“Seers” of the Lord
Mahonri:Ether 3:6, 19
Enoch: Moses 6:36
Lehi: 1 Nephi 2:1
Nephi: 1 Nephi 10:7
Mosiah: Mosiah 8:13
Alma: Mosiah 29:42
Benjamin: Onmi 1:25
Abinadi: Mosiah 17:20
Samuel: Helaman 14:1
Mormon: Words of Mormon 1:9
Joseph of Egypt: 2 Nephi 3:15-16
Moroni: Moroni 1:1-4
Joseph Smith: D&C 21:1 2 Nephi 3:6
Hyrum: D&C 124:94
President of the Church: D&C 107:91-92
“Behold, there shall be a record kept among you; and in it thou shalt be called a seer, a translator, a prophet, an apostle of Jesus Christ, an elder of the church through the will of God the Father, and the grace of your Lord Jesus Christ.” D&C 21:1
“Behold, here is wisdom; yea, to be a seer, a revelator, a translator, and a prophet, having all the gifts of God which he bestows upon the head of the church.” D&C 107:92
The gifts of the Lord will be glorious for those who live a worthy life. It is hard to image when the Lord says that we can have all the He has, what that really means? Because of the things of the world, our eyes have been blinded to the things of the Spirit. If we open our Spiritual eyes we may one day be blessed with the ability to see even as the Lord sees. We can be a “seer” to ourselves and use our seership as a tool to bless our families and others. The purpose of this post is to get us all thinking of the wonderful blessings the Lord has in store for us. To look into a “White Stone” to see all, would be an amazing blessing whether figuratively or in actuality.
White Stone:
Revelation 2:17 “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”
D&C 130:10-11 “Then the white stone mentioned in Revelation 2:17, will become a Urim and Thummim to each individual who receives one, whereby things pertaining to a higher order of kingdoms will be made known;” And a white stone is given to each of those who come into the celestial kingdom, whereon is a new name written, which no man knoweth save he that receiveth it. The new name is the key word.”
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“Not long ago, the Church published photos and background information on seer stones. People have asked me, “Do you really believe that Joseph Smith translated with seer stones? How would something like this be possible?” And I answer, “Yes! That is exactly what I believe.” This was done as Joseph said: by the gift and power of God.
In reality, most of us use a kind of “seer stone” every day. My mobile phone is like a “seer stone.” I can get the collected knowledge of the world through a few little inputs. I can take a photo or a video with my phone and share it with family on the other side of our planet. I can even translate anything into or from many different languages!
If I can do this with my phone, if human beings can do this with their phones or other devices, who are we to say that God could not help Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the Restoration, with his translation work? If it is possible for me to access the knowledge of the world through my phone, who can question that seer stones are impossible for God?
Many religions have objects, places, and events that are sacred to them. We respect the sacred beliefs of other religions and hope to be respected for our own beliefs and what is sacred to us. We should never be arrogant, but rather polite and humble. We still should have a natural confidence, because this is the Church of Jesus Christ.” Dieter F Uchtdorf @lds.dieter.f.uchtdorf June 21, 2016
“Seership” -by Brigham Young, Des. News, June 18, 1873
“The power of seership is one of the greatest gifts ever given to man; and the time is not far distant when every man who bears the Priesthood will be a seer. But it can only be when men have proved themselves able to withstand all of the false deceptions of the devil.
Today the powers of crystal ball gazers, astrologers, ouija boards, etc., are abounding because men have forsaken or rejected the true seers of God.
Thousands of people seek unto `wizards who peep and mutter’ etc., but they will not seek unto the living God. I can say to all the inhabitants of the earth that before what is called spiritualism was ever known in America, I told the people that if they would not believe the revelations that God had given, He would suffer the devil to give revelations that they–priests and people would follow after. . . . I told the people that as true as God lived, if they would not have the truth they would have error sent to them, and they would believe it.” (Brigham Young, Des. News, June 18, 1871, p. 308)
“Even those who accept the revelations of God are susceptible to deception. Perhaps the channels from God can be more easily doubted and rejected when those channels are more vivid and direct.
