The Prophecy Enigma Solved

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THINGS ASTHEY ARE,WERE

ARE TO COME

Te Prophecy

Enigma SolvedANTHONY E. LARSON


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THINGS AS THEY ARE,WERE AND ARE TO COME

Te Prophecy Enigma SolvedCopyright 2013 Anthony E. Larson

Prophecy in the scriptures is full of peculiar imagesso peculiar in fact as to

seem like theyve been preserved in some sort of secret code. What if these

mysterious images are simply references to remarkable things observed in

the heavens in ancient times? Cosmology, then, would become the key that

unlocks the code of prophecy.

Decoding the Prophets Symbolism

You may have heard o the Bible Code. Tis is not about that. In act,

the Bible Code, as portrayed in Christian and pop literature, is a allacy.

Tis essay is about a very real code, though it was never meant to

be such. It happened quite by accident. You are probably very aware

o it, though youve probably never thought o it as a code.

Tis is about the rophets Code: the vocabulary or lexicon used

by the prophets that I call the language o the prophets. It is char-acterized by the odd and oen bizarre imagery ound everywhere in

scripture, including latter-day revelation. Examples o this imagery are

such things as wheels, candlesticks, monsters or beasts, stars, trumpets

and reerences to arcane ideas such as re rom heaven, the heavens

reeling to and ro, the moon turning to blood, Alpha and Omega, the

Son o Man and so orth.

So we must ask: Why the use o such symbolic or coded language?

Why a Prophets Code? Why mystiy any o the gospel? Why not

simply speak plainly so all can understand?

I maintain that the prophets imagery was plain language as it was

rst used and understood. From the days o Adam until the demise


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o the Savior and his Apostles, it was a common denominator in all

ancient cultures, easily comprehended by people who could neither

read nor write. But because the means to understand that language

has since been systematically erased or expunged rom our cultureover time, it has become an enigma rather than a teaching tool.

Terein lies a remarkable story.

Codes and keys: deciphering a lost language

A code can be simple or complex. A game o language called ig

atin is an example o a simple code. o use it or understand it, you

must have this key: Move the rst letter or consonant o each wordto the end o that word, and then add an a (pronounced ay). Tus,

the word store becomes orestay, or the word happy becomes

appyhay. And unless bystanders can gure out the keythat is, de-

cipher the codethey will not understand what is said by those who

do have the key.

So the codes key becomes the solution to the puzzle.

For the sake o clarity, heres a simple encoded or encrypted textthat is sometimes used to bae the uninitiated.

How are you? Everything here is ne. Let everyone know that I

am well. lease ease their concerns.

On the ace o it, this message seems to indicate that the writer is

in no danger and there is no cause or alarm. But once you decipher

the code, using the key, it conveys an entirely dierent message.

ave you detected the key? Can you decipher the message? I so,you know the message is actually a cry or helpliterally! By taking

only the rst letter o each sentence and putting it in the same order

it appeared in the original note, we get the word HELP.

O course, coded messages are typically more complex than that.

Some messages are obviously a code because the symbols used areunamiliar and cryptic, or the text appears scrambled. Others appear

to be legitimate texts, like our little example, because they can be readquite easily. In that case, it isnt even obvious that it is an encodedmessage at all, as is the case with the rophets Code.


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In every case, one must have the keysometimes a combination

o keysto decipher a code. Tus, its sae to say that where codes are

concerned, the key unlocks the message.

Coded language

Deciphering an unknown language, such as the Prophets Code, is

much like decoding an encrypted message.

A good example o this is the Mayan codices. Te anthropologists

and linguists who are working to decipher the Mayan hieroglyphs

have literally been deciphering a code, plain and simple. Te very

word or their writing indicates that: codices.Te Mayans didnt intend their writing system to be a code. In act,

or them it was just the opposite. It was their way o recording and

presenting their cultural, traditional and religious belies. All Mayans

could easily read it.

It is the passage o time and the inevitable orgetting that comes

with it that makes a once-amiliar writing or teaching system into a

mystery, a code. For them, it was commonplace; or us, its an enigma.Te prophets, the apostles and the Savior didnt invent the Prophets

Code. Tey werent trying to hide anything. Instead, they were using

a well-established, time-honored system o sacred metaphors and

symbols rom their contemporary cultures to teach the gospel.

Confrmation o the key

Once the proper key is applied to its code, the message it translatesbecomes clear. Te moment that happens, its obvious to all concerned

that the applied key is the correct one. Tus, the keys ability to ully

interpret or translate a message conrms its validity. Put plainly, it is

its own proo.

Nowhere is all this truer than in our attempt to decode the prophets

message. And it also serves to point out the shortcomings in fawed

interpretations so prevalent in Christianity today. When the key is

applied

or keys in this case

the message can be read in its entirety,word or word. Tere are no garbled or incomprehensible segments

and there is no need to take bits and pieces out o context to build an

interpretation, as do all our Christian cousins.


