Equality

Scriptures using the word “equality”:

for I mean not that other people be eased
while you are burdened
but by an equality
that now
at this time
your abundance may be a supply for their want
that their abundance also may be a supply for your want
that there may be equality

2 Corinthians 8:13-14

and

and when the priests left their labor
to impart the word of god unto the people
the people also left their labors to hear the word of god
and when the priest had imparted unto them the word of god
they all returned again diligently unto their labors
and the priest
not esteeming himself above his hearers
for the preacher was no better than the hearer
neither was the teacher any better than the learner
and thus they were all equal
and they did all labor
every man according to his strength

Alma 1:26

and

that you may be equal in the bonds of heavenly things
yea
and earthly things also
for the obtaining of heavenly things
for if you are not equal in earthly things
then you cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things
for if you will that I give unto you a place in the celestial world
you must prepare yourselves
by doing the things which I have commanded you
and required of you

D&C 78:5-7

Questions:

Does God care about equality?

• If so, in what way do they care about it?

Does God care about fairness?

• If so, in what way?

How are the answers affected by the definitions of:

• equity = The quality of being equal, even-handed dealing, what is fair and right.
• justice = The maintenance of what is correct or proper, the giving of deserved consequences.
• righteousness = The state of being just or true, conforming to the accepted standards of law

for the kingdom of god is not food and drink
but righteousness
and peace
and joy in the holy spirit

Romans 14:17

but seek first the kingdom of god
and his righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto you

Matthew 6:33

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A Small Stone

The scriptures describe the acts of God being accomplished by “small” and “simple” means – meaning that great and miraculous effects are often brought about through seemingly insignificant causes.  A simple example of this principle is in the actions that have been done though the use of a small stone.  An arrangement of organic materials and minerals, yet in many cases, they can bring marvelous things to pass.

Show your faith:

and it came to pass
that the brother of Jared
…
did molten out of a rock
sixteen small stones
and they were white and clear
even as transparent glass
and he did carry them in his hands
upon the top of the mount
and cried again unto YHVH
saying

O YHVH
look upon me in pity
and turn away your anger from your people
and suffer not that they shall go forth
across this raging deep
in darkness
but
behold these things
which I have molten out of the rock
and I know
O YHVH
that you have all power
and can do whatsoever you will
for the benefit of humankind
therefore
touch these stones
O YHVH
with thy finger
and prepare them
that they may shine forth
in darkness
and they shall shine forth
unto us
in the vessels which we have prepared
that we may have light
while we shall cross the sea
behold
O YHVH
you can do this
we know that you are able to show forth great power
which looks small to the understanding of men

We can take something small and simple, offer it to the Lord in faith [trusting that He will do anything that His people ask of Him in faith], and have that thing transformed into the very thing we require.

Slay your enemies:

and it came to pass
when the Philistine arose
and came and drew nigh to meet David
that David hurried
and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine
and David put his hand in his bag
and took from inside a stone
and slung it
and smote the Philistine in his forehead
that the stone sunk into his forehead
and he fell upon his face to the earth
so David prevailed over the Philistine
with a sling and with a stone
and smote the Philistine
and slew him
but there was no sword in the hand of David

We can turn away from the “weapons” of the world [the swords and the armor that have not been “proven”] and instead trust in the Lord to fulfill our need with the simple “stones” we are comfortable with using.

Send away your accusers:

they say unto Jesus

master
this woman was taken in adultery
in the very act
now Moses
in the law
commanded us that such should be stoned
but what do you say?

this they said
tempting him
that they might have reason to accuse him
but Jesus stooped down
and with his finger wrote on the ground
as though he heard them not
so when they continued asking him
he lifted up himself
and said unto them

he that is without sin
among you
let him first cast a stone at her

and again he stooped down
and continued writing on the ground
and they which heard it
being convicted by their own conscience
went out one by one
until Jesus was left alone
and the woman standing in the midst
when Jesus had lifted himself up
and saw none but the woman
he said unto her

woman
where are those who had accused you?
is there no man to condemn you?

she said

no man
lord

and Jesus said unto her

neither do I condemn you
go
and sin no more

The principle upon which the atonement works is that only accusers will be accused and only condemners will be condemned. Using a simple stone, the atonement can remove any and all accusers – leaving a sinner, sitting alone with Jesus and forgiven.

