14a. Words around "Gordon" in Greek NT Lexicon

Writing up all these evidences has been very emotionally and spiritually taxing for me. It is so hard to believe that these things are really true. No matter how obvious they get, when held up to the real world, somehow they seam unreal.

Today (3/27/97) as I was reading through a couple of LDS-based magazines, when I came across a picture of President Hinckley dedicating a Mormon Battalion monument in Tucson, I thought to myself, "How could he possibly be the anti-Christ? He's just a gentle old man -- an extraordinary one at that, having accomplished an inordinate amount in his lifetime." He's 86 years old! In my human estimation, he has much more the bearing of a holy man than of an anti-Christ.

I found my motivation greatly diminished for continuing this project of writing a document called, "The Man of Sin Revealed," of all things, with foreordained evidences pointing repeatedly to him. "Who's going to believe this when it is so hard for me to believe?, and I have even been immersed in the miraculous process of discovering these things." I not only have the evidences in front of me, such as all may have, but I have also lived the miraculous experiences involved in its unfolding; yet still it is hard for me to believe.

It wasn't until near sundown when I finally sat down, took a deep breath, and forged forward. "What should I do next?" I silently asked. Having done President Hinckley's last name and middle name, the thought came to look up "Gordon" in Greek. I had not previously done this. Grabbing a scripture study printout nearby ("That the Curse of God Might be Lifted"), I turned it over and wrote down the Greek characters that would come closest to the spelling of "Gordon:" . In the process of writing this document, I have nearly memorized the letters of the Greek alphabet. Then I opened Strong's concordance to the Greek dictionary at the back, and hunted for where that spelling would occur. When my eye caught the approximate location, I was dumbfounded when I saw an entry I had previously highlighted.

The following list of words and definitions surrounding the insertion point of "Gordon" come from Zodhiates as well as Strong. Note the juxtaposition of good versus evil in this sequence of words.

Words Surrounding Gordon in Greek

   A less accurate spelling of Gordon. See after word 1137. -->

(+) 1121 µµ gramma: a writing, i.e. a letter, epistle, book, scripture, etc. The letters of the alphabet as used in Scripture as the object of study or knowledge. [To what end?]

(-) 1122 µµ grammateus: a scribe [woe unto you...].⁽⁹⁷⁾ A political officer who assisted kings or magistrates by keeping written accounts of public acts and occurrences or royal revenues.

(+) 1124-25 (/) graph(e/o): a document, i.e. holy Writ, Holy Scriptures; to engrave, write.

(-) 1126 graodes: crone-like, i.e. silly, e.g., old wives tales.

(+) 1127 gregoreuo: to keep awake, i.e. watch: -- be vigilant, wake, watchful. Syn.: (991), to take heed, beware; (5442), to guard. Ant.: (2518), to sleep, fall asleep; (272), to neglect. [Isa. 56:10-12.]⁽⁹⁸⁾

(-) 1128-32 µ... gumn...: [gym] Naked (e.g. of spiritual clothing); to train naked, as the Greek athletes; generally to exercise. Thus gumnasion, gymnasium,⁽⁹⁹⁾ is a place of exercising.⁽¹⁰⁰⁾ Metaphorically to train in godliness.

(-) 1133 gunaikarion: foolish woman: -- silly woman.

(+) 1134(1135) gune: a woman; spec. a wife. (III) Used of the Church as the Bride of Christ.

(-) 1136 Gog: Gog, a symbolic name for some future Anti-Christ.

(+) 1137 gonia: an angle, corner; the stone that is at the head of the corner [Christ] (Ps. 118:22; Matt. 21:42).

(-) ---> : Gordon

Delta⁽¹⁰¹⁾

(+) 1138 : Dabid (i.e. David), the Isr. king: -- David.

(-) 1139-42 µ(/)... diamon...: demons, demonic possession, devilish; supernatural spirit (of a bad nature), god: -- devil.

(-) 1143 dakno: to bite [Bitner], sting [venom (2447Gr); Hinckley]. Used metaphorically meaning to thwart [hinder; Hinckley], vex, irritate.

Though this evidence is perhaps the most direct of any we have looked at thus far, why do I feel so exhausted? Why is my soul so weary? Is it because I picture in my mind my fellow men whom I love looking at something even this obvious and still refusing to see -- to even consider? Or is it because I fret that if I am this weighed down having come this far in this study, how can I expect that anyone else will want to read this far? What is the use of pulling all this together if it will not accomplish anything beneficial? I will be very glad when this project is complete.

