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CHAPTER 9Jews shall be gathered in all their lands of promise—Atonement ransoms man from the fall—The bodies of the dead shall came forth from the grave, and their spirits from hell and from paradise—They shall be judged—Atonement saves from death, hell, the devil, and endless torment—The righteous to be saved in the kingdom of God—Penalties for sins set forth—The Holy One of Israel is the keeper of the gate. [Between 559 and 545 B.C.] |
The Jews, which is a reference to all of Israel, shall be gathered in all their lands of promise—Christ's vicarious atonement does ransom man from the fall of Adam—the bodies of the dead will be resurrected and the spirits of men will come forth out of the Spirit World to be restored to their body—All shall be judged—The atonement redeems men from death of the grave, from the captivity of spirit prison, the devil and the 'endless torment'—The righteous well be saved in the kingdom of God—The penalties for sins not repented of is set forth—Jesus Christ is the keeper of the gate, the eternal judge of the House of Israel. [Between 559 and 545 B.C.] | |
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1 AND now, my beloved brethren, I have read
these things that ye might know concerning the
acovenants of the Lord that he has covenanted with all the
house of Israela—
2 That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his holy prophets, even from the beginning downa, from generation to generation, until the time comes that they shall be arestored to the true church and fold of God; when they shall be bgathered home to the clands of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands of promise.
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1a the covenants of the Lord that he has
covenanted with all the house of Israel Before the Lord all is
seen as one 'eternal now'. That is he sees and knows all from the beginning
to the end. He sees it all together at once. And he has so seen all from
before the foundation of the world. All was known unto him from the beginning.
When one has such an eternal perspective, then what is of a limited
perspective before the eyes of men becomes one eternal round in the eyes of
the Lord. When it is spoken of 'the covenants of the Lord which he has
covenanted with all of Israel', the limit scope of man might percieve that
this speaks of but Jacob and his sons and those who are descendants of only
them. But in the eternal perspective of the Lord, those who are and who
will become 'Israel' is not so limited. Abraham was not born of Jacob, yet
it is he through whom these covenants were preserved. John the Baptists
speaks that the Lord can raise even of stones sons and daughters unto
Abraham. The same can, from the eternal perspective, be said of Israel. In
fact the brother of Jared, Mahorni Moriancumer saw the vision of all from
the beginning to the end and the blessing of the whole earth, every nation
kindred tongue and people from the beginning with Adam down to the last man
who will dwell on this earth in the mortality of this second estate by the
seed of Abraham, which is the same as the seed of Jacob or Israel. And he
saw that 'Israel' became all who did 'prevail with the Lord' even from the
beginning to the end by the hand of the seed of Jacob, the seed of Israel.
And he saw that all who do come unto the Lord, whether literally born of
Israel, that is Jacob, or not, could by obedience to the laws and ordinances
of the covanant of God, can and will come to be numbered with the house of
Israel. Israel was the name given to Jacob as the bearer of the covenant.
But the name and concept of Israel had been from before the world was. It was
a name of God and it applied to all who were counted to be God's people of
the covenant, that is God's Covenant People. And as all the sons and
daughters come unto the Lord and become a part of this covenant through the
ordinances of the gospel and their obedience to the laws and principles
therein, then all such do also become 'Israel', the 'Covenant People of the
Lord'. Thus in an eternal perspective, all may become a part of the house of
Israel, the house of those who have prevailed with the Lord unto salvation
and exaltation. All who have ever lived may become 'Israel'.
2a even from the beginning down This 'beginning' is from the beginning of the world, from Adam on down. As just discussed, Israel and membership therein, is not just limited to those who are blood descendants of Jacob. Israel is all who become and are the Covenant People of the Lord. The name Israel is a name of that eternal perspective and membership which was given to Jacob as one who had prevailed with God and was a bearer of the covenant. Any and all who ever have, do or will so live upon this world, may also become a member of 'Israel', a member of God's Covenant People. They may become of the 'house of Israel', that is being one who has prevailed with God unto salvation and exaltation. |
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TG
Abrahamic Covenant; BD Abraham, Covenant of; TG Israel, Mission of 2a 2 Ne. 6:11 (10-15); 2 Ne. 10:7 (5-9); TG Israel, Restoration of; TG Restoration of the Gospel; b TG Israel, Gathering TG Mission of Latter-day Saints c TG Lands of Inheritance
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3 Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things that ye
may rejoice, and alift up your heads forever, because of
the blessings which the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.
