An Ensign to the Nations (1997)
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- Опубліковано 29 лис 2016
- This film was produced as part of the 150th anniversary of Brigham Young's first arrival to Utah in 1847.
Four years after the Church was organized, the Prophet Joseph Smith met in a small log schoolhouse with priesthood holders in Kirtland, Ohio, and said: "Brethren...you know no more concerning the destinies of this Church and kingdom than a babe upon its mother's lap. You don't comprehend it. . . . It is only a little handful of Priesthood you see here tonight, but this Church will fill North and South America -- it will fill the world" (Wilford Woodruff, in Conference Report, Apr. 1898, 57).
An Ensign to the Nations examines the the worldwide growth and expansion of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Filmed in several countries, this one-hour video tells of Saints in Europe, the Pacific Islands, Latin America, Asia, and Africa that have helped the Church to flourish.
This was my favorite Church movie as a child. I am so grateful to still be a part of being the Lord's work 25 years later, helping to gather souls to Christ.
The picture quality is very good. It looks like it has been enhanced or restored. I love to see this kind of devotion-taking seriously the preservation of priceless Church video resources. Thanks so much for posting this! 🙏🏼 💛
This brought tears to my eyes so many times. Thank you for posting. I never saw this before much less heard about it. Reminds me of D&C 128:22 "Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause? ...Let your hearts rejoice!..." Thank you!
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Haha your name is familiar. Is that you? The Martian Manhunter?
@@latter-daysaintbatman2679 Was the first name I could think of. Only true fans recognize the name.
This video is without doubt a true blessing . I have never been humbled more . Thank you .
A great video that invites the Spirit
This movie came out the year I began my mission. I saw it for the first time in the mission field. I liked it so much that I used my own money to order a copy from the mission home. I was the only elder who owned a copy, and in many areas, it was only because of my copy that members and investigators got to see it for the first time. I was always touched the most by the story of the Maori and, most of all, the story of the Korean graduate student. I love this movie, and I didn't realize how much I missed President Hinckley until I heard his voice again. It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for posting this. I hope we all share it.
I too was serving in Argentina Neuquen in 1996-98 and miss President and Sister Hinckley. We saw this and translated it for our companions. Need a better thumbnail though. Do you remember all of the ensign articles about the sesquicentenial? That got old, but now our kids do the Trek and it makes me jealous that we never got to. Regards.
Thank you for sharing your comments too.
Thanks for posting! I've been looking for this video everywhere! I look forward to checking out the rest of your channel...great resource!
I love the history of the Church. I am so very grateful to find this video. Those were days of great faith, strong belief, and willingness to sacrifice for the vision shared at that time by so few.
Thank you for posting this.
As a new member of the church, I am glad to be watching these videos about the history of the Latter-day Saints.
A most remarkable story! IT IS TRUE!!!
@Jim Caponzi Tge gosple principles taught it it!
@@jamesmccluskey9175 are you drunk?
What the great blessing to find this channel and its videos. Thanks a lot.
I loved the story of how the church is beginning to fill the earth. I especially enjoyed the biographies of the early church members who helped bring the gospel to their homeland. I also enjoyed hearing from church authorities who have since passed on. My eyes were wet as I pondered this story. Thank you for bringing this to UA-cam!
It is hardly filling the earth. 18 million members is nothing.
@@rabbithole2015 It’s actually quite noteworthy for a church that started with 6 members and was predicted to die off if and when Joseph Smith was eliminated.
Baptised 2006 England thank you my missionaries for bringing the truth I felt it then my body testifies to me the truth to this day. THANK HEAVENLY FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AMEN 🙏
Thanks for this video. Proud to say my ancestors came to live in Illinois from Sweden by boat and helped build the Nauvoo temple. Moved from Illinois, over to Bountiful, Utah where they settled and stayed (for the most part)
I was 16 when missionaries found me and when I got baptised. I remember when missionaries showed me that video...
Have you ever considered leaving?
@@rabbithole2015 i did and came back stronger as ever
@@tifthetif6567 I left while in my teens and returned at 23. I remained very active until serving in the bishopric at 43 and resigned when I was 45. I'm never coming back.
