Shake off the Awful Chains by which Ye are Bound

O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea, even from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and woe. (2 Nephi 1:13)

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. (John 8:34)

When a man hardens his heart and sins, Satan wraps him gently and quietly in his chains of hell.

And therefore, he that will harden his heart, the same receiveth the lesser portion of the word; and he that will not harden his heart, to him is given the greater portion of the word, until it is given unto him to know the mysteries of God until he know them in full.

And they that will harden their hearts, to them is given the lesser portion of the word until they know nothing concerning his mysteries; and then they are taken captive by the devil, and led by his will down to destruction. Now this is what is meant by the chains of hell. (Alma 12:10-11)

Satan waits in anxious anticipation for any opportunity to bind us with his great chain. 

Moses saw Satan, and he had a great chain in his hand, and it veiled the whole face of the earth with darkness; and he looked up and laughed, and his angels rejoiced. 

These chains both pull the individual down into the eternal gulf and they remain tightly bound to the individual in hell, or spirit prison, the remainder were reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day.

And as many of the spirits as were in prison came forth, and stood on the right hand of God; and the remainder were reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day. (Moses 7:57)

Carlos E. Asay "Shake off the awful chains by which ye are bound indicates the need to overcome bad habits, even the seemingly little habits that grow into strong 'chains of hell.'" (Ensign, May 1992, p. 41 as taken from Latter-day Commentary on the Book of Mormon compiled by K. Douglas Bassett, p. 83)

Marvin J. Ashton "Who among us hasn't felt the chains of bad habits? These habits may have impeded our progress, may have made us forget who we are, may have destroyed our self-image, may have put our family life in jeopardy, and may have hindered our ability to serve our fellowmen and our God. So many of us tend to say. 'This is the way I am. I can't change....'Lehi warned his sons to 'shake off the chains' because he knew that chains restrict our mobility, growth, and happiness. They cause us to become confused and less able to be guided by God's Spirit...Samuel Johnson wisely shared, 'The chains of habit are too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken' (International Dictionary of Thoughts, p. 348)

...Living a life of righteousness is a chainbreaker. Many of us today are shackled by the restrictive chains of poor habits. We are bound by inferior self-images created by misconduct and indifference. We are chained by an unwillingness to change for the better....Shaking off restrictive chains requires action....It requires commitment, self-discipline, and work. Chains weigh heavily on troubled hearts and souls. They relegate us to lives of no purpose or light. They cause us to become confused and lose the spirit....These chains cannot be broken by those who live in lust and self-deceit. They can only be broken by people who are willing to change. We must face up to the hard reality of life that damaging chains are broken only by people of courage and commitment who are willing to struggle and weather the pain....To change or break some of our chains even in a small way means to give up some behavior of habits that have been very important to us in the past....Even if our present way of life is painful and self-destructive, some of us...become comfortable with it. Those who are committed to improvement break chains by having the courage to try." (Ensign, Nov. 1985, pp. 13-5 as taken from Latter-day Commentary on the Book of Mormon compiled by K. Douglas Bassett, p. 83-4)

Churches Built Up to get Gain, to Become Popular in the Eyes of the World

“For the time speedily shall come that all churches which are built up to get gain, and all those who are built up to get power over the flesh, and those who are built up to become popular in the eyes of the world, and those who seek the lusts of the flesh and the things of the world, and to do all manner of iniquity; yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the devil are they who need fear, and tremble, and quake; they are those who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must be consumed as stubble; and this is according to the words of the prophet.” (1 Nephi 22:23)

The current trend in many churches is to condone all sorts of behavior that have been traditionally contrary to the teachings of the Bible. This sort of "doctrinal open-mindedness" is a form of flattery designed to cater to the self justification of would be patrons. It is a form of flattery because it tells the sinner that he need not repent. 

“Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be great pollutions upon the face of the earth; there shall be murders, and robbing, and lying, and deceivings, and whoredoms, and all manner of abominations; when there shall be many who will say, Do this, or do that, and it mattereth not, for the Lord will uphold such at the last day. But wo unto such, for they are in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity.” (Mormon 8:31)

The message of Mormonism is the opposite. It requires abstinence before marriage and fidelity thereafter. It requires abstaining from abusive drugs, alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea. It condemns the practice of homosexuality. It calls for the exercise of faith, repentance, hope and charity. It requires the individual's time, money, effort, sacrifice, and talents. To the carnal mind, it sounds like the most miserable form of existence possible. Nevertheless, to those who have made the sacrifice, it is the most rewarding and liberating experience .

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32)

2016 Elections, separation of the wheat and the tares

The 2106 elections are revealing long time hidden information about how the government and the political system of this country work. The bottom line is that the government and the political system are corrupt to the core. It must be driving the elite crazy to have so much coming to light about how they have corrupted politics and the media and are in control of the country. Their agenda is to destroy America because America is now in the way of the New World Order. 

Enter Donald Trump, The antagonist. The shove it in your face kind of guy that the elite and their puppet politicians, from both parties, hate. Why? Because he is a major threat to their world domination plans. Trump has caused a major riff in the elite "force" and they are not happy about it.

 
The result of all this hidden information being revealed is leading to a separation of the wheat and the tares as people line up on which side they believe in. You could call it Democrats or Republicans but the wheat and the tares are in both parities. It is more correct to call it the Right and the Left. Or as it will all boil down to soon, the Lord or Satan's side. 

This election has produced so many situations that here to fore would have never happened that is has become quite the show. Just one example is amazing. Clinton called 50% of Trump supporters a "basket of deplorable's". Prior to this election if a candidate would have said that it would have ended their candidacy and their careers. Not now! In fact, main stream media is not only supporting this insane statement of Clinton but they are also promoting it. Why is this happening now? Because the main stream media is owned 100% by the elite and what they say goes no matter haw insane it is. They will do anything and I mean anything to make sure Trump does not get elected. 

As a result of the level of insanity we are now at, to a rational person it is becoming clear what is really happening as everything is being exposed. However, since rational people are a minority there are still millions who are confused by what is really happening. Since the left has no legitimate platform to stand on, except all their failures, they have resorted to subterfuge and name calling to keep the waters muddy in hopes people will not catch on to their fraud. Many people are falling for this trick. 

However, as more and more information comes to light many people are waking up to this massive deception of the left. The fact that the Democratic party had a socialist candidate is amazing to me. Socialism in the complete antithesis to Democracy and freedom. Then you have Clinton who in reality is also a socialist anarchists Saul Alinsky advocate and people are going to vote for her? The people who vote for Clinton must either hate to be free and want to be slaves or they have no clue who Clinton and the Left really are. No "real" American could ever vote for a socialist! That is scary because it is possible that a majority of so called Americans could vote for Clinton in this election. If this happens it signals the end of America and our freedom as we know it. 

People form their opinions and consequently their actions based on the knowledge they have and their moral compass. This is where the separation of the wheat and the tares comes in and where Satan works to destroy people. Basically, if Satan can keep the truth from people he has control. If he can distort people inner being by making right look wrong and wrong look right he furthers his control. For the first time ever this election has brought political correctness to the for front and is exposing it for the fraud that it is. Black live matters but not white lives, really? Obama's demand that no one in government say the words "radical Islam" or to track Radical Islamic terrorists is racist, is being exposed for the insanity it really is. Many Americans have died because of Obama's (who I really believe is a Muslim) have blocked the FBI and the CIA from tracking terrorists and protecting Americans. Political correctness was another deception used by the left to somehow magically change words and truth into something else. Many things the Left says are just plain lies so in order to make it a truth they apply the magic wand of political correctness to it. What amazes me is that people buy this crap! For example, even saying the words Radical Islam is racists. This is just a total lie because it is a fact based on truth that many terrorists in the world today are radical Islam. Now the main stream media will label any person who questions Clinton health as a bigot. It is very simple to understand political correctness. If political correctness is involved in anything it is a lie to hide the truth!!!! 

