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    Thursday, July 8,2004Rl1:30 a.m. Naomie's Testimony of What

    Happened Through the NightAt 9: 15 p. m. you told me to go say to Ida, "Ida,

    how can you be so silly? Warren's presence? " thatshe knew too much, she is still setting a badexample of silliness and light-mindedness. Sheknew too much. She has been called and set apartto be a helpmate and a strength. If she is notaware, she is in danger ofnot being here. I told herand she was crying and humbled. But because shelooked so downcast, I told her she needed to makesure she wasn't discouraged, to be grateful for thecorrection and go forward and do it right, that youwould only tell her these things because you lovedher and wanted her success.

    I got ready for bedand you said to me, "Nomie,you need to be more prayerful. I said, "Okay,thank you." Oh, I yearn to keep that constantexertion. I have been praying constantly, evenkneeling up every hour. There has been such aburningfire surrounding you. I knelt down on thefloor, after you said that to me and prayed. Yousaid, "Hold my feet. What do you feel?" As Itouched you, such a heat and ire, feeling the Lordsurged through me. Everything around me seemedthere was no end to space as I touched you. Such afire went through me. I couldfeel the Lord was sonear, that father was here.

    At 9:45 p.m. I got into the bed and just knelthere prayingfor you, yearning the Lord would giveyou the revelations, dreams and visions that youyearnfor and so desperately need. You were quietuntil 11:00 0 'clock p.m. At 10:30 p.m. you said,"What is going on? What is happening to me? Ieel so overwhelmed. "

    11:000 'clock p.m. is when you really startedsaying things again. You said, "The Lord iswatching us so close here. We little realize howclose we are being watched and how fine-tuned thetest is because we have been given so much. " Thenyou said, "The Lord is revealing many things tome. I am reaching unto Him to show me the designon the temple, how to make this concrete work

    better. He is not going to just hand it to us. Wemust get down on our knees and yearn the Lordwill show us what to do. "At 11: 15 p. m. your body jolted. You trembled.You twisted over in the chair onto your left side.Then you went back onto your back and twistedonto your right side. You whole body trembled.Your head was jerked back. It looked like yourneck would break, the position it was in. It wasback to the left. And as your body started totremble, it was thrashed so hard, like it wouldbreak. The severity of hat lastedfor about fifteenminutes. Then you went quiet. At 12:05 a.m. yousaid, "The Lord is showing me that I must becomemore disguised as I travel. My enemies are sodesperate to find me, and so many times I havepassed right among them and the Lord has blindedtheir eyes." You said, "It is a witness, " that is not

    the exact word you used. I can't remember theword you used, "against this nation and thisPriesthood people that I have to do this, "That I have to what?"That I have to do this, " you were talking aboutbeing disguised. You said, "It is so repulsive to

    me, yet I rejoice that the Lordwill show me what todo. " You said, "I wait on the Lord for myprotection. He will show me what to do and whereto go and how to dress. "

    At 12:30 a.m. you saM, 1ne Lora WIll yet naveme do something that will bring such great distressupon our people, especially as the governmentofficials find out. The Lord is showing me thatthere has to be a greater severity come upon usbefore we will listen. It will have to be accordingto our very survival. "

    You said that Carolyn Barlow Allred, theformer daughter ofTom Barlow would be given toAaron Darger. You said that LeGrande'sstepdaughter that was Mike Barlow's daughter,Heather, would be going to Heber Allred. Yousaid, "The Lord has a place for Dale Jeffs'daughter Lisa, also a place for a few other girls.The Lord is showing to me -- I don't remembertheir names." Then you said, "What is DrueCooke's daughter's name that wrote me a letterrecently?" I know you got a letter from a MollieCooke. Is that who it is? You said she would begoing to Matthew Wall.

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    You groaned and sighed and said, "Okay,okay. " Then you said, "The Lord is watching all ofZion's Camp so closely. He is showing me thatmany are doing very well. Many of the brethrenhave been seeking and yearning to know wherebetter they can improve and draw from theheavens greater strength. "You said, "The Lord is showing me the temple,after it is complete and ready for use, after it isdedicated It will be brought about by such aoneness, such a unity that that building will shinewith the Spirit ofGod. People will marvel. But it isgoing to take great exertion to complete thatbuilding, start it and complete it. No one realizesthe fervency that it will take, and it will be step bystep. As the people learn greater oneness the Lordwill reveal more." You said, "On the west endthere will only be one access to the baptismal font.

    That will be the only access. You will only be ableto get to the Celestial floor through those roundstaircases, one on each side. On the east end therewill be rooms on the top, also on the middle floorwhere the round part is.I don't understand it.You said that there would be - you alreadynamed what the top two rooms would be in theroundpart on the east end. You said on the middlefloor there would be two other round rooms right

    flm6ltfl' the 8861ii19g '881198, ie h8W y 8 ~ 1 861M iF.Your body started to jolt after you said that.You trembled very severely again. Your bodytwisted and your back bowed out of he chair andyour body twisted to the left. Your head went backagain and you trembled, and you said, "The Lordis showing me the hearts of more men in ShortCreek, how many are becoming very anxious toknow what I am doing. People just talking aboutthe places of refuge like it is just commonknowledge has really brought another test uponthe people to see if hey would listen to those whohave no right to say. And if they are askingquestions and seeking to find out through anothersource, they will never be used. I still feelconcerned about Arthur Barlow. I am reaching toknow what this all means. He professes suchloyalty but his feelings aren't quite right. He stillgets angry with his children. He has been a veryharsh man. "

    At 12:50 a.m. you said, "The Lord has shownand is showing more men to be trained. Thegathering has stopped. Little do we realize whatwe have done to people through our lack offervency and letting this mission just becomecommon. The Lord is so merciful to us. He hasbeen so patient, but He must stick to His timeschedule and He is cutting short His work inrighteousness and He is showing me the greatdevastation that is soon to overtake the people ofthis land, and soon He will have me call forth theoverflowing scourge. Ifwe are not living in such adegree of oneness, the overflowing scourge willeven affect the people on the lands ofrefuge. It isoneness the Lord is waiting for, perfect oneness,walking as seeing Him who is invisible." Yougroaned and you said, "There is so much morethat needs to be revealed. I am yearning unto theLord to show me how to better bless this greatwork, the redemption ofZion. There is so much wehave to gain, so much more knowledge we have tocome to. "At 1:00 0 'clock a.m. there was such anoverpowering surge of ire. I looked at you andyou were shining so bright. I knelt up. It just feltlike someone was standing right next to you,someone very special. It was such an amazingfeeling. Your body trembled. You said, "I will notcompromise. I will not allow anyone to

    compromlse tFils great worK:. 1 am yearning mychildren still in Short Creek, that the ladies there,will see, that all those there will see that if hey arenot with me they are against me." Then you wentquiet until you came to. It is now 2:10 a.m.6:50 a.m.

