God's Covenant for the coming last dispensation
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Fulfillment
of all previous Covenants (see most of the scriptures in this post)
o 3 Nephi 10:6-7
- 6 O ye house of Israel whom I
have spared, how oft will I gather you as a hen gathereth her chickens
under her wings, if ye will repent and return unto me with full purpose
of heart.
- 7 But if not, O house of
Israel, the places of your dwellings shall become desolate until the
time of the fulfilling of the covenant to your fathers.
- 3 Nephi 16:4-5
- 4 And I command you that ye
shall write these sayings after I am gone, that if it so be that my
people at Jerusalem, they who have seen me and been with me in my
ministry, do not ask the Father in my name, that they may receive a
knowledge of you by the Holy Ghost, and also of the other tribes whom
they know not of, that these sayings which ye shall write shall be kept
and shall be manifested unto the Gentiles, that through the fulness of
the Gentiles, the remnant of their seed, who shall be scattered forth
upon the face of the earth because of their unbelief, may be brought in,
or may be brought to a knowledge of me, their Redeemer.
- 5 And then will I gather them
in from the four quarters of the earth; and then will I fulfil the
covenant which the Father hath made unto all the people of the house of
Israel.
- Zion will come,
related to covenant God made with Noah
- JST
Genesis 9:21-25
- 21 And the bow
shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the
everlasting covenant, which I made unto thy father Enoch; that, when men
should keep all my commandments, Zion should again come on the earth,
the city of Enoch which I have caught up unto myself.
- 22 And this is mine
everlasting covenant, that when thy posterity shall embrace the truth,
and look upward, then shall Zion look downward, and all the heavens
shall shake with gladness, and the earth shall tremble with joy;
- 23 And the
general assembly of the church of the firstborn shall come down out of
heaven, and possess the earth, and shall have place until the end come.
And this is mine everlasting covenant, which I made with thy father
Enoch.
- 24 And the bow shall be
in the cloud, and I will establish my covenant unto thee, which I have
made between me and thee, for every living creature of all flesh that
shall be upon the earth.
- 25 And God said unto
Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established
between me and thee; for all flesh that shall be upon the earth.
- Isaiah 59:20-21
- 20 And the
Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression
in Jacob, saith the Lord.
- 21 As for me,
this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon
thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out
of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of
thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
- Isaiah 61:1-11
- 1 The Spirit of
the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach
good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of
the prison to them that are bound;
- 2 To proclaim
the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to
comfort all that mourn;
- 3 To appoint
unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the
oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the
Lord, that he might be glorified.
- 4 ¶And they
shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations,
and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many
generations.
- 5 And strangers
shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be
your plowmen and your vinedressers.
- 6 But ye shall
be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of
our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory
shall ye boast yourselves.
- 7 ¶For your
shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in
their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double:
everlasting joy shall be unto them.
- 8 For I the
Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct
their work in truth, and I will
make an everlasting covenant with them.
- 9 And their
seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the
people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed
which the Lord hath blessed.
- 10 I will
greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he
hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with
the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with
ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
- 11 For as the
earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that
are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness
and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
- D&C 113:7-10
- 7 Questions by
Elias Higbee: What is meant by the command in Isaiah, 52d chapter, 1st
verse, which saith: Put on thy strength, O Zion—and what people had
Isaiah reference to?
- 8 He had reference
to those whom God should call in the last days, who should hold the
power of priesthood to bring again Zion, and the redemption of Israel;
and to put on her strength is to put on the authority of the priesthood,
which she, Zion, has a right to by lineage; also to return to that power
which she had lost.
- 9 What are we
to understand by Zion loosing herself from the bands of her neck; 2d
verse?
- 10 We are to
understand that the scattered remnants are exhorted to return to the
Lord from whence they have fallen; which if they do, the promise of the
Lord is that he will speak to them, or give them revelation. See the
6th, 7th, and 8th verses. The bands of her neck are the curses of God
upon her, or the remnants of Israel in their scattered condition among
the Gentiles.
- All will know
Christ
- Jeremiah
31:31-34
- 31
¶Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will
make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with
the house of Judah:
- 32
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt;
which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith
the Lord:
- 33 But this
shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After
those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and
write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my
people.
- 34 And they shall teach no more every
man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for
they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of
them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will
remember their sin no more.
- Ezekiel 16:59-63
- 59 For thus
saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which
hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
- 60
¶Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy
youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
- 61 Then thou
shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy
sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for
daughters, but not by thy covenant.
