Part 6

No man to take the Priesthood upon himself--Heb. v, 1-4. What is sealed on earth by authority is sealed in heaven-- Matt. xviii, 18; xvi 19. The Melchisedek Priesthood eternal--Heb. v, 5. The Aaronic or Levitical Priesthood another order, Heb. vii, 11, 21. Jesus did not assume the Priesthood--Heb. v, 5. God called Jesus to the Priesthood--Jeb. v, 10; Psalms cx, 4. Moses and Elias administered to Jesus--Matt. xvii, 1-5; Mark ix, 2-7, Luke ix, 30-35. Jesus ordained apostles to the same authority--John xx, 21-23; xvii, 22; xv, 16. The Apostles ordained others--Acts i, 23-26; vi, 6; xiii, 1-3; xiv, 23; xv, 22; I. Timothy iv, 134; Titus i, 5.

FIFTH LEAF.

Christ the head of the Church--Ephesians v, 23: i, 22. Apostleship first authority in the Church--I. Cor. xii. 28; Ephesians ii, 20. Peter, James, and John chief Apostles--Galatians ii, 9. Seventies called and sent forth--x, 1. Officers of the Church--I. Cor. xii, 28: Eph. iv, 11; I. Timothy iii, 1-13; v, 1. Apostles and Prophets to continue--Eph. iv, 13. Progress of the Church towards perfection--Eph. iv, 12-16; v, 27. Church casts out evil doers--II Thess. iii, 6-14; Rom. xvi, 17; I. Cor. v, 4-11; II. Cor vi, 14-17; Matt. xviii, 17. Members of the Church all one; no nationality--I, Cor. xii, 13; Galatians iii, 28; Rom. x, 12; Ephesians ii, 19-22. Church of the present connected with the past--Heb. xii, 22, 23.

SIXTH LEAF

God not the author of confusion--I. Cor. xiii, 33. Contention among the early Saints--I. Cor. i, 11. Great apostasy foretold--II. Thess. ii, 2, 3; I. Tim. iv, 1; II. Tim. iii, 1-7; II. Peter ii, 1-3; Revelations xiv, 8. The iniquity commenced in the first century--II. Thess. ii, 7; Rev. ii, 3. Christ's pure Church symbolized--Rev. xii, 1-5. The apostate church contrasted--Rev. xvii, 1-6. Darkness covered the earth--Isaiah lx, 2. Spirit of the deep sleep poured out--Isaiah xxix, 9, 10. The world worshipping God only with their mouth--Isaiah xxix, 13.

SEVENTH LEAF.

Restoration of the gospel by an angel--Rev. xiv, 6, 7. Knowledge to follow obedience--John vii, 17. John the Baptist could not confer the Holy Ghost--Matt. iii, 11; Acts xix, 2-4. Powers of the Aaronic Priesthood--Doctrine and Covenants Section cvii, 20. Powers of the Melchisedek Priesthood--Doc. and Cov. Sec. cvii, 18, 19; Heb. v, ix. Signs to follow believers--Mark xvi, 17, 18; I. Cor. xii, 7-11. Dispensation of the fullness of times--Eph. i, 9, 10.

EIGHTH LEAF.

No salvation but by Jesus Christ--Acts. iv, 12. Birth of water and of spirit essential--John iii, 5. All to be judged by the gospel--Rom. ii, 16. Gospel preached to the dead--I. Peter iv, 6. Christ preached to the spirits in prison--I. Peter iii, 18-20 Preaching to captives foretold--Isaiah lxi, 1: xlii, 6, 7. Jesus led captivity captive--Eph. iv, 8. Jesus did not go to heaven when He died--John xx, 17; Luke xxiii, 43. Living and dead to hear the gospel--Rom. x, 14; Isaiah xxiv, 21, 22.

NINTH LEAF.

Baptism for the dead--I. Cor. xv, 29. The fathers without us not perfect--Heb. xi, 39, 40. Saviors on Mount Zion--Obadiah i, 21. Order of baptism for the dead--Doc. and Cov. Sections cxxvii, cxviii. Elijah the Prophet to come--Malachi iv, 5. Christ the proxy of blood for all--Heb. ix, 12, 14, 22; x, 10; I. Tim. ii, 6. Knowledge about the dead to some from God--Isaiah viii, 19, 20.

TENTH LEAF.

Sin the transgression of law--I. John iii, 14. Death the wages of sin--Rom. vi, 23. All men to die--Heb. ix, 27; Eccles. iii, 20. Death inherited from Adam--Rom. v, 12. Life after death--II. Cor. vi; Eccles. xii, 7. Resurrection of the body--Job xix, 25-27; Isaiah xxvi, 19; Luke xxiv, 26-42; I. Cor. xv, 35-54; Phil. iii, 20, 21. First resurrection--Rev. xx, 4-6. Three glories-I. Cor. xv, 15. A body necessary for full happiness--Ezekiel xxxvii, 2; Doc. and Cov. Sec. xciii, 23, 24. The Ancient of Days--Daniel vii, 9-14.

ELEVENTH LEAF.

Woman made for man--I. Cor. xi, 9. Marriage ordained of God--Gen. ii, 22-24; i, 28. Marriage honorable--Heb. xiii, 4. Man the head of the woman--Eph. v, 23; I. Cor. xi, 3. Man not without the woman in the Lord--I. Cor. xi, 11. Unmarried persons as the angels--Matt. xxii, 30. Saints to judge angels--I. Cor. vi, 3. Angels to be ministering Spirits--Heb. i, 14. God gave David wives--Judges viii, 30. Jacob's four wives--Gen. xxx, 1-26 Abraham and his wives--Gen. xviii, 16-19; xvi, 1-3; xxv, 1-6 Abraham and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven--Matt. viii, 11, 12; Luke xiii, 28. Celestial marriage--Doc. and Cov. Sec. cxxxii.

TWELFTH LEAF.

Christ came to save that which was lost--Matt. xviii, 11. Christ ministered to His disciples after His resurrection--Acts i, 3-8; I. Cor. xv, 5-8. Other sheep besides the fold at Jerusalem--John x, 16. Christ prepared a place for His disciples--John xiv, 2, 3. Earth to be cleansed from corruption--Isaiah xxiv, 1-6; Malachi iv, 1-3; II. Peter iii, 10-12. Satan to be bound--Rev. xx, 1-3. Restoration--Isaiah xi, 6-9; lxv, 17-25. All to be judged according to their works--Rev. xx, 12-15; Matt. xvi. 27. Some beaten with few, some with many stripes--Luke xii, 47-48. Pay the uttermost farthing--Matt. v, 26. The unpardonable sin--Mark iii, 28, 29; i. John v, 16. The second death--Rev. xxi. 8; xix, 20. Remain filthy still--Rev. xxii, 11. The future of mankind--Doc. and Cov. Section lxxvi. Every knee shall bow--Philippians ii, 10. Earth to be made new--II. Peter iii, 13; Rev. xxi. 1. Sea of glass mingled with first--Rev. xv. 2. The righteous to inherit all things--Rev. xxi, 7. The river of life--Rev. xxii, 1; Ezekiel xlvii, 1. Leaves of the the tree of life--Rev. xxii, 2. All things become subject to God--I. Cor. xv. 24-28.