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The long-lost key

So, what is the key to the rophets Code? Cosmologythe events

and images projected on Earths ancient heavens by electried plasmas

and nearby planetary orbs generating efects and phenomena seenand experienced by all mankind. Tese were recorded in stone, art,

ritual and tradition by the ancients, which then gave rise to the major

themes or motis o all cultures.

Tose themes, called metaphors or motis and their graphic coun-

terparts, the icons or images, became the archetypes or all sacred

expression in cultures worldwide. Tese were handed down rom

generation to generation, careully and aithully preserved as theirsacred history.

How history became a code

An explanation o how plain language became a code can be ound,

o all places, in the vision o Nephi, the one I call Te istory es-

son. (1 Nephi 13.)

e is shown by an angel that the Gospel

the words o a bookwould rst be corrupted by the Gentiles and then urther deled by

that great and abominable church.

When we look at secular or proane history, we see just what Nephi

described. First the Catholic Church rejected many texts that may have

contained authentic teachings o the Savior and the apostles. Its also

apparent rom textual comparison that there were many alterations

and changes made by these Gentiles.ence, modern Christianity is based almost entirely on doctrine

rom only a ew texts the Catholic athers preerred. Actually, its quite

likely that they chose poorly in some cases because they were not

guided by revelation, as were the Apostles. Tese ew canonical texts

are thought to contain all thats needed to be a true disciple.

Later, in the Reormation, many splinter groups broke of rom

the Catholic. Tis was the rotestant movement that saw the advento utherans, Calvinists and the Church o ngland, among others.

Like their Catholic predecessors, none o the Protestant churches

claimed revelation. Hence, they embraced the same canon that the


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Catholics had settled upon centuries earlier, though they interpreted

it somewhat dierently.

At about the same time, one group denounced ormal religion al-

together. Tey embraced the doctrines o skepticism, rationalism andempiricism. Tey rejected both the sacred canon and the teachings

o Christianity as myths, the product o irrational, oolish minds.

But they embraced the Catholic educational system, the university

with all its liturgical trappings and degrees o indoctrinationonce

called priesthood. Tese accouterments include the robes onceworn in sacred settings, the cap and gown used in commencement

exercises

what Nibley amously called the robes o alse priesthood.Tey created an alternate creation story, their own version o Gen-

esis, which they later called the Big Bang. Tey ashioned their own

apostles: yell, utton, Darwin, Newton and later, instein.

Tis was the Science Church, though it reused to be equated with

normative religion, casting itsel as the antithesis o religion. And thatis the key: It is a religion, complete with its own dogma and hierarchy.

Nephi saw it or what it was and correctly reerred to it as a church.He called it the great and abominable churchgreat because it in-

ltrated all cultures the world over, abominable because its doctrine

denied Christ and his Gospel.

The result

As a consequence o these two major infuences on Christianity, as

predicted by Nephi, we can come to only one conclusion: Te most

common cultural and religious motis o antiquity are unknown and

unrecognized in our day and age or what they truly represent. We

either misinterpret them, or we are blind to them, though they sur-

round us. I we recognize them at all, we label them mysteries and

then dismiss them as inexplicable. Tey exist in our cultural traditions

and customseven our languageand they are especially prevalent

in our religions.

Te result: What was once a clear and unmistakable system o re-lated ideas is now a mystery, a conundrum, a secret and impenetrable

code. According to secular and sectarian authorities, they are nothingmore than myth, legend, airy tales or paganism, having virtu-


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ally nothing to do with the real world or the Gospel o Jesus Christ.

So too the icons that were meant to recall and explain the imagery

o all ancient culture and tradition.

Deciphering the Prophets Code

Te good news is this: You can learn the Prophets Code. You can

read the scriptural imagery that has heretoore completely baed you.One need not be a prophet or even a scriptorian to read the prophets

messages and completely understand them, without the conusion

and rustration youve encountered in the past.

A whole new world o knowledge and understanding will open toyou. Youll see the scriptures aresh, with a entirely new perspective

on the past and the uture. Te most enigmatic passages and visions

in biblical textsrom Genesis, to zekiel, to Isaiah, to Revelation

and modern revelationrom Doctrine and Covenants to the earl

o Great ricewill become as childs play to read.

Without sounding sel-serving or sel-important, I suggest that you

avail yoursel o the inormation provided by this author to urtheryour understanding o the prophets messages. You will benet rom

my many years o study and research that now ofer a unique and

comprehensive understanding o the rophets Code.

Read the scriptures as easily as you would read a newspaper

or magazine.

For more essays rom this series:http://mormonprophecy.blogspot.com/

For online classes, videos, newsletters and published books exploringthis material in depth:

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