- 62 And I will establish
my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord:
- 63 That thou
mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more
because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou
hast done, saith the Lord God.
o Hebrews 8:1-13
§ 1 Now of the
things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who
is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
§ 2 A minister of the
sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
§ 3 For every high priest is
ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this
man have somewhat also to offer.
§ 4 For if he were on earth, he
should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts
according to the law:
§ 5 Who serve unto the example
and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about
to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according
to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
§ 6 But now hath he obtained a
more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better
covenant, which was established upon better promises.
§ 7 For if that first covenant
had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
§ 8 For finding fault with
them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a
new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
§ 9 Not according to the
covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my
covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
§ 10 For this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I
will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be
to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
§ 11 And they shall not teach
every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for
all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
§ 12 For I will be merciful to
their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no
more.
§ 13 In that he saith, A new
covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is
ready to vanish away.
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Gathered
to Promised Land amidst destructions:
o Ezekiel 34:23-25
§ 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he
shall feed them, even my servant David; he
shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
§ 24 And I the Lord will
be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I
the Lord have
spoken it.
§ 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and
will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall
dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
o Jeremiah 32:37-42
§ 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all
countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in
great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them
to dwell safely:
§ 38 And they shall be my people, and I will be
their God:
§ 39 And I will give them one heart, and one
way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their
children after them:
§ 40 And I will make an everlasting
covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I
will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
§ 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them
good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with
my whole soul.
§ 42 For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have
brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the
good that I have promised them.
o Jeremiah 50:4-5
§ 4 In those days, and in that time, saith the
Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah
together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God.
§ 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their
faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a
perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
o JST Matthew 24:12-23
§ 12 When you, therefore, shall see the
abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, concerning the
destruction of Jerusalem, then you shall stand in the holy place; whoso readeth
let him understand.
§ 13 Then let them who are in Judea flee into
the mountains;
§ 14 Let him who is on the housetop flee, and
not return to take anything out of his house;
§ 15 Neither let him who is in the field return
back to take his clothes;
§ 16 And wo unto them that are with child, and
unto them that give suck in those days;
§ 17 Therefore, pray ye the Lord that your
flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day;
§ 18 For then, in those days, shall be great
tribulation on the Jews, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, such as was not
before sent upon Israel, of God, since the beginning of their kingdom until
this time; no, nor ever shall be sent again upon
Israel.
§ 19 All things which have
befallen them are only the beginning of the sorrows which shall come upon them.
§ 20 And except those days
should be shortened, there should none of their flesh be saved; but for
the elect’s sake, according to the covenant, those days shall be shortened.
§ 21 Behold, these things I
have spoken unto you concerning the Jews; and again, after the tribulation of
those days which shall come upon Jerusalem, if any man shall say unto you, Lo,
here is Christ, or there, believe him not;
§ 22 For in those days there
shall also arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs
and wonders, insomuch, that, if possible, they shall deceive the very
elect, who are the elect according to the covenant.
§ 23 Behold, I speak these
things unto you for the elect’s sake; and you also shall hear of wars, and
rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled, for all I have told you must come to pass; but the end
is not yet.
o D&C 39:11
§ And if thou do this, I have prepared thee for
a greater work. Thou shalt preach the fulness of my gospel, which I have sent
forth in these last days, the covenant which I have sent forth to recover my
people, which are of the house of Israel.
o 1 Nephi 14:13-17
§ 13 And it came to pass that I beheld that the
great mother of abominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of
all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb
of God.
§ 14 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld
the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church
of the Lamb, and upon the covenant
people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth;
and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great
glory.
§ 15 And it came to pass that I beheld that the
wrath of God was poured out upon that great and abominable church, insomuch
that there were wars and rumors of wars among all the nations and kindreds of
the earth.
§ 16 And as there began to be wars and rumors of
wars among all the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations, the
angel spake unto me, saying: Behold, the wrath of God is upon the mother of
harlots; and behold, thou seest all these things—
§ 17 And when the day cometh that the wrath of
God is poured out upon the mother of harlots, which is the great and abominable
church of all the earth, whose founder is the devil, then, at that day, the work of the Father shall commence, in preparing
the way for the fulfilling of his covenants, which he hath made to his people
who are of the house of Israel.
o 1 Nephi 19:15-17
§ 15 Nevertheless, when that day cometh, saith
the prophet, that they no more turn aside their hearts against the Holy One of
Israel, then will he remember the covenants
which he made to their fathers.
§ 16 Yea, then will he remember the isles of the
sea; yea, and all the people who are of the house of Israel, will I gather in,
saith the Lord, according to the words of the prophet Zenos, from the four quarters
of the earth.