    I last reported to you, finishing up at 2:00o 'clock a.m. You were awake until 4:40 a.m. TheLord took you back into session. I was justyearning that you would be able to be at GoodWords, if it was the Lord's will. At 5:00 0 'clocka.m. you said, "The Lord is going to keep me heretoday. He is showing me there is danger ahead iftravel. You said, "He might send me a differentdirection. I will see what happens. He is showingme that there are dangers if we travel today."Your body was trembling. It hasn't just got intothat severe tremble since you got into bed, but ithas been constant. I can sure feel the fire flowingfrom you so strong.

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    At 5:30 a.m. there was such an overpoweringsurge go through me. You said, "The Lord is near.He is showing me many things." You said, "TheLord wants me to pursue buying these lands. Ithe neighbor's hearts will be softened." Yousaid you were going to train in Tom Holm, Johnfs, Wallace Jeffs, that you were going tocall for the companies of he men that are trainedto help purchase these lands and help with theown payment, help carry the weight. You said,"We can't reallyput the land in a company's namebecause none of hose men know about this place. "You said, "I am seeking unto the Lord to show mehat to do. I can see it can't be in David Allred'same. Perhaps we will put it in one of the otherer's name. But I want David to look into itnd see what the cost is to get Bramble's land andhis lady's land up the road. We need to be moreisolated here. The Lord is showing me that therewe need His protection.We must pray so fervently that this neighbor wille removed and these lands will come into the

    of he Priesthood." You groaned and said,"The Lord will open up the way. "At 6:00 0 'clock a.m. your body jolted again.You trembled a little harder. You were turned onide. Then you turned part way on yourYou said, "What is happening to me? Wow,

    is happening?" Then at 6: 10 a.m. you said,'f30melhing so terrible is abOUt tV huppen. 'Theis showing me the movement of these menndled, their movement of

    AndofRoland Barlow and Dan Barlow isy, how they profess loyalty.They are very embittered. Their enthusiasm,

    Andyou willyet see that they willme, ifdon't stop what they are doing. This hasto realize these men have

    You said that you would get a hold of Davidto pursue this. You said, "WeWe need this neighboroved. This mission must succeed here. And itbe individuals qualifying until the whole

    ofpeople realize the blessings that they are

    offered and come to a full dedication to thismission. "You said, "The Lord still wants this land to becleaned up. He is showing me that we will hardlyhave time to get Uncle Wendell's home finishedbefore greater things are upon me. But we need toget it started and finished by the Lord's timeschedule." You said, "There are great blessingsthat await us. There is so much more the Lordcould give. Some of he things He is revealing Hetakes from me until the time He wants them to berevealed to the people. Something is happeninginside ofme. I am going through a preparation. Ican see that it is so big. I stand with God and myfather and I will not compromise this, not foranyone.You groaned and said, "Okay, okay." Thenyousaid, "Perhaps we will hold another testimony

    meeting today. I want to hear the testimony ofsome of these young girls and see what theirthinking is, and also Uncle Wendell's and UncleFred's ladies, see how they have grown since thelast one we have had." You said, "We will seewhat the Lord has us do." You said, "I need to getover and organize the archives and organize thestorehouse better. "You said, "I need to call Jim Oler and have himbring Woodruff Blackmore and Jay Blackmore to

    i i Wi nii tl4'Q)u:mllS Will will b i taTun:] can' ojAnd also need to talk to him about the correctionthe Lord has given Zion's Camp, have them writetheir letters of confession and give a training tothat group ofbrethren. "At 6:30 a.m. you said, "Ineed to call Ernest andtell him the Lord is showing me on this concrete Hestill wants more of the limestone added to thecement powder. He hasn't just handed this to us.Even when He gave me the proportions, He istesting me to see if will be directable in it also. "

    You said, "We are putting too much lava in it. Hewants more limestone and less lava andfor them toobtain the sand. "Then you said, "On the rock, obtaining the rockfor the temple, quarrying it from the ground, thebrethren need to seek unto the Lord with all theenergy ofheart. The Lord is just not going to handus these things. He is going to see ifwe will exertthe faith necessary to build this temple, and it will

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    be step by step, moving forward as one, as oneman, that the completion of the temple will beaccomplished. It will take perfect unity. "You groaned and you said, "The Lordwill fightour battles, at every hand, every direction the evilpowers are coming against us ifwe will just come

    to this." Then you went quiet until you came to.9:00 a.m.I last reported to you at 7:00 a.m., finishing upabout 7: 15 a.m. You got into your chair and theLord took you in hand strongly again. Your bodyhas been trembling constantly. At 7:45 a.m. youturned onto your right side, laid your head downon the arm of he chair. You said, "Wow, what ishappening to me? I am being prepared forsomething. Something is about to happen, agreater atonement is going to be required." Yousaid, "Great things are about to happen, greater

    than we realize. The people are going to be shakenso severely." You said, "The Lord is showing methat there is someone in Short Creek, a group ofpeople enticing the young people, especially theyoung girls. The Lord is warning me and showingme that if his continues, it will eventually spreadto the men's families who are gone, their ladiesand children. They are being enticed away fromthe redemption ofZion by the flattery ofa wickedman.

    Ai S. ( j ~ D 'cluck a.m. yvur budy liembfedagainand you said, "I am going to have to handle thosemen. I will wait on the Lord until He gives thedirective. Truman Barlow and Bill Shapley will behandled soon." You said, "Some of hese men whohave heldpositions, who have been an influence tothe people, are still teaching them by the exampleof he world instead of he example ofPriesthoodand the Lord is offended." Your body started totremble again quite hard and severely. Your headkept jerking back, like it was being thrown back.You were still laying on the arm of the chair. Itlastedfor about twenty minutes, from 8: 15 to 8: 35a.m. Then you went still.

