On page 801 of the appendix of the LDS King James Bible
publication is found Psalm 11:5 through Matt. 3:4 of the Joseph Smith
Translation.
The first heading on the page is Psalm 14:1-7, with the first
phrase of verse one reading, "The fool hath . . . ," giving yet
another linkage between 801 and the word "foolish."
The entire passage makes very interesting reading if read with
the LDS people as being the ones the Lord is addressing here. This
application is warranted by verse 2 which reads, "Behold, all these who
say they are thine." The Lord responds, "They are all gone
aside."
The first phrase of the first verse reads, "The fool hath
said in his hear, There is no man that hath seen God . . . ." Of
course the Restoration of the gospel was brought about by the man Joseph Smith
who beheld God. Yet ironically, rather than being seen as a model event
which we all might emulate, the whole idea of beholding God in the flesh has
become all but a lost belief from the LDS mainstream. Instead, those in
ecclesiastical authority deny that such thing could happen, for, after all, it
hasn't happened to them or any of their associates of the Brethren.
Hence when the weak and the simple have such visions, they are cast aside as
foolish, for surely if God was going to show his face to anyone, it would be
to the ranking leadership, not some lowly saint.
The last verse contains the question of the Lord, "O
Lord, when wilt thou establish Zion?"
Curious that this parody about those who say they are the
people of God but who are hypocrites would fall on page 801.
A very interesting verse in the next passage, Psalm 34;7-10 is
"The king of glory shall come unto you; and shall redeem his people, and
shall establish them in righteousness. Selah."
This verse provides strong validation for one of the themes of
this web site, namely that as Messiah (Son of God) came among the Lord's
people anciently, the Jews, and was rejected by them, though a remnant
received him and became part of the new wine of Christianity that came forth;
so also will he (the Father) come among the Gentiles, the Mormons, who also
will also reject him, though a remnant will be redeemed and establish Zion.
Also on this page are the only two excerpts from Isaiah that
are found in the appendix . This is highly significant seeing the great
emphasis that the Book of Mormon, and therefore the Church, places upon
Isaiah. Nearly one third of the book of Isaiah is quoted in the Book of
Mormon.
Yet while the mainstream is good to recognize the importance
of Isaiah, they are masterful at dodging the applications intended form
themselves. The slothful people of God repeated mentioned in Isaiah are
always the ancient Jews or other churches of the day -- never
themselves. The priest and prophet who go astray are likewise of another
time, of another people. Such deflection of these messages of warning
and repentance further solidify the blindness and stupor regarding their awful
situation.
I find it very curious that Isaiah 29 is one of the two Isaiah
passages that ends up in the appendix and on this page. I have dealt
extensively with Isaiah 29 on this website. There is a parallel between
Isaiah 28 and 29 [click here].
Isaiah 28 is paired with 2 Nephi 28 and 29 [click
here]. 2 Nephi 28 is shown in its chiastic and parallel form. Also, 2
Nephi 27, which is Isaiah 29 with elaboration, is paralleled to 2 Nephi 9 [click here].
All of these scripture commentaries on scripture show decidedly that they are
speaking of the Mormons and their general apostate condition, warning them of
sudden destruction that will come upon them, and calling for them to awake and
put on strength.
The next passage is Isaiah 42:19-23, which is a reference to
the Messianic Davidic servant who comes among the Mormons and is rejected by
them. Notice the strong correlation of wording here with the idea of
word 801 in Greek: "Foolish, without insight."
"For I will send my servant unto you who are blind;
yea, a messenger to open the eyes of the blind, and unstop the ears of the
deaf; and they shall be made perfect notwithstanding their blindness, if
they will hearken unto the messenger, the Lord's servant. Thou art a
people, seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears to
hear, but thou hearest not. The Lord is not well pleased with such a
people, but for his righteousness' sake he will magnify the law and make it
honorable."
The last passage heading, at the bottom of the page, is
Matthew 3:4-6. It makes reference to the prophecy in Micah 5:2.
Compare the wording:
Obviously this is cited in reference to the prophesied birth
of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem, at his first coming among the Jews.
However two verses later, is a prophecy regarding this same Messiah, but now
set in a latter-day deliverance context:
"And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian
shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall
we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. And
they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword. . . thus shall he
deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he
treadeth within our borders."
Several prophets, especially Isaiah, use the
"Assyrian" as a metaphor for a latter-day army that will sweep the
earth temporarily, serving the Lord's purposes of chastising the hypocritical
saints, followed by a miraculous deliverance. This chapter, more than
any other, shows that the prophecies of the Assyrian and the prophecies of the
remnant of Jacob treading down the Gentiles are one and the same, for the army
of the tyrant aggressor is composed of not-yet-converted Israelites, just as
the Lamanites were used by the Lord to tread down the Nephites and stir them
up in ways of remembrance of the Lord, and then later when converted they
became even more righteous than the Nephites had ever been.
What is most interesting about this citation of Matthew 3:4-6
at the bottom of page 801 and its link to Micah 5 is that Micah 5:8-15 is the
prophecy quoted not once but three times by the Savior in III Nephi 16, 20 and
21 in which he says,
"the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in
the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a
young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth
down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver." (Micah
5:8-15; III Nephi 16:14-15; 20:15-16; 21:12-21.)
Recall above that the words before and after the insertion
point of the word "Mormon" in Greek and in Hebrew make reference to
this treading down as of salt that has lost its savor. With such strong
and redundant connection of this idea with the number 801, there can be no
question as to who it is that the Lord is talking about in these prophecies.
Speaking of telephone numbers, the first verse on page 801 is
from Psalm 11, which is the 489th chapter in the Old Testament. 489 is
the telephone prefix of the town where I lived for a year prior to moving to
where I am at now. It begins on page 800, which number conveys the idea
of "toll-free," as in God's gift of salvation to mankind to all who
will receive it. Perhaps this is an allusion to my role in helping to
purify the bride (church) in preparation for the bridegroom (the Lord).
The selection begins, "In that day thou shalt come, O
Lord; and I will put my trust in thee. Verses one through four tie in to
the idea of Malachi 3:1 and D&C 85.
