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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
The notion that "God" allowed blacks to finally receive the priesthood per a revelation he gave to SWK ensures that most LDS will continue to regard blacks the same as they did before 1978. The first order of business is to renounce any claim to revelation.
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This comes back to how one defines "revelation", I suppose. Many members probably imagine SWK sitting in his office and getting a direct revelation from God that it was time for a change. He then announces it to the world and everyone is happy. As Adam has explained before, SWK spent many months working behind the scenes to convince the quorum that it was time for a change. He did not want to make the change until everyone was on board. Once that was accomplished, the FP and the twelve reportedly experienced an overwhelmingly powerful spiritual witness that they had made the right decision.