40. Sadness in Heaven
Post dated 12-27-2016
Dear Angels,
I hope you each had a wonderful Christmas with your families this past Sunday! Did you know that one week before, the week started with great sadness in heaven? I was very surprised in this very important event. I was told it was of great significance.
Please read on about this and other new perspectives that you will gain in this post. There is more information on the Holy Ghost, the Church of the Firstborn, and about our role in the choir of angels at the birth of our Savior!
I pray that you will test all things in prayers. I know that your Heavenly Parents will answer your pleas as you come to them in humble prayer.
Happy New Year too! I believe this new year will bring many new changes in our world around us.
Warmly,
R
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A. R's Personal Journal Entry, 12-18-2016, Sunday
I awoke after a long sleep. I feel quite refreshed and rested. I feel happy.
1. I prayed this morning near the bank of the river representing Jesus Christ. I was facing south, looking over the tree of life, with God's temple in the foreground. I started my prayer, but I couldn't find my Heavenly Parents at all.
I decided to go to the fountain of living water, facing it from the north side of the temple, which was still filled with the smoke of the wrath of God.
2. I then saw the figures of three beings: Heavenly Father next to the start of the river going north which represents him, Heavenly Mother next to the start of the river going east which represents her, and Jesus Christ next to the start of the river going west which represents him.
I could only see their outlines, but not their faces. I then looked at the fountain, and it had stopped flowing! Then I saw the three rivers, each getting lower and lower in their water levels, until they were only muddy river bottoms! There was no more water flowing!
3. I then perceived that the underground lake, where the water from these three rivers ultimately flows into, was full to the brim with water. The water from this underground lake wasn't flowing up to the fountain anymore. It is like the 'power' had gone out, that pumped the water up to the large fountain before me.
I next felt to write all of what I observed. Now I feel there is a message from Heavenly Father. I have yet to see his face, but I am ready to see him now.
4. I felt next to teleport across the muddy river bottom to the feet of my Heavenly Father, on the other side of the river bottom. I knelt before him, with my head towards the ground. I was dressed in my angel vestures. I spoke:
'Oh my Heavenly Father, I come unto thee humbly, and wonder why the flow of water has stopped from the fountain of living waters! I also wonder if thou has a message for me today?'
5. I then was able to 'see' into the faces of all three of the Deity before me. In Heavenly Father's face, I saw he had been crying and was sad! I had never seen him this way that I remember, except when Satan and the third part of the host of heaven were cast out! I somehow just then remembered this from my unconscious memory.
I then was able to look into the face of my Heavenly Mother–she too had been crying, and was red around her eyes, and didn't seem happy at all. I next looked into the face of Jesus, my Redeemer. He too had been crying, and was sad.
6. I came before my Father in my conscious mind, and waited for him to speak. He had me write while he spoke:
'Raphael, our son. . . (He paused, gaining his composure it seemed). The day is now at hand when we need to take action against the world. The great majority of our children on earth have chosen to follow Satan and his wicked hosts, who have easily persuaded them to be carnal, sensual and devilish, as in the days before the flood.
7. The smoke in the temple represents the vengeance of God, and is still present. Now the waters have stopped flowing from the fountain of living water. This too will continue until after the whirlwind of our anger is fully unleashed on these, our children, who have rebelled, and upon the world which is ripe for destruction.
8. Raphael, send out the post you have prepared today, but withhold this new information. We will let the world celebrate Christmas and the New Year's before we unleash our fury. Please know that this is very difficult for us to do, but must be done in order to save our elect who are mingled among the wicked in the world.
In two weeks, we will have a new year, 2017. This time will have concluded the five-month period since you have blown the trumpet of God, acting as the fifth angel in Revelation 9:1, and also in verse 5.
9. It is our hope that our mortal angels will have connected in prayer with us in their conscious minds by this time, within the two-week period. As they come unto us, we will prepare them with a higher vibration level, allowing them to more fully be empowered to teleport and fulfill their angelic ministry in the flesh. We will also give them revelation and direction when they come before our face.'
