June 13 – LDS: Innocent Females Can See God. Matt. 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”
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Pure means to be clean or clear, in the Greek it is katharos. This would mean not thinking of others as the whores of Babylon because they belong to the body of Christ.
Furthermore, it seems Joe Smith wanted to let the ladies know they had to be pure and innocent to see God.
Why was it important to single out the women and not men as well?
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“Females if they are pure and innocent, can come in the presence of God; for what is more pleasing to God than innocence; you must be innocent, or you cannot come up before God; if we would come before God, we must keep ourselves pure, as He is pure.” Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 227.
Joe Smith left a lot of females impure and not innocent, so I guess he was responsible for preventing them from “coming before God.
You’re spot on w/ that! Just imagine all the people he’s led down that road…