Oct. 8, 1984
Dear Gordon,
I was very favorably impressed with your spirit and demeanor in
the recent Conference of the Church. As you might know, I claim
the calling of that One spoken of in D&C 85:7-8, in fulfillment of the
prophecies of Brigham Young and John Taylor, and Joseph himself
concerning that which Brigham, whom I revere spoke in the Provo
Bowry: "Brethren, this Church shall be led on to the very brink of
hell by the leaders of this Church (negro- priesthood) and then God
will raise up the One Mighty and Strong spoken of in D&C 85 to save
and redeem this Church." Brigham Young; Provo Bowry, 1867. Now
I am he, saith the Lord, and it was that you presided in the conference
in 1974 in which my name was presented to the conference for
ordination as a Seventy or Special Witness (Apostle). I have received
two volumes of revelations since, and am of that line which hath,
saith the Lord, the right to rule and reign on the right hand of power,
and I, as others, have had to descend below the stares, the frowns,
and the calumny of the wicked, being almost crucified by them who
should have been as with Joseph, my benefactors.
I am sending you a copy of the article which I wrote for Sunstone
Magazine, giving my line of authority and scriptural basis for receiving
revelations authoritatively for Zion as prophesied: "How beautiful
upon the mountains..." If you have truth, I want it, and I
appreciate and always have sincerity, and therefor, show me the error
in doctrine that I bring forth (for by their fruits ye shall know them,
saith the Lord). Put it before your best, that I may know where I have
erred, and I promise you I will repent, and recant, otherwise, here I
stand, I cannot go against my conscience, and unless proven otherwise,
it is necessarily a dangerous course for a man to go contrary to
the light within him which beareth record of my Father, whom I have
seen while caught up into heaven that day to speak face to face with
as anciently. I hope that you will see the spirit in which this letter is
written, of solicitation for your good feelings, and for the welfare of
all men and women, whom I love with that love which is pure which
cometh from the realms of peace and light and glory which is
unspeakable which I saw while caught up into His presence, the God
of my Fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and Joseph, who look upon
you with anxiousness, and who desire your triumph over all your
foes, for your enemies are their enemies, and your foe is that enemy
of all righteousness and truth, which has blinded the eyes of men and
women from the beginning.
The danger that has been revealed unto me in having a form of
godliness, however was most admirably spoken by Joseph the
Prophet in TPJS p. 332: "Men may preach and practice everything
except that which God commands us to do, and will be damned at
last. We may tithe mint and rue, and all manner of herbs, and still
not obey the commandments of God in just what he tells us to do.
It mattereth not whether the principle in popular or unpopular, I will
always maintain a true principle, even if I stand alone in it." And
I know the mind and will of God for this people as sure as I know the
way to my house, and the will of the Father is "Come out of her,
(Babylon) my people, lest ye be partakers of her plagues." I have the
keys of knowledge and power, and no one cometh unto the Father
and the Son, but by me, for this generation. We must do exactly as
our Father desires, "Father, thy will be done and not mine" or all our
religion is vain, and will damn us as surely as doing nothing at all,
for a dead form also did not save even the Jews one whit. And light
is come into the world, and they choose darkness, rather than light,
for their deeds are evil. Yea thus saith the Father, make not the same
mistake as them of Old, O Ephraim, Ephraim! my beloved from
before the foundation of the world, as ye, shall ye not be saved up
into my presence, even as Enoch and that Zion of old spoken of, for
it is that their bowels yearn over thee, O Ephraim, my beloved. Even
so. Amen.
Again, if you have the Revelations of Jesus of Nazareth, I want
them, and if I have them, as I have performed mighty miracles in the
sight of my God, then I hope that you should want them and also His
will to be done, as I, for my God and I are one God and are agreed in
our efforts toward the common salvation of mankind according to
His will, and I pray with all my might mind and strength that His will
be done on earth and His kingdom come on earth as it is now in
heaven, that the heavens and the earth may mingle and become the
one Zion unto our God prophesied, the God of our Fathers, the chiefs
of Israel, even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For he that seeketh his
life shall lose it but he that loseth his life (or his good name, even)
for my sake, shall gain it also. Even so. Amen.
Art Bulla,
Prophet, Seer and Revelator
of Israel's God.
~~Teachings of the One Mighty and Strong
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