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Show I]. < OR 11) 4.1 think we those ldlo are ought to get that clearly in our minds because there are trying to stir up trouble among the I.atter-day Saints today by teaching doctrines that are not in accordance with the revelations of the Lord, 5.and maintaining that Authorities of the Church who have gone before taught doctrines lIhlch they did not teach. --6..80.- we must have it understood clearly that while Adam will preside ove the poster!ty as Michael, the prince, and as he will hold the keys or vation, as he does, all of that will be under the direction of Jesus Christ, the Holy One of Israel, for Christ is greater tha.n Adam. CHAPl'ER ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN An excerpt froll a discourse by YJ8.r1on G. Romney, 195) General Conference, pp.12),124. 1ng here the of 'pre-Adamites froll Monday, April 6, 1.1 am not a scientist. I do not profess to know anything but Jesus Christ, and him crucified, and the principles of his gospel. 2. If, however, there are some things in the strata of the earth indicat ing there liere men before Adam, they were not the ancestors of Adam. ).Adam was the son of God. He 1BS our elder brother, not older than Jes but he N3.S our brother in the same sense that Jesus our brother, and he "fell" to earth life. 4.He did not come u.p through an unbroken line of organic evolution. CHAPl'ER ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN • Excerpts from the writings of Joseph Fielding Smith, under the title "The Savior and Adam in the Pre-existence" in the Improvement Era, Vol. 56, July 195), pp.50),549,550. 1.Adam lBS aJ:r.ong the intelligences spoken ot by the Lord to Abraham who appointed to be rulers on this earth. 2.Ha NaB Michael, & prince, and son of God chosen to come to this ea.-tb and stand at the' head. of his posterity, holding the "keys of salvation under the counsel and direction of the Holy One, who is without beg A.f1 of days, or end' of life." (D. & C. 78:16) ). This Holy One is Jesus Christ. 4.On the earth Michael was knosn as Adam. In the lIN-existent state he was a spirit like the others of our Father's children. 5.In the Book of Genesis (1:26 and 2:7), we are told that Ad.aJn obtained. his body froll the dust of the earth, and that be liaS not subject to death is inferred in the commandment the Lord gave hi.m, that if he transgress ed the d.ivine cOltIlalld.m.ent and ate the f:ruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, be would surely die. (Gen. 2: 17) 6.In the Book of Monon (2 Nephi 2222) we axe positively in£ored that Adam would have lived forever in the garden if he had not partaken of the were .... , forbidden fruit. 1. So Ada.m was in no sense mortal until after his transgression. a.That his immortal spirit came from another world 18 true, verily just 1t is tl."Ue of each one of us, for we all Iived. in the s'Pirl.t world and obtained bodies which inherited mor"lty •• through the fall- of Adam. 9.In relation to Jesus Christ it is sufficient to say we lmow tr.a.t he was the Creator, under the dLT"Sctlon and commndment of his Father, ot this world and. many other worlds. * ••• as • JFS quotes n 121 ,3,4,0038s 1- iO.These great works and this wonderful. experience all ca.me before our :oses 1133 Savior had a physical body. This work was done by him when he wa.a & re S'pirit. 11.It is an erroneous notion without any foundation in truth to think that Jesus had to be clothed with a body of fiesh and bones, before any work could be performed by him. , l |