In the political world it seems that very little is based on truth and facts with smoke and mirrors being the norm. A great deal of effort is put into misleading and lying to the people. I would classify any person, no matter what political party they belong, who uses political correctness, lies and deception to push their agenda is a tare and is in the process of being separated so their misdeeds will be very apparent when the fire comes. The bottom line here is where is your heart? If you are dishonest and are using deception, lies and fraud to push your agenda and believe that others are so stupid that they need your control and how they feel does not matter you are a tare. Just a small hint, Tares should not be elected president. Clinton just dismissed millions of Americans as "deplorable's". Where do you think her heart is? Where you stand on this election might have a lot more to do with whether you end up being classified as a wheat or a tare than you think. Choose wisely!!! 

- jmaarch

Last of the Tetrad of Solar Eclipses on Jewish New Year's, September 1, 2016

Elul 29 begins September 1, 2016

The eclipse is tonight and it ends in the last location at 12:00 exactly!...(which seems likely to be a symbolic number with a meaning considering who created it.) That means that the Feast of Trumpets is the next day or the 4th Jewish New Year with a solar eclipse.

Also..Using this calendar the Jubilee would have been in effect for a whole year on the Day of Atonement or...9/11 of 2016.

The Sextet of Lunar Eclipses or the sixth lunar eclipse on Passover or Tabernacles in a row will happen this month as well.

(Sources)

http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/63...-jewish-world/

http://www.ccg.org/weblibs/study-papers/a_p2016.html

http://www.7witnesses.com/uploads/3/...bloodmoons.pdf

The Great Division

The “Tares” And “Foolish Virgins” Are Members Of Satan’s Church

As unlikely as it may seem to those who regard themselves as members of Christ’s Church, the scriptures indicate that many will be deceived into belonging to Satan’s Great and Abominable Church also. According to the parables of the “wheat and the tares” and the “ten virgins,” when the “great division” comes, at least one-half of those who regard themselves as “faithful” members of the Lord’s Church will be classified as members of Satan’s organization.

Let us examine these two parables with this possibility in mind.

Both were taught during the Lord’s ministry on earth, and are also presented in modern scripture as having application in this last dispensation. Regarding the “wheat and tares” parable, Elder James E. Talmage has said:

So important is the lesson embodied in this parable, and so assured is the literal fulfillment of its contained predictions, that the Lord has given a further explication through revelation in the current dispensation, a period in which the application is direct and immediate. (Talmage, Jesus the Christ, p. 288)

In the last days, the angels will be pleading with the Lord to allow them to reap down the fields, but he will restrain them with these words:

pluck not up the tares while the blade is yet tender (for verily your faith is weak), lest you destroy the wheat also. Therefore, let the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest is fully ripe; then ye shall first gather out the wheat from among the tares, and after the gathering of the wheat, behold and lo, the tares are bound in bundles, and the field remaineth to be burned (D&C 86:6-7)

Another modern revelation states that these tares are indeed members of Satan’s great and abominable church:

That great church, the mother of abominations, that made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, that persecuteth the saints of God, that shed their blood—she who sitteth upon many waters, and upon the islands of the sea—behold, she is the tares of the earth;. (D&C 88:94)

President Joseph Fielding Smith has assured us that there will be “tares” among the Church members. Said he:

There are so many influences at work to divide us asunder, right among the members of the Church, and there is going to come, one of these days in the near future, a separation of the wheat from the tares, and we are either wheat or tares. We are going to be on one side or the other. (Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, Vol.111, p. 16)

