and the knowledge within us is sufficient to organize a righteous government upon the earth, and to give universal peace to all mankind, if they would receive it, but we lack the physical strength, as did our Savior when a child, to defend our principles….
with the wisdom He possessed; but He was a boy only, and lacked physical strength even to defend His own person; and was subject to cold, to hunger and to death. So it is with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; we have the revelation of Jesus,
When still a boy He had all the intelligence necessary to enable Him to rule and govern the kingdom of the Jews, and could reason with the wisest and most profound doctors of law and divinity, and make their theories and practice to appear like folly compared….
Even Jesus, the Son of God, had to refrain from doing so, and had to restrain His feelings many times for the safety of Himself and His followers, and had to conceal the righteous purposes of His heart in relation to many things pertaining to His Father’s kingdom……
Joseph Smith said, “Our lives have already become jeopardized by revealing the wicked and bloodthirsty purposes of our enemies; and for the future we must cease to do so. All we have said about them is truth, but it is not always wise to relate all the truth…..
And I, the Lord God, planted the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and also the tree of knowledge of good and evil. (The Bible IV, Genesis 2:12) #RestoredBranch
Nevertheless, all things were before created; but spiritually were they created and made, according to my word. (The Bible IV, Genesis 2:9) #RestoredBranch
And I, God, blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because that in it I had rested from all my work, which I, God, had created and made. (The Bible IV, Genesis 2:3) #RestoredBranch
And I, God, created man in mine own image, in the image of mine Only Begotten created I him; male and female created I them. (The Bible IV, Genesis 1:29) #RestoredBranch
And I, God, said unto mine Only Begotten, which was with me from the beginning, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and it was so. (The Bible IV, Genesis 1:27) #RestoredBranch
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a vision to Joseph in Egypt, Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who sought the young child's life. (The Bible IV, Matt 3:19-20) #RestoredBranch
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and all the coasts thereof, (The Bible IV, Matthew 3:16) #RestoredBranch
When they were departed, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a vision, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and tarry thou there until I bring thee word; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. Matt 3:13 #RestoredBranch
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. (The Bible IV, Matthew 3:12) #RestoredBranch