During the March 4, 1871 meeting of the Payson City School of the Prophets, H. W. Barnett discusses Adam, as an immortal being, becoming mortal to provide his spirit children with a physical body; claims this is the teachings of Joseph and Brigham.

Date
Mar 4, 1871
Type
Meeting Minutes / Notes
Source
H. W. Barnett
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

A Record of Sayings and Doings in the School of the Prophets, Payson City, Utah, March 4, 1871

Scribe/Publisher
Payson City School of the Prophets
People
Brigham Young, H. W. Barnett, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Payson City School of the Prophets
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Transcription

Elder Barnett accordingly proceeded to reason on the great plan of human redemption. Said, it is the plan of Satan to get the people to disbelieve in the atonement of Christ. He is sure of all that he can induce in this way. Moses story of the origin of man was written to please the Israelites and was adapted to their comprehension. Christ being the first born of the father in the spirit world is rightly termed the first of his creation. The first of our creations will be our first born sons after we receive our exaltation as Gods. These Spiritual children can not prepare bodies for themselves. The Father must go down with one of his wives and after having received the seeds of mortality in their bodies mortal bodies were produced as tabernacles for those spiritual children. Adam came to this world with one of his wives for this very purpose. What is called the Fall was the result of a prearranged plan to which Adam consented in order to give his children the opportunity for entering upon their second estate. After he had accomplished this work he did not die as we die, but was translated back into his immortal and exalted condition in accordance with the laws of immortal beings, without going down into the grave. Jesus was begotten of the Father through the Virgin Mary, and being the only one begotten in this way is justly called “The only Begotten of the Father.” It was a favorite accusation of the Jews that Jesus was a bastard not knowing the manner in which he was begotten. Thus was the Fall and the Atonement a prearranged plan for the exaltation of the children of the Father. What I have told you this afternoon is nothing new to you. You have heard the same from Joseph and from Brigham. I have only told you an old story and told it in my own way.

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