All of this done by the small and simple means of a stone.

then the white stone
mentioned in Revelation 2:17
will become a urim and thummim
to each individual who receives one
whereby things pertaining to a higher order of kingdoms
will be made known
and a white stone is given
to each of those who come into the celestial kingdom
whereon is a new name written
which no one knows except the person that received it
the new name is the key word

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The brides of Satan

It’s been much too quiet on this blog the last few months, so methinks I’ll stir the pot somewhat and give a little taste of some of the new stuff I’ve been mulling over.

Here is a comparison between heavenly Father’s plan and the one espoused by Lucifer:

Under God’s plan:

Most souls would be saved, some would be lost.

Under Lucifer’s plan:

All souls would be saved.

Under God’s plan:

Moral agency (freedom to choose good and evil) would be retained.

Under Lucifer’s plan:

Moral agency would be removed.

Under God’s plan:

Salvation would be guaranteed on conditions of faith in Jesus Christ and repentance.  (Faith and repentance would be required.)

Under Lucifer’s plan:

Salvation would be guaranteed without conditions.  (Faith and repentance would not be required.)

Under God’s plan:

Mankind would sin and fall.

Under Lucifer’s plan:

Mankind would not sin and fall.

Under God’s plan:

The Only Begotten (Jesus Christ) would come down to earth and suffer and die to atone for sin, saving only those who exercised faith unto repentance.

Under Lucifer’s plan:

The Only Begotten (Lucifer) would come down to earth and, using his almighty power, take full control, saving all mankind.

Under God’s plan:

The potential inheritance would include 3 kingdoms of glory, 1 kingdom without glory (outer darkness), the opportunity to become either gods, angels or devils, and a hierarchy of men over women (see 1 Cor. 11:3) and husbands over wives (see Eph. 5:23).

Under Lucifer’s plan

The potential inheritance would consist of 2 degrees of glory, the top degree inhabited by Lucifer alone as the one singular god and the bottom degree inhabited by everyone else, with full equality for everyone in the bottom degree (i.e., no differentiation between men and women.)

The two plans had gender appeal

Heavenly Father’s plan appealed to male spirits, His sons.  When presented with two options, it is the nature of men to choose the one that offers the greatest return.  That would be God’s plan, which allowed the potential to become gods just like heavenly Father.  Also, spirits would be required to do something (exercise faith and repentance), giving a sense of accomplishment (however small), which men love to feel.  The plan created a challenge to overcome (sin and death) and men love challenges.  Men also love and thrive in untrammeled freedom and this plan granted moral agency.  Lastly, it created kingdoms, with men ruling as kings.  All of these things appeal specifically and directly to the masculine nature.

Lucifer’s plan appealed to female spirits, heavenly Father’s daughters.  When given two options, it is the nature of women to choose the one that appears less risky.  That would be Lucifer’s plan, which guaranteed salvation to all with absolutely no conditions required.  His plan created a sense of safety and security, which women love to feel.  All would be treated equally, with no one (but Lucifer) ruling over anyone else.  Lucifer’s plan appealed directly and specifically to the feminine nature, for women were his target audience.

Which one was the alpha male (in the eyes of women), Jesus or Lucifer?

Jesus Christ would come down in meekness and humility and would suffer and die, saving most but not all of God’s children.  He is even called the Lamb of God.

In contrast, Lucifer would come down and utilize the almighty powers of God to save every last one of us, becoming the only dominant force in existence, everything else being essentially powerless and submissive to him.  He would be very much like a wolf.

Women are by nature attracted to alpha males

Need I say more?

About that one-third that followed Satan…

The devil’s cunning plan was to get every last female spirit child of heavenly Father pair-bonded to him, giving him more than 50% of the vote, and then he could take control of the kingdom.

To explain, here is what we know: one-third of the hosts of heaven followed Lucifer and rebelled against heavenly Father, getting kicked out of heaven with him.  These spirits essentially committed spiritual suicide, suffering a spiritual death, giving all their agency to Lucifer, that he might succeed in his plan.