4 For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of things to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our aflesh must waste away and die; nevertheless, in our bbodies we shall see Goda.
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4a our flesh must waste away and die; nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God Now the full mystery of the resurrection is not fully given or known. We know that the mortal elements of this mortal frame have been taken from the dust or element of this earth and the body does die and it does return to the dust. But from the grave of the earth will the body be raised up again. The 'program' within us which makes us what we are will bring again up bone and flesh will be brought upon it and the temporal physical frame will unit unto the spirit never to be separated again. That that resurrected body is so 'transfigured' into an higher frame which will be eternal and everlasting is sure. Thus it is not the same as the corruptable body but it does differ, for it will be incorruptable and eternal, indestructable to remain forever. |
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Ps. 24:7-10 4a Gen. 6:3; Moses 8:17 b Job 19:26; Alma 11:41-45; Alma 42:23; Hel. 14:15-18; Morm. 9:13; TG Body, Sanctity of
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5 Yea, I know that ye know that in the body he shall show himself
unto those at Jerusalem, from whence we came; for it is expedient that it
should be among them; for it behooveth the great aCreator
that he bsuffereth himself to become
csubject unto man in the flesh, and ddie
for eall men, that all men might become subject unto him.
6 For as adeath hath passed upon all men, to fulfil the merciful bplan of the great Creator, there must needs be a power of cresurrection, and the resurrection must needs come unto man by reason of the dfall; and the fall came by reason of etransgression; and because man became fallen they were fcut off from the gpresence of the Lord. 7 Wherefore, it must needs be an ainfinite batonement—save it should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the cfirst judgment which came upon man must needs have dremained to an endless duration. And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no more.
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5a
TG
Jesus Christ, Creator b 2 Ne. 7:6 (4-9) c Mark 10:43-44 d TG Jesus Christ, Death of; TG Jesus Christ, Mission of e John 12:32; 2 Ne. 26:24; 3 Ne. 27:14-15 6a Eccl. 8:8 (6-8) b TG Salvation, Plan of c TG Jesus Christ, Resurrection d TG Fall of Man e TG Transgression f 2 Ne. 2:5-8; Alma 11:42 (40-45) g TG God, Presence of 7a Alma 34:10 b Matt. 26:54 (52-56); TG Jesus Christ, Atonement through c Mosiah 16:4-7; Alma 11:45; Alma 12:36; Alma 42:6, 9, 14 d Mosiah 15:19
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8 O the awisdom of God, his
bmercy and cgrace! For behold, if the
dflesh should rise no more our spirits must become subject
to that angel who efell from before the presence of the
Eternal God, and became the fdevil, to rise no more.
9 And our spirits must have become alike unto him, and we become devils, bangels to a cdevil, to be dshut out from the presence of our God, and to remain with the father of elies, in misery, like unto himself; yea, to that being who fbeguiled our first parentsa, who gtransformeth himself nigh unto an hangel of light, and istirreth up the children of men unto jsecret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness.
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8a
Job 12:13 (7-25);
Abr. 3:21; TG God, Wisdom of b TG God, Mercy of c TG Grace d D&C 93:34 e Isa. 14:12; 2 Ne. 2:17; Moses 4:3-4; Abr. 3:28 (27-28) f TG Devil 9a 3 Ne. 29:7 b Jacob 3:11; Alma 5:25, 39; Moro. 9:13 c 2 Cor. 11:14 (13-15) d Rev. 12:9 (7-9) e TG Lying f Gen. 3:13 (1-13); Mosiah 16:3; Ether 8:25; Moses 4:19 (5-19) g Rev. 16:14 (13-14); Alma 30:53 h Rev. 129:8 i TG Motivations j TG Secret Combinations
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10 O how great the agoodness of our God, who
prepareth a way for our bescape from the grasp of this
awful monster; yea, that monster, cdeath and
dhell, which I call the death of the body, and also the
death of the spirit.
