0 Doctrine & Covenants( Section 77) : Absurdity

This priesthood was confirmed to be handed down from father to son, and rightly belongs to the literal descendants of the chosen seed. 107:40

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Doctrine & Covenants ( Section 77) : Absurdity (15)

  1. The earth is the sea of glass in Rev 4:6. 77:1
  2. The four beasts in the same verse are the paradise of God, the happiness of man, creeping things, and fowls. 77:2
  3. The four beasts are four individual beasts, not taxonomic ranks. 77:3
  4. Their eyes are full of knowledge, their wings show they can move, act, etc. 77:4
  5. The 24 elders are dead members of seven churches. They're now in God's paradise. 77:5
  6. The earth will exist for a total of 7000 years. 77:6
  7. Each of the seven seals represents 1000 years of the earth's history. 77:7
  8. The angels in Rev 7:1 are four angels God sent to save and destroy life. 77:8
  9. The angel ascending from the east in Rev 7:2 is sent by God to seal the twelve tribes. They said, "Don't hurt the trees until we've marked their foreheads." This is also Elias, if you can believe it, who was to come gather the tribes of Israel and restore all things. 77:9
  10. The things in this chapter will happen in the sixth thousand year period, when the sixth seal is opened. 77:10
  11. The 144,000 are high priests who were ordained by angels to bring people into the church of the Firstborn. 77:11
  12. The trumpets in Rev 8 prepare and finish God's work, and mark the beginning of the 7000 years - preparing the way of his coming. 77:12
  13. The things in Rev 9 will happen after the seventh seal is opened, before Christ comes. 77:13
  14. The little book that John ate in Rev 10 was a mission to gather the tribes of Israel. It was also Elias, who must come to restore everything. 77:14
  15. The two witnesses in Rev 11 are two prophets that will appear in the last days. They'll prophesy to the Jews after they build the city of Jerusalem. 77:15

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