Is He Ready?

Warren is doing just about everything necessary to get himself over to the other side - and why not?  I would.  I mean -- when you commit adultery or pedophilia - or whatever the word is for the debauchery he has committed, why would you want to stay on this planet?  If you have a conscience, if you recognize the severity of these types of sins, you realize that the least you can do towards atonement is to die.  In earlier times, fellow church brethren could oblige and help you take the step.  Nowadays, in this pathetic, namby-pamby culture we live in, you are on your own.  If Warren keeps starving himself, and if the prison staff don't get in the way, we could be observing his early and timely passing very soon.  The drawback is that he may be cherished as a martyred prophet rather than as a disgraced pervert.

My question is this - if the Lord's prophet is dead and buried, will Lyle step in as the rightful heir?  Is he next in line? Is he the senior member of the 12 or the 7 or the 3 (or however many it is)?  Is he secretly aching for the chance to wrest control like Warren did?  Is he ready?  Is the Lord ready?  At the very moment when Warren takes his last gasp, will God resume this ostensibly unending stream of revelations by talking to Lyle ad infinitum?  Is it natural and normal for the thousands of faithful FLDS congregants to simply transfer their unstinting obeisance to the brother-in-waiting? 

I remember the passage in Moroni 10: 3-5, where we are admonished to test purported revelations.  If we are presented with the claim of prophecy or revelation from another party, we must study, ponder and pray, and ask God if these things are true.  Only after receiving direct personal confirmation from above that the alleged utterances are from Him are we to embrace them.  I pray that all my fellow saints in all the remnant communities will remember not to skip this critical step.