The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

Zion and Jerusalem, February 25, 2013

The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

(New Testament | John 7:20)

Dear Bobby Gilpin, good morning to you too.

Dear friend, I also hope all is good on that side of the Atlantic river, but I am not so sure all is well. Believe it or not, or amuse you or not, I had a terrible encounter and exchange with the enemies of all righteousness yesterday. For it is written: The zeal of my Father’s house eats me up, and the reproach of them that reproach him has fallen upon me in these latter days.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

(Old Testament | Psalms 69:9)

It is because the money exchangers of this wicked and perverse generation, have turned my father’s house in a den or robbers. And I believe, as Christ did, I overthrew the table of some if not all the money exchangers. And they got very mad at me. And in extreme persecution, I saw the Devil as an old wolf, white and creamy in appearance in my dreams still persecuting me fiercely. But the Good LORD and merciful LORD provided me wings, good speed and an affordable escape from his grasp. And when he could not fetch me, he bruised my heel and started sniffing and crying to me with a question like this, that now, that I had detected his robbery, that how then, was he going to be able to eat. Then when I was in a safe distance from him, I saw him, sniffing and eating dust. And then I woke up. For it is written.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

(Old Testament | Psalms 69:9)

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

(Old Testament | Genesis 3:14 - 15)

I am not just telling you this. I do not know how it pertains to you other that I told you a day or so ago, that I also fight against spiritual entities of the unseen world.  This is just my way of recording what I see, hear and do in my dreams and of what will shortly come to pass so I do not forger it.  I write all things and this manuscript is one of my books of remembrances.

NOW, Bobby Gilpin you said to me, both the day before yesterday and today all these words:

“Thanks for that bud, I would be interested to know how you feel I am persecuting you? I am guessing that in reality you are using that as a quote from Christ to make a point rather than it is actually the case.

I am still waiting for a response from you on my blog to my last comment so I will wait on that before I respond to above.

love you bud good to be in touch,.

“Morning Miguel, hope all is good.

I like you man, I think we are both similar in that we are very confident of our positions. I have chosen so far to not give very long answers to you as you are putting that much work in, it helps me know where you are coming from early on in our discussions. Its a little amusing that you are using many of the same bible verses I have used with Mormons in the past, this can be done to justify any position but I understand your thought behind it.

I sometimes wish Mormons would stand back and look at how they make themselves sound with this cry of persecution. You are saying that I am persecuting you like the Apostle Paul did with Christians before His conversion, I mean really???? Am I going out there killing Mormons, I am happy to say this is not the case.

My purpose in what I do is to help Mormons see that their salvation is not dependant upon, priesthood authority, or temple ordnances or church attendance or tithing and so on, but rather it is completely and 100% found in trusting in Christ. I know I am going to be with Christ in eternity because I have Him interceding for me and because I carry His righteousness. No sin has been imputed to me certainly through talking to you nor at all as there is no condemnation for those that are in Christ (Romans 8:1)

I would be interested to talk some more to you bud, you can carry on giving me 5 pages of religious speak every time if you want, or just tell me about yourself how long have you been Mormon? Are you a part of the salt lake church or another movement? Where are you from?

Or you can just cry persecution some more, your choice.

Love you bud and talk soon”

And my reply to you and to all that may give heed with all due respect and formality is this:

Indeed Bobby, Indeed the LORD is pleading your cause.  And I am showing you that I love you more than you love me or like me. I have no reservations whatsoever and I do not dispute that I do err in details, but almost never in principle for faith is not a perfect knowledge.  But it is a hard thing to kick against the pricks as you and your companions are doing with a lot of traitors, apostates and dissenters of our church to your own hurt. Have you not read the scriptures that says that the stone that the builders rejected has become the corner stone. And that whosever shall fall upon this rock shall be rent in pieces. And that onto whosoever this stone falls will be grinded unto powder. Here is the law and the testimony:”

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

(Old Testament | Isaiah 28:16 - 17)

(Old Testament | Isaiah 28:16 - 22)

And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

(New Testament | Luke 20:17 - 18)

Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

(New Testament | 1 Peter 2:6 - 8)

Bobby, can’t you see that you are kicking agsint the pricks. Instead of using the light and knowledge that you have in the scriptures, you are using it to attack the greater light.  You are a man of no small reputation. I do not know about the fellows that are with you, but you are a worthy contender and I have not given up on you just yet. And the LORD is calling you to fight for him and his cause and not against him if you are willing as Paul to suffer for his cause.  And only then the scales that are preventing you from seeing the light and truth in the resorted Church of Jesus Christ will being to fall from your eyes and you as Paul becomes worthy to suffer for the kingdom as Paul did.  But how can that happen unless you first exercise faith and take the initiation steps.

Here is the great prologue. Maybe this will help you refresh your memory and reconsider your perspectives against us. In the great prologue perhaps you can see that we are here from the beginning and that we are here to stay forever and ever. You have no chance against us. It is not us who you are fighting but Jesus Christ, our founding father and the rock of eternity. 

THE GREAT PROLOGUE

By

Mark E Petersen.

http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1024

If you were following righteousness as you ignorantly claim, you would be doing Abraham works, or better yet Christ works, for he propitiated a more excellent way.  And He, the LORD did this: He showed to the Father that he would be obedient in all things. Second that he will not put himself above the law. So, he fulfilled all righteousness by doing what? By  coming to us, or by going to John the Baptist, the only authorized and worthy priest of his time, to be property baptized; and to show unto the Father his humility and to be able to return to his exalted position that he held in heaven.  So thus far, Bobby, the works that the LORD did, or that we believe he did we must also do. Therefore, the ritual or sign of baptism is essential, when performed correctly and by the proper authority. This shows the authorities of God on earth and in the heavens that you are willing to make covenants with God obey him in all things. And the heavens in response bestow upon you the gift of the Holy Ghost, by which you can when proven faithful in all things be baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost. And that is barely the entrance or gate of the kingdom of heaven. 