§ 17 Yea, and all the earth shall see the
salvation of the Lord, saith the prophet; every nation, kindred, tongue and
people shall be blessed.
o 2 Nephi 6:12-18
§ 12 And blessed are the
Gentiles, they of whom the prophet has written; for behold, if it so be that
they shall repent and fight not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to
that great and abominable church, they shall be saved; for the Lord God
will fulfil his covenants which he has made unto his children; and for this cause
the prophet has written these things.
§ 13 Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and
the covenant people of the Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and the
people of the Lord shall not be ashamed. For the people of the Lord are they
who wait for him; for they still wait for the coming of the Messiah.
§ 14 And behold, according to the words of the
prophet, the Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them;
wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great glory, unto
the destruction of their enemies, when that day cometh when they shall believe
in him; and none will he destroy that believe in him.
§ 15 And they that believe not in him shall be
destroyed, both by fire, and by tempest, and by earthquakes, and by bloodsheds,
and by pestilence, and by famine. And they shall know that the Lord is God, the
Holy One of Israel.
§ 16 For shall the prey be taken from the
mighty, or the lawful captive delivered
§ 17 But thus saith the Lord: Even the captives
of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be
delivered; for the Mighty God shall deliver his covenant people. For thus saith
the Lord: I will contend with them that contendeth with thee—
§ 18 And I will feed them that oppress thee,
with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with
sweet wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy
Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
o 2 Nephi 10:7-10
§ 7 But behold, thus saith the
Lord God: When the day cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am Christ,
then have I covenanted with their fathers that they shall be restored in the
flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands of their inheritance.
§ 8 And it shall come to pass
that they shall be gathered in from their long dispersion, from the isles of
the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles
shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the
lands of their inheritance.
§ 9 Yea, the kings of the
Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them, and their queens shall become
nursing mothers; wherefore, the promises of the Lord are great unto the
Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who can dispute?
§ 10 But behold, this land,
said God, shall be a land of thine inheritance, and the Gentiles shall be
blessed upon the land.
o Ether 13:10-11
§ 10 And then cometh the New
Jerusalem; and blessed are they who dwell therein, for it is they whose
garments are white through the blood of the Lamb; and they are they who are
numbered among the remnant of the seed of Joseph, who were of the house of
Israel.
§ 11 And then also cometh the
Jerusalem of old; and the inhabitants thereof, blessed are they, for they have
been washed in the blood of the Lamb; and they are they who were scattered and
gathered in from the four quarters of the earth, and from the north countries,
and are partakers of the fulfilling of the covenant which God made with their
father, Abraham.
o JST Matthew 1:20-22
§ 20 And except those days should be shortened,
there should none of their flesh be saved; but for the elect’s sake, according
to the covenant, those days shall be shortened.
§ 21 Behold, these things I have spoken unto you
concerning the Jews; and again, after the tribulation of those days which shall
come upon Jerusalem, if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or
there, believe him not;
§ 22 For in those days there shall also arise
false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders,
insomuch, that, if possible, they shall deceive the very elect, who are the
elect according to the covenant.
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Comes
about because previous Covenant is broken????? Abomination of
Desolation???
o Isaiah 24:3-6
§ 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and
utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.
§ 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the
world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
§ 5 The earth also is defiled
under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws,
changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
§ 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth,
and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the
earth are burned, and few men left.
o Romans 11:25-27
§ 25 For I would not, brethren,
that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own
conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of
the Gentiles be come in.
§ 26 And so all Israel shall be
saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall
turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
§ 27 For this is my covenant
unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
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The
Prophet Elijah will return and restore knowledge of covenants to the Fathers
o Moroni's version of Malachi 4:5-6:
§ Behold, I will reveal unto you the Priesthood,
by the hand of Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful
day of the Lord. And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises
made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their
fathers. If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his
coming.
o 1 Nephi 22:8-12
§ 8 And after our seed is
scattered the Lord God will proceed to do a marvelous work among the Gentiles,
which shall be of great worth unto our seed; wherefore, it is likened unto
their being nourished by the Gentiles and being carried in their arms and upon
their shoulders.
§ 9 And it shall also be of worth
unto the Gentiles; and not only unto the Gentiles but unto all the house of
Israel, unto the making known of the covenants of the Father of heaven
unto Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be
blessed.
§ 10 And I would, my brethren,
that ye should know that all the kindreds of the earth cannot be blessed unless
he shall make bare his arm in the eyes of the nations.
§ 11 Wherefore, the Lord God will
proceed to make bare his arm in the eyes of all the nations, in bringing about
his covenants and his gospel unto those who are of the house of Israel.
