Without Disclosing My True Identity
(^110) See Matthew 4:1–3 (Even Christ was tempted of the flesh); 16:23; James 1:14; BOM, Mosiah 3:19.
(^111) BOM, Mosiah 3:19.
(^112) See HR, chapter 8 for a discussion of this.
(^113) “Billions of people believe in ancient documents written by those whom they believe
were actually ‘selected ones.’ ...[However], any and all ancient texts are nothing more than the
disjoined fragments of real truth mixed in with the vain and foolish imagination of imperfect
human understanding.” (HR, 17:35.)
(^114) D&C, 121:34–9.
(^115) BOM, Jacob 2:16–28;
“Our desire to act on beliefs that are taught to us by other mortals, who cannot remember
anymore than we can, frequently leads us to overlook the obvious, the rational, and what speaks to
our common sense.” (SNS, 52); see also SNS, 159.
(^116) See HR, 15:32.
(^117) HR, 5:15, 17.
(^118) 666 America, 296–8.
(^119) Isaiah 1:13.
(^120) 1 Peter 1:19–20.
(^121) Matthew 12:34.
(^122) JST, Exodus 34:1–2; D&C, 105:2–10.
(^123) BOM, 2 Nephi 3:9–13.
(^124) While the Roman Empire had existed for some time, the period known as “Pax Romana” or
peace in Rome, began roughly 30 years prior to the birth of Christ. Similarly, while the colonies in
America had existed for some time, Joseph Smith, Jr. was born roughly 30 years after the revolution
which gave the United States its independence. Just five years before him, Hyrum was born and
faithfully served with his brother Joseph in preparation for the work he was told he would finish as
explained in the presence of witnesses just minutes before his and Joseph’s death. His (Hyrum’s
incarnation as Christopher) mission was to be “one like unto the Son of man.” Pax Romana lasted
roughly 225 years, and the incarnation of Hyrum—the author of this biography—commenced his work
as “one like unto the Son of man” by presenting to the world The Sealed Portion of the Book of Mormon in
about the same period of time after the Declaration of Independence—about 228 years later.
(^125) HR, 13:12; 14:1; 16:8.
(^126) Isaiah 1:12–15.
(^127) Christopher, “Jewish & LDS (Mormon) Parallels—Important Parallels between the
Ancient Jewish Religion at Jerusalem and the Modern LDS Religion at Salt Lake City, Utah,”
Marvelous Work and a Wonder®, 2011, Marvelous Work and a Wonder Purpose Trust, 8 Apr. 2011
http://www.marvelousworkandawonder.org/q_a/contents/3lds/q01/JewishLDSParallels.pdf.
(^128) Revelation 14:14.
(^129) Compare James 2:8. See also Matthew 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Romans 13:9; Galatians
5:14; D&C, 59:6.
(^130) D&C, 104:52–3.
(^131) BOM, 3 Nephi chapters 12–14 contain the Gospel as it was given by Christ in the New
World. Compare to Matthew chapters 5–7. Compare JSH 1:34.
(^132) BOM, 1 Nephi 19:23; 2 Nephi 11:8.
(^133) BOM, 3 Nephi 23:1.
(^134) Isaiah 1:11–17.
(^135) BOM, Jacob 2:19.
(^136) BOM, Introduction, “Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith.”
(^137) “Saturday’s Warrior is a Latter-day Saint musical written by Douglas Stewart and Lex de
Azevedo. It was first performed in California in 1973 as a college project. ...[It] is considered a classic
in the Mormon community. The themes of Saturday’s Warrior resound with many Latter-day Saints—