Ponder the Path

“When the Lamb shall stand upon Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his Father’s name written on their foreheads…” Revelations 7:4 The summary below represents the compilation of research I did to define what is known about the 144,000 spoken of by John in the 7th chapter of the Book of Revelations. The questions I sought answers to were: Who are the 144,000 that John Speaks of in Revelations 7? When will they be chosen and what are they called to do?  Going into the study I believed the most likely answer to the questions were: They are 144,000 High Priests who will be organized under the priesthood administration of Christ himself and set apart to administer the gospel over the individual tribes of Israel in capacities necessary for the preparation of the second coming of Christ and his millennial reign. That the 144,000 High Priest would be called and ordained during the latter end of the final days before the coming of Christ in Glory, most...

In my study and summary of the Myths of Christianity that the Book of Mormon Refutes (see myth #1 here , myth #2 here , myth #3 here , myth #4 here , myth #5 here , myth #6 here , myth #7 here .) This next, and last of the myths, is that we are saved IN our sins -- rather than being saved from sin. It is important to note that many Christians teach obedience to the commandments of Christ as a necessary part of salvation, but unfortunately, there are also teachers who deny the need for obedience and works and by so doing essentially preach that Christ came to save us in our sinful state, rather than turning us from it. This myth is closely related to Myth #6: We are saved by grace alone. In that essay I wrote: "An increasingly popular teaching in Christianity today is that no matter what a person's "works" (their deeds and choices) believers are saved by an act of belief through "grace” alone. Significant proselytizing efforts have been devoted to the concep...