NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

"How firm a foundation, ye Saints of the Lord,

Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!

What more can he say than to you he hath said,

Who unto the Savior, who unto the Savior,

Who unto the Savior for refuge have fled? "

Zion and Jerusalem, May 17, 2015

NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

(New Testament | Hebrews 11:1)

My dear friend Bryan Jones,

Peace be unto you. This errand is in express response to your heart felt and faithful inquiry.  The answers to all of your questions or concerns were given to you by the Holy Ghost in your very own response to me thru the Orson Pratt Clip you shared with me; and for which I am grateful, for as me you are also concerned and anxious with regards to  the building up of Zion.  NO man can do it, that is to rightfully gather the people to go forth to build the new Jerusalem without the express help and presence of the LORD himself for of this it is written:

  If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

(Old Testament | Exodus 33:15)

I have indeed prayed unto the LORD and sought diligently his mind and his authorized counsel to give you an answer of peace agreeable to all concerned parties.  It is him the LORD Jesus Christ,  who directs my words;  and it is HE who will disclose his answer of peace unto you in a proper and satisfactory way because it is written that everyone that ask in faith does certainly receive; and everyone that seeks diligently does actually find what he is looking for; and because everyone that knocks with true intent, an effectual door is opened unto them. But he that has a double mind, or who doubts cannot expect to receive from GOD because that type of person is like a leaf that is carried by every wind of false doctrine and is prone to land in a furnace of fire; or, like the waves of the sea that are carried back and forth by the wind until they crash in the rocky ridges of the tundras to be broken and rise no more.

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.  For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

(New Testament | James 1:4 - 8)

My job hereunto is simple. I am here to humbly, meekly and in the fear of the LORD point out and disclose systematically where the answers you are seeking are located in the script you sent me.  I have reason to believe that I am only acting by and under the highest apostolic commandment given to me, to you,  and to the church of Jesus Christ. I did not call or chose myself. The church knows that I have authority as long as I remain true and faithful to my covenants and do not exercise unrighteous dominion upon any soul, except thru persuasion and influence by the power of the gift bestowed upon me.   It is written in my patriarchal blessing that I will do what I am doing with you today for your benefit and for the benefit of a great many people. Let the LORD receive all the honor, power and glory for it is his work, not mine.  This work as recited, will, in hope of the LORD, give unto you any anyone in search for truth, some evidence of the reason and the hope that is in me and which you seek.  And I act within my priesthood boundaries which are well defined in the book of doctrine and covenant s that say:

The duty of the elders, priests, teachers, deacons, and members of the church of Christ

An apostle is an elder, and it is his calling to baptize; and to ordain other elders, priests, teachers, and deacons.  And to administer bread and wine—the emblems of the flesh and blood of Christ— And to confirm those who are baptized into the church, by the laying on of hands for the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost, according to the scriptures.  And to teach, expound, exhort, baptize, and watch over the church.  And to confirm the church by the laying on of the hands, and the giving of the Holy Ghost.  And to take the lead of all meetings.

The elders are to conduct the meetings as they are led by the Holy Ghost, according to the commandments and revelations of God.

 (Doctrine and Covenants | Section 20:38 - 45)

As you see, I speak with the law and the testimony at hand as directed by the Holy Ghost, confirming the faith of the weak; and according to the commandments and revelations given to us of GOD, always hoping that you find satisfaction, comfort and consolation in my diligence for the express welfare if your soul.  I have no interest whatsoever to teach you or anyone for that matter, my very own reasoning. I have nothing worthwhile to teach or to say of myself.  In other words,  I am just following the timeless words and inspiration of the apostle Peter who foremost mentioned us all and said:

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

(New Testament | 1 Peter 3:15)

First of all, Bryan, the gospel of Jesus Christ relies or is based on a firm foundation, even on the foundation or on the testimony of apostles and prophets about Jesus Christ and his everlasting gospel.  Anything else, said the prophet Joseph Smith, is an appendage of it. It is a patter that has been so established on our light planet since the day of Adam, our first father who is in heaven.

Joseph Smith never claimed to establish a new religion but to initiate a new beginning, a restoration of the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ. "The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all other things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to it" (TPJS, p. 121). He anticipated "a whole and complete and perfect union, and welding together of dispensations, and keys, and powers, and glories…from the days of Adam even to the present time" (D&C 128:18). This restoration would encompass "all the truth the Christian world possessed" (TPJS, p. 376)—including much that had been lost or discarded—and, in addition, revelations "hid from before the foundation of the world" (TPJS, p. 309). His teachings were often in contrast to postbiblical additions, subtractions, and changes. He said that he intended "to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world" (TPJS, p. 366).

Our Need for Living Phttp://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/people/joseph_smith/teachings.htmlrophets

Teachings of the Living Prophets Student Manual, (2010), 4–13

“Since the days of Adam, one way the Lord has communicated His will to His children has been through prophets (see Amos 3:7). Prophets teach us God’s will and reveal His divine character. They are preachers of righteousness and denounce sin, and when inspired to do so, prophets foretell future events. Most importantly, prophets bear witness of Jesus Christ. The Lord promised that if we “give heed” to the words of the prophet, “the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name’s glory” (D&C 21:4, 6). With prophets to guide us, we can be sure of God’s will concerning us. We can be assured that when we follow the counsel of living prophets, we can better navigate through the troubled times we live in.”

https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-the-living-prophets-student-manual/chapter-1-our-need-for-living-prophets?lang=eng

This Gospel of Jesus Christ, the one you and I know as it has been taught to us in the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints for the past 185 years,  is the one that will be preached to all nations, not the gospel of Denver Snuffer or any other gospel given to us by any other man or group of men for that matter.   If Denver Snuffer's faith is not built upon this solid foundation of apostles and prophets, he house is built on a sandy terrain that when worse comes to shovel, his house will plummet or fall.  Is not that where he now lives, in SANDY UTAH?


