![]() He “turned the key to in the name of God,” offering them authority to direct ( FFY 1.2.7, 59). Priesthood power was offered to all the Saints through the restoration of priesthood authority and structure, Relief Society organization, and the culminating ordinances of the Melchizedek Priesthood, which would eventually be available to all in the House of the Lord.Īs was his pattern in the last few years of his life, Joseph taught essential truths to small groups fully intending that they would expand those teachings to others later and eventually bring all into the order of the ancient priesthood. The restoration of these offices and the access to priesthood power to both males and females were essential so that Joseph could make “a kingdom of priests as in Enoch’s day-as in Paul’s day” ( FFY 1.2.3, 43). The Relief Society intricately linked with priesthood offices instituted the “proper order” for God to reveal comprehensive temple ordinances ( FFY 1.2.7, 54). ![]() The beginning of the section of the introduction to First Fifty Years titled “Ministering with Authority” aids us in considering how the Relief Society structure was “patterned after the order of the priesthood” (xxiv-xxxiv). Smith taught the newly initiated sisters of the Nauvoo Relief Society that their organization restored another ancient institution essential to the Church of Christ. Peter, James, and John followed with keys of the higher priesthood after the completion of the Kirtland Temple, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received further keys, including the power to seal from Elijah. In 1829, John the Baptist restored long-lost priesthood keys to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. Restoration of that which had been lost was central to Joseph Smith’s mission-including the authorized power of God with the priesthood. ![]() Snow ( The First Fifty Years of Relief Society, 3.23, 388) “You, my sisters, if you are faithful will become Queens of Queens, and Priestesses unto the Most High God.
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