Huge ancient French connection was surprising to find out.

I've found my lineage back to Adam 3 times. So cool!

When I was a missionary one of my companions show me his genealogy all of the way back to Adam and Eve , we are all connected, I’m sure you lds members on the other side are praying and working with you 😊

Found out my lineage comes from Honduras. Also, where is your church located in Utah?

My mom was adopted and we found her 1/2 sister on Ancestry. Now they have connected and are really close. We also now have 2 lineages for my mom. Her adoptive family and biological family which is cool to have. On my paternal side I have an ancestor that was on the Mayflower.

The work happening on the other side is very much connected to the work happening here on earth ❤

@@hellurmoto3163 there is no genealogy in heaven.

@@georgebauerschmidt5289 😂😂☠️ you must be the walking dead then ma’am.

@@hellurmoto3163 that makes no sense, but you'll be the one roasting in the fires of eternal darkness forever and ever.

​@@georgebauerschmidt5289True. Because it's done on earth.

God commanded that only one temple was to be built. It must be in Jerusalem.

He also once said, no man on Earth knoweth the day of the End. However, surely He now knows that day, right? Dont try to Pen in our Savior from having more to say and more to add! @@Elizabeth-rk3do

@@Elizabeth-rk3do In Matthew 28:19-20, God also gave the command to the disciples to teach and baptize all nations after He gave the command for the Jerusalem temple to be built. Given that the disciples continued daily in the temple after the death of Jesus (Acts 2:46, Acts 3:1-10, Acts 5:20-42, Acts 21:26, etc.) out of necessity, if the church continued to grow to occupy all nations, there would need to be more than one temple. Would one lone temple be enough to facilitate all people in all nations of the world?

@@Hol0gr4m hmn, that's a good point.

@@Elizabeth-rk3doGod emphasized Jerusalem anciently but he never actually said, nowhere else. The world is a big big place and it’s not practical for a lot of people to travel worldwide

So we are to believe a scripture twisting angel ( demon)? I think Not.

​@markwellsfry9843 The time is far spent, what you believe is between you and God. We only invite you to come and see and prhaps use these resources to connect with your family.

@@markwellsfry9843you guys twist scripture all the time, we do not

@@markwellsfry9843 Is connecting to your family a good thing? Or a bad thing? Satan doesn't encourage you to do good things. So many cultures have ancestor worship for a reason. Because your family still watches over you after they die. This love and connection can sustain you and help you as the world turns more dark and is full of sin in these last days. This is why the Lord said it was important. Love is uplifting. Hate brings us down.

Also, a tour of the central Bishop's storehouse closeby the airport.

does gods kingdom on earth cover up sex abuse? does it misrepresent its funds to the SEC? does it intentionally hide and lie about its history in efforts to deceive its members? Would gods kingdom restrict people from blessings because of the color of their skin? think about that, Hector!

Indeed. And I think our ancestors are able to help and watch over us as angels. By drawing close to them and helping them progress they have more power and connection to us to help us. There is a reason why so many cultures have ancestor worship. Because there is a connection to the dead. And we may need that connection even more during these troubled times.

Though, if he did it all, our agency would be taken from us, and that is the point of being here.

I'd like to suggest something else. Christ didn't NEED to get baptised because He was sinless. But He chose to to show just how important it is to be baptised. He taught, "that which ye see me do, do ye also". Christ got baptised, we get baptised. We all need to be physically baptised to enter heaven. If not so, He wouldn't have been. So, due to an all loving Father in Heaven, He's made it possible for EVERYONE to receive this saving ordinance through Priesthood and temples! 😍 God believes in order. Does this make sense? ❤

@LuxuryPads90 it is all symbolism. The physical act will not cleanse the soul without the power behind it. God designed a plan to have his spirits come to earth and show through various ways, that they are worthy to be in heaven with Him. By doing so, his plan has symbolism throughout, either to make it easy to understand, or there is power in doing it His way that we do not understand in our earth life. He gave us agency, and by our actions, we can choose His way. That said, maybe water has an actual power of clensing the soul, that is not seen with these eyes.

