Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
The charge is a divine command not to touch, harm, mistreat, or oppose those whom God has chosen and appointed as His anointed servants and prophets. God actively guards those He has appointed to serve Him, does not permit others to wrong them, and reproves even kings on their behalf. Those set apart for His service are sacred to Christ, who has specially joined His interests with theirs, and those who walk in the light of His commandments are precious to Him and covered by this protection.
The anointed and prophets are servants who carry forward God's work, all who give themselves to Jesus and use their entrusted abilities as fellow workers with God, especially those carrying the message of mercy to people in other lands. An attack on such a servant is opposition to the Master who appointed him, amounting to murmuring against the Master and striking the hand that guards him, and the attacker comes under divine justice. Bitter words, hatred, accusations, and attacks spoken against Elder Haskell violate this command.
Those entrusted with leadership violate the command when they use authority to wound or mistreat God's workers, and they are accountable to God for harming, discouraging, or indifferently allowing harm to come to His children. Resisting God's servants when they bring light, truth, reproof, and warning, and turning others away from their message, violates the command and brings serious spiritual harm. Accusations and attacks that undermine confidence in God's servants and hinder the work God has given them while He still uses them violate the command.
Fellow ministers violate the command when they fail to guard one another's character, expose weaknesses and faults especially to unbelievers, and damage confidence in those God accepts for service. Those who have the Spirit of Christ will heed the command by refusing to persecute people who conscientiously differ from them in faith or to force consciences to observe religious rites that have no foundation in God's Word. God will avenge His prophets when persecutors inflict pain on them or try to force people to disobey His law, and in the last days Satan will try to afflict and discourage God's protected people.
The charge is a divine command not to touch, harm, mistreat, or oppose those whom God has chosen and appointed as His anointed servants and prophets. God actively guards those He has appointed to serve Him, does not permit others to wrong them, and reproves even kings on their behalf. Those set apart for His service are sacred to Christ, who has specially joined His interests with theirs, and those who walk in the light of His commandments are precious to Him and covered by this protection.
The anointed and prophets are servants who carry forward God's work, all who give themselves to Jesus and use their entrusted abilities as fellow workers with God, especially those carrying the message of mercy to people in other lands. An attack on such a servant is opposition to the Master who appointed him, amounting to murmuring against the Master and striking the hand that guards him, and the attacker comes under divine justice. Bitter words, hatred, accusations, and attacks spoken against Elder Haskell violate this command.
Those entrusted with leadership violate the command when they use authority to wound or mistreat God's workers, and they are accountable to God for harming, discouraging, or indifferently allowing harm to come to His children. Resisting God's servants when they bring light, truth, reproof, and warning, and turning others away from their message, violates the command and brings serious spiritual harm. Accusations and attacks that undermine confidence in God's servants and hinder the work God has given them while He still uses them violate the command.
Fellow ministers violate the command when they fail to guard one another's character, expose weaknesses and faults especially to unbelievers, and damage confidence in those God accepts for service. Those who have the Spirit of Christ will heed the command by refusing to persecute people who conscientiously differ from them in faith or to force consciences to observe religious rites that have no foundation in God's Word. God will avenge His prophets when persecutors inflict pain on them or try to force people to disobey His law, and in the last days Satan will try to afflict and discourage God's protected people.