Without Disclosing My True Identity
ONE human being, one Overseer, must be given the power and authority over all others in
a given solar system to prevent abuse of individual free will, he or she has finally achieved
“faith in Christ,” or the Overseer.
The Book of Mormon provides further evidence that a Christ is necessary. Most
significantly, the book gives a “coherent narrative” of human nature and how mortals
respond with their free will to either accept a Christ and his authority or not; and in
most cases, when left to themselves, they do not. If given the option, most human beings
support inequality and pursue their own free will in spite of what it does to others.
When a Christ rules and reigns, however, the people will no longer have that option.
They must abide by his authority and the laws that govern all of humanity—all of which
are based upon a common eternal code of humanity—the idea of doing to others what
you would want done to you in the same circumstance.
The Book of Mormon Reveals Stories of Human Nature
The Book of Mormon was perfectly arranged to mirror modern-day examples of
human nature. Its stories incorporate a mix of tradition, culture, and the belief systems
(religions) that mortals have invented that directly violate the eternal code of humanity. It
was composed with the mortals in mind that are the “least among us,” not as to the riches
they have accumulated, but rather, based on their personal beliefs, which have been least
profitable to the welfare of humankind.
It is also directed towards those who believe they are “chosen,” “special,” or in some
other way disconnected from other human beings (a “peculiar people” and a “royal
priesthood”^10 ) and, therefore, alleged to be the “greatest among us.” It points out their
hypocrisy and their illogical ways of determining what is right and wrong. But, to allow
them the opportunity to choose for themselves, proving that they need a Christ to monitor
their actions because they cannot be trusted, the Book of Mormon presents these real truths
hidden in allegory.
In the book, our mortal lives are described as “days of probations.”^11 Mortality is a time
when we prove to ourselves what choices we will make in different situations and environments
when given the opportunity to choose. These choices define our individual “humanity type”—
or rather, how each of us chooses to act with our free agency. What each reader gets out of the
book has a direct correlation to the person’s humanity type. Some relish, for example, the idea
that Lehi and his family were chosen above all others to be saved in a promised land. What they
do not see as they read is that Lehi’s story presents the first hidden clue that following the
counsel of a Christ is the most important and only thing we need to do.
After Lehi sees the Christ in vision, he tries to tell other people of Christ’s
importance, only to be mocked for testifying “plainly of the coming of a Messiah, and
also the redemption of the world.”^12 That’s all Lehi wanted to tell his people. But what
the book of Nephi does not reveal, is what Lehi knew about the people’s “wickedness and
their abominations.”^13 The book of Lehi^14 (the lost 116-page manuscript detailed below)
explains that all religious beliefs, every single one of them—including churches, temples,
ordinances, rituals, and everything else associated with them—are the “wickedness and
abominations.” Some readers miss this important information because their “humanity
type” is one that would rather be among the “chosen” of a defined group (such as an
organized religion), rather than be mocked as an outcast.