For it is plainly written that whomsoever preaches any another gospel, even if it is a Zionist, angelic or even apostolic gospel not in complete harmony with the restored gospel of Jesus Christ agreeable to the laws, commandments and revelations given to us of GOD, which is the same gospel that existed since beginning, that person will be accursed.  If somebody is going to go to build Zion or the New Jerusalem, that command will come thru the prophet of GOD, even is he himself do not want to make the hardship travel.  If somebody wants to build a new United Order model, it has to come thru the head of the church as the many experiments conducted by Brigham Young in his tenure.  This is why, I marvel that you are still doubting, and that are soon removed from him that called you to the grace of Jesus Christ unto another gospel.  I speak to you in the spirit of truth to please GOD and not man. And I perceive that you are in the very same dilemma of the saints in the church of Galatia. Those double minded and wavering saints were troubled by apostates and dissenters in their midst who perverted the gospel of Christ, and to whom the apostle Paul said:.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God?  or do I seek to please men?  for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.  For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

(New Testament | Galatians 1:6 - 12)

And as a reminder or refreshment to those who have forgotten it, the gospel that we preach as revealed to us by Jesus Christ,  is none other than to have faith in Jesus Christ and no other unto repentance. This is so that we consequently are washed away or baptized by immersion for the remission of sins under one with proper authority unto his, or the LORD’s  death.  This is so we can subsequently be justified under the law by fire or receive the gift of the Holy Ghost by the lying on of hands. Only then we are justified or sanctified as if we had never sinned and this is completed only by the grace of the universal atonement of Jesus Christ.  And no one or any other church, sect, party or denomination, despite the torrent of revelation that any one particular man in good standing or disaffected from this church may have received or may continue to receive,  will have the power and authority to administer these ordinances and the ones that follow after it but the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints.  Anything more or less than this comes of evil and it is not the doctrine of Christ.  Because the LORD has said:

THE works, and the designs, and the purposes of God cannot be frustrated, neither can they come to naught. For God doth not walk in crooked paths, neither doth he turn to the right hand nor to the left, neither doth he vary from that which he hath said, therefore his paths are straight, and his course is one eternal round.

Remember, remember that it is not the work of God that is frustrated, but the work of men; for although a man may have many revelations, and have power to do many mighty works, yet if he boasts in his own strength, and sets at naught the counsels of God, and follows after the dictates of his own will and carnal desires, he must fall and incur the vengeance of a just God upon him.

(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 3:1 - 4)

With this information at hand, never losing track the purpose for which they were given, you, I and all parties concerned need to realize that the LORD did not go to all the trouble to bring the ancient Jaredites, Lehites and Mulekites to the new world with intent to restore the everlasting gospel being lost for so long a period just to be given to another people.  

The LORD will not contradict himself ever, by appointing a stranger, and even though all his people become corrupt, he will force anyone to do his bidding or the right thing if it fits his purposes and only then that wicked man will be destroyed.  You have to recognize, that even though we live in gentile nations, most if not all of those special and fine stones or directors that we have had at church since the restoration, yea those that we call apostles and prophets are pure Israelites ministering in the midst of gentile nations. These men I know and they are not strangers unto us. Peter we know, Paul we know, Joseph Smith We know, Thomas S Monson we, know, but who is Denver Snuffer?

But Denver Snuffer, who is he? Where is the ordination of his calling and how does his business advance the work of GOD in the earth?  IS he a member of the church in good standing?  The world is much bigger than the parched land where he lives and the LORD, though has longed for the establishment of Zion, despite a few sour apples here and there, he has an interest for all of his children regardless of locality in the world.   Yes, there may be a sour apple here and there in our midst or perhaps a general authority not up to speed or out of line, but that is of no consequence. The work of GOD is greater than the individual and the collective. If the Fathers fail to magnify their calling and election, the children will fulfill. I expect my children to carry on my work as we carry the work of Joseph Smith and his companions, but never as a separate entity, but as a unity, but very man defending his fellow man next to him from the hips to the neck.  This is a church of order and not of confusion.  Weak or strong we all form a single body and we suffer together and we take joy and pride together. Unlike others that have been broken off from us, we do not seek the easy way out.  And above all, we preach not in our own name or our own wisdom, but in the name of Jesus Christ and his own wisdom.  This is a church where there has never been one single false prophet, only fallen ones, me included in the fallen,  if it is that I am not already out of the way.

Having said that, my friend, before things get better, before we see the New Jerusalem and Zion come down from heaven to meet us, things will get really, but really worse.  Right now we are to do the bidding of the leading authorities of the church, which is to listen to the appointed apostles and prophets, pray always, read the scriptures, keep the commandments, attend meetings or keep the faith, do our home teaching and magnify our callings in the priesthood, pay tithing, attend the temple, attain power in the priesthood, share the gospel, sanctify and praise the LORD,  become better saints and redeem our dead while the world rages in vengeance and sin and we can bear it no more.  Anything that deviates us from this righteous path is not worth doing. 