@@rabbithole2015 i know many stories like this. I hope the best for you!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful history of our church. I don’t recall seeing it before.
Im going to share them on facebook.
Thank you very much for sharing great work of the gospel and I love watching the videos and learn so many things for our Prophet and leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints.I am grateful for the gospel and blessings that restored upon me and this video and learning that I gain here that add to my testimony.
❤️👍❤️Amazing film ❤️👍❤️
I remember he was the Prophet of my conversion to the golpel and church back in Feb 1995. Now I am a full-time inactive member. I still love the restored church of the Lord.
The very same here too he was also the prophet. I’m an inactive member seeking to return after many years. I remember the joy and peace the church brought to my life.
its now 2021 the Church of Jesus Christ in these latter days has reached almost 18 million saints. We now work to usher in the 2nd coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Hurrah for Israel !!!
18 million is a very small number of people and the percentage of growth is dropping every year. They also fail to mention that of those 18 million there is even a smaller percentage that are active or even consider themselves members. It is growing but at a very slow rate.
@@rabbithole2015 still large enough to finish the work before the Lord returns
Hurrah for Israel!
Thank you for sharing this video! How I wish that the church would film many mini segments about pioneers of the church in every land, building on and expanding on the stories in this and in Saints.
being member and former full time missionary it is very inspiring to heared and story of early saints in every land in the world ..everyone us huge part of history of restored church
Love Love Love this video!!!
SO MUCH NEEDED, THIS BEAUTIFUL REMINDER OF OUR BELOVED CHURCH LEADERS. SO HUMBLING AND INTERESTING TO SEE THEM IN THEIR YOUNGER YEARS. THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IS A SAFE PLACE TO FIND THE MOST PROTECTING PEACE DURING THE HORRIBLE DISRUPTIONS THE WORLD (GLOBALLY) IS IN NOW. REMINDS ME OF THE SCRIPTURE THAT OUR LORD WILL GATHER US UNDER HIS WINGS, SECURING EVERY ONE WHO SERVES AND HONORS HIM. HE IS OUR MAJESTY, HE WAS THESE DEAR ANCESTOR'S MAJESTY. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS "ENSIGN TO ALL NATIONS," THAT ALL MAY BE REMINDED.
Beautiful!!❤
Love it! Thanks for sharing it.
Beautiful. Thankyou.
28:41 I'm Korean and it's interesing story.
Thank you... Faith promoting video♥️
A very uplifting video..
I have become inactive and had doubts about the testimony of Joseph Smith and the church. I had a revelation Joseph Smith was a Prophet and the church is true. It has restored my faith. Thank you for posting.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is that the only way to be made right with God is through Jesus Christ and the blood He shed on the cross through Calvary, not by temple work, ordinances, commandments, tithing, doing good works, going to church, baptism, facing Mecca, lying on beds of nails, fasting, etc..
Romans 3:28
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Eternal life is a free gift.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the FREE GIFT of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 3:24 being justified as a GIFT by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
Eph. 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the GIFT of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Jesus Christ canceled the record of debt that was held against us. All you need to do is accept Christ by faith. It isn't because of who you are and what you have done for God.
It is because of who He is and what He did for you in sending Jesus to be the sacrificial offering for your sins.
To be your substitute on the cross and to satisfy the demands of God's law that stands against you.
Christ has done the one work that was necessary to reconcile you to God. Christ has done the one act of righteousness that could bring justification and life to all men. All Christ is asking with open arms is for you to lay down your religiosity and works
at the foot of the cross and allow Christ to take it.
Salvation is quite simple.
Luke 18 And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11 The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12 I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
13 But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
14 I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Demonstrates the truthfulness of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Sweeping the earth to every corner of the globe. The Savior prophesied this would happen in our day before his second coming, and this video demonstrates the miracle of this divine work.
You people are completely indoctrinated and deluded. SAD
Thanks
Fantástica história
1:50 cracks me up, because you know they just told the missionaries to walk in a circle for the movie. They’re literally walking in circles.
