Journal of Discourses 7:17 “We read in the Bible that the Lord told Joshua to sanctify Israel; for, says he, “there is an accursed 
Would it not be an excellent course to pursue with this people, to sanctify them to the fullest extent of the word? … I think it would be an excellent thing for this people to be sanctified from such persons, and have them cleansed from our midst, by making an atonement. …
Our holy religion is to purify, purge, cleanse, and sanctify this people. We care not what people think or say about our course in this respect; it is our religion, and we will not have corruption where we dwell, if we can help it.” — Heber C. Kimball, Great Salt Lake City, July 16, 1854.
Matthew 6:24 “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
Romans 12:19 “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
As an FYI, Kimball delivered this speech 3 yrs. before the Mountain Meadows Massacre. It didn’t take long for the ‘Saints’ to invoke their version of sanctification while running unchecked by the Feds. The Rocky Mountains held their secrets because no one was around to keep them in line.
Besides all that, the God of the Bible never gives permission to annihilate those you don’t agree with. This isn’t OT times!
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
