Mothers and Sons

Mothers and Sons

Coronation of the Virgin - by Rubens circa 1625

All that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my angel mother ~ Abraham Lincoln

Disclaimer: President Nelson recently prophesied that in the coming days, "it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost." Now, more than ever, is the time to pray to recognize truth. Though, this article is not official doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, please pray earnestly before reading that you may have eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart to understand.

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One of the most common questions I get asked by those who’ve read my blog or my posts online is, “What about women? If men will be Saviors one day, what about women?”

For the Lord’s reasons which are His own thoughts and ways, I feel permitted to write this. I have not pushed the Lord for permission as I believe a big reason heavenly motherhood has been hidden is due to the ultra sacred nature of these pearls. I am certainly not claiming to have a full understanding here, but I do believe the sacred nature of heavenly motherhood is at least one reason why we have not received a fullness of knowledge here. Moreover, the obvious, increasing intensity of the adversary’s plight must have its opposite as well as we progress forward towards the gathering of Israel and establishment of ZION.

As Joel prophesied, I do believe the doctrines of heaven are distilling upon the souls of the elect where sons are dreaming dreams and daughters are prophesying. I’ve read comments of those who’ve been awakened to the servant’s role in the end times who’ve said that reading the scriptures is like reading new books afresh. There is so much depth hiding in plain sight in regards to the servant. How many times does the Lord speak to us regarding to His voice or His name rather than Himself? The ineffable name is within the Angel of the Lord, so every reference to the name of the Lord very well a reference to namesake who also will have the new name of the Lord written upon him:

Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name

I believe the recent temple endowment change of 2019 is itself a sign that the truths of Heavenly Motherhood are being revealed to us. I wrote about my thoughts on the changes here on ldsfreedomforum.com. For most of my life, I believed the scriptures were devoid of any sort of revelation on Heavenly Motherhood. Yet, as my own understanding of the scriptures grows, I am beginning to see there are references to heavenly motherhood throughout. Accepting the recent endowment changes was not easy at first, but as I began to open my mind to these endowment changes and plant the seed of faith, the fruit that has been born includes an increased awareness that Heavenly Motherhood is in fact on display within our own canon and throughout the Apocrypha.


Ezekiel 19:1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.
4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. 
9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

Notice here how the mother of the princes of Israel is a lioness who nourishes her whelps among lions. Her role is to raise a whelp, or a cub, to become a lion who devours men. I believe this scripture references both the Josephic (Ephraimic) birthright in addition to the Judaic. This could also be a reference to Saul and David or to the Devil and the Holy Ghost where not every whelp becomes a Lion but may fall. If you read on in Ezekiel 19, the second lion falls as well to Babylon. This is likely a reference to the two birthrights in Israel and how both nations fell as did their kings, or lions, of both nations. Yet the link from the princes of Israel to their singular mother is profound.

I believe Divine Motherhood is tied more closely to tribes and families, moreso perhaps than Divine Fatherhood. As you read through this article and through the scriptures, take note how groups or tribes of people are usually referred to in the feminine “she” and “her” pronouns. Trees seem to be more closely linked to the feminie as well as you will see how the curses of Eden seem to be more involved with Eve than Adam. As such, the scriptures also suggest that the bearing of curses is linked to the feminine divine. In this article, I pray that I will be able to convey clearly a link from Divine Motherhood to curses, redemption, anointing, family trees, and the very election of Gods.
Please carry a prayer in your heart as we seek to shed light and provide answers to the questions that come when pondering the divine role of women in the great plan of happiness.


