The Vision of All ~ PART II ~ MAPPING THE VISION OF ALL
presented by Don R. Hender
A General Introduction
"...the tree of life...in the midst of the garden..." ~
Genesis 2:9; Moses 3:9; Abraham 5:9
"...also others who have been, to them hath he shown all things, and they have
written them;..." ~ 1 Nephi 14:26 ~
Once you have determined that the Vision of All can be seen
upon a central model to be viewed all at once as an 'Eternal Now' of beholding past, present and
future together as God sees and understands all things, it becomes a matter of fitting together
the whole of it from beginning to end. The central figure of that all encompassing model is 'LIFE'.
It can be stated as Eternal Life and it may be envisioned as a 'Tree of Life'. And all things may
be properly fit upon that visionary model from the preexistance to the final and great judgment
into the glories of the eternal kingdom of God. Whether it be Isaiah's plotting of items here
and there from out of the whole of the vision, to Lehi and Nephi seeing it from the central
perspective of the Tree of Life, to John's revelatory concentration upon the last days events.
It may all properly fit and be relationary each item to each other in the grand perspective of
all things past, present and future before your eyes together upon, as it where, a sea of glass.
We see 'visions' on a sea of glass daily on screens of up to 70" and even greater. They are in
ultra high definition and even 3-D imagery. And we don't even think twice about it. Certainly
God is able to supply to man such visionary experiences. And most likely of greater effects of
virtual positioning and envolvement. Ether dwelt in a cave away from the action of the last
days of self-anilation of the Jaredites and at night he would see 'night visions' of what had
taken place in the day time miles away. Of course we see 'instant replys' of sporting plays
every weekend in our own living rooms and family rooms and don't think anything of that either.
All things are possible with God. Why are we surprised when he can do things beyond the
capabilities of mere mortals?
As seen from space, the earth itself appears as a blue marble resembling a 'sea of glass.' And
the 77 section of the Doctrine and Covenants states that the sea of glass spoken of by John the
revelator (Revelation 4:6) is the earth in its sanctified, immortal, and eternal state. The
Doctrine and Covenants further speaks of 'a globe like a sea of glass and fire, where all things
for their glory are manifest, past, present, and future, and are continually before the Lord. Time
as snipped from the fabric of eternity is conceived in terms of 'past', 'present', and 'future'.
But in the eyes of God who created and formed all things, this space of 'time' is but seen and
viewed by Him as one 'Eternal Now' and such eternal elements and perspects as transend the bounds
of time and such limits of chronology. And not only God sees such and can know all things, but
God has the power to revel to man such as a 'vision of all' that is not held by the limits of
time, so that man may see in vision all things past, present and future even as God is so able to
see it. And on such a visionary platform, all things may be so placed and seen as one 'Eternal
Now.' And such may be so plotted and/or mapped upon such as that vision as such may apply to
things past, things present and even things future as they are from the perspective of eternity.
For example, lets take a particluar small snippet of but one 'minor' prophet's particular
vissionary experience. That prophet is Zechariah. And that single particular snippet is in
chapter 3 of the book of Zechariah. It may be recalled that Zechariah's book begins with a
series of 'tour guided' visionary experiences. And there we have one avenue by which the Vision of
all may be shown and seen. That is, as one being so guided by a divine angelic messenger who
points out various particulars held in the whole of it. Zechariah chapter three is actually
Zechariah's 4th such visionary sequence. And one must understand that it is laid out upon that all
encompassing formatted model of the vision of all and how it relates to the whole of the Vision of
Life and God's Eternal Plan. What is not as obvious to some is that what Zechariah is being shown
is the actual 'Court Council of Determination' between Satan, the who is Lucifer the 'Accuser',
and Jehovah the Firstborn son in the spirit, already so named formally as Jehoshua
[that is—Jehovah the Deliverer or Redeemer].
