John The Baptist
John The Baptist
“Whoso believeth in me, and is baptized, the same shall be saved,” He declared. “They are they who shall inherit the kingdom of God.” Before ascending to heaven, He gave righteous men authority to baptize those who believed in Him.”
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/11
Clouded the sky I see
Make my eyes crystal clear
Walk with me to the water
Cradle this flame above
Rest Your hands upon my head
Lead me down to the water
Place me inside Your dream
Touch my mouth, softly call
Take me out to the water
After translating that part of the golden plates Joseph and Oliver wanted to know more about baptism and the authority that was required to perform baptism.
On May 15, 1829, the rains cleared and Joseph and Oliver walked into the woods near the Susquehanna River. Kneeling, they asked God about baptism and the remission of sins. As they prayed, the voice of the Redeemer spoke peace to them, and an angel appeared in a cloud of light. He introduced himself as John the Baptist and placed his hands on their heads. Joy filled their hearts as God’s love surrounded them.
“Upon you my fellow servants,” John declared, “in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds
the keys of the ministering of angels,
and of the gospel of repentance,
and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins.”
After John the Baptist left, Joseph and Oliver walked to the river and waded in. Joseph baptized Oliver first, and as soon as he came out of the water, Oliver began to prophesy about things that would soon happen. Oliver then baptized Joseph, who rose from the river prophesying about the rise of Christ’s church, which the Lord had promised to establish among them.
Oliver Cowdery describes these events thus: “These were days never to be forgotten
No men, in their sober senses, could translate and write the directions given to the Nephites from the mouth of the Savior, of the precise manner in which men should build up His Church, and especially when corruption had spread an uncertainty over all forms and systems practiced among men, without desiring a privilege of showing the willingness of the heart by being buried in the liquid grave, to answer a ‘good conscience by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.’
After writing the account given of the Savior’s ministry to the remnant of the seed of Jacob, upon this continent, it was easy to be seen, as the prophet said it would be, that darkness covered the earth and gross darkness the minds of the people.
What joy! what wonder! what amazement! While the world was racked and distracted—while millions were groping as the blind for the wall, and while all men were resting upon uncertainty, as a general mass, our eyes beheld, our ears heard, as in the ‘blaze of day’; yes, more—above the glitter of the May sunbeam, which then shed its brilliancy over the face of nature! Then his voice, though mild, pierced to the center, and his words, ‘I am thy fellow-servant,’dispelled every fear.
Man may deceive his fellow-men, deception may follow deception, and the children of the wicked one may have power to seduce the foolish and untaught, till naught but fiction feeds the many, and the fruit of falsehood carries in its current the giddy to the grave; but one touch with the finger of his love, yes, one ray of glory from the upper world, or one word from the mouth of the Savior, from the bosom of eternity, strikes it all into insignificance, and blots it forever from the mind.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1
the mobs that were being held back by Emma’s parents were growing increasingly restless and Joseph and Oliver were under attack and it would only increase after this experience. It would become so hostile Joseph, Emma, and Oliver would have leave their quiet little home and farm and go elsewhere.
John’s Song
Of He whose sandals I'm unworthy to lose
And I can't hold still in this wilderness
People listen, the sun is glistening
Covenant with the Father
Born again, His sons and daughters
In the water
Buried in the water
Down through the valley from Isaiah's lips
And I see them coming from the dusty road
One by one in the name of the Holy Ghost
Covenant with the Father
Born again, His sons and daughters
In the water
Buried in the water
And walked down into the cool Jordan
Buried beneath the gentle flow
Into the water's blues and greens below
Through the diamond droplets heavenward He rose
And every heart was filled with love
Within the sound of the hushed wings of a dove
Ooh
Covenant with the Father
Born again, His sons and daughters
In the water
Buried in the water
On the water
Buried in the water
This video takes you to the sites where these events took place and tell you a bit about the other folks involved.
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