Mothers and Trees

Trees are important to the plan of salvation - By the Father’s will was the Tree of Knowledge planted in Eden. The Tree of Life represents the greatest of all God’s gifts. The Olive Tree and its fruit is used through the Lord’s teachings and within our own ordinances. The Juniper Tree is another tree that surfaces and resurfaces throughout the scriptures with much depth and meaning itself (read more about it here)

Continuing from Ezekiel 19, the mother metaphor transitions from a lioness to a tree:

Ezekiel 19:10 ¶ Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

The mother is nourishing the rods for the scepters of them that bare rule, and as her works bear fruit, her stature is increased and exalted. As her fruit fails, so is her stature affected and a cause of lamentation is set forth. As these earthly whelps who become lions represent those who are becoming kings and priests on an eternal scale, notice the full lamentation of Lucifer from Isaiah 14:

Isaiah 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

Biblical scholars tend to focus on applying the above scriptures to the people and places of the time of Isaiah; however, clearly an eternal principle is also on display here as in Ezekiel 19. Lucifer is declared an abominable branch - this is the same tree / branch / rod metaphor as Ezekiel 19. On the eternal scale, Isaiah 14 reads like what happens when a potential branch, or rod, falls and becomes a son of perdition. All promises of seed and increase are cut off along with the offender. More on this later...for now, let’s see where else this tree metaphor bears fruit:

Revelation 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

So the above verse comes near the end of Revelation where the Earth has been renewed and ZION has been established. Within the city of ZION is the tree of life bearing twelve manner of fruits yielded every month. How many months are there? Whether we’re using the Gregorian or Jewish calendar, there are twelve months in a year. Notice the feminine pronoun again linked to the tree as in Ezekiel 19.The leaves were for the healing of nations … what do these leaves represent? How are nations healed by the leaves of the tree that bears twelve fruits? Also, notice verse 3 and how the healing tree is mentioned in conjunction with there being no more curse. More on this in the following section … but let’s look at the Apocrypha for further light and knowledge on this subject.

2 Esdras is the apocryphal counterpart to the canonical 1 Esdras. I’ve found 2 Esdras to be full of pearls of light, including the prophecy known as “Ezra’s Eagle” as well as an account of how the remnant and the ten tribes are gathered to the latter-day King David in chapter 13. However, the relevant gems for Heavenly Motherhood are found in the first chapters.

2 Esdras 2:2 The mother that bare them saith unto them, Go your way, ye children; for I am a widow and forsaken.
3 I brought you up with gladness; but with sorrow and heaviness have I lost you: for ye have sinned before the Lord your God, and done that thing that is evil before him.
4 But what shall I now do unto you? I am a widow and forsaken: go your way, O my children, and ask mercy of the Lord.
5 As for me, O father, I call upon thee for a witness over the mother of these children, which would not keep my covenant,
6 That thou bring them to confusion, and their mother to a spoil, that there may be no offspring of them.

Similar to Isaiah 14, the disobedience of Israel has led the Lord on a course of disinheritance. Again, the feminine divine is cited specifically as the victim of this disinheritance; this time, the feminine aspect is much more overt as she is cited as “the mother that bare them.” This is no metaphor for the Lord’s nurturing ways - this is an overt revelation of both the role and fruit of heavenly motherhood. The discontinuance of seed again is mentioned akin to the verses listed above from Isaiah and from Ezekiel. Despite the mother's grief, the Lord promises her that she will not be left unfulfilled. This is a tremendous insight to the role and glory of Divine Motherhood!

2 Esdras 2:15 Mother, embrace thy children, and bring them up with gladness, make their feet as fast as a pillar: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.
16 And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out of the graves: for I have known my name in Israel.
17 Fear not, thou mother of the children: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.
18 For thy help will I send my servants Esau and Jeremy (Isaiah and Jeremiah), after whose counsel I have sanctified and prepared for thee twelve trees laden with divers fruits,
19 And as many fountains flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains, whereupon there grow roses and lilies, whereby I will fill thy children with joy.