10. At that time, Heavenly Father started crying again! He covered his face with both of his hands, and turned and walked away from me, to his fields behind him. I saw Heavenly Mother immediately come to his side and put her arm around him, as they both walked away together!
11. I kept kneeling where I was. Jesus came to me next. He stood before me, with swollen eyes, red around them a little. He spoke:
'Raphael, what our Father has spoken is very upsetting to all of us! We hate to lose our children who have turned away from us, and our loving ways! This is a loss like that when Lucifer was cast out because of rebellion, along with many who followed him.
12. Our hope now is in saving our elect on the earth. These are those whom we will make every effort to save. The work of gathering our elect will be done by our angels and the 144,000, which have been sealed. Your combined effort is so very important in the success of our plan. I will work side by side with our angels, in helping them recover the souls of the elect on the earth.
13. Raphael, your workload will also increase greatly. You have come to realize now that you cannot work hard anymore in your business, but must retire immediately. You will tire easily in your body because of the much work that you will be doing in the spiritual realms. Your leadership role is critical also in the success of our mission of saving the souls of men and women!
14. We love you and our holy angels very much! We will be with you as you come to us.'
Jesus then extended to me his hands. I stood and we embraced. I then felt the deep sorrow in his being, and I started sobbing too, finding it hard to breathe.
I then found myself kneeling by my bed, still writing all of this down in my journal as it happened.
God is now gone, and my prayer is ended. I feel what I have recorded here to be fully true and accurate–for I wrote it while it came to me, while I was replicated and kneeling/standing before them. This has take me over one hour in prayer on this sunny and very chilly Sabbath morning.
15. Later, after sacrament meeting:
Today, I went with my wife to A.'s sacrament meeting. We sang the hymn, at which time I felt I should go to the fountain of living waters area, where I had been this morning. I situated myself to the right of the fountain, facing north. After the sacrament prayer, I looked up and saw Heavenly Father next to the riverbank representing him, and Heavenly Mother was next to her river bank, and Jesus Christ was next to his river bank. They were all standing, looking normal and happy with me.
16. I made my covenant directly with the Father, that I would take upon me the name of his Son Jesus Christ, to always remember Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother, and to keep the commandments from Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. They stood where they were until I partook of the bread. Once I partook, all three of the Deity came together before me, with Heavenly Father in the middle, Heavenly Mother on his left, and Jesus on his right side. Then Heavenly Father stood forth, closer to me. He said words like the following:
17. 'Raphael, my wife, your Heavenly Mother and I, accept the covenant you have made before us today. We now will be continually before you, and not have such dramatic experiences like you have had this week (when we were very upset at our LDS church members, and this morning, when we were upset at the wickedness of our children in this world of yours.) We will not anymore be away from you when you pray to us, nor hide from you in any way. You are pleasing to us, and we promise you eternal life and exaltation. However, before that time comes, you will be involved in your holy mission until the end of the millennium, until after the day of judgment upon our children.
18. Your mission, Raphael, is now poised to begin in a very higher and dramatic way. We will continually direct and bless you in knowing how we expect you to act before us. You will act in blessing and directing the angels and the elect of God.
19. The holy angels, the 144,000, and the other elect of God, now need to act and follow what we have asked of them. The time of action is now, and our words that you have given the angels are sufficient in stirring them up in their duty.'
Then Heavenly Father stepped back. The three of them were before me, on the bank which used to have a river of water, representing Heavenly Mother. I was still on my knees before them. Their eternity eyes were very clear, resolute, and yet happy and loving.
B. R's Personal Journal Entry, 12-19-2016, Monday
1. I prayed this morning at the non-flowing fountain of living water, where I had been yesterday. Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother were there before me. I asked them some questions:
Q– What does the stopping of the fountain of living waters represent? The temple filled with the smoke represents the vengeance of God–is that what it means too?