With regard to an angel of light as Denver Snuffer and others like unto him WHO DO NOT ABIDE BY THE LAW OF THE LORD IN HIS CHURCH AS RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF COMMADMENTS, the words of President Kimball are, as we speak resounding like war drums in my mind that say something along the following lines:

“Presumptuous, besides blasphemous, are any and all those who pretend to preach, to baptize, to marry or to administer any other ordinance of the gospel without having the particular authorization of Jesus Christ.  And no one is authorized of him, to do any of these things just by reading the Bible, no matter how pure are his her or her motives.”

Therefore, all those who receive the priesthood, receive this oath and covenant of my Father, which he cannot break, neither can it be moved. But whoso breaketh this covenant after he hath received it, and altogether turneth therefrom, shall not have forgiveness of sins in this world nor in the world to come.

(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 84:40 - 41)

For these angels did not abide my law; therefore, they cannot be enlarged, but remain separately and singly, without exaltation, in their saved condition, to all eternity; and from henceforth are not gods, but are angels of God forever and ever.

(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 132:17)

Even I Miguel Angel Tinoco, with all the priesthood that I have, I am not authorized to go against the law of GOD or even the order of the church and go by my own initiative to administer any ordinance without proper authority. I know my limits and like John the Baptist, the greater of all prophets born of woman, cannot trespass my authority or go beyond the mark.   I, even if I were under the authority of Michael the Archangel are subject to the laws of GOD and his duly organized kingdom.  At most I can do on my own, but only upon inspiration and worthiness is to preach the gospel of repentance and to invite all to come unto Christ.  Yet despite all this I have no authority to baptize anyone without the consent of those with presiding authority or the order of the church.

Therefore, before you see the establishment of Zion and the building of the Kingdom of GOD in all power majesty and dominion, things have to get really bad.   Thus far we have not seen the moon turned to blood, the stars falling or hurling down from heaven and the sun darkened.  We have seen nothing yet of what the LORD has in store for the wicked within and without the gates of his kingdom. When that happens, my beloved friend, which is about to happen, not only the whole earth will shake but the heavens also, to remove all things that are not supposed to remain standing.

 The LORD has been coming in all his glory, power, majesty and dominion since he ascended to heaven in the median of times and the closer he gets here the worse it gets.   He cannot set his foot on a dirty earth, nor any substantial truth shine upon it until it is sufficiently cleansed and all sins and abominations hidden before his face as when he came to visit the descendants of Lehi.   Therefore, be assured that church will stand still even before and after Zion is built, and it will not change hands or be given to another people, no never again.

 IF the saints and its leaders have are slumbering church or have become narcoleptic or slumbering saints, that is just fine, for it was prophesied by the LORD himself. Even Peter, Jacob and John could not keep their eyes open for one hour while the lord atoned for our sins, and that did not disqualify them from their calling as true apostles of Jesus Christ. What our people inside and outside the gates of the church do not realize is that apostles and prophets operate like the Ensign or Liahona, even according to the care and diligence we give to their instructions. If we fail to do what they counsel us to, then we only get from them in general conference and their divers talks what satisfies the carnal mind from them. The real message is hidden because we lack faith to listen and act upon their instructions.  So, if somebody is to be blames it is not the instruments but those to whom the instruments are entrusted, that is us, who are supposed to sustain them and pray faithfully for them so that they deliver to us the things that matters most. And thus far, I have not been disappointed, for the LORD has fed me well thru them. Their words I proclaim and declare.

This means that even if some of us were to be dissatisfied with the affairs of the church at the present time, we are still on track. And not all of us are asleep and many will be suddenly awaken; and the wicked that went from us or in our midst will be severed.  The concern that you address I also share, but only partially.  Many have ceased to feel and many have ceased to marvel of the great truths and signs, marvels and the power of GOD in great glory being revealed in our mist at all levels of the church. Those who think that the church is dwindling or that it is no longer holy or true need to see with renewed eyes.  There is not one Sunday that I attend church in which I do not receive revelation that is useful in my everyday life.  As a matter of fact, I received revelation that further answers all your questions that I can ever explain with my own words. The answers from the LORD came thru the High Council of my stake today.

 I asked the LORD in prayer to help me give you an answer and he did not slack. He sent me an angel with his testimony to which I add my own, and this is what the Angel Said to us, to me for you.  What he said is in complete harmony with what I am telling you.

The Restoration of All Things

James E. Faust

Second Counselor in the First Presidency

We believe The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a restoration of the original Church established by Jesus Christ.

We believe The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a restoration of the original Church established by Jesus Christ, which was built “upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone.”²⁴ It is not a breakoff from any other church.

We believe that the fulness of the gospel of Christ has been restored, but this is no reason for anyone to feel superior in any way toward others of God’s children. Rather, it requires a greater obligation to invoke the essence of the gospel of Christ in our lives—to love, serve, and bless others. Indeed, as the First Presidency stated in 1978, we believe that “the great religious leaders of the world such as Mohammed, Confucius, and the Reformers, as well as philosophers including Socrates, Plato, and others, received a portion of God’s light. Moral truths were given to them by God to enlighten whole nations and to bring a higher level of understanding to individuals.”²⁵ Thus, we have respect for the sincere religious beliefs of others and appreciate others extending the same courtesy and respect for the tenets we hold dear.

