Without Beginning Of Days, Or End Of Years

What an amazing statement. 

Recently a friend brought this phrase to my attention, along with similar topics in the conversation like: I am that I am; and that God always was, always is, and always shall be; and how we were with God from the very beginning.  The question was posed of, what is this priesthood, and what does ‘without father, without mother, without descent’ actually mean? 

When we look at the blessings that God has promised to the Fathers, we see that those blessings include things that only a God could accomplish.  When we take into consideration that level of priesthood, ‘without father, without mother, without descent’, how do we actually obtain that level?  What does it mean, ‘without beginning of days, or end of years’?  How did God actually obtain this priesthood?  Does it mean that only those who have it have it, and the rest of us are just out of luck? 

I would like to present the idea that “without beginning of days, or end of years” means that it already always exists inside us.  And we obtain it “without father, without mother, without descent” because it is already part of our divine make-up, always has been, always will be.  We do not obtain this priesthood by someone giving it to us, but by our realizing it, living up to the potential already inside us. 

To realize this potential we just need to follow the method that brings it out, and that is what God is trying to teach us.  That is why we are here.  The scriptures are full of the teachings of the Fathers, the methods that lead a person to realize godhood.  And all we need to do is follow the method that Christ taught and we will bring out that divine trait already inside us and realize our full potential.  Then we will have that priesthood like unto the Fathers, without beginning of days or end of years, from which all blessings flow. 

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