I will prophesy that the signs of the coming of the Son of Man
are already commenced. One pestilence will desolate after another. We shall soon have
war and bloodshed. The moon will be turned into blood. I testify of these things, and that
the coming of the Son of Man is nigh, even at your doors. If our souls and our bodies are
not looking forth for the coming of the Son of Man; and after we are dead, if we are not
looking forth, we shall be among those who are calling for the rocks to fall upon them.

Hearts of Children Turn to Fathers

The hearts of the children of men will have to be turned to the fathers, and the fathers to
the children, living or dead, to prepare them for the coming of the Son of Man. If Elijah
did not come, the whole earth would be smitten.

There will be here and there a Stake [of Zion] for the gathering of the Saints. Some may
have cried peace, but the Saints and the world will have little peace from henceforth. Let
this not hinder us from going to the Stakes; for God has told us to flee, not dallying, or we
shall be scattered, one here, and another there. There your children shall be blessed, and
you in the midst of friends where you may be blessed. The Gospel net gathers of every
kind.

I prophesy, that that man who tarries after he has an opportunity of going, will be
afflicted by the devil. Wars are at hand; we must not delay; but are not required to
sacrifice. We ought to have the building up of Zion as our greatest object. When wars
come, we shall have to flee to Zion. The cry is to make haste. The last revelation says, Ye
shall not have time to have gone over the earth, until these things come. It will come as
did the cholera, war, fires, and earthquakes; one pestilence after another, until the
Ancient of Days comes, then judgment will be given to the Saints.

(Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, selected and arranged by Joseph
Fielding Smith, p.157- 160)

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Adam-ondi-Ahman part 3

THE ANCIENT OF DAYS. Daniel speaks of Adam as the Ancient of Days. In this
dispensation the Ancient of Days will sit in the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman; and the
judgment will be set; Christ will come; and the kingdom will be turned over to Christ;
and he will be sustained in his calling as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

(Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 3 vols., edited by Bruce R. McConkie, 1:,
p.106)

COMING OF CHRIST AT ADAM-ONDI-AHMAN. Daniel speaks of the coming of


Christ, and that day is near at hand. There will be a great gathering in the Valley of
Adam-ondi-Ahman; there will be a great council held. The Ancient of Days, who is
Adam, will sit. The judgment-not the final judgment-will be held, where the righteous
who have held keys will make their reports and deliver up their keys and ministry. Christ
will come, and Adam will make his report. At this council Christ will be received and
acknowledged as the rightful ruler of the earth. Satan will be replaced. Following this
event every government in the world, including the United States, will have to become
part of the government of God. Then righteous rule will be established. The earth will be
cleansed; the wicked will be destroyed; and the reign of peace will be ushered in.

(Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 3 vols., edited by Bruce R. McConkie, 3:,
p.13)

There will be another great gathering of saints at Adam-ondi-Ahman. Once again the
Lord will be there, this time to receive from Adam, the Ancient of days, an accounting of
his stewardship. This gathering, at which the Lord will be given "dominion, and glory,
and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him," will usher in
the millennial reign. Those in attendance will be the righteous of all ages, each of whom
in turn will give an accounting of his own stewardship. We suppose it will be those of all
ages who shall partake of the sacrament with their risen Lord. (D&C 27:4-14.) As to their
number, Daniel's account speaks of ten thousand times ten thousand and of thousands of
thousands, which is to say an innumerable host. All these, being present, shall see and
worship the Lord. (Dan. 7:9-14.)

(Bruce R. McConkie, The Promised Messiah: The First Coming of Christ, p.610)

With reference to the use of sacramental wine in our day, the Lord said to Joseph Smith:
"You shall partake of none except it is made new among you; yea, in this my Father's
kingdom which shall be built up on the earth." In so stating, he is picking up the language
he used in the upper room. Then he says: "The hour cometh that I will drink of the fruit
of the vine with you on the earth." Jesus is going to partake of the sacrament again with
his mortal disciples on earth. But it will not be with mortals only. He names others who
will be present and who will participate in the sacred ordinance. These include Moroni,
Elias, John the Baptist, Elijah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph (who was sold into Egypt),
Peter, James, and John, "and also with Michael, or Adam, the father of all, the prince of
all, the ancient of days." Each of these is named simply by way of illustration. The grand
summation of the whole matter comes in these words: "And also with all those whom my
Father hath given me out of the world." (D&C 27:4-14.) The sacrament is to be
administered in a future day, on this earth, when the Lord Jesus is present, and when all
the righteous of all ages are present. This, of course, will be a part of the grand council at
Adam-ondi-Ahman.

