"It is my conviction that for over a hundred years the United States has been
beset with a carefully and methodically executed conspiracy intent on completely
destroying the constitutional republican government which was established by the
Lord, Jesus the Christ, as He Himself stated, "by the hands of wise men whom I
raised up unto this very purpose" (D&C 101:80).
We should be thankful to the
Lord, to the men who were inspired by the Lord as they drafted the United States
Constitution during the hot summer months of 1787 in a room with limited air
circulation and no air conditioning, and to those persons who subsequently
realized what has been happening to that government and have tried to alert
Americans to the existence of that "secret combinations" that prophets,
apostles, and others have warned us would strive to "overthrow the freedom of
all lands, nations, and countries" (Moroni, Ether 8:25, and President Ezra Taft
Benson, October 1988 General Conference).
We should also recognize the warning
given us by Nephi, son of Lehi, who wrote "I prophesy unto you concerning the
last days ..... there are also secret combinations, even as in times of old,
according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the founder of all these
things; (2 Nephi 26: 14 & 22).
Also worthy of our awareness is the statement by
Elder Bruce R. McConkie that "Gadianton robbers fill the judgement seats in many
nations. An evil power seeks to overthrow the freedom of all nations and
countries." (April 1980 General Conference)
Interestingly, and much more
recently, Elder Boyd K. Packer stated on two separate occasions the following:
"We live in a time of war, that spiritual war that will never end. Moroni warned
us that the secret combinations begun by Gadianton 'are had among all people
.... Wherefore, O ye Gentiles [and the term gentile in that place in the Book of
Mormon refers to us in our generation], it is wisdom in God that these things
should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer
not that these murderous combinations shall get above you .... Wherefore, the
Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall
awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination
which shall be among you.'" (16 January 2007 BYU Devotional, and later in the
August 2010 Ensign magazine, Pg. 23).
President Gordon B. Hinkley once stated
that "The Book of Mormon narrative is a chronicle of nations long since gone.
But in its descriptions of the problems of today’s society, it is as current as
the morning newspaper, and much more definitive, inspired, and inspiring
concerning the solutions of those problems.”
You might find the following
scriptures from the Book of Mormon indicative of what has been going on in
America for some time now. In 2 Nephi 26 we read that in the "last days" “The
Gentiles shall build up false churches and secret combinations.”
In Alma 51 we
can note that certain people, referred to as "king-men", "were desirous that the
law should be altered in a manner to overthrow the free government and to
establish a king over the land."
"Those who were in favor of kings were those of
high birth, and they sought to be kings; and they were supported by those who
sought power and authority over the people." In their anger with the "people of
liberty...they would not take up arms to defend their country" against forces
from outside their county. It became necessary for Moroni and his army to "go
against those king-men" in battle and kill many of the king-men before
persuading/compelling others to join in fighting for the freedom that the
Lamanites were threatening to take away from them.
In Helaman 1 we read first
that upon the death of a chief judge his oldest son is elected to fill the
judgement seat. A younger son, desirous of the judgement seat for himself, tries
to instigate a rebellion and "destroy the liberty of the people". For this he is
executed. However, some of his supporters persuade a "hit man" to murder the new
chief judge. The second son is appointed chief judge and governor. But
contention among the Nephites allows a Lamanite force to invade, and kill the
newly appointed chief judge.
Ultimately, the Lamanites are defeated, but the
judgement seat is left vacant for a time. In Helaman 2 we read how one Gadianton
became the leader of a band, the object of which was to “destroy Helaman”, the
newly appointed chief judge, and “to murder, and to rob, and to gain power”. We
are also told that “this Gadianton did prove the overthrow, yea, almost the
entire destruction of the people of Nephi.”
In Helaman 3 we learn that “there
was continual peace established in the land, all save it were the secret
combinations which Gadianton the robber had established in the more settled
parts of the land, which at that time were not known to those who were at the
head of government; therefore they were not destroyed out of the land.” In
Helaman 6 we are told in some detail that “Lucifer, the author of sin, guides
the Gadianton robbers in their murders and wickedness – They take over the
Nephite government.”
It is interesting to read that “this band of robbers was
utterly destroyed from among the Lamanites”, but “on the other hand, that the
Nephites did build them up and support them....until they had overspread all the
land of the Nephites,....And thus they did obtain the sole management of the
government.”
In Helaman 7 we read that Nephi, the son of Helaman, found “the
people {of Nephi] in a state of such awful wickedness, and those Gadianton
robbers filling the judgment-seats – having usurped the power and authority of
the land; laying aside the commandments of God, and not in the least aright
before him; doing no justice unto the children of men.; condemning the righteous
because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished
because of their money; and moreover to be held in office at the head of
government to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get gain and
glory of the world, and moreover, that they might more easily commit adultery,
and steal, and kill, and do according to their wills”.
In Helaman 8 we read how
“Corrupt judges seek to incite the people against Nephi.”, and that “those
judges were angry with him because he spake plainly unto them concerning their
secret works of darkness”. At the end of this chapter and into Chapter 9 we read
that “By inspiration Nephi announces the murderer of the chief judge, and then
by inspiration identifies the murderer, and finally “is accepted by some as a
prophet."
In 3 Nephi 6 we learn of further iniquities. “A complaint came up unto
the land of Zarahemla, to the governor of the land, against these judges who had
condemned the prophets of the Lord unto death, not according to the
law.....those judges had many friends and kindreds....and they did enter into a
covenant one with another....which covenant which was given by then of old,
which covenant was given and administered by the devil, to combine against all
righteousness.... And they did set at defiance the law and the rights of their
country; and they did covenant one with another to destroy the governor, and to
establish a king over the land, that the land should no more be at liberty but
should be subject unto kings.”
In 3 Nephi 7 we read of the murder of a chief
judge and the overthrow of the Nephite government; "the regulations of the
government were destroyed, because of the secret combination of friends and
kindred of those who murdered the prophets....and did place at their head a man
whom they did call Jacob; and they did call him their king."
In 4 Nephi we again
read “that the wicked part of the people began again to build up the secret
oaths and combinations of Gadianton”, and “the robbers of Gadianton did spread
over all the face of the land; and there were none that were righteous save it
were the disciples of Jesus.”
Do you recognize these sorts of things happening
in our time now? We have been commanded to awake to a sense of our awful
situation, and to suffer not that that these murderous combinations shall get
above us. "Unless we as members of the Church do all we can to preserve the
freedoms we have, within the bounds of the laws of God, we will be held
accountable." (Principles of the Gospel, 1991 Edition, Pg. 36)
"I know that the
Lord gives no commandments unto the children of men, save He shall prepare a way
for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." (Nephi,
son of Lehi, 1 Nephi 3:7).
Ralph Hughes
There have been so many great examples of what we as a people need to watch for in our own country. We will lose all that we have and hold dear.
It's unconstitutional for the federal government to mandate masks, vaccines, and take away our right to bear arms. It is morally wrong for the federal government to take the proper medication away to help ourselves get healthier.
We are not a racist people!! Our history is not a racist history! We are being pitted against each other to divide us.
Those of other countries illegally coming over the border are cared for more than our own U.S. people. It's a horror story that we need to take care right in our own back yards.
Keep fighting against evil and search for the truth of this land. There are good people who are helping. We just need to unite in the good cause and help them.
