Posted by
Phil E. on Saturday, January 13, 2007 4:51:54 AM
Did you hear Hugh Hewitt's radio show of Friday, January 13? Can you believe he had the audacity to ask about the President's religious beliefs?
He specifically asked what the President believed about end time prophecy and even dared to suggest the President was a "fanatic." Outrageous, right? Down right rude! We should never ask a President - or a Presidential candidate - about his religious beliefs. Nor should we ask if they believe any specific end time prophecy or if they think they're the one to fulfill such a prophecy. We should never suggest they're a "fanatic" - or in a cult. That's going too far. Religion is a private matter, right? What difference can it make anyway? We're not electing a pastor but a president.
Of course, if you heard the program, you know that Mr. Hewitt was interviewing an Iranian blogger and the President in question was Iranian President Ahmadinejad. By doing so, Mr. Hewitt proved it makes a LOT of difference what a President - or a Presidential candidate - believes about end time prophecy.
What if he thinks Israel should be annihilated? Is that what his god, Allah, wants? Or would he support Israel, acting on the promise the God of the BIble, YHWY, gave to Jacob, "cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee."? Or maybe he feels HE is the true Israel and he will be instrumental in the "
establishment of Zion?" (Per
the god of this world, "Elohim.")
You see, if you live in a democratic republic, you need to know these things - indeed, you have a RIGHT to know these things - before you elect a man as your President. If you think Israel should be annihilated, you would vote for a Muslim candidate. If you think Israel should be supported, you would vote for a Christian or Jewish candidate. If you feel YOU are the restored church on earth and the true Israel and have sworn on oath to your church that you will do EVERYTHING you can do to build up your church, then you have to vote for a Mormon candidate, like Mormon Mitt Romney.
Since Mr. Hewitt opened the door and correctly demonstrates it's proper to ask about a President's religious beliefs, we need to ask what Mormon Mitt Romney believes about end time prophecy. Unfortunately, despite the fact that he's "prayed about it," has a "personal testimony" (a.k.a. a "
burning in the bosom") and is convinced he feels the truth, he won't tell you. Despite Mr. Hewitt's statement that "Clarity is a wonderful thing," I'll be surprised if he will be clear either
in his upcoming book about Mitt Romney's eschatology
. So it falls to me to tell you for him.
Fortunately, the Wall Street Journal has already done it. Here are some excerpts from their editorial subtitled, "
Will a Mormon candidate fulfill Joseph Smith's prophecy?"
As fellow Mormons, they feel a special kinship with [Mitt Romney]. Some even see in him the potential to fulfill a 160-year-old premonition by Mormon founder Joseph Smith, known as the "White Horse Prophecy."
In 1843, according to followers of Smith, he predicted that one day American citizens would be denied their most basic rights and the U.S. Constitution would "hang like a thread as fine as a silk fiber." "A terrible revolution will take place in the land of America, such as has never been seen before; for the land will be left without a Supreme Government, and every specie of wickedness will be practiced rampantly in the land," Smith reportedly said.
It would then be up to the Mormon people, symbolized by a white horse, to ride in and save the republic from collapsing. "I love the Constitution; it was made by the inspiration of God, and it will be preserved and saved by the efforts of the White Horse," Smith purportedly told his followers, borrowing the white horse image from the apostle John in the Book of Revelation. [In Christianity, the rider on the white horse in the Revelation represents a false peace brought through the unification of religions via ecumenism, false christs and false prophets. Hmmm... maybe Joseph will be right on this one?]
"What do I think about it? Someday it will come true," says Jeff Hartley, executive director of the Utah Republican Party. "There have been several Republicans that I have known who thought that they were that individual," says Mr. Hartley, citing Todd Nielson, a GOP congressional candidate who failed in the 1996 state primary and Republican LaVar Christensen, currently vying for a seat for Utah's Second Congressional District. They have intimated to him that "the Constitution's hanging by a thread, and that they would be there to defend the Constitution," says Mr. Hartley. "We believe in personal revelation, so it's hard to dispute or question someone who feels like they were inspired to run for office."