11 And because of the way of adeliverance of our God, the Holy One of Israel, this bdeath, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its dead; which death is the grave. 12 And this adeath of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is bhell; wherefore, death and hell must cdeliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up its dcaptive espirits, and the grave must deliver up its captive fbodies, and the bodies and the gspirits of men will be hrestored one to the other; and it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel.
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10a
Ex. 34:6 (5-7);
2 Ne. 4:17;
D&C 86:11 b TG Death, Power over c Mosiah 16:8 (7-8); Alma 42:15 (6-15) d TG Hell 11a TG Deliverance b TG Death 12a TG Death, Spiritual, First b D&C 76:84 c D&C 138:18 d TG Bondage, Spiritual; TG Spirits in Prison e TG Spirits, Disembodied f TG Body, Sanctity of g TG Spirit Body h TG Resurrection
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13 O how great the aplan of our God! For on the
other hand, the bparadise of God must deliver up the
spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the body of the righteous;
and the spirit and the body is crestored to itself again,
and all men become incorruptible, and dimmortal, and they
are living souls, having a eperfect
fknowledge like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our
knowledge shall be perfect.
14 Wherefore, we shall have a aperfect bknowledge of all our cguilt, and our duncleanness, and our enakedness; and the righteous shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their frighteousness, being gclothed with hpurity, yea, even with the irobe of righteousness.
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13a
TG
Salvation, Plan of b D&C 138:19; TG Paradise c Alma 11:43; Alma 40:23; Alma 41:4 (3-5); D&C 138:17 d TG Immortality e TG Perfection f Eccl. 9:10; D&C 130:18 14a Mosiah 3:25 b Isa. 59:12; Alma 5:18; Alma 11:43 c TG Guilt d TG Uncleanness e Gen. 2:25; Ex. 32:25; Moses 4:13, 16-17 f TG Righteousness g Prov. 31:25 h TG Purity i D&C 109:76
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15 And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed from
this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must
appear before the ajudgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel;
and then cometh the bjudgment, and then must they be judged
according to the holy judgment of God.
16 And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal aword, which cannot bpass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are cfilthy shall be dfilthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the edevil and his angels; and they shall go away into feverlasting fire; prepared for them; and their gtorment is as a hlake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end.
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15a
TG
Judgment, The Last b Job 34:12; Ps. 19:9; 2 Ne. 30:9 16a 1 Kings 8:56; Ps. 33:11; D&C 1:38 (37-39); Moses 1:4 b D&C 56:11 c Prov. 22:8; TG Filthiness d 1 Ne. 15:33-35; Alma 7:21; Alma 9:14; D&C 88:35 e TG Devil f Mosiah 27:28 g TG Punishment h Rev. 19:20; Rev. 21:8; 2 Ne. 28:23; D&C 63:17; D&C 76:36
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17 O the greatness and the ajustice of our God! For
he executeth all his words, and they have gone forth out of his mouth, and
his law must be bfulfilled.
18 But, behold, the arighteous, the bsaints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the ccrosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall dinherit the ekingdom of God, which was prepared for them ffrom the foundation of the world, and their gjoy shall be full hforever.
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17a
TG
God, Justice of;
TG
Justice b Ezek. 24:14 18a Ps. 5:12; TG Righteousness b TG Saints c Luke 14:27 d Col. 1:12; D&C 45:58 (57-58); D&C 84:38 (33-38) e TG Exaltation f Alma 13:3, 5, 7-9 g Matt. 5:12 (11-12) h TG Eternal Life
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19 O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel!
For he adelivereth his saints from that
bawful monster the devil, and death, and
chell, and that lake of fire and brimstone, which is
endless torment.
20 O how great the aholiness of our God! For he bknoweth call things, and there is not anything save he knows it.
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19a
Job 23:7;
D&C 108:8 b 1 Ne. 15:35 c TG Hell 20a TG Holiness b Mosiah 24:12; Alma 26:35; TG God, Foreknowledge of; TG God, Intelligence of; TG God, Omniscience of c Prov. 5:21; D&C 38:2 (1-2)
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21 And he cometh into the world that he may asave
all men if they will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the
pains of all men, yea, the bpains of every living creature,
both men, women, and children, who belong to the family of
cAdam.
