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CHAPTER 6The Lord shall recover Israel in the last days—Then the world shall be burned with fire—Men must follow Christ to avoid the lake of fire and brimstone. [Between 544 and 421 B.C.] |
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1 AND now, behold, my brethren, as I said
unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy—that the
things which this
prophet aZenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in
the which he likened them unto a tame bolive-tree, must
surely come to pass.
2 And the day that he shall set his hand again the second time to arecover his people, is the day, yea, even the last time, that the bservants of the Lord shall go forth in his cpower, to dnourish and prune his evineyard; and after that the fend soon cometh. 3 And how ablessed are they who have labored bdiligently in his vineyard; and how ccursed are they who shall be cast out into their own place! And the dworld shall be eburned with fire.
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1a
Jacob 5:1;
Alma 33:13-15; TG Scriptures, Lost b Rom. 11:21 (1-36); 1 Ne. 10:12; Jacob 5:3-77 2a 1 Ne. 22:12 (10-12); D&C 110:11; D&C 137:6; TG Israel, Gathering of; TG Israel, Restoration of b Jacob 5:61 c 1 Ne. 14:1, 14 d Jacob 5:71; D&C 101:56 e Jer. 12:10; D&C 138:56; TG Vineyard of the Lord f 2 Ne. 30:10; Jacob 5:29; D&C 43:17-20, 28 3a Jacob 5:71 b TG Diligence; TG Perseverance c D&C 41:1 d TG World e Isa. 24:6; 2 Ne. 27:2; 3 Ne. 25:1; Jacob 5:77; TG World, End of
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4 And how merciful is our God unto us, for he remembereth the
house of aIsrael, both roots and branches; and he stretches
forth his bhands unto them all the day long; and they are a
cstiffnecked and a gainsaying people; but as many as will
not harden their hearts shall be saved in the kingdom of God.
5 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words of soberness that ye would repent, and come with full purpose of heart, and acleave unto God as he cleaveth unto you. And while his barm of mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day, harden not your hearts. 6 Yea, today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts; for why will ye adie?
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4a
2 Sam. 7:24 b Neh. 9:19 (18-26); 2 Ne. 19:17-21; 2 Ne. 28:32; Jacob 5:47 c TG Stiffneckedness 5a Deut. 10:20; Josh. 23:8; 2 Kings 18:6; Hel. 4:25; D&C 11:19 b Isa. 59:16; 2 Ne. 1:15; Alma 5:33; 3 Ne. 9:14 6a Ezek. 18:28 (26-28, 32)
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7 For behold, after ye have been nourished by the good
aword of God all the day long, will ye bring forth evil
fruit, that ye must be bhewn down and cast into the fire?
8 Behold, will ye reject these words? Will ye reject the words of the aprophets; and will ye reject all the words which have been spoken concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning hima; and bdeny the good word of Christ, and the power of God, and the cgift of the Holy Ghost, and quench the Holy Spirit, and make a dmock of the great plan of redemption, which hath been laid for you? 9 Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power of the redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, will bring you to stand with ashame and bawful cguilt before the bar of God?
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8a so many have spoken concerning him That the words of the prophets of he Old Testament have been edited and in some cases left entirely out is for sure. But even then, the Old Testament scriptures are but an open book full of prophecies and words concerning Christ, the Messiah, the Lord of Heaven and Earth. He is but the same as Jehovah, the Lord of Salvation. For those who know Christ, they see him as the God of both Testaments, the Old and the New. He is that God, the Son of God, who was anointed by the Father to be the administrating God who did pertain unto this the second estate. And he did and does act for and in behalf of the Father in all things. He it is that is Alpha and Omega, Emmanuel, God with and from among us who pertain to this second estate. In all things he acts in the stead of the Father, as the Father being the advocate and mediator which stand between us and the Father. There is no other way under heaven but by Him. By that power given him of the Father he did create all things. The earth is his and the fulness thereof. We are His, His creations. To understand who Jesus is, who Jehovah is, is to understand and see him in all the words of the prophets, for none so spake but they did speak of him. |
7a
Ps. 119:28 b Alma 5:52; 3 Ne. 27:11-12 8a Jer. 26:5 b TG Holy Ghost, Loss of c TG Holy Ghost, Gift of d TG Sacrilege 9a TG Shame b Jacob 7:19; Mosiah 15:26 c TG Guilt; TG Judgment, The Last
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10 And according to the power of ajustice, for
justice cannot be denied, ye must go away into that blake
of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke
ascendeth up forever and ever, which lake of fire and brimstone is
cendless dtorment.
11 O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and enter in at the astrait gate, and bcontinue in the way which is narrow, until ye shall obtain eternal life.
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10a
TG
God, Justice of;
TG
Justice b Rev. 19:20; 2 Ne. 28:23; Mosiah 3:27; TG Hell c Mosiah 2:33; D&C 19:11 (10-12) d TG Damnation 11a 2 Ne. 9:41 b 2 Ne. 31:15; TG Commitment
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12 O be awise; what can I say more?
13 Finally, I bid you farewell, until I shall meet you before the apleasing bar of God, which bar striketh the wicked with bawful dread and fear. Amen. |
12a
Matt. 10:16;
Morm. 9:28 11a Moro. 10:34 b Alma 40:14
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