by Dan Wees | Nov 24, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“…I called on the Lord in mighty prayer, a ◊◊◊◊/pillar of fire appeared above my head, it presently rested down upon my/me head, and filled me with joy unspeakable, a personage appeard in the ◊/midst, of this pillar of flame which was spread all around, and yet...
by Dan Wees | Nov 23, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I was filled with the spirit of god and the <Lord> opened the heavens upon me and I saw the Lord and he spake unto me saying Joseph <my son> thy sins are forgiven thee. go thy <way> walk in my statutes and keep my commandments behold I am the...
by Dan Wees | Nov 23, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“According to Joseph Smith, he told the story of the vision immediately after it happened in the early spring of 1820. As a result, he said, he received immediate criticism in the community. There is little if any evidence, however, that by the early 1830s Joseph...
by Dan Wees | Nov 22, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The earliest published Mormon history, begun with Joseph’s collaboration in 1834 by Oliver Cowdery, ignored it [the First Vision] altogether… “Joseph’s own description of the first vision was not published until 1842, twenty-two years after the memorable event...
by Dan Wees | Nov 21, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Joseph Smith never did present a consistent story regarding the First Vision. At least three distinct and often contradicting stories were told by him. Joseph’s only handwritten account of the event does not even mention the appearance of God or Jesus. The version of...
by Dan Wees | Nov 21, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us.” Joseph Smith, Jr. – 2 April 1843, Doctrine...
