Thursday, August 5, 2004

R17
2:24 a.m. Naomie's Testimony of What
Happened Through the Night
You came home last night just before 8:00
o 'clock p.m., did the reading and family prayer
with us - read two sermons of father's on faith of
the brother of Jared and also pride versus
humility. You met with your daughters and gave
them a little training. You had a few snacks with
them and then everyone retired to bed. You were
in bed by 11:000 'clock p.m.
I could feel the heavenly powers approach. I
could feel you were trembling inwardly. Your
body started to tremble at 11: 3 0 p. m. At first it
wasn't' real severe. By about 11:40 p.m. it was
getting more severe, until by 11:45 p.m. you
twisted onto your stomach for just a few minutes
and then on to your right side. Your arm was bent
back behind you. Your body started to tremble
very severely and shake, just rattle. Your head was
tilted back to the right also. As your body
trembled, it was like it twisted. You kept groaning.
Your head was like it was twisted to the right into
the bed, tilted back. Your whole body was
trembling very severely. It lasted from about
m. the severi 0 it. Then ou
went still and quiet for about ten minutes.
At 12:25 a.m. you said, "The Lord is seeing if
we are going to stay at it. He is showing me that
many of the men are exerting great faith, reaching
unto Him diligently, believing it can be done."
You said, "There are very many sweet men here
that would give their lives for this cause to keep me
protected, to see this project through. "
At 12:40 a.m. you groaned. You said, "What is
happening? What is happening to me? Something
is happening inside of me. Your body was
trembling. At 1:00 0 'clock a.m. you said, "I am
reaching unto the Lord to know what to do." You
went quiet. At 1: 15 a. m. you started saying
something, but I couldn't tell what you were
saying. You were talking in another language.
You were shining so bright. I had moved away
from you because you were trembling so hard, a
little earlier before this. Your hand was reached
out across the bed, so I put my hand on it. I could
feel you were inwardly trembling still. The fire
and majesty and glory of God I felt flowed from
you so strong. You said, "The Lord is taking me
through the fire, through an atonement. "
At 1:30 a.m. you sat up on your elbow. You
looked around. You looked at me and said, "Are
you ready to go through the fire? Are you ready
for what is just ahead of us? You cannot and must
not be distracted from your mission. You said,
"Remember Naomie the experience you went
through. Don't be distracted. We just don't have
any time left. You know too much. I said, "Yes, sir.
Yes, sir, I do know too much. I am so sorry." You
laid back down and groaned and sighed. You said,
"The Lord is going to see if we will stay at this rock
project and not give into the pressure. Who will
stay at it no matter what, keep the fire burning in
them? I am reaching unto the Lord to know what
to do. "
Your body jolted really hard. And again you
trembled so severely, so severely. I yearned unto
the Lord that He would spare your life, as you were
writhing and twisting. I could hear your bones
grinding and twisting and rubbing against each
other. I yearned the Lord would show you what to
do. I could see the heavenly fire surrounding you
as you twisted and jolted and turned and trembled.
Your head kept knocking up against the bed board.
t wasn t 1 e It was noc zng It ar, ut 1 was
constant. Your whole body just jolted very hard. It
was like you were picked up and thrown down.
You said, "It feels like everything in me is going to
dissolve. There are daggers going through my
body, into my chest and abdomen. You said, "The
Lord is allowing me to intervene and atone. You
said, "Don't be surprised at what happens tonight.
Don't be surprised.
At 2:00 0 'clock a.m. your body went into a more
severe trembling session, great distress upon you.
You were trembling so severely, it was like your
whole body was twisting in half, your arms
twisting backwards, your legs twisting and
grinding, your body jolting so hard and severe.