I have a personal witness of the truth of the covenants, teachings, and authority restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith. This assurance has been with me all of my life. I am grateful that the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel has taken place in our time. It contains the pathway to eternal life. May the strength, peace, and concern of God the Father and the abiding love and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with us all, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/04/the-restoration-of-all-things?lang=eng

Now, in the visions of the night dream, I personally blessed Dan Snuffer, but now I withdraw my blessings from him for he is perverting the ways of the LORD; and soon enough I prophesy to you in the name of Jesus Christ, all that have believed in him will be disillusioned as when many of the order of the Nehores were disillusioned when they were found to be against Christ.  He will die an ignominious death, even the death of an abominable branch.   He will die like a dry stalk, even like a dry stalk of the field which is run over and is trodden under foot as if by beasts. 

Now, you mentioned in your letter many things that corroborate my summarized hasbara or explanation in the above paragraphs. One of the first things I gathered was this:

 

“I have not time now to notice any others. I wish, however, to say more particularly to the strangers present, that God informed us immediately after the organization of this Church, that this Gospel should be preached first to the nations of the Gentiles, and then the Lord would call in his servants and give them a special mission to the scattered remnants of the house of Israel, that are among the Gentile nations.

The prophet is speaking of not having noticed us, the strangers in the midst of the congregation thereof to whom he was addressing those words.  In other words he addressed his words like Moses saying listen o earth, give heed o ye heavens.  In other words he spoke of those who were alive listening and to those of us who had not yet been born or who may have died already but who were in that great congregation.  Thus, we, you and me,  listened to those words in the spirit, but physically we were not present, therefore, he spoke to us who he did not immediately knew, even you and I are the strangers in their midst.   

Yes, your head it well too, that AFTER THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS CHURCH, THIS GOSPEL SHOULD BE PREACHED FIRST TO THE GENTS AND THEN TO US.

Not only that, but there are many of us who have very peculiar patriarchal blessings that attest to the fact that we are some of those SERVANTS who have been given special mission to preach the gospel to the scattered remnants of the house of Israel, but not before we preach it to the gentiles.  I, Miguel Angel Tinoco from the Stock of Jesse and also of the stem of Joseph,  solemnly testify that I have preached the restored gospel to many of the scattered remnants of the house of Israel including the previous and current prime minister of Israel, Arial Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu and a great many of the Jews living scattered in the world and in the land of Jerusalem. I have sealed, time and again, my testimony with my own blood. Not with my whole blood, nonetheless with my own blood.  I have the same key of Moses that also the apostles and prophets if this the apostles have.  I know and have detailed maps of almost every single settlement that Israel has had since they departed the land of Palestine since the northern and the southern kingdom of Israel were outcast and dispersed. I received this information in the second half of 2007.  And I know where some of the living and reflected gems or tribes are at this time.  They are like a crown and diadem in the hand of the LORD, I have seen them shine bright red as rubies.  The apostle John showed it and gave me this Intel.  I know an Israelite when I see one, but you need to have seers ayes to see.   Here are two examples. What have we here or what do you see?  I see hidden treasures of knowledge hidden in the scriptures. Do you see that royal crown and diadem of rubies in the LORD/s hand?  O, say can you see, by the dawn early light what we so proudly hail...Copy and zoom in..Joseph Smith the prophet said that there is a lot of blood of Israel in Europe, I forgot which countries he mentioned. But, I am sure those red dots are included in those countries he mentioned.

Royal Diadem

 Crown of Glory

Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

(Old Testament | Isaiah 62:3)


Here is the following thing I also noticed from the clip you shared:

“You have not heard of our trying to convert the Jews. Why? Because God has decreed and determined that he will fulfill the times of the Gentiles first”

“When that time arrives, the Lord will have prepared some of the Jewish nation to receive the Gospel, and then they will gather to their own land, and rebuild their city upon its former site.”

I believe I told you before and it is written somewhere that the way things work is this: First we have to offer unto without feigned interest or reservation, the everlasting gospel with all the pertaining blessings to the gentiles first even if we are left with nothing else to give, in the very same way that John the Baptist came and gave or offered the gospel to the Jews. If the gentiles accept it with open arms, they will love and gather the Jews and all Israelite and we will all be happy. But if they reject it all together as the Jews did when Johns and the Messiah came, then, the scepter of power will be taken from them and given back to the house of Israel for good and forever.  I am not the first and only one, but nonetheless I have been a pioneered in this work, for I have for seven continues years preached the gospel to a great many people from a great many gentile nations from Russia to Salt Lake and from Patagonia to Canada, including governors and heads of state since Bill Clinton to the present time. You have been the recipient of some of the countless things that I have written in blogs and sent out in emails. And most,  if not all have been delivered with proper authority in the name and power of Attorney of Jesus Christ, which name, authority and zeal I hold as a clerk of the LORD or secretary of state, the very same way the LORD ministers and ambassadress, our apostles and prophets deliver their messages to us in General conference and official declarations and every talk they give at home and abroad.  The Time of the gentiles has been officially fulfilled as of some three years ago.  Their kingdom has been taken and they are rapidly dwindling to oblivion unless the miracle of repentance and forgiveness becomes operant unto all the nations of the gentiles as we pray and hope; because our purpose on earth as officials of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is to bless all the families of the earth, preferably when they are alive rather than dead.  If Dan Snuffer is merely concentrating in a few trees rather than the whole forest, he has missed the mark.  Zion is the pure in heart. I am fully consecrated to the LORD, therefore I am Zion.  And I am not the only one. And we will not build our great and holy city without the help of the LORD. If the Jews waited more than two millennia for Jerusalem to become their capital again, we in Zion can wait a little longer until the LORD sweeps our highway so we can crossover.  We do not want to be in the situation of those splinter groups that have hastened Like Saul or like other Israelite that tried to free them from the world without the Lord’s approvals and were lost and macerated instead. And as far as the Jews are concerned, some of us have accepted the restored gospel and many of them, which have not come to full realization, do now at least believe in Jesus Christ.  I mingle with them, some of them are friends of my in face book. Some have rejected me, but some remain. In is an ongoing work. If the LORD made me work seven years for the gentiles, I have the rest of my miserable life to dedicate to bless the Jews and the outcast remnants of house of Israel. But the laborer are few.

