Blacks Will be White in Heaven
A Book of Mormons, pg 2; “Elijah Abel (1810-1884), First Black Elder…1836. March 3: Ordained an elder – the first black to hold priesthood office in the Church. At the time of his ordination, he was given a patriarchal blessing by Church Patriarch Joseph Smith, Sr…”Thou has been ordained an Elder…Thou shalt be made equal to thy brethren, and thy soul shall be white in eternity and thy robes glittering: thou shalt receive these blessings because of the covenants of thy fathers.”” – Richard S. Van Wagoner and Steven C. Walker
Psalm 139:14, 17; “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!”
If God’s thoughts toward us are precious to us and we’re wonderfully made then why would God need to change the color of a black person?
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I keep thinking of how we are made in God’s image. I guess I don’t picture God as white, or any color really. Could this meant to be a metaphor for pure?