Emmanuel Goldstein

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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from laronius in Mormon 9:5   
    Something from the Armenian Apocrypha of Adam and Eve.
    This version of the story seems to say that the stipping was of their glory or robes of light. I hope that someday we will get the whole story from a revelation from God. 
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from classylady in The Parable of the Ten Young Girls   
    From Elder Bednar, 2012, October Conference:
    Testimony, Conversion, and the Parable of the Ten Virgins
    I now want to use one of many possible interpretations of the parable of the ten virgins to highlight the relationship between testimony and conversion. Ten virgins, five who were wise and five who were foolish, took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Please think of the lamps used by the virgins as the lamps of testimony. The foolish virgins took their lamps of testimony but took no oil with them. Consider the oil to be the oil of conversion.
    “But the wise took oil [of conversion] in their vessels with their lamps [of testimony].
    “While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
    “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
    “Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps [of testimony].
    “And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil [even the oil of conversion]; for our lamps [of testimony are weak and] are gone out.
    “But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves” (Matthew 25:4–9).
    Were the five wise virgins selfish and unwilling to share, or were they indicating correctly that the oil of conversion cannot be borrowed? Can the spiritual strength that results from consistent obedience to the commandments be given to another person? Can the knowledge obtained through diligent study and pondering of the scriptures be conveyed to one who is in need? Can the peace the gospel brings to a faithful Latter-day Saint be transferred to an individual experiencing adversity or great challenge? The clear answer to each of these questions is no.
    As the wise virgins emphasized properly, each of us must “buy for ourselves.” These inspired women were not describing a business transaction; rather, they were emphasizing our individual responsibility to keep our lamp of testimony burning and to obtain an ample supply of the oil of conversion. This precious oil is acquired one drop at a time—“line upon line [and] precept upon precept” (2 Nephi 28:30), patiently and persistently. No shortcut is available; no last-minute flurry of preparation is possible.
    “Wherefore, be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the Bridegroom” (D&C 33:17).
    Testimony
    I promise that as we come to a knowledge of the truth and are converted unto the Lord, we will remain firm and steadfast and never fall away. Eagerly we will set aside our weapons of rebellion. We will be blessed with bright light from our lamps of testimony and an ample supply of the oil of conversion. And as each of us becomes more fully converted, we will strengthen our families, our friends, and our associates. Of these truths I testify in the sacred name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein reacted to askandanswer in Mormon 9:5   
    Thanks @Emmanuel Goldstein, this is very interesting, I haven't looked at much apocryphal literature before.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from JohnsonJones in Last Days' Timeline   
    We can gain comfort from knowing that if we are living the gospel honorably, then the Lord will protect us until our time has come. We need not fear, but trust in the Lord's timetable.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from JohnsonJones in Last Days' Timeline   
    I probably has more to do with the parable of the reaping. The wicked will be gathered and burned. I think most people have it backward when it says "Once shall be taken and the other left" the wicked will be the ones taken.
     
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from JohnsonJones in Global Warming – Climate Change   
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from Vort in Mormon 9:5   
    It was also that Adam noticed that she had lost her glory, she had become a mortal telestial being from the celestial or terrestrial glory she had before she partook.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from Traveler in The times of the Pioneers   
    The other day my family and I watched 17 Miracles. I found myself wishing we could have a gathering of saints like they had. The entire message of the film was about going to Zion and I love it. I am so very tired of the garbage of our current times. Living in our times is 100 times more difficult than when the Kingdom of the Saints was on this world.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from Vort in Mormon 9:5   
    Something from the Armenian Apocrypha of Adam and Eve.
    This version of the story seems to say that the stipping was of their glory or robes of light. I hope that someday we will get the whole story from a revelation from God. 
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from Vort in The times of the Pioneers   
    The other day my family and I watched 17 Miracles. I found myself wishing we could have a gathering of saints like they had. The entire message of the film was about going to Zion and I love it. I am so very tired of the garbage of our current times. Living in our times is 100 times more difficult than when the Kingdom of the Saints was on this world.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from Backroads in The times of the Pioneers   
    The other day my family and I watched 17 Miracles. I found myself wishing we could have a gathering of saints like they had. The entire message of the film was about going to Zion and I love it. I am so very tired of the garbage of our current times. Living in our times is 100 times more difficult than when the Kingdom of the Saints was on this world.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from zil2 in Mormon 9:5   
    Something from the Armenian Apocrypha of Adam and Eve.
