Quite frankly I think that you finding it interesting is interesting to me. What do I mean? If this event has meaning to you then it is good. I believe that the best definition of a miracle is something that produces faith. So it is with "signs." they are important to the one that receives a witness and increased faith from what understanding they receive.
That is why I dare not dismiss your question even though I think it not likely to have an impact on very many people. And of course I would not preach it in Sunday school. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 8:31 PM Subject: RE: [ZION] Mars > At 07:14 PM 7/30/2003, you wrote: > >Steven Montgomery: > > > >Mars brightness by the end of August would certainly seem > >to me to qualify as a "wonder in heaven." What would give > >this idea more significance and credibility is if August 27th > >happened to be a significant date in Jewish or Mormon > >history. > > > >_______________ > > > >I don't know about Jewish history, but I happen to have a > >little ditty called _On This Day in the Church_, put together > >by a quartet of Y professors, which provides the following. > > <snipped a list of seemingly unimportant or minor events in Church history> > > Apparently your quartet of professors missed Section 63 of the Doctrine & > Covenants. In this revelation, given August 27th 1831, the Lord, through > the Prophet Joseph Smith warns that a "day of wrath" shall come upon the > wicked and then mentions, starting with verse 7 and ending with verse 12, > something interesting: > > And he that seeketh signs shall see signs, but not unto salvation. > Verily, I say unto you, there are those among you who seek signs, and there > have been such even from the beginning; > But, behold, faith cometh not by signs, but signs follow those that believe. > Yea, signs come by faith, not by the will of men, nor as they please, but > by the will of God. > Yea, signs come by faith, unto mighty works, for without faith no man > pleaseth God; and with whom God is angry he is not well pleased; wherefore, > unto such he showeth no signs, only in wrath unto their condemnation. > Wherefore, I, the Lord, am not pleased with those among you who have sought > after signs and wonders for faith, and not for the good of men unto my glory. > > Maybe its just coincidence or happenstance that Mars will shine brightest > on the very date that Section 63 of the Doctrine & Covenants was given to > the world. But then again, maybe not. > > Its certainly out of my jurisdiction to proclaim that there is a > connection--I just find it interesting. Very Interesting. > > > > > -- > Steven Montgomery > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It is no accident, then, that so many who gathered at Philadelphia to > declare independence and a decade later to draft a constitution were men > who had apprenticed themselves to Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, > and Cicero, and who could debate at length on the various constitutional > forms of the classical world before they chose one for the new American > nation. We owe our very existence as a people in great part to classical > learning.----T. L. Simmons > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