In that guided snippet Zechariah is shown Jehovah and Lucifer standing before Elohim to hear
Elohim's proclamation and His determination upon Lucifer, who will then be cast out from Heaven
and of course Jehovah, who is given to be the bearer of the responsibility of the Redeemer of
mankind. And in that may be seen the visionary future of the summarized 'burden' of the plan
Jehovah does/will carry on down to and including the Millennial Day and beyond, which Jehovah will
and does rule over in the name of the Father. {A commentary presentation of that scriptural
snippet may be reviewed here.}
Now then, throughout the scriptures and even various matters of latter-day revelation has thus
set before us much that pertains to and may be set upon the visionary model of the Vision of
All. Another particular, sometimes over looked, though draw out from the Scriptures, is the
actual Temple Presentation of the Endowment carried out in the various rooms of the temple such
as the Creation Room, the Garden Room, the Telestial Earth room, the Terrestrial Room and even
the Celestial Room. For those who have had their endowments and have frequented the temple to
do work for the dead, this presentational sequence may be seen as its own summarized look into
the whole of the matter, its own mini 'Vision of All'. And certainly is fits well upon the
parameters of the visionary platform model of all things seen before the eyes of God as one
Eternal Now, past, present and future.
~The Ages of Time Timeline ~
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A timeline chart is a tool to use that may be thought of as a manner of placing the whole of all
things relationary from beginning to end. It can show various events from the beginning of the spirit
birthing of the Firstborn Son Jehovah to the ending Final Judgment over such as he Jesus Christ/Jehovah
does/will preside. Such is useful to layout the chronilogical relationary sequence of all the events of
time and it may be used to orgainize all such matters upon and to see how they do fit one item to another
in the whole of the Plan of God. Yet that soon becomes restrictive in its limited nature when compared to
the visionary sea of glass set before the throne of God, which sets the whole of it all to view to the
eyes of God as 'One Eternal Now', Past, Present and Future as one Eternal Round engulfed in eternity.
And though the 'timeline' is limited, especially if it is constructed horizontally, for just how many
times can such fold out to include it all upon it? You certainly could not include all things upon just
the single page horizontal timeline such as given above. I would think you have already began to note
any number of events not listed little alone referenced in detail visual or in documented form.
When one reads such scriptures as Isaiah and the Revelation of John, one must comprehend that
Isaiah and John are not being bound by such 'artificial' bounds of chronological segments of
time as would appear on a set timeline. They have actually seen and do actually write from
the 'eternal now' perspective of having seen it all upon the platform of the vision of all
things seen as one together. And it is of perfect understanding for them to write and speak
in a form and manner which may seem foriegn to such as who are locked into a chronological mind
set. Certainly when they speak of the virgin birth and the baby son being there born unto us as our
Mighty God; they are speaking from the grander panorama of the vision of all before their eyes
being seen all together at once. That is that as Jehovah our Mighty God stands as our Spirit God of
our temporal creation in the beginning and at the same time they are also referencing the fact that
he also stands as our King David and Lord of the Final Judgment as well. He is all of that, past, present
and future. They see him as the whole image of who he is from an 'eternal now' perspective of being our
Mighty God, Our Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace, etc.
Haven't you ever considered why it is that Nephi has such an affinity for Isaiah that he would
write a third part of Isaiah's writings into the pages of the Book of Mormon. Or as it really
is, why God would so orchestrate the Book of Mormon to so embed such into its pages? When one
realizes that in connection with what we simply refer to as Lehi's Dream of the Tree of Life
and Nephi being shown the same, is but that which is the vision of all being shown to them also.
And certainly once Nephi has seen and begins to elaborate that vision into his own word on the
engraved pages of the plates of Nephi, he is going to understand well and comprehend plaining
the writing of Isaiah who does also so speak from that same vissionary perspective.
This then becomes a great tool of understanding of the scriptures and putting them into their
most significant place and meaning. To comprehend and envision that they are speaking from
such visionary references of having seen from each of their own perspectives that same vision
of understanding of all things as though before their eyes from beginning to end as one complete
and 'eternal now' panoramica breath of understanding.
Truly UNLOCK the scriptures and revelations of God. God does speak through his prophet from
the 'eternal now' perspective of the 'vision of all'. To some they have but a momentary glimpse.
To others such as I, we are left to build our own visionary grasp of it all 'line upon line',
'prescept upon precept' as it were. Here a little and there a little, but certainly we can, with
the aid of the Holy Spirit, begin to come to a grander and broader scale and vision of it all
from beginning to end as we read and learn from the scriptures and God's word he has given to
man for exactly such purposes.