“How and in what way will the Lord fulfill the times of the Gentiles? There must first be a revealed message, a Gospel message, sent to them.”

Remember that the LORD is not in the business of demographics. He did not need all the world to believe in him. He had only twelve fitful witnesses and disciples. In any case only two or three were needed to establish his truth, cause and ministry. This is the message he sent to the gentiles thru us:

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As you see what I have done, this is just the work of a single anxious and unworthy man. And there are may other lds writing monumental works or errands such as these with intent to flood the earth with the truth.  We have over Some 90,000 official Missionaries in the church and countless clandestine missionaries spreading the very same gospel.  The church of GOD is a proselytizing church, a perfecting church and a redeeming church unlike any other.  And no splintered group that have severed themselves of us can ever compete with such a mammoth work ahead of us.  Even today I learned and I bear witness that President Ezra Taft Benson saw a vision of people like us doing what I am doing as we speak.  If you went to church today, you would have learned in Lesson or chapter 10 of the presidents of the church, the LORD is confirming thru his prophet what I and president Faust and also Elder Pratt are saying.   See for yourself the salvation of the LORD,

Chapter 10: Flooding the Earth and Our Lives with the Book of Mormon

 

 

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson, (2014), 136–45

“My beloved brothers and sisters, we hardly fathom the power of the Book of Mormon, nor the divine role it must play, nor the extent to which it must be moved. …

I challenge all of us to prayerfully consider steps that we can personally take to bring this new witness for Christ more fully into our own lives and into a world that so desperately needs it.

I have a vision of homes alerted, of classes alive, and of pulpits aflame with the spirit of Book of Mormon messages.

I have a vision of home teachers and visiting teachers, ward and branch officers, and stake and mission leaders counseling our people out of the most correct of any book on earth—the Book of Mormon.

I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.

I have a vision of thousands of missionaries going into the mission field with hundreds of passages memorized from the Book of Mormon so that they might feed the needs of a spiritually famished world.

I have a vision of the whole Church getting nearer to God by abiding by the precepts of the Book of Mormon.

Indeed, I have a vision of flooding the earth with the Book of Mormon.

May I commend you faithful Saints who are striving to flood the earth and your lives with the Book of Mormon. Not only must we move forward in a monumental manner more copies of the Book of Mormon, but we must move boldly forward into our own lives and throughout the earth more of its marvelous messages.^”

https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-ezra-taft-benson/chapter-10-flooding-the-earth-and-our-lives-with-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng

All this is marvelous and wonderful to our eyes, but many have ceased to be marveled by the compelling signs of the second coming in our midst.  Some don’t feel a thing, but there are some of us that feel too much. IN the last conference I was very much intoned with the spirit of the presiding bishopric message to us all.  to marvel at the wonders of the gospel is a sign of faith anchored in Christ;  it is to recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives and in everything around us. And this can only be plainly discerned by keeping all the commandments of GOD.

This is what the Presiding Bishop, Gerald Causee, said to us all and whose words I address to address those who are sucking bitter pickles and are dissatisfied with the growth and doctrinal path of the church. I don’t know about others but as President Causee, I am amazed.  But the question reminds:

Is it still wonderful to you?

By Bishop Gérald Caussé

First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric

 

“To marvel at the wonders of the gospel is a sign of faith. It is to recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives and in everything around us.”

“For us, as Latter-day Saints, wonders also occur in our individual lives. They include our own personal conversion, the answers we receive to our prayers, and the tender blessings God showers upon us daily.

To marvel at the wonders of the gospel is a sign of faith. It is to recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives and in everything around us. Our amazement also produces spiritual strength. It gives us the energy to remain anchored in our faith and to engage ourselves in the work of salvation.

But let us beware. Our ability to marvel is fragile. Over the long term, such things as casual commandment keeping, apathy, or even weariness may set in and make us insensitive to even the most remarkable signs and miracles of the gospel.

The Book of Mormon describes a period, very similar to our own, that preceded the coming of the Messiah to the Americas. Suddenly the signs of His birth appeared in the heavens. The people were so stricken with astonishment that they humbled themselves, and nearly all were converted. However, only a short four years later, “the people began to forget those signs and wonders which they had heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign or a wonder from heaven, … and began to disbelieve all which they had heard and seen.”

My brothers and sisters, is the gospel still wonderful to you? Can you yet see, hear, feel, and marvel? Or have your spiritual sensors gone into standby mode? Whatever your personal situation, I invite you to do three things.”

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/is-it-still-wonderful-to-you?lang=eng

Now continuing with my message, in your clip Elder Pratt Said:

“But the Lord has said that, “the last shall be first, and the first shall be last.” Jesus came to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, but they rejected him, and the Apostles were moved upon to say, “Lo, we turn to the Gentiles;” and they did so, the Jews having proved themselves unworthy of eternal life, “and the kingdom of God shall be taken from you,” says the Savior, “and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.”