So does he ignore all his other ancestors who were not LDS??

Listen, I’m sure you’re a sweet , well meaning lady but you probably don’t need to share All that with pastor Jeff. It seems a little preachy.

@@kevins4254 ['m he isn't going to. it's just their beginning. Billions of our deceased ancestors weren't LDS members and that is why we need to do research since the Bible isn't complete to tell us everything briefly like when Apostle Paul mentioned 'Baptism for the Dead" in 1 Corinthians 15:29 and so many things that are not cleared and that's one of the reasons why we have more that 45,000 re3ligions out of the same Bible. Sadly, only one religion preaches about 1 Peter 3:19-20 and 1 Corinthians 15:29

@@kevins4254No! They continue finding/locating/discovering more ancestors, even cousins. Sources are constantly being added, so no one individual is ever done. You keep adding the new sources. And great care should be taken to be accurate and complete. It’s for everyone. Living and dead to benefit from this resource. There are rules about doing ordinance work for the dead. You must have a family link/relationship. And you have to get permission to do work for anyone born less than 110 years old. If younger than that it has to be cleared by permission given by other close family members. If it’s an immediate family member, it still needs to be submitted and cleared by other close family members. You used to have to wait at least a year after their death, but I think it’s been more relaxed, but perhaps sealing to a deceased spouse still requires one year?? Not sure. I haven’t dealt with much of that. Just the older generations. It’s kind of an attraction to see what changes take place and how far you go back. And when someone you know neighbor/coworker/bowling buddy) also has an account, you often can find out that you are related. I found out one of my neighbors is a 3rd cousin. ❤️

@@kristinrichmond8185do you want someone to do temple work for your ancestors? You seem a little bitter. But I’m sure you’re being sweet. 😂

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing and serving 🤍

Your comments are so very precious. Now the icing and the cherry on top so to speak: Moroni Chapter 8 so clearly states that little children are alive in Christ!!They need no proxy baptism!

I never thought of it that way before. Thanks for the interesting insight 😊

@michellekruger3292 Did you know there are scholarships for kids who have direct ancestry to Mayflower passengers? I've known for years that we had a straight line to those ancestors but I couldn't quite trace it. Thanks to Family Search, I have discovered that both my husband and I have those direct lines! That means I can give that to my grandchildren to possibly receive some scholarships. 😊

Malachi 4:5-6 also explains part of the importance of the sealing power of genealogy.

@@l.chrisjones7775 I read that verse, didn't see anything about sealing or genealogy. Perhaps you provided the wrong verse or just have the wrong interpretation.

@@georgebauerschmidt5289 What does it mean to you turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hear of the children to the fathers. That is genealogy work, Elijah coming before the great and dreadful fay of the Lord bought the sealing power to Joseph in the Kirtland Temple.

How exactly does it testify to this conclusion you have? At the end pastor Jeff days it is Jesus who is our proxy. What are your thoughts on that?

​@@jc72outdoors Of course Jesus is our proxy. He paid for our sins on the cross and suffered our infirmities and sorrows in Gethsemane. He bled from every pore in Gethsemane because the agony was so great. He broke the bands of sin and death for all with His Resurrection! All of us can be forgiven of our sins and resurrected because of Him!

So true!!

Baptism is not essential for salvation, eternal life or exaltation. Baptism is an important step of obedience. Water can not wash away sins.

110%!!

​@@Elizabeth-rk3doIf baptism is not essential, then why was Christ baptized? He didn't need to repent. He had committed no sin. He was baptized to show us what we must do. He commissioned His apostles to go forth and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. He taught and showed us the way to return to the Father. Baptism is part of that process.

@@Elizabeth-rk3do oh brother! Wrong girlfriend!

I find your comment interesting and have wondered if Latter-day Saints believe that baptisms were done in Herod's temple (the only temple in the New Testament). Does the Church officially teach this or is it more or less speculation? I'm curious about what part of Herod's temple these baptisms could possibly have taken place. The enclosed temple building itself, i.e. the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, was off limits to all but the Levitical Priests.