Adam-ondi-Ahman-meaning the place or land of God where Adam dwelt-is at a place


called Spring Hill, Daviess County, Missouri. This site is named by the Lord "Adam-
ondi-Ahman, because, said he, it is the place where Adam shall come to visit his people,
or the Ancient of Days shall sit, as spoken of by Daniel the prophet." (D&C 116.) There is
a great valley there in which the righteous will assemble; and where there are valleys, the
surrounding elevations are called mountains. Thus our revelations speak of "the
mountains of Adam-ondi-Ahman" and of "the plains of Olaha Shinehah, or the land
where Adam dwelt." (D&C 117:8.) Sacred indeed is the whole region for what has taken
place and what will take place in its environs.

Adam-ondi-Ahman, the land of God, the dwelling place of Adam-surely it is a blessed


and holy place! There Adam our Prince will give an accounting to Christ our King. The
Prince serves the King! The King always is supreme, though he honors the Prince by
giving him power and dominion over his realms for an appointed season. But when the
King returns, the Prince steps aside, and the Supreme Lord of all rules and reigns on
earth. And thus, as the Lord lives, has it been and will it be.

(Bruce R. McConkie, The Millennial Messiah: The Second Coming of the Son of Man,
p.587-588)
But Daniel has yet more to say about the great events soon to transpire at Adam-ondi-
Ahman. And we need not suppose that all these things shall happen in one single meeting
or at one single hour in time. It is proper to hold numerous meetings at a general
conference, some for the instruction of leaders, others for edification of all the saints. In
some, business is transacted; others are for worship and spiritual refreshment. And so
Daniel says: "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with
the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before
him." Christ comes to Adam, who is sitting in glory. He comes to conform to his own
priestal order. He comes to hear the report of Adam for his stewardship. He comes to take
back the keys of the earthly kingdom. He comes to be invested with glory and dominion
so that he can reign personally upon the earth. As President Joseph Fielding Smith
expresses it: "Our Lord will then assume the reigns of government; directions will be
given to the Priesthood; and He, whose right it is to rule will be installed officially by the
voice of the Priesthood there assembled." (The Way to Perfection, p. 291.) Thus Daniel
says: "And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people,
nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which
shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."

Daniel also tells us of the conflict between the kingdoms of this world and the kingdom
of God. In spite of the opposition of the world, he says, "the saints of the most High shall
take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever." And also: "I
beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; until the
ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the
time came that the saints possessed the kingdom." In this present world Lucifer reigns.
This is the great day of his power. The kingdoms of men prevail in many ways over the
Church and kingdom of God. Evil forces "devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down,
and break it in pieces." But Lucifer's day is limited; he shall soon be bound. "The
judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy" the
Lord's work and his kingdom. "And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the
kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most
High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey
him." (Dan. 7:13-27.)
(Bruce R. McConkie, The Millennial Messiah: The Second Coming of the Son of Man,
p.585-586)

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Adam-ondi-Ahman part 2

(Elder Joseph Fielding Smith)


This council in the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman is to be of the greatest importance to this
world. At that time there will be a transfer of authority from the usurper and imposter,
Lucifer, to the rightful King, Jesus Christ. Judgment will be set and all who have held
keys will make their reports and deliver their stewardships, as they shall be required.
Adam will direct this judgment, and then he will make his report, as the one holding the
keys for this earth, to his Superior Officer, Jesus Christ. Our Lord will then assume the
reigns of government; directions will be given to the Priesthood; and He, whose right it is
to rule, will be installed officially by the voice of the Priesthood there assembled. This
grand council of Priesthood will be composed, not only of those who are faithful who
now dwell on this earth, but also of the prophets and apostles of old, who have had
directing authority. Others may also be there, but if so they will be there by appointment,
for this is to be an official council called to attend to the most momentous matters
concerning the destiny of this earth.

(Joseph Fielding Smith, The Way to Perfection, p.291)

(Elder Orson Pratt)


You may ask, Why the necessity of this vast multitude from the heavens to assemble here
on the earth? It is to fulfill many prophecies besides that of Daniel; it is to fulfill
prophecies that have been predicted by all holy men that understood the great events of
the latter days, that the Saints who are in heaven are to come down here on the earth, and
are to be organized here on the earth, and are to be united with the Saints on the earth, as
one grand company, each one understanding his place. I do not think there will be any
contentions or jealousies, as for instance, whether the high Priests are greater than the
Seventies, but all will understand their proper place and position, because their positions
will be pointed out to them by the Ancient of Days, the father and prince of all, even
down to those last ordained to the Priesthood. Perhaps these records will recall the
positions we are all to occupy; for I believe, to the Lord was known the end from the
beginning.

But why all this? Why should it be given to all to know their proper places? Why should
the books be opened, and why should the fourth beast be destroyed and the body given to
the burning flame? It is explained in the same connection-"I saw in the night visions, and
behold one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven."

To whom does this glorious personage come? He comes to the Ancient of Days. What,
that personage coming in glory, majesty and dominion, with the clouds of heaven, to the
Ancient of Days! What for? In order that he might receive from him the kingdom, in its
order, every person standing in his proper position, everything organized after the most
perfect order. The Ancient of Days delivers up the kingdom, thus completed, to the Son
of Man, whose dominion becomes so great that all peoples, nations and languages serve
him; and his dominion is everlasting and shall have no end.

I do not know how there could be anything more perfect for the coming of Christ than
what is here recorded. It is certainly a great and grand work; and without such a work
everything would be in confusion at his coming. How great and glorious will be that
period when Jesus will come in the clouds of heaven! He makes this preparation
beforehand, so that there may be a people ready to receive him. People of mortality, as
well as immortal beings, all knowing their positions, will form the grand Council, and
they will be organized ready to receive Jesus when he comes to reign as King of kings
and Lord of lords upon the earth.

(Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses, 26 vols., 18:, p.344-345)

(Elder John Taylor)


ESTABLISHING THE KINGDOM: THE GREAT COUNCIL AT ADAM-ONDI-
AHMAN.-A great council will then be held to adjust the affairs of the world, from the
commencement, over which Father Adam will preside as head and representative of the
human family.. . . .

Then they will assemble to regulate all these affairs, and all that held keys of authority to
administer will then represent their earthly course. And, as this authority has been handed
down from one to another in different ages, and in different dispensations, a full
reckoning will have to be made by all. All who have held the keys of priesthood will then
have to give an account to those from whom they received them. Those that were in the
heavens have been assisting those that were upon the earth; but then, they will unite
together in a general council to give an account of their stewardships, and as in the
various ages men have received their power to administer from those who had previously
held the keys thereof, there will be a general account.

Those under the authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have to give
an account of their transactions to those who direct them in the priesthood; hence the
elders give an account to presidents of conferences; and presidents of conferences to
presidents of nations. Those presidents and the seventies give an account to the twelve
apostles; the twelve to the First Presidency; and they to Joseph, from whom they, and the
twelve, received their priesthood. This will include the arrangements of the last
dispensation. Joseph delivers his authority to Peter, who held the keys before him, and
delivered them to him; and Peter to Moses and Elias, who endowed him with this
authority on the Mount; and they to those from whom they received them. And thus the
world's affairs will be regulated and put right, the restitution of all things be
accomplished, and the kingdom of God be ushered in. The earth will be delivered from
under the curse, resume its paradisiacal glory, and all things pertaining to its restoration
be fulfilled.

Not only will the earth be restored, but also man; and those promises which, long ago,
were the hope of the Saints, will be realized. The faithful servants of God who have lived
in every age will then come forth and experience the full fruition of that joy for which
they lived, and hoped, and suffered, and died. The tombs will deliver up their captives,
and reunited with the spirits which once animated, vivified, cheered, and sustained them
while in this vale of tears, these bodies will be like unto Christ's glorious body. They will
then rejoice in that resurrection for which they lived, while they sojourned below.

Adam, Seth, Enoch, and the faithful who lived before the flood, will possess their proper
inheritance. Noah and Melchizedek will stand in their proper places. Abraham, with Isaac
and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise, will come forward at the head of
innumerable multitudes, and possess that land which God gave unto them for an
everlasting inheritance. The faithful on the continent of America will also stand in their
proper place; but, as this will be the time of the restitution of all things, and all things will
not be fully restored at once, there will be a distinction between the resurrected bodies,
and those that have not been resurrected; and, as the scriptures say that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption; and
although the world will enjoy just laws-an equitable administration, and universal peace
and happiness prevail as the result of this righteousness; yet, there will be a peculiar
habitation for the resurrected bodies. This habitation may be compared to paradise,
whence man, in the beginning, was driven.

THE KINGDOM A CHURCH AND STATE.-Was the kingdom that the prophets talked
about, that should be set up in the latter times, going to be a church? Yes. And a state?
Yes, it was going to be both church and state, to rule both temporally and spiritually. It
may be asked, How can we live under the dominion and laws of the United States and be
subjects of another kingdom? Because the kingdom of God is higher, and its laws are so
much more exalted than those of any other nation, that it is the easiest thing in life for a
servant of God to keep any of their laws; and, as I have said before, this we have
uniformly done.-JD, 6: 23-24, November 1, 1857.

(John Taylor, The Gospel Kingdom: Selections from the Writings and Discourses of John
Taylor, selected, arranged, and edited, with an introduction by G. Homer Durham, p.216-
218)
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Adam-ondi-Ahman part 1

He Cometh to Adam-Ondi-Ahman

We now come to the least known and least understood thing connected with the Second
Coming. It might well be termed the best-kept secret set forth in the revealed word. It is
something about which the world knows nothing; it is a doctrine that has scarcely dawned
on most of the Latter-day Saints themselves; and yet it is set forth in holy writ and in the
teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith with substantially the same clarity as any of the
doctrines of the kingdom. It behooves us to make a needed brief commentary about it.

