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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…

King Follet Sermon Witness: Thomas Bullock

12 Nov 20211 Jun 2023

Following my last post, today we examine another first-hand account of Joseph Smith's famous sermon given at the funeral of King Follet on Sunday the 7th of April, 1844. (This…

King Follet Sermon Witness: George Laub

5 Nov 20211 Jun 2023

The funeral sermon by the prophet Joseph Smith for his friend, King Follet, delivered in the afternoon of Sunday the 7th of April, 1844, has become recognized as one of…

Doctrinal Expositions

By the Light of Truth

13 Apr 20185 Nov 2019

The Spirit is Willing, but the Flesh is Weak It has been said that we are not human bodies that have spiritual experiences, but spirits that are experiencing human bodies.…

Doctrinal Expositions

And the Gods Watched

8 Apr 201620 Jan 2022

Introduction The intention of this document is to provide, scripturally, a sound explanation of the various planets we observe in our solar system and what clues they may provide toward…

Replies to Thomas

One Eternal Non-Euclidean Round

26 Sep 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, So God has been around as long as we have? I think I see what you mean. Might it be analogized like so: God knows he is ahead…

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.