    At 8:40 a.m. you said, "Wow. I can see thePriesthood people, we who have been taught sowell for so many years, are becoming socomplacent, the people in Short Creek, even thosewho know about the mission of he redemption ofZion are not exerting themselves as they should. "

    You said, "As the Lord withdraws His Spirit moreand more from that community, even the gentileswill come in, and it will be so terrible, so terrible.My heart is bleeding over it, what the Lord isshowing me. We must hasten. We must hasten onthese lands ofrefuge and become perfectly one. "Then you went quiet until you came to at about tenminutes to 9:00 a.m. It is now ten minutes after9:00 a.m.11:38 a.m. Paging the Family

    in Short Creek, ArizonaHello, dear family. I love all of you so much. Iam just yearning for you to qualify to go forward ina work the Lord has for us to do, and it is individualqualification and individual worthiness that mustbe in place. And it is now a matter ofa fervency offaith for your very survival, for ifyou are not withme, spiritually and eventually in person, you willbe against me; and this same test is upon all thePriesthood people at this time.The Lord has shown me that the evil powers aregaining influence and power over the Priesthoodpeople in Short Creek and a very subtle fallingaway is taking place. And the Lord has shown methat a great spirit of complacency has come uponmany people there in Short Creek. It is evidencedby the light-mindedness and also people starting toturn to socializing, visiting, partying, games, going

    along as moligh noming is going co happen. Andin a spirit of complacency and visiting and doing,this social religion, which has been nature of theour Priesthood people for years and years, thehalfhearted are asleep and the greater trials andeven judgments ofGod will surprise those who arenot prepared.So I counsel you, ladies, as I have read yourletters. Many of you have been stopping atrelatives' houses on a whim and you have started

    into the socializing. This could cause you to losefocus on your final preparation. If you are of thenature that you will take counsel from me, the Lordhas warned me that you need to draw closer tohome, be more fervent in your preparation and notgo visiting and socializing. You have your agencyand you will get what you choose. You knowfather emphasized this strongly, even two yearsbefore he passed on.

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    This is a time ofgreat danger for the faith of thesaints. Many of the Priesthood people are in error,trying to find out what the Lord is having me dofrom the wrong source and not by authority. Manysurmise what I am doing and it is becoming gossip,and in your socializing religion and your visitingyou could be flooded by what people think ishappening. And when you hear what the Prophetis doing, what the Lord's work is doing from thewrong source, you become a person ofcompromise. When a person tries to learn the truthwith error mixed, that person ceases to be a man orwoman of truth, and then you are a liar if youbelieve a lie. You always want to know the truththrough proper authority.

    There is no gossiping in Zion. Every man,woman, and child wants to know the truth byauthority, and people are not talking about peopleand what is going on, as they don't have the right tovoice it. When your ears are open to thesocializing talk, you will easily becomecomplacent. You will become a person who is nota person of truth, having listened to the lies orerrors through the rumor mill and the gossips, andthat is how the revelations of satan are passed on.

    In your final preparation you must becomefervently, completely devoted to the Priesthoodover you, to the keys of Priesthood on the earth.Your prayers even for yourself and each othermust be a prayer for me to succeed and the work ofGod to succeed. For oneness to exist, that is howfervent your prayers must be - as a matter ofmysurvival and your survival and the survival of thework of God.

    So dear family, draw in close. Qualify. If youare not with me, you will be against me. Andthrough the easiness of the way and the socializingreligion, complacency could take over and youjoin with the rumors and the gossips and believelies, and take on a spirit of accusing against me;and it will be so subtle, so tricky it will come uponyou almost as you are unaware.

    Turn to the scriptures and the sermons. Fill youmind with Zion, with the Celestial way of life. Weare to civilize ourselves after the order of theCelestial Kingdom. Learn to do with less. Get ridof your darling idols. Live as though you are inZion. Stop your gossiping among yourselves.

    Only want to learn the truth by authority. Drawclose to me. Though we are physically separated,draw close. You must be Zion to go to Zion, andthere is a place for every person that will prepare.I love you all. I know your needs are taken careof. I am about the Lord's and father's business.The work ofGod is progressing. There is a subtlefalling away of many of the Priesthood peopleright now. In a spirit of complacency andsocializing religion and taking on error then a spirit

    ofcompromise will be upon the people. And whengreater pressure comes upon us, many will nothave their preparation in place, they willcompromise and let go ofPriesthood and the waysof eternal life for earthly things and earthlypleasures and earthly security.

    I say to all ofyou that you have been taught andyou have all expressed strong testimonies for Godand Priesthood and a yearning to be Zion. Youwill be tested even to the point to see if you willgive your very life for this work. And I say to you,your protection is to pray for me to be protectedand keep your counsels, and keep sacred thingsprivate and secret and do not betray the Priesthoodover you. Your prayers for me will make yourprayers affective when you need guidance andprotection. Your protection will be a onenessexerted with me and thus with God throughPriesthood.

    Those that fear in a day of greater trial will fallaway, and you must have the prayer of gratitude asyour very way of life and feeling. You must havethat gratitude so fervent that it is a constant prayerof rejoicing in the Lord, reaching to be led untilyou are led. And you know you are led by theSpirit of God as you have the burning peace. Youwho still fluctuate, feel the burning peace and thenyou fall back to your worries and your fears, thisup and down business must stop. You must stay inthe upward path through the constant burningpeace.

    Some of you are being distracted by healthproblems, others for other reasons, and others, ifyou are not careful, you will join in this insidious,deceptive complacency, the groundwork for thesin of compromise and giving up the CelestialLaw. The Lord withdrawing the Prophet from thepeople brings on these tests, but the Lord is not

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    asleep. He is revealing to me people's hearts to seewho is passing the tests and becoming fervent orwho is falling away.There will be more people handled who havenow lost Priesthood. Dear family, I want you with

    me. And our faith must be so perfected and unitedthat the Lord will preserve us through the greattrying times, and the way of deliverance open upfor the faithful. You will yet witness great andtrying times, and it will be a test to see if you willbe loyal to God and Priesthood or if you will giveway and turn against me. Those of you who stayfaithful, the Lord will allow me to gather you up.Those who compromise andjoin with my enemies,I will have to let you go.

    Without Priesthood you have nothing, and ifyou break your covenants what good man wouldwant you? So keep your covenants. A womanprotects her virtue within her own mind and heartthrough her closeness to her husband as unto theLord, and take that as a key. The qualification tobe Zion and be in Zion is to have the perfection ofthe love of the Father, the love of God alwaysexerted, which is exerted through the continualprayer of rejoicing, reaching to be led and beingled with the witness of the burning peace.