There was such a powerful burning of peace, yet a
great anxiousness to pray so hard that you would
be spared, that we would be spared. Your whole
body seemed to be twisting to where your bones
seemed like they were going to break off. As your
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body trembled, you stayed in that position. I could
hear your neck grinding. You kept groaning. You
said, "Wow. Whatever it takes, I am willing, ready
for the greater sacrifice in the Lord's time. This is
such a marvelous experience, what I am going
through, the great yearnings of my heart, yet the
Lord is yearning that much greater. You said, "I
will see what happens, what He does. We must
stay at it and show Him we are willing to give our
very lives. And He is showing me that many of the
men are willing to give their very lives. Their
sweetness is only increasing. They are qualifoing,
reaching unto the Lord, yearning for forgiveness.
The Lord is hearing their prayers. You groaned
and went quietfor afew minutes. At 2:15a.m. you
said, "There is still more to go through, still more
to go through. We must be ready to do whatever
the Lord tells us to do with rejoicing. We must stay
at this project. Then you went quiet. You came to
at 2:20 a.m. It is now ten minutes to 3:00 a.m.
8:40 a.m.
I last reported to you, finishing about ten
minutes to 3:00 a.m. The Lord took you through a
great and severe time, after you had corrected me
and told me I was being weighed in the balance,
that I had sinned against knowledge and you were
atoningfor me, personally. The Lord took you into
session again at 6:00 0 'clock a.m., a little after
600 1l 4f klQZdi1'1g)'QW
such a power and a surge surging through you.
At 6:30 a.m. your body jolted really hard. You
trembled. Your body shook, like it has been
shaking just now, just rattling, jolting. Something
shocks you. You said, "Oh, my. Oh, my. What is
happening? What is happening?" Your body
continued to jerk and jolt and tremble very
severely, like you were being shocked. You twisted
over onto your back and then back onto your side.
At 7:10 a.m. you said, "Wow. This is greater
experience than I have been through before. My
whole being is affected. I don't know what is going
to happen to me. I am yearning the Lord will spare
this people and put it on me, and touch their hearts
this time. Your body continued to tremble.
Something would touch you andjust shock you and
you wouldjust jolt and tremble. Each time you did
it, it seemed to get stronger and harder. You kept
saying, "We must stay at it. We must stay at it.
This people here little realize what is happening.
At 7:30 a.m. you said, "This people on this land
have treated me like a boy, though they haven't
done it willfully, when they don't follow counsel,
they are rejecting revelation and they don't even
realize it. And I am no great person. The Lord is
great and He has put me in this position. You said,
"They haven't realized this is how they are
treating me. They don't even realize that is what
they are doing. They think they are obeying. They
express their loyalty. You said, The Lord wants
them to get two more saws here today. In order for
us to build the temple here, it is going to take such
exactness, that anyone willing to compromise will
be put aside, sent away. And it is a compromise
when we are not reaching to be led. People are so
uninspired. Most people here just expect me to be
inspired for them, and that is what has happened.
The brethren have just expected me to be inspired.
Though they have done it unknowingly, or in their
ignorance, so-called, there just is no time, no time
left. The judgments are upon us. You said, "If the
brethren will get two more saws here and show the
Lord they are yearning to repent, yearning to do it
His way, but who will do it? You said, "yes, it isn't
willful disobedience, and yet they have been
taught. If they are not careful that is what it will
be.
You body jolted very, very hard and shook and
rattled, like it has been doing just now. You said,
"They don't know what I go through. They don't
even realize what is being done for them. You said,
"The Lord is showing me many things. Are we just
demanding hard experience here? Is that what is
happening? Every man is going to be left on their
own. They just don't realize what is going to
happen to their families. They just don't realize it.
If there is any belief in them, they would hasten.
You said, "They are according to what they have
learned and experience, but who is reaching for
that greater knowledge. You said again, "They
have just treated me like a boy." You said, "is my
dream beingfuljilled. Are the older men becoming
"Wait-and-see if it will happen? Some of the
young men are doing the same. Some of the
younger men are yearning to know how to help
better, but through a lack of reaching for the
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greater light, they are not inspired to come and
ask.