22 And he suffereth this that the resurrection might pass upon all men, that all might stand before him at the great and judgment day.
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21a
TG
Salvation b D&C 18:11; D&C 19:18 (15-18); TG Jesus Christ, Trials of c D&C 107:54 (53-56); D&C 128:21; TG Adam
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23 And he commandeth all men that they must
arepent, and be bbaptized in his name,
having perfect cfaith in the Holy One of Israel, or they
cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.
24 And if they will not repent and believe in his aname, and be baptized in his name, and bendure to the end, they must be cdamned; for the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.
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23a
TG
Repentance b Mosiah 26:22; D&C 76:52 (50-52); D&C 84:74; D&C 137:6; TG Baptism, Essential c TG Baptism, Qualification for; TG Faith 24a TG Jesus Christ, Taking the Name of b TG Perseverance c TG Damnation
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25 Wherefore, he has given a alaw; and where there
is bno claw given there is no
dpunishment; and where there is no punishment there is no
condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the mercies of the Holy One
of Israel have claim upon them, because of the atonement; for they are
delivered by the power of him.
26 For the aatonement satisfieth the demands of his bjustice upon all those who chave not the dlaw given to them, that they are edelivered from that awful monster, death and fhell, and the devil, and the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment; and they are restored to that God who gave them gbreath, which is the Holy One of Israel. 27 But wo unto him that has the alaw given, yea, that has all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that btransgresseth them, and that cwasteth the days of his dprobation, for awful is his state!
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25a
TG
God, Law of b Rom. 4:15; Rom. 5:13; 2 Ne. 2:13 c John 15:22-24; Acts 17:30; Rom. 5:13; James 4:17; Alma 42:17 (12-24); TG Accountability d TG Punishment 26a Lev. 4:20; Neh. 10:33; 2 Ne. 2:10; TG Atonement b TG God, Justice of; TG Justice c Mosiah 3:11; Alma 9:16 (15-16); Alma 42:21 d Mosiah 15:24; D&C 137:7; TG Ignorance e TG Death, Power over f TG Spirits in Prison g Gen. 2:7; Gen. 6:17; Mosiah 2:21; D&C 77:2; D&C 93:33; Abr. 5:7-8 27a Luke 12:47-48; TG God, Law of b TG Disobedience c TG Idleness; TG Procrastination; TG Waste d TG Probation
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28 O that cunning aplan of the evil one! O the
bvainness, and the frailties, and the
cfoolishness of men! When they are
dlearned they think they are ewise, and
they fhearken not unto the gcounsel of
God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore,
their hwisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not.
And they shall perish.
29 But to be alearned is good if they bhearken unto the ccounsels of God.
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28a
Alma 28:13 b Job 11:12 (11-12); Isa. 9:9-10; TG Vanity c Eccl. 4:5; Eccl. 10:12 (1-3,12); 2 Ne. 19:17; D&C 35:7; TG Foolishness d Luke 16:15; 2 Ne. 26:20; 2 Ne. 28:4, 15; TG Education; TG Worldliness e Prov. 14:6; Jer. 8:8-9; Rom. 1:22; TG Pride; TG Wisdom f TG Walking in Darkness g Prov. 15:22; Jacob 4:10; Alma 37:12; TG Counsel h Prov. 23:4; Eccl. 8:17 (16-17); Ezek. 28:5 (4-5); D&C 76:9; TG Knowledge 29a D&C 67:6; TG Learning b 2 Ne. 28:26; TG Submissiveness c Jacob 4:10; TG Counsel
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30 But wo unto the arich, who are
brich as to the things of the cworld.
For because they are rich they despise the dpoor, and they
persecute the meek, and their ehearts are upon their
treasures; wherefore, their ftreasure is their God. And
behold, their gtreasure shall perish with them also.
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30a
Jer. 17:11;
Luke 12:34;
D&C 56:16 b Matt. 19:23 c TG World d TG Poor e TG Hardheartedness f TG Treasure g Prov. 27:24
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31 And wo unto the deaf that will not ahear; for
they shall perish.