§ 12 Wherefore, he will bring
them again out of captivity, and they shall be gathered together to the lands
of their inheritance; and they shall be brought out of obscurity and out of
darkness; and they shall know that the Lord is their Savior and their Redeemer,
the Mighty One of Israel.
o 2 Nephi 3:7
§ Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto
me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall
be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give
commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren,
which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have
made with thy fathers.
o Joseph Smith, August 13, 1843
§ The world is reserved unto
burning in the last days—he shall send Elijah the prophet. and he shall reveal
the covenants of the fathers in relation to the children.—and the children and
the covenants of the children in relation to the fathers.— destroying
angels holding power over the 4 quarters of the earth. until the the servants
of God are sealed in their foreheads. what is that seal. shall I tell you? know
No.—
§ Doctrine Election.—sealing of the servants of
God on the top of their heads. tis not the cross as the catholics would
have it. doctrine of Election to Abraham was in the relation to the Lord. a man
wishes to be embraced in the covenant of Abraham
o Joseph Smith - August 27, 1843
§ how shall god come to the rescue of this
generation. he shall send Elijah law revealed to
Moses in Horeb—never was revealed to the C. of Israel and he shall reveal
the covenants to seal the hearts of the fathers to the children and the
children to the fathers. —anointing & sealing—called elected and made
sure without father &c. a priesthood which holds the priesthood by
right from the Eternal Gods.—and not by descent from father and mother
·
Gospel
preached to the world with power. Gentiles will also be included.
o D&C 1:17-23
§ 17 Wherefore, I the Lord, knowing the calamity
which should come upon the inhabitants of the earth, called upon my servant
Joseph Smith, Jun., and spake unto him from heaven, and gave him commandments;
§ 18 And also gave commandments to others, that
they should proclaim these things unto the world; and all this that it might be
fulfilled, which was written by the prophets—
§ 19 The weak things of the world shall come forth
and break down the mighty and strong ones, that man should not counsel his
fellow man, neither trust in the arm of flesh—
§ 20 But that every man might speak in the name of
God the Lord, even the Savior of the world;
§ 21 That faith also might increase in the earth;
§ 22 That mine
everlasting covenant might be established;
§ 23 That the fulness of my gospel might be
proclaimed by the weak and the simple unto the ends of the world, and before
kings and rulers.
o 2 Nephi 30:2
§ For behold, I say unto you
that as many of the Gentiles as will repent are the covenant people of the
Lord; and as many of the Jews as will not repent shall be cast off;
for the Lord covenanteth with none save it be with them that repent and
believe in his Son, who is the Holy One of Israel.
o 3 Nephi 16:11-13
§ 11 And then will I remember my
covenant which I have made unto my people, O house of Israel, and I will bring
my gospel unto them.
§ 12 And I will show unto thee, O
house of Israel, that the Gentiles shall not have power over you; but I will
remember my covenant unto you, O house of Israel, and ye shall come unto the
knowledge of the fulness of my gospel.
§ 13 But if the Gentiles
will repent and return unto me, saith the Father, behold they shall be numbered
among my people, O house of Israel.
Scriptures that
encapsulate all of these ideas:
3 Nephi 20:11-46
11 Ye remember
that I spake unto you, and said that when the words of Isaiah should be
fulfilled—behold they are written, ye have them before you, therefore search
them—
12 And verily,
verily, I say unto you, that when they shall be fulfilled then is the fulfilling of the covenant which
the Father hath made unto his people, O house of Israel.
13 And then shall the remnants, which shall be
scattered abroad upon the face of the earth, be gathered in from the east and
from the west, and from the south and from the north; and they shall be brought
to the knowledge of the Lord their God, who hath redeemed them.
14 And the Father hath commanded me that I should
give unto you this land, for your inheritance.
15 And I say unto
you, that if the Gentiles do not repent after the blessing which they shall
receive, after they have scattered my people—
16 Then shall ye,
who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, go forth among them; and ye shall be
in the midst of them who shall be many; and ye shall be among them as a lion
among the beasts of the forest, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
who, if he goeth through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can
deliver.
17 Thy hand shall
be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
18 And I will
gather my people together as a man gathereth his sheaves into the floor.
19
For I will make my people with whom the Father hath covenanted, yea, I will make
thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass. And thou shalt beat in pieces
many people; and I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord, and their
substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. And behold, I am he who doeth it.
20 And it shall
come to pass, saith the Father, that the sword of my justice shall hang over
them at that day; and except they repent it shall fall upon them, saith the
Father, yea, even upon all the nations of the Gentiles.
21
And it shall come to pass that I will establish my people, O house of Israel.