So much to say here about these verses--The mother brings up the children. She makes the children’s feet as fast as a pillar which is links to the pillar of fire in Exodus as well as to the sixth promised reward (Revelation 3:12) where one becomes both King and Priest. The reference to the feet links to the second anointing ritual as well as the curses of Eve and Lucifer. Yet the Lord chooses the mother. But, how? Why? On what conditions and to what end? Verse 16 is a clue - the resurrection is part of this choosing process as souls traverse from lesser capacities to greater - from exaltation to exaltation, just as Joseph Smith taught (see King Follet Sermon.) The twelve trees - trees again - are prepared for her, and they are prepared and laden with divers fruits. I believe this suggests a heavenly mother raises and prepares the whelps - the cubs - to become Lions of Israel. From the 12 tribes are the whelps - the heirs - found. The fact there are two birthright tribes here suggest that other worlds may have their birthrights stem from other tribes as a mother raise, chooses, and prepares from among the twelve eternal families of Israel. Finally, seven mighty mountains are referenced here - these are the seven kings and priests who have already received their kingdoms who themselves were raised by a Heavenly Mother to become Lions. These are the seven patriarchs who each govern over the seven orders of mankind.

Another commonality among all three books - Ezekiel, Isaiah, 2 Esdras - is the idea of a birthright king who will be raised up at the end of the world from among the seed of Israel as a rightful ruler both on a temporal and an eternal scale to fulfill the covenants that trace back to Abraham - the promised rewards of lands of inheritance and innumerable seed. Here in 2 Esdras chapter 2, this idea of disinheritance and a promise of future salvation and inheritance culminates in Ezra beholding this new King and Priest:

2 Esdras 2:42 I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs.
43 And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly.
44 So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these?
45 He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.
46 Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands?
47 So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.

The latter-day King David is central to the new covenant God makes with Israel - for through him do the promises of the fathers made to the children continue. This is represented here as he sets crowns upon others. Though these verses read as Jesus, in a way it is. Jesus says basically, “if you’ve seen the Son, you’ve seen the Father.” Likewise, as Jesus receives all the Father hath, He Himself becomes a Father and anoints a Son of His own for no Father can exist without a child and no Heavenly Father can exist without a Son.

D&C 88:4 This Comforter is the promise which I give unto you of eternal life, even the glory of the celestial kingdom;

Yet, how does the role of the mother play here specifically with the whelp who becomes a Lion in this world? As far as the reference to palms in the hands, consider for a moment the third token given in the temple and the name. Consider no actual name is cited while making the third covenant in the temple. Consider how the placeholder name of the token relates to Motherhood. Plant this seed and keep this in mind as you read on.

Curses and Motherhood

Moses 6:59 That by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth death, and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the spirit, which I have made, and so became of dust a living soul, even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only Begotten; that ye might be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the world to come, even immortal glory;

By the curse of Eve did the suffering of childbirth come into the world by women. Is this a punishment? Of course not. This is as divine a type of Jesus Christ as there can be. As the Lord suffers to bring souls into heaven by water, by blood, and by the Spirit, so does a mother bring souls into our world by the same elements. Now consider the “curse” aspect of childbirth. Consider no mortal has ever born the curses of man like the Savior did when He wrought the Atonement. Do these curses not serve God’s ends? Do not all curses serve a divine purpose? Likewise, Eve’s curse of woman’s subjugation to man is both a suffering and a triumph that not only serves a divine purpose but reveals a mother’s divine purpose in heaven. More on this in a moment ...

Both the “Childbirth” and “Subjugation” aspects of Eve’s curse shed light on the heavenly roles of both men and women. Yet this terrestrial, earthy type of suffering does not end here. There is indication both in ancient and modern scripture that the bearing of curses is a heavenly aspect of Divine Motherhood. Eve herself is a rich symbol of divine motherhood. For years, men have pointed to the fact that Adam refused and yet Eve was beguiled. However, what if this is how Telestial worlds come into being? In other words, what if Eve initiated this world for the very purposes of Divine Motherhood? Have a look at the curse of Eve from the Book of Moses:

Moses 6:22 Unto the woman, I, the Lord God, said: I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception. In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children, and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

Conception and subjugation. That does not sound pleasant. Yet didn't Jesus Himself willing submit to the worst kinds of subjugation?

But, to really see clearly Eve’s purpose we must take a closer look at the curse of the serpent. Remember, seraphim means “serpents” and is the sixth order of mankind (see sidebar.) From this order comes both the Devil and the Holy Ghost. Remember the lament of Lucifer’s fall above and how it pertains to the symbols of Heavenly Motherhood - a branch that has become withered and lost.



