ONE MIGHTY AND STRONG - my take on who he could be
Posted: June 22nd, 2023, 8:06 pm
This is a discussion point on this forum that has been brought up many times. I have generally ignored this topic or sometimes with a lot of antagonism have decried the topic especially if it came to the Church being in apostasy.
But I have studied about this topic as of late on my own, and am prepared to bring my own findings regarding it. It turns out this is quite important.
My study is based on what I have read in the Scriptures about this character in former times and how he is to act in these last days.
It is my contention that the One Mighty and Strong is PROBABLY John the Theologian, also known as John the Revelator.
John was the youngest disciple of Jesus by far, and his interactions in the Scriptures can best be described as intense. According to Mark, Jesus put upon him as well as James, the last name Boanerges, interpreted to mean Sons of Thunder. James died relatively early compared to the other apostles, killed by the wicked rulers of Jerusalem.
Thunder would have been seen as showing intense temprament. It is very clear that a "nice guy" would NEVER be called a Son of Thunder. John had his run-ins with the authorities and he showed defiance to them at every turn. When the emperor Domitian had him under custody, John angered him so that he was going to be publicly executed in the Colosseum by lowering his body into a vat of boiling oil. By a miracle, John was protected and it is said that the witnesses to the act themselves converted to Christianity. So Domitian exiles him to Patmos, a barren isle in the Aegean Sea. He writes a vivid prophecy known as Revelation. He escapes to Ephesus where he becomes the primary elder of the church there, where he writes his Testimony as well as his Epistles, signing off on the latter ones as "The Elder."
Tradition dictates that his gravesite is in Turkey, but there is no body there. The local tradition says that a few days after his followers laid him in what was to be his grave, he walked out and headed north to be with the tribes in the northern countries.
In our tradition, John never died, and he has a special mission in the last days to call the tribes from their positions to bring Israel from the realm of the lost to inherit the land. The Three Nephites are also to assist John but their main aim will be the descendants of the Lamanites though they will also be found throughout all of Israel too. He has that specific key of gathering.
The One Mighty and Strong is going to act in an opposite way to what most of the leadership today is acting. He is NOT going to be a nice guy. Being of Semitic origins, he is NOT going to tolerate the least amount of injustice. He is going to prepare his people to be received by the Messiah. He will be of the Messiah's same type of culture. One that demands that those that hurt the innocence of the little ones need to chain a millstone around their necks and heave themselves into the ocean. One that brings out a whip and calls the leaders SOBs or simply Bs (yes, Jesus DID use the Hebrew equivalent of that word when talking about Herodes Antipas) when they are not meting out justice. The oppressors of the people will be punished severely.
The sad thing is there will be many members of the Church, when they see these things, they will reject him as a wild man. They will profess to know Jesus, to walk in His ways, but in their actions, they will find themselves disparate. This is why the prophesied calamities will fall on them first, because they will blaspheme against Jesus in the midst of His holy house. This is why I could see many millions of people (more than the current membership of the Church by various factors) accept Jesus, even if they don't know His teachings very well.
What do I want to say with all of this?
Follow Jesus. He is about to work many miracles amongst everyone. Certainly do NOT put Him in a box. He is capable of calling new prophets from the very rocks of the earth.
A cautionary tale here: I could very well be VERY WRONG here about my intepretation of the OMAS. But when you look into the character of Jesus and His disciples, on both continents, there are many things that are too powerful to ignore. And to be honest, I don't think I am completely ready to meet Him or the OMAS. There are things which I must still learn and ACT upon.
But I have studied about this topic as of late on my own, and am prepared to bring my own findings regarding it. It turns out this is quite important.
My study is based on what I have read in the Scriptures about this character in former times and how he is to act in these last days.
It is my contention that the One Mighty and Strong is PROBABLY John the Theologian, also known as John the Revelator.
John was the youngest disciple of Jesus by far, and his interactions in the Scriptures can best be described as intense. According to Mark, Jesus put upon him as well as James, the last name Boanerges, interpreted to mean Sons of Thunder. James died relatively early compared to the other apostles, killed by the wicked rulers of Jerusalem.
Thunder would have been seen as showing intense temprament. It is very clear that a "nice guy" would NEVER be called a Son of Thunder. John had his run-ins with the authorities and he showed defiance to them at every turn. When the emperor Domitian had him under custody, John angered him so that he was going to be publicly executed in the Colosseum by lowering his body into a vat of boiling oil. By a miracle, John was protected and it is said that the witnesses to the act themselves converted to Christianity. So Domitian exiles him to Patmos, a barren isle in the Aegean Sea. He writes a vivid prophecy known as Revelation. He escapes to Ephesus where he becomes the primary elder of the church there, where he writes his Testimony as well as his Epistles, signing off on the latter ones as "The Elder."
Tradition dictates that his gravesite is in Turkey, but there is no body there. The local tradition says that a few days after his followers laid him in what was to be his grave, he walked out and headed north to be with the tribes in the northern countries.
In our tradition, John never died, and he has a special mission in the last days to call the tribes from their positions to bring Israel from the realm of the lost to inherit the land. The Three Nephites are also to assist John but their main aim will be the descendants of the Lamanites though they will also be found throughout all of Israel too. He has that specific key of gathering.
The One Mighty and Strong is going to act in an opposite way to what most of the leadership today is acting. He is NOT going to be a nice guy. Being of Semitic origins, he is NOT going to tolerate the least amount of injustice. He is going to prepare his people to be received by the Messiah. He will be of the Messiah's same type of culture. One that demands that those that hurt the innocence of the little ones need to chain a millstone around their necks and heave themselves into the ocean. One that brings out a whip and calls the leaders SOBs or simply Bs (yes, Jesus DID use the Hebrew equivalent of that word when talking about Herodes Antipas) when they are not meting out justice. The oppressors of the people will be punished severely.
The sad thing is there will be many members of the Church, when they see these things, they will reject him as a wild man. They will profess to know Jesus, to walk in His ways, but in their actions, they will find themselves disparate. This is why the prophesied calamities will fall on them first, because they will blaspheme against Jesus in the midst of His holy house. This is why I could see many millions of people (more than the current membership of the Church by various factors) accept Jesus, even if they don't know His teachings very well.
What do I want to say with all of this?
Follow Jesus. He is about to work many miracles amongst everyone. Certainly do NOT put Him in a box. He is capable of calling new prophets from the very rocks of the earth.
A cautionary tale here: I could very well be VERY WRONG here about my intepretation of the OMAS. But when you look into the character of Jesus and His disciples, on both continents, there are many things that are too powerful to ignore. And to be honest, I don't think I am completely ready to meet Him or the OMAS. There are things which I must still learn and ACT upon.