There are other steps to follow and then all is left is to w endure to the end in retaining the remission of our sins. But which convert, but Christ and little children, have not sinned after baptism and before being baptized with fire and of the Holy Ghost If any at all.  If any at all, there are very few or none, for the scriptures tell us that there is not one righteous, not even one. And if there is one, it must be because of the power of the Holy Ghost that guided that person in righteousness.  And no one, not even Christ could have received this right, but until he was himself baptized and followed the first steps that he has commanded us all to follow, if we truly love him. And this is why works are essential up to this point. And because we are not perfect yet, we grow grace by grace until by obedience and sacrifice, among other things, we attain the stature of Christ and are made equal or one him.   Then we proceed with the rest of the ordinances of the gospel you may or may not know about. 

Now, I actually see the same potential in you as Paul in you.  You may even be a priesthood holder with the same privileges as us any of us, pending you repent, you have are properly baptized and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by the lying of hands. And then you can expect to be ordained, but that is a decision that you alone will have to make as we did. But, you may never be in this life, unless you come and get your blessings from us or after you are death you can be ordained with the express purpose so that you can stand in the presence of GOD and face judgment. 

Now, what did Paul say to the LORD when he was struck by the light and became blinded? He asked the LORD something like this. What will you have me do LORD?  The LORD did not even forgive his sins on the spot. But he was directed to go to an elder of the Church, which was already under way and blessed him so he could receive his sight. Then he baptized him, receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and then and there he was sent out into the world with the great commission, to preach the world and to suffer as you see me suffer for righteousness sake. For the LORD had said to him who would baptize him and ordain him, that he would show how much Paul would have to suffer for his redemption and/or for the LORD’s cause.  Before he can be blessed he had three serious days of retrospection in the very gall of bitterness and repenting of all the evil he had committed against the church and the saints. He as per say did not kill anyone, but consented to their death or confabulated or combined with the enemies of Christ and his church as, you Robert Gilpin have been doing all along. Therefore, Paul fasted until his resolution was made to serve God. Here is the law and the testimony:

AND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:  And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And he said, Who art thou, Lord?  And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?  And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias.  And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

(New Testament | Acts 9:1 - 18)

So, as you see,  Paul had to work his salvation with fear and trembling as we must all do. His great spiritual experience when he saw the light and heard the LORD did not in itself save him, much less authorize him to preach the gospel.  Many of you who claim to be born again Christians due to a great spiritual manifestation by the power of the holy Ghost think that that is it, that you are saved, but you have not followed suit or required of the LORD as Paul did when he said: Lord what wilt thou have me do. And if by any chance you did enquire of the LORD the spirit guided you to our church and you investigate us.  Then you are faced with the questions of whether to believe of not believe. At that moment, you are left alone and the spirit withdraws from you until you make your choice. If you follow thru, then you are baptized, and receive the right to have the spirit of GOD with you always as long as you remain faithful and steadfast. It is not required for you to be perfect at first, even thou some miracles can take place in those who truly seek after the truth. But as long as you are sincerely trying the spirit will help you until you are wholly embraced by him as it did with Christ. Only then, you will receive a witness of heaven of the Father, and of the Son and of the truth of all things that are pertaining to your salvation.  And before you know it, you will also receive a testimony of Jesus Christ, which is the spirit of prophecy and revelation and then you will be able to speak with the tongue of angels or as one having authority.  Your convictions or sensations will not only be visual or mental but heart felt or indelible.  

I will now briefly explain how you are persecuting me and even killing me. And I warn your that we do not deny the scriptures or use them to justify just any point but the truth.  You see, you are fulfilling prophecy. You are saying to me the exact same thing that those who intended to destroy Jesus, his saints and his church did say to him.

The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

(New Testament | John 7:20)

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

(New Testament | John 8:40)

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin?  And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

(New Testament | John 8:45 - 47)

In the end, for preaching the truth and for declaring the iniquities of the people Jesus was Crucified and Killed.  So where a great many of the prophets, saints and apostles before and after him, William Tyndale, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, among others included. Do I need to give you any more explanations? Therfore, I am not delusional as you may suppose when I also say why are you trying to kill me. The pattern is the same, only a different messenger. As a matter of fact, last night, in the visions of the night dream, I saw a ravenous old wolf or the devil in pursuit running in all his might to attack me. As I said before, we have come to overturn the tables of the money exchangers, to break open their piggy bank with which the lucre, to reprove the word for their evil deeds and in so doing we become disturbers and annoyer of the kingdom of the devil. And for this we are persecuted and hated.

Here is another example of how you are trying to kill me, similar to the experience of Paul which adds or reaffirm the doctrines of the Bible and to overthrow your carnal reasoning and your false doctrines. Do you remember the conversion of Alma the younger in the book of Mormon?  You should read it. You will learn much about yourself by doing that. He was  already a member of the church, but  an unbelieving one. He and the sons of Mosiah, the last standing King before the government of the Judges, they as you were perverting the right ways of the LORD and becoming a great hindrance to those who were truly seeking the truth.  They were persecuting the church and murdering them spiritually, inasmuch that when the missionaries got to them, they believe not in them.  How did they do that? By Lies, by deceptions and calumnies as you are also doing, but pretending that you are doing the LORD’s work, even as the Murderous INQUISITORS who murdered a lot of saints and Jews. And you are one of them. Here is the account of these things that justifies what I have just mentioned about them, because as you, they once were the vilest of sinners.

