I know you weren't asking me ... but here's my opinion anyway.dafty wrote: ↑December 12th, 2017, 6:31 am
Do you mean that you do not believe in "Josephite" as taught by ldsa or you think that there will be no Elias/forerunner before the Lords 2nd coming?
PS.http://www.isaiahinstitute.com/2017/12/ ... o.html?m=1
The more I learn about the large quantity of prophecies that are about the Davidic Servant - the end times Moses who gathers Israel - the more I realize this is a pattern that reflects the Heavenly Order.
In Abraham Facsimile 3, Abraham sits on the throne ruling at the Pharoah's behest who stands behind him. Jehovah - who is Jesus Christ (sorry fundamentalists the evidence in D&C alone is clear) is the revealer of truth to the Old Testament prophets. He does give them prophecies about Himself but spends what seems like a lot more time prophesying of this end times servant, though I'd need to be able to identify them all and list them side by side to confirm. Regardless as to whether there are more prophesies, there are certainly a great deal of them about the Davidic Servant, and therein lies the reflection of the Heavenly Order. Jehovah is the God of this world as Elohim is the God who presides over Jehovah. The Davidic Servant is a prince forever over Israel (Ezekiel 37 - final verses) just as Jehovah presides over the Davidic Servant.
If anyone reading this doesn't believe me, that's fine, but suspend your disbelief for a moment and consider this. If this turns out to be true - if Isaiah 9:6 is about the Davidic Servant, if Malachi 3:1 is about the Davidic Servant, and if there are more prophecies about him than Jesus Himself in the Old Testament, then wouldn't you look at the Savior a bit differently realizing that He didn't spend all that time revealing His future events but that of His chosen prince over Israel (Adam is prince over the whole Earth.) Like the Father witnesses down a rung of his Only Begotten, the Only Begotten witnesses of His chosen rulers and the Heavenly Pattern is reinforced.
Now consider one last thought. The Jews were busily looking for the Davidic Servant - whose prophesies center around the gathering and restoration of Israel - when Jehovah Himself descended and took upon Himself flesh. The first Christians believed Christ (obviously) while the Jews rejected Him. Now the Christians are looking for Christ to come first, but the Davidic Servant will appear first. Christians will largely reject him while the Jews embrace him (may take them a while to warm up to him, but it's all prophesied.) Can you see the simple beauty? Those who latch on to their itty bits of knowledge with pride thinking they know all the depth, width, breadth, and scope of God's ways will always be left shaking their fists at the true servants while those humble truth seekers - the meek - will be the ones who inherit the Earth.