2. A– No. God has freely extended to all of this children his light and love, freely flowing like the water, which flowed continually from the fountain of living water. However, now their effort to save and extend to all of their children has stopped. They now are making a concerted effort to save the elect of God only, since the others are in the grasp of Satan and his hosts, and have willingly turned away from God. Heavenly Father, Heavenly Mother and Jesus Christ, are all turning their full efforts to the elect of God, represented by the wheat that was recently harvested in Heavenly Father's wheat fields.
3. The stopping of the flow of living water represents this stopping of God extending to their children who are not elect. This is a very significant juncture in God's plan in these last days. God's crying for those that are lost has now stopped, as you have seen yesterday at the sacrament, when their eyes were normal again. They have turned their full focus on the elect–their angels, the 144,000, and the other elect of God scattered in the world.
4. Q– Will the fountain of living water start up again soon?
A– The water will start up again after the first of the year, on January 1st, 2017. This will be at the end of the five-month period of time, spoken of in Revelation chapter 9, and will be the end of the first woe spoken of in Revelation 9:12. The water that will flow from the fountain of living waters, to the three rivers, on January 1st, 2017, will represent the new focused effort of God to save their elect. There will be two weeks of the fountain of living waters not flowing (two sets of seven days). This has happened once before, when Satan and his hosts were cast out of heaven for rebellion. At that time, there was also a great mourning in heaven, and then a resolve by God to make a concerted effort to save the remainder of God's children who had not fallen away.
5. Q– During this two-week period, will the angels still be able to drink of the living water?
A– Yes. They may go to the lake anytime, in God's Loving Healing Center (it is still filled), or drink of living water that they ask to be blessed as living waters for them.
6. Q– I am feeling way tired this afternoon, and simple things tire me out, unusually so. Is this the experience I will have as my mission requirements ramp up and as I am replicated more and more to do my mission?
A– Yes! You are already increasing in you mission significantly, and this is the reason of you being tired. Learn to flow with this, and enjoy the journey as best you can.
Later, 12:20 am, past midnight:
7. I had a prayer, again to the right of the fountain of living water, which had stopped flowing. Heavenly Father, Heavenly Mother and Jesus were all standing in front of me. The redness in each of their eyes had gone, but they were sober, and I could tell they were easily on the edge of crying still! This was a very emotional and difficult time for them. I looked at myself and I had reddened eyes that were now dry. We all felt keenly the distress of turning away from all of God's children, save the elect, from our direct influence. However, these children had chosen and loved Satan more than God. We were mourning their loss!
8. I talked with my Heavenly Father directly, and knew that these experiences were true and very real. I shared part of this experience yesterday and today, with R.B. since I felt impressed he needed to know, for some reason. I also had called K, my sister, and shared it with her.
I have already felt quite tired at different times of the day today. I believe my mission and my 'called-to-action' has already increased significantly. I pray to relax, and enjoy the experience, and do what I can in my mortal life now.
C. R's Personal Journal Entry, 12-20-2016, Tuesday
1. I awoke after a great sleep, and immediately connected with God in prayer. I went to the same spot–to the right side of the fountain of living waters. I met there my Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother–Jesus was not present this morning. I looked into their compassionate and loving faces. It seems that they have been a little more cleared of the intense crying that I saw on Sunday, or even yesterday. I perceived that their attention is now truly leaving the wicked and now is focusing on the elect of God, of saving these their obedient children. I knew too that these elect were in all various situations, scattered all over the earth.
I shared with them my feelings and my wonderings about what was happening. I realized I still need to have no expectations.
2. Tomorrow is A.'s five-year mark since his accident on his mission. I also noted that it will be 12-21-2016, or 12, then 2+1+2+0+1+6 = 12. I wonder if at noon (another 12), that is when it will be 12-12-12, or the numbers for Heavenly Mother, if something will happen to A.? I hope so, but I do not know or really have any expectations. I accept life as it comes more now, and want to accept reality too.