Now the sons of Mosiah were numbered among the unbelievers; and also one of the sons of Alma was numbered among them, he being called Alma, after his father; nevertheless, he became a very wicked and an idolatrous man.  And he was a man of many words, and did speak much flattery to the people; therefore he led many of the people to do after the manner of his iniquities. And he became a great hinderment to the prosperity of the church of God; stealing away the hearts of the people; causing much dissension among the people; giving a chance for the enemy of God to exercise his power over them.

And now it came to pass that while he was going about to destroy the church of God, for he did go about secretly with the sons of Mosiah seeking to destroy the church, and to lead astray the people of the Lord, contrary to the commandments of God, or even the king— And as I said unto you, as they were going about rebelling against God, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto them; and he descended as it were in a cloud; and he spake as it were with a voice of thunder, which caused the earth to shake upon which they stood; And so great was their astonishment, that they fell to the earth, and understood not the words which he spake unto them. Nevertheless he cried again, saying: Alma, arise and stand forth, for why persecutest thou the church of God?  For the Lord hath said: This is my church, and I will establish it; and nothing shall overthrow it, save it is the transgression of my people. And again, the angel said: Behold, the Lord hath heard the prayers of his people, and also the prayers of his servant, Alma, who is thy father; for he has prayed with much faith concerning thee that thou mightest be brought to the knowledge of the truth; therefore, for this purpose have I come to convince thee of the power and authority of God, that the prayers of his servants might be answered according to their faith. And now behold, can ye dispute the power of God?  For behold, doth not my voice shake the earth?  And can ye not also behold me before you?  And I am sent from God.

(Book of Mormon | Mosiah 27:8 - 15)

And now Alma and those that were with him fell again to the earth, for great was their astonishment; for with their own eyes they had beheld an angel of the Lord; and his voice was as thunder, which shook the earth; and they knew that there was nothing save the power of God that could shake the earth and cause it to tremble as though it would part asunder. And now the astonishment of Alma was so great that he became dumb, that he could not open his mouth; yea, and he became weak, even that he could not move his hands; therefore he was taken by those that were with him, and carried helpless, even until he was laid before his father. And they rehearsed unto his father all that had happened unto them; and his father rejoiced, for he knew that it was the power of God. And he caused that a multitude should be gathered together that they might witness what the Lord had done for his son, and also for those that were with him. And he caused that the priests should assemble themselves together; and they began to fast, and to pray to the Lord their God that he would open the mouth of Alma, that he might speak, and also that his limbs might receive their strength—that the eyes of the people might be opened to see and know of the goodness and glory of God.

And it came to pass after they had fasted and prayed for the space of two days and two nights, the limbs of Alma received their strength, and he stood up and began to speak unto them, bidding them to be of good comfort: For, said he, I have repented of my sins, and have been redeemed of the Lord; behold I am born of the Spirit. And the Lord said unto me: Marvel not that all mankind, yea, men and women, all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, must be born again; yea, born of God, changed from their carnal and fallen state, to a state of righteousness, being redeemed of God, becoming his sons and daughters; And thus they become new creatures; and unless they do this, they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God. I say unto you, unless this be the case, they must be cast off; and this I know, because I was like to be cast off. Nevertheless, after wading through much tribulation, repenting nigh unto death, the Lord in mercy hath seen fit to snatch me out of an everlasting burning, and I am born of God. My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity.  I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God.  My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more. I rejected my Redeemer, and denied that which had been spoken of by our fathers; but now that they may foresee that he will come, and that he remembereth every creature of his creating, he will make himself manifest unto all.

(Book of Mormon | Mosiah 27:18 - 30)

And the angel spake more things unto me, which were heard by my brethren, but I did not hear them; for when I heard the words—If thou wilt be destroyed of thyself, seek no more to destroy the church of God—I was struck with such great fear and amazement lest perhaps I should be destroyed, that I fell to the earth and I did hear no more. But I was racked with eternal torment, for my soul was harrowed up to the greatest degree and racked with all my sins. Yea, I did remember all my sins and iniquities, for which I was tormented with the pains of hell; yea, I saw that I had rebelled against my God, and that I had not kept his holy commandments. Yea, and I had murdered many of his children, or rather led them away unto destruction; yea, and in fine so great had been my iniquities, that the very thought of coming into the presence of my God did rack my soul with inexpressible horror. Oh, thought I, that I could be banished and become extinct both soul and body, that I might not be brought to stand in the presence of my God, to be judged of my deeds. And now, for three days and for three nights was I racked, even with the pains of a damned soul.

(Book of Mormon | Alma 36:11 - 16)

And thus did the Spirit of the Lord work upon them, for they were the very vilest of sinners.  And the Lord saw fit in his infinite mercy to spare them; nevertheless they suffered much anguish of soul because of their iniquities, suffering much and fearing that they should be cast off forever.