The parable of the “virgins” is perhaps even more explicit in warning Church members that Satan will ensnare many of them. We may assume that the group to which Christ referred in this parable are all “good Christians.” All of them believe in, and are looking anxiously forward to, the second coming. Each considers herself equally worthy to enter into the marriage with the bridegroom, and is waiting up even until midnight watching for the Master. Outwardly, they are indistinguishable one from another, however, at the last moment, fully one half of this “faithful” assemblage will be rejected by the Savior with these words:

Verily i say unto you, I know you not. (Matthew 25:12)

Another warning that Christ will reject “many” of those who have labored in his Church and regard themselves as worthy for the kingdom is contained in the Sermon on the Mount. Christ taught:

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

And then will i profess unto them, i never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 

(Matthew 7:21-23)


President of the Church, John Taylor, commented on this scripture as follows:

We are told that, many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?’ Yet to all such will he say, ‘Depart from me, ye that work iniquity.’ You say that means the outsiders? No, it does not. Do they do many wonderful works in the name of Jesus? No.

This means you Latter-day Saints, who heal the sick, cast out devils and do many wonderful things in the name of Jesus! Hear it, ye Latter-day Saints! Hear it, ye Seventies and ye High Priests! (D&C Commentary, pp. 462, 463)

A Book Of Mormon Prophet Foresaw A “Great Division” Among The People

The Book of Mormon also testifies of a great division. Nephi, who prophesied much concerning the Gentiles said:

For the time speedily cometh that the Lord shall cause a great division among the people, and the wicked will he destroy; and he will spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he must destroy the wicked by fire. (2 Nephi 30:10)

Nephi was also shown that everyone would belong either to Christ’s Church or to Satan’s:

Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth. 

(1 Nephi 14:10)

Reasons Why Members Of The Lord’s Church Might Also Belong To Satan’s

In the following passage the Lord explains why fully one-half of those ten virgins who have faith in his second coming and consider themselves prepared therefore, will be rejected:

And at that day, when i shall come in my glory, shall the parable be fulfilled which i spake concerning the ten virgins.

For they that are wise and have received the truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide, and have not been deceived—verily i say unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire, but shall abide the day. (D&C 45:56-57)

If one-half of those members of the Church who are classified by the Lord as “virgins” can be deceived into belonging to Satan’s church, no member should disregard the possibility of his own deception. Neither can one take lightly the penalty for being “foolish,” which penalty is to be burned along with the rest of the wicked:

And until that hour [the day of the coming of the Son of Man] there will be foolish virgins among the wise; and at that hour cometh an entire separation of the righteous and the wicked; and in that day will i send mine angels to pluck out the wicked and cast them out into unquenchable fire. 

(D&C 63:54)

Some might question the justice of classifying the foolish virgins with the wicked and destroying them merely because they had allowed themselves to be deceived. However, when it is remembered that they have accepted Satan’s doctrines and supported his organization right during the time that they were members of the Lord’s Church with a prophet to guide them, this punishment is easier to understand.

Book of Mormon prophets also warned the Gentiles against deception. Nephi stated that “the humble followers of Christ, in many instances, do err because they are taught by the precepts of men.” (2 Nephi 28:14) The following verses indicate that the fault lies in hearkening unto the “precepts of men” and relying on the “arm of flesh” rather than the gift of the Holy Ghost and the power of God:

Yea, woe be unto him that hearkeneth unto the precepts of men, and denieth the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost!

Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost. (2 Nephi 28:26, 31)

Nephi foresees that some of the prosperous ones in Zion are lulled

away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well—and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.” (v.21)

Still others are deceived and are “at ease in Zion” because they refuse to believe the scriptures and the prophets which teach that there is a devil:

And behold, others he flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is none—and thus he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them with his awful chains, from whence there is no deliverance.(v.22)

Those who believe there is no Satan are not going to believe that he has a Great and Abominable Church on earth either. Such people could easily be led to accept those philosophies of men which are the doctrines of Satan, and thus support those organizations which teach and practice them. In the following verse, Nephi says these members of the devil’s kingdom must be “stirred up unto repentance,” or they will be “stirred up to anger, and perish:”

