“Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner! When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him. He helped to make and organize this world. He is MICHAEL, the Archangel, the ANCIENT OF DAYS! about whom holy men have written and spoken—HE is our FATHER and our GOD, and the only God with whom WE have to do. Every man upon the earth, professing Christians or non-professing, must hear it, and will know it sooner or later. They came here, organized the raw material, and arranged in their order the herbs of the field, the trees, the apple, the peach, the plum, the pear, and every other fruit that is desirable and good for man; the seed was brought from another sphere, and planted in this earth. The thistle, and thorn, the brier, and the obnoxious weed did not appear until after the earth was cursed. When Adam and Eve had eaten of the forbidden fruit, their bodies became mortal from its effects, and therefore their offspring were mortal.”
“When the Virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father had begotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost. And who is the Father? He is the first of the human family; and when he took a tabernacle, it was begotten by his Father in heaven, after the same manner as the tabernacles of Cain, Abel, and the rest of the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve; from the fruits of the earth, the first earthly tabernacles were originated by the Father, and so on in succession.”
“…It is true that the earth was organized by three distinct characters, namely, Eloheim, Yahovah, and Michael, these three forming a quorum, as in all heavenly bodies, and in organizing element, perfectly represented in the Deity, as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and who is our Father in Heaven…”
Exegetical Breakdown
“When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden…”
Adam’s entry into Eden with a celestial body restates the core of JD 1:50 and JD 6:275:4. He does not originate in Eden—he descends, glorified, to begin the work of mortality.
“…brought Eve, one of his wives, with him.”
Eve is portrayed as exalted, not created in the Garden. “One of his wives” reinforces the doctrine of eternal plural marriage among exalted beings and confirms Eve’s premortal identity and role.
“He is MICHAEL, the Archangel, the ANCIENT OF DAYS!”
This aligns Michael with Adam and affirms his role in pre- and post-mortal creation. “Ancient of Days” ties directly to prophetic references in Daniel and D&C 27.
“They came here, organized the raw material…”
Adam and Eve participate in creation, not merely as inhabitants but as organizers. This reinforces the divine role of exalted beings in planetary stewardship.
“The seed was brought from another sphere…”
Brigham introduces a doctrine of transplanted life—suggesting a literal seeding of earth with higher-kingdom flora, brought by divine beings. This echoes the eternal nature of matter and God’s role as organizer, not ex nihilo creator.
“…their bodies became mortal from [the fruit’s] effects…”
Mortality comes as a biochemical result of partaking—not a curse, but a lawful descent. The Fall is framed as a necessary transition to allow procreation and embodiment.
“When the Virgin Mary conceived… the Father had begotten him in his own likeness.”
This statement denies spiritual-only begetting and affirms physical generation by a divine embodied being. Jesus’s conception is patterned after Adam’s offspring, linking the Edenic Fall to the Messiah’s mortal entrance.
Luke 1:35 (for comparison),
John 1:14
“He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost.”
Brigham explicitly rejects creedal explanations. The Holy Ghost, not being a being of tabernacle, cannot physically beget a body. This reasserts the embodiment theology of JD 1:51.
“And who is the Father?… He is the first of the human family…”
The Father of Christ is identified as Adam—the first mortal, who was previously celestial. This links Christ’s physical body not just to divinity but to the same divine being who fathered the mortal race.
“The earth was organized by three distinct characters…”
Eloheim, Jehovah, and Michael are described as a creative quorum—Father, Son, and Holy Ghost—not in Trinitarian metaphysics, but as three embodied, cooperating personages. This raises interpretive complexity regarding eternal hierarchy, addressed with caution.
“Jesus, our elder brother, was begotten in the flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden…”
Jesus is linked directly to the divine Adam, reinforcing a lineage theology where Adam is both progenitor and God, and Christ is the literal Son in flesh as well as in spirit.
Hermeneutic Layers
Doctrinal Layer
Adam is Michael, the Ancient of Days, and our God. He organizes this world, descends with Eve, and fathers mortal tabernacles. He is the literal Father of Jesus Christ in the flesh, according to the Edenic pattern.
Embodiment and Material Order
Physical creation is not symbolic—it is sacredly material, law-based, and reproducible. Seeds are brought from other spheres. Mortal tabernacles follow divine law. Even Christ’s birth reflects the same biological order as Cain and Abel’s.
Creative Quorum Theology
The Eloheim–Jehovah–Michael quorum is framed as a temporary organizational structure for creation. This should not be interpreted as an eternal hierarchy of glory unless further sources confirm that interpretation.
Accountability Warning
Brigham concludes this discourse by warning that how one receives this doctrine will affect their salvation or damnation. It is not a casual theory but a revealed pattern tied to divine law and priesthood keys.
Cross-Referencing Context
This final portion of the discourse synthesizes and escalates all prior references in JD 1:50, JD 6:275:4, and JD 14:111. It presents a cohesive vision of divine embodiment, priesthood organization, mortal descent, and the physical begetting of Christ. This is the capstone teaching in Brigham Young’s Adam–God framework.