Before the Lord Jesus descends openly and publicly in the clouds of glory, attended by all
the hosts of heaven; before the great and dreadful day of the Lord sends terror and
destruction from one end of the earth to the other; before he stands on Mount Zion, or
sets his feet on Olivet, or utters his voice from an American Zion or a Jewish Jerusalem;
before all flesh shall see him together; before any of his appearances, which taken
together comprise the second coming of the Son of God-before all these, there is to be a
secret appearance to selected members of his Church. He will come in private to his
prophet and to the apostles then living. Those who have held keys and powers and
authorities in all ages from Adam to the present will also be present. And further, all the
faithful members of the Church then living and all the faithful saints of all the ages past
will be present. It will be the greatest congregation of faithful saints ever assembled on
planet earth. It will be a sacrament meeting. It will be a day of judgment for the faithful of
all the ages. And it will take place in Daviess County, Missouri, at a place called Adam-
ondi-Ahman.

Adam-ondi-Ahman, of eternal fame, first comes to our attention because of a great


conference held there by Father Adam in his day. "Three years previous to the death of
Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who
were all high priests, with the residue of his posterity who were righteous, into the valley
of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and there bestowed upon them his last blessing." Nearly a
thousand years had then passed since the first man and the first woman had stepped from
Eden's garden into the lone and dreary world, there to begin the procreative processes that
peopled a planet. We do not know how many million mortals made this earth their home
in that day, or how many of them were true and faithful to that Lord whom Adam served.
Disease and plagues were not then as common and horrendous as they are now. The
physical bodies of earth's inhabitants had not yet degenerated to the disease-ridden, germ-
governed shells of their former glory that is now the norm. We can suppose the
population of the earth far exceeded that of later ages when the ills of the flesh and a
rising infant mortality set a sin-inflicted limit on the numbers of men. And it is not
unreasonable to suppose that many righteous spirits were born in that blessed day and
that the numbers of the righteous were exceedingly great. We may not be amiss in
supposing that many millions responded to the call to come to a general conference in
Adam-ondi-Ahman.

This we do know, however: "The Lord appeared unto them"-Jesus Christ their King stood
in their midst-"and they rose up and blessed Adam, and called him Michael, the prince,
the archangel." How great and glorious is the eternal stature of the first man! "And the
Lord administered comfort unto Adam, and said unto him: I have set thee to be at the
head; a multitude of nations shall come of thee, and thou art a prince over them forever.
And Adam stood up in the midst of the congregation; and, notwithstanding he was bowed
down with age, being full of the Holy Ghost, predicted whatsoever should befall his
posterity unto the latest generation." Such is an abbreviated account of what happened at
Adam-ondi-Ahman in that pristine day. Our revelation that recites these words closes with
the statement: "These things were all written in the book of Enoch, and are to be testified
of in due time." (D&C 107:53-57.)

When the full account comes to us, we suppose we shall read of the offering of sacrifices
in similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten; of the testimonies borne by both men
and women; of great doctrinal sermons delivered by the preachers of righteousness who
then ministered among them; and of the outpouring of spiritual gifts upon the faithful
then assembled. What visions they must have seen; what revelations they must have
received; what feelings of rapture must have filled their bosoms as they feasted upon the
things of eternity! Did Adam speak of the great latter-day gathering at Adam-ondi-
Ahman, and did the faithful see with their spirit eyes what was then to be? These and a
thousand other things "are to be testified of in due time." But this we do know: All that
happened at Adam-ondi-Ahman in those early days was but a type and a shadow-a
similitude, if you will-of what shall happen at the same blessed place in the last days
when Adam and Christ and the residue of men who are righteous assemble again in
solemn worship.

(Bruce R. McConkie, The Millennial Messiah: The Second Coming of the Son of Man,
p.578-580)

Before the Son of Man comes to reign personally upon the earth; before he descends in
flaming fire with ten thousands of his saints to execute judgment upon the ungodly;
before he comes in the clouds of heaven, in all the glory of his Father's kingdom; before
he sets his feet once again upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem; before
he stands with 144,000 high priests on Mount Zion in Missouri; before he suddenly
comes to his temple; before he utters his voice from the land of Zion and from Old
Jerusalem; before all flesh shall see him together; before all of the appearances that, taken
together, comprise the Second Coming-before all these, he will come in private to Adam-
ondi-Ahman. Why and for what reason? To receive back from his servants of all ages the
keys they have used to govern his earthly kingdom. Then and then only will he deign to
reign personally. Now the voice of his servants is his voice, and they act pursuant to the
divine commission he has given them. Then the keys will vest again in their rightful
owner, and his voice and his power will be manifest to all men.

(Bruce R. McConkie, A New Witness for the Articles of Faith, p.640)

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