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In the New Testament it was the scripture quoting religious leaders of the popular, mainstream sects that reviled, persecuted, attributed falsely all manner of evil against Jesus when He walked the earth. According to them He was a false prophet, He was misinterpreting scripture, He was teaching a corruption of the religion of their father Abraham. All He did was follow the will of God and went about doing good. Yet they constantly put all kind of misinformation about Him to turn the people from Him, constantly tried to lay legal traps for him, and have him arrested on trump charges. Why did Peter and the apostles know He was really the Messiah? God revealed it to them. The rock is revelation. Prayer and receiving personal revelation is the key. False teachers will tell you that you do not need to pray and seek revelation in regards to whether a prophet or particular church is true. Test your own minister out and mention The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
When they finally killed Jesus, many of the religious people in the population rejoiced thinking they did God a favor. The Bible teaches that Satan is the prince of this world. He controls the hearts and mind of many. He has an unquenching hatred for Christ, His authorized servants, and His authorized Church. He wants everyone to be as miserable as him. It is a threat to his kingdom. Those he controls the most, have his hate towards Christ, His authorized servants, and His authorized Church. That is why the NT church and her prophets were persecuted and killed, and why when it was restored by the prophet Joseph Smith, even in the one nation set up to protect religious freedom, it had to flee into the wilderness to escape total destruction.
It is pretty strange really how many acted towards Joseph Smith and the LDS. I mean I think Scientology is stupid, and many evangelical televangelists make me want to puke, but it would never cross my mind to try and kill any of them, to tar and feather them, to constantly try and trump of false legal charges against them, to constantly misrepresent them to create anger towards them, rape their wives and daughters and then kill them, and try and erase them from the face of the earth. I don't know, just would never cross my mind. I can't imagine a state government in the U.S. creating an extermination order on an innocent people and them having to flee from the then borders of the U.S. in the middle of winter. But it happened. Cannot be a scarier, more menace to society than those Mormons:
From the Poway California LDS stake.
When they finally killed Jesus, many of the religious people in the population rejoiced thinking they did God a favor. The Bible teaches that Satan is the prince of this world. He controls the hearts and mind of many. He has an unquenching hatred for Christ, His authorized servants, and His authorized Church. He wants everyone to be as miserable as him. It is a threat to his kingdom. Those he controls the most, have his hate towards Christ, His authorized servants, and His authorized Church. That is why the NT church and her prophets were persecuted and killed, and why when it was restored by the prophet Joseph Smith, even in the one nation set up to protect religious freedom, it had to flee into the wilderness to escape total destruction.
It is pretty strange really how many acted towards Joseph Smith and the LDS. I mean I think Scientology is stupid, and many evangelical televangelists make me want to puke, but it would never cross my mind to try and kill any of them, to tar and feather them, to constantly try and trump of false legal charges against them, to constantly misrepresent them to create anger towards them, rape their wives and daughters and then kill them, and try and erase them from the face of the earth. I don't know, just would never cross my mind. I can't imagine a state government in the U.S. creating an extermination order on an innocent people and them having to flee from the then borders of the U.S. in the middle of winter. But it happened. Cannot be a scarier, more menace to society than those Mormons:
From the Poway California LDS stake.