Now, we do not know how many of these lost (spiritually dead) spirits that went with him (the one-third) were males and how many were females, but we know that there are five possibilities:

The 1/3 were all male.

The 1/3 were all female.

The 1/3 were mixed, a majority being male and a minority being female.

The 1/3 were mixed, a majority being female and a minority being male.

The 1/3 were mixed, exactly half being male and half being female.

Given the fact that Lucifer’s plan appealed specifically and directly to female spirits and their natures and did not appeal at all to male spirits and their natures, it is logical to assume that the 1/3 were all female.

1/3 is also 2/6

Going on that assumption, some interesting things start to show up, when viewing the gospel with this in mind.  First of all, 1/3 of the host of heaven can also be expressed as the fraction 2/6.  As it is more convenient to use 2/6 to show these interesting things, this is what I’ll use from now on.

The heavenly hosts are represented by the fraction 6/6.  Everyone assumes that exactly half of heavenly Father’s children were male and half were female, and it is a good and logical assumption, so let’s go with that.  So, 3/6 were male and 3/6 were female.

Lucifer took with him 2/6 of the hosts, leaving 4/6 behind.  If those 2/6 were all female spirits, that left only 1/6 of the heavenly hosts behind that were female, along with 3/6 of the hosts that were male.  Thus, for every 1 female left behind, there were 3 males also left behind.

Again, Lucifer took 1/3 of the entire host, but 2/3 of the female host—the female host comprised 3/6 of the total and he took 2/6, or two-thirds of that portion—leaving only 1/3 of the female host behind.  This may help to explain why there is a doctrine of polyandry in the D&C 132 text.

Pair-bonding saved the rest

Lucifer, the alpha male, with the alpha male plan, went around recruiting among the female heavenly hosts.  And those who joined with him, joined with him.  In other words, these female spirits pair-bonded to him.  As more females pair-bonded to him, accepting his plan as their own plan, he would become even more attractive to the rest of the un-pair-bonded females, for alpha males always end up having the most females, and Lucifer had more than anyone else.

At some point Lucifer had acquired fully 2/6 of the heavenly hosts, which were 2/3 of the female hosts.  Why couldn’t he get the last 1/6 hosts that were female?  It may have been that while he was preaching his plan and pair-bonding with all the females listening to him, increasing his harem of wives, other females were also pair-bonding with other male spirit children of heavenly Father.  Once pair-bonded to a male spirit, a female spirit didn’t budge.  Where her male went, she went.  As these other males were for Christ, Lucifer could acquire no more female spirits, for there were no more un-bonded females.  2/6 were pair-bonded to him alone, and the other 1/6 were pair-bonded to males who followed Christ.  Thus, Lucifer was frustrated in his plan.

Now, as I stated above, had Lucifer gotten all the females, he would have been able to overpower God and wrest the kingdom away from him.  That is because 50% (all the female spirits) + 1 (Lucifer) is the tipping point.  Once he had all this agency given to him, he could overpower the rest.

Evidence that this may be correct

The endowment shows that the devil tempted Adam first and failed, but had full confidence that Eve would fall.  He then tempted Eve and succeeded.   He then got her to tempt Adam and succeeded in getting him to fall, by tempting him through his pair-bonded partner.  The devil is highly skilled at tempting and using women when they are apart from men, but he fails when they are pair-bonded and cleaving to them (for Adam and Eve clave to each other after the fall and the devil could do nothing against them.)  This shows that Satan has a very deep understanding of women and is more skilled at tempting them than at tempting men.

Another evidence is that the kingdom of the devil, called Babylon, and also the church of the devil, also called Babylon, is always spoken of in female terms.  She is the whore of all the earth, the mother of harlots, committing fornication with the nations.  It may be that this is not just symbolism, but a direct reflection of the fact that the angels of the devil, which comprise his kingdom, are all female spirits.

Now, there is more evidence I can present and many more things I can say about this, but I just wanted to give a small taste.  If I have more time I will put all the new stuff online and tie it all together, but this should be sufficient to ponder about, especially as one considers the possible implications.  Lastly, this is all conjecture.  I haven’t received revelation on this, though it does make a certain sense to me.

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