Video 42 🌿 When the Incense Is Taken Away -------------- Samuel the Lamanite’s Warning for Our Day
🌿 When the Incense Is Taken Away
Samuel the Lamanite’s Warning for Our Day
There are some lines of scripture that don’t shout.
They don’t threaten.
They don’t accuse.
They just won’t leave you alone.
This is one of those lines.
“In the day when the holy incense is taken away from the ordinances of my Holy House…”
— Second Book of Tsi Muhayl 8:38
At first glance, it sounds symbolic.
Poetic.
Ancient.
But it isn’t.
It’s a warning — and a very specific one.
🕊️ Who Is Speaking Here?
In the Book of Mormon, we know him as Samuel the Lamanite.
The prophet who stood on the wall.
The one sent outside the religious center to warn the people.
The one who loved them enough to speak hard truth — without hatred.
In the Nemenhah Records, Samuel is known as Tsi Muhayl.
And according to those records, Samuel didn’t end with Helaman.
He returned.
He spoke again.
And his words were preserved for this generation.
That matters — because Samuel’s calling was never to tear down temples.
It was to warn when the Spirit quietly withdraws while religion continues.
That’s what he’s doing here.
🔥 What Is the “Incense”?
In scripture, incense was never decoration.
It was never about smell.
Incense meant presence.
In Moses’ tabernacle.
In Solomon’s temple.
In every ancient holy house…
Incense was burned only in sacred space.
When incense rose, it meant:
• God had accepted the offering
• Prayers were being received
• The veil was thin
• The Spirit was present
Incense didn’t create the fire.
It rose only when God’s fire was already there.
So when scripture says the incense is taken away, it does not mean:
❌ the building is destroyed
❌ ordinances stop
❌ people stop believing
It means something far more serious.
God has stepped back.
⚠️ This Has Happened Before
This isn’t new.
• In ancient Israel, the temple still stood — but God said, “I will not accept your offerings.”
• In Ezekiel’s vision, the glory of the Lord quietly departed the temple.
• In Jerusalem, Jesus walked out of the temple — and never returned.
The structure remained.
The rituals continued.
But the Spirit was gone.
That’s what Samuel is warning about.
Not destruction.
Departure.
🤍 Why This Matters to Me (and You)
Samuel isn’t saying people will stop going to temples.
He’s saying people will go —
but something essential will be missing.
So the real question isn’t:
Are ordinances still being done?
The real question is:
Are people being brought into the living presence of Christ?
When the Spirit is present, something happens.
Hearts soften.
Tears come.
Repentance feels natural.
Truth settles gently but firmly.
You don’t just do ordinances.
You are changed by them.
When the incense is gone?
Motion replaces transformation.
Authority replaces intimacy.
Obligation replaces love.
Everything still looks religious.
But the fire is missing.
🌬️ The Haymehnay — What Was Lost
The Nemenhah call the Spirit the Haymehnay.
You might know it as:
• The Holy Spirit
• The Holy Ghost
• The Holy Spirit of Promise
But the Haymehnay isn’t just a title.
It is the confirming presence of God inside a person.
The seal of truth.
The burning witness.
The thing that makes ordinances alive.
Samuel says:
“Even seeing my face, they shall submit all things to the confirmation of the Haymehnay.”
That confirmation — that is the incense.
💔 The Painful Sign Samuel Gives
Samuel gives another sign.
A heartbreaking one.
When the daughters are reduced to silence and servitude…
When women — once healers, teachers, prophetesses, and leaders — are pushed down.
When hierarchy replaces partnership.
When control replaces oneness.
That is when the incense fades.
Because Zion cannot rise without her daughters.
And the temple cannot live without their fire.
🌱 This Is Not Condemnation
Samuel is not attacking people.
He never did.
He is warning because he loves.
This is not a message of anger.
It’s a message of remembrance.
The Peacemaker is saying:
🕊️ Come back to Me.
🕊️ Let My Spirit confirm all things again.
🕊️ Let the living be brought into My presence.
🌿 Let the Incense Burn Again
This isn’t about leaving something.
It’s about finding Him again.
Your heart can be a living temple.
Your prayers can rise again.
The Spirit can confirm truth again.
Let the daughters rise again.
Let the incense burn again.
Let the temple live again.
And let Zion rise —
as Samuel always taught —
through humility, repentance,
and the living presence
of Jesus Christ.
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