There's a good spirit in this one.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is that the only way to be made right with God is through Jesus Christ and the blood He shed on the cross through Calvary, not by temple work, ordinances, commandments, tithing, doing good works, going to church, baptism, facing Mecca, lying on beds of nails, fasting, etc..
Romans 3:28
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Eternal life is a free gift.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the FREE GIFT of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 3:24 being justified as a GIFT by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
Eph. 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the GIFT of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Jesus Christ canceled the record of debt that was held against us. All you need to do is accept Christ by faith. It isn't because of who you are and what you have done for God.
It is because of who He is and what He did for you in sending Jesus to be the sacrificial offering for your sins.
To be your substitute on the cross and to satisfy the demands of God's law that stands against you.
Christ has done the one work that was necessary to reconcile you to God. Christ has done the one act of righteousness that could bring justification and life to all men. All Christ is asking with open arms is for you to lay down your religiosity and works
at the foot of the cross and allow Christ to take it.
Salvation is quite simple.
Luke 18 And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11 The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12 I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
13 But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
14 I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
The internet is doing its work now.
Together we can all become gods in Terestial heaven
Jesus Christ!!! He did it!!!!
I learned so much I wish I could be a Mormon
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59:00...awful nice of the "Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri...to let LDS take pictures on their property....
They haven’t been called the reorganised Church for some time - they’re called the Community of Christ now,
@@BenMcrea61 thanks for the Update...word is Utah LDS is trying to drop th "I am a Mormon" Campaign" for a rebrand to "The Church of Jesus Christ"...regardless...
Reorganized?/Rebranded? Utah/Missouri/Michigan/or less than monogamous Mexico...
they All always be affectionately just "Golden Bible"-"Mormonites" to me... as matter of Christian principle, I'm no respecter of persons amongst the various Mormonite sects... I calls them all the same...ya see I'm a Campbellite...
First and Third, the church didn't yet receive the authority to perform the temple's function. That's why Elias (Possibly King Melchizedek: Genesis 14) and Prophet Elijah (2 Kings 2:9-12) came..
Second, The decentralized nature of the God's Church allows Temple designers to have as much authority to specify the design of temples as Moses, David, or Solomon. The LORD is quite capable of sending instructions to those designers through the Holy Ghost, the Other Comforter (John 14-16)!
In short, I don't see the problem!
PS: You did notice the clues, right? (Verse 12: Elias appeared, and committed the dispensation of the gospel of Abraham), (Verse 13: Elijah the prophet, who was taken to heaven without tasting death).
Temples: Sacred places where those who are worthy may enter for further education and conduct ordinances
(Preparation is required before entering a temple, as sacred ordinances and symbolisms otherwise would not be understood)
Temples shall be in the midst of Christ's people forever - Ezekiel 37:26-28
Sacred things are taught by God personally in temples, things that are not known by others - Isaiah 2:2-3
Temples are the originating place of the Laws of Zion and Zion itself - Isaiah 2:3
Zion is a place of quiet habitation and it's temples and stakes shall always stand - Isaiah 33:20
Temples are quiet places of the Lord - Habakkuk 2:20
Throughout the Bible, the Lord has frequently told prophets to build temples for him to visit - 2 Samuel 7:5-6
The trumpet sounded from the temples - Joel 2:1
Sacred ordinances are carried out in Temples (12 bull font described) - Jer. 52:17 & 20
The lord designs his own temples, as he did with Solomon and Moses. This continues to this day.
The teachings of the Lord are higher than typical mankind can perceive, requiring special instruction - Isaiah 55:8-9
Only those who are worthy may enter temples (requiring member worthiness interviews) - Psalms 24:3-5, 2 Chr. 23:19
Those bearing iniquity are not to enter temples, being at grave risk if they do - Exodus 28:43
King David was not even worthy to build the temple (let alone enter it), so his son Solomon had to build it - 1 Chr. 22:7-11
The temple's 12-oxen baptismal fonts (used for baptisms for the dead) described - 2 Chr. 4:2-10 & 4:15, Jer. 52:17 & 20
The temple always has been the sacred place to perform Baptisms for the dead - 1 Peter. 4:6, 1 Cor. 15:29, 2 Chr. 4:2-15
Hezekiah goes into a temple to communicate directly with God - Isaiah 37:14
Visions (and other sacred things) may be experienced in temples - Luke 1:22, Luke 2:27, Luke 2:46
Salt Lake City, the first temple, described as building in midst of mountains that nations will flock to and visit - Isaiah 2:2-3
Christ's own apostles are told that he can not disclose the full truth to them because they can not bear it - John 16:12
Temples are places where sacred ordinances are conducted in a proper environment, just as they always have been
Baptisms for the dead - 1 Corinthians 15:29, 2 Chronicles 4:2-15, Jer. 52:17 & 20, 1 Peter 4:6, Heb. 11:40
Temple baptismal fonts on 12 oxen - 1 Kings 7:22-25, Chron. 4:2, Jer. 52:20
Washing - 2 Chronicles 4:6
Temple veil - Matthew 27:51
Anointings - Matthew 6:17, Exodus 28:41
Eternal marriage and relationship sealings (problem and solution) - Mark 12:18-25 and Matthew 16:13-19
Sealings by the Holy Spirit of Promise - Ephesians 1:13
Endowment: Christ shows his apostles "many signs" after resurrection (but intentionally left out of the Bible due to their sacred nature) - John 20:30
Adam’s prayer (at alter he built) - Psalms 54:2
Women veiled during temple prayer - 1 Cor. 11:5-6
Temples: Old Testament Trivia about Modern-Day Temples in Last Days
When Utah was established as a state, the Mormons requested that the state be named "Deseret". The U.S. government, in spite of the Mormons, named it after the Ute Indians and called it Utah. Little did the government know that they had fulfilled prophecy, for the Indian name "Ute" translates to "top of the mountains" in native Ute Indian language. In Isaiah 2:2-3, we see that "And it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the tops of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it." This is a direct scriptural reference to the Salt Lake Temple, which is surrounded by mountains, has people from all over the world traveling to it all year round, and is located in a place that is named "tops of the mountains"
- not by the church, but by the Indians and the US government. So, the above scripture accurately translates to "...It shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in Utah...". The temple construction had been completed in 1893, but the state of Utah wasn't named until 1896 by the government.
Thank you for sharing this rich collection of temple-related scriptures and other notes, James! Thoroughly enjoying!
Thank you.
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The Lord rules.
Imagine when 246M newfound members are of the Church or just 18.8M dropped into the fold for membership...
Your statement makes no sense
Heber Kimball gave his 14-year-old daughter to Joseph as a sign of his devotion. Kinda creepy really as Joseph was already married. Heber married 43 women and had 66 children.
Creepy indeed. LDS will deny and lie about those details. Sex pervs are woven into the fabric of LDS.
You know the linking of individuals in the next life is not the same as what most people think of as intimate marriage.
@@zissler1 keep telling yourself that. There's a moron born every minute.
@@sdfotodude Just because you don't know the difference between sealings and marriages
@@zissler1 That is true, I am NOT a Mormon. Unless you weren't paying close enough attention, try re-reading DnC 132. It says the only, let me repeat that, the ONLY purpose of polygamy is to raise up righteous seed. I'll wait for your pretzel logic.
There's a great book by an LDS author that shows that there's perfect harmony between the prophetic statements concerning the garden of Eden being in Missouri and the Old Testament account. It's called Canaan, Babylon, and Egypt A Comparative Theological Analysis on Creation sold by Eborn Books. Great read. Thumbs up! 👍
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAT SAINTS IS GROWING
AND GROWING EVER MINUTE OF EVERY DAY!!! MGVV ALSO MY CHURCH FOR 76 YEARS!!!
8 years 70 Moari branches, and 30,000 new converts in late 1940-50's in upper England one of them of a George Ord, his son flipped the sundial the masking of the sun last three to two years ago is Thomas Ord a King Ahaz attribute to show we are not yet overcome till the last day when the Sun Dial will sit in endless Love and adoration for Lord Yeshua or layman's terms the son of jesse: Jesus... by his friend King Cyrus of Palo Alto....
Vade retro in nomine Iesu Christi
Christ said there was no salvation in the LDS church.