Mothers and Serpents

Moses 6:20 And I, the Lord God, said unto the serpent: Because thou hast done this thou shalt be cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life;
21 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, between thy seed and her seed; and he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

The truth that lies at the heart of the curse of Eve is actually found in both the meaning of “serpents” and the symbolism of the heel. The heel is referenced twice here. Despite his curse, the devil is given power to bruise the heel but the “seed” of the woman is given power to bruise (“crush,” elsewhere) the head of the adversary (by the heel.) So the question becomes, who is the seed of the woman?

Now I can write an entire lengthy article in reply to this question - and I have (see the articles to the left under “The Davidic Servant.”) Many see Jesus as the one who bruises the head of the adversary, but it is not the Lord Jesus Christ who bruises the head of the serpent but empowers another to do so. Resisting the Devil's temptations during the 40-day fast was like a contest between a master violinist and child with a recorder. No, this was not the crushing of the serpents head but was the enabling of such. Through the line of Jesse, the Lord Jehovah promised that one would arise who would become His Son.

2 Samuel 7:12 ¶ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

“I will be His Father, and he will be my Son.” But how is a Son given to a Father without a Mother’s involvement? In Isaiah 11, a tree metaphor is used again where we have modern revelation to define symbols (D&C 113.) The stem of Jesse is Jesus. The rod - who clearly sits in a kingly judgement in Isaiah 11 - is “a servant in the hands of Christ, who is partly a descendant of Jesse as well as of Ephraim, or of the house of Joseph, on whom there is laid much power.” Consider the curse of Eve pertains to this man who becomes an eternal, unconditional inheritor--forever having triumphed over the adversary by securing said inheritance by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ--this is the crushing of the head by the heel. Think this is a stretch? Consider D&C 113 is a Q&A session with the Lord where five questions are asked. The first three pertain to the identities of the Stem, Rod, and Root of Jesse. Take note of the fourth and five questions and answers:

D&C 113:7 Questions by Elias Higbee: What is meant by the command in Isaiah, 52d chapter, 1st verse, which saith: Put on thy strength, O Zion—and what people had Isaiah reference to?
8 He had reference to those whom God should call in the last days, who should hold the power of priesthood to bring again Zion, and the redemption of Israel; and to put on her strength is to put on the authority of the priesthood, which she, Zion, has a right to by lineage; also to return to that power which she had lost.
9 What are we to understand by Zion loosing herself from the bands of her neck; 2d verse?
10 We are to understand that the scattered remnants are exhorted to return to the Lord from whence they have fallen; which if they do, the promise of the Lord is that he will speak to them, or give them revelation. See the 6th, 7th, and 8th verses. The bands of her neck are the curses of God upon her, or the remnants of Israel in their scattered condition among the Gentiles.

Remember Ezekiel 19 - Zion is like a vine in they blood, planted by many waters. The curses of God upon her. Israel is a she. Zion is a she. Why? The tree metaphor from Ezekiel 19 is one of mothers nurturing sons to produce branches or shoots or Rods. Consider the Rod of Aaron was but a branch, and a budding branch at that to show Aaron’s right to sit as High Priest. The symbolism of a dead branch producing live fruit closely relates to all of these scriptures and prophecies that continue to use trees as a motif. The branch metaphor is associated with both serpents - to Lucifer and to the heir of the Davidic Covenant.

Now, consider that when Aaron cast his rod before Pharaoh, the rod became a serpent of all things. The Egyptians somehow were able to reproduce this miracle by counterfeit means - yet what happened next? The serpent of Aaron devoured the other serpents plural. This points back to the curse of Eden and forward to the end times where the devil is imprisoned by - that’s right - Abaddon - the Destroying Angel who is the heir and recipient of the Davidic Covenant (see Discourse on Abbaton)

Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

Revelation 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

Abaddon / Apollyon means "Destroyer." Remember, the Ezekiel 19 metaphor was a mother lioness raising her whelps to catch prey, devour men, and lay waste. The above verses in Revelation are a whelp who has become young lion or a destroyer who imprisons the adversary. Whether this imprisonment is literal (and I think it is) or symbolic by Abaddon's permanent triumph over the adversary, the symbolism is profound.

