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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…

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"…

A Prophet Is Not Always a Prophet, But We Ought To Be

10 Oct 202131 May 2023

Joseph Smith once taught that a prophet is not always a prophet: "Visited with brethren and sisters from Michigan. 'A Prophet is not always a Prophet' only when he is…

Brother Joseph: Prophecy and Meteorology

23 Sep 202131 May 2023

Elder Daniel Tyler, who now resides at Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, has furnished us with a number of items concerning the Prophet Joseph—not only incidents in his life, but some…

Cry Out: “Your Refuge Is Made of Lies”

1 Sep 20213 Apr 2022

"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Clap your hands in horror, and stamp your feet. Cry out because of all the detestable sins the people of Israel have committed"…

Doctrinal Expositions

Not My Will, But Thine: The Calling and Election

5 Nov 20175 Nov 2019

“There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this   world, upon which all blessings are predicated—and when we obtain any blessing from God, it is…

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.