November 20, 2,000
Joseph's Elevation Pt. 2
I'm afraid what exactly will be said in The Holy Of Holies is
a secret known only to Jesus and His Apostles. I can put together
an approximation from some of our own ceremonies, which would be
very similar.
The Twelve would enter into The Holy Of Holies, Jesus taking up a
position in its center, the eleven others would surround Him and
join hands. Jesus would raise His hands and probably say
something like "Our Father who dwells here in Heaven,
blessed be Your Name. Your Kingdom won, Your Glory done forever
let it be here in Heaven. Oh Blessed Father, our numbers have
grown thin. Another must be given the knowledge that was given to
us in days of old. I ask You, Oh Blessed Lord, to make this one
one with us, and, one with You, that Your Glory may continue, now,
and, forever. As I have said, Oh Lord, I pray You, My Father, let
it be."
Jesus will lower His hands and then begin to glow with a great
radiance until all that anyone outside The Holy Of Holies can
perceive is a brilliant radiance. Then each of The Apostles will
begin to glow, until They, too, become a shimmering radiance.
Then slowly, They will move in to each other, until all that can
be seen in The Holy Of Holies is a single, shining radiance.
After a few moments the radiance will seperate again into
individuals. The light will slowly subside. The individual
Apostles will reappear, and then in a few minutes Jesus will
reappear. Jesus will again raise His hands and cry, "Our
Father, Our Father! Your Glory is done! He who is worthy has
become one with You. Your Servants' numbers are again enough to
carry on Your Work, but we are not yet whole, Our Father. Our
numbers are not yet enough. Glorify Your Worthy Servant, Oh Lord,
that what he has done may be recognized among man, and that we
may return to the number that we should be. But in all things,
Our Father, in all ways, Your Will, not ours be done."
With this The Apostles will break Their circle, Jesus will emerge
from The Holy Of Holies, announcing each of The Apostles as They
emerge. Joseph Smith coming out last.
That is probably a pretty good facimilie of what will happen in
The Holy Of Holies. I should mention that while this part of the
Celebration is taking place, while Jesus and The Apostles are in
The Holy Of Holies, The Angelic Choir will be singing The
Hallelujah Chorus at Joseph Smith's request.
After They emerge from The Holy Of Holies Jesus will turn to
Joseph Smith and say "Apostle, mount your Tower Of
Announcements! Speak to all the people. For The Hour is at hand.
You are now God's Chosen, more than you were before. Though there
is no question that you were His Chosen before. For you spoke His
Wisdom before. You suffered for The Truth Of God, and therefore
now are glorified by God. Go forth, Apostle Joseph Smith. Go
forth and address the people!"
With this Joseph Smith will, for the first time, climb The Tower
Of Announcements that was previously used by The Apostle Thomas
and deliver his first address as an Apostle. Apostle to be Smith
is working on this address and hopes to give it to us in a couple
of days, with his desire that it be given to the present leader
of The Mormon Church, with his express wishes that it be read at
midnight, Christmas Eve, in all Mormon Churches throughout the
world. But strangely The Apostle To Be will not let me send it to
The Mormon Leader. He says and I quote, "He must come and
receive my words, having faith that they are truly given. The
Voice Of God cannot go unto him, but he must come unto The Voice
Of God. For this is God's wish, and God's command."
At the conclusion of The Apostle's first address to his people,
he will ask all present to sing the song "Come And Love The
Little Children." Then The Mormons will present a grand
review to their Apostle. For over an hour Mormons from throughout
history will march before The Apostle as he stands in his Tower
Of Announcement and acknowledges Them. Then The Apostle will
descend from his Tower, and ten Mormons, five men and five women,
speaking alternately will come to the center of The Grand
Promenade and speak for about a half an hour, each on what it is
like to be a Mormon, and how joyous They are, and how thankful
They are for this day, and, this hour. Brigham Young will be the
first to speak, but I have no further information on who else
will be speaking.
At the end of these speaches Jesus will withdraw to His isolation,
having completed His honor of the new Apostle, and Peter will
mount his Tower Of Announcements and cry "It is done! A new
Apostle sets on Thomas' throne. From this day forth it shall be
called Joseph's throne. Let the old monument before The Apostle's
home remain, but on the morrow let a new one be placed there,
proclaiming the life and the accomplishments of God's new High
Servant. Let those who come and admire his home, and ask audience
with him know, without question, who dwells therein, and who,
therein, serves God! Depart, now! Depart now to your private
celebrations. God's Will is done!" And this would end the
ceremonies for Joseph Smith's elevation to Apostleship.
There is only one sadness among The Mormons in The Afterlife,
that their living brothers and sisters have not responded to our
messages. The Prophet is also upset about this, moreso than his
followers. "My people understand far more than others,"
he said, "how God sends forth His Voices and His Angelic
Messengers to bear witness to Them. That They reject the news
that The Angels bring, deeply saddens me, deeply saddens me,
indeed."