(Book of Mormon | Mosiah 28:4)

Now Bobby, that is the predicament in which I myself was found, for Even though, I have been a member of the church for as long as I can remember, and after strong beliefs, many testimonies and heavenly manifestations, I could not make myself obedient to the commandments of God. I never thought to ever leave the church, but I was one the vilest sinners, even though I had been baptized and was an ordained priest. And I fell or descended very low, even below all things like Paul, Alma and even the sons of Mosiah. And my soul was racked with pain, it was unbearable to bear. Three days of fasting will not cut it for me. The LORD was angry at me. And he was not going to make my return from the pit of hell easy. I had to plead and fast for forty days and forty nights.  Twenty one of them were complete abstinence. MY flesh decayed as if dead. I could feel the vermin of a spiritually dead man crawling around my flesh. And after much trial, the Lord came to me and baptized me with fire and with the Holy Ghost. And I became a new creature, even a new born. On that day O forgot everything and became like a little child.  The sweet Joy I felt when I was born again, was a great or as exquisite as my suffering. As Christ, and those whom I have mentioned above, I became acquainted with grief. On that late and infernal October, Mount Miguel was on fire. Literally.



mt miguel on fire



So great were the sins that I had on me, that on that clear night, somewhere around 4:AM on October 21-21 of 2007, a think cloud gathered from nowhere and surrounded me. I felt that the finger of God touched my forehead. Then the cloud fled to the West from where I live. Then I went back to try to sleep. And when I woke up, I saw in the news that Seven great fires sprang out of no where in the West and said in Very big and bold letters. Mount Miguel is on fire.  And ever since I have preached the gospel of repentance and begun to fire at filthy souls.

I testify that these things are incredible but true. As Joseph Smith said concerning the first vision he had or as Paul before Agrippa, I do not blame people or anyone under heaven for that matter, for not believing me or my story. I would not have believed it myself had I not experienced these things. Ever since, the scriptures are open unto me. Ever since I see and hear things that the natural man cannot see. And because I will not take back my words or deny the truth, I have suffered in great anguish and persecution even the insufferable as if I were the marred servant. As a result, I have been sent to mental hospitals and even to jail, committed against my will to observation and poisoned with deadly substances. The language of prayer or of the scriptures is very threatening to people. And they I suppose are not obligated to believe me and therefore, they have to take by law certain precautions.  I believe much and that is why I see and do much. And as a missionary leader in the area where I am assigned to work, I am sent out to proclaim all these things, first to influence people for good and if not to reprove them or fail them and take away their justification. For if I who was the weakest of the weak repented, so they can if the do a little work. And unless they do what I did or become  born again, they will have to suffer, as we have suffered. And It is better to suffer these things here temporarily than to suffer them forever in the living hell. 

And what the lord says unto one he says unto all. And of these things I testify solemnly and humbly, as one having authority  in the sacred name of Jesus Christ amen.

 Yours Trully From an unworthy servant in the hands of Christ.

Miguel Angel tinoco Rodfriguez

Wherefore, fear and tremble, O ye people, for what I the Lord have decreed in them shall be fulfilled. And verily I say unto you, that they who go forth, bearing these tidings unto the inhabitants of the earth, to them is power given to seal both on earth and in heaven, the unbelieving and rebellious; Yea, verily, to seal them up unto the day when the wrath of God shall be poured out upon the wicked without measure— Unto the day when the Lord shall come to recompense unto every man according to his work, and measure to every man according to the measure which he has measured to his fellow man.

Wherefore the voice of the Lord is unto the ends of the earth, that all that will hear may hear: Prepare ye, prepare ye for that which is to come, for the Lord is nigh; And the anger of the Lord is kindled, and his sword is bathed in heaven, and it shall fall upon the inhabitants of the earth.

And the arm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the day cometh that they who will not hear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his servants, neither give heed to the words of the prophets and apostles, shall be cut off from among the people; For they have strayed from mine ordinances, and have broken mine everlasting covenant; They seek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth old and shall perish in Babylon, even Babylon the great, which shall fall.

And now I speak unto all the ends of the earth

Zion and Jerusalem, February 23, 2013

And now I speak unto all the ends of the earth—that if the day cometh that the power and gifts of God shall be done away among you, it shall be because of unbelief.

(Book of Mormon | Moroni 10:24)

Hearken and Lo, this is the voice as of one who is sent down from on high, who is mighty and powerful, whose voice is unto all men and whose goings are unto the ends of the earth crying repentance in the wilderness. Hearken unto me and listen to my speech which says: Repent, ye repent, and make the path of the LORD straight. Repent ye, Repent ye, and be prepared for that which is to come for the great and dreadful day of the LORD, the God and king of heaven and earth  is nigh at hand, even at the doors. For the LORD has also said that the ax is laid at he root of every tree and every tree that does not being forth good fruit meet for repentance, will he hewn down and cast into the fire from where no traveler returns. Prepare ye, prepare ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For behold the LORD has said:

 

Claude O’Donovan and all of you who are like unto him and despise the truth, the church of GOD, the power, the gifts of GOD and the prophets, against whom do you revile and against whom do sport yourselves?

And now when ye talk, ye say: If our days had been in the days of our fathers of old, we would not have slain the prophets; we would not have stoned them, and cast them out.

(Book of Mormon | Helaman 13:25)

Tell me now, Old man, against who do you open the mouth wide and against whom do you revile or draw out your tongue and bend it like bow and as an arrow shot out with your rhetorical poison? By your words and your treasonous example you have only proven to be a poisonous serpent. What have I done to you? Why do you persecute me? Verity I say unto you, that you may have power to bruise my heel, but the LORD will give me power to Crush your head. For it is him, not me who  questions you saying:

Against whom do ye sport yourselves?  against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue?  are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot

(Old Testament | Isaiah 57:4 - 6)

I wonder why this son of Belial, named Claude O’Donovan, and all the earth and hell is enraged against me. Who am I that the Devil takes great notice of me? Perhaps like Jesus Christ came to turn up the table of the money exchangers or as Joseph Smith, the prophet of the restoration, who was proven to be an annoyer and a disturber of his Kingdom is the reason why the devil and his children hate us so much. I understand them, even the Son of the Living God and also the great prophet of the restoration for they were great and noble ones and chosen before the world was for their great and mighty works.   But Me, Miguel Angel Tinoco Rodriguez, an obscure and an unlearned Elder; even the least of my brethren, who am I?  Who will wake me up, heal me, restore my sanity and my identity and tell me who am I.

