Many Gentiles will reject the Book of Mormon—They will say, We need no more Bible—The Lord speaks to many nations—He will Judge the world out of the books which will be written. About 559-545 B.C.
1 But behold, there
shall be many—at that day
when I shall proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my
covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand
again the second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;
2 Ans also, that I may remember
the promises which I have made unto thee, Nephi, and also unto thy father, that
I would remember your seed; and that the words of your seed should proceed
forth out of my mouth unto your seed: and my words shall hiss forth unto the
ends of the earth, for a standard unto my people, which are of the house of
Israel;
3 And because my words
shall hiss forth—many of the
Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be
any more Bible.
4 But thus saith the
Lord God: O fools, they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the
Jews, mine ancient covenant people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible
which they receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember
the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence
unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?
5 O ye Gentiles, have
ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed
them, and have hated them, and have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will
return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten
my people.
6 Thou fool, that shall
say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained
a Bible save it were by the Jews?
7 Know ye not that
there are more nations than one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have
created all men, and that I remember those who are upon the isles of the sea;
and that I rule in the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth
my word unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?
8 Wherefore murmur ye,
because that ye shall receive more of my word? Know ye not the testimony of two
nations is a witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like
unto another? Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto
another. And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two
nations shall run together also.
9 And I do this that I may
prove unto many that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak
forth my words according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken
one word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not
yet finished; neither shall it be til the end of man, neither from that time
henceforth and forever.
10 Wherefore, because
that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words; neither
need ye suppose that I have not caused more to be written.
11 For I command all
men, both in the east and in the west, and in the north, and in the south, and
in the islands of the sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto
them; for out of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every
man according to their works, according to that which is written.
12 For behold, I shall
speak unto the Jews and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the
Nephites and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the others tribes
of the house of Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall
also speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall write it.
13 And it shall come to
pass that the Jews shall have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall
have the words of the Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words
of the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and the Jews.
14 And it shall come to
pass that my people, which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home
unto the lands of their possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one.
And I will show unto them that fight against my word and against my people, who
are of the house of Israel; that I am God, and that I covenanted with Abraham
that I would remember his seed forever.
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