Your concern seems to be centered in a sequence of events that will take place after the times of the gentiles are fulfilled, when the saints will rule with power and the new Jerusalem or Zion will be rebuilt. Before that can happen, what has happened to the Jews, needs also to happen to the gentiles. They need to be preached the full gospel in every which way possible until they openly rejected. And who is doing that?  Any saint who is endowed with power from on High, who is truly converted to the LORD will take upon himself to preach this gospel till every gentile ear has heard it. And only after they reject it or sing against the gospel, it will not return to the house of Israel.  The time of the Gentiles has been fulfilled, and now the gospel is being preached to the lost and forgotten remnants of the entire house of Israel, and the Jews in Jerusalem included.  I know some of them are listening, for we are barely in the beginning process.  We may not have missionaries on the land as of yet, but I have been able to penetrate their strongholds thru the internet.  The work id in its rough state yet, but the way is and has been prepared even since the very day Orson Hyde offered the dedicatory prayer of the holy land.  A nation was born in a single day. And the return of the Jews to their ancient homeland is one grand sign of the times. The process takes time and a generation or two needs to pass away before we see substantial fruits or our toil. 

Thus far, the gentiles have rejected the greater part of the Gospel, they believe we are a cult and that are deluded.  They have proven to me that they are unworthy, and for this reason I have turned my whole attention to the Jews and the lost remnants of the house of Israel. But don’t take my words at face value, the testimony of one man is not valid to substantiate any claim for extraordinary claims demand an extraordinary statistical substantiation.   You can trust in the word of the LORD Jesus Christ himself, my witness that say:

Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts!  For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 28:32)

And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fulness of my gospel from among them.

And then will I remember my covenant which I have made unto my people, O house of Israel, and I will bring my gospel unto them.

And I will show unto thee, O house of Israel, that the Gentiles shall not have power over you; but I will remember my covenant unto you, O house of Israel, and ye shall come unto the knowledge of the fulness of my gospel.

But if the Gentiles will repent and return unto me, saith the Father, behold they shall be numbered among my people, O house of Israel.

 And I will not suffer my people, who are of the house of Israel, to go through among them, and tread them down, saith the Father. But if they will not turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice, I will suffer them, yea, I will suffer my people, O house of Israel, that they shall go through among them, and shall tread them down, and they shall be as salt that hath lost its savor, which is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of my people, O house of Israel.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, thus hath the Father commanded me—that I should give unto this people this land for their inheritance. And then the words of the prophet Isaiah shall be fulfilled, which say: Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing, for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of God.

(Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 16:10 - 20)

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.

(Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 20:15 - 19)

IN Jesus Christ all the families of the earth will be blessed.  Thus far, the gospel is already being preached to the Jews, some are believers and are giving heed, but as a nation, they still have not received it, neither have they rejected it.   All the glory belongs to GOD and not man. By saying that I am the chief sinner in the midst of my brethren, I deflected the following comment below from a Jewish friend to whom I have preached and who has said to me:

Rebecca Dordi

“Thank you Miguel. You are a man of God and I pray that you are always blessed with happiness, good health and peace. “

Miguel Angel Tinoco:

“I am the chief sinner among my brethren, the least in the kingdom of my Heavenly Father, but your prayers and blessing are always welcome. And I pray that your blessings that you just shared with me are exponentially multiplied upon you and your love ones today and always.”

The rest of the clip you sent me from Elder Pratt, before your very own concerns and questions is self explanatory.  He further asks and answers it, the angel who sounds the gospel in the ears of the gentile nations is that angel.  That messenger’s mission is similar to that of Jeremiah. He is going to rebuke out loud and reprove the nations of the gentiles or lots of people and yet no one will hear his own voice in the streets as yet.   Those who have ears to hear will hear, the message being delivered to them whether they believe it or not. The message is more important than the messenger. 

“What do you think will bring about the fulfillment of the times of the Gentiles? It must be the promulgation of the Gospel, which the angel brings, which is to be sounded in the ears of the Gentile nations; all those receiving it are to gather out from this spiritual wickedness called Babylon the Great, because God has decreed her downfall.

Now, I address your very own questions and concerns.   Do you see Denver Snuffer preaching to all the nations at his own peril and expense without asking for money to anyone or without selling anything, coming like an Elias and preaching the gospel of Abraham with intent to bless all the families of the earth?  Or is he merely preaching to a rachitic number of deluded and dissatisfied apostates?  Is he from the lineage of Joseph and of Judah to whom rightly belong the priesthood and the keys of the kingdom and who has actually used them to save or bring chaos on the face of the earth to the ungodly?  He is not the LORD’s servant if he has lord over the dissidents of this church; in fact he is a Judas with the delusions of the Nehors who think of rescuing the already rescued?  You mentioned that he has awaken a lot of people from the slumber, including you, but who are those people and what was the reason of their slumber.  Where is the righteous branch of which you talk will come out of the church to build Zion and who will feed the children of Israel in this life and in the spirit world?  The LORD is not talking about the gentiles or current members of the church at large, but a righteous branch in the church out of the house of Israel who along with the gentile saints will have the power of GOD in great glory.  Does Denver Snuffer fit the following profile?