I also have some questions about the elect of God:
3. Q– Is it right that we inquire who are the elect in our own circle of family and friends?
A– No, for this information is purposefully withheld from you. You are to act according to the impressions and directions from God, and treat all people you encounter in a kindly and loving way. Follow your intuition always, and be led by God in all of your actions. Only God really knows the hearts of his children. You may have glimpses of the inward state of the hearts of a certain man or woman, but this will be rare.
I then prayed for the elect of God. I yearned to minister to them, and to bless them in any way I could. I believe my ministry will now be focused on them, as I am directed by my Heavenly Parents.
D. R's Personal Journal Entry, 12-22-2016, Thursday
1. I haven't written in here for two days. I have been writing up my next post from my journal entries to date, which are so significant! However, last night I had an experience I need to write up now, even before my morning prayer.
I went to bed fairly early, and spent lots of time in prayer. I was again next to the fountain of living waters that had stopped flowing. Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother were before me. I gazed into their eyes. I felt they were still mourning a lot, for there was no laughter or 'bounce in their step' as I had seen before. I could see into their souls, and they were clear but very saddened. They were happy with me, however.
2. I shared with them my heart, what I had been thinking about. I prayed again for all the angels, like I always do.
I then addressed last night my Heavenly Mother in prayer, with some questions about her role as the Holy Ghost. L had written me the day before. She had some interesting insights, which rang true to me. I just wanted to know from my Heavenly Mother, what she was willing to share with me. Now as I write this, I feel she will clarify my mind more this morning too–and she will enlighten me again, as she did last night in my communication with her. Here is what she said:
3. 'Raphael, I will share with you more about what has happened, about myself being the Holy Ghost. I will also share with you some of the personal sacrifices that your Father and I have made, in order for this to be.
4. Before the earth received our children in the flesh, and before mortality began, your Father and I decided that I would be fully hidden, yet very involved with our children. I would be the Holy Ghost. I have previously described to you how we had planned how I would act.
5. Once Adam and Eve partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they were cast out of the Garden of Eden. At that time, I too voluntarily removed myself. I went to an isolated location in the celestial world, where my resurrected body (flesh and spirit) would dwell. I would be separated from all my children, in my resurrected body, since my resurrected body would be located in that secret location.
6. However, I replicated my spirit, and did so many times. My spirit then became known as the Holy Ghost among mankind. All of my associations with my husband, your Heavenly Father, during this time, was in my spirit only. All of my workings with my children, whether premortal, or mortal, or post-mortal spirits, were with my spirit only. I was recognized as their Heavenly Mother except for those in mortality, who recognized me as the Holy Ghost.
7. When it was time for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to be overshadowed by the Holy Ghost, and to conceive the seed of Heavenly Father, here is how it happened:
At that time, I came out of my isolation as a resurrected being. My husband, your Heavenly Father, and I had relations, and I conceived in my resurrected body, the seed of the Son of God, Jesus Christ. I then overshadowed Mary with my spirit, the Holy Ghost, and by the power of God, transferred to her that holy seed into her womb. Jesus then grew in her womb until the time of his birth.
8. Immediately after the transfer of the seed to Mary, my resurrected body went back into isolation. I went to the same secret location in the celestial world where I had been for four millennia. I continued my role among my children as the Holy Ghost.
9. When Jesus suffered, bled and died, thereby taking upon him the sins and weaknesses of all our children, I was alone in my isolated area of heaven. Your Father was also alone, having gone to his wheat field, by the large oak tree. Jesus, our Beloved Son, was also alone in Gethsemane and on the cross. We all three sacrificed and suffered, knowing full well what was happening. It was a very difficult time for each of us!
10. However, Jesus fulfilled his role magnificently, and we all rejoiced at the success of the atonement he wrought!
11. We therefore joined together, once his spirit released voluntarily from his mortal, Godly body. We gathered together at this place, the fountain of living waters in the celestial world! The living water was flowing into the three rivers at that time. It was such a joyous time together! You and all of the holy angels were also assembled there, to rejoice with us.