And we ought to be so busily engaged. For whatever principle of intelligence and such understanding
we may attain to in this life, so much the advantage is to us in the life to come. God does not
prohibit man from gaining such understanding. In fact God has given to man that which he may so
draw upon endlessly to obtain such as the 'Vision of All' unto himself. And what will be of the
greatest interest is when the seal is lifted from the account of Mahonri Moriancumr and each of
us may see and have comfirmed to own selves exactly how well the scriptures at hand do present and
conform to the whole of that visionary presentation so written at one time together.
In short, YES, I do have a visionary perspective of the Vision of All, from the begining to the
end of days. I do not know all things. But I have learned and gained many things from God's word,
the scriptures, the guidance of the Holy Ghost, and all such other items including such as the
temple endowment and even the preaching of our own living prophets of our own times. To have read
the scriptures but once is not enough. Read and reread them continually. Those who have not
read them completely at all have no perspective of what is there to be had. And the more I read
and study them the more it is that I realized that there is always much more to gain and learn
from them.
It is not a matter of 'been there-done that'. You never can reach to that level of advancement
that lies therein to obtain from the Sriptures and the Word of God. It is a vast cummulative
exponentally advancing experience of learning, comprehending and understanding. If you are not
of that mode of 'more today than yesterday' and 'more tomorrow than today', then you just are
not getting what it is there to obtaind from God's Word. It all truly is the case of a mere
seed growing into an eternally developing Tree of Life.
THE MAP
~ Limited to Man's Tools of Presentation and Levels of Comprehension ~ ~This Is a
Vertical Continuing 'Timeline' with Accompanying Informational Detail ~
Unlike a road map of a location map of the world, a mapping of the Vision of All must deal with
events and topics of the mind, that when extracted do form actual life images of the happenings of
the events. And incorporated in the map there ought to be an explanatory key and certain key oriented
references documenting the 'mapped events'. To this end, rather than trying to build an all incompassing
one large picture map timeline and forcing all things to fit upon it, with the internet webpage tools
at hand a three columnar charting or mapping of a continuous vertical 'page' will be presented. The
three columns will consist of a center central column naming and explaining the 'main events' being
mapped. The 'first column' at the left of the central event colomn will be that of the 'reference key'.
In this column will the the various documentary lists primarily consisting of scriptural sources and other
such closely related documentary references detailing the supporting documentations associated with
"God's Visionaries". And the third and last right column will be that reserved for explanatory
commentary of the mapping taking place. With this brief statement the mapping begins:
VISIONARY MAPPING OF ALL THINGS
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Docmuentation References
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Explanatary Commentary
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Celestial Realm Godly Intelligence
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Pre-Mortal Birthing
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Plan of Exaltation
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The Grand Council in the Pre-Mortal or Preexistant Heaven
is depicted here. It is from one picture that has been
enhanced by cutting and pasting the image to make it
look 'grander' and 'larger' than the original art picture
did show. Of course that grand council was massive and much
larger than an artist could actually portary. But here at
least is an attempted conception of that council. Elohim
sits on the throne, Jesus to his right in a gold shash,
and Lucifer to God's left to oppose Jehovah and God.
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~ Abraham's Summary Account ~
"And the Lord [Elohim] said: Whom shall I send? And one answered like unto the Son of Man
[Jehovah]: Here am I, send me. And another [Lucifer] answered and said: Here am I, send me.
And the Lord [Elohim] said: I will send the first.
"And the second was angry, and kept not his first estate; and, at that day, many followed after
him." ~ Pearl of Great Price | Abraham 3:27-28
~ Moses' Writings Account ~
"AND I, the Lord God [Elohim or Jehovah as Elohim], spake unto Moses, saying: That Satan [Lucifer],
whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the
beginning, and he [Lucifer] came before me, saying—Behold, here am I, send
me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind,
that one soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give
me thine honor.
"But, behold, my Beloved Son [Jehovah], which was my Beloved and Chosen from the beginning, said
unto me—Father [Elohim], thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever.
"Wherefore, because that Satan rebelled against me [Elohim], and sought to destroy the agency of
man, which I, the Lord God, had given him, and also, that I should give unto him mine own power;
by the power of mine Only Begotten, I caused that he should be cast down;
"And he became Satan, yea, even the devil, the father of all lies, to deceive and to blind men,
and to lead them captive at his will, even as many as would not hearken unto my voice."
