LDS Celebrate 200th Anniversary of ‘Sacred Grove’

Matthew 6:21 ‘For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.’

 I don’t know why, but whenever I see things like our topic listed above, my heart does a nosedive. Activities of the Church clearly show what’s important to them, and where they’ve chosen to place their focus.

An article in the latest Ensign spoke of the ‘miraculous event’ when Joseph Smith went to the woods and prayed. In part here’s what it says –

‘This year we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Joseph Smith’s First Vision. It began the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ in the beautiful Sacred Grove. That miraculous event changed the course of history, including all of our lives….’

There are a couple of problems with the scenario that we’re looking at here. To read Karen Neff’s article in full, see Ensign, ‘On Sacred Ground,’ February 2020.

As an FYI, Mrs. Neff once served alongside her husband at the New York/Pennsylvania Historic Sites Mission, which is where the sacred grove is supposedly located.

Problem #1 —

The Church doesn’t know exactly where the ‘sacred grove’ is located. We wrote about this two years ago in an article, Location of Sacred Grove a Mystery. Who gets the job of choosing where they’ll celebrate?

Problem #2 —

We’re wondering which version of the 1^st vision is the Church commemorating? We found there are at least 11 Versions of Smith’s 1^st Vision. Who gets the job of choosing which version they’ll acknowledge?

Now with that little bit of insight one has to wonder what they’re doing. Our hearts are saddened to see how they’ll lead members everywhere, but the Lord.

Please, remember to pray for LDS members as they busy themselves with the festivities, and their leaders direct their attention away from Jesus.

With Love in Christ;

Michelle

1 Cor. 1:18