:It is the LORD who was awaken me, for he has said unto me.

Awake, awake!  Put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days.  Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 8:9 - 10)

Putting my reflections aside for a moment, today I will answer your questions Claude O’Donovan, for you have asked me.

Miguel Angel Tinoco Rodriguez are you a Lamanite?

Have you turned white yet Miguel or are you still dark and loathsome in Joseph Smiths eyes? Are you from that third of the host of heaven that were lethargic and couldn't care less who were cursed with dark skin? Did your ancestors kill all the white and delightsome Nephites? Do those "BOM/D&C/POGP scriptures condemn you in spite of you zealous defense of them?

1 Nephi 11:13 "...she was exceedingly fair and white."

Mormon 5:17 "They were once a delightsome people..."

3 Nephi 19:25 & 30 "...they were as white as the countenance and also the garments of Jesus; and behold the whiteness thereof did exceed all the whiteness...nothing upon earth so white as the whiteness thereof...they were white, even as Jesus."

1 Nephi 12:23 Indians are ".dark, and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations". Joseph Smith held them in contempt. (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, Vol. 5, pp.218-219)

1 Nephi 13:15 "...they were white, and exceedingly fair and beautiful, likeunto my people [Nephites] before they were slain."

2 Nephi 30:6 "...scales of darkness shall begin to fall...they shall be a white and delightsome people." (changed to "pure" and "delightsome" in 1981) Check the cross-references. (5:21; 3 Nephi 2:15; Jacob 3:8)

The story says the Indians were Hebrews...Not!  Exhaustive  DNA research has proven the native Americans came from mongol stock. No Jewish DNA in them, NONE.

Jacob 3:8-9 "...their skins will be whiter than yours...revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins..."

Alma 23:18 "...[Lamanites] did open a correspondence with them [Nephites]and the curse of God did no more follow them."

3 Nephi 2:14-16 "...Lamanites who had united with the Nephites were numbered among the Nephites; And their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites...became exceedingly fair..."

The claim of Mormon Indians turning white is why a Mormon LDS prophet reported to the Mormons, "I saw a striking contrast in the progress of the Indian people today...they are fast becoming a white and delightsome people...The children in the home placement program in Utah are often lighter than their brothers and sisters on the reservation." (Spencer W. Kimball, Conf. Report, Oct. 1960, p.34)

Do you know any formerly dark skinned but transformed white LDS Mexican Indians?

Miguel, very fortunately for me on January 27, 1980 I became a new born person in the body of Christ in a authentic Christian Church.  One year later I requested that the local Bishop hold proceedings for ex-communication from the Lucerfarian Cult popularly known as The Church of Jesus Crist of Later-Day Saints. I now am full time in the ministry teaching churche congregations about the cult of Mormonism. At the end of each presentation I give them a quiz and ask them to name a religion with the following beliefs, practices and doctrines:

1. Visited by Angel or Angels     

2. Told there is no true religion on earth

3. Believe in a Revised Jesus     
4.  Called to Restore Religion

5.  Three Extra Biblical Books     

6.  Claimed Bible Altered, Corrupted

7.  New Bible from heaven             

8.  It’s books most accurate and reliable

9.  Latter Day Prophet     
10.  Practiced Polygamy

11. Mix of paganism, bible, witchcraft, etc.       
12.  Believe in new revelations

13. It’s founder uneducated.

They always respond "Mormonism" and I reply they only get half credit.

These are the same attributes of Islam.
In other words Mormonism has more in common with Islam than Christianity!

 May you some day come to know the authentic Jesus.

Claude O'Donovan

 

And I Miguel Angel Tinoco Rodriguez Replied to him:

Claude O’Donvan and all those to whom it may concern;

THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH IT WAS RECEIVED IS A RESOUNDING YES TO ALL OF THEM.

First, YES, I AM A LAMANITE OR OF LAMANITE STOCK, as Dark, Repugnant and Loathsome and flat nosed American Indian as they can come even in the eyes of Joseph Smith. It is the truth, and the truth does not offend me in the least whether it comes from God, his prophets or even you. Can a white deny that he is white without lying? Can a black deny that he is black without lying? Or can I deny that I am a Lamanite, a Mormon or a Member of the Church of Jesus Christ without lying? The answer is NO.

But you did not just want me to answer a question which answer you already know. You just wished to stir my heart to anger and to be turned against my brethren of the true church of God as Laman and Lemuel hardened the hearts of their children against the righteous Nephites. And in this endeavor you have failed miserable.

And I can plainly and unquestionably discern your wickedness by the power of God that is in me, that you are worst than before you came to the knowledge of the truth and tasted of the light of Christ and his spirit. And what you have done in your hardened an incredulous heart, will bite you or backfire at you and your children and those that came before you. For you are doing to me or with me exactly what the wicked Ammulonite fallen Priests; and those of the Order of the Nehores, even the synagogue of Satan or the Amalekites, the dissenters, did with the Lamanites when they dissented and rebelled against the Nephites.  You are fulfilling prophecy for of you and your kind it is plainly written:

And thus we can plainly discern, that after a people have been once enlightened by the Spirit of God, and have had great knowledge of things pertaining to righteousness, and then have fallen away into sin and transgression, they become more hardened, and thus their state becomes worse than though they had never known these things.