12. Once Jesus Christ was resurrected, he took his place as a resurrected God, next to the Father. From that time forward, I was visited by your Heavenly Father in my isolated location in the celestial world. He came frequently, and we loved to be together again. However, I continued my isolation of my resurrected person in that location, only visited by the Father, and occasionally our Beloved Son, but nobody else. I was, however, replicated in my spirit, in administering to all my other children. Those in mortality recognized me as the Holy Ghost. Also, your Father I continued to abstain, and not to have any further spirit children. We decided to continue to abstain until after the day of judgment. Therefore, since the days of the fall of Adam and Eve, we have only had relations once, which resulted in the birth of Jesus Christ, our Beloved Son.
13. With the opening of the seventh seal, my identity has become revealed to you and the holy angels in mortality. My seven female archangels have also been born in mortality, so that they could be revealed while in the flesh. This is all a glorious day for me!
14. My identity as the Holy Ghost needs to continue to be kept secret until after the second coming of our Beloved Son to the earth. At that time, all things will be revealed, including my identity, and those of our holy angels. I will continue to act as the Holy Ghost, until the end of the seventh millennia, or until the great day of judgment of our children. At that time, I will come out of my hiding location and resume my role as the resurrected Queen of Heaven, over all my children who have chosen righteous ways.
15. My voluntary sacrifice of isolation was necessary for me to fully act in my role as a spirit among my children. Without isolation, I would have easily been identified as a resurrection being, even among the astute who were in mortality. However, by being isolated in my resurrected body, I was assured to always be known as the Holy Ghost.
16. The voluntary abstinence from our procreative powers, during the mortal experience of our children, save for the birth of our Beloved Son, was also a needed sacrifice on our part. This has been difficult for your Heavenly Father and me. This separation will continue to be difficult, until we are fully together again as husband and wife, after the day of judgment. Our abstinence gives us the focus to work continually for our children who are going through their probationary state on earth. We work tirelessly, all the time, in this great effort of saving our children. We love them, and sacrifice greatly for them!
17. Raphael, please share this also with our holy angels. Your new post will help them understand the great need to sacrifice everything they are and can be, to our great effort in saving the elect of God. This is now our entire focus.
We are greatly saddened by those of our children who have turned away. However, we are making a concerted effort to rejoice in those who have chosen us, their Heavenly Parents, and our gentle and loving ways.
We love you, and love all of our choice holy angels.'
Later: I have thought about this communication throughout the day. My day today has been filled with lots of family activities.
E. R's Personal Journal Entry, 12-23-2016, Friday
1. This morning in my prayer, I shared with Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother, all of my heart, with family relationships that have developed to where they are now. . . I shared all of my thoughts and feelings with my Heavenly Parents in prayer.
2. Then I asked if there was a message from them. I could tell Heavenly Father wanted to speak to me. Here is what he said to me (I wrote this down while he spoke):
'Raphael, our son, what you have experienced, in your own mortal family, as your children marry and have children, are some of the real issues we wanted our children to learn in life. This issue is that some of your children will love and respect you more and more after they marry, but some will not. Those who love you less, are often turned that way by their choices and the desires of their spouses. There are so many different ways our children act when in mortality, that we couldn't see in their premortal life. This mortal test is therefore our way of seeing if, in these new circumstances, they will choose our loving, kindly and Godly paths over the ways of the world, and the natural man which is born within them.
3. As our own children have turned away from us, we necessarily have needed to turn our love away from them. This happened with our son Lucifer, and those who followed his wicked ways. We have diminished our love for this group of our children until there is little love left for them.
The next group for whom we are mourning over now, who live in mortality, constitute the tares of the earth. We are gradually turning away our love from them too, because their actions hurt us so much.
4. These two weeks that the fountain of living waters is not flowing, constitute our mourning period for these, our children, who have chosen wicked ways. They have voluntarily rejected our promptings, and followed Satan. We have tried repeatedly to reach them, but they will not listen nor act in Christ like ways.