@@BellDavidE Paul alludes to it in 1 Corinthians 15:29 : 29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

@@PslientMajority Yes, *someone* was baptizing for the dead *somewhere* (likely, I suspect in or near Corinth) but that’s all we know. Interestingly, Paul uses the third person plural, not first or second person, which creates the suspicion that he was referencing those who were arguing against the resurrection of the dead. But we just don’t know. My point, however, was about the statement that “baptism for the dead was performed in ancient temples even during Christ’s ministry.” I just don’t see the evidence for it, nor do I understand how it would have even worked under the Law and specifically in the temple setting. In Herod’s temple, where would it have been done, and in whose name would they have done it? After His resurrection, Jesus told his disciples to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Who, in Herod’s temple, would have baptized in Jesus’ name? I suspect that if this is Church teaching, there have been some answers proffered; I just can't think of what they could be.

​@@BellDavidE also reference 1 corinthians 15:29. And Acts 2:46-47 do you think they only prayed in the temples? One day we will all know exactly what took place anciently, but many things were left out or removed from all the versions of the Bible up until now. Even the version from the early 1800's removed all the apocryphal books. So many plain and precious truths have been removed from our bibles as we know them today. Just because Gods word is perfect, does not mean it was recorded, translated and compiled perfectly because man is not perfect. That is why God needed to restore the gospel and priesthood and will continue to restore many things until and even after Christ returns!

@@gingermcgovern5682 I responded to @PslientMajority’s reference to 15:29. Is there something I missed? Do I think they only prayed in temples? Of course not, but I’m not sure what you’re getting at. Regarding Acts 2:46-47, are you suggesting that if the Apostles and new converts were meeting “in the Temple” each day, then why couldn’t Christians (believing Jews at that time) be baptized there? First, you have to realize that there is a huge difference between the _naos_ (Temple proper, the building containing the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place) and the Temple Mount Complex. In the New Testament, the entire Temple Complex was called the Temple. If you go look up “Second Temple” in Wikipedia and scroll down to “Herod’s Temple,” you’ll see a picture of a large model (I tried posting the link but my comment didn’t post). Click on it for enlargement. The building near the center is the _naos._ Only certain priests could go in there. In the outside area immediately around the _naos_ was the Priests’ Court where the sacrifices were made. My understanding is that only the priests and qualified Jewish men could go in there as they brought their sacrifices. The walled area in front of the _naos_ was the Court of Women, called such because that was as close as Jewish women could get. Around the Priest’s Court and Court of Women was a low fence called the _soreg._ The area outside of the _soreg_ was called the Court of the Gentiles. On the perimeter of the Court of the Gentiles are the covered areas with huge columns, which were called _porticos_ or _colonnades._ The NT doesn’t always tell where Jesus went in the Temple Complex, but surely He wasn’t allowed in the _naos._ The only locations I’m aware of that are mentioned are the Treasury (see the story of the widow’s mite), which was located in the Court of Women, and Solomon’s Portico (see John 10:23) on the east side, which is the portico that you can’t actually see because it’s not facing the camera. Solomon’s Portico is also mentioned in Acts 3:11 and 5:12, so that is likely where they met in Acts 2. I’m no expert in this. Much of this stuff about the Temple I’ve only learned in the past year and I find it very fascinating. My response to your original post wasn’t about the validity of baptizing for the dead (though I don’t think it’s valid) or whether it could happen somewhere else (I admitted it did happen somewhere by someone), but your statement that it was happening in the temples, even in during Christ’s ministry. So my question remains, where would baptisms for the dead have taken place? Who would have done them, and in whose name?

Levi Ward Hancock's wife, Clarissa Reed is my third cousin 4 times removed. And Joseph Smith's youngest first cousin Jesse Nathaniel Smith is my 2nd great grandfather. Jesse was only 9 when the Prophet and Hyrum was martyred.

So many cultures have ancestor worship. I believe it's for a reason. I believe it's because our ancestors can watch over us as angels on God's behalf. Have you seen Disney's Coco? In Asian culture it's also very prevalent as well.

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Good point.

Perfect!

He doesn’t believe baptism is necessary for salvation. He cover that in another video

​@@lizeta8404True, but what does Jesus Christ say about that? Are we not all trying to be HIS disciples?

I agree. My favorite video by far. This one had a different spirit about it 😊

​@@gwengold8154The spirit you felt and that permiated this video is known as the Spirit of Elijah. It is powerful, profound, yet subtle.

@@janjones4550 I don't think the spirit of dead people can be found in or around us. That seems like spiritism or sorcery. The only spirit we have with us is the Holy Spirit.

​@@georgebauerschmidt5289hi George. The Spirit of Elijah is the influence of the Holy Ghost motivating us to connect with our families, the living and our ancestors as in genealogy and family history.

@@janjones4550 I myself would never use the phrase 'Spirit of Elijah" to anyone to avoid them thinking that I believed in other spirits other than the Holy Spirit, as that is considered spiritism and sorcery which the Bible speaks against. I would just utter the Holy Spirit as my main focus.

The thief on the cross was not baptized.

​@@Elizabeth-rk3dowe have no way of knowing whether he was baptized or not. Jesus Christ was sent to preach liberty to the captives. This included the spirits in the spirit world. We believe that Jesus Christ was visiting the spirit world while his body lay in the tomb. This is what he meant by what he said to the thief on the cross. As Jesus Christ clearly taught Nicodemus--NO person can enter heaven unless they have been baptized. That includes the thief on the cross.

​@Elizabeth-rk3do He will be by proxy if he wasn't. And he was with Christ after death learning about the gospel in the spirit world if he hadn't learned it by then or had more to learn. This proxy work will continue into the time Christ will reign for a millenia on Earth until all names have been completed.

@@josephinerogers79 You cannot be baptized by proxy. It is appointed unto man once to die and after that the judgment. There are no second chances. Sixty seven million people die every year. There is no way the LDS church is doing that many baptisms. God has commanded that only one temple was to be built. It must be in Jerusalem. Every LDS temple violates God's command. Every LDS baptism is blasphemy against Jesus Christ. 😔

This is such a great suggestion! Savior and Redeemer are used interchangeably but they are very different. Just as immortality and eternal life are used interchangeably but are very different. I would love to hear pastor Jeff's thoughts on this. Redeemer seems to implicitly testify of a pre-mortal sphere.

I agree!

Jeff and Joy are very lovable. They belong!

Unfortunately he seems to like getting a Rimshot in whenever he can. Hes very nice, but he thinks were being Fooled.

​@user-iz7dq6us4m In the New Testament, all believers, men, women, children, and even black people have been priests now for 2,000 years. (You have been 'fooled.') It is not a position in a church. It is who we are in Christ. I Peter 2:5, 9; Revelation 1:6, 5:20 The true and living God is not racist. **** The Aaronic priesthood belongs exclusively to the descendants of Levi. No man from any other tribe ever had the Aaronic priesthood. Only those from the ages of 25-50 had the Aaronic priesthood. (Numbers 8) Twelve year olds were not slaughtering animals. Jesus Christ, the disciples, and the men in the Book of Mormon never had the Aaronic priesthood. They were not from the tribe of Levi. The Melchizedek priesthood belongs exclusively to Jesus Christ. Only Jesus Christ is without mother and father, King of righteousness, and King of Salem. Hebrews 7 No Latter-day Saint qualifies.

@@Elizabeth-rk3do If he is without a Father then whom did he pray too? As for your discourse on Priesthood I wasnt raised a Latterday Saint. I was Evangelical. You are right though. All Priesthood is Melchizedek.

@user-iz7dq6us4m Jesus Christ is both God and man. As a man, Jesus ate, slept, wept, prayed to his Father in heaven, did not know the hour of his return and died. As God, Jesus forgave sins, performed miracles, accepted worship from the people, raised the dead, and even raised himself from the dead. John 2:19

@@Elizabeth-rk3do Maybe you ought to do more research about what Latterday Saints actually believe before coming to conclusions. Because Ive found myself in many circumstances where somebody does what your doing right now with a set of contrived Presuppositions about what I believe. Jesus is God. Well aware of it.