(Book of Mormon | Alma 24:30)

Like the sons of Eli, Ophni and Finess, you are definitely a son of Belial and now hide behind Christianity to hide your shame and you hypocrisy. You honor God with your lips, but your heart is far away from him. I your heart, you are truly an antichrist for you like the ancients, deny the more part of his gospel even as our scriptures make it manifest saying that you actually belong to the great church of the devil. But that Is not all, there is no truth in you and before you know it, your house is going to be left to you desolate and empty. No truth will be left in you. And in that state you will become more dark and loathsome that the Lamanites in their worst state of degeneration and unbelief. For if this it is written:

And they began to be divided into classes; and they began to build up churches unto themselves to get gain, and began to deny the true church of Christ. And it came to pass that when two hundred and ten years had passed away there were many churches in the land; yea, there were many churches which professed to know the Christ, and yet they did deny the more parts of his gospel, insomuch that they did receive all manner of wickedness, and did administer that which was sacred unto him to whom it had been forbidden because of unworthiness.  And this church did multiply exceedingly because of iniquity, and because of the power of Satan who did get hold upon their hearts. And again, there was another church which denied the Christ; and they did persecute the true church of Christ, because of their humility and their belief in Christ; and they did despise them because of the many miracles which were wrought among them.

(Book of Mormon | 4 Nephi 1:26 - 29)

I am not here to revile against you, it is my duty to respond with the truth for you eternal condemnation. And even though you will not receive my emails, my words will still reach you. What offends me is the intend of your hardened and reviling heart and the racial hatred that is in you against people of color and against American Indians and against the children of Abraham or even the Mormon religion AND ALSO AGAINST THE RELIGION OF Islam who are more faithful TO THEIR CONVITIONS than you or you purported or apostate Christianity. You may no know it yet, but you are an anti-Semite.

Tel me Claude O’DONOVAN, are you the mouthpiece of all Christians? It appears that you are an usurper of authority and are speaking in behalf of them all and laying the fundament or the foundation for their utter destruction like it happened with the people in the city of Ammoniah as recorded in the book of Mormon. And the LORD will not allow this destruction, for it is better than one man perishes than a whole nation of mere believers is destroyed. They are not like you. They do not know the truth because they do no know where to find it. But you, you are willfully rebelling against GOD, like Cain and Judas.

If I were you, I would leave the archers of Islam alone for they will not be so kind as I am. They will not hesitate to shoot you down at first sight. And more particularly beware about speaking evil against the Jews, my blood brethren and against our church for they and us have undeniable scriptures that talk much about angelic or miraculous ministrations from the beginning to the end. These are things that you continually deny. You deny both the power and the gifts of GOD and rely solely upon your filthy reasoning. But the carnal man never new God and never will. Perhaps you forgot to read. It is your filthy word against the words of all the prophets and witnesses of truth. You are a teacher of falsehood, selling that which is free or a blind leading the blind.

And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is. And ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men, the same today and tomorrow, and forever.

(Book of Mormon | Moroni 10:6 - 7)

And wo be unto the children of men if this be the case; for there shall be none that doeth good among you, no not one.  For if there be one among you that doeth good, he shall work by the power and gifts of God. And wo unto them who shall do these things away and die, for they die in their sins, and they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God; and I speak it according to the words of Christ; and I lie not. And I exhort you to remember these things; for the time speedily cometh that ye shall know that I lie not, for ye shall see me at the bar of God; and the Lord God will say unto you: Did I not declare my words unto you, which were written by this man, like as one crying from the dead, yea, even as one speaking out of the dust? I declare these things unto the fulfilling of the prophecies.  And behold, they shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the everlasting God; and his word shall hiss forth from generation to generation. And God shall show unto you, that that which I have written is true.

(Book of Mormon | Moroni 10:25 - 29)

If you gave your students half a credit, the student became smarter than their teacher. I give no part of a Credit at all, if any at all, for Mormonism, and Islam are not the only religions that proclaim and profess heavenly and angelic ministrations. The Jews and their prophets also claim to have had such. That only shows that you do not believe in the bible that you so much claim. That your religion is from lips out or for profit, popularity and gainsaying. And you are comparing all of us to terrorists. I am afraid that you have signed your death sentence. I will publish my words and the LORD will hiss at them that you have insulted and offended and they will hunt you down and shoot you down until you are no more.

I do not know who it is possible that the picture came to look like that of for what purpose the LORD allowed me to take it. But regardless of metamorphosis, the eyes never change.  It is s true picture of me when it was taken. I took the picture a few years ago at the museum of Ancient History in Washington D.C. Barely three years ago and I am not one ashamed of my Lamanite looks. But to your surprise and astonishment, I am A WHITE LAMANITE. I am not learned, but I even speak as the learned.

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

(Old Testament | Isaiah 50:4)

This is why, like the Christ, I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and from spitting. For the Lord GOD will help me; he is near that justifies me. Therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. I told you this before but you would not listen:

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me?  let us stand together: who is mine adversary?  let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me?  lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light?  let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled.  This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

(Old Testament | Isaiah 50:6 - 11)

And to tell you the truth, Claude, I am more than a Lamanite, even a mixture of the seed of Nephi, of Sam, of Jacob, of Joseph the righteous sons of Lehi and of Mulek the son of Zedekiah, the last standing king of the Kingdom of Judah in accordance to the record of the Book of Mormon and of the Jews in the Bible.  I am a living and standing representation of all the twelve tribes of Israel in one. The best and the worst of them is represented in me as it was with David my father in ancient days.