    You know when you please God and thePriesthood over you through sacrifice of5eifi5itnc55, leaching to be led anel ienoning ) Ottare led. So you should be in a condition by now inyour final preparation where the love of God isalways your motive, your energy, your thoughtsand feelings and desires guided by that heavenlylove. And you should be in a condition now whereyou are walking and talking with God throughprayer and revelation in oneness with me, thePriesthood over you. And it now must become sofervent that you can be with me in person thatwhatever test the Lord allows you to go through,be loyal to God and Priesthood by being loyal tothe love of God exercised; and thereby protectyour virtue and your faith by keeping yourcovenants.

    In the midst of a socializing religion that thispeople has been guilty of all these years, that iswhere the immorality and the breaking ofcovenants takes place; and this people have had aflood of it for all these years. And that sin of

    immorality can take place in the heart, and that iswhere many men have lost Priesthood, where theyhave committed adultery in their hearts, looking onother men's wives or daughters and having animmoral desire toward them. Not repenting of hatwrong, those evil-minded men lose Priesthood;and who knows it except it is revealed by God andthe Lord has me handle people to protect theinnocent and gather the faithful around men andaround the Priesthood so they can be saved, theinnocent ones who can be saved.There is an actual conspiracy working againstme in the midst of the people in Short Creek.Because you cannot discern everyone's hearts,leave judgment to God, be quiet, perform yourfinal preparation. Reach unto the Lord for theperfection of the love of God evidenced by theheavenly joy always increasing in you, and you

    will feel close to me, and through a day of gratertrial you will be gathered as you prove faithful.So dear family, draw close. Hasten in any finalpreparation you can make. The Lord allows me togive you this warning today and this training, and Ihave had it recorded. I would like you to relisten toit tonight just on a disc player, not over theintercom, in your evening time. I have instructedthe ones answering the phones that when RoyAllred is gone that Robert will do morning GoodWords and evening reading.God bless you all. Awake to the reality ofwhatwe face. You will read in the scriptures that therewill be an entire separation of the righteous fromthe wicked in the last days, and that is what istaking place today. You must be Zion, in thecondition of Zion to survive. The Lord will notallow anything else to remain. Zion is the pure inheart. The pure in heart are those that are filledwith that pure element that purifies them, the HolySpirit of God. You are only Zion ifyou are living

    in the constant increase of the Holy Spirit,evidenced by the attributes and character of God.The love ofGod is felt, it is real, it is an element, itbrings results. It changes you, it guides yourthoughts. The love of God is evidenced by theheavenly joy and the burning peace and constantrevelation of love, constant revelation of devotionto your Priesthood head. You never tum to selfishself. You include the Lord and me, your

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    Priesthood head, in everything and as your motiveto please us.Since you are your greatest challenge, you needa power greater than yourself to change yourself,and that is the exercise of oneness, which is theexercise of the love of the Father unto perfection.The condition of oneness is a condition of theperfection of the love of God. You are only onewith God and Priesthood through that constantdevotion; and truly a devoted wife always thinks ofher husband in a prayerful, heavenly way, alwaysconsiders herself a servant ofGod to her husband,and loves to bless and serve all who are part ofherhusband's stewardship. And that makes all ofyouequal, all with the same calling, all part ofthe samePriesthood head, all exercising the same power oflove in your capacity. Then we are Zion with theoneness exerted through the love ofGod perfected.This is more than just words, it is the Spirit oflife. It is real, it is felt. You are acquainted with theSpirit of God. You have lived with the Prophetsand you have felt the burning peace. In the pastyou were carried and you lived on borrowed lightto a great degree. This present test you are goingthrough is placing every person on their owntestimony and their own two spiritual feet. Nowyou must reach, and through exerting faith, faithgrows. Through your living prayers and faith,exert love and love grows; and you change, the

    Lord giving the increase you change into aheavenly, Celestial, happy way of life. You neverfeel to relax your prayers because the increase ofthe Spirit of God is too delicious and too precious.You do not want to decrease, you want to increase.So dear family, draw close to me as unto theLord through your prayers to the Lord, and beZion. You cannot save your former families,especially if you cannot even save yourself. Youmust qualify yourself before your prayers can be

    affective toward others. And you must be with meand part of me. And as far as I am like God, youmust be like me, and your love and devotion iscentered in God through me, your Priesthood head.Look unto the Lord in every thought, and thatincludes devotion to the Priesthood over you. Thatis the protection of your faith, your livingtestimony and your virtue, and it is how you keepyour covenants.

    There is a place for every one of you in Zion ifyou will just qualify. But our repentance has beentoo slow and you are still going through the test ofwealth and ease and plenty, and you are nothungering in starvation for your next meal,searching for your next meal. And even yet, youhardly are fervent unto the Lord for your nextblessings. You just expect them to be there - ofhome and food and clothing and protection. Andthe Lord seeing this is the condition ofHis people,that so many are not preparing and many arefalling away not in that terrible complacency,ready to compromise away the things of God forearthly pleasure and security, the Lord is soon nowgoing to bring a severity upon us. We will need tobe close to the Lord and to our Priesthood headthrough our living faith and through onenessexerted.

    Ifany ofyou ever find yourself alone among thewicked, stay loyal and true. I will be praying foryou. I will gather you up ifyou are faithful, as theLord sends me. Do not surrender your eternalsalvation, do not surrender your eternal covenants,do not surrender your virtue or your faith. This lifeis a test to see what we will do with these eternalgifts of Priesthood and testimony and eternalcovenants of marriage and Priesthood covenants.Those are the precious gifts. Don't throw thoseaway for earthly pleasures or earthly security.You must be like God and please God to gowhere God is, and that is what we have been senthere to earn - eternal life by becoming like Himand having dwelling in us His eternal gifts andnature. I t flows through Priesthood. You cannothave the Spirit of God if you criticize thePriesthood over you, if you have any bad feelingsat all. A bad feeling against yourself will causeyou to listen to bad feelings whispered by the evilpowers against me. And once you are against me,your Priesthood head, or against the Prophet inyour feelings, you cannot have the Spirit of God.You are taking on a deception. Lying to yourselfisthe first deception, and then you become a deceiverto others.That is what is taking place with these masterdeceivers. Though they voice great loyalty to thePriesthood and to the Prophet, they have notrepented and they are living a lie, because if theyare loyal to Priesthood they would repent. All