5. Therefore, we have a smaller group now, of the elect of God, who are the focus of our love, caring, and full efforts of saving. We tirelessly work and labor in their individual behalf. We have solicited our holy angels, in this great labor, in more dramatic ways than ever before, to bring them to us, their loving parents. Our Beloved Son is also working without ceasing, in rescuing their souls.
6. Once the two-weeks of mourning are completed, and the new year begins, our love will have significantly moved from the tares of the earth to the wheat of the earth. We will then be able to, in good conscience, act in vengeance upon the wicked of our children.
7. We wish it could have been different for the wicked, but they have chosen, by their actions not to follow us nor loving ways. It is time for the cleansing, the refreshing and the rejuvenation of the earth! We are looking forward to a more glorious and happy world where our righteous children dwell, and where the wicked are removed.
9. Raphael, please share all of this again with our holy angels. We are placing great confidence in them! We expect them to labor alongside us, in blessing and saving their brothers and sisters, who are trying to do what is right before us. These are our elect. It won't be easy, the fight for their souls is very real. We will save as many as we can, along with the help of the angels and the 144,000 who are sealed in their foreheads.'
10. I then thanked my Heavenly Father for this greater understanding he gave me today. I knew my time with them had ended, and I closed my prayer. This all occurred on the right side of the fountain of living waters, in the celestial world above.
F. R's Personal Journal Entry, 12-25-2016, Sunday, Christmas!
1. I participated in our Christmas festivities from 9:00 am to 10 pm, without hardly a break! I am glad to have had a good prayer this morning. When I came to the right side of the fountain of living waters, I saw Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother in bright and shining robes! They had gold sashes and gold trim on their cream-colored robes, I believe in commemoration of the birth of their Son that we celebrate today. They were happy with me, but I could see sadness in their eyes still. It has been one week since the fountain of living waters had stopped flowing, and one week before it is supposed to start flowing again.
2. During my morning prayer, I felt really connected to my Heavenly Parents. I expressed deep gratitude to them for all the many blessings that they have gradually extended to me, one day at a time, over the years.
3. Five years ago today, my wife and I arrived on Christmas day at the Santiago International airport at 6:00 am. We had flown all night and all the previous day from New Orleans. It was a Sunday then, as it is today. We were picked up at the airport and then driven to the Clinica Alemana, a hospital in that city. We there met our son A. in the cardio intensive care unit. Thus began our experience with his injury, five years ago.
4. (Note: many of you will ask me how A. is doing, now that the five years have passed since his accident on his mission. He seems about the same, actually, as in the last month. Overall, there has been great progress, but it is hard for us, his caretakers, to see on a day-by-day basis. I have hope in his healing, but I know it is all on the terms and schedule of God. Thank you for your continued prayers! He did buy his own car today! This is a great milestone for him (and us!). He will use it to go back and forth to work and school.)
5. I am so glad to have passed these five years as God has directed us. So much has happened since then! I thought of all the progress, and the ups and downs in A.'s health over these five years!
6. I also went over in my mind, how on April 20th, 2013, in my energy class I attended, that Heavenly Mother came to our class for the entire day! It was the start of so much about healing and the angels! Each day I was led by God, and learned great truths gradually, a little at a time. This was over 3 1/2 years ago. Now look where I am, and where the mortal angels are!
I reflected over all these events in my morning prayer. I then closed the prayer, and thanked them for the birth of my Savior, over two centuries ago. I started my day.
7. It had snowed last night and this morning about 14 inches. We were all excited for having a white Christmas. We attended a local ward for sacrament meeting and a music program. We were planning to go to my son's ward in Springville, but the roads were too bad, so we pulled into a local meeting at 1:00 pm.
During the meeting, I felt to go again, in my mind, to the location in front of the river bank representing Heavenly Mother, on the east side of the fountain of living waters. This is where I had prayed all throughout the week since last Sunday, when I saw that the fountain had stopped flowing.
