Some will ask, why has the Church taken such competent men out of public service in their professions when they are doing so much good where they now are? I do not know. The Church has not done it. Rather, the Lord has made clear that these are they who should serve as his witnesses. There are others, well trained and equally qualified, to carry on what they have been doing. These two have now received a peculiar and unique calling to which the Lord, in his better wisdom, has beckoned them.
It's the norm when new quorum members are sustained that the other 12 will welcome them. President Hinckley's talk went way beyond that. I found it so interesting to listen to it, in light of all the happenings, with the amazing events transpiring under the leadership of President Nelson and his Counselor, President Oaks. enjoy it! here
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I believe this is also President Nelson's rule!
President Joseph Smith...“I made this my rule: When the Lord commands, do it.”5
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President Russel M. Nelson..."Having all of the apostles in Rome is a powerful symbol that the Restored Church is the same church of Jesus Christ that our Lord established in the meridian of time."
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President Nelson added, “This is a hinge point in the history of the Church. Things are going to move forward at an accelerated pace of which this is a part. We think the Church is an old Church. It’s 189 years old. But it’s only the beginning. Just project out what the next future will be and the Church is going to have an unprecedented future. Unparalleled. We’re just building up to what’s ahead now.”
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(from a news clip)
President Nelson typically is accompanied by one apostle at a temple dedication. Occasionally, the church president brings more. He rarely takes all, and never have all been together away from American soil in the faith's 188-year history.
They uniformly expressed astonishment at and appreciation for the opportunity to join President Nelson at the dedication of the Rome Temple, the church's first in a New Testament city.
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| 1st group photo in 20 years |
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| first picture ever of 13 wives! (Sister Eyring-ill. Sister Ballard-passed on.) |
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Over the years of blogging you have come to know about me and most likely some sort of pattern and predictability has surfaced. You know-at one point the thought of finding out that a part of our Church was the belief in the heavens being open and God actually communicating with man...and for the governing of the Church...the chosen Apostles/Prophets had that sort of communication...can only be described as cringe worthy. I have no idea how I missed that fact but I did!
You also know that a belief in this fact...this marvelous truth... is the base of my testimony and I absorb, so deeply absorb this revelatory process that surely it is now in my DNA!
You also know that I have waited since 1979 to see how and when President Kimball's prophecy about women in the latter days will come forth...and my excitement at seeing it start to unfold!!!
You also would know them that I am giddy over this Temple in Rome...President Nelson meeting with the Pope...Elder Bednar and Elder Rasband sharing their testimony outside the prison that Paul was incarcerated in...Also Elder Bednar and Rasband giving a Rome Temple interior tour and guess who was suddenly a part of the tour and introduced the Brides room and bore a great testimony?--Sister Bednar!...President Nelson acknowledging that having all 15 members in Rome was what the Lord wanted...and all of the wives!! and then...to my utter shock, amazement and delight- Sister Nelson sharing her testimony about her husband being in communication with the Lord! hear
What courage and faith that takes with all of the possible ramifications, for both she and President Nelson...being vulnerable and willing to be ridiculed etc. for sharing their powerful witnesses of Jesus Christ.
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