~ Pearl of Great Price | Moses 4:1-4
8 He that acommitteth bsin is of the devil; for the devil csinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the ddevil.
(New Testament | 1 John 3:8)
44 Ye are of your father the adevil, and the blusts of your father ye will do. He was a cmurderer from the beginning, and abode not in the dtruth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a elie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a fliar, and the father of it.
(New Testament | John 8:44)
1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Isaiah 61
16 ¶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
Luke 4
27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and
Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Acts 4
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing
good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Acts 10
1 aIN the bbeginning was the Word, and the cWord was with God, and the dWord was eGod.
2 The same was in the abeginning with God.
3 All things were amade by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was alife; and the life was the blight of men.
5 And the alight shineth in bdarkness; and the darkness ccomprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was aJohn.
7 The same came for a awitness, to bear bwitness of the Light, that all men through him might cbelieve.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true aLight, which blighteth cevery man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the aworld, and the bworld was cmade by him, and the world dknew him not.
(New Testament | John 1:1 - 10)
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Grand Council
Selection Process
Anointed, Ordained and Empowered
The Decenting
God Gave His Children Their Agency
That They Were at Liberty to Freely Act
But with the Agency to Act Given There Came Responsibily for Actions
Jehovah the Firstborn Properly Acted And as Heir, He was Selected
Lucifer Acted Improprly And He Further Rebelled Against God
Lucifer's Would Take Away Agency
Subject All under Him and Replace God
On Earth Satan Still Works His Plan
Governing By Dictated Forced Behavior
At times there is a subtle differences
between God's Law and Satan's Law.
God allows man to choose for himself right
or wrong with 'Laws' but apply penalties
according to man's wrong choices. That is
man bears the responsiblity under the law.
Lucifer take away man's choice and establishes
Behavioral Norms without allowing man to
choose. Obama's Presidential mandates and
agency restrictions were and still are forcing
one set behavior without choice, such as
ordering biological males who identify as
women to use women's locker rooms and restrooms.
Further Obama's Health Care Ordered all to
carry the same insurance coverage even if it
did not apply, such as men being covered and
charged for such care as only applied to a
women or for items never to be used or even
items people did not want coverage for. It
force all to carry health insurance whether
they wanted it or not. People no longer had
a choice. Freedom of agency was denied!
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As the picture above attemps to depect, the pre-existence, when it came time for a Messiah,
Savior, Deliver do be selected, the spirit children of the Father of Spirits Elohim were
assembled. The great and most intelligent spirits who had progressed where then and it was
well understood that the order was upon the firstborn spirit sone of the Father, who was
Jehovah. Thus in the course of the setting out the plan of Salvation Father Abraham explains
is summary what happened as stated in the verses from the Book of Abraham at the far left.
To the question "Whom shall I send?" all eyes would have looked to and
rested on Jehovah, the Firstborn son in the spirit, as he was heir and the right was his. So
properly, according to order, Jehovah replied, "Here am I. Send me." But then quite out of
order, Lucifer also answered in decent and said, "Here am I, send me."
Abraham's summary then explains that Elohim at the time correctly
stipulated and said, "I will send the first." Then in a one sentence abrigement, Abraham
reports what course of rebellion Lucifer took, not accepting the Father Elohim's selecton
and appointment upon Jehovah.
Moses give more information as God explained it to him. Though the
person speaking as God the Father revealed, it may well have been at the time Jehovah speaking
as the Father in his role of acting as the father in all things (Lev. 16:32). To Moses God
reveals more concerning Lucifer or Satan the Adversary or Accuser/Decenter. Lucifer's design
was to gain the empowerment of God the Son from the Father. And Lucifer stated that 'his
alternative plan would be such as 'not lose even one soul.' That attracted many who were
deciece by just what Lucifer's plan was.