At 8:00 0 'clock your body jolted and you
trembled and trembled and trembled. Your whole
body jerking, going through that shock that rattles
your whole being. You went quiet for a few
minutes. At 8: 1 0 a.m. you said, "The Lord will still
work with us. He is so patient. If we stay at it with
all the fervency and energy of soul.
You said, "I have a message I want given to
Ernest. If he is not aware, though his family is
here, great things will happen to even them. They
will go through fire like he has not witnessed. You
said, "The Lord hasn't told me to send him away,
but to warn him strongly that if he doesn't reach
and come up to this mark that I have told him - you
must be exact, the Lord will destroy him and his
family, totally destroy them. You said, "The Lord
is still showing me to work with him because he has
been humble. He just isn't reaching to be
inspired." And the way you said it, it was like the
Lord was speaking through you. Your voice was
very penetrating. You said, "The Lord is showing
me he has been a good relations man with the
sherif and the people but he is just not reaching.
He just expects me to do that for him. That is his
error. He just expects me to be inspired for him,
and it just doesn't work that way. If he is one with
me, he is inspired and ahead. This is the lesson
and training that every man here must know.
You said, "And Uncle Allen has got to realize
that he is standing in my way and not letting me
open the door. And though I lift this load alone, he
won't let me open the door. You said, "If these
men will just realize what they are doing. If
somehow the Lord will touch their hearts, He will
work with them still and allow me to intervene in
their behalf. He is already showing me this rock
project won't be done before midnight. Who is
going to stop because they know it won't be? You
said, "If they will stay at it the Lord will work with
this whole people still. If they stop, a judgment will
come upon us. But they must stay at it until it is
finished. Every man must stay at it and every man
that is working on the meadow house must stay at it
until it is complete. The Lord will allow them to
rest at intervals, afew here while the others stay at
the work. But the men on the rock project must
stay at it until it is complete. They must not lose the
focus or else they will lose their lives, they will lose
their families and they will lose everything, both of
the spirit and the body. But the Lord is still
stretchingforth His hand. Will we do it this time?
Who will seek the strength of heaven.
Your body jolted again really really hard. You
came too. You said, "What has been happening? I
got dressed and I came to tell you what had been
happening. You had been going through such a
severe time. I couldn't tell if you were conscious
or not, but at 8:30 a.m. you said, "Am I going to
have to -" Then you stopped and you said, "Is the
Lord going to have to take someone's life before
we will realize? Is that what we are demanding?"
Your body kept jolting and jolting, trembling.
Something was shocking you. Your whole being
would rattle and tremble. You said, "The Lord
wants me to tell the brethren if they don't stay at
this job and they are sent away, they will lose
everything and they will be sons of perdition. That
is how serious this is. You said, "How much
stronger does the rebuke have to be? You said,
"The Lord wants every person on this land of
refuge who is of age to begin their fast today until
the 10
th
and all of Zion's Camp will start the fast
tomorrow. This day the Lord wants all the people
on this land of refuge to fast, starting the fast
today. The brethren will eat a little, but only
enough to keep up their energy. The Lord wants to
see vphut suc; ifice they vvillniukt. Get HI()Jl JttHJ
here and they had better start working with a
fervent energy and not stop until it is done. Every
test will be presented before them to make them
want to stop, but if they stop, it will be the end of
them.
At 8:40 a.m. your body jolted again. You
opened your eyes and said, "What has been going
on?" I said, "Son you have gone through such a-"
I know it is only the Lord that preserves you and
makes it so you can live through what He takes you
through to atone. Oh, Sweetheart, we need you.
We need you desperately. I know by the burning
power of peace here, the Lord is so merciful to all
of us. He only rebukes those He loves, and
chastens us that we may do better. He is so kind,
such a loving Father, just like you are. That is
what you are.
