Converted Gentiles will be numbered with the covenant people—Many Lamanites and Jews will believe the word and become delightsome—Israel will be restored ad the wicked destroyed. About 559-545 B.C.
1 And now behold, my
beloved brethren, I would speak unto you; for I, Nephi, would not suffer that
ye should suppose that ye are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be. For
behold, except ye shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise
perish; and because of the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that
the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.
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.
3 And now, I would
prophesy somewhat more concerning the Jews and the Gentiles. For after the book
of which I have spoken shall come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and
sealed up again unto the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the
words which are written; and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of
our seed.
4 And then shall the
remnant of our seed know concerning us, how that we came out from Jerusalem,
and that they are descendants of the Jews.
5 And the gospel of
Jesus Christ shall be declared among them; wherefore, they shall be restored
unto the knowledge of their fathers, and also to the knowledge of Jesus Christ,
which was had among their fathers.
6 And then shall they
rejoice; for they shall know that it is a blessing unto them from the hand of
God; and their scales of darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many
generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and a
delightsome people.
7 And it shall come to
pass that the Jews which are scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ;
and they shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as
shall believe in Christ shall also become a delightsome people.
8 And it shall come to
pass that the Lord God shall commence his work among all nations, kindreds,
tongues, and people, to bring about the restoration of his people upon the
earth.
9 And with
righteousness shall the Lord God judge the poor, and reprove with equity for
the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth;
and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
10 For the time
speedily cometh that the Lord God shall cause a great division among the
people, and the wicked will he destroy; and he will spare his people, yea, even
if it so be that he must destroy the wicked by fire.
11 And righteousness
shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
12 And then shall the
wolf dwell with the lamb; and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the
calf, and the young lion, and the fatling, together; and a little child shall
lead them.
13 And the cow and the
bear shall be feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion
shall eat straw like the ox.
14 And the suckling
child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his
hand on the cockatrice’s den.
15 They shall not hurt
nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
16 Wherefore, the
things of all nations shall be made known; yea, all things shall be made known
unto the children of men.
17 There is nothing which
is secret save it shall be revealed; there is no work of darkness save it shall
be made manifest in the light; and there is nothing which is sealed upon the
earth save it shall be loosed.
18 Wherefore, all thigs
which have been revealed unto the children of men shall at that day be
revealed; and Satan shall have power over the hearts of the children of men no
more, for a long time. And now, my beloved brethren, I make an end of my sayings.
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