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    these expressions of loyalty are lies if they don'tlive as they profess. I will read to you this simpleverse from Section 41, as the Lord was about togive Section 42, the law of the church. I am justfinding the quote.D.&C.415. He that receiveth my law and doeth it,the same is my disciple; and he that saith he

    receiveth it and doeth it not, the same is notmy disciple, and shall be cast outfrom amongyou;It is the doing of the word that proves ifyou arewith God and Priesthood, not just the saying of theword. So leave judgment to God and know that Heis leading His Prophet in judging this people. Youstand true and firm and faithful, and be close to me.I bear testimony to you that the work of God ishastening. There will be a people come from

    among the Priesthood people that will redeemZion, and it will be through individualqualification and worthiness, being worthythrough the love of the Father perfected, alwaysexerted unto a oneness with the Priesthood andthus God. And it is here and now, and it requiressuch a fervency now it is a matter of your verysurvival, for there is a great falling away takingplace in a very deceptive, subtle way. I love youand God bless you, and I give this message in thename of Jesus Christ, amen.12:29 p.m. Calling Michelle, Anglea,

    and DebbieThis is Michelle, Angela, and Debbie?Response: Yes.And the doors are shut? This is a message toyou. I say to you ladies, my wives and my father'swives, the Lord and father have warned me thatyour father Arthur Barlow has his Priesthood inquestion, and I want you ladies very careful, above

    all have your loyalty and devotion in place. Whattime a man is given is a time of esting and proving.I yearn that you ladies will not try to search forall the reasons why and all the answers, because Iwill not even be telling you all the reasons why.When a man is called to repentance, there has to bea privacy to the degree to let him make confession.And you ladies must just get close to me and theLord for your very survival.

    The men that have been handled, whichincludes your grandfather, who passed away, themen that have been handled were not even thehalfhearted. They didn't even qualify to be calledhalfhearted among us. They are master deceiver,where they claim to hold Priesthood and don't holdPriesthood. And the first deception was themdeceiving themselves, and every one that has beenhandled has been a man of compromise, wherethey have had, either public or very private,disagreements in their hearts against what theProphet teaches. And if a man is against theProphet in even one doctrine, one teaching, that isrebellion, and if he holds on to it and justifies hisstand, eventually the Spirit ofGod withdraws andhe will lose Priesthood; and yet all these men arefervently declaring loyalty to me and Priesthoodbecause it is their tradition, and that is why I havedeclared strongly to all ofyou that a declaration ofloyalty is not repentance. Repentance is theconfession ofwhere you did do wrong, where youdid disagree, where you were opposite to the willofGod and it is a changing over and a doing better.

    But in that December 24 revelation, the Lordtold me that these men would become instrumentsto deceive everyone, even the very elect if it waspossible, if I didn't step forth and handle them.And in that revelation the Lord also told me thatanyone who sympathized with them would losePnestTiood. 50 ifaman even hoMs on to aquestlonagainst the Prophet, and he continue in thatdisagreement, though it is silent in his mind andheart, he will lose the Spirit ofGod and he will losePriesthood, yet he will continue on in all hisoutward habits ofloyalty and expressions. He cantalk right and say things right and do thingsoutwardly right, and that is what these masterdeceiver were doing among us. They often had theSpirit of God and much good was accomplishedthrough them, but a discerning spirit, a person whohas the Spirit ofGod and discernment, the Spirit ofGod warns them to not join with those deceiverslong before they are detected. And it is for the sakeof the innocent ones this cleanup has been takingplace.

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    Prophet right. Even if! don't see why, I know theLord does and He is the Judge, and I uphold Godand Priesthood." And that expression in yourprayers will be your protection if ever the evilpowers try to tempt you to be against me. Are youthere?

    Response: Yes.Okay, dear ladies. The time I don't speak to allof you is a test and then when I speak to you is atest to see ifyou will apply. All three ofyou ladieshave voiced to me or written to me that in yourminds and hearts you have felt close to your fatherand your former family. You have even stoppedby and visited. I just tell you this much, that theLord has warned me about that man, that right nowI cannot use him and his Priesthood is in question.And as a little more time goes by, and more thingshappen, every man will be detected.There is a very active conspiracy happening inShort Creek right among men who outwardlyprofess they are with me and with Priesthood. Oneis being ensnared here and another there, taking ona doubt and a fear and a bad feeling on how othershave been handled. Also the men that have beenhandled have not repented and the conspiracygrows there. They meet together withoutauthority. They lean on each other forencouragement and yet not one of them has the

    allthgriq' to teach o r encQJJrage in a prjesthQodway. And so it is going to result in a great fallingaway among our people, and the spirit ofcomplacency is the groundwork and thesocializing religion is the groundwork for a greatfalling away. And I must stand firm and I can onlyuse those the Lord names by His judgment, whichis the true judgment, that they are prepared. But Iam telling you, the tests we are going through andare going to come upon us in greater severity willqualify more people as they prove loyal toPriesthood. So wherever you are, I will gather youup, if you prove loyal.

    You have discovered that your little complaintsagainst me or yourself darkens you and in acondition of darkness you don't know what youwill do in a day ofgreater trial. So you need to lookto yourself for yourself to be protected, meaningdo your part, tum to the Lord and He will do His.And I have not forsaken any of you or left you

    alone, but for sure I will do what the Lord says, andifHe says, "This is the test now," so be it.

    Now you three ladies know of the greater workwe are involved with, and it has displeased theLord that you have taken this long in yourrepentance, and His message to you ladies is tohasten. Your fervency has to be a matter of yourvery survival now. And I hope you are not findinga substitute for me in your life. I hope you are notdwelling on thoughts ofwhat else you would do ifyou weren' t with me. I hope you are not justaccepting where you are and just waiting for themoment I call you. You choose to be chosen. Youqualify.

    The Lord let's me give you this warning, theLord and father. Michelle, do you receive thismessage?

