NOMlandia Proverbs
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:48 pm
I saw this pic on IG last week of a door with a sign on it that said:
"OLD KEYS DON'T OPEN NEW DOORS"
It reminded me of the NT proverb about sewing old cloth onto a new garment or putting new wine into old bottles. It also struck me as something that works against the way the COB operates and the whole "keys of the priesthood" bs. There are no keys, just like there's no new revelation. Claims to have ownership over ancient keys, as we know from the historical evolution of the priesthood, are bogus. Magical keys to the last dispensation of time are not talked about much anymore. They are fading into the sunset along with all other things of a spectacular nature, like the last days, miracles, adam-ondi-ahman, etc.
Proverbs are a funny thing because they can be twisted or used to make a point about anything. Just like old cloth patches on a new coat, why put old men in charge of a new world religion? Jesus didn't go into all the villages and tell all the old men to follow him, he found young progressives to spread the radical new teachings. I guess JS didn't start that way either, but the evolution of the COB is akin to our government; it's about job preservation for old guys, making a living off the hard working TBMs.
So enough about that, let's come up with some kick butt new parables for NOMlandia. We could even use the old KJV english. Maybe they can have a first world problems flair.
"Thou shalt not put old hamsters onto new wheels, nor shalt thou put new hamsters onto old wheels, lest the old wheel or hamster become weak and be cast out to be trodden under by the feet of old men."
"First park thine own boat not upon the street on the Sabbath day before telling thine neighbor to park his boat not upon the street."
Eh...maybe this was actually kind of a stupid idea.
"OLD KEYS DON'T OPEN NEW DOORS"
It reminded me of the NT proverb about sewing old cloth onto a new garment or putting new wine into old bottles. It also struck me as something that works against the way the COB operates and the whole "keys of the priesthood" bs. There are no keys, just like there's no new revelation. Claims to have ownership over ancient keys, as we know from the historical evolution of the priesthood, are bogus. Magical keys to the last dispensation of time are not talked about much anymore. They are fading into the sunset along with all other things of a spectacular nature, like the last days, miracles, adam-ondi-ahman, etc.
Proverbs are a funny thing because they can be twisted or used to make a point about anything. Just like old cloth patches on a new coat, why put old men in charge of a new world religion? Jesus didn't go into all the villages and tell all the old men to follow him, he found young progressives to spread the radical new teachings. I guess JS didn't start that way either, but the evolution of the COB is akin to our government; it's about job preservation for old guys, making a living off the hard working TBMs.
So enough about that, let's come up with some kick butt new parables for NOMlandia. We could even use the old KJV english. Maybe they can have a first world problems flair.
"Thou shalt not put old hamsters onto new wheels, nor shalt thou put new hamsters onto old wheels, lest the old wheel or hamster become weak and be cast out to be trodden under by the feet of old men."
"First park thine own boat not upon the street on the Sabbath day before telling thine neighbor to park his boat not upon the street."
Eh...maybe this was actually kind of a stupid idea.