As further revealed unto Moses, Lucifer's plan was to destory the
agency of man. That is Lucifer would establish a society where the actions of man were
force compliance without freedom or agency of choice. It is only by the free exercise of
agency that man could maturate to the level of God, by his personal choices between good and
evil. In that exercise of personal liberty man became responsible for his own actions and
could grow in becoming a 'responsible maturated self dependant being' like unto God. Of
course man would make some improper choices and become laiden by the associated penalties
for his action. But if man would turn unto God and accept God's appointed Savior, then through
the process of repentance, the burden of man's sins or improper choices would be lefted and
removed by the atonement of the Redeemer. And through that redemption all men might be saved
as long as they did not totally rebel against God. But they would be judged according to
their 'good works' as to their 'eternal reward.'
As will be further explained, Lucifer and his followers were to be
cast down out of heaven to the earth without ever receiving the reward of keeping their
first estate. That is Lucifer and his followers will forever be disembodied spirit. Thus
they would never be able to become like God is, have never to have gained a body of flesh
and bone.
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"Who [Jehoshua/Jesus] is the image of the invisible [unseen] God [Elohim],
the firstborn of every creature:
"For by him were all things created [spiritually], that are in heaven, and
that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created [spiritually]
by him [Elohim], and for him [Jehovah/Jesus]:
"And he [Elohim] is before all things, and by him all things consist." ~ Col.
1:15-17
"And now, behold, I say unto you, that these are the generations of the heaven and of the
earth, when they were created, in the day that I, the Lord God, made the heaven and the earth,
"And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it
grew. For I, the Lord God, created all things, of which I have spoken, spiritually, before they
were naturally upon the face of the earth. For I, the Lord God, had not caused it to rain upon
the face of the earth. And I, the Lord God, had created all the children of men; and not yet a
man to till the ground; for in heaven created I them; and there was not yet flesh upon the earth,
neither in the water, neither in the air;" ~ Pearl of Great Price | Moses 3:4-5
"IN the beginning was the Word [Jehovah/Jesus], and the Word [Jesus] was with God [Elohim],
and the Word was God [Annointed and Empowered by Elohim].
"The same [Jehovah] was in the beginning with God [Elohim].
"All things [temporal] were made by him [Jehovah]; and without him was not any thing made
that was made.
"In him was life; and the life was the light of men."
New Testament | John 1:1-4
" ... He [Elohim] spake and they were made; he commanded and they were created."
(Psalms 33:9 & Psalms 148:5) He here introduces the Father [Elohim] and Maker
as Ruler of all, commanding with a kingly nod (~ Psalms 33:9), and second
(Psalms 148:5) to him the divine Word [Jehovah], none other than the one
who is proclaimed by us, as carrying out the Father's commands. ..."
Ecclesiastical History,
Bishop Eusebius, Book 2: ¶4.
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~ Creation ~
Spiritual Creation
Temporal Creation
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Spiritual Creation: from the
eternal pre-beginnings of birthing of
spirits in heaven's spirit creation
were all things first created. As
stated in Colossians 1:15, Jesus
Christ, as Jehovah, was the first
born 'spirit' of every creature.
And they all were 'born/created'
in hevean 'spiritually' before
ever there was flesh upon the
earth. If fact not until Jehovah
was so selected by the Father, was
the 'temporal' earth 'formed', for
that was before the foundation
of world that Jehovah was so
selected in heaven by the Father
[Elohim] to be the Savior
and Redeemer and then Jehovah
received his 'new name' that
was Jehoshua, meaning Jehovah
Deliver/Redeemer. That name
was given in honor to the son
of Nun. And it was the name
that Jehovah was given upon
his birth on earth - Jesus,
that is the hebrew Joshua or
Jehoshua in formal form.
All things were first
spiritually created before
they were temporally created by Jehovah.
Temporal Creation: from beginning
of temporal creation of the ?Universe?:
Now there is some discussion as to whether
the entire Universe we are now somewhat
aware of comes within Jehovah's temporal
creation of the heavens and the earth.
Some have discussed the concept of Gods
in that God the Father Spirits also had
a father and mother and son on, and that
these 'other galaxies' are dominions
of these other Gods. Other mainstain
that the temporal creation of Jehovah
entails the entire universe but
without the concept of multiple
universes, then where do these other
God reign in their own kingdoms?
That question is beyond my pay grade,
and I do not need to know. But to
soothe either case, I will like
refer to Jehovah as the creator of the
heavens and the earth and all that in
them are temporally.
