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Ah ok. And all prophets hold the Melchizedek Priesthood right?

Someone asked me question and I'm not sure. How did people in the Book of Mormon receive the Priesthood when Lehi was of the tribe of Manasseh? Made another thread because of a typo in the title of the other. Lock the other one. Thanks.

"little lower than the gods" makes more sense because I've seen that sometimes the term "angel" can refer to other people, not actual angels.

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. These verses are Paul addressing the Hebrews...duh. In these particular verses he speaks of the Father and then the Son. You notice I bolded a certain part in verse 4. In verse 4 we see Paul talking about the Son who is Jesus Christ. What exactly does Paul mean when he says Jesus was made better than the angels? When I think of the term "made" in this sense I think of the word created.

Never mind. Found it. It's in John 16.

New Testament please. I recall there being a verse in there where Jesus said more will be revealed at a later time. I know the articles of faith. I'm a member of the church. This particular verse I'm looking for is important.

There's a scripture in the New Testament where Jesus says, I can't remember it word for word, that not everything has been revealed and things would be revealed later on.

Thanks. :) I'm going through it. When I checked out the pages at the bookstore there was a part that actually said having a closed canon of scripture came from the Gnostics and it's considered a heresy so I'm looking for that part.

They don't have it. That's why I want to read it online.

Revelation speaks of how two will prophesy in Jerusalem and will be killed.

Is there a place online where I can read the book called How Greek Philosophy Corrupted the Christian Concept of God for free? I saw it at the temple bookstore near the Columbia, SC temple and it seems really interesting from the couple of pages I looked at.

You people need to reread the question. "Is everyone equal according to God?" The answer to that is a very simple yes. Just because people think not everyone is equal doesn't make it so. The scriptures state God loves everyone equally and isn't a respecter of persons so I prefer to go by what the scriptures say. It's really surprising and sad to see members of the church say nobody is equal despite what the scriptures say. Sure, Abraham says some people are smarter than others. That doesn't make the smarter person better. To be smarter and then think that makes you superior is prideful. Jesus, the Son of God, is certainly smarter but he didn't say he is superior. That would demean his humble nature. He loves everyone equally because the Father does. Jesus was fair to everyone because the Father is. That shows the Father does treat everyone the same. Take the 2nd Coming for example. Some will go to the degrees of glory and others will not. Regardless, He's treating them equally because He will judge them on the same thing: their works.

The end result is the same regardless of using equipment.

Plural marriage is an example of doctrine changing. God Himself changed some things. We have "thou shalt not kill". God has used armies in the Old Testament. Also, He commanded Abraham to kill Isaac. Sure, God only did so to test Abraham's obedience but it doesn't change the fact that He still commanded Abraham to sacrifice his own son.

If you were around in the times of the apostles of old would you have asked Paul that same question when he called people ignorant?

Think about your own statement. The women will receive blessings for supporting the Priesthood. So yes, women will be exalted too.

Yea, doctrines change. You should go to Institute. That's something you'll learn.

Considering the shorter person can simply get a ladder, no, that doesn't make you superior.

God loves both and sees neither as being better than the other. If God created certain people to be better than others then he'd be a respecter of persons and the scriptures directly say He is not a respecter of persons.

Thus the equality is demonstrated in your comment.

One example someone gave was the fact that only guys can hold the Priesthood. However, I think this is an example of equality, not inequality. The men hold the Priesthood and the women bring life into the world with help from the men of course. Even with that being said, the women still receive blessings for simply supporting the Priesthood.

Intelligence doesn't have anything to do with equality. Being smarter than someone doesn't mean you're better than them or that they're below you. The exception is Jesus Christ since he's the Savior.

Same here. And that's the thing, the people didn't say who taught this so-called "teaching".

I know this seems obvious, I just wanted to get some opinions. I was on a LDS chatroom today and surprisingly there were members of the church saying people are not equal. Beyond that, they stated the church has even taught not everyone is equal.

Those are the obvious ones. I'm talking about things such as the different creeds of Constantinople as well as others that many are unaware of.