32 Wo unto the ablind that will not see; for they shall perish also. 33 Wo unto the auncircumcised of heart, for a knowledge of their iniquities shall smite them at the last day.
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31a
Ezek. 33:31 (30-33);
Matt. 11:15;
Matt. 13:14; Heb. 5:11-14; Mosiah 26:28; D&C 1:14 (2, 11, 14); Moses 6:27 32a TG Apathy; TG Spiritual Blindness 33a Rom. 2:29 (27-29)
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34 Wo unto the aliar, for he shall be thrust down
to bhell.
35 Wo unto the amurderer who deliberately bkilleth, for he shall cdie. 36 Wo unto them who commit awhoredoms, for they shall be thrust down to hell.
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34a
Prov. 19:9;
TG
Gossip;
TG
Honesty;
TG
Lying b TG Hell 35a Num. 35:16-25 b Deut. 19:11; 2 Sam. 12:9; Mosiah 13:21 c TG Capital Punishment 36a 3 Ne. 12:27-32; TG Chastity; TG Whoredom;
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37 Yea, wo unto those that aworship idols, for the
devil of all devils delighteth in them.
38 And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their asins; for they shall breturn to God, and behold his face, and remain in their sins.
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37a
Isa. 41:24 (21-24);
TG
Idolatry 38a Ezek. 18:24; TG Sin b Alma 40:11
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39 O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in
atransgressing against that Holy God, and also the
awfulness of yielding to the enticings of that bcunning
one. Remember, to be ccarnally-minded is
ddeath, and to be espiritually-minded is
flife geternal.
40 O, my beloved brethren, give ear to my words. Remember the greatness of the Holy One of Israel. Do not say that I have spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will arevile against the btruth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I know that the words of truth are chard against all duncleanness; but the erighteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken. 41 O then, my beloved brethren, acome unto the Lord, the Holy One. Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the bway for man is cnarrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the dgate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.
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39a
TG
Transgression b 2 Ne. 28:21 (20-22); 2 Ne. 32:8; Mosiah 2:32; Mosiah 4:14; Alma 30:42, 53 c Rom. 8:6; TG Carnal Mind d TG Death; TG Death, Spiritual, First; TG Hell e Prov. 15:24; TG Spirituality f Prov. 11:19 g TG Eternal Life 40a TG Reviling b Prov. 15:10; Mosiah 13:7; TG Truth c 1 Ne. 16:2; 2 Ne. 28:28; 2 Ne. 33:5 d TG Uncleanness e Prov. 28:1 41a 1 Ne. 6:4; Jacob 1:7; Omni 1:26 (25-26); Alma 29:2; 3 Ne. 21:20; Morm. 9:27; Ether 5:5; Moro. 10:30-32 b Ex. 33:13 (12-13); 2 Ne. 31:21 (17-21); Alma 37:46; D&C 132:22, 25 c Luke 13:24; 2 Ne. 33:9; Jacob 6:11; Hel. 3:29-30 d 2 Ne. 31:9, 17-18; 3 Ne. 14:14 (13-14); D&C 22:4; D&C 43:7; D&C 137:2
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42 And whoso aknocketh, to him will he open; and
the bwise, and the learned, and they that are rich,
who are puffed up because of their clearning, and their
dwisdom, and their riches—yea, they are they whom he
despisetha; and save they shall
cast these things away, and consider
themselves efools before God, and come down in the depths
of fhumility, he will not open unto them.
43 But the things of the wise and the aprudent shall be bhid from them forever—yea, that happiness which is prepared for the saints.
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42a the wise, and they learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their learning, and thier wisdom, and their riches yea, they are they whom he despiseth Now the Lord does not despise intelligence. It is the learning and the wisdom of men who do contrive things upon in their own minds, according to their own philosophies and to their own man made theories to the extent that they do look down upon, disregard and even seek to destory the truth of God. Men with all of their wisdom and learning are but scratching at the surface of the knowledge and understanding of God, yet they look to their own meger scratchings and contrive upon them, denying a greater intelligence that they themselves profess to be. Such is the pride and vanity of man. This is that which the Lord despiseth. They who do not stand in humility but who do stand forth professing to know that which they do not know. Pretending to be the seekers of truth and knowledge but denying the very source thereof. |
42a
TG
Objective;
TG
Study b Matt. 11:25; TG Wisdom c TG Knowledge; TG Learning; TG Worldliness d Ezek. 28:5 (4-5) e 1 Cor. 3:18 (18-21) f TG Humility; TG Teachable 43a TG Prudence b 1 Cor. 2:14 (9-16)
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44 O, my beloved brethren, remember my words. Behold, I take off my
garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of my salvation that he
view me with his aall-searching eye; wherefore, ye shall know at the last day,
when all men shall be judged of their works, that the God of Israel did
witness that I bshook your iniquities from my soul, and
that I stand with brightness before him, and am crid of
your blood.
