My Response to "The Perfect Mousetrap" --Final Thoughts

My Response to "The Perfect Mousetrap" --Final Thoughts

- Part 3

Several years ago, I emailed Denver and asked “do we really have an opportunity for Zion”.  He has subsequently made it clear that the hope for Zion was very real and possible in his lifetime. In this talk he has reiterated that hope. “… there is no other group with a present hope for Zion”. But a hope is not a promise and although the semester isn’t over, at present, we are receiving a failing grade. I based that on these statements:

“We are awful people. (there’s an important distinction between people and persons). 

We are filthy”. 

“… we are so far a field from where we need to be that the devil rejoices…”. 

“…the vanity, foolishness and pride of these people!”

I hear in these words, righteous judgment of the whole group (the people) yet refraining from judging any individual person. 

“our fears, jealousy, shame, guilt separate us from God and each other”. Holy Order 2.

“Maybe the current generation emerging from the LDS mindset cannot accomplish the needed maturity and emotional resilience to become of one mind and one heart. Perhaps we will need 40 years for that generation to pass away before the youth can finish the trek. Assuming the individual responsibility to handle conflict responsibly and charitably may be beyond our current group’s capacity, there will hopefully be another subsequent generation that rises to meet the challenge.”

Then he applies Christ’s prophecy in 3rd Nephi to us. (3rd Nephi 7:5)

“I fear that we are all lifted up in the pride of our hearts above all nations and above all the people of the whole earth, and filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, because we will not confess our failings but cover ourselves in the cloak of piety.”

That prophecy ends with “if they shall do all these things, and shall reject the fullness of my gospel, ….”

If the first part of Christs prophecy applies to us, as Denver fears, does the second half apply to us as well? If we do not receive the invitation to repent have we rejecting the fullness of the gospel?

“…Behold, saith the Father, I’ll take the fulness of My gospel away from them.” (CofC wording).

What would that look like? How would the Father take the fullness away from us?

The Glossary defines  “The fullness of the Gospel consists of asking God, receiving answers, revelations, knowledge, and finally, in the Second Comforter.” (The Second Comforter, 114)

I believe that we have Denver’s view, but not yet the Lord’s.

Putting these warnings and concerns together, I believe we are at risk to loose our opportunity for Zion, loose our teacher, loose our ability to get answers from the King if we fail to receive this message. We would be in a somewhat similar place to where the Nauvoo saints were in July of 1844. It is a sobering time. Time to repent. 

McKay

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