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I’m pretty stoked! I actually passed the exam! If you knew how little I know about electronics you would have been surprised I was able to pass. It was an all morning and afternoon class with the test afterwards. I was dismayed at the material that needed to be learned, especially as it was in an area I know very little about. The terms were all Greek to me. My husband has had his license for over 20 years. He’s quite happy I was able to pass the test. I think he had his doubts. Two of my sons took the test with me and they both got their licenses too. Yay! Can you tell I’m excited?

A united nation does not make any exceptions for any race --- Not in the laws, not in the politics, not in religious or public gatherings, not in education, not in entertainment and not in rhetoric. As per Elder Quentin L. Cook's 2020 Conference talk titled "Hearts Knit in Righteousness and Unity". The Traveler

The toy shops here are full of radio controlled models - cars, planes, helicopters, simple drones. I've bought several for our family over the years. I never gave a thought to them needing a license - but I can't believe that they do. If they did, the boxes would be covered with messages like "WARNING: THIS TOY NEEDS A LICENSE TO OPERATE".

What is the "proper role of government"? And how is that role best fulfilled? Yep. Those things should be enshrined in the governing documents. Another powerful thing I finally understood a little while ago: Nations must have three things - an economy, a military, and a political system. If you are missing one of those, you're not a nation, you're part of someone else's nation.

I think generally speaking, the default should be for liberty and governmental non-intervention unless there is a clear national consensus for action. There are exceptions, naturally, where nonintervention leads to the continuation of a morally repugnant status quo. Slavery is one example on which I think we’d universally agree. But the trouble is, there are other status quos that one party (but not the other) seems sufficiently “morally repugnant” to override the presumption of liberty. The pre-2010 American health care system was an example of this for Dems; abortion is an example of this for those of us on the right. And I think (speaking of what the calculus at that point is, not what it should be) the question becomes how much the majority thinks they can get away with before they a) lose power, or b) start getting shot at.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -- Benjamin Franklin "We would not accept the yoke of Christ; so now we must tremble at the yoke of Caesar." -- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen "Our increased reliance on laws to regulate behavior is a measure of how uncivilized we've become." (D. Todd Christofferson, "Moral Discipline," Ensign, November 2009, 105-8).

More importantly: What is the "proper role of government"? And how is that role best fulfilled? I believe borders are downstream of those questions.

Why not enjoy a little vintage LDS family getting down?

Those of Him in sheol can meet Him just as we on this prison earth can meet Him.

Praying...what is it? Praying is Listening to Him and talking to Him and Loving Him. It is turning to Him. His prophets are prophets because they can HEAR Him and they listen. His apostles are apostles because they HEAR Him and listen. Today modern christianity has dumped the idea of apostles and prophets...not understanding WHY the vision was SEALED..because they DID NOT listen (the OT fathers). He chooses simple souls who LISTEN and not theologians, ventriloquists, pharisees. He speaks to His souls. The modern view that HE ceased to speak is a horrible satanic view. And utterly messed up.

The only billion number I know about are the 2.4 or more Locusts of rev... spirit beings who are not with Him. They are not nice and are not His. His 144k however are going soon from this prison and back to Him.

His Spirit is His core and His girl. It's a basic concept in Hebrew, where every reference to His Spirit is feminine. The idea of a holy "ghost" I don't know what that is... the concept I do understand is that His core, His wife, His girl is His Spirit... and He is God and She is God. Every ancient text supports this... modern christianity simply Got Lost.

She needs to be told to butt out. Nicely if you choose, but do it.

The name "Melchizedek priesthood" is actually a nick name. The proper name of it is actually the "Holy Priesthood, after the Order of the Son of God". It is Christ's priesthood. The nickname is used to show reverence to things properly addressed and to avoid too frequent repetition of things (like internet folks would totally acronym it). Priesthood in general is the authority to act in God's name, doing God's will, with God's power. We are His disciples, and should be doing as He would have us. Back in the time of Moses, the children of Isreal were not ready for the fullness of Christ's law and convent (remember the whole golden calf thing...). So as a preparatory step, the Old Law, Old Covenant, and Aaronic priesthood were put in place. They are an appendage of Christ's fullness designed to help teach and prepare a person/people for the fullness of His ways. Come Christ's mortal life, He taught that higher law, new covenant, and ordained with the fullness of His priesthood (nicknamed the Melchizedek priesthood). Nowadays, a young man is ordained to the preparatory Aaronic Priesthood, as they prepare and strengthen their walk with Christ. Later they are ordained to the fullness of His Priesthood, the Melchizedek priesthood. If a person's growing up in the church, these steps occur age ~12 and ~18.