45 O, my beloved brethren, turn away from your sins; shake off the achains of him that would bind you fast; come unto that God who is the brock of your salvation. 46 Prepare your souls for that glorious day when ajustice shall be administered unto the righteous, even the day of bjudgment, that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember your awful cguilt in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim: Holy, holy are thy judgments, O Lord God dAlmighty—but I know my guilt; I transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine; and the devil hath eobtained me, that I am a prey to his awful misery.
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44a
Jacob 2:10 b Jacob 1:19 c Jacob 2:2, 16; Mosiah 2:28; D&C 61:34 45a 2 Ne. 28:22; Alma 36:18 c TG Rock 45a TG God, Justice of b TG Judgment, The Last c Mosiah 3:25 d Gen. 48:3; 1 Ne. 1:14; 3 Ne. 4:32; Moses 2:1 e TG Apostasy of Individuals
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47 But behold, my brethren, is it expedient that I should awake
you to an awful reality of these things? Would I harrow up your
souls if your minds were pure? Would I be plain unto you
according to the plainness of the truth if ye were freed from
sin?
48 Behold, if ye were holy I would speak unto you of holiness; but as ye are not holy, and ye look upon me as a ateacher, it must needs be expedient that I bteach you the consequences of sin. 49 Behold, my soul abhorreth sin, and my heart adelighteth in righteousness; and I will bpraise the holy name of my God.
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48a
2 Ne. 5:26;
TG
Teacher;
TG
Teaching b Deut. 33:10; 2 Chr. 15:3 (1-4); 2 Chr. 17:9; TG Prophets, Mission of 49a TG Desire; TG Motivations b Ezra. 3:11-13; 1 Ne. 18:16; Alma 36:28
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50 Come, my brethren, every one that athirsteth,
come ye to the bwaters; and he that hath no
cmoney, come buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
51 Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor your alabor for that which cannot bsatisfy. Hearken diligently unto me, and remember the words which I have spoken; and come unto the Holy One of Israel, and cfeast upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in fatness. 52 Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of your God; pray unto him continually by day, and give athanks unto his holy name by night. Let your hearts brejoice.
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50a
Isa. 44:3;
Isa. 55:1-2 b TG Living Water c Alma 5:34; Alma 42:27 51a Isa. 55:2; TG Work, Value of b Eccl. 1:3 c Prov. 13:25; Enos 1:4; 3 Ne. 12:6 52a TG Thanksgiving b Deut. 26:11
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53 And behold how great the acovenants of the Lord,
and how great his bcondescensions unto the children of men;
and because of his greatness, and his cgrace and
dmercy, he has promised unto us that our seed shall not
utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but that he would
epreserve them; and in future generations they shall become
a righteous fbranch unto the house of Israel.
54 And now, my brethren, I would speak unto you more; but on the morrow I will declare unto you the remainder of my wordsa. Amen. |
54a on the morrow I will declare unto you the remainder of my words This is a Nephite 'Conference' of the Church. Like that of King Benjamin, all have been called together to hear the words of Jacob, who now heads the Church and the temple, as Nephi has been elected to perform as their King and teacher in such civil matters. This is Jacob's first writings in the small plates of Nephi from 2 Nephi 6 to 2 Nephi 10 is recorded this preaching and reading concerning these particular chapters of Isaiah and Jacob's witness of the plan of redemption, the covenants of God. |
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Covenants b TG Jesus Christ, Condescension of c TG Grace d TG Compassion; TG God, Mercy of e TG Protection, Divine f TG Vineyard of the Lord
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