    Michelle: Yes.Angela?Angela: Yes.And Debbie?Debbie: Yes.I love you more than you can even comprehendit and so does father. And the Lord is just pressingupon me to get things done before the greaterpersecutions and trials take place, but in the midst

    of this there is a great falling away happening, andso many people don't even realize they are fallingaway because the Lord's Spirit is withdrawingfrom them in their halfhearted condition.Complacency is halfheartedness. And here I amhaving to call my family, father's family there, andsay, "You're not fervent enough. You are fallinginto complacency in many ways." And Mondayevening I had to give you the strongest warningever, because I know what the Lord has shown meis going to happen, and there is just no secondchoice. Choose to be chosen. Choose to be withme. And it is more than a want to. It is a livingwhat you have been taught and a living in theincrease of he Spirit ofGod. Just tell the Lord thatno matter what it takes, whatever He requires youto go through, you want to stay loyal and be part ofZion.

    The Lord will only give us so much time andyou ladies on that property will only have so muchtime of protection to make this final preparation.Thursday, July 8, 2004 Page 100 Record of President Warren Jeffs

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    And He has shown me He will bring upon myfamily a greater test, and you will want to be withme, ladies. Now, go humble yourselves. Reach tobe led and see ifthere is any pride in you. Are youeach still trying to get close to me your way?Because that is how it has been with you ladies.You have set up the limits. Now you need to comefull measure through a broken heart and contritespirit and show the Lord you are with God andPriesthood and with me all the way.

    Oh, I just love you so much. I just want youwith me. You know what the Lord is requiring ofme as far as people being with me at these otherlands. But I know the Lord will take care of theobedient wherever they are and they willeventually be gathered. Are you with me ladies.Response: yes ....Okay. We knew there would be a day ofvisitation and it would come on the Priesthoodpeople first. We knew this. We have been taught itall our lives. We just dismissed it and went merrilyalong with our social lives and doings. We feltgood at the meetings, but we didn't fully applywhat we were taught. The Prophets could see whatwas coming. They pled with us. Now that time ofchoosing is upon us and the day of the whirlwindjudgments will strike the Priesthood people firstand the judgments have already begun and the

    hQJZe is witReJZa.wiR Wis ~ ~ i J Z i ' ft=QIR a.HlQR tR@Priesthood people now and a falling away is takingplace, anyone that is not fervent in their loyalty,who is not fervent in the love ofGod and there willbe a complete separation. All who are not Zionwill fall away and then be destroyed, and that is thereality of this day and time in which we live.Be thankful unto the Lord that you can hear thismessage. Ask for the gift ofencouragement calleda broken heart and contrite spirit and it will changeyou and you will never have a thought or even be

    able to listen to the whispering ofevil, of thoughtsagainst me because you will be so devoted, soloyal, so fervent in that oneness because you havelearned by being sent away that the Lord evendetected your thoughts, that at least you were notfervent enough in your loyalty to the covenantsyou have made and the cause ofZion you enteredinto. But you can still build Zion within there andall about you and you can qualify, and it just

    doesn't have to take long and that is what hasconcerned me about you ladies that were sentaway. Have you just fallen into a niche, acomplacency, a place where you can stay busy.You should have had a broken heart and contritespirit and earned your place again. Now get to it,ladies, because I want you with me, and beingwhere I am means you will be increasingly Zion,so be so now and that is your ticket. That is theword I need from the Lord.

    Since I took the young children away, there hasbeen no more come, and it has just weighed uponme. It has weighed upon me that even those whoknow of this mission and are under covenant tostill live it, they are not hastening to qualify. So weare still living from rebuke to rebuke. When willthe love of he increase ofthe Spirit of God and thefervency of soul be in place as our motive and ourenergy to do.Well, have your phones available and I mightbe calling you later, individually, ifyou want me totalk to you.

    Response: Yes!You have not rejected me, ladies, have you?Response: No!Isn't it amazing that I would have to ask thatquestion? I am wondering if the ladies there are

    n ~ j @ S g R IR@. \Vk;y aaSR', tR@ hQJZe RalR@e tR@lR?So I am still reaching for everyone in a constanteffort unto the Lord and as He allows me to callyou. In a day of greater trial, even suffering, theevil powers, former family, so-called friends,deceivers, will say to you, "Look he doesn't loveyou. He has forsaken you." And then they willoffer a compromise, a deliverance so-called. Andyou have to be close to me and loyal and yourtestimony fervent and remember that those thataccuse authority are not of God and the Lord isguiding His Prophet and there is a cleanup takingplace and you want to be cleaned. You want to becleaned up. Right now that true Spirit ofrepentance and the fervency of soul is the cleaningup process you should be experiencing.

    So you may ask yourselves, "What can I do?"talking ofyourself. Go to the Lord and don't let itstop until you have the blessing. Stay so fervent inthe Spirit of repentance, of rejoicing, reaching to

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    be led. Stay at it until you have the blessing. Stayat it as a mater ofyour very survival, but still with aprayer of rejoicing.The reason you wouldn't be with me yet isbecause since you were sent back have you had abad feeling? Did you continue in any bad feelingssince you went back? Which means you hadn 'trepented, or have you taken on the complacenteeling of "Oh, well. I will just continue on." Ieally need to be talking to all the ladies that haveeen sent back from these places. It is a miracleou are protected every day. You will need to beith me, ladies. Your time there is not muchonger. The protection over that property is not foruch longer. You need to be with me. You needualify. Are you awake to it yet? Hello?Response: Yes.Anybody need to talk to me? And the otherstep out while one picks up the phone.

    3:42 p.m. Calling the Family at R17Hello, everyone! And I love you, and keept! They are bringing Barbara back to theShe is very low. They will put herethat upstairs apartment at the storehouse. All ofut do it in a manner thatt wear her down. As she gets low, I wouldand Josie to be there. Levi and Josie, youhere when she arrives and be with here I hearchildren. Can you hear me? Lorraine,

    to help Mother Sharon help her, and don' te children wear Barbara out, but let them seeAnd you ladies, go ahead and visit her. You't have to stay away. I have talked to her on thee. I had Isaac drive Rachel, Melanie, andl at San Angelo, but those children will not

    I want everyone to be peaceful and sweet. Nocomplain against Heavenly Father. Addh through your faith for the Lord's will to be

    Ifyou havetalking. Thank you. I don't know exactlyhappen. They will be calling

    Oh dear family, you need to be more fervent.ll sliding along. Be sure to write me

    those letters, and let us clean up, and let us becomeso fervent. It is a matter ofyour very survival now.The Lord is about to clean house. He has rejectedShort Creek as a gathering place and you reallyhave no where to go. You need to succeed there.You need to succeed. Can you hear me? Okay, Ilove you all and let us be Zion. I have got to gonow, thank you.

