-Joseph Fielding Smith said Jesus had marriage and children, but not to preach it, as we don’t cast pearls before swine. He said read your Book of Mormon, Mosiah 15 says the prophets are his seed. Literally. Many prophets and saints have the blood of Christ, descending from the posterity of Christ.
-Joseph Smith was from a hidden protected bloodline D&C 86:8-9
‘according to the flesh’ it says. The prophet and others of the early brethren were of a certain lineage.
-Once we know who we are and the royal lineage of which we come our choices in our lives will be more worthy of our inheritance (Russel M Nelson)
-The marriage where Jesus turned water into wine could have been Christ’s marriage. Wilford Woodruff attended a conference where Joseph F. Smith taught that this occasion was Jesus’ marriage to Mary & Martha.
-The marital status of Christ was suppressed in the great apostasy.
-Joseph F. Smith taught that the New Testament shows Mary & Martha had a much closer relationship to Jesus than disciples. He taught that Jesus came from polygamous ancestry, and he fulfilled every law, so he would have married.
-Martha asked Jesus to have Mary to help with the housework, the Lord’s reply indicated the marital relationship. He wouldn’t have been in his place; The stewardship of a family is never encroached upon even by the President of the Church
-Joseph Smith said If a man gets the fullness of the Priesthood of God he must get it the same way Jesus got it, via keeping all of the commandments.
-Orson Hyde said the relations of Christ and Mary & Martha would have been improper if they weren’t married, him being in their home etc.
-Family and marriage are paramount in any righteous society, this was certainly true in the ancient Jewish times, it was considered essential. Sirach 36:24-26 speaks of an unmarried man being an untrusted wanderer. Trusted men are married. Genesis Rabbah 18, 2 says he who lives without marriage lives without joy and atonement.
-Paul explained a man must be married to be a good leader in the church 1 Timothy 3:2 NIV (overseer translated as bishop sometimes, generally indicating leadership in the church); also 1 Tim 3:4-5
-Paul says if a man can’t even rule his house how can he rule in the church?
-The Talmud says whoever renounces marriage is to be looked upon as a murderer, who lessens those created in the image of God.
-Pharisees were always looking for ways to accuse Jesus, if he wasn’t married, they would have used that against him, it would have immediately discredited him.
-In Jewish culture, children were productive and valuable. At age 13 they were transitioned to adulthood.
-Parents were to give knowledge of Torah, teach a trade, and find a wife for their sons.
-Mishnah 3rd century: an unmarried man must not be an elementary teacher.
-Torah studies started at age 5 or 6. Unmarried men weren’t allowed to teach children. Christ taught children. If he weren’t married, that would
-a man was required to know the Torah, have a beard, and a wife to teach.
-John said I have no greater joy than to know my children walk in truth. So he had children.
-see book Dynasty of the Holy Grail, Mormonism’s Secret Bloodline by Bern Swanson
-its shocking as women in Relief Society speak derogatory comments joking about how their children and husbands are burdens. These are precious blessings. Don’t speak of teenagers as a curse.
-the generation gap didn’t exist for 1000s of years before our modern society became so sophisticated. This modernist dread of children is not normal. Since when did the Lord’s blessings become curses? LDS birth rates are low, not far behind the trend of society at large.
-Ludwig Kohler book “Hebrew Man” speaks of a single adult Jew as a bazar thing
-we have about 40 or 50 quotes in the church that Jesus was married. Elizabeth could have been a 4th wife.
-Jesus is the perfect son, father, husband, prince, king. The prototype in all.
-William Phelps taught that in Jewish culture lifelong celibacy was absurd. A core duty of a righteous father was to arrange the marriage of his sons.
-Joseph or Heavenly Father would have arranged the marriage of Jesus Christ.
-(Note: makes since that Jesus appeared to Mary after the resurrection asap, and had to tell her not to touch him YET)
-Joseph Smith said the highest dignity of woman was marriage and ever-increasing childbearing
-Joseph Smith taught the parable of the talents referred to wives and children, the righteous being added unto despite their already having many. Jesus would have lived and fulfilled the law of celestial marriage.