    This version of the story seems to say that the stipping was of their glory or robes of light. I hope that someday we will get the whole story from a revelation from God. 
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from zil2 in The Parable of the Ten Young Girls   
    From Elder Bednar, 2012, October Conference:
    Testimony, Conversion, and the Parable of the Ten Virgins
    I now want to use one of many possible interpretations of the parable of the ten virgins to highlight the relationship between testimony and conversion. Ten virgins, five who were wise and five who were foolish, took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Please think of the lamps used by the virgins as the lamps of testimony. The foolish virgins took their lamps of testimony but took no oil with them. Consider the oil to be the oil of conversion.
    “But the wise took oil [of conversion] in their vessels with their lamps [of testimony].
    “While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
    “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
    “Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps [of testimony].
    “And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil [even the oil of conversion]; for our lamps [of testimony are weak and] are gone out.
    “But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves” (Matthew 25:4–9).
    Were the five wise virgins selfish and unwilling to share, or were they indicating correctly that the oil of conversion cannot be borrowed? Can the spiritual strength that results from consistent obedience to the commandments be given to another person? Can the knowledge obtained through diligent study and pondering of the scriptures be conveyed to one who is in need? Can the peace the gospel brings to a faithful Latter-day Saint be transferred to an individual experiencing adversity or great challenge? The clear answer to each of these questions is no.
    As the wise virgins emphasized properly, each of us must “buy for ourselves.” These inspired women were not describing a business transaction; rather, they were emphasizing our individual responsibility to keep our lamp of testimony burning and to obtain an ample supply of the oil of conversion. This precious oil is acquired one drop at a time—“line upon line [and] precept upon precept” (2 Nephi 28:30), patiently and persistently. No shortcut is available; no last-minute flurry of preparation is possible.
    “Wherefore, be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the Bridegroom” (D&C 33:17).
    Testimony
    I promise that as we come to a knowledge of the truth and are converted unto the Lord, we will remain firm and steadfast and never fall away. Eagerly we will set aside our weapons of rebellion. We will be blessed with bright light from our lamps of testimony and an ample supply of the oil of conversion. And as each of us becomes more fully converted, we will strengthen our families, our friends, and our associates. Of these truths I testify in the sacred name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from Anddenex in The Parable of the Ten Young Girls   
    From Elder Bednar, 2012, October Conference:
    Testimony, Conversion, and the Parable of the Ten Virgins
    I now want to use one of many possible interpretations of the parable of the ten virgins to highlight the relationship between testimony and conversion. Ten virgins, five who were wise and five who were foolish, took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Please think of the lamps used by the virgins as the lamps of testimony. The foolish virgins took their lamps of testimony but took no oil with them. Consider the oil to be the oil of conversion.
    “But the wise took oil [of conversion] in their vessels with their lamps [of testimony].
    “While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
    “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
    “Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps [of testimony].
    “And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil [even the oil of conversion]; for our lamps [of testimony are weak and] are gone out.
    “But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves” (Matthew 25:4–9).
    Were the five wise virgins selfish and unwilling to share, or were they indicating correctly that the oil of conversion cannot be borrowed? Can the spiritual strength that results from consistent obedience to the commandments be given to another person? Can the knowledge obtained through diligent study and pondering of the scriptures be conveyed to one who is in need? Can the peace the gospel brings to a faithful Latter-day Saint be transferred to an individual experiencing adversity or great challenge? The clear answer to each of these questions is no.
    As the wise virgins emphasized properly, each of us must “buy for ourselves.” These inspired women were not describing a business transaction; rather, they were emphasizing our individual responsibility to keep our lamp of testimony burning and to obtain an ample supply of the oil of conversion. This precious oil is acquired one drop at a time—“line upon line [and] precept upon precept” (2 Nephi 28:30), patiently and persistently. No shortcut is available; no last-minute flurry of preparation is possible.
    “Wherefore, be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the Bridegroom” (D&C 33:17).