14b. Words around "Gordon" in the English Dictionary

(3/28/97) The word just prior to where "Gordon" would fit alphabetically in my 1971 Webster's dictionary is the word Gordian.

Gordian: Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or the knot tied by him, and which could not be untied, but which was ultimately cut by Alexander the Great; hence, the term Gordian knot is applied to any inextricable difficulty; and to cut the Gordian knot is to remove a difficulty by bold or unusual measures.

I find this word very timely, considering this ordeal of "revealing the anti-Christ" through such elaborate means.

Yet as soon as I use the word "elaborate," I think of how simple the process really is. What does a person do when he or she doesn't know a word? They look it up! All that is being added here to that very simple process is looking at the words before and after. Anyone can do that! Even a young eight-year-old just learning how to look words up in a dictionary could to it.

I must suppose, therefore, that the struggle has not to do with technique but with overturning false traditions, accepting new paradigms. It's the Gordian knot in our minds and hearts that is the most difficult to unravel. Whether we wish to admit it or not, each of us has enthroned an anti-Christ in our hearts and minds, and the dethroning of that false god will require a miracle in each of our lives. Reading these evidences alone will not accomplish that task, it will only bring to your attention that there is a task to be performed. Indeed, it will show you just how impossibly tight the knot is tied and bring to your attention your inability to untie it. The one who comes with the sword to cut through the knot is the Lord. How that exorcizing takes place -- how that inextricably difficult task is summarily resolved -- will be a matter you must take up with Almighty God on your own.

But what is the fuss? What are we moaning for? Is there not something grand and glorious in store for us at the end of this great trial? Have we not been promised a reward beyond our most transcendent imaginings? Why should we be so weighed down?

I am convinced that the new paradigm being set forth here is of ultimate good, namely, of God. Who can fault the bottom-line admonition to place our trust first and foremost in God, and to allow no man to stand in our place before God -- even and especially when that man happens to be the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth"⁽¹⁰²⁾? This quintessential element of the doctrine of Christ is what must be brought "forth out of obscurity and out of darkness," so that the true church of Christ -- rooted in Christ -- might go forth triumphant.

As the Savior said,

"If it so be that the church is built upon my gospel then will the Father show forth his own works in it. But if it be not built upon my gospel, and is built upon the works of men, or upon the works of the devil [e.g. anti-Christ], verily I say unto you they have joy in their works for a season, and by and by the end cometh, and they are hewn down and cast into the fire, from whence there is no return." (3 Ne. 27:10,11.)

"Behold, this is my doctrine--whosoever repenteth and cometh unto me, the same is my church.

"Whosoever declareth more or less than this, the same is not of me, but is against me; therefore he is not of my church.

"And now, behold, whosoever is of my church, and endureth of my church to the end, him will I establish upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them." (D&C 10:67-69.)

At the heart of realizing the goodness of God is the requirement of the mighty change of heart. And in the heart of that heart -- the inner sanctum, the holy of hollies -- is an anti-Christ which must be dethroned so as to make room for the One True God, even Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. His is the only name whereby man can be saved. He is the one sure foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall. That is the foundation I want, none other. Dear God, may it be so. I allow you to perform in me the miracle that must be wrought to remove from my heart anything which is above you. I want only you to reign as the Lord of my life. Please let it be, through the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Work your miracle in me. Give me your heart, the new heart.

No wonder the word after

1143 dakno: to bite [Bitner], sting [venom (2447Gr); Hinckley]. Used metaphorically meaning to thwart [hinder; Hinckley], vex, irritate.

(from above, after Gordon) is:

(+) 1144 dakru: A tear which flows from the eyes. In the plural (Luke 7:38,44)⁽¹⁰³⁾ ; with the meaning of weeping.

But God will never force us to come to him. We must make this choice ourselves. Nevertheless, making the choice to refuse God will be answered, as the folly of our fallen nature heaps upon our heads a torrent of horrendous consequences. Hence,

(-) 1145 dakruo: To shed tears. Syn.: (2799), to weep as a loud expression of grief especially in mourning for the dead; (2354), to mourn formally, lament; (214), to wail; (4727), to groan.

This reflects the sorry lot that will be the reward to those who refuse the grace of God extended to them, who choose to revere man more than God.