-Passion for birthright, family, lineage, heritage, these things determine our mission.
-George Smith and others were called to rededicate Palestine, they had a particular blood type. Lorenzo Snow, Eliza R Snow, these were Jewish from the tribe of Judah, dedicating that land for the return of THEIR people.
-The Lord’s train Isaiah saw of the Lord on his throne, refers to his wives and children, said Brigham Young. They filled the temple and were more that couldn’t fit in that temple. Young says this is the account told by Isaiah.
-Heber C Kimball believed he was a literal descendant of Christ, understanding the marriage and posterity of Christ. He had 43 wives and 66 children and was an apostle for 33 years as he tried to emulate Christ.
-We often talk about how the Lord died for us, but we also must think about how he lived, how he was our exemplar.
-George Q Cannon, Heber C Kimball, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, etc. were literal descendants of Christ.
-a solemn assembly in a temple among the brethren discussed the family of Christ. D&C 86 says they are lawful heirs according to the flesh. The solemn assembly said that they are the sons of the prophets and the sons of God. Cannon said there are some in the audience who are descendants of the 12 Apostles and the Savior himself, that his seed is represented in this body of men. The same blood that helped build the primitive church helped build the latter-day church, a great, perhaps the greatest, multi-generational mission. President Snow said take these messages to the people. These messages tell us who we are, which leads us to act differently.
-The Lord has hidden this chosen seed among the poor and humble said George Q Cannon. Throughout history its rarely the strong popular learned people who do the work of God, but rather those who are humble obedient and overlooked by the world.
-George Q Cannon said that the Lord would reveal who those are that are the seed of Christ
-*Joseph Smith said “would to God…I could tell you who I am!…you would call it blasphemy…” and Brigham Young said “…you have heard Joseph say that the people do not know him; he had his eyes on the relation to blood-relations.”
-the most faithful in the restoration and cause of Zion are the literal descendants of the Lord.
-Heber C Kimball told George Q Cannon that he was a descendant of the Savior of the world. George Q Cannons mother (also related to John Taylor) from England was very faithful. She recognized the missionary’s message immediately. She was pregnant with her 7th child. She had a revelation that she wouldn’t make it to Zion’s gathering place in America, but she went anyway for her children’s sake. She died at sea with her 7th unborn baby, but her posterity made it. Christ’s posterity wasn’t among the elite social circles of the day. The Lord had hidden his seed among the faithful.
-Orson Hyde said many call the marriage and children of Christ blasphemy, but encouraged them to search the scriptures and be pure. He said those with the Lord’s blood are the Lord’s chosen. He said secret and hidden things must come to light in the last days.
-if you are discouraged you need to study your roots and find a forgotten heritage of faith

The Holy Grail & the hidden family:
-French legends say Mary Magdalene, one of the wives of Christ, traveled to France and Britain.
-other legends say Lazarus and Martha accompanied Mary to France.
-a legend says Mary is buried in Iona Scotland. This place is very sacred to early Celtic saints.
-John Martinus was believed to be the last son of Jesus by Mary and was born in Scotland.
-the holy grail legend is about the posterity of Christ being alive.
-ancient Hebrew times included a marriage involving the man and woman drinking a cup of wine together; sacrament is a symbol of the marriage of Christ and the church, etc.
-Joseph of Arimathea was given the grail.
-the posterity of Christ traveled to the lands of the North and helped establish the gospel there.
-1000 AD was a time of restoration, people were trying to find the bloodline of Christ, for the king out of David. The British Isles were ripe with the blood of Israel and Christ.
-Phillip goes to the kingdom of the Franks (France and Germany) and preaches.
-Joseph of Arimathea may be a pseudonym the bloodline used to protect it. This Joseph could have been a protector of the posterity of Christ.
-the grail resonated with so many. Why?
-King Arthur legends could be based on true characters who defended the posterity of Christ. The holy grail quest is often related to the posterity of Christ.