8. I again made my covenant with my Heavenly Parents who were before me. They were wearing their gold-trimmed robes and gold sashes still. Once I partook of the bread, Heavenly Father stepped forth and addressed me with words like this:
'Raphael, your Heavenly Mother and I accept the covenant you have made today, to take upon yourself the name of our only Begotten Son, to always remember us, and to keep our commandments. We will always be before you, and will continually be by your side. We will direct you in all things.
9. Raphael, you have wondered about the difference between the prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the prophet of the Church of the Firstborn.
You are the prophet of the mortal angels at this time on the earth. You are mortal, and will remain in this status until the day of judgment. You will also be the only prophet of the Church of the Firstborn, staying until that day of judgment. You will be the one through whom we will direct the mortal angels, the 144,000 who are sealed in their foreheads, and all of the elect who are brought to the Church of the Firstborn at the New Jerusalem. You will perform the ordinance, and Oriphiel will record all the names of those who receive this ordinance who are thus received into this celestial church. Membership is approved on a one-by-one basis by Jesus Christ.
10. The prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the prophet of our terrestrial church on the earth. Its purpose is to gather from the world, those who love me and try to keep my commandments, and follow our Beloved Son. All are accepted into this church based on simple requirements. There are many steps for our Saints to learn about us and our Beloved Son, and to work out their salvation. In their efforts to do so, we are able to see who are faithful in living a Christ-like life.
11. Once they have come to Jesus Christ, and once he proves them to to be faithful, he will bring them unto you for entrance into the Church of the Firstborn, through the ordinance of the waters of separation (look in entries M and N). When done, they are then brought into our presence. They will qualify for eternal life and exaltation, for their names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
12. There is of necessity, two churches: a terrestrial church and a celestial church. The elect of God will be brought into the celestial church, the Church of the Firstborn. That constitutes our current efforts in these last days. This is the work of the angels, and the work also of the 144,000 who are sealed in their foreheads.
Your position will need to be kept secret from the world until after the second coming of Jesus Christ. Among the elect of God, who are brought to the New Jerusalem by the angels and/or the 144,000, you will be known, but beyond these groups, it is our will to do this in secret.'
13. Then the sacrament ended. I didn't write this down until the end of the day, when I finally had time to write. I confirmed that I wrote all the words correctly that Heavenly Father gave to me.
Back to the meeting: the Christmas program in the ward then began, and lasted nearly one hour. I particularly enjoyed one of the last songs, 'Were You There on That Christmas Night?' Here are the lyrics the congregation sang with the choir:
14. Were You There on That Christmas Night?
© 1976, Hope Publishing Author: Natalie Sleeth
Were you there, were you there on that Christmas night
When the world was filled with a holy light?
Were you there to behold when the wonder foretold came to earth?
Did you see, did you see how they hailed him king,
With the gifts so rare that they chose to bring?
Did you see how they bowed as they praised him aloud at his birth?
Did you hear how the choirs of angels sang at the glory of the sight?
Did you hear how the bells of heaven rang all through the night?
Did you know, did you know it was God’s own son,
The salvation of the world begun?
Did you know it was love that was sent from above to the earth?
Did you know it was love that was sent from above to the earth?
15. While listening and thinking about the words, I felt I saw Heavenly Mother step forth and speak to me. Here is what she said:
'Raphael, you were there on that first Christmas night! When Jesus prepared to leave the premortal realms, your Heavenly Father and I, and all the holy angels were assembled here at the fountain of living waters, just north of the temple. We bid him farewell, and then he was born to Mary on the earth. You were there when the angels announced to the shepherds, the glorious news of the babe born in Bethlehem, which was Christ, the Lord. You sang, with all the angels in heaven, to the shepherds that night of the birth of our Beloved Son to the earth. It was a very joyous event in heaven!'
G. R's Personal Journal Entry, 12-26-2016, Monday
1. I awoke early and had a prayer next to the fountain of living water. My Heavenly Parents were there, dressed in their white robes. I thought that the gold-trimmed robes, and gold sash that I saw them wear yesterday, were celebration robes. They were commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, their Son, to the earth that they celebrated that day."