So Jehovah did temporally create the
heavens and the earth and all that in
them are under the direction of Elohim,
and after that Spirit creation wherein
he and all the sons and daughters of
God the Father of Spirits and our Mother
in Heaven first birthed them. [I won't
go into the matter of 'Mothers' in Heaven
either.]
Seven Pattern Phases of Local Cyclic Creation:
As Jehovah has created worlds without number, and as one earth
passes away another comes in its stead; this cycling of worlds
that have become 'void' of form and life, are taken through
what has been revealed to us as a 6-7 day pattern of 'creation'
or oranizing them 'back' into a suitable condition for that
life that God would place upon them. Now some have speculated
in that a day with God is as a 1000 years to man, that the
seven creative days or periods of time are a thousand years
each. I personal do not know of such things as again it is above
my pay grade. So I will not so speculated and rather leave that
to others. But is one does study the seven 'days' of creation
as a pattern of creation from that which and void and without
form to that which is suited by the habitation of man, it is
a well worked out plan and design foundationally and lociaclly
developed.
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"And there was war in heaven: Michael [Adam] and his angels [those that kept their first
estate and were valent in the cause] fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and
his angels,
"And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
"And the great dragon [Lucifer - Satan - the Devil] was cast out, that old serpent, called
the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him.
"And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the
kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,
which accused them before our God day and night.
"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they
loved not their lives unto the death.
"Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that well in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth
and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth
that he hath but a short time." ~ New Testament | Revelation 12:7-12
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War in Heaven
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Now John the Beloved Revelator was given to see such as the vision of all upon the 'sea of
glass' where all is seen, past, present and future as one together, and thus John's report in
the book of revelation is understandably 'universal' from the pre-existence of heave down
through and to the various related activities of Lucifer upon the earth, even as it were into
the furture John did see.
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Zechariah 3:1-10
"AND he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing
at his right hand to resist him.
And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen
Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments
from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will
clothe thee with change of raiment.
And I said, Let them set aa fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and
clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
And the angel of the LORD protested [procliam] unto Joshua, saying,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then
thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk
among these that stand by.
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men
wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I
will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that
land in one day.
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under
the fig tree."
(Old Testament | Zechariah 3:1 - 10)
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Determination Council
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For a time, after the Grand Council,
Lucifer sought out those who would
follow after him in rebellion and
war against God and Jehovah, and the
Great Plan of Happiness. At the
point when the earth was completed,
a Council of Final Determination
was held. Jehovah as Jehosuha
came before God with Lucifer as
Satan to accuse and oppose him
at Jehosuha's right hand and
therefore God's left hand. At
that point God the Father rebuked
Satan as the rebelleous fire brand
that he was. And he officially
sanctioned or confirmed and proclaimed
His and Jehoshua/Jehovah's plan
and foreshadowed the covenant
promise of what it entailed. This
is what Zechariah saw and reported
in Zechariah chapter 3 in his 4th
reported vision there. From the
sins of the world taken upon by
Jesus to the removing of those
sins according to the atonement to
be made as the atonement was accepted,
to the removal of all the sins of
mankind in tha day and the millennial
day represented. This is Zechariah 3.
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"¶ That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon [Lucifer], and say, How hath
the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
"The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
"He who smote the people in wrath with aa continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger,
is persecuted, and none hindereth.
"The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
"Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid
down, no feller is come up against us.
"Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for
thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings
of the nations.
"All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like
unto us?
"Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under
thee, and the worms cover thee.
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations!
"For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the
stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
"I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the amost High.
"Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit [fina fate of Lucifer].
"They that see thee [Lucifer] shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man
that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
"That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the
house of his prisoners?
"All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in aglory, every one in bhis own house.
"But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that
are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit [Lucifer and his
followers fate]; as a carcase trodden under feet.
"Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain
thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
"Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise,
nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities [it is the cause of radical
Islam (The Religion of Lucifer) to eventually fill the earth!].
"For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name,
and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
"I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with
the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. Old Testament | Isaiah 14:4-23
~ Ezekiel's References ~
"¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
"Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus (Lucifer), and say unto him, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
"Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius,
topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the
carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the
day that thou wast created.
"Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy
mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire [as the fire
brand].
"Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in
thee [The rebellion in heaven].