-The quest for the holy grail meant that the right man should search for the right woman to marry and keep alive the bloodline.
-the goal wasn’t the grail itself, it was the quest for righteous marriage.
-Joseph Smith was the greatest prophet next to Jesus Christ. He is king of Israel with Christ (as presented by prophetic statements shown in other JSF documentaries).
-Jesus probably had enough children to ensure the survival of the bloodline. The children were kept a secret to protect those children. Then the secret was forgotten.
-Orson Hyde says Christ looked upon his own natural children at the time of his crucifixion. This is fulfilment of Isaiah’s prophecy. Hyde continues to say that with the death of those children’s’ father, the children would have been forgotten. A child without a father isn’t considered much.
-the posterity of Christ were in great danger. Their father died, claiming to be a king. The children weren’t safe and fled. Herod tried to kill baby Jesus; his successors would try to kill the posterity of Jesus too.
-Orson Hyde says the seed of Christ has influence upon the chosen of God in the last days.

The Lion, Unicorn, and Grail: Healing the Breach:
-in the dark ages, rightful heirs were hidden, usurpers ruled
-the lion, symbol of the tribe of Judah, and unicorn, symbol of Ephraim through Joseph, as well as the grail, are featured in early Christian art near the crucifixion.
-the 12 tribes each had their own symbols. Includes Jacobs adopted children of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh. The ox with its two horns of Ephraim and Manasseh is the symbol of Joseph. The Hebrew for ox is translated as unicorn also. Deut. 33:17 speaks of the horns of the ox will gather Israel in the last days.
-the official animal of Scotland is the unicorn. It is the symbol of Ephraim. No accident.
-Scotland royal banner has a lion, the symbol of Judah. Gen. 49:9, Judah’s blessing says he is like a lion.
-Gen. 49:1 says these blessings were to tell of things to happen in the last days. This blessing is more relevant to us now than any other time in history, this is our story, the dispensation of Joseph Smith.
-some of the wives of Christ are said to have been of Ephraim.
-The chalice (grail) seen between the lion and unicorn could symbolize an heir coming in the last days to unite those 2 peoples. Joseph Smith fits the bill.
-Joseph Smiths mission is to unite Judah and call Israel from the lands of the North.
-Polish synagogues depict the lion and unicorn. Ezek. 37 speaks of a remnant of Ephraim and Judah in the lands of the north, and one uniting them in Israel.
-In Paris, many images of a lady with lion and unicorn next to her.
-Jer. 3:18 there will be a day when Judah and Ephraim will be in the land of the north.
-the lands of the north from Jerusalem include Europe. We’ve seen peoples going from Jerusalem to Europe.
-Joseph Smith came through both Judah and Ephraim.
-Joseph Smith taught that prophets and kings of old have long looked to our day with gladness. The work of Joseph Smith was considered a marvelous work and a wonder by all the ancient prophets who saw Joseph Smith in vision.
-Joseph Smith knew that he was a direct descendant of Jesus Christ.
-legend says the horn of the unicorn has magic healing powers; the work of Joseph Smith has healing powers to unite peoples.
-unicorn may have been a symbol for the holy grail. Mediaeval legends say all unicorns were hunted and killed, with only a few escaping and going into hiding. This could be an allegorical legend of Christ’s descendants being hunted and killed, and only a few remaining.
-Christ’s seed made its way to northern Europe.

Joseph Smith the Prince, Lawful Heir:
-few realized little Joseph Smith, impoverished and uneducated child, had the blood of prophets and kings.
-Brigham Young said the Lord had his eyes on the family line of Joseph Smith all the way back to Abraham.
-April 11 1844 Joseph Smith was crowned king of Israel. See book of minutes of the council of 50.
-“restoring their judges and all as at first” is a very literal prophecy
-a political structure needed to be in place which would stay together despite the destructions of the last days. Joseph Smith was the true prince over the house of Israel of the last days.