This servant-become-son’s house is established forever by the Davidic Covenant. This covenant heir is symbolized by the little colt that Jesus led into Jerusalem--Himself seated upon a Donkey.

So, as Jesus rides into Jerusalem triumphantly, who does the Lord tell to rejoice?

Zechariah 9:9 ¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 

10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. 

11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

Notice there are really two kings represented and two women. The Lord is telling two women to rejoice at this triumph. Who are they? Now, compare Zechariah 9:11 to the earlier verse from Ezekiel 19:

Ezekiel 19:10 ¶ Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Blood and Water. What's missing here? Spirit. The Holy Spirit to be precise. Here the symbolism of childbirth comes into clear focus as does the fact that the Passover Lamb is not an Israel-wide ordinance but pertains to individual houses. On Yom Kippur, the High Priest first atones for himself, then his house, then Israel. Eternal families are comprised of houses. Now consider the unfulfilled fall festivals - the Feast of Trumpets, Yom Kippur, and the Feast of Tabernacles. All three of these festivals point to Israel's reconciliation to God and to the new heir being revealed to the world where a new and everlasting covenant is made.

Ezekiel 37:22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

Jesus Himself quoted Isaiah to the Nephites when He appeared to them after His ascension and resurrection:

3 Nephi 20:43 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently; he shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.
44 As many were astonished at thee—his visage was so marred, more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—
45 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him, for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

Exalted and extolled and shall be very high. Were there any types of serpents being exalted and extolled and being made very high in the Old Testament?

Again we have a contest of serpents and in Moses’ day no less. This is a contest of seraphim, of serpents. One is raised while Israel is being poisoned by other serpents. To survive, Israel must look to the serpent who has been exalted and extolled and has been made very high to survive the end. Like the children of Moses, Israel will once again be lost in the wilderness and will be returned to their home lands. Consider all these symbols the next time you sit in an endowment session and take note of how the curses of Eve and the Devil are interrelated.

An Help Meet - Revelation 12

Zechariah 4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

Can there be anything more insulting than insinuating that woman was created by man for man as a help meet for him? 

Abraham 5:14 And the Gods said: Let us make an help meet for the man, for it is not good that the man should be alone, therefore we will form an help meet for him.
15 And the Gods caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and he slept, and they took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in the stead thereof;

Yet, consider Jesus came to us an "help meet" for all of us. Neither can a Son be made a Father or a Daughter a Mother without a child to call theirs. As Jesus' own Fatherhood is dependent on a Son of His own, so is a woman made a Mother by such dependency. How Jesus is our helper is largely revealed, yet the verses shared here suggest a similar level of helping from a divine mother.

Thus, the Gods provided a “help meet” for Adam. But how exactly did she help Adam? Consider the possibility that Eve not only initiated the fall deliberately but also consecrated this world is primarily hers by the Law of Consecration.But, to what end is this world consecrated? As we look at the curses of Eve and the Devil, we can divine the very purpose of the world is to produce seed that crushes the head of the Devil. But why did Jehovah agree to this? As Jehovah is greater than Adam, so is His wife greater than Adam’s. Ponder that truth for a moment. Was the pact of this world centered around two heirs--the heir of Adam and the heir of Jehovah?

Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

A pact between mothers and fathers would explain why there are two olive trees in Zechariah 4 who the angel tells Zechariah are the "two anointed ones." Why are the two witnesses described as the two olive trees and the two anointed ones? Why two? Anointed to what end? Anointed to become Kings and Priests. The Davidic Covenant. Fathers and Sons. And Mothers.

Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

Who is this woman? Certainly “the church” is one layer that was given to us through Joseph Smith (see JST Revelation 12.) Yet another layer here is hiding in plain sight. This woman has 12 stars on her crown. This is a queen - a heavenly queen. She brought forth the man child. Who is she?

