I feel we are in a strange predicament right now; living in the world while trying to not be of the world. I am sure that prior to us entering Zion we will be stripped of all things. Those who are still attached to the world will not be able to release it. Their appetites and passions will still be centered on all the world has to offer, even if the world is broken. While those humble followers of God will give all they have and if it so be, leave all they have behind in order to follow God.
Tag: Joseph F Smith
Yes, but I am clean.
Then I rushed to what appeared to be a great opening, or door. I knocked and the door opened, and the man who stood there was the Prophet Joseph Smith. He looked at me a little reprovingly, and the first words he said: ‘Joseph, you are late.’ Yet I took confidence and [replied]:
“‘Yes, but I am clean—I am clean!’