"By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou
hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will
destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire [fire brand].
"Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of
thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground [earth], I will lay thee before kings, that they
may behold thee.
"Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy
traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and
I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
"All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror,
and never shalt thou be any more." Old Testament | Ezekiel 28:11-9
25 And this we saw also, and bear record, that an aangel of God who was in authority in the presence of God, who brebelled against the Only Begotten cSon whom the Father dloved and who was in the bosom of the Father, was thrust down from the presence of God and the Son,
26 And was called aPerdition, for the heavens bwept over him—he was cLucifer, a son of the morning.
27 And we beheld, and lo, he is afallen! is fallen, even a son of the morning!
28 And while we were yet in the Spirit, the Lord commanded us that we should write the vision; for we beheld Satan, that old aserpent, even the bdevil, who rebelled against God, and sought to take the kingdom of our cGod and his Christ—
29 Wherefore, he maketh awar with the saints of God, and encompasseth them round about.
30 And we saw a vision of the asufferings of those with whom he made war and overcame, for thus came the voice of the Lord unto us:
31 Thus saith the Lord concerning all those who know my power, and have been made partakers thereof, and asuffered themselves through the power of the devil to be overcome, and to deny the truth and defy my power—
32 They are they who are the asons of bperdition, of whom I say that it had been better for them never to have been born;
33 For they are avessels of wrath, doomed to suffer the wrath of God, with the devil and his angels in eternity;
34 Concerning whom I have said there is ano bforgiveness in this world nor in the world to come—
35 Having adenied the Holy Spirit after having received it, and having denied the Only Begotten Son of the Father, having bcrucified him unto themselves and put him to an open cshame.
36 These are they who shall go away into the alake of fire and brimstone, with the devil and his angels—
(Doctrine and Covenants | Section 76:25 - 36)
18 And he said unto them, I beheld aSatan as lightning fall from heaven.
(New Testament | Luke 10:18)
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Lucifer Expulsion
Isaiah 15–23: Prophecies against Nations That Do Not Serve the Lord
Old Testament Seminary Student Study Guide, (2002), 143–144
Isaiah 15–23 contains several prophecies about the destruction of nations surrounding Israel.
By revealing to Israel and Judah that all surrounding nations would be destroyed, the Lord gave
them good reasons to trust Him instead of trusting in any treaties or alliances with these
neighboring countries.Isaiah 15–16 contains prophecies about Moab [Jordan] (see Bible map 10).
The country is named after Moab [Jordan], who was the son of Lot’s eldest daughter (see Genesis
19:37) and who settled in that country with his family. The Moabites often battled with the
Israelites, but at this time the Israelites might have considered an alliance with Moab [Jordan]
helpful in overcoming their enemies.Isaiah 17 gives a prophecy directed to Damascus (Syria) and
Ephraim (the Northern Kingdom). Damascus and Ephraim [Syria] joined together in an alliance to
conquer Judah, but before they could attack, the Assyrians came from the north and destroyed
the two would-be conquerors. Isaiah 17 records a prophecy of the destruction of these two
nations and some of the destruction’s effects upon the two nations.Isaiah 18 speaks to a land
“beyond the rivers of Ethiopia” (v. 1). Most translators name this land Cush (see footnote 1c),
which some think was a nation south of Egypt. Chapter 18 is more hopeful than many of the
chapters in this section, and there is much disagreement about what chapter 18 refers to or
means.Isaiah 18 records Isaiah’s prophecy that although the people of this nation would be
“scattered and peeled” and “trodden under foot,” they would be invited to gather to Mount Zion,
where they will seemingly be well received. The last verse of the chapter may be of special
interest because it speaks of giving the Lord a “present” of people who were “scattered.”