Consider for a moment that Jesus - despite receiving all the Father hath - cannot take upon Himself the title "Father" without an unconditional inheritor of His own. This is the Davidic Covenant. I will be his Father. He shall be my son. I will establish his kingdom forever. Now consider that as Jesus becomes a Father, so does a woman become his Mother - This it the Revelation 12 sign - quite literally the crowning achievement of the Mother of the Davidic Servant.

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To whom is the woman wearing the crown of twelve stars birthing the man child? Is this a new Father and a new Mother? The man child is a new Son - a new unconditional inheritor. Take note of the sixth promise of Revelation and how a Father, Son, and Mother are all referenced in light of D&C 113.

Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Remember, ZION is a she. She has name. “She” is a symbol of groups and tribes and churches, or congregations, of people. Yet, she is also very much a she. An individual. With a name. This name is revealed to the man child along with the name of the Father and the new name of the Son. That new name is written by the Lord upon the new Son as detailed in Revelation 19.

Revelation 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.

Only the Destroyer can make the claim of executing the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God. The new young Lion was raised by his mother, and his exaltation is her crowning achievement. Who writes the name upon his thigh? The Lord Jesus Christ who, by the Davidic Covenant, becomes the Davidic Servant's Father forever.

“I will be his Father. He shall be my Son.”


Conclusion


Earlier, I made reference to the third token in the temple. Consider the third token aligns to this process of mothers choosing sons from the twelve tribes of Israel. Consider the name of the token. Is how sons come to be?

Isaiah 49:14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Notice how Zion - how she - pertains to the third token. Remember the link from Ezekiel 19 to Isaiah 14 and how Lucifer’s own fallen status might pertain to his own mother. This link to the third token is further reinforced in the apocryphal Discourse on Abbaton:

And when My Father saw his great pride, and that his wickedness and his evil-doing were complete, He commanded all the armies of heaven, saying, 'Remove the writing [which is] in the hand of the proud one, strip ye off his armour, and cast ye him down upon the earth, for his time hath come. For he is the greatest of them all he is the head over them, and is like a king. and he commandeth them as the general of an army commandeth his soldiers; he is the head over them, and their names are written in his hand." Thus is it with this cunning one, and the [names of the] angels, were written in his hand. And all the angels gathered together to him, and they did not wish to remove the writing from his hand. And My Father commanded them to bring a sharp reaping-knife, and to stab him therewith on this side and on that, right through his body to the vertebrae of his shoulders, and he was unable to hold himself up. And straightway My Father commanded a mighty Cherubim, and he smote him, and cast him down from heaven upon the earth, because of his pride, and he broke his wings and his ribs and made him helpless, and those whom he had brought with him became devils with him.

The mark in the devil’s hand was his anointed right to rule over the angels of heaven - yet he was only like a King. This anointing is the probationary rule to become an unconditional inheritor himself - to become a son to a mother and a son to a father - to become a King and Priest. How and why he lost that right is itself an eternally profound testament to when and where men overcome their final test as man and take their first steps as God. This is the mark of the serpents or the seraphim who are themselves high priests but not yet kings. To become both king and priest is aligned to the fourth sign and token in the temple and the title of that token is very telling.

Isaiah 22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.
24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

Can you now see where the role of Heavenly Motherhood comes into play in the above verses? She takes of the fruit of the twelve trees and makes branches. She covenants to initiate a fall to secure a place for her heir in the world to come. The heir either overcomes or is overcome, but those who overcome become a glory of his father’s house. By the Davidic Covenant Fathers and Sons are made, and Mothers are indeed a help meet to man after all.

Isaiah 49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

Although Eve's curse was instrumental in laying the groundwork of the Davidic Covenant, I believe hers and Adam's heir is benefited by the exaltation of the heir of Jesus Christ. They provided the world, the throne, and the pillar of the fall. Jesus and His heir provide the rule and the pillar of redemption and judgement. Consider this may be the very reason there are two birthrights in Israel and two promised lands.

Further reading:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2019/10/34eyring?lang=eng