All these poor people from all these far away countries each giving 10% of their income struggling to buy food and today the church has holdings of over $200 Billion! How generous of the church to include the poorest of the poor so that so many in Utah can build Mansions and shopping malls God be praised hallelujah!
When you become humble and honest in heart, you shall know that Tithing is a blessing beyond measure. I pray that your heart will be softened, and you shall understand.
Just recieved confirmation this will be the age bracket at 2797 AD 248M in the flurishing magnification under Kolob direction...
What do you mean ?
It's not growing very fast anymore.
The internet happened 1st.
It says that kings and priests will be all over the earth. That means there must be temples and people worthy to enter them. That means someone must go and baptize and confirm and teach and lead them in person. The internet can open the door and do some teaching but the really important work must be done face to face. 🧳👞👠🌎🌍🌏
@@rissybelleseeley1251 Kings and priests are dying by the day. Even Mormon royalty, the 1st Presidency didn't serve missions.
@@sdfotodude
Yes the all served missions and yes the church is growing
@@esmeraldagreen1992 the rate of growth is less than the rate of attrition due to death and apostasy. Also none of the first presidency ever served a mission. I don't know where you're getting your facts from. But they are incorrect.
Watch the film "DNA vs. The Book of Mormon."
Why would anybody support that anti-Mormon crap?
What this video doesn't mention is that a lot of this "growth", especially in South America, were people that were hastily baptized and quickly left the church.
That’s true that there are plenty of less active people and plenty of people that don’t even recall or grasp the reality of their baptism in South America and elsewhere.
That said, in South America and elsewhere, the institution of Stakes and building and dedication of temples are two markers of authentic church growth.
Matt Martinitch’s blog on LDS Church Growth is perhaps the gold standard on the various aspects of growth.
13,022 AD is when Uriel Malik Zegot and Yeshua Immanuel Cervantes will him rush Israel and the work will be adhanced as the two prophets Eliakim and Yeshua directed by Earth's director Grand Elohim... will uphold the 3rd Temple or yet like a Oklahoma Sooner quicker time...
You are speaking nonsense
Put down the pot and get off the drugs bro!
This was the most BORING thing I have ever fast-forwarded through.
Well no one made you come here or did they?
@Jim Caponzi exposing the Roman Catholicism
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Caponzi if we ignore you, you will eventually dry up and go away on your own.
@Jim Caponzi I was a Catholic and later a Mormon. They're both b.s..
@Jim CaponziWhy do you feel a need to use such disrespectful language to a group of people?
Completely different God, Christ, gospel and holy spirit to that of the new Testament. This religion is a phony.
If you believe that it's because you have not educated yourself about it and are making that statement in pure ignorance.
@@darrisellis8810 I don’t think so. Where would you like me to start?
@@oliverdownunder9397 Have you read the book?
@@oliverdownunder9397 According to the New Testament what is the Spirit of Prophecy? Is it not the testimony of Christ? Therefore how can Satan bring forth a record that bears testimony of Christ every 1.5 vs? The Book of Mormon is another Testament of Christ and doesn't negate the biblical record but corroborates it's validity. It isn't a different gosple but the same gosple. If you haven't read it and sincerely studied and compared it's teachings then I could see how you would think it's unnecessary. However if you will study it and sincerely read it and compare it with the Bible you will realize it has tremendous value and that it comes from God.
@@darrisellis8810 which version? ....the 1830 version where the book gives us a Trinitarian view of the Godhead or the later version where Smith changed his view to polytheism after his clueless King Follett discourse OR the 1830 version where the foreword in the book states that the American Indians are DIRECT descendants of the Lamanites or the more recent version where the foreword was changed to read the American Indians are AMONG the descendants of the Lamanites....changed by your leaders for fear of DNA proof that this wasn’t the case and litigation against them by former members? I have read both. 😊
Dull drivel.
Haha! Then you have missed the entire point!
I'm pretty sure this is a trolling post.
Mormons patting themselves on the back for the LDS con.
I find it eronic in how you are asked a question. You don't answer , but at same time "We" are to answer yours! Ya no.
@@maxwellsilverhammer9233 And, the Catholic Church gave you yours!
Christ said there was no salvation in the LDS church.