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| − | ==Criticism==
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| − | Critics claim that Joseph gave a false prophecy when he described the United Order in revelation as "everlasting," "immutable and unchangeable," "until I [Jesus] come."
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| − | ===Source(s) of the criticism===
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| − | *{{CriticalWork:Abanes:One Nation|pages=462, 617 n. 14}}
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| − | ==Response==
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| − | The relevant scripture reads:
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| − | :1 Verily I say unto you, my friends, I give unto you counsel, and a commandment, concerning all the properties which belong to the order which I commanded to be organized and established, to be a united order, and an everlasting order for the benefit of my church, and for the salvation of men until I come—
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| − | :2 <font color="blue">With promise immutable and unchangeable, that inasmuch as those whom I commanded were faithful they should be blessed with a multiplicity of blessings;</font>
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| − | :3 But inasmuch as they were not faithful they were nigh unto cursing.
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| − | :4 Therefore, inasmuch as some of my servants have not kept the commandment, but have broken the covenant through covetousness, and with feigned words, I have cursed them with a very sore and grievous curse.
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| − | :5 For I, the Lord, have decreed in my heart, that inasmuch as any man belonging to the order shall be found a transgressor, or, in other words, shall break the covenant with which ye are bound, he shall be cursed in his life, and shall be trodden down by whom I will;
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| − | :6 For I, the Lord, am not to be mocked in these things—({{s||DC|104|1-6}})
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| − | Several points need to be made:
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| − | * the practice of the Order is not prophecied to be "<font color="blue">immutable and unchangeable</font>." Rather, the Lord says that the "promise" is "immutable and unchangeable"—and, that promise is that "inasmuch as those whom I commanded were faithful, they should be blessed with a multiplicity of blessings.
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| − | ==Conclusion==
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| − | ==Endnotes==
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| − | ==Further reading==
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| − | ===FAIR wiki articles===
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| − | {{ProphecyWiki}}
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| − | ===FAIR web site===
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| − | {{ProphecyFAIR}}
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| − | ===External links===
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| − | {{ProphecyLinks}}
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| − | ===Printed material===
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| − | {{ProphecyPrint}}
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