tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082393758640568534.post6722950563676686902..comments2023-06-17T05:27:16.403-04:00Comments on The Manhattan Mormon™: Reflections on Sunday Morning SessionMark Koltko-Riverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173090767545559729noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6082393758640568534.post-43926114952907836612009-10-19T15:41:27.189-04:002009-10-19T15:41:27.189-04:00Hi Mark,
Back in August, 1969 I was taking out my ...Hi Mark,<br />Back in August, 1969 I was taking out my personal LDS endowments at the Salt Lake Temple. I was 19 and about to leave for Brazil on my LDS Mission. My escort was Apostle Howard W. Hunter. Every time I was asked to swear an oath, I raised my hand and said, "No". Every time Elder Hunter and I went outside the session and I opened up the scriptures and showed him that the Oath was not of God (example: Moses 5:28-30, sliting my throat was of Lucifer). Each time I was given permission to continue. At the end of the session I was asked to consecrate everything to the "Church". I again refused. This is when I went and met with members of the First Presidency. I shared with them Exodus 20:3-5 and explained I had already consecrated everything to the "Lord". I didn't want a 4 generation curse upon my family. I obtained written permission and served a great mission to Brazil, taking 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon.<br />I had a near death experience back in October, 1960 as a ten year old boy (accidently shot in the head and in a coma for three days) and received a visit from an angel and given the opportunity to live and serve a mission for the Lord, or die. For 49 years I have been true and faithful to the Mormon faith, serving as a BYU Bishop (under President Benson) and many other accomplishments.<br />Back in September, 1973 I personnally met with President Harold B. Lee and Apostle Howard W. Hunter, a month after I got married in the SL Temple. I convinced them to allow Stake Centers to handle Baptisms for the Dead and to convert the 19 existing LDS Temples into research centers, open to the general public. On November 19, 1973 President Lee dissolved the Utah Corporate Sole, "President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints", a Masonic order in charge of all the tithes and offerings of the members. Five weeks later he was poisoned. <br />President Kimball was a good friend of mine (I grew up in Tucson, AZ; he lived in Safford). He knew all about my near death experience and meeting with Angel Moroni in 1960 and how I wanted to restore the Original Book of Mormon as the official copy for the LDS Church. He was repenting, like President Lee. So in 1979 and 1981 he had three brain operations and became like a vegetable. President Kimball's 12 years (1981-85 under President Hinckley's control)there dedicated 21 temples, two more than all temples operating before he became President. His grandfather, Heber C. Kimball, was a Master Mason and built a York Temple back in 1835 in Mendon, New York. It was destroyed in 1826 for priestcraft.<br />Secret Societies, like Freemasonry, are not of the Lord. I was able to convince the Southern Baptist Convention of this and in 1991 they renounced and publically apologized for being a part of this secret society. 1/3 of the US Freemasons were Southern Baptists at that time.Truthseekerhttp://www.mormonstruth.orgnoreply@blogger.com