My Patriarchal blessing says that I am from the loins of Ephraim or the house of Joseph, but my skin, customs, traditions and Indian American and Sephardic heritage say that I am both a Mestizo and a Jew. Perhaps I am both or half from the house of Joseph and Half from the tribe of Judah from both my mother and my father side of the family. 

For you information, my surnames are both Jewish, Tinoco and Rodriguez.  I know that Tinoco comes from the house of Joseph, the priests or the seers and prophets of Israel who lived in Timnah or the hilly country where Joshua made his habitation when he entered the promised Land.  

And Rodriguez comes from the house of Jesse, the rulers, kings, magistrates and dignitaries of Israel, for that is the meaning of the name and my family traits of rulers and heads of state prove it. ROD-TREE-JESSE or A Rod or Shoot out of the Stem or out Tree or stock of Jesse.

Hence perhaps the scriptures in Isaiah 11 are referring to me. For in there it is said. There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots. And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him. This is what the spirit of God which rests upon me tells me to tell you:

AND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

(Old Testament | Isaiah 11:1 - 5)

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

(Old Testament | Isaiah 11:10)

Second, to answer your questions whether I am turning white, the answer is another Resounding yes. The LORD has mixed and bound as a foal me into the vine, and my stock as an Ass into the choice vine, where my garments were washed in wine; and my clothes in the blood of grapes. Dow you know what this language means?

Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

(Old Testament | Genesis 49:11 - 12)

It means that I am a lion’s whelp or a JEW. Or that Like Michael Jackson, I am bleaching both spiritually and physically or turning whiter in flesh and in spirit even by the hour. Or that as a Jew from the seed o Zedekiah or as a descendant from Mulek, the LORD united my blood with the blood of Manasseh which is the fruitful vine: and he brought me into the choice vine, which is the seed of Ephraim which is the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, where by faithfulness and obedience to all righteousness, my garments were washed in wine; and my clothes in the blood of grapes. And the result is that when I am full of the Holy Ghost, my eyes turn redder than wine, but my teeth and bones or my spirit is as white as milk. Or what I speak or write is not my own wisdom and understanding, but the will of the LORD who talks to me by day and by night. And my rest is glorious because it is then when he puts his hands over my eyes and he fills me with his light.

Third, Now, those are not you only questions. You also asked of me if we or my fathers utterly destroyed the white Nephites until they ceased to be a nation; or the white race of pure Nephites that inhabited these northern lands of ancient America. And the answer is time and again a resounding YES. But we destroyed them only after they had departed from the LORD and become more degenerated, incredulous and wicked than us or when they became rip for destruction as you.  For the prophecies of the LORD must be fulfilled.  And by reading your hateful, deceptive and entrapping words, words against the covenant people of GOD and against his saints, I have a feeling that the destruction of the Anglo-Saxons, you included is to happen again. And few men are gong to be left.

Claude O’Donovan, with you defiant words, you are kicking against the pricks and you are going to wake up the destroyer warrior that is in us. We are more than two hundred million sleeping giants or lions.   You have forgotten, that the LORD gave us this land by covenant. We are the rightful heirs  and owners of this entire continent. And you are only the temporal hirelings, but only until your time or the times of the gentiles is up. With your words and your evil actions, you are pushing your luck too much, even as a man that has a death wish. And if you are not careful, we are going to be exceedingly angry even as a bull in a net. If you are not careful, you are going to open the bottomless pit and the result is a very angry army.

For of this it is also written both in the Bible and in the Book of Mormon, that We, the covenant people of the LORD will rise up against our adversaries, even all the unrepentant gentiles. That THE LORD will arm his people with horns or iron and with hoofs of brass. Do you know what this language means Claude O’Donovan?

Earlier you called me a goat and told me to enjoy it. I kinda want to follow your advice.  Have you seen a goat with an iron horn and with hoofs of brass lately? Imagine the LORD conducting his own operation Fast and Furious. Do you know what the Mohicaans or Mexi-Cans call Cuerno de Chivo or Goat’s Horn? If you haven’t you have not seen or felt the terror of an M16 and an AK47 and its nails or hoofs or brass penetrating and tearing apart your skin as a Lion tears up a sheep or a gazelle.  

The borders are open, if you have not noticed it. And it is written that we will be in the midst of you who will be many. And that we will be in your midst as Lions hunting game in the midst of beast of the forest that when terror approaches there is none to deliver from them.  Here are the scriptures about the Lord’s strange act or his own Fast and Furious Operation against all the nations of the unrepentant gentiles.  

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

(Old Testament | Micah 4:13)

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

(Old Testament | Micah 5:7 - 15)

And I say unto you, that if the Gentiles do not repent after the blessing which they shall receive, after they have scattered my people— Then shall ye, who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among them; and ye shall be in the midst of them who shall be many; and ye shall be among them as a lion among the beasts of the forest, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

And I will gather my people together as a man gathereth his sheaves into the floor.  For I will make my people with whom the Father hath covenanted, yea, I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass.  And thou shalt beat in pieces many people; and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.  And behold, I am he who doeth it.

And it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that the sword of my justice shall hang over them at that day; and except they repent it shall fall upon them, saith the Father, yea, even upon all the nations of the Gentiles.

And it shall come to pass that I will establish my people, O house of Israel. And behold, this people will I establish in this land, unto the fulfilling of the covenant which I made with your father Jacob; and it shall be a New Jerusalem.  And the powers of heaven shall be in the midst of this people; yea, even I will be in the midst of you.

(Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 20:15 - 22)

Fourth and last but not least, yes to your very last question, the red strip of the red horse of war is already bound with the white strip of the white horse of peace, inseparably connected and I will still defend them, because they are my friends and companions. If needs be I am with them even to the destruction of all their enemies. Because if it were not for Joseph Smith and the prophets that followed and the nourishment that has come to us thru the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days saints, we would still be today a dark, repugnant and loathsome people. Now we know how to walk in the light. And one day our skin will shine more than yours. For of this it is also written:

Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins, are more righteous than you; for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father—that they should have save it were one wife, and concubines they should have none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them.

And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore, because of this observance, in keeping this commandment, the Lord God will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them; and one day they shall become a blessed people.

Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives love their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you is because of the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than they, in the sight of your great Creator?

O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God.

Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word of God, that ye revile no more against them because of the darkness of their skins; neither shall ye revile against them because of their filthiness; but ye shall remember your own filthiness, and remember that their filthiness came because of their fathers.

Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye have grieved their hearts because of the example that ye have set before them; and also, remember that ye may, because of your filthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sins be heaped upon your heads at the last day.

O my brethren, hearken unto my words; arouse the faculties of your souls; shake yourselves that ye may awake from the slumber of death; and loose yourselves from the pains of hell that ye may not become angels to the devil, to be cast into that lake of fire and brimstone which is the second death.

(Book of Mormon | Jacob 3:5 - 11)

Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey?  will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him?  shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid?  shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear?  the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

(Old Testament | Amos 3:4 - 8)

These things I say humbly but firmly and testify that they are true and faithful. And I do these things, which deeply grieve my soul and debilitate it, as a result of the destruction that awaits you, for I do not take glory in the destruction of the wicked. But I am constrained to write both before and after the fact, in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.

 Attentively Yours From an unworthy servant in the hands of Christ

Miguel the Lamanite.

Behold ye, the people of this great city, and hearken unto my words; yea, hearken unto the words which the Lord saith; for behold, he saith that ye are cursed because of your riches, and also are your riches cursed because ye have set your hearts upon them, and have not hearkened unto the words of him who gave them unto you. Ye do not remember the Lord your God in the things with which he hath blessed you, but ye do always remember your riches, not to thank the Lord your God for them; yea, your hearts are not drawn out unto the Lord, but they do swell with great pride, unto boasting, and unto great swelling, envyings, strifes, malice, persecutions, and murders, and all manner of iniquities. For this cause hath the Lord God caused that a curse should come upon the land, and also upon your riches, and this because of your iniquities. Yea, wo unto this people, because of this time which has arrived, that ye do cast out the prophets, and do mock them, and cast stones at them, and do slay them, and do all manner of iniquity unto them, even as they did of old time.

(Book of Mormon | Helaman 13:21 - 24)

And now when ye talk, ye say: If our days had been in the days of our fathers of old, we would not have slain the prophets; we would not have stoned them, and cast them out.

Behold ye are worse than they; for as the Lord liveth, if a prophet come among you and declareth unto you the word of the Lord, which testifieth of your sins and iniquities, ye are angry with him, and cast him out and seek all manner of ways to destroy him; yea, you will say that he is a false prophet, and that he is a sinner, and of the devil, because he testifieth that your deeds are evil.

But behold, if a man shall come among you and shall say: Do this, and there is no iniquity; do that and ye shall not suffer; yea, he will say: Walk after the pride of your own hearts; yea, walk after the pride of your eyes, and do whatsoever your heart desireth—and if a man shall come among you and say this, ye will receive him, and say that he is a prophet. Yea, ye will lift him up, and ye will give unto him of your substance; ye will give unto him of your gold, and of your silver, and ye will clothe him with costly apparel; and because he speaketh flattering words unto you, and he saith that all is well, then ye will not find fault with him.

O ye wicked and ye perverse generation; ye hardened and ye stiffnecked people, how long will ye suppose that the Lord will suffer you?  Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind guides?  Yea, how long will ye choose darkness rather than light?

Yea, behold, the anger of the Lord is already kindled against you; behold, he hath cursed the land because of your iniquity. And behold, the time cometh that he curseth your riches, that they become slippery, that ye cannot hold them; and in the days of your poverty ye cannot retain them. And in the days of your poverty ye shall cry unto the Lord; and in vain shall ye cry, for your desolation is already come upon you, and your destruction is made sure; and then shall ye weep and howl in that day, saith the Lord of Hosts.  And then shall ye lament, and say:

O that I had repented, and had not killed the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out.  Yea, in that day ye shall say: O that we had remembered the Lord our God in the day that he gave us our riches, and then they would not have become slippery that we should lose them; for behold, our riches are gone from us. Behold, we lay a tool here and on the morrow it is gone; and behold, our swords are taken from us in the day we have sought them for battle. Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away from us, because of the curse of the land. O that we had repented in the day that the word of the Lord came unto us; for behold the land is cursed, and all things are become slippery, and we cannot hold them.

Behold, we are surrounded by demons, yea, we are encircled about by the angels of him who hath sought to destroy our souls.  Behold, our iniquities are great.  O Lord, canst thou not turn away thine anger from us?  And this shall be your language in those days. But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not obtain; and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity, which thing is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head. O ye people of the land, that ye would hear my words!  And I pray that the anger of the Lord be turned away from you, and that ye would repent and be saved.

(Book of Mormon | Helaman 13:25 - 39)