Some are not fully satisfied, but will doubt the revelation that God has given them. You think you would not. I have known many who have. Oliver Cowdery received revelations and wrote them; so did David Whitmer, and so did Thomas B. Marsh. (H. C. Kimball, J.D. 5:28) For although a man may have many revelations, and have power to do many mighty works, yet if he boasts in his own strength, and sets at naught the counsels of God, and follows after the dictates of his own will and carnal desires, he must fall and incur the vengeance of a just God upon him. (D. & C. 3:4) This indicates that every person should be a seer to himself and thereby “stand or fall by himself not trusting another.” Each member should be able to “see” for himself. Orson Pratt infers that the Saints will some day become “more fully” seers.
Shall we stop here? No, the time will come when this people will become more fully revelators, and prophets, and seers themselves, and the earth will be filled with the knowledge of God, and even out of the mouth of babes and sucklings will the spirit of God reveal things that–have been kept secret from the foundation of the world; they will utter forth the things of God, helping to fill the earth with the knowledge of God, as the waters cover the great deep.” (Orson Pratt, J.D. 19:219)
“The ability and powers of seership will also be magnified in the next world. Powers of light and seership shall be absorbed into the whole body of man.
I long for the time that a point of the finger, or motion of the hand will express every idea without utterance. When a man is full of eternity, then the eye is not only the medium through which he sees, his ear is not the only medium by which he hears, nor the brain the only means by which he understands. When the whole body is full of the Holy Ghost, he can see behind him with as much ease, without turning his head, as he can before him. If you have not that experience, you ought to have. It is not the optic nerve alone that gives the knowledge of surrounding objects to the kind, but it is that which God has placed in man–a system of intelligence that attracts knowledge, as light cleaves to light, intelligence to intelligence, and truth to truth. It is this which lays in man a proper foundation for all education. I shall yet see the time that I can converse with this people, and not speak to them, but the expression of my countenance will tell the congregation what I wish to convey, without opening my mouth.” (Brigham Young, J.D. 1:70-71)
Elder Dallin H. Oaks
“It should be recognized that such tools as the Urim and Thummim, the Liahona, seerstones, and other articles have been used appropriately in biblical, Book of Mormon, and modern times by those who have the gift and authority to obtain revelation from God in connection with their use.”96
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1987/10/recent-events-involving-church-history-and-forged-documents
Old White Stone By W. W. Phelps
O keep my old “White stone,” Father,
O keep it till I come;
The stone I had of thee at home,
Before this world was known;
For lo! in it is my “new name”–
The name thou gavest me,
When I was wash’d and set apart
For the glory yet to be.
Eternity is thine, Father,
Age after age has gone,
And yet, among thy sons, as one,
My spirit moves divine
With light and life, and sense and love,
Through realms where wisdom’s known,
To find, by faith, my path back home,
To my gem–my old “white stone.”
The sweetest joy that seems, Father,
Is now and then a view,
Of that eternal world and you,
That flashes through my dreams,
In some blest spot that’s still and pure,
Where virtue’s bliss is known,
And where my spirit eyes can see,
For themselves, my old “white stone.”
Deseret News, Vol. 6, p. 416
“. . . the `sea of glass’ upon which John saw the Saints standing, will be the earth in its sanctified and immortal state; and that in this glorified state, it will be a Urim and Thummim to all the celestial inhabitants who dwell upon it. If a small stone or other material in Aaron’s breastplate could be made, by the power of God, to shine forth and illuminate the vision of the seer, then by the same power, the whole earth could be filled with the Spirit of God, and be made to shine with celestial glory, like the sun in the firmament of heaven.” (Masterful Discourses of Orson Pratt, p. 557)
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