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Brother Joseph: What Are the Clouds of Heaven?

3 Feb 20263 Feb 2026

The scriptures marry two prophetic items when studied closely: (1) the arrival of Jesus for his public second coming and (2) the darkening of the sun. This association apparently did…

Doctrinal Expositions

Interstellar Relativity and the Heterarchical Kingdom of God

This post is intended to be briefer than most as it's a necessary supporting piece to another blog post I'm writing but the content is too important and impactful in…

You Need To Be Your Own Prophet: The Testimony of Jesus Is the Spirit of Prophecy

In the days following Israel's provocation of God in the "days of temptation" (Jacob 1:7) when God "swore that they should not enter into his rest while in the wilderness"…

Of Paul, and of Apollos, and of Cephas: Dependency & Damnation

30 May 20234 Oct 2024

In February 1832, not even a full two years after the organization of the restored Church of Jesus Christ, the Prophet Joseph Smith received a revelation that completely upset the…

Plain & Precious Keys for Decoding Adam-God Scriptures

22 May 202331 May 2023

One of the least understood yet monumental doctrines restored in this last dispensation is the identity of our Father and God as someone who was no stranger to this earth…

Doctrinal Expositions

Protology: Sinai and the Pre-Earth Council

21 Jan 202222 Jan 2022

The events of this transitory life can only be correctly understood with a knowledge of what transpired before this world and what will transpire after. This notion has been likened…

You’re Not Enough But You’re Not Alone

26 Jul 20217 Jan 2022

There is a lot of talk these days about being one's "authentic self." The tenor of the messages coming through social media call for individuals to become advocates of one's…

Doctrinal Expositions

If You Could Hie to Sirius B

6 Apr 202120 Jul 2023

Kolob has been the fascination of Mormons ever since the Prophet Joseph Smith presented to the world the lost teachings of Abraham concerning the stars and our place among them.…

Replies to Thomas

Infinite: You and the Substance of the Universe

24 Oct 20195 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the origins of the universe—namely, the creation story of traditional Judeo-Christian doctrine versus the “organization” taught by the LDS church versus…

Doctrinal Expositions

One of the Plainest Books

25 May 201920 Jan 2022

The Beast of Revelation as an Extraterrestrial Introduction The following is a curated reproduction of an electrifying discourse by Joseph Smith that he gave just a year previous to his…

The Key to the Science of Theology is a book written by the Apostle Parley P. Pratt, published in 1855, two years before his martyrdom. The author of this site, Joseph, has studied the Gospel of Jesus Christ as restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. in great depth for over a decade. It is his conviction that the writing of Parley P. Pratt most accurately conveys in succinct form what Joseph Smith Jr. had been piecing together all his life. This blog is an ode to that triumphant work and the glorious future it prophetically envisions.