The transcript below comes from classroom notes and discussions at BYU. The professor, Dr. Marcus Martins, was discussing the creation of the earth with his students. He used several different sources of information such as diaries, newspapers and sermons all provided by the Church. The last three paragraphs of his notes were taken from a section of the LDS owned church publication, The Millennial Star. The topic was on the creation of the earth.
“… Sister Eliza R. Snow … told … that she heard the Prophet say that when the ten tribes were taken away, the Lord cut the earth in two, Joseph striking his left hand in the center with the edge of his right to illustrate the idea, and that they were on an orb or planet by themselves, and when they returned with the portion of this earth that was taken away with them, the coming together of these two bodies or orbs, would cause a shock and make the earth ‘reel to and fro like a drunken man.’
“She also stated that he said the earth was now ninety times smaller than when first created or organized.” (Diary of Charles Walker, p. 691, March 10, 1881)
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“Question: How can the stars fall from heaven to earth when they (as far as we know) are much larger than the earth?
… The stars which will fall to earth, are fragments which have been broken off from the earth from time to time, in the mighty convulsions of nature. Some in the days of Enoch, some perhaps in the days of Peleg, some with the ten tribes, and some at the crucifixion of the Messiah. These all must be restored again at the “times of restitution of all things.” This will restore the ten tribes of Israel; and also bring again Zion. even Enoch’s city.
… When these fragments (some of which are vastly larger than the present earth) are brought back and joined to this earth, it will cause a convulsion of nature.
…The islands and continents will be removed, and earth be rolled together as a scroll. The earth will be many times larger than it is now.” (Elder Parley P. Pratt , Millennial Star 1:258, February 1841).”
Genesis 1:1; “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
The world is getting more and more confusing as man continues to “progress” in their theories of how the earth came to be. It’s hard enough having to listen to all the evolution theories that saturate the universities and other portals of information, but the poor Mormon who has to listen to all that plus the Mormon theory of how God created the earth is a heavy burden indeed.
Pray for those who have to sit through these classes that God would protect their hearts and minds from the influence of the evil one. Pray they open their Bibles and God reveals the truth and Himself to them in the very first verse of His word.
Believing in God comes with an absolute trust He is what He claims in the Bible and that He’s truly performed the things that are written about Him in His word.
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