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Zebedee Coltrin and Seeing Adam and Eve

The Savior once said that he was “light which shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not. (see DC 10:58) Among other things that means that we live in the presence of light and glory that we see and cannot comprehend. It is said that we live far below our spiritual privileges. What if we could pierce that veil over our eyes and really see?

The year was 1905 when the aged general authority Zebedee Coltrin shared the following testimony in a meeting in Spanish Fork, Utah. 

“April, 1834, [I] had just returned to Kirtland from serving a mission where I met the Prophet Joseph Smith. Joseph asked me if I would go with him to a Conference at New Portage, Ohio.  I agreed to go and journeyed there with Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Oliver Cowdery. The next day…, “Joseph seemed to have a far off look in his eyes, or was looking at a distance and presently he, Joseph, stepped between Brothers Cowdery and me and taking us by the arm, said, “Let’s take a walk.” We went to a place where there was some beautiful grass and grapevines and swampbeech interlaced. President Joseph Smith then said, “Let us pray.” We all three prayed in turn–Joseph, Oliver, and me. Brother Joseph then said, “Now brethren, we will see some visions.” Joseph lay down on the ground on his back and stretched out his arms and we lay on them. The heavens gradually opened, and we saw a golden throne, on a circular foundation, something like a light house, and on the throne were two aged personages, having white hair, and clothed in white garments. They were the two most beautiful and perfect specimens of mankind we ever saw. Joseph said, “They are our first parents, Adam and Eve.” Adam was a large, broad-shouldered man, and Eve as a woman, was as large in proportion.”

Sources: http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/ZebC.html

http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/event/new-portage-church-conference?highlight=New%20Portage