{"id":11914,"date":"2025-01-20T16:34:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T22:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/?p=11914"},"modified":"2025-01-20T16:34:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T22:34:42","slug":"modern-day-prophets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/20\/modern-day-prophets\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Day Prophets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/difficultrun.nathanielgivens.com\/2015\/12\/22\/the-general-conference-odyssey\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Conference Odyssey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> post for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/2008\/04?lang=eng\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday morning session of the April 2008 General Conference.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Monson.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8989\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Monson.png?resize=300%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Monson.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Monson.png?resize=768%2C426&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Monson.png?resize=1024%2C568&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Monson.png?w=1279&amp;ssl=1 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>President Thomas S. Monson<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> addresses the church for the first time as president of the church in this session of conference. Several of the speakers talk about how the secession of the presidency works. Because this is the Lord\u2019s church, He has placed everything in order, and transition is always very smooth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">We have known and loved President Monson for a long time. He served for ten years as prophet and president. In his first address, he shares the story of his ancestors crossing the plains from Scotland. When both parents died in St. Louis, the nine remaining children traveled on their own to the Salt Lake Valley. It\u2019s so hard to imagine what that must have been like. He spoke a lot about family love and being kind to one another.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Much of his talk speaks of President Gordon B. Hinckley. I looked up President<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/gordon-b-hinckley.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9062 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/gordon-b-hinckley.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/gordon-b-hinckley.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/gordon-b-hinckley.jpg?w=590&amp;ssl=1 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Hinckley\u2019s first conference talk as the prophet and president of the church. I think every talk he gave that first conference had the word \u201cwork\u201d in its title.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">After President Monson passed away, President Russell M. Nelson was called as prophet and president. In President Nelson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pres.-Nelson.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9859\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pres.-Nelson.jpg?resize=300%2C155&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pres.-Nelson.jpg?resize=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Pres.-Nelson.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>first conference as prophet, he made several changes to church policies; i.e., ministering, dissolving the High Priest Quorums, and he hasn\u2019t stopped with his sense of urgency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Each prophet comes from different backgrounds, and has a different style about them, but because they are called of God, and given power and authority, they all recognize the mission they have been called to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, in this session, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/2008\/04\/the-twelve?lang=eng\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boyd K. Packer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spoke of the experience he had of standing in<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/boyd-k-packer-large.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7565\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/boyd-k-packer-large.jpg?resize=200%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/boyd-k-packer-large.jpg?resize=239%2C300&amp;ssl=1 239w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/boyd-k-packer-large.jpg?w=266&amp;ssl=1 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> The Church of Our Lady, in Copenhagen, Denmark, where the original Christus and twelve apostle statues are displayed. President Spencer W. Kimball was the prophet at the time. He bore witness that he was the one who held the very keys Peter once held. Elder Packer said,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Peter\u2019s hand, depicted in marble, is a set of heavy keys. President Kimball pointed to those keys and explained what they symbolized. Then, in an act I shall never forget, \u2026 and with unaccustomed firmness pointed his finger at him and said, \u2018I want you to tell everyone in Denmark that I hold the keys! <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2013-02-0110-the-restoration-of-priesthood-keys-768x432-still.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10485\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2013-02-0110-the-restoration-of-priesthood-keys-768x432-still.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2013-02-0110-the-restoration-of-priesthood-keys-768x432-still.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2013-02-0110-the-restoration-of-priesthood-keys-768x432-still.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We hold the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">real<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> keys, and we use them every day.\u2019 I will never forget that declaration, that testimony from the prophet. The influence was spiritually powerful; the impression was physical in its impact. \u2026 \u2018These are the dead Apostles.\u2019 Pointing to me, he said, \u2018Here we have the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">living<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Apostles. Elder Packer is an Apostle. Elder Thomas S. Monson and Elder L. Tom Perry are Apostles, and I am an Apostle. We are the living Apostles.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">I declare, along with these holy men, that our church is the ancient church, organized by Jesus Christ, restored. We are led by men of God who do their Lord and Savior\u2019s will. As the Lord Himself said, \u201cMy word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same (D&amp;C 1:38).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a General Conference Odyssey post for the Sunday morning session of the April 2008 General Conference. President Thomas S. Monson addresses the church for the first time as president of the church in this session of conference. Several of the speakers talk about how the secession of the presidency works. 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