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This website is a collection of many subjects and thoughts that are important to me, and some insights I’ve learned “...along the way.” I think of myself as just a simple man with a testimony of Jesus Christ and His Restored Gospel. But, I have lived (and continue to live) an extraordinary and enjoyable life. I've tried to share some highlights here. I have so many good memories. (SAE)

Utah Area Plan 2024

Plan for God’s Work of Salvation 2024

Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 6:27 AM

Enoch Utah Stake

To: Bishoprics, Ward Organization Leaders, Ward Mission Leaders and Ward Temple and Family History Leaders.

Brothers and Sisters,

We love you! We are grateful for our association with you and for your consecrated efforts in the Gathering of Israel! We pray the choices blessings of the Lord to be upon you and your families in your faithful service.

We feel an urgency to do all we can to assist in God’s Work of Salvation and Exaltation. As such, we feel a new approach may be needed, a new focus on how we communicate and invite member participation in God’s work. As mentioned in the video, we believe as we invite all members to participate in this work, the gathering will occur at an ever increasing rate! We believe as we all pull together, using the Utah Area Plan as our guide, this will strengthen our focus, and build unity within the Stake. We will indeed witness miracles occur in the lives of individuals as we invite them to come unto Christ, to make and keep sacred covenants, and to experience true and everlasting joy!

Brothers and Sisters, we realize your ward plan may include a focus on some other areas outside what is highlighted in the Area Plan. This is great, and we invite full autonomy to guide your respective wards and organizations as inspired of the Lord. It is likely that whatever the focus, making and keeping sacred covenants, becoming a true disciple of Jesus Christ, helping the Church grow by gathering Israel on both sides of the veil, and strengthening the rising generation are umbrellas under which every other initiative live. This being likely, we would invite you to tie your individual plans together with the Utah Area Plan, which is the Enoch Ut Stake Plan.

Again, we love you Brothers and Sisters! We are excited for the new opportunities that await us in the coming year.

Sincerely,

The Enoch Utah Stake Presidency

President Shawn Stoor
Stake President
Enoch Utah Stake

President Michael Jensen 
1st Counselor, Stake Presidency
Enoch Utah Stake

 

“These are The End Times”

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, speaks out and delivers a frank and direct presentation concerning: “The End Times” as mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments.  This message is referred t0 as: “Israeli FINAL WARNING to the Whole World!”

(Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has served as both a military commander and, on three separate occasions, as the Israeli Prime Minister.  He currently serves today (since 2022) as the Israeli Prime Minister.  Previously, he has  served in that office from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. He is the chairman of the Likud party.)   Wikipedia

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A Prophet’s Testimony of The Book of Mormon

In April 2017, less than a year before his death (2 Jan 2018), President Thomas S. Monson delivered a powerful and inspiring personal testimony of our Savior Jesus Christ, of His Gospel, and of the importance of reading the Book of Mormon each day! President Monson maintained that “…a strong testimony of our Savior and of His gospel, will help see us through to safety in these last days.”  In addition, President Monson spoke of “…the power of the Book of Mormon and the critical need we have as members of this Church …to study, ponder, and apply its teachings in our lives. The importance of having a firm and sure testimony of the Book of Mormon cannot be overstated.“

“We live in a time of great trouble and wickedness. What will protect us from the sin and evil so prevalent in the world today?  I maintain that a strong testimony of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and of His gospel, will help see us through to safety. If you are not reading the Book of Mormon each day, please do so.  If you will read it prayerfully and with a sincere desire to know the truth, the Holy Ghost will manifest its truth to you. If it is true—and I solemnly testify that it is—then Joseph Smith was a prophet who saw God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.

“Because the Book of Mormon is true, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord’s Church on the earth, and the holy priesthood of God has been restored for the benefit and blessing of His children.

“If you do not have a firm testimony of these things, do that which is necessary to obtain one.  It is essential for you to have your own testimony in these difficult times, for the testimonies of others will carry you only so far. However, once obtained, a testimony needs to be kept vital and alive through continued obedience to the commandments of God and through daily prayer and scripture study.

“My dear associates in the work of the Lord, I implore each of us to prayerfully study and ponder the Book of Mormon each day.  As we do so, we will be in a position to hear the voice of the Spirit, to resist temptation, to overcome doubt and fear, and to receive heaven’s help in our lives. I so testify with all my heart in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.”
President Thomas S. Monson

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“The Book of Enoch”

The Book of Enoch

The Prophet Enoch was the seventh Patriarch/Prophet from Adam. He was the Son of Jared, and father of Methuselah (Gen. 5:18–24; Luke 3:37; Heb. 11:5). The biblical account of Enoch is scanty. It tells us that he was translated but gives nothing of the details of his ministry. A quotation from his prophecy is found in Jude 1:14. From latter-day revelation we learn much more of Enoch; specifically of his preaching, his city called Zion, his visions, and his prophecies. See D&C 107:48–57; Moses 6–7. From these sources we observe that he was a preacher of righteousness and a vigorous exponent of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We also note that not only Enoch but also his entire city was translated. We also become aware that Enoch was a much greater person with a far more significant ministry than one would ever suppose from the Bible alone.

There are at least three apocalyptic works purporting to be books of Enoch; these are included in the category usually called “pseudepigrapha,” meaning writings under assumed names, compiled long after the time of the supposed author. On the basis of latter-day revelation, it appears there are some truths contained in the apocalyptic Enoch books. See also Pseudepigrapha.