and Jethro received it under the hand of Elihu; and Elihu received it under the hand of Jeremy; and Jeremy received it under the hand of Gad; and Gad received it under the hand of Esaias, and Esaias received it under the hand of God. Esaias lived in the days of Abraham and was blessed of him—which Abraham received the priesthood from Melchizedec, who received it through the lineage of his fathers, even till Noah; and from Noah till Enoch through the lineage of their fathers; and from Enoch to Abel, who was slain by the conspiracy of his brother who received the priesthood by the commandment of God, by the hand of his father Adam, who was the first man—which priesthood continueth in the church of God in all generations, and is without beginning of days or end of years." Doctrine and Covenants, Pages 223, 224. Wonderful revelation! Truly, Mormon inspiration is a wofully ignorant something, or a miserably lying something? Poor old Paul! He knew nothing about priesthood?! Look at the chronology in this modern revelation. Caleb had been dead 281 years when he was ordained by Elihu, and Elijah had been dead 542 years when he was ordained by Jeremy and Gad ordained Jeremy 1120 years before the latter was born. Gad had been dead 989 years when he was ordained by Esaias, and Esaias was contemporary with Abraham and Melchizedec!
When we remember that ordination in Mormon theology is by the imposition of hands we can readily see the ridiculousness of this pretended revelation. Melchizedec could ordain Abraham, but neither of them, nor the two together could ordain Esaias! God had to come and do that! We invite attention to Rev. 6: 9–11. "And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto
