Comments about ‘Michelle King: The priesthood revelation that changed the world, on 'Mormon Times TV'’

Whose "world" was changed?

Not the Biblical world. Not Biblical believers or our doctrines. It's still Christ on the cross Who pays for your sin and gives you the only key to God's Kingdom. But we welcome the LDS church to continue changing/reversing all unbiblical doctrines and come to the One true One Who died for them.

Your world was changed and you gained entrance into the world of people with black/dark skin. You still didn't change the Book of Mormon verses about "dark skin" being turned "white and delightsome" upon Lamanite acceptance of the Mormon gospel until the early 1980's. Who knows what prompted that change; no "official church" explanation exists. It just appeared that way.

The same with the removal of certain Masonic temple oaths @1991. No one will share about the editing of the BoM scriptures or those endowment details. So new members don't know why the church changes or has a fluid doctrinal foundation.

My world changed when the God of the Bible found me with His gospel that never changes, His heaven where no other gods visit, and His Word which is eternal and "changes not".

I agree the greatest news is of the Atonement of Jesus Christ; the only "key to God's Kingdom".

However, it was great news when the Church reversed the long standing practice, not doctirne, of banning people of African ancestry from holding the Priesthood. I remember the day clearly, and was extremely greatful for the revelation. I had never understood the practice, and as it turns out no one else did either, other than Jesus Christ who allowed it to continue. Please note I said allowed, not condoned.

Changes to the Book of Mormon are easy to understand. There were thousands of them, mostly grammatical, but some of substance such as changing "white and delightsome" to "pure and delightsome". It wasnt't until the Church had the resources to compare the printed text to manuscripts that the changes took place.

There have been three changes to the Temple Endowment, all with the simple purpose of making it shorter.

My world changed when I came to know God through the New Testament. It got even better when I gained greater understanding through the Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

I remember that day too. It was electric. I was then a relatively recent convert. We had a black family in our ward and it was an absolutely amazing day for them.

President Hinckley said it best: "It seemed to me that we all rejoiced in the 1978 revelation given President Kimball. I was there in the temple at the time that that happened. There was no doubt in my mind or in the minds of my associates that what was revealed was the mind and the will of the Lord."

A good day indeed.

A day I'll never forget...many tears of joy...

Speaking of being Biblical and no changes, from the establishment of the Israelite nation until the coming of Christ in the meridian of time, holding and exercising the priesthood was restricted to the bloodline of Levi. No amount of pressure from the people of non-Levitical bloodlines could or did affect a change. Christ changed the policy, but prohibited the proselytizing of Gentiles during his mortality. In a later revelation to Peter, membership and its attendant blessings were extended to the Gentiles, but the priesthood was restricted to the brethren. External social or political pressures were not what motivated these changes, and external social and political pressures were not what motivated the change reflected by the priesthood extension revelation of 1978. In truth, LDS prophets had been weighed down for decades about the prospect of establishing the restored gospel throughout the African continent and the South American continent where local African-blooded men would be needed to both minister to the people and administer the affairs of the Church. Countless sincere prayers on this subject over many years yielded a revelation from God to his prophet. By 1978, the Civil Rights movement in America had basically already run its course.