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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"…

Doctrinal Expositions

Is This Photograph Finally Joseph Smith? (Enhanced Renderings)

15 Sep 202424 Feb 2026

Note: updated with enhanced final renderings November, 2025. Introduction The obsession with the physical likeness of the prophet Joseph Smith is a Mormon cultural phenomenon fueled by many weighty factors:…

Doctrinal Expositions

What Did Joseph Smith Sound Like?

16 Jun 202316 Jun 2023

The question of what Joseph Smith sounded like is not one that I’ve ever seen entertained anywhere. Of course there may or may not be a science to anatomically deducing…

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…

Doctrinal Expositions

Horite Priest-Kings, the New and Everlasting Covenant, & the Succession Crisis of 1844

23 Jan 202320 Jul 2023

Tall Tales & Many Wives In the late Spring of 1888, the American imagination was alive with stories of cowboys and Indians battling in the untamed frontier. Many larger-than-life stories…

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What Version of the Bible Should I Use?

Dear Joseph, I need help deciding which version of the Bible I should use in some courses I'm taking. I’ve listed the options available to me per the curriculum below:…

Doctrinal Expositions

Signs of the Times: Where Are We in Revelation?

21 Sep 202221 Sep 2022

The future has been a subject of great interest for professed holy men for as long as the earth has endured. However, our knowledge that we live in the last…

A Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the Devil

30 May 20221 Feb 2026

What follows is an adaptation of a work by Parley P. Pratt entitled, A Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the Devil. The original was published on January 1, 1844, in…

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.