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12:18 p.m. Calling Ernest Jessop - Strong
Warning
How far is the rock up on the house, the
building? How many sets of one hundred have
been dedicated? The Lord told me He wanted two
more saws here today, like that saw we had
working on the blocks. I hope you are pushing for
that. Ernest, I want to know if you have lost the
fire? You do have what? You remember the
revelation of the dream over a year ago in meeting,
of the move? I would tell men to park the truck
right next to the building, and they would not, they
had a better idea, and I had to search for someone
else, the young men, to carry the weight, because
the middle-aged wouldn't listen, wanted to do it
their way, and the young men made up the
difference? The Lord has shown me that you are
one of those men. You won't park the truck close.
You won't be implicitly obedient.
I have been warning you and Uncle Allen each
step of the way and it is as though you have to be
commanded in all things, and that is the sign you
men are not inspired of heaven. I know you don't
fully understand when I say to you, "If I wasn't
here, you would already be destroyed." And I say
to you dear brother, you are dead weight, having to
be commanded in all things. The Lord loves you
and I love you. You have treated me like a boy and
decided bow to do tbjoes your way as t b Q l l ~ b
when I speak, you can hesitate and not respond.
The Lord has shown me we won't meet this
schedule, and you men, the Lord has been pressing
us to be ready to build a temple, and you weren't
even ready to do the stone on the meeting house
and if we weren't going through this experience,
you wouldn't be awake to be ready for the greater
project.
Dear brother, you are on a dangerous ground
now with the Lord and if you don't turn this around
and become an inspired man and thus a strength to
me and the work of God, you being rejected will
mean you lose Priesthood and you will lose
everything. How much more strong does the Lord
have to get with you? If you are sent away, you
will lose everything, dear brother, and you will go
down with the wicked. You must develop a proper
relationship with the Lord and me, which is, when
I speak His will and make even a suggestion, you
plead unto the Lord for the revelations to fulfill
that directive and don't let things stop you and
don't let distractions tum you away from what the
Lord directs.
Now, I give you this warning. The Lord has
allowed me to be here to intervene, bear influence.
Your example of having to be commanded in all
things and being uninspired, is affecting even the
young men, and I say to you, the Lord has told me
that if you men on this rock project don't stay at it
until it is done, you will be scourged and you will
feel it, because when the Lord speaks, He expects
us to reach and be led and obey until it is done.
And He doesn't set a deadline to bless us with a
failure. If we properly seek the inspiration the
successes are within our reach weeks before. But
what happens with you and Uncle Allen? You
men are standing in the doorway blocking me,
brethren, and I have this great weight, as that
dream described. And not only will you not open
the door, you are blocking the door because you
are not inspired. You are not a strength.
You have been a blessing in many areas, with
the sherif, - in a physical way keep things going,
be the money man - but the Lord is trying to make
of you a savior on Mount Zion, a strength, an
inspired man to be a strength to me and Him. The
men must be told they have to get this done.
Anyone who lightens up will be cast out. The Lord
is through with this halfhearted effort - yes, a
physical push, but we haven't used the right keys.
I have voiced the keys to you brethren, how to
exert oneness, fervency is a key, the devotion of
reaching to be led is a key and you brethren are not
picking up the keys I am handing you, of the Lord.
We received such a strong warning a couple of
days ago. It wasn't until I pushed it that this rush to
be prepared with the right equipment was even
sought after. And now by the 10
th
we are supposed
to have the rock for the temple just processing,
processing. We should have saws, equipment,
everything, and you brethren aren't even geared up
to do the preparation training of the meeting house.
The Lord loves you. I love you. This is direct talk.
You are on dangerous ground. You had better stay
at it for your very life's sake, dear brother. Do you
understand?
