🔥 The Fall of Standards — And the Lord’s Condemnation

⚖️ The Truth the Leaders Won’t Say
The Lord Himself declared it long ago:

“They have treated lightly the Book of Mormon … and the whole church remaineth under condemnation” (D&C 84:55–57).

The Nemenhah Records foresaw this too: though the people fell away after a generation, the Lord still used the institution to publish His book — even while the vessel was cracked. The church fell. The condemnation still stands. But the Lord still worked through it to scatter the Book of Mormon.

👎 Mission Field Madness
Young men go out as ambassadors of Christ and find themselves yoked to companions who indulge filthy habits — while leaders excuse it and sometimes promote the unclean. Clean missionaries are scolded for not showing “compassion” when compassion must mean calling people to repentance, not normalizing sin. That’s not Zion. That’s Babylon in missionary clothes.

🔥 What Happened to “Clean Hands”?
The Book of Mormon’s demand is simple and holy:

“Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord” (3 Nephi 20:41).
“When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God” (Mosiah 2:17).

Cleanliness. Repentance. No double standard. Yet today the bar is in the mud.

✝️ Remembering What Mission Felt Like
On my own mission I walked dusty roads and felt Him close every day. That feeling — the Spirit, the courage to testify — came from the Book and the Savior, not from titles, temples, or human schemes. Even in a flawed institution, the Lord spoke. He still does.

👩‍👧 Women — The Wise Ones Who Were Never Meant to Be Subdued
At a recent memorial the wife of a public figure spoke plainly: women are not servants to men — they are co-equals, wise and sovereign in their own right. People called it one of the best talks they’d heard. I agree. That truth is everywhere if we will see it.

The Nemenhah Records, which I study closely, show the same pattern: women were the governing heart of the people — wise, priestly, decisive. They were not second class. They held stewardship, judgment, and spiritual power. The ancient pattern is clear: women carry priesthood authority by right, not by permission.

History shows how that changed: after Joseph’s death the culture shifted. Brigham’s era hardened women into subordination — secret oaths, power structures, and a theology that put garments and rites above mothers’ voices. That was not revelation; it was a corruption. It’s time to call it what it is.

📜 Scripture Testimony
The Book of Mormon warns about hollow religion and false authority:

“All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well — thus the devil cheateth their souls” (2 Nephi 28:21).

The Lord has rebuked the Church for treating His word lightly (D&C 84). But the same Record that exposes the problem also points the solution: return to Christ, to clean hands, and to honoring the worth and power of women.

🌅 My Witness — Wake Up
I’ve come through physical fire. I watched my grandson go into the field expecting holiness and return bruised by lax standards. I also watched a memorial talk that reminded me — plainly and powerfully — that women are not to be shoved under, they are to be honored and given voice. The Nemenhah Records back it up. The Book of Mormon backs it up. The Spirit confirms it.

Wake up, Church. Wake up, leaders. Stop excusing sin. Stop elevating power over purity. Restore the women. Listen to their judgment. Let mothers and sisters stand with equal authority in judgment and mercy. The Lord calls us higher.

🌪️ Final Word
The institution may be under condemnation. That is a historical and prophetic fact. But the Savior still speaks. His book still burns with truth. If leaders refuse to repent, the Book will do what it must — and so will the Lord.

Repent. Restore. Honor women. Clean hands. Pure hearts. Only Christ saves.