John [the Baptist], at that time, was the only legal administrator in the affairs of the kingdom there was then on the earth, and holding the keys of power. The Jews had to obey his instructions or be damned, by their own law; and Christ Himself fulfilled all righteousness in becoming obedient to the law which He had given to Moses on the mount, and thereby magnified it and made it honorable, instead of destroying it. The son of Zacharias wrested the keys, the kingdom, the power, the glory from the Jews, by the holy anointing and decree of heaven, and these three reasons constitute him the greatest prophet born of a woman. ...
The Lord promised Zacharias that he should have a son who was a descendent of Aaron, the Lord having promised that the priesthood should continue with Aaron and his seed throughout their generations. Let no man take this honor upon himself, except he be called of God, as was Aaron, and Aaron received his call by revelation. ...
The people need not wait for the days of Pentecost to find the kingdom of God, for John had it with him, and he came forth from the wilderness crying out, "Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is night at hand," as much as to say, "Out here I have got the kingdom of God and I am coming after you; I have got the kingdom of God, and you can get it, and I am coming after you; and if you don't receive it, you will be damned;" ...
There was a legal administrator, and those that were baptized were subjects for a king; and also the laws and oracles of God were there; therefore the kingdom of God was there; for no man could have better authority to administer than John; and our Savior submitted to that authority Himself, by being baptized by John; therefore the kingdom of God was set up on the earth, even in the days of John...
Whenever men can find out the will of God and find an administrator legally authorized from God, there is the kingdom of God; but where these are not, the kingdom of God is not. All the ordinances, systems, and administrations on the earth are of no use to the children of men, unless they are ordained and authorized of God; for nothing will save a man but a legal administrator; for none others will be acknowledged either by God or angels. ...
John held the Aaronic Priesthood, and was a legal administrator, and the forerunner of Christ, and came to prepare the way before him....John was a priest after the order of Aaron before Christ....
The keys of the Aaronic Priesthood were committed unto him....
The Savior said unto John, "I must be baptized by you. Why so? To answer my decrees"....Jesus had no legal administrator [except] John.
There is no salvation between the two lids of the Bible without a legal administrator.
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, pg.81-85
WOW! What a lot of unbiblical nonsense! Let’s look at the errors/lies in this teaching:
1) There was no such thing biblically as someone who was a “legal administrator” of anything so John the Baptist didn’t hold such and office, nor did he have any “keys” to the Kingdom of
God, nor was he even suggesting that "Out here I have got the kingdom of God and I am coming after you; I have got the kingdom of God, and you can get it, and I am coming after you; and if you don't receive it, you will be damned;" …. This is nothing but an unbiblical invention by Joseph Smith.
2) John didn’t “wrest” anything from the Jews and he had no “decree from heaven,” nor were Jews required to “obey his instructions or be damned.” None of this will be found in the Bible.
3) Jesus did not give Moses the Law; God wrote—inscribed—the Law on the tablets (Exodus 31:18).
4) Where in the Bible does it say that a priest was called by revelation from God? Where in the Bible does it say John was a priest? Just being a descendent of Levi (the tribe which had the priests) doesn’t make one a priest, and nothing in the Bible hints at John being a priest.
The real teachings of the New Testament regarding priests is that Christians have no priests, that Christians are a priesthood of believers with Jesus as our great high priest. (1 Peter 2:4-5)
There is absolutely no biblical warrant for any priesthood among Christians.
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