Thank you, @Vort. Your explanation helps--especially the first few sentences. Hebrews is largely meant to affirm the supremacy of Christ, so to read the understanding that the priesthood is Christ helps.

Jesus is the great high priest. The Priesthood, at least from our perspective and for our purposes, is Christ's. The Priesthood is, in effect, Christ. It is the very word of God, as Jesus is the Word. It is the power through which creation took place, both creation of things around us and creation of us ourselves. That a man, no matter how holy, can be given the very power of God is itself one of the greatest miracles I can imagine. The Priesthood is one, as God himself is One. In the large sense, there are not two "Priesthoods". There is exactly one true Priesthood, and it is called Melchizedek. The name "Melchizedek" means "King of righteousness", and thus is a name of Christ. The man named Melchizedek was the greatest or best-known high priest (meaning a holder of the high Priesthood) of his time, and typified the righteous Priesthood holder. Thus, we have the "Priesthood of Melchizedek" standing as a name for The Priesthood, the only true Priesthood that exists. But wait! If the "high priest" is a holder of the "high" Priesthood, that suggests there is more than just one! There must be a lower Priesthood or Priesthoods! Yes, it does suggest that. The suggestion is not quite true. There is indeed a lesser Priesthood, a Priesthood given to Aaron and his sons to serve the lesser Law of Moses after the children of Israel had rejected the greater law God sought to give them. This so-called Aaronic Priesthood is not really a different "priesthood" at all. Rather, it is a subset of the holy Priesthood, which concerns itself with outward ordinances and performances. Aaron's sons held this "lesser Priesthood", and through its authority they could conduct the temple worship of animal sacrifices that the Lord had revealed to Moses and other prophets before him*. These sacrifices served to atone for the sins of the people and bring them back to God, ultimately representing the great sacrifice of the Lamb of God which would truly accomplish those goals. The children of Israel quickly lost track of the underlying meaning of those ordinances, but the righteous and perceptive among them understood the meaning of the law of Moses. *Note that the leader of the priests of Aaron was designated the "high priest", e.g. Matthew 26:3. This "high priest" is not to be confused with a holder of the high Priesthood. In normal conversation today, Latter-day Saints use the term "high priest" to refer to a man who holds the office of high priest in the Melchizedek Priesthood. So the term "high priest" has at least three meanings among Latter-day Saints: (1) a Latter-day Saint man who holds the Melchizedek Priesthood office of high priest; (2) any holder of the "high" or Melchizedek Priesthood (e.g. Alma 13:9); and (3) the leader or chief priest during the time of the law of Moses. Even today, the outward ordinance of baptism by water and the blessing of the emblems of the sacrament in remembrance of Christ's sacrifice are delegated to the young men of the Aaronic Priesthood. So the Aaronic Priesthood continues to serve its function as a schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ. But the greater law as restored by the Son of God (and as brought back to us today through the agency of Joseph Smith and other prophets) must of necessity operate under the auspices of the higher or complete Priesthood, which we commonly call Melchizedek. Thus, a couple of weeks or so after the resurrected John the Baptist restored the Aaronic Priesthood to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery on May 15, 1829, the last presiding leaders of Christ's Church, namely Simon Peter, James (the greater), and John the Beloved restored to them the Priesthood of Melchizedek. With this authority, they were enabled to restore the kingdom of God on earth once again. This is an incomplete explanation, and I invite others to add to it. But I hope it helps answer your questions about how the Latter-day Saints understand the place and purpose of the Melchizedek Priesthood.

Congrats! As soon as I get my new antenna hung I'll try to bounce a signal to Utah.

This Fibonacci joke is as bad as the last two you heard combined.

the awakening is not a christian concept.