Joseph teaches that priestood comes from Gods, not from your parents.

Date
Aug 27, 1843
Type
Manuscript
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Scribed Paraphrase
Reference

Joseph Smith Jr., Discourse, August 27, 1843, as Reported by Willard Richards, Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed November 11, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
Willard Richards
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Willard Richards
Audience
General Public
Transcription

Salvation could not come to the world without the mediati[o]n of Jesus Christ.

how shall god come to the rescue of this generati[o]n. he shall send Elijah law reveald to moses in Horeb— never was reveald to th[e] C[hildren] of Israel

and he shall reveal the coven[an]ts to seal the hea[r]ts of the fath[er]s to the childrn and teh [the] childrn to the fathe[r]s.— <​anointing & sealing.—​> calld elected and made sure

without father &c. a priesthood which holds the pr[i]esthood by right from the Eternal Gods.— and not by des[c]ent from father and mother

2d Pri[e]sthood. patriarchal authority f[i]nish that temple. and god will fill it with power.

3d Priesthood. Levitical Prest

Pri[e]sts made without an oath but the Pr[i]esthood of Melchisedek is by oath and cov[e]nant.

Holy Ghost.

jesus christ— men have to suffer that th[e]y might come up on Mt. Zion.

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