Jeri, Here we go again. Doug Barkley La Mar & Jacque Sprague wrote: > ********** > replying to Kathie Donahue: > >I am a worker in an FHC and have been for over 14 years. The scripture > upon > >which the LDS gnealogy effort is based is in the Old Testament Malachi, > >chapter 4...to paraphrase: .... > ...snipping.... > > > >Meaning, Elijah the prophet of ancient times will return to the earth > >(actually has already returned) and bring with him the keys for the > sealings > >of families to each other in holy temples of the earth. The promises made > ************ > > Just for everyone that might be interested - I fully believe that one must > take each verse in the Bible in context with the what is written. Therefore > I submit below the full chapter of Malachi 4. > > Just to make sure everyone understands - Christian church's use various > bibles - New International Version, King James Version, New King James > Version, American Standard Version, etc. These various versions have been > created to be more readable and understandable to some. We Christians all > have our favorite versions. > > Malachi chapter 4 > "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant > and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set > them on fire, says the Lord Almighty. "Not, a root or a branch will be > leftr to them. But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness > will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like > calves released from the stall. Then you will trample down the wicked; they > will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these > things," says the Lord Almighty. > > "Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at > Horeb for all Israel. > > Malachi 4:5-6 actually states "See, I will send you the prophet Elijah > before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. (6) He will turn the > hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to > their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse." > > Jacque - Kee-ta-na > Sacramento, CA > † Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105