Barnet Moses Giles appeals to Joseph's identification of Adam as the "Ancient of Days" in Daniel 7 and the high view of Adam in Joseph's other revelations to support Adam being God.

Date
1875
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Book
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Barnet Moses Giles
Excommunicated
Hearsay
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Barnet Moses Giles, The Pure Testimony, To The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, And Unto All Nations of the World (Salt Lake City: 1875), 22, 35

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Barnet Moses Giles
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Cease to state in your publications about the abomination of the worship of Adam. Your men are stating that they are worshiping Baal, and they are accursed Jeremiah said, 17th chap., 5th and 6th verse. . . . Jesus called himself "Son of man;" it reads in the Hebrew, "Ban Adam," "son of Adam." Joseph Smith calls Adam "The Father of all, the Prince of all, the Ancient of Days." 50th Sec., 2d Par., Doc. & Cov. And Adam is called Michael; in the Hebrew it means "Who is as God." The Prophet Daniel tells us that in the 7th chap., 13th and 14th verse, that he saw a vision "that one like a son of man come with the clouds of heaven, (and he came to the Ancient of Days,) that is, Jesus Christ came to Father Adam," and it was given unto Jesus, a kingdom and glory, &c. That shows pain that the Father of all, including also the Father of Jesus, gave to his son Jesus the Messiah, an everlasting kingdom. What kingdom is it? The same kingdom which Adam has received from his Father, God, when Adam and Seth, and Enos and Canian and eve; and so many more, were in the valley of Adam ondi Ahman, and his Father God said unto his son Adam "I have set thee to be (at the head) a multitude of nations shall come to thee;" 3d Sec., 28 Par., Doc. & Cov. "Jesus said, I ascent unto my Father, and unto your Father, and unto me God and unto your God." That proves plain enough that Adam is our God, just as he is our elder Brothers Jesus's Father and God. "And Jesus said that he will come to his Father's kingdom." . . . . the Prophet Daniel, 7th ch. said that he saw in a vision "that one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven (and he came to the Ancient of Days) and it was given unto him a glorious everlasting kingdom," that means Jesus Christ will come to Zion, and he will find Father Adam, the Ancient of Days, "Michael." which means in the Hebrew, "who is as God," and we find in the 76th Sec. and 3d Par. Book of Doc. & Cov., "that to Michael Adam was given the keys of salvation;" and in the 3d Sec., 28th par. we find that Adam was set to be at the head of all the creation. And Jesus said "all power is given unto me in heaven and on earth. and the keys of salvation.

Who gave him all the power and the keys? Jesus said my Father gave it to me. Michael Adam, the Ancient of Days, had it given first to him, and he, Adam, the Ancient of Days, has given it to his son Jesus. And Jesus said it pleased my father to give me the kingdoms to reign over the twelve stars (the twelve tribes of Israel, the seed of Adam and Eve.

That proves plain that Father Adam, the Ancient of days, will be in Zion when Jesus will come, and he will give to his son Jesus the everlasting kingdom of which Daniel saw in his vision. 7th chap. Then, if Father Adam, is the father of Jesus, and the virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus, then Jesus is their son.

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