I am grateful for the good you have done, but
you have just become a money manager, a project
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manager like on a gentile job, and the spiritual
strength isn' in you or the men, and that is what we
are failing in. In your weak ways and ignorance,
you are treating me like a boy, deciding how you
will do it and when you will do it, just like they did
the Prophet Joseph Smith, and this is the Lord's
correction to you. Now, you go among all the
people on this land, please, and tell them the Lord
wants them this day, starting right now, to fast and
pray from this moment until the 10
th
for
deliverance and that they will stay at this job until
it is done. And also the First Presidency house
must continue. Give the men on that project some
rest where they need.
Dear brother, the Lord's message to you
through me, this day, is you and these men are
going to be destroyed if you do not respond and get
that job done. Ifwe lighten up, if we don't stay at it
and if we turn to bad quality work, the Lord is
through with us, those involved. He is offering us
the greatest blessings and we are just picking at it.
The blessing of a temple represents His presence.
Your error, dear brother, is you are depending
upon me to be inspired, and you don't realize that
oneness is inspiration. For you to be a strength to
me and the work of God, you have to be as inspired
in your stewardship as I am in my stewardship,
which is over all the people, and you in your
appointed place. I hope you can be shaken enough,
let tlle Good Spilit LUdell yom lrcdrt litis LillIe mId
yet feel our love for you.
I have been voicing to Uncle Allen and the
other men and you that this equipment should be
here. But what do I get, "Oh, we are looking at a
piece of equipment far here and far there and it is
not available yet. You let things stop you and then
you stop. You don't keep reaching where else to
turn to be ready on time. And the Lord has
required me to carry this alone and you brethren
are blocking the door. Now, you go humble
yourself, dear brother, and when I see you, I want
to feel that heavenly fire, through repentance and
inspiration and instead of me pushing you every
little step you are reporting to me that the doors are
opening up because of your faith, and that is what I
want to feel in you, dear brother, for your very
life's sake, for your family's sake; and if you do
right the blessing of everyone. You have got to
stop being that old project manager, using your
learned ways of doing things.
Look back on the history of this project and
how you have had to be commanded nearly every
step of the way. This has to turn around now, dear
brother. We are at the crossroads now. If! have to
send you men away, you have lost it all -
Priesthood and everything - so you don't have that
choice, really. You only have the choice to
respond the Lord's way and that is offered to you
still. So the Lord's word to me today, without even
knowing what you are doing, is those two bigger
saws had better be here, working, and the men set
apart on this mission better stay at this job until it is
done. And He said, "Do not let them bring forth
bad quality work, where it is not exact size. Make
sure it is the size, and no excuses. You need to go
tell Fred that because the Lord is watching us.
Why does the Lord have to bring us to such
sharp rebukes before we wake up, dear brother?
Why isn't the joy of His offered blessing
motivating us to more and more inspiration? You
are being offered this one opportunity. Now
respond. Will you do it? Will you do it? Desire is
wonderful, but you stay at a prayer until the answer
comes and stop letting earthly things block your
way. Now I am praying, bearing influence with
the Lord beyond what you can understand. The
Lord is here and He is watching us and the very
heavens are watchmg us. I he Lord wlil only allow
me to intervene so many times before He renders a
judgment. This is His correction, combined with
His invitation. The blessing is within your reach
still, but with the strict and strong warning that you
must succeed in Him or be rejected. And I hope
and pray I never have to talk to you like this again.
I love you, dear brother. I am praying the Lord to
touch you with this sharp rebuke and awaken you
to reach unto Him until the success is there.
When He allows seeming roadblocks to arise in
front of you, He expects you to seek unto Him for
another door of deliverance and not just sit there
and wait for me to tell you what to do next. When I
have spoken, I have spoken. Don't wait for me to
command again. Stay at it. The solution will
come. That is what you need to learn in your
learning implicit obedience. I have sought unto the
Lord, "Is this all a result of willful disobedience?"
And He says no, there is a degree of ignorance.
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They desire to succeed, and yet there is a sin here.
And the sin is you don't keep reaching to be led.
You accept circumstances and stop. It wasn't until
I came to your house yesterday and fired you up
and directed Fred and Uncle Allen and said, "We
are fostering a failure. We know it. We see it. We
are doing nothing. We think our outward keeping
sweet qualifies us. "Oh, we will keep sweet
through a failure," we say. But when is the success
that earns the redemption of Zion in fulness? So
the word of the Lord to me about you is you are one
of those in that revelation who won't respond, and
yet it is the young men with there energy keeping
things going and some of them are not responding
because of the example they ,see. Now, the Lord's
judgment is about to strike anyone of us and all of
us. So with a yearning for you and all of you, I am
reaching for you. I hope I can see the heavenly fire
in you stronger than ever when I see your eyes
again and this day, at least, respond to what I have
said. Get those saws here and working. Keep the
men on the project until it is done. Will you do it?
When you try to do the right thing the wrong
way, it doesn't work. And the wrong way is you
have just been living on borrowed light, leaning on
me to direct every detail, until the Lord had to send
me here and say, "You stay there until this is
done." That is what He told me because the
managers on the job were finding reasons to not do
it and the doors were not opening up. Yet even
with me here, you brethren hadn't responded.
Oh, dear brother, if you could see what is about
to strike, with rejoicing you would learn the Spirit
of God and stay at it in oneness with me. Beware
the distractions. Stay at what you are directed to
do until the Lord opens the doors of deliverance.
Who is going for these saws?
Well, the cutting of the rock with the rock right
in place isn't really working is it? So let's not
destroy the good rock. I have a correction for
Uncle Allen, in connection with you on this, and I
say again, The Lord and I love you, but from this
point on when I voice something you go seek the
revelations of heaven and the faith of the brother of
Jared until the doors open up. The Lord will show
you what the challenges will be and how to be
ready for them long beforehand. And yet we have
known for months, since April, that we had to be
geared up to do this rock project for the temple,
and we weren't even ready and we are not ready.
And the Lord keeps sending me to rebuke and
correct and say let's get this done on time, because
if you are successful on the meeting house then
you ready to do the temple. Do you see? Do you
see that? And when we are not ready on eh
meeting house, that means we are not ready for the
temple and that is how we have rejected this
opportunity, but the Lord wants it done.
Now lets take the steps and work day and night
until it is done, acceptable to him. I am still here
with you. He hasn't rejected us. The Lord is ready
to do something to us if we don't respond. Turn
from your fallen ways, dear brother. Return to the
Lord through His servant and respond. You are on
the precipice. There is just no turning back. We
must succeed in the Lord. He wants to bless us.
Okay, dear brother. Be an inspiration and be
inspired to be an inspiration.
Yesterday, I went to the families that are on this
land and asked if they had everything they needed
and discovered they needed certain things. This is
the job of you and the storehouse keeper, but I
went and did it yesterday, and had some of the men
that I brought run errands to fill people's needs. It
displeases the Lord that we are not searching to fill
people's needs. So make sure Joseph, every few
days is going to the families and seeing what they
peed and harE be can help, and commllPicate jf
those needed items are within our reach or when
they can be, and thereby report to you. You need to
be a better Bishop. You are a presiding Elder now.
You are being trained to receive that office. You
should be living that way right now. You also have
the cement project. The Lord wants you to refine.
It can be done, dear brother. The Lord has placed
helpers within your reach. He wants to bless you
with the heavenly gifts. And you can still be a
strength beyond measure to this mission and you
can draw from the heavens through me the answers
through you faith. If you can just get past this road
block in your way of whatever it is - doubting
yourself or fearing or just blind pride where you
don't keep reaching until the answer comes.
Whatever it is, let's reach now, dear brother.
Smile and thank the Lord for this correction
before it was too late, will you? What if this was
the phone call that said, "You are rejected. You
lose everything. What if this was that call? You
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should thank the Lord with all your might, with
rejoicing that He loves you so much and I love you
so much to correct you, firmly, but I am reaching
for you for you to succeed in the Lord.
Did you send Abraham Draper Barlow away?
Is he off the property? Okay. He had to be gone,
and it was his request. He still holds Priesthood,
but I am telling you, these men who have received
this mission, if they have to be sent away, they will
lose Priesthood now. That is how serious this is.
May the fire of heaven be in you now, and not just
a fear of judgment, but the love of the Father,
exerted, until it is perfected to be a heavenly
strength, that you will be a strength. You are
affecting so many people right now, dear brother.
That is why this correction, and you are blocking
the door for me. I would rather have you walking
with me instead of stand in the way. Okay, dear
brother. Let's go forward.
The Lord can even bring forth that equipment at
a very cheap price. We have used money as an
excuse to not do things, and yet I have had other
businesses assist. But, for instance, on this rock
project, you brethren keep saying there is a saw
here and there and it is this many weeks away, and
the Lord doesn't work that way. He doesn't give a
directive and then say, "You cant do it." There has
to be something else somewhere else, maybe
smaller maybe more useful. whatever. We need
greater inspiration if the doors aren't opening up
and they will open up because this is His project.
So even in seeking this expensive equipment, let's
stay at it, the way will open up. If I don't get you
the money immediately, there could be another
door open up. It can happen, dear brother. It can.
We haven't been given a project the Lord wants to
fail just to teach us a lesson. This project is part of
the survival of the work of God on the earth. We
have been favored with all the threatenings, but the
enemy has been held back.
Okay, I will go over those details with you as
we go. I am grateful you will counsel with me.
Now, come with inspiration, okay? And who can
you use to get that saw? And who would you use to
purchase it? Okay. Alright. Ifhe can finance it and
we put part of the down payment if needed, let's go
for it, but look at your other needs and keep this
project going. If this isn't met, men slow down or
get discouraged, we will incur the judgment of
God upon us. I have asked Brother Jim Oler to find
that for me, the oak logs. And then because of our
failure thus far the last few days, the Lord had
stopped directing the temple project. We have got
to have more revelation and we need to earn it. He
was giving it daily. So let's succeed in what we are
doing, alright? And I will tell you the wood
required for the structural, oak for the finish. Let's
earn the blessing. Go before the Lord, repent dear
brother and let's get going. I hope to see you soon.
Thank you. And I love you, dear brother.
9: 15 p.m. Family prayer R17
Singing
Every man, woman and child living on this land
today is sent here to become a strength in Zion. In
Zion there are no lazy minded people, there are no
lazy physical people. The way you can tell you are
Zion is you can feel the lively increase of the
burning peace every day. So I ask you again, are
you Zion? It is way past the time when you want to
be Zion. This is the time to be Zion. All of us
know we can do better we need the Heavenly
increase to be Zion, the increase of the Spirit of
God that Spirit is the burning peace. You are not
waiting for a time to prepare for the presence of
God, it is here and now every minute. You can
only stand in His presence and survive if you are
filled with the Spirit of God. Every minute you
llave UIe pelsollai job to do to live ill ti,e livel,
increase of that Heavenly Power.
Heaven and earth meet where Priesthood rules,
Heaven and earth meet and Heaven grows where
obedience to Priesthood is fervent. All of you can
understand there are no halfhearted people in the
Celestial Kingdom. Zion is Celestial people on
earth. So the Lord is training us even in our earthly
habits how to be clean, neat, organized. Here we
meet for family prayer, every person should have
gone to their areas to make sure things are clean
before we kneel down. So I dismiss you all to go
do that and return in a few minutes, make sure
everything in this house is clean so when we kneel
down we can present ourselves honorable before
the Lord. Go ahead, kitchen, laundry room,
everything.
The men did not meet their schedule, on this
project. The Lord has stopped giving them a
schedule right now. We have greatly displeased
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the Lord. Even this family has been too
light-minded, social, visiting and thus distracted
from the needed faith exerted to strengthen this
project. So the workers will receive a correction
tonight. We still have not learned that constant
devotion which is required for the love of the
Father perfected in us. So do not stay up late,
everyone, socializing, being distracted from the
mission. You were sent here to be a strength to this
mission. If you would always check in you would
never find yourself displeasing Heavenly Father.
That is where we fall short, we do not reach to be
led, we do sometimes, we are rewarded by an
increase of the sweet spirit then we relax our
prayers and tum to our old habits. If I am able to
come talk to you after the 9:00 call, I will see what
happens.
8:52 p.m. Talking to Uncle Merril Jessop, His
Wife Lydia and Daughter Ruleen.
Present here is Uncle Merril Jessop, his wife
Lydia and daughter Ruleen Jessop.
You have heard most of the training and you
will need to hear the rest. But to come to this land
of rejoice where the Lord is establishing Zion, you
have to enter into sacred promises with Heavenly
Father and that is why a record is being kept. You
have a faithful father and mother here. What you
are doing when you come here is you are
promising to live the fulness of the United Order
by living the first two great commandments unto
perfection. Perfection means every minute.
Perfection also means "do better." We can all do
better, so perfection is a condition of increasing.
You are also receiving a mission to help build Zion
in fulness.
In coming here, the ladies really don't leave the
land. You don't call and talk to relative. But you
are coming here to build Zion. The Lord named
you to come. I am asking you, do you receive that
mission to help build Zion?
Ruleen Jessop: Yes.
Are you willing to live the fulness of the United
Order, the Celestial Law?
Ruleen Jessop: Yes, sir.
Let the record show she has agreed.
In Zion there is no gossiping, or shouldn't be,
and we work hard and pray constantly. And you
are here to be a strength.
Have you talked to her about the other issue?
Uncle Merril: No, just the training, is all.
Okay. The Lord has also sent you here to get
married. What is your age?
Ruleen Jessop: Sixteen.
Okay.
11:40 p.m. Naomie's Testimony
You came back into your room last night after
you did the sealing and talked to Isaac and your
guards. The Lord took you right into hand. Your
body started to go through that, I don't really know
what to call it, only like your body is shocked, is
what it looks like from the outside. Since you have
been unconscious you haven't hardly moved,
outwardly. Every once in a while your body would
jerk. It was like the Lord was showing you
something and you were mostly very still. You
were quiet until about 11: 1 0 p. m. I could feel such
afire here. The presence of God was here. Father
is here. As you had me touch your feet, as I
touched you, I couldfeel that surge of energy of the
all-consuming fire. I know the heavens are
watching us so closely, taking note of what our
thoughts qnd3(pe1ings qnddesires are our actions.
At 11:10 p.m. you said, "Something is
happening in Short Creek. I am yearning to
understand what it is, if it is amongst the ladies or
if it is something else. Some of my ladies, if they
are not aware, they will turn against me and
accuse me of not loving them, rejecting them,
forsaking them, when in reality my whole soul
yearns for their success. It weighs on me so heavy
that more are not here. It weighs on me so heavy
that those that are here, most of them, are not
prepared for the greater training. You groaned.
You said, "The Lord is warning me so strong about
something. I am being warned about the family in
Short Creek. Something is not right there. I am
reaching to know. Will I have to remove some
from that place? What do I need to do? You
groaned and said, "Okay, okay.
At 11:20 p.m. you said, "The Lord is showing
me more concerning the temple. Oh, we must
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succeed that the Lord's house, this holy temple can
be built. The blessing is so great that is being
offered, how can we be slow? You said, "This is a
time that everyone should be anxious to know their
state and standing before the Lord, reaching unto
Him that their hearts will be opened and receive
the word that the Lord has to offer. He is still
offering everyone of us here on this place of refuge
the opportunity and He is revealing more
concerning the temple and will continue to do so as
we exert ourselves. You didn't say what, out loud.
That was the last thing you said before you came
to. You came to about 11:30 p.m. It is now 11:50
p.m.
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