22
And behold, this people will I establish in this land, unto the fulfilling
of the covenant which I made with your father Jacob; and it shall be a New
Jerusalem. And the powers of heaven shall be in the midst of this people; yea,
even I will be in the midst of you.
23 Behold, I am he
of whom Moses spake, saying: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto
you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever
he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass that every soul who will not
hear that prophet shall be cut off from among the people.
24 Verily I say
unto you, yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as
many as have spoken, have testified of me.
25
And behold, ye are the children of the prophets; and ye are of the house of
Israel; and ye are of the covenant which the Father made with your fathers,
saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be
blessed.
26 The Father
having raised me up unto you first, and sent me to bless you in turning away
every one of you from his iniquities; and this
because ye are the children of the covenant—
27
And after that ye were blessed then fulfilleth the Father the covenant which he
made with Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be
blessed—unto the pouring out of the Holy Ghost through me upon the Gentiles,
which blessing upon the Gentiles shall make them mighty above all, unto the
scattering of my people, O house of Israel.
28 And they shall
be a scourge unto the people of this land. Nevertheless, when they shall have
received the fulness of my gospel, then if they shall harden their hearts
against me I will return their iniquities upon their own heads, saith the
Father.
29
And I will remember the covenant which I have made with my people; and I have
covenanted with them that I would gather them together in mine own due time,
that I would give unto them again the land of their fathers for their
inheritance, which is the land of Jerusalem, which is the promised land unto
them forever, saith the Father.
30 And it shall
come to pass that the time cometh, when the fulness of my gospel shall be
preached unto them;
31 And they shall
believe in me, that I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and shall pray unto the
Father in my name.
32 Then shall
their watchmen lift up their voice, and with the voice together shall they
sing; for they shall see eye to eye.
33 Then will the Father gather them together again,
and give unto them Jerusalem for the land of their inheritance.
34 Then shall they
break forth into joy—Sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the
Father hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
35 The Father hath
made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the
earth shall see the salvation of the Father; and the Father and I are one.
36 And then shall
be brought to pass that which is written: Awake, awake again, and put on thy
strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city,
for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
37 Shake thyself
from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of
thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
38 For thus saith
the Lord: Ye have sold yourselves for naught, and ye shall be redeemed without
money.
39 Verily, verily,
I say unto you, that my people shall know my name; yea, in that day they shall
know that I am he that doth speak.
40 And then shall
they say: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth
good tidings unto them, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings unto
them of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion: Thy God
reigneth!
41 And then shall
a cry go forth: Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch not that
which is unclean; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean that bear the
vessels of the Lord.
42 For ye shall
not go out with haste nor go by flight; for the Lord will go before you, and
the God of Israel shall be your rearward.
43 Behold, my
servant shall deal prudently; he shall be exalted and extolled and be very
high.
44 As many were
astonished at thee—his visage was so marred, more than any man, and his form
more than the sons of men—
45 So shall he
sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him, for that which
had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall
they consider.
46
Verily, verily, I say unto you, all these things shall surely come, even as the
Father hath commanded me. Then shall this covenant which the Father hath
covenanted with his people be fulfilled; and then shall Jerusalem be inhabited
again with my people, and it shall be the land of their inheritance.
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20 For it shall
come to pass, saith the Father, that at that day whosoever will not repent and
come unto my Beloved Son, them will I cut off from among my people, O house of
Israel;
21 And I will
execute vengeance and fury upon them, even as upon the heathen, such as they
have not heard.
22
But if they will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not their hearts,
I will establish my church among them, and they shall come in unto the covenant
and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob, unto whom I have given this
land for their inheritance;
23
And they shall assist my people, the remnant of Jacob, and also as many of the
house of Israel as shall come, that they may build a city, which shall be
called the New Jerusalem.
24
And then shall they assist my people that they may be gathered in, who are
scattered upon all the face of the land, in unto the New Jerusalem.
25 And then shall the power of heaven come down among
them; and I also will be in the midst.
26 And then shall
the work of the Father commence at that day, even when this gospel shall be
preached among the remnant of this people. Verily I say unto you, at that day shall the work of the Father commence
among all the dispersed of my people, yea, even the tribes which have been
lost, which the Father hath led away out of Jerusalem.
27
Yea, the work shall commence among all the dispersed of my people, with the
Father to prepare the way whereby they may come unto me, that they may call on
the Father in my name.
28
Yea, and then shall the work commence, with the Father among all nations in
preparing the way whereby his people may be gathered home to the land of their
inheritance.
29
And they shall go out from all nations; and they shall not go out in haste, nor
go by flight, for I will go before them, saith the Father, and I will be their
rearward.