But behold, that great and abominable church, the whore of all the earth, must tumble to the earth, and great must be the fall thereof

For the kingdom of the devil must shake, and they which belong to it must needs be stirred up unto repentance, or the devil will grasp them with his everlasting chains, and they be stirred up to anger, and perish; (v. 18-19)

The prophet Jacob also expressed concern about the Gentiles joining the devil’s church. Our salvation, he says, depends upon our not doing so:

And blessed are the Gentiles, they of whom the prophet [Isaiah] has written; for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and abominable church, they shall be saved; (2 Nephi 6:12)

These scriptures, as well as many others, indicate an urgent need to identify Satan’s great church and the philosophies and precepts it teaches and practices so that those who sincerely desire to avoid the fate of the tares and the foolish virgins may do so.

Our Nation will continue to degenerate unless we read and heed the words of the God of this land, Jesus Christ, and quit building up and upholding secret combinations,(Ensign, July 1988, p. 80)

I testify that wickedness is rapidly expanding in every segment of our society (See D&C 1:14-16; 84:49-53.) It is more highly organized, more cleverly disguised, and more powerfully promoted than ever before. Secret combinations that seek to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries is increasing its evil influence and control over America and the entire world. [See Ether 8:18-25] (Ensign, November 1988, p. 87)

The Great and Abominable Church of the Devil

A Satanic World-Wide Organization Foretold

Prophecies of Nephi and John the Revelator

Students of both the Bible and the Book of Mormon have, for many years, speculated about the identity of a satanic, world-wide organization called, among other things, “THE GREAT AND ABOMINABLE CHURCH OF THE DEVIL” which prophets foresaw would cover the earth in the last days. Both Nephi, a Book of Mormon prophet, and John the Revelator were permitted to envision this monstrous evil and to record a portion of what they saw.

There is no doubt that these prophets saw and discussed the same wicked organization. Not only did they use the same names to describe it, (“Mother of Abominations,” “The Great Whore that Sitteth upon Many Waters,” etc.) but also they both were shown in the last days it would make war against the Church of the Lamb and being drunken with the blood of the saints and the prophets. (Rev. 17:6; 19:19; 1 Nephi 13:5; 14:13)

Furthermore, while making a record of what he saw, Nephi was told by the angel who was providing him with an explanation of the vision, to cease recording. The angel said, “one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb [shall].. write the remainder of these things.” (1 Nephi 14:20, 21) Nephi was told that the name of this apostle was John. (1 Nephi 14:27)

John’s Account of the Devil’s Church Mutilated

When we turn to the account of John’s vision of the devil’s church as contained in the Book of Revelations, we find it so mutilated and full of unexplained symbolism that one has great difficulty in gathering its meaning. Nephi was told that when the record of the Jews was first made it was:

plain and pure, and most precious and easy to the understanding of all men. (1 Nephi 14:23)
However, after they [the records of the Jews] go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, from the Jews unto the Gentiles, thou seest the foundation of a great and abominable church, which is most abominable above all other churches; for behold, they have taken away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts which are plain and most precious; and also many covenants of the Lord have they taken away. (1 Nephi 13:26)

The succeeding verse tells why the devil’s church had corrupted the record:

And all this have they done that they might pervert the right ways of the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden the hearts of the children of men. (v.27)

Prophecies Obscure And Incomplete Because Of Gentile Wickedness And Unbelief

Why, one might ask, did the Lord allow this to happen? Knowing that John’s account would be corrupted beyond the understanding of the people, why was Nephi commanded to cease recording his plain and undefiled account? Why was the devil’s church allowed to blind our eyes by corrupting those very records upon which we must depend for an understanding of that Satanic organization? The scriptures tell us why, and the explanation is not complimentary. The Lord has deliberately permitted Satan to deceive us because of our wickedness. This is made plain in the writings of Moroni, When he was abridging the record of the Jaredites, he also was restrained from giving us Gentiles a full account of what he thought we should know. When he commenced to relate the vision given to the Brother of Jared concerning the end of the world, the Lord told him:

They [the records] shall not go forth unto the Gentiles until the day that they shall repent of their iniquity, and become clean before the Lord. (Ether 4:6)

Christ went on to state that it was because of our unbelief and wickedness that He was withholding from us a full account of the great prophecies concerning our day. In His explanation, He specifically mentioned that not until we repented, would the revelations written by John be unfolded:

Come unto me, O ye Gentiles, and i will show unto you the greater things, the knowledge which is hid up because of unbelief

Come unto me, O ye house of Israel, and it shall be made manifest unto you how great things the Father hath laid up for you, from the foundation of the world; and it hath not come unto you, because of unbelief

Behold when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness of heart, and blindness of mind

then shall my revelations which i have caused to be written by my servant John be unfolded in the eyes of all the people. (Ether 4:13-16; see also D&C 6:26)

The Lord is withholding a pure and undefiled account of these visions pertaining to the devil’s organization in our day until such time as we make ourselves worthy.

Nephi also commented upon our unworthiness to possess the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon records. In describing conditions “in the last days, or in the days of the Gentiles,” he told us:

the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep. For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and ye have rejected the prophets; and your rulers, and the seers hath he covered because of your iniquity. (2 Nephi 27:5)

In the succeeding verses he continued thus:

And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall bring forth unto you the words of a book, and they shall be the words of them which have slumbered

And behold the book shall be sealed; and in the book shall be a revelation from God, from the beginning of the world to the ending thereof.

Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up, the things which are sealed shall not be delivered in the day of the wickedness and abominations of the people. Wherefore the book shall be kept from them. (2 Nephi 27:6-8)

According to this scripture not only are we unworthy to receive God’s revelations “from the beginning of the world to the ending thereof,” but our seers have been “covered” because of our iniquity.

The Whole Church Under Condemnation For Failure To Hearken To The Book Of Mormon

Even though many of the Book of Mormon records are being withheld, it appears that we are under condemnation because we are not studying and comprehending that which has already been given. The charge of “unbelief’ made against us in the foregoing scriptures would seem to bear this out. Let us ponder the following modern revelation wherein the Lord has placed the whole Church under condemnation. He states we would remain there until we repent of our unbelief and failure to heed the messages of the Nephite scriptures:

And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief and because you have treated lightly the things you have received— Which vanity and unbelief have brought the whole church under condemnation.

And this condemnation resteth upon the children of Zion, even all.

And they shall remain under this condemnation until they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments which i have given them, not only to say, but to do according to that which i have written. (D&C 84:54-57)

Taken together, the above scriptures should convince us that there are some vital messages in the Book of Mormon which are addressed to us “Gentiles” which are not being heeded. Furthermore, if we fail to repent of this neglect, the succeeding verses promise that we will be punished:

That they may bring forth fruit meet for their Father’s kingdom; otherwise there remaineth a scourge and judgement to be poured out upon the children of Zion.

For shall the children of the kingdom pollute my holy land? Verily, i say unto you, Nay. (D&C 84:58-59)

The scourge referred to could be an attack by Satan’s church on the Church of the Lamb, for Nephi was shown that it would:

gather together multitudes upon the face of all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God (1 Nephi 14:13)

The Need To Identify The Devil’s Church

In spite of such predictions of a culminating conflict between the forces of good and evil, relatively few of those who consider themselves members of Christ’s Church seem to concern themselves with the identity of the opposition. Such apathy may prove disastrous, because in order to prepare for battle it is essential to identify the enemy, especially if he is combined and organized. The Lord has instructed us to “Contend against no church, save it be the church of the devil.” (D&C 18:20) But if we are going to contend only against the devil’s church, we must be able to distinguish it from all others. If a diligent search of the Book of Mormon would reveal the exact nature of the danger which those prophets foresaw, then such a search should be made with all haste.

