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All good things come in threes, right? I have to start this thread with a huge caveat. This knowledge was basically handed to me by the whispering of the still small voice - which I suppose is fitting. Though, there is another layer of detail that I cannot share that would further explain the following, it took me over two years to finally accept the connection between the Davidic Servant and the Holy Ghost. I may add to this original post and will likely convert this to an article on my blog. Even if you outright reject this idea, please respect the beliefs of those who do accept the fact that the Holy Ghost is the Davidic Servant. Disclaimer: This is not official church doctrine: Please pray before reading that the truth - whatever it may be - will be made known to you by the power of the Holy Ghost.
"The throne and kingdom of David is to be taken from him and given to another by the name of David in the last days, raised up out of his lineage" (TPJS, p. 339)
INTRO: THE HOLY GHOST IS COMING IN THE FLESH
Joseph Smith (President)
But the Holy Ghost is yet a spiritual body and waiting to take to himself a body, as the Savior did or as God did or the gods before them took bodies; for the Savior says the work that my Father did do I also. . . . He took himself a body and then laid down his life that he might take it up again. (The Words of Joseph Smith, p. 382; standardized)
Franklin D. Richards (First Presidency)
Joseph also said that the Holy Ghost is now in a state of probation which if he should perform in righteousness he may pass through the same or a similar course of things that the Son has. (The Words of Joseph Smith, p. 245; standardized)
I put a title before these two quotes to illustrate how few people have concluded, "The Holy Ghost is coming in the flesh" based off the above two quotes. The Holy Ghost is coming in the flesh. Let that sink in for a moment ...
Now, it isn't a foregone conclusion that the Holy Ghost is taking upon himself a body in this world; the scope of the Savior's dominion is worlds for instance. Also, as of Joseph's Smith's quote the Holy Ghost had not yet taken upon himself a body. Could he have taken upon himself a body by now? Sure. If he does take upon himself a body in this world, will he just live a normal life and pass without ever having made an impact on the world? Not likely.
So please just consider the fact that A. The Holy Ghost is coming in the flesh and B. His ministry will probably make some waves.
Disclaimer # 2: This post / thread is not a good place to be introduced to the Davidic Servant. I highly recommend Avraham Gileadi's website isaiahexplained.com as well as his blog https://isaiahinstitute.com/2018/01/13/ ... e-servant/ for some background. In particular, I recommend reading Isaiah 11, 40-53 with the "Apocalyptic Commentary" selected on his site for an overview of the servant. "Davidic Servant" is a placeholder name to describe the type of servant we are dealing with - a servant who receives the throne and kingdom of David under the Davidic Covenant and promises given to David.
How could the Holy Ghost be coming and we LDS are not aware of it?
This is a great question - in fact many discard the notion of the Holy Ghost coming in the flesh despite two witnesses given above that he is, though one of the quotes just mentions his probation. How could this be and we not be aware?
The Book of Enoch actually helps shed a tremendous light on this. Though we have scriptures both in the Book of Mormon and in the Bible about the hidden aspect of the Davidic Servant, the Book of Enoch underscores the fact this person was hidden from the beginning. I highly recommend a read of the article I wrote on the hidden aspect of the Davidic Servant and The Book of Enoch. I underscore in this article as well that Joseph of Egypt's life was a foreshadowing of the Holy Ghost's ministry as Isaac's was a foreshadowing of the Savior's.
Judges 13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
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The last God who came to this Earth did so and was largely hidden to the world. There were signs in the heaven to indicate His coming that the vast majority of Earth's population misunderstood. Is it that hard to believe that God would lay the same groundwork again - even hiding the coming of a God from his own people? He's done it once before. I still believe firmly 9/23/17 was a sign of the coming of the Holy Ghost. Forget all the happenings that occurred around the sign - all the chaos, storms, solar flares during a solar minimum, and earthquakes galore. Forget the eclipse that happened 40 days earlier - 40 days ... earlier....that put a line across the second promised land (two Gods, two promised lands) - where another line will be drawn forming an X 7 years later. The sign itself was incredible given when it appeared in the heavens alone - between Rosh Hashanah - the feast of Trumpets and Shabat Shuvah - The Sabbath that literally means "Return!"
I wrote a blog on this event and though I made some speculations, I did say the date may come and go with no overt events to accompany. If you factor back in the storms, earthquakes, flares, etc. then it absolutely had accompanying events.Shabbat Shuvah or Shabbat T'shuvah ("Sabbath [of] Return" שבת שובה or "Sabbath [of] Repentance" שבת תשובה) refers to the Shabbat that occurs during the Ten Days of Repentance, but is between (i.e. not including) the two consecutive Days of Rosh Hashanah, and the Day of Yom Kippur. The name Shabbat Shuvah comes from the first word of the Haftarah that is read on that day, a combination of Hosea 14:2-10, Joel 2:11-27 (Ashkenazim only) and Micah 7:18-20, and literally means "Return!" It is alternately known as Shabbat T'shuvah owing to its being one of the Aseret Y'may T'shuvah (Ten Days of Repentance). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_S ... bat_Shuvah
JST Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great sign in heaven, in the likeness of things on the earth; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.
2 And the woman being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up unto God and his throne.
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LEVITICUS 16 - THE TWO GOATS
There are two Goats who stand for a sin offering in Leviticus 16. Though this chapter alone is worthy of an article far lengthier than this one, let's just put in the key points here. Many conclude the second goat is satan because he is cast out and is responsible for our sins right? Wrong. Though we are enticed by the Satan, he is not accountable for our sins. Moreover, both goats are for the sin offering.
Leviticus 16:5 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
Simple.
One goat is named "For Jehovah" and the other "For Azazel" - I highly recommend reading my third article on the Davidic Servant above as I do a full breakdown of Azazel, which can translate to "Mighty and Strong." This translation is a direct connection to a Davidic Servant prophesy in Isaiah 28, to the One Mighty and Strong prophesy in D&C 85:7 and to the scripture in Isaiah 9:6 which is most certainly about the Davidic Servant rather than Jesus Christ - a pill much easier swallowed upon realizing the Holy Ghost is a God. I'll paste the link to the article here again for convenience:
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So in Leviticus 16 the first goat is slain.... first. The second one ... second ... same order as their comings on Earth:
Leviticus 16:20 ¶ And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
So after the atonement made by the first goat, the second goat actually bears the sins and carries them away. Most christians see Isaiah 53 as a prophesy of Jesus Christ - and though duality is a recurrent theme in Isaiah, at the very least Isaiah 53 is a dual prophesy of Christ and the Holy Ghost - but the connection to Leviticus 16 is unmistakable:
Isaiah 53:4 ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Bearing iniquities is what the second goat does.
Plus, there's the little fact that Paul said that Leviticus 16 symbolizes the Holy Ghost!!!
Hebrews 9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
Bear in mind as well that Jesus' Atonement fell on the important spring festivals. The fall festival works have not yet happened, but will likely take place on those important days that have been foreshadowed since the beginning.
PARTICIPATOR IN THE ATONEMENT
One of the biggest reasons so many reject the idea of a Davidic Servant is those prophesies that are used to single him out as a separate person are messianic! Many of them are presumed to be about Jesus Christ alone. This is deeply sacred, and deeply personal stuff. However, do we LDS not believe that the Holy Ghost is a participator in the atonement? We do whether you overtly realize it or not:
3 Nephi 27:20 Now this is the commandment: Repent, all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may be sanctified by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me at the last day.
The Holy Ghost is the Sanctifier - By his power is our inner vessel cleansed. Other way of looking at this: The Holy Ghost takes those sins and carries them away ... much like that second goat.
Romans 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Firstly, "the adoption." Adoption is certainly an eternal principle. In Ezekiel 37, we learn the prophesies surround the Davidic Servant and his becoming a prince forever over Israel. If he is becoming a prince then those over whom he reigns are being received through adoption. We become sons and daughters of Christ through this same principle, but the Davidic Servant is becoming an inheritor under the covenant under a smaller-scale.
Secondly, the Holy Ghost makes intercession for the saints. This is a direct, overt spelling out of a participator in the Atonement. Like the adoption, this is on a smaller scale, but a key, planned part of the Atonement.
What other evidence is there that the Davidic Servant is the Holy Ghost.
JOHN14-17 and ISAIAH 11
The following is my second article on the Davidic Servant and the Book of Enoch where I solidify the case that the person in Isaiah 11:1-4 is the same as the person named "The Elect One" in the Book of Enoch.
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But wait there's more! We know by modern revelation that the Rod in Isaiah 11:1-4 is a descendant of Joseph / Ephraim and of Judah. Let's look at how the Lord words the answer to the question - who is the Rod?
D&C 113:4 Behold, thus saith the Lord: It is a servant in the hands of Christ, who is partly a descendant of Jesse as well as of Ephraim, or of the house of Joseph, on whom there is laid much power.
Firstly, a servant in the hands of Christ - that certainly sounds a lot like the servant throughout Isaiah who is hidden in the shadow of the hand of the Lord. (Isaiah 49:2)
Secondly, on whom is there laid much power if not the Holy Ghost himself? Here are the qualities and the prophecies regarding the Rod in Isaiah 11:
Isaiah 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
I have highlighted the key words here that we can use to cross reference the qualities of the Holy Ghost the Lord Jesus Christ details Himself:
John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Isaiah 11 for comparison - same key words underlined:
Isaiah 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
That's just the opener here. There is much more in Isaiah and the New Testament that tie the identity of the Holy Ghost. Let's take Isaiah 40 which is directed to the servant of Isaiah:
Isaiah 40:1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
The Lord refers to the Spirit of Truth as the Comforter in the New Testament. That's a direct link, but it goes a bit deeper. Here is the word for "Comforter" used throughout these chapters of John. Bear in mind the ministry of the Davidic Servant while reading these scriptures. Consider them as prophesies to be fulfilled in the flesh rather than the spirit:
John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; (cross reference to Ezekiel 37:35)
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John 16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. (Overt reference to Isaiah)
In John 17, the Lord addresses the order of the Seraphim (compare Isaiah 6 and Matthew 13) and speaks at length as to the process of their joining the Godhead and becoming Gods themselves.
In John 14-16, the word Comforter is derived from the Greek word: Paraklētos
The definition of the word Paraklētos includes the following:
Comforter, consoler, intercessor, advocate
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John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
JOSHUA AND CALEB
Joshua and Caleb were the two scouts who were sent to the land of Canaan among 12 scouts - one for each tribe, and they were the only two to return and speak for the Lord and His promises.
Their names mean Salvation and Kolob. I kid not. There is a precedent that CALEB actually stems from KOLOB. Vowels are tricky in Hebrew, mostly because they are non existent, and CALEB actually comes from KELEB (https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3612.htm.) Replace those vowels with Os and you have two characters in the Old Testament who descend into Jerusalem named "Salvation" and "KOLOB." Moreover, "Salvation," or Joshua, is from Ephraim and "KELEB", or Caleb, is from Judah. These two birthrights were two to begin with and were meant to split and rejoin.
But why? Could these two men symbolize the two goats who stand for Israel and God's covenants much like Caleb and Joshua?
THE ANGEL
Isaiah's writings include references to the servant's role as the angel of Israel.
D&C 85:15 Behold, I say unto you, the redemption of Zion must needs come by power;
16 Therefore, I will raise up unto my people a man, who shall lead them like as Moses led the children of Israel.
17 For ye are the children of Israel, and of the seed of Abraham, and ye must needs be led out of bondage by power, and with a stretched-out arm.
18 And as your fathers were led at the first, even so shall the redemption of Zion be.
19 Therefore, let not your hearts faint, for I say not unto you as I said unto your fathers: Mine angel shall go up before you, but not my presence.
20 But I say unto you: Mine angels shall go up before you, and also my presence, and in time ye shall possess the goodly land.
Exodus 23:20 ¶ Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
There is absolutely an angel, or the angel of Israel that we have referenced in Exodus and again in modern scripture. Just as Jesus Christ worked on both sides of the veil, with two distinct, identifiable identities, so shall the Holy Ghost. In Isaiah, the Lord awakens His servant to His identity and references the servant's works on the other side of the veil:
Isaiah 51:10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
Isaiah 63 is much more overt:
Isaiah 63:8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
10 ¶ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
Wow! These verses tie them all together - the many scriptures in Isaiah speaking to the servant which references Isaiah 51:10. The aspect of the angel is referenced and the deeds of the angel. The Holy Spirit is referenced. Finally, the fact this Holy Angel participates in the Atonement is referenced. check. check. check. check. mate.
One more reference to the Angel of Israel. This scriptures reinforces a deeply personal, sacred experience where I was blessed with the understanding that the Davidic Servant is also the head of the heavenly host - and carries a sword.
Joshuah 5:13 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
15 And the captain of the Lord’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
The Holy / Godhead aspect is also reinforced here where Joshua loosens the shoe from his foot.
Bear the above in mind while reading John's reaction to the angel of Revelation:
Revelation 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
John, who walked with the Savior and was in his 90s here, after decades of leading and teaching the Gospel that he very likely knew well enough to know "ya don't worship angels" falls at the feet of an angel. Revelation 19:1-8 is about the marriage of the Lamb to the Bridegroom, with various groups singing praises of Alleluia and declaring his majesty and his judgement:
Revelation 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
Reproving the earth with judgement ... wait wasn't that the duty of the Holy Ghost as specified in John 16:7-8?
John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
...and the duty of the Davidic Servant as in Isaiah 11?
Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Could this have something to do with Joseph Smith's words I quoted at the beginning where the Holy Ghost will go on to "pass through the same or a similar course of things that the Son has." There are two goats after all. Will there be two lambs? Read the rest of Revelation 19 bearing in mind the prophecies in Isaiah.
At the very end of the Revelation - at the very end - John falls at the feet of the angel again. Notice how the angel refers to himself:
Revelation 22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
Though we do not have the fullness of this record and revelation, John did have a fullness at this point where he falls at his feet again to worship the Lord's angel. Two thrones are mentioned in Revelation 22. Are they the thrones of Elohim and Jehovah, or are they the thrones of Jehovah and the Holy Ghost? Or did John leave that bit out - hence we lack the fullness?
Revelation 22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
INVERSION
To those who believe John is the Davidic Servant - perhaps his standing in the flesh for 2,000+ years has something to do with his standing in contrast.
Inverse ministries
Before I detail the inverse ministries, I have to first plant the seed that the Holy Ghost may have lent a helping hand in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Don't take my word for it alone:
Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
This certainly sounds like the Holy Ghost rose Christ from the dead. Suspend your disbelief for a moment and please here me out--let's presume the scripture above is exactly what it sounds like...that the Holy Ghost rose Christ from the dead. Operating with that assumption in mind, let's look at the ministries of these two Gods:
Psalms 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Jesus Christ:
- Born in the flesh of the Father
- Teaches in the flesh His spiritual teachings
- Testifies of the Father
- The Holy Ghost assists in the Son in overcoming Physical Death(Romans 8:11)
- His ministry's crowning achievement is wrought near the end in the Garden - salvation from Spiritual Death
- Spiritually born of the Father (Revelation 12)
- Teaches in the spirit the teachings of Christ in the flesh
- Testifies of the Son
- The Savior assists the Holy Ghost in overcoming Spiritual Death (Isaiah 41-44,51)
- His ministry's crowning achievement may be wrought in the beginning by calling the first resurrection - salvation from Physical Death
96 And the saints that are upon the earth, who are alive, shall be quickened and be caught up to meet him.
97 And they who have slept in their graves shall come forth, for their graves shall be opened; and they also shall be caught up to meet him in the midst of the pillar of heaven—
98 They are Christ’s, the first fruits, they who shall descend with him first, and they who are on the earth and in their graves, who are first caught up to meet him; and all this by the voice of the sounding of the trump of the angel of God.
Wow ... I thought of this scripture as I believed it pertained to the Holy Ghost's work, but I did not realize there was an overt clue about the angel of God.
TWO MESSIAHS
There is one more important inversion. The Jews rejected their Messiah Ben Joseph expecting the Messiah Ben David. The Christians will almost certainly reject their Messiah Ben David while expecting the second coming of Messiah Ben Joseph first. But as Jesus prophesied in John 14-16, the Spirit of Truth will testify of Jesus Christ. The Jews are in for a treat!
IMPLICATIONS
The Devil has worked hard to convince the majority of Christianity that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost are one entity - some unintelligible, unrelatable power that can change shape and form. Of course, fighting the truth alone is reason enough. If the Holy Ghost is yet to come in the flesh, this war makes so much more sense. There will have been zero space given to mainstream Christianity to accept the coming of another God - a separate individual and identity apart from Jesus Christ.
Abraham 3
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I submit that the Holy Ghost is the one being chosen at the end of Abraham chapter 3. The Holy Ghost is selected and becomes the man who represents the enticing of good while the devil rebels and represents the enticing of evil. The Holy Ghost is the head of the order of Seraphim (Isaiah 6) - this is the order Jesus addresses in John 14-17, especially chapter 17. This is the highest order of angel - the stock from which the apostles come - who answer only to the archangels or patriarchs themselves, who answer to the Lord. The Holy Ghost is the ascending Seraphim who joins the Seven "Holy Ones" as Enoch refers to them.
Returning to Abraham 3, the devil sought to become the Holy Ghost - not Jesus Himself. He then sought to take the work of the Holy Ghost and extend it beyond the scope and purview of the Holy Ghost into the role of Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost is a participator in salvation. This view grants much understanding to the devil - why he fell and why so many followed. Jesus was chosen from the beginning of this eternal round, whereas the scope of Abraham 3 is this one world - one of many worlds under Jehovah's dominion. There was no question as to who would be the Savior of this world - the role and throne of the Holy Ghost is much smaller and the scope of that ascension falls within the scope and boundaries of this one Earth.
Another God is coming - hidden to the vast majority of the peoples of this world, and even hidden to the vast majority of God's chosen, covenant people. This lays the foundation of a trial worthy of a God as we have already seen once before.
Ezekiel 37:25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Now read the verse leading up to D&C 85:7 - very interesting:
D&C 85:6 Yea, thus saith the still small voice, which whispereth through and pierceth all things, and often times it maketh my bones to quake while it maketh manifest, saying:
7 And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the saints whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the book of the law of God;
A special thanks to Abijah for an extremely timely testimony as to the identity of the Davidic Servant to reinforce my own witness as well as for several scriptures that I have used throughout this piece.