    6:05 p.m. Naomie's TestimonyJust as you were about to walk out the doorgoing out for dinner, the Lordput you right downagain. You stretched out in your chair. Youstarted to read some letters, but weren't even able

    to do that as the Lord took you into very severesession.At 5: 15p.m. you said, "What is wrong? What iswrong?" Then you said, "Are we just not ferventenough? The Lord is testingmy amily here. Is myfamily just accepting and not reaching for thegreater knowledge that could be given? When Idon't come out ofmy room, is it just, "Oh, well, Iguess he is not coming out today. I guess we will

    just be busy doing this or that, or is there a ferventexertion yearning for the training? Are we juststuck in a rut?"Your body started to tremble quite hard andsevere and you twisted onto your left side. Yousaid, "We will see what the Lord has me do. I may

    Just be leavmg qUletly m the mormng wIthoutgiving anyone any notice." You said that youwould be going to do your work, perform thesemarriages and get them done and then you wouldgo to R17 to see Barbara. You said, "The Lord isshowing me that my children's hearts are beingtouched." You said before Ammon and Rachelcould go there you would have to give them atraining, but that Melanie could be there with hermother. You said, "The Lord hasn't told me to doit, to train Ammon and Rachel, but He is showingme that especially Ammon's heart is beingtouched, and Rachel's also. "

    At 5:50 p.m. you said, "I am just yearning Iwont' have to send anyone else away, yearningthat they will see it this time." Then you said, "ButI will do what the Lord directs, and I will notcompromise this work andmission." You groanedand said, "Okay, okay. Then you went quiet untilyou came to at 6:00 0 'clock p.m.

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    9:17 p.m. Calling the Adult Members at R23Hello, this is Warren. Good to hear you. Is itpossible to talk to all the adults there? And can youhear me good? Yes. Okay.Hello, everyone! Are all five of the Eldersthere?Jerold: Yes, we are all here.Okay. I am glad to speak to all of you today.You might need those noisy children out while Igive the message. I seek the Lord's Spirit to bewith me and you as I give you a message that theLord wants given to all called to this New Zion'sCamp. Are you able to hear me? Hello, are youable to hear me?Jerold: It was breaking up a little bit rightthere.The Lord has had me call all those involvedwith this mission of the redemption of Zion andgive a training and make corrections.Jerold: You are breaking up again and we arenot hearing anything.I will call you on another line.[Reconnected with different phone connection]Hello, can you hear me now? Can you hear mewell?I am ~ r a t e f u l to call you t o n i ~ h t at the Lord'sdirective, as He has had me call all those involvedwith this mission ofthe redemption ofZion. I trustall of the people there have been listening to thetrainings given at other lands of refuge. Through aoneness oftraining all ofZion's Camp must cometo that constant exertion ofthe love of he Father to

    be Zion, and that is the covenant we have enteredinto in receiving this mission. I am so grateful foryou and your labors there, all of you. Yesterdaythe Lord had me make some corrections that I nowvoice to you.The blessings of eternal life are bestowed uponthose who can keep their confidences in the Lord.And truth must be presented by authority for theSpirit ofGod to increase our testimonies and blessus as we need. The Lord is very displeased withthe Camp ofZion, where these covenants we havemade have not been kept as they should. And inparticular the Lord showed me, and by manyconnections with the Priesthood people, some of

    those who have received the private training andentered into the covenant of keeping confidentialwhat they hear and of his mission - yet now it hasbecome common talk among the people in ShortCreek, who have not heard of this mission byauthority, to talk about the places of refuge, to talkabout things that could only be known by thosewho received it in confidence. And becausemembers of the New Zion's Camp have betrayedthe Lord's confidence, it affects everyone; for theLord withholds revelation when His word cannotbe kept confident, when He cannot trust us. And sothe Lord is having me call all of Zion's Camp tomake a confession and repent, ifyou have betrayedHis confidence and voiced things to those who arenot appointed to know about this sacred mission.

    I read two quotes that I have read to others fromthe Prophet Joseph Smith. The Prophet Josephsaid:

    TPJS Page 194"Some people say I am a fallen Prophet,because I do not bringforth more of he wordof he Lord, Why do I not do it? Are we ableto receive it? No! Not one in this room. Hethen chastened the congregation for theirwickedness and unbelief, 'for whom the Lordloveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth everyson and daughter whom he receiveth, ' and ifwe do not receive chastisements then we arebastards and not sons. ,,***

    The reason we do not have the secrets ofthe Lord revealed unto us, is because we donot keep them but reveal them; we do notkeep our own secrets, but reveal ourdifficulties to the world, even to our enemies,then how would we keep the secrets of theLord? I can keep a secret till Doomsday.Said the Prophet Joseph. Then this quote:

    HeJoseph Smith,

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    ... said, if God has appointed him, andchosen him as an instrument to lead theChurch, why not let him lead it through?Why stand in the way when he is appointed todo a thing? Who knows the mind ofGod?Does He not reveal things differently fromwhat we expect? He remarked that he wascontinually rlszng, although he hadeverything bearing him down, standing in his

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    way, and opposing; notwithstanding all thisopposition, he always comes out right in theend. ***He proved those that were disposed tofind fault with the management of theconcerns of the Church, saying God hadcalled him to lead the Church, and he wouldlead it right; those that undertake to interfere

    will be ashamed when their own folly is mademanifest; ***President Smith continued by speaking ofthe difficulties he had to surmount ever sincethe commencement of the work, inconsequence of aspiring men. "Great bigElders, " as he called them, who caused him

    much trouble; to whom he had taught thethings of the kingdom in private councils,they would then go forth into the world andproclaim the things he had taught them, astheir own revelations;*** He said he hadbeen trampled under foot by aspiring Elders,for all were infected with that spirit; forinstance, John E. Page and others had beenaspiring; they could not be exalted, but mustrun away as though the care and authorityofthe Church were vested with them. He saidhe had a subtle devil to deal with, and couldonly curb him by being humble.