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

(Old Testament | Jeremiah 23:5)

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

(Old Testament | Jeremiah 23:6)

Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day.  And he obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light—yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.

For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins. Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins.  And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers. And I will give unto him a commandment that he shall do none other work, save the work which I shall command him.  And I will make him great in mine eyes; for he shall do my work. And he shall be great like unto Moses, whom I have said I would raise up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel. And Moses will I raise up, to deliver thy people out of the land of Egypt.

But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins—and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have already gone forth among them.

(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 3:5 - 11)

I do not know about you man, but I and my people esteem the choice seer Joseph Smith Highly and to me and most if not all my people, Denver Snuffer is nothing but the charred part of a candle wick. He is a light burned up, dust in the sole of my feet.  We do not know who he is and what he is up to, but we can tell where he is heading by his actions.  You keep talking about him, but where the evidence of his hope, where are his works of faith other than his own claim to have seen a god of light.  So did Cohor and Corihor, but he is denying the book of Mormon, the revelations of GOD and most importantly the words of the living prophets and apostles and has constituted himself as one of them, in contrast or against them.  And he has denied the revelations of God and introducing his own heresies.  HE went from us but he was never been one of us.  He cannot truly back up his claims with the Holy Scriptures as you see our true apostles and prophets do.  Denver Snuffer is out of the way. He can only survive on dust from the revelations we receive thru the proper oracles.   I can barely keep up with the load of work the apostles and prophets give us to proclaim and disseminate.  We are not struggling for our cause is a sure thing.  If you are feeling anxiety and a sense of desperation, I am sorry to say that it is as a result of sin.  Perfect love casts away all fear.  And those that fear are under the penalty of a broken law.   I think that we should follow Alma’s counsel to Corianton which compels him to worry only about his own sins and not about the sins of others. 

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

(Old Testament | Jeremiah 17:9)

Wherefore, there must be faith; and if there must be faith there must also be hope; and if there must be hope there must also be charity. And except ye have charity ye can in nowise be saved in the kingdom of God; neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God if ye have not faith; neither can ye if ye have no hope.

And if ye have no hope ye must needs be in despair; and despair cometh because of iniquity.

And Christ truly said unto our fathers: If ye have faith ye can do all things which are expedient unto me.

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.

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.

And again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and lay hold upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing.

And awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put on thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion; and strengthen thy stakes and enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be confounded, that the covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath made unto thee, O house of Israel, may be fulfilled.

Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.

And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot.

And now I bid unto all, farewell.  I soon go to rest in the paradise of God, until my spirit and body shall again reunite, and I am brought forth triumphant through the air, to meet you before the pleasing bar of the great Jehovah, the Eternal Judge of both quick and dead.  Amen.

(Book of Mormon | Moroni 10:20 - 34)

If Zion is not built in our life time, it is of no consequence to us, as long as we are faithful over little, we will not lose our blessings.  Because the grace of GOD is sufficient for us.  The tribulations that we undergo as latter day saints, are nothing compared to the tribulations that overtake the ungodly.  So, do not fear, you have not missed the bus, you are in old Zion’s boat still. It is not in your best interest, specially if you have weak faith to venture alone into open seas knowing that patriarchal sharks seeking to devour are roaming nearby.  This boat leads to Zion, but as I said to you before, it may have to take a dive into the port of hell to unload some undesirables who will be attracted by the lure thereof. And those of us that know what we hope for in faith and charity will not disembark in a port that does not meet all of our expectations.  We know that we cannot go to build Zion without the help of the LORD, and even with his help some have tried and failed.  We need more than the LORD’s helpt to carry out his great work, we need his very own presence as he did anciently when he delivered the children of Israel of slavery, yea, with a strong arm. Or else, we will refuse, for even Moses prayed to the LORD that if his presence was not with him not to carry them from where they were established unto the promised land.  And this is the message for you too. Fear not, then, for it is written:

If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

(Old Testament | Exodus 33:15)

Discovery is not recovery. There is more than mere discovery, apology, rhetoric or commentary to do the Lord’s work.  I have read or revised some of the words of Denver Snuffer, but see no sense in his explanations other than his own aggrandizement and lucre. He is as far as I know an eloquent and charismatic orator, but nothing else.  His work is not inspired unto salvation and has no power or authority for since he was severed from the church, he lacks it entirely.  He speaks his carnal mind, his own reasoning and critique like any other presstitute commentator or so called expert analyst of things transpired who people who are dull of hearing pile upon themselves and who revolve around the subject in question but never gives knowledge or evidence of truth in him.  That man is the kind of false teachers that pile of which the apostle Paul spoke when he said:

I CHARGE thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

(New Testament | 2 Timothy 4:1 - 8)

These things I leave with you to ponder about, and discern between who serves GOD and who serves himself or his own lust.  It has taken a toll on my back to write these words, for I thought not to write again in this fashion, for the world has rejected me and I am mostly a passive observer like Ether and Mormon were in their own time. And no matter how fast or slow we are in giving heed to the Lord’s commandments, each and every years tens of thousands are added to the rolls of the church. It still a tender and yet growing church. 

And it came to pass that the work of the Lord did prosper unto the baptizing and uniting to the church of God, many souls, yea, even tens of thousands.

(Book of Mormon | Helaman 3:26)

I know I make mistakes, and say dumb things that offend some times, but those are the mistakes of man, the anxiety of the flesh, for I serve the LORD day and night without resting. There are holy angels roaming in our midst and we know them not. I believe these angers are John and the three Nephites. These are the angels Elder Pratt spoke of in his clip that you shared with me.  And last but not least, I also strongly believe that he said to me and to you:

Be comforted.  And they were comforted.