If a knowledge of how Satan used his organizations to destroy the Nephite and Jaredite civilizations would enable us to avoid the “scourge” and ‘judgement” which the Lord has decreed if we continue to ignore the Book of Mormon, such knowledge is worth any effort to obtain. The Lord has instructed his servants to set forth “clearly and understandingly the desolation of abomination in the last days.” (D&C 84:117) To follow such an instruction, it is essential to identify the great and abominable organization which will cause such a desolation.

There is another compelling reason why the members of Christ’s Church should be able to identify the church of the devil. There is much scriptural evidence that many of them will be deceived into joining Satan’s organization, thus accepting his plan to destroy free agency. Such could hardly occur if the people understood that organization and that plan.

Before Nephi ceased recording what he saw, he made known some interesting facts about the Great and Abominable Church. Though he saw the rise of that organization before the Gentiles came upon the promised land, it was not until after the Americas were settled by them and the Book of Mormon came forth, that it assumes such terrifying proportions. It corrupts the entire earth with its awful wickedness and overwhelming power. Note from the following quotation that this monstrous evil is destined to hold dominion in every nation in the world, and everyone will belong to it, except the few who remain true to the Church of the Lamb:

And it came to pass that he [the angel] said unto me [Nephi]: Look, and behold that great and abominable church, which is the mother of abominations, whose foundation is the devil.

And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.

And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the whore of all the earth, and she sat upon many waters; and she had dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people. (1 Nephi 14:9-11)

The above prophecy sets forth these startling facts:

1. There is on the earth in these latter days a specific, identifiable organization founded and operated by Satan which is “most abominable above all other churches.”

2. This “church of the devil” will eventually control and have dominion over every nation on the face of the earth.

3. The time will come when a great division will occur and everyone will belong to the devil’s church except a few who belong to the Church of the Lamb.

4. There will be a culminating war between Christ and Satan when this “whore of all the earth” will “gather together multitudes upon the face of the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God.” (v. 13)

The Great and Abominable Church of the Devil

I had a Short Dream of Satan and some of his followers

Between August 6-8th 2016, I woke up as I remember somewhere around 4:30 am in the morning, after having, a very short dream.

In that dream I seen myself walking out of a dark what appeared a hallway at first; but what came to my mind was one of those long often dark cement underpasses that you walk through under a freeway, that are often unlit except for the light entering in at both ends.

As I was coming into the warmth of the sun, I had the feeling I was being followed, so I turned my head to look back, I could see a number of individuals coming to the end of the under pass just behind me; I could see their faces, but did not recognize any of them. I could see that there were others still in the dark unlit hallway behind them.

Amongst those still in that dark underpass was a very dark and ominous figure (Like a very dark shadow). I could not see any features, but was told that it was Satan in person, and the others with him were his followers. At that point I knew that I was their target.

And from that revelation given me I knew his intent; me, but I was also being warned to be ever vigilant in fighting off Satan, that he has no intent on backing down. That I needed to clear myself of him regularly without any hesitation which I have been doing.

I have had to clear my telephone lines, and my computer a number of times, and as soon as I did, my computer which had frozen up, started working immediately.

My phone lines which had so much static I could not hear the other party speaking, as soon as I had cleared the phone, it functioned perfectly.

Getting back to my dream, I was also told by that still small voice as it whispered these thoughts into my heart that those I seen were his angels of darkness; that he was readying those of his followers that are with him now for that day when the key to the bottomless pit is fully opened, and he has all his forces with him to do battle against the children of man. Especially those who profess to believe in Jesus Christ.

The impression I received is that day will shortly be upon us.

Also in the last week I try to clear everything around me on a regular basis, and the feeling I am getting is that I am not doing it enough.

Harold, AVOW, August 16, 2016