Gathering the people of the earth and preparing them to meet the Lord is one of the great
purposes of the Church in the last days.Isaiah 19–20 records prophecies about Egypt, which was
one of the most powerful nations in the world in Isaiah’s day. Isaiah prophesied of ways Egypt
would be troubled and how the Egyptians would not be able to solve their troubles through their
own abilities or false gods. Isaiah 19 also contains the remarkable prophecy that at some future
time Egypt and Israel will worship the same God and Egypt will be healed by the Lord. Even
further, the prophecy suggests that Assyria will also be united with Israel and Egypt in
worshiping God.Isaiah 20 speaks specifically about the time when Assyria would take Egypt
captive—again showing the people of Judah a reason why they should not join together with
another country against Assyria.Isaiah 21 speaks about the eventual destruction of three
nations: Babylon (vv. 1–10), Edom (vv. 11–12), and Arabia (vv. 13–17).In Isaiah 21:10 the Lord
seemed to specifically speak to members of the house of Israel who would be captives in Babylon
nearly two hundred years after Isaiah’s time and who would need the encouragement offered by
this prophecy of Babylon’s destruction.Isaiah 22 refers to the fall of Jerusalem and speaks of
a time when this “burden,” or message of gloom, would be removed and Jerusalem would permanently
be at peace. In this prophecy, Isaiah not only explained what would happen as a part of
Jerusalem’s destruction, but he also explained why Jerusalem would be destroyed. He noted that
the people were very proud about tunnels and canals they built to solve their water problems
but did not worship the Maker of the water nor recognize that all blessings come from Him
(see v. 11). He also criticized them for holding parties to celebrate messages that surrounding
nations would be destroyed instead of reacting humbly and repenting (see vv. 12–14).Isaiah
22 also contains a short historical story that has important symbolic significance. The story
is about Shebna, the keeper of the treasury of Jerusalem, who is a symbol of the attitudes of
the people of Jerusalem at the time. Isaiah accused Shebna of being prideful about Jerusalem’s
wealth. Then Isaiah said that not only would the Assyrians take many of Jerusalem’s treasures
but the nicest riches from Jerusalem would be the “cheapest” items in the house of the king of
Assyria (see v. 18). Furthermore, Isaiah said that a man named Eliakim, which in Hebrew means
“God shall cause thee to arise,” would replace Shebna. There was important symbolism in the
meaning of this name and story. Only by replacing love of treasures with love of God could
Jerusalem be redeemed from destruction. And when Jerusalem turns to God, it will arise again
as a holy city. The name Eliakim had even greater symbolic meaning because it pointed to the
Atonement. Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, God will cause all men to arise and have
the opportunity to overcome all the destruction, disappointments, and death of this world. In
the last verse of chapter 22, Isaiah testified of the great power of this redemption, comparing
it to fastening a nail “in a sure place” so that it could not be moved. This image symbolized
the permanent redemption Jesus Christ offered and the way He died and surely secured salvation
for all mankind.Isaiah 23, which contains a prophecy about Tyre (Lebanon), a city of Phoenicia,
is the last of the chapters prophesying the overthrow of nations surrounding Israel and Judah.
(See map 10 in your Bible to locate Tyre.) Tyre (Lebanon) was a city focused on the buying and
selling of the treasures of the world. The things of the world were always more important to
the inhabitants of Tyre (Lebanon) than anything else, including God. Isaiah referred to Tyre
(Lebanon) as a harlot. This is because, in a sense, the people sold themselves and their sacred
relationship with God for money—much in the same way a harlot sells her sacred virtue for money.
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As Lucifer's time from his casting out of heaven down to the earth is extended over the length
of God's Plan even until Lucifer is finally entirely disposed of into the sides of the pit for
ever more, various are the references to Lucifer universally seen, past from the pre-existence
on through the earth's history to the furture final date of his final eternal internment in the
infernal pit and the sides thereof. Ezekiel is one who carries this through on the part of
Lucifer, Satan, even the Devil as being as the king of Tyre or Lebanon (which is 60% Muslim).
Isaiah in turn had put
Luciter as the head or king of the worldly nationof Babylon. Both Lebanon and Babylon have risen
to afflict Israel as they are headed by those led by Satan and their Muslim religion of the
worship as it were Lucifer.
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Garden of Eden
Garden Plan-Planting
Placement of Man
The Life Cycle of Agency
Garden Expulsion
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Peleg
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Isaac
Jacob
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Birth
Life
Death
Post Ministries
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Dark Ages
Earth Calamities
Reniesaunts
Reformations
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Colonization
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Revolutions
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Restoration
Ages of Responsibility
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Preparations
Wickedness
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Sorting Wheat and Tares
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Great Millennial Work
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End of Times
Great Final Judgment
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