The Grandeur of God

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
God, who is the creator of all things, has dominion and power over them. When God speaks, all that is of God hears and responds. “For I am the Lord thy God; I dwell in heaven; the earth is my footstool; I stretch my hand over the sea, and it obeys my voice; I cause the wind and the fire to be my chariot; I say to the mountains—Depart hence—and behold, they are taken away by a whirlwind, in an instance, suddenly” (Abraham 2:7).

“At the Command of Our Great and Everlasting God”

The priesthood of God—which, when granted to man, is the authority to speak and act in the stead of Deity—has from the earliest of times been understood to embrace the power to do the kinds of things listed in these verses by Mormon. The Lord told Enoch:

“Every one being ordained after this order and calling should have power, by faith, to break mountains, to divide the seas, to dry up waters, to turn them out of their course; to put at defiance the armies of nations, to divide the earth, to break every band, to stand in the presence of God; to do all things according to his will, according to his command, subdue principalities and powers; and this by the will of the Son of God which was from before the foundation of the world” (JST Genesis 14:30-31 )

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 3

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