God made Aaron to be the mouth piece for the children of Israel, and He will make me be god to you in His stead, and the Elders to be mouth for me; and if you don't like it, you must lump it.
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The quote establishes a chain of divine delegation: as Aaron was God's appointed spokesman to ancient Israel, Smith claims God has appointed him as a divine representative to his followers, with church elders serving as further intermediaries beneath him. The dismissive closing removes any pretense of consent — this authority is ordained, not negotiated. It frames religious obedience as non-optional and situates Smith within a biblical pattern of prophetic succession.
Smith founded the LDS Church in 1830, claiming to be a latter-day prophet restoring primitive Christianity through direct revelation. By the Nauvoo period (1839–1844), he was simultaneously prophet, mayor, and militia general, consolidating extraordinary authority. This quote mirrors his Doctrine and Covenants theology, where his word carried divine weight. His use of Aaron-Moses typology reveals how he anchored unprecedented personal claims in established scriptural frameworks to legitimize them.
The 1830s–1840s saw intense religious ferment during the Second Great Awakening, when new prophetic movements competed fiercely for believers. By 1844, Smith led Nauvoo, Illinois — roughly 12,000 residents, the state's second-largest city — while facing mounting external hostility and internal dissent over plural marriage. His blunt assertion of non-negotiable authority came amid arrest threats and schism. He was killed by a mob in June 1844, making this kind of statement emblematic of his final, embattled years.
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