Posted by:
Elder Berry
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Date: July 11, 2011 12:01PM
I watched the movie "Ivan The Terrible" last night and was struck by this phrase.
http://movie.subtitlr.com/subtitle/show/107265"O... Tsar, the Lord's anointed"
Is the term, "the Lord's anointed" historically used in a royal sense? Makes sense to me.
LDS Inc. is a place to become literally "the Lord's anointed" or in other words royalty. Replace "state" with "religion" and while not as tied to heredity and political power, LDS Inc. royalty is tied to family ties and religious political power. Just look at how LDS leaders have used their being granted royal powers in their political shenanigans. Just like Joseph. They have utilized industry and political machinations to "bless" their "anointed" status' into a form of royalty. Like Catholics of the past, Mormons of the present have their royals in all kinds of alliances within their church and these United States.
Funny how the road to royalty of any kind is paved with the sufferings of others. Anointing one man over another doesn't seem to me like "God's will."