    The Lord is revealing the hearts and minds ofthose involved with this mission, in this NewZion's Camp that is forming. And now it Zion'sCamp that has stopped the gathering, where somehave betrayed confidences and offended the Lord.So He is having me call upon all ofZion's Camp,men and women involved in this mission who areof age and who have entered into this sacredcovenant to help establish the fulness of Zion onthe lands of refuge, He has told me to call uponevery man and woman to write me a letter oftestimony and of confession, if they have betrayedtheir trust. And also confession where you havehad bad feelings as you have entered into thismission until now, or if you have treated thismission lightly. The Lord wants to see in all ofZion's Camp a clean up, a repentance. And Icounsel all ofyou that ifyou call family membersin Short Creek, remember how you received thetruth of this mission, that it was by authority, andyou want the truth by the one who is appointed toreceive the revelations of God. To receive truththrough the gossip line is truth and error mixed and

    will destroy a testimony. The revelations of Godflow through authority.We are all anxious about our family membersstill at Short Creek. We are authorized to givethem the training of the word of God through theProphets - the sermons, the scriptures - but thatwhich is voiced to us in these private trainings,where we entered into the mission of theredemption of Zion and where you hear thetrainings on the recordings, you must be carefuland not betray what the Lord is having done.So the Lord has told me to tell all the Elderscalled to this mission to beware, that if you betraythis mission you could loose Priesthood and I willhave to cast you out. That is how serious this is.Consider well what the Lord is offering the NewZion's Camp and the people who will be gatheredto the lands ofrefuge. As sacred buildings are built

    and the First Presidency is sent forth to administerthe ordinances that can bring us into the presenceof God, we must be individuals who can receivethe truths of heaven by authority and not evenreveal that we know those truths. It is even abreaking of confidence to say that you have aconfidence that you cannot tell.

    So dear brothers especially, and all of youlistening, let us search our hearts and see if wehave kept sacred the truths we have heard and that'Jli R . a ~ H i hipt ~ a . r i a tAi . Q I T f j R a R t ~ l l T ~ l = t ~ J l ~ ~ a d ~ to live the first two great commandments untoperfection. The Lord wants the New Zion's Campcleaned up before He will allow more to gather.

    In the December 24th revelation where certainmen were named who didn' t hold Priesthood andwere corrected, that I read to the congregation at awork meeting on January 10 th , I reread these wordsfrom that revelation.

    Revelation Given to President Warren S. JeffsAt His Place of RefugeThursday, December 24, 20034. Verily I say unto you, the day ofchoosing is upon my people, and behold, I ama God of ruth and know all things, and havepower to search the hearts ofmy people anddiscern their thoughts; for behold nothing ishidden from me, but all things are presentbefore mine eyes.

    5. And behold, I am a God of ustice andequity, and will return unto the children ofmen that which they send out;Thursday, July 8, 2004 Page 104 Record of PresidentWarren Jeffs

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    6. And will recompense unto every manand woman that which they measure to theirfellow man, and I also judge the hearts ofall7. And though men profess righteousness,

    and though they have been instruments tobring orth many good works even among mypeople, yet if hey continue to justify their sinsin their hearts and hold on to their privatejealousies and fears and doubts - beholdthey offend my Spirit, and the evil one lieth inwait to deceive them, and they shall beovercome of he adversary of heir souls.

    8. And then in their darkened conditionall their former works of righteousnesscannot save them; and if hey do not repentwith a broken heart and contrite spirit, andcoyifess all their sins before me and beforethee, my servant; those hypocrites must needsbe cast out from among my people andcannot remain, lest they deceive even the veryelect.

    I love and appreciate all ofyou there. I have notseen you for some time. We hope to come theresoon, and my coming there, or the quorum of theFirst Presidency coming there, must be kept instrict confidence for our own protection. The Lordrecently sent me to another land of refuge. I wasthere for many days and the Lord kept me from thepeople. And now He has shown me why, that Hevvottld not gi ve fnrtfteI Ie velation tmd tI ttiningbecause there was betrayal. What was being doneand said was not being kept in confidence, was notkept sacred and secret from the world; and nowwith what we are doing as common talk among thepeople, our enemies will find out and make greatefforts to stop this work.

    [Phone connection/ailed and reconnected]Hello, I am back. Did you hear what I read fromthis revelation? I say to you, I do not accuse any of

    you, but to fulfill the Lord's directive I call on allthe adults there to write me a letter, individually, oftestimony and of confession - if you need toconfess something that needs to be made right withthe Lord, especially since you were called to thismission, and how you have conducted yourselvesin keeping the sacred covenants. Every personmade sacred covenants with the Lord to live thefirst two great commandments unto perfection,living in the constant increase ofthe Spirit ofGod.

    And I voice to all of us, beware complacency,evidenced by light-mindedness. It will cause youto treat lightly your covenants, you will relax yourfaith, you will not be on guard, and you couldbetray the Lord's confidence and lose your place.I say to all of us, in Zion there is no gossip andeverybody spreading what they have heard,

    because every man, woman, and child in Zion willonly want to learn the truth by authority. And to betrusted by those in authority, and thus the Lord,they will keep their confidences. And so in ouryearnings for our families in Short Creek, we mustbe careful. If you have treated this lightly andrevealed things you shouldn't, make it know andlet the Lord be the judge what must be done.

    The mission that you brothers and sisters are onin that place is a mission of love and deliverancefor those who will need to come there. The day ofgreater trial is soon upon us. Though this missionhas in part been betrayed to the enemy, the Lordwill not let it fail. And if all of Zion's Camp willnot become one, individuals who are provingworthy will be called forth, receive the sacredordinances, and earn the presence of God. Zionwill be redeemed through oneness, and if thoseliving on the lands of refuge do not come up to themark and qualify, if they are not Zion, thecleansing process will also reach the lands ofrefuge. The Lord wants us now to wake up to ourreal SItuatIOn that the Judgments of God are uponthe people of God, and it is now a matter of ourvery survival- our fervency of faith must be now amatter of our survival and drawing from theheavens the strength of heaven to perform thismission and prepare these lands for more of thehousehold of faith who will need deliverance.

    So beware light-mindedness and complacencyin this mission, and become fervent in the exerciseof the love of God. Make sure you are living in thelively increase of the Spirit of God, and that is theonly way you can honor your covenants with yourHeavenly Father. So this is a call for all Zion'sCamp to become more fervent, to repent of anylight-mindedness and any betrayal of confidence.

    I love you and say God bless you as I give youthe Lord's message today. I hope to talk with youmore often. I give this message in the name ofJesus Christ, amen. I will talk with you a moment,Brother Jerold.