And the Lord said unto them also: Go forth among the Lamanites, thy brethren, and establish my word; yet ye shall be patient in long-suffering and afflictions, that ye may show forth good examples unto them in me, and I will make an instrument of thee in my hands unto the salvation of many souls.

(Book of Mormon | Alma 17:10 - 11)

And it shall come to pass, when the Lord seeth fit in his wisdom that they shall minister unto all the scattered tribes of Israel, and unto all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, and shall bring out of them unto Jesus many souls, that their desire may be fulfilled, and also because of the convincing power of God which is in them.

 And they are as the angels of God, and if they shall pray unto the Father in the name of Jesus they can show themselves unto whatsoever man it seemeth them good. Therefore, great and marvelous works shall be wrought by them, before the great and coming day when all people must surely stand before the judgment–seat of Christ; Yea even among the Gentiles shall there be a great and marvelous work wrought by them, before that judgment day.

(Book of Mormon | 3 Nephi 28:29 - 32)

Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise. And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls.

(Book of Mormon | Alma 37:6 - 7)

And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!

And now, if your joy will be great with one soul that you have brought unto me into the kingdom of my Father, how great will be your joy if you should bring many souls unto me!

 Behold, you have my gospel before you, and my rock, and my salvation.

Ask the Father in my name, in faith believing that you shall receive, and you shall have the Holy Ghost, which manifesteth all things which are expedient unto the children of men. And if you have not faith, hope, and charity, you can do nothing.

Contend against no church, save it be the church of the devil.

Take upon you the name of Christ, and speak the truth in soberness.

And as many as repent and are baptized in my name, which is Jesus Christ, and endure to the end, the same shall be saved.

Behold, Jesus Christ is the name which is given of the Father, and there is none other name given whereby man can be saved; Wherefore, all men must take upon them the name which is given of the Father, for in that name shall they be called at the last day; Wherefore, if they know not the name by which they are called, they cannot have place in the kingdom of my Father.

And now, behold, there are others who are called to declare my gospel, both unto Gentile and unto Jew; Yea, even twelve; and the Twelve shall be my disciples, and they shall take upon them my name; and the Twelve are they who shall desire to take upon them my name with full purpose of heart.

And if they desire to take upon them my name with full purpose of heart, they are called to go into all the world to preach my gospel unto every creature. And they are they who are ordained of me to baptize in my name, according to that which is written; And you have that which is written before you; wherefore, you must perform it according to the words which are written.

And now I speak unto you, the Twelve—Behold, my grace is sufficient for you; you must walk uprightly before me and sin not.  And, behold, you are they who are ordained of me to ordain priests and teachers; to declare my gospel, according to the power of the Holy Ghost which is in you, and according to the callings and gifts of God unto men;  And I, Jesus Christ, your Lord and your God, have spoken it.

These words are not of men nor of man, but of; wherefore, you shall testify they are of me and not of man; For it is my voice which speaketh them unto you; for they are given by my Spirit unto you, and by my power you can read them one to another; and save it were by my power you could not have them;

Wherefore, you can testify that you have heard my voice, and know my words.

(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 18:15 - 36)

 HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION

1. 1. How firm a foundation, ye Saints of the Lord,

Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!

What more can he say than to you he hath said,

Who unto the Savior, who unto the Savior,

Who unto the Savior for refuge have fled?

2. 2. In ev'ry condition--in sickness, in health,

In poverty's vale or abounding in wealth,

At home or abroad, on the land or the sea--

As thy days may demand, as thy days may demand,

As thy days may demand, so thy succor shall be.

3. 3. Fear not, I am with thee; oh, be not dismayed,

For I am thy God and will still give thee aid.

I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,

Upheld by my righteous, upheld by my righteous,

Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

4. 4. When through the deep waters I call thee to go,

The rivers of sorrow shall not thee o'erflow,

For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,

And sanctify to thee, and sanctify to thee,

And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

5. 5. When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,

My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply.

The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design

Thy dross to consume, thy dross to consume,

Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.

6. 6. E'en down to old age, all my people shall prove

My sov'reign, eternal, unchangeable love;

And then, when gray hair shall their temples adorn,

Like lambs shall they still, like lambs shall they still,

Like lambs shall they still in my bosom be borne.

7. 7. The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose

I will not, I cannot, desert to his foes;

That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,

I'll never, no never, I'll never, no never,

I'll never, no never, no never forsake!

8. Text: Attr. to Robert Keen, ca. 1787. Included in the first LDS hymnbook, 1835.

Music: Attr. to J. Ellis, ca. 1889

Now my friends you have heard the LORD speak to you in real time in the power of his spirit, if you have faith to feel and to believe.  You have seen how firm a foundation is the evidence of my faith in Christ, his work and his church. I have found great help, comfort and inspiration unto life in his timeless words and church, which even if I tried I cannot deny that the LORD is my helper.  His words regardless of source are alive to me and I do them at the first opportunity for the chief joy and intent of my heart is to bring souls unto Christ.  I hope you also find comfort, strength and consolation in his work. This is my bread and butter, and what I suffer matters not.  These thoughts and prayers I leave with you in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen. 

Attentively yours from an unworthy servant in the hands of Christ

Miguel ANGEL Tinoco ROD-TREE-GUEZA