(-) 1146 daktulios: A finger ring given as a mark of honor. Deriv.: (5554), a golden finger ring. [e.g. Earthly kings & honors of men.]

But for the righteous, who overcome through faith on the name of Jesus Christ, there is a different form of worship:

(+) 1147 daktulos: A finger. The finger of God.

"And the veil was taken from off the eyes of the brother of Jared, and he saw the finger of the Lord; and it was as the finger of a man, like unto flesh and blood.... And the Lord said unto him: Because of thy faith thou hast seen that I shall take upon me flesh and blood; and never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast; for were it not so ye could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more than this? And he answered: Nay; Lord, show thyself unto me. And the Lord said unto him: Believest thou the words which I shall speak? And he answered: Yea, Lord, I know that thou speakest the truth, for thou art a God of truth, and canst not lie.⁽¹⁰⁴⁾ And when he had said these words, behold, the Lord showed himself unto him, and said: Because thou knowest these things ye are redeemed from the fall; therefore ye are brought back into my presence; therefore I show myself unto you." (Ether 3:6,9-13.)

"And in that day that they shall exercise faith in me, saith the Lord, even as the brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified in me, then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw, even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations." (Ether 4:7.)

. . The words surrounding "Gordon" in Strong's Concordance substantiate this notion of the anti-Christ sitting at the heart, and needing to be removed by God. Listed in alphabetical order, the words are arranged in a chiasm with "Gordon" in the center:

A.. . Golan (in Bashan [oaks⁽¹⁰⁵⁾ of Bashan])
. . B.. . gold, golden, goldsmith, goldsmith's, goldsmiths [refine them as gold and silver]
. . . . C.. . Golgotha
. . . . . . D.. . Goliath [stone];
. . . . . . . . E.. . Gomer (Ge 2:2 sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog [& Gog]);
. . . . . . . . . . F.. . Gomorrah; Gomorrha;
. . . . . . . . . . . . G.. . gone;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.. . good, goodlier, goodliest, goodliness, goodly, goodman, goodness;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.. . goods; [(prosperity) "merchandise" (1117Gr) Gordon]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.. . gopher (Ge 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood);
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K.. . Gordon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.. . gore (Ex 21:28 If an ox⁽¹⁰⁶⁾ gore a man); gored;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.. . gorgeous, gorgeously ["beauty" (2444 Gr); Hinckley]; Goshen; [like Provo]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.. . gospel, gospel's;
. . . . . . . . . . . . G.. . got, gotten
. . . . . . . . . . F.. . gourd, gourds [story of Jonah, repentance of Ninevah];
. . . . . . . . E.. . govern, government, governments, governor, governor's, governors; [final battle for the kingdom]
. . . . . . D.. . Gozan [= 1470Heb: "stone quarry"]
. . . . C.. . grace, gracious, graciously;
. . B.. . graff, graffed, graft [into the natural tree]
A.. . grain ["corn"]⁽¹⁰⁷⁾

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Endnotes

 

97. ⁹⁷ Having the word, and ever learning, but never coming to a knowledge of the truth.

98. ⁹⁸ "His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant...; sleeping...." (Isa. 56:10.)

99. ⁹⁹ The new LDS Church assembly building across from the towering Church Office Building will be built in place of the historic Deseret Gym.

100. ¹⁰⁰ In this light, perhaps "exercising" should be pronounced, "exorcizing."

101. ¹⁰¹ The greek letter, delta, in mathematical and scientific notation means "change in" or, simply, "change." [Ezk 21:26.] It also represents contrast -- which is certainly fitting in this context.

102. ¹⁰² D&C 1:30. Section one is the preface to the Doctrine and Covenants.

103. ¹⁰³ "And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head." (Luke 7:38,44.)

104. ¹⁰⁴ Contrast this with the impostor statement: "The prophet will never lead you astray."

105. ¹⁰⁵ The word for "oak" in Hebrew (such as 414, 424, 425, 427, 436, 437, 438, 440), in many contexts, is tied to the word for God (such as 410, 415, 416, 426, 433), which are both linked to aleph (441, 502-6).

106. ¹⁰⁶ D&C 85:8 steady the ark (when the ox stumbles).

107. ¹⁰⁷ The word "corn," when pursued in the Hebrew, Greek, and English, similar to what has been done in this present treatise on "Gordon B. Hinckley," has the meaning of Messiah, in the first and second advents.

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