Fulness of Times

The speakers at Church yesterday talked about following the prophet. Thankfully neither brought up the vaccination subject. A letter from the First Presidency doesn't mean the letter's content is doctrinal or revelatory.  Back on 7 June 2021 the First Presidency announced changes to general conference that discontinued the Saturday evening sessions . That stirred things up. Was it revelation? Some thought it was because it came from the First Presidency.  However, on July 27, Saturday evening sessions were reinstated . For those who thought the first announcement was prophetic revelation this reversal seems contradictory. Every year there are other letters from the First Presidency which are not revelation. Often they are general counsel, such as to exercise your right to vote, or stating some policy update or change. In August the First Presidency issued a statement ( see the statemen at the end of this article ) that included the following  "To limit exposure to these v...

 Oh, the hypocrisy.  How many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cite "Follow the Prophet" when it meets their needs or justifies their actions, but then ignore other statements and actions of the prophet? And it's not just members of the Church. Most people justify their actions because someone else did it, but when you call them on not doing the other things that same person did, they just stare blankly, ignore you, or rationalize some reason. It seems to start as children. We use others an excuse for why we did or did not do something.  "Why did you hit your sister?" "She hit me first." But, it rarely goes the other way. "I am nice and kind to my sister because that is how I want her to treat me." Members of the Church who blindly support the still experimental COVID vaccines as the panacea for ending the pandemic, point to the fact that the prophet got the vaccine. "We need to follow the prophet. He got the va...