    Testimony
    I promise that as we come to a knowledge of the truth and are converted unto the Lord, we will remain firm and steadfast and never fall away. Eagerly we will set aside our weapons of rebellion. We will be blessed with bright light from our lamps of testimony and an ample supply of the oil of conversion. And as each of us becomes more fully converted, we will strengthen our families, our friends, and our associates. Of these truths I testify in the sacred name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from Vort in The Parable of the Ten Young Girls   
    From Elder Bednar, 2012, October Conference:
    Testimony, Conversion, and the Parable of the Ten Virgins
    I now want to use one of many possible interpretations of the parable of the ten virgins to highlight the relationship between testimony and conversion. Ten virgins, five who were wise and five who were foolish, took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Please think of the lamps used by the virgins as the lamps of testimony. The foolish virgins took their lamps of testimony but took no oil with them. Consider the oil to be the oil of conversion.
    “But the wise took oil [of conversion] in their vessels with their lamps [of testimony].
    “While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
    “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
    “Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps [of testimony].
    “And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil [even the oil of conversion]; for our lamps [of testimony are weak and] are gone out.
    “But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves” (Matthew 25:4–9).
    Were the five wise virgins selfish and unwilling to share, or were they indicating correctly that the oil of conversion cannot be borrowed? Can the spiritual strength that results from consistent obedience to the commandments be given to another person? Can the knowledge obtained through diligent study and pondering of the scriptures be conveyed to one who is in need? Can the peace the gospel brings to a faithful Latter-day Saint be transferred to an individual experiencing adversity or great challenge? The clear answer to each of these questions is no.
    As the wise virgins emphasized properly, each of us must “buy for ourselves.” These inspired women were not describing a business transaction; rather, they were emphasizing our individual responsibility to keep our lamp of testimony burning and to obtain an ample supply of the oil of conversion. This precious oil is acquired one drop at a time—“line upon line [and] precept upon precept” (2 Nephi 28:30), patiently and persistently. No shortcut is available; no last-minute flurry of preparation is possible.
    “Wherefore, be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the Bridegroom” (D&C 33:17).
    Testimony
    I promise that as we come to a knowledge of the truth and are converted unto the Lord, we will remain firm and steadfast and never fall away. Eagerly we will set aside our weapons of rebellion. We will be blessed with bright light from our lamps of testimony and an ample supply of the oil of conversion. And as each of us becomes more fully converted, we will strengthen our families, our friends, and our associates. Of these truths I testify in the sacred name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from Maverick in Last Days' Timeline   
    You may be right. No warning for the wicked.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from pam in Last Days' Timeline   
    He quotes a lot of spurious revelations such as the white horse prophecy, something that has been debunked on many occasions by the leadership of the church.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein reacted to mirkwood in Last Days' Timeline   
    Prophecy: Key to the future by Duane Crowther uses a number of spurious (questionable) sources.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from JohnsonJones in Last Days' Timeline   
    Many of the needed events could happen over a very short amount of time. But, I would remind everyone that the Lord said he would come as a thief in the night. I believe the world will be going along as it always has up until the day, or few days of the second coming. Beware of putting limits on the Lord's timetable.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from JohnsonJones in Last Days' Timeline   
    I would also suggest, Prophecy and Modern Times by Cleon Skousen. 
    I would avoid, Prophecy: Key to the future by Duane Crowther.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from Maverick in Last Days' Timeline   
    I would also suggest, Prophecy and Modern Times by Cleon Skousen. 
    I would avoid, Prophecy: Key to the future by Duane Crowther.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from pam in Last Days' Timeline   
    Many of the needed events could happen over a very short amount of time. But, I would remind everyone that the Lord said he would come as a thief in the night. I believe the world will be going along as it always has up until the day, or few days of the second coming. Beware of putting limits on the Lord's timetable.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from Traveler in Any other Star Wars geeks excited?   
    I was feeling good about modern star wars, until this happened:

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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from LDSGator in Political Cults and the worship of the philosophies of man   
    Did I say, become a hermit? I can observe the circus without participating in it. I just feel that the nonsense of political vitriol is a waste of my time. I would rather spend the time on pursuits that I enjoy without becoming embroiled in online controversies that are designed to distract me from living my actual life.
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    Emmanuel Goldstein got a reaction from mikbone in Political Cults and the worship of the philosophies of man   
    Did I say, become a hermit? I can observe the circus without participating in it. I just feel that the nonsense of political vitriol is a waste of my time. I would rather spend the time on pursuits that I enjoy without becoming embroiled in online controversies that are designed to distract me from living my actual life.