-2 sons in Isaiah refer to Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Also Messiah Ben Joseph. Many other bible verses which are prophecies of Joseph Smith are presented.
-David B Haight, 1996 said someday we will know the greatness of the prophet Joseph Smith.

Jeremiah in Ireland: Protector of the bloodline
-stone of destiny ‘Jacobs pillow stone’ brought to Ireland by Jeremiah. Used on European coronation ceremonies.
-Jeremiah established a school of the prophets in Ireland.
-a son of Zedekiah (Mulek) escaped Jerusalem and went to America as we read in the Book of Mormon.
-D&C 125:3
-Jer. 42:17 Jeremiah made it to Egypt but didn’t stay since it was condemned. About 585 BC shortly after destruction of Jerusalem, Jeremiah arrived at Ulster, Ireland. The royal princess with him was a daughter of Jeremiah. They brought the harp of David with them. The harp symbol is everywhere in Ireland today, they acknowledge its connection to David. King Herremon was allowed to marry the princess as he renounced his old religion and established a school of the prophets.
-Joseph Smith made a school of the prophets in Kirtland, it was to prepare Elders to take the gospel message to the world. They studied the gospel, governments, etc.
-many parallels between Joseph Smith and Jeremiah shown in the presentation, including setting forth a new code of law, establishing a school of the prophets, etc.
-presentation speaks of sacred Irish coronation sites, Irish professor title alam, from Hebrew meaning eternal or sacred

Israel Returns:
-Joseph Smith received a blessing to lead Israel on an exodus even as Moses. Moses later came and gave him the keys of the gathering of Israel from the lands of the north.
-restoration of Israel often split into 2 separate events: restoring the 10 tribes, and the literal gathering of Israel (see article of faith 12). Moses gave keys of both the gathering Israel and the gathering of the 10 tribes D&C 110
-a modern David would gather the people. This is Joseph Smith, whom has the blood of David.
-all end time prophecies hinge on the restoration and gathering of Israel.
-we are trying to gather people who don’t know who they are; a nation who doesn’t know they exist. The answer to this issue is what ancient prophets saw and called a marvelous work and a wonder.
-Columbus Washington and others all knew they were completing the exodus of Moses. They sought religious freedom. Millions came to America. Its the biggest migration of humans in the history of planet earth. Israel in part is already found and gathered from the lands of the north.
-Book of Mormon speaks of the New Jerusalem being a land of liberty many times. Obviously its referring to America.
-in 17th and 18th centuries, thousands of pilgrims etc. emigrated to America; this was no accident, it was the Lord gathering Israel after her long dispersion.
-the great migration study project says 20 thousand English people crossed the Atlantic came to New England colony. This doesn’t include the other colonies. Scottish Presbyterians came, they had endured some of the worst persecution.
-Joseph Smith was the living rightful heir to call the 10 tribes from the North, they answered in droves. Kimball, Hyde, Young, etc. baptized some 8000 of them, and some 1000 of them migrated to America, gathering to Zion. These were Israel, when they heard the Lords voice, they ran to answer. Israel is all over Europe.
-Charles Dickens saw the LDS emigration to America, he said ‘these are the pick and flower of England’ (that are leaving)
-Some of these from England had the blood of the Savior.
-missionaries aren’t to baptize everyone, but to gather out Israelites from among people.
-Brigham Young said we are of the royal blood of Israel.
-(Note: McConkie said 99% of all gathered to the church are the literal blood of Israel)
-2 Ne. says the lost tribes will have the record of the Jews and Nephites.
-We already have a book of the history of the lost tribes, it’s the D&C by Joseph Smith!
-the Lord has promised to reveal the genealogy of the lost tribes. there are records of the lost tribes of Israel. We will get this record when we as a people repent.
-British and Celtic faithful saints such as St. Brenden traveled to America before during and after Nephite times, and legend has it that they deposited records there for safe keeping. The hill Cumorah was filled with records, they could be the records of the lost tribes.
-the record of the sacred bloodline will eventually be revealed