The Book of Mormon Part 7
1 Nephi 13:32 32 Neither will the Lord G.o.d suffer that the Gentiles shall forever remain in that awful state of blindness, which thou beholdest they are in, because of the plain and most precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, whose formation thou hast seen.
1 Nephi 13:33 33 Wherefore saith the Lamb of G.o.d: I will be merciful unto the Gentiles, unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of Israel in great judgment.
1 Nephi 13:34 34 And it came to pa.s.s that the angel of the Lord spake unto me, saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of G.o.d, after I have visited the remnant of the house of Israel--and this remnant of whom I speak is the seed of thy father--wherefore, after I have visited them in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles, and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb--I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, insomuch that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power, much of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.
1 Nephi 13:35 35 For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself unto thy seed, that they shall write many things which I shall minister unto them, which shall be plain and precious; and after thy seed shall be destroyed, and dwindle in unbelief, and also the seed of thy brethren, behold, these things shall be hid up, to come forth unto the Gentiles, by the gift and power of the Lamb.
1 Nephi 13:36 36 And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and my rock and my salvation.
1 Nephi 13:37 37 And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.
1 Nephi 13:38 38 And it came to pