Brigham identifies the "Ancient of Days" with the Divine Being who appeared to Moses in the Book of Exodus.

Date
Apr 25, 1855
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Brigham Young
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

"Brigham Young, 1855 April 25," 7-8, Historian's Office reports of speeches, 1845-1885, CR 100 317, Chruch History Library

Scribe/Publisher
J. V. Long
People
Brigham Young, Michael, Adam
Audience
Latter-day Saints
PDF
Transcription

I will tell you what I think about some who will have some thing to do with us by and bye, when michael blows his trumpet and calls the world together we shall then be before him, and we shall be perfectly satisfied that he can pass all the judgment that we shall want, and that the dominions of the wicked will want, and I have no doubt but the saints that live and have lived from the days of adam will be satisfied that he can give them kingdoms and powers, thrones and dominions, and influence in eternity. And when they get all that he can give they will be satisfied and say is enough. If we can get to him the ancient of days whose hair is like wool, a man of age, a man of experience, and can learn of him to understand I am that I am, we shall then hear him say I am your father and leader, I will be your front and your rearward. I understand what this world is: I understand all about it; I have the government of the world in my hands, although to a certain extent my opposer, my enemy has gained a certain influence in the world. You will hear him say I am in the worldwind, at my pleasure I ride upon the storms, and I governs worlds. I set up one king and put another down, and organize empires and over throw them at my pleasure. I the Lord do all these things.

When we come to that great and wise and glorious being that the children of Israel were afraid of whose countenance shone so that they could not look upon him. I saw when we get to him whom they could not look upon, to that man, that is I conclude he was a man for it says that he had hands and you know men have hands. And it says that he put his hands out before <Moses> in the clift of the rock until his glory passed by and would not suffer Moses to see his face but his parts only. Seeing then that he had parts I conclude that he was a man. When we can see that very character and talk and live with him in our tabernacles, if we are so fortunate as to get there into his society, then we can <say to us> there is but one living and true God, and he is the father of our Lord Jesus Christ and of our spirits. And when we get back to him and learn that he is actually our father, we shall not feel any anxiety to call upon anybody else for the blessings we are in need of. It is a subject I am aware that does not appear so close to our understandings at present as we could wish it or as it will be some day, and it is one that should not trouble us at all, all such things will become more clear to your minds bye and bye. I tell you this as my belief about that personage who is called the Ancient of Days, the Prince and so on, but I do not tell it because that I wish it to be established in the minds of others, though to me it is as clear as the sun. It is as plain as my alphabet. I understand it as I do the path to go home. I did not understand so until my mind became enlightened with the Spirit and by the revelation of God, neither will you understand until our Father in Heaven reveals all these things unto you. To my mind and to my feelings those matters are all plain and easy to understand.

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