McConkie's earlier statements on the topic, like those of other church leaders, implied or stated that the priesthood restriction would never be lifted.
McConkie comments about Jews in his book The Millennial Messiah: "Let this fact be engraved in the eternal records with a pen of steel: the Jews were cursed, and smitten, and cursed anew, because they rejected the gospel, cast out their Messiah, and crucified their King."[REF] .