And the Saints were scattered- all over the place- and somehow Brigham and his followers were the “true church” after the Prophet Joseph and his brothers were murdered.Shawn Henry wrote: ↑April 5th, 2023, 1:58 pmThese essential keys of the Melchizedek Priesthood were taken when that priesthood was taken. We were left with only a lesser priesthood. The work still goes on, but without the higher priesthood.
Joseph was told by the Lord that the keys would stay with him in the next life. That means he took them with him. Why else do you think prophesying, seeing , and revealing have stopped?
BY and the 12 had the keys of the apostleship, but those are not the keys of the kingdom. That simply meant the apostleship could continue. They never were authorized to reform the First Presidency. They never had a revelation to do so.
What happened to Sidney Rigdon- a high priest who was actually in the First Presidency and had seen the Savior? Brigham never claimed to have any heavenly visitation. But somehow he became more important than Joseph in the narrative moving forward.