The prophecy was discussed during Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch's 2000 bid for the Oval Office--especially after the senator used the phrase "hanging by a thread" during a radio interview. Mr. Hatch denied that his use of the phrase was a veiled reference to the prophecy. [But see rebuttal excerpt, below.]
Still, the prophecy continues to inspire Mormons to run for office, on both sides of the aisle. Steve Olsen, the Democratic candidate for Utah's First Congressional District, told me that Smith's vision inspired him to run. According to Mr. Olsen, a party official persuaded him to throw his hat into the ring by alluding to the prophecy. "You owe it to the Lord and the people to run,"
Now, the Wall Street Journal was Fair & Balanced here and also reported that a Mormon scholar says this prophecy was a false prophecy of Joseph Smith. Uhhh... that the report of the prophecy is false. (All of Joseph Smith's prophecies are false prophecies, since Joseph Smith is a false prophet. He fails the Biblical test for a prophet.)
Some Mormons are beginning to back pedal on this prophecy, as did Senator Hatch, which is consistent in the changing world of Mormonism. When the going gets rough, change horses.
However, here are some excerpts from
a scholarly article that is also Fair & Balanced, showing that many Mormon authorities know exactly what's being talked about. It even quotes from the last "President" and prophet of the Mormon church. You would think he would know.
[Regarding Orrin Hatch's statement on the radio] . . . Wright {the radio interviewer}, also a Mormon said Hatch clearly was "talking to his folks" in the church audience and his use of the phrase was the buzz of the station afterward.
"It just caught me by surprise. It was worded carefully," Wright said Wednesday. "I'm not sure he saw himself as the one who would fulfill the prophecy, but I thought it walked a fine line. It's such a well-recognized phrase."
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The Prophet Joseph Smith said the time would come when the Constitution would hang as it were by a thread. Modern-day prophets for the last thirty years have been warning us that we have been rapidly moving in that direction. Fortunately, the Prophet Joseph Smith saw the part the elders of Israel would play in this crisis. Will there be some of us who won't care about saving the Constitution, others who will be blinded by the craftiness of men, and some who will knowingly be working to destroy it? He that has ears to hear and eyes to see can discern by the Spirit and through the words of God's mouthpiece that our liberties are being taken.
Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report, April 1963, p. 113:
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The Lord told the Prophet Joseph Smith there would be an attempt to overthrow the country by destroying the Constitution. Joseph Smith predicted that the time would come when the Constitution would hang, as it were, by a thread, and at that time "this people will step forth and save it from the threatened destruction" (Journal of Discourses, 7:15). It is my conviction that the elders of Israel, widely spread over the nation, will at that crucial time successfully rally the righteous of our country and provide the necessary balance of strength to save the institutions of constitutional government.
Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 618-619
Thanks to Mr. Hewitt for proving it's not only necessary, but proper, to ask about a presidential candidate's religious beliefs. As with President Ahmadinejad - and some would say even President Bush, as the Iranian blogger Hosssein Derakhshan tried to get Mr. Hewitt to see - one's end times beliefs can influence the direction they lead their country. (President Bush might feel obligated to protect Israel and attack Iran because of the aforementioned Biblical promise of blessing.) Let's be clear: Mitt Romney has an end time prophecy, but it's not the Biblical one. Nor will he be clear about his beliefs. He calculates everything he says - and everything he doesn't say. Christians, beware!
Given these facts, do you really want a Mormon for President who thinks he's the fulfillment of Mormon prophecy? Especially you Jews and Christians - do you know what his plans are for Israel when he thinks that HE is Israel? And that his jesus is going to return in Missouri? Maybe he would see the destruction of Israel necessary for his jesus to change his touchdown point?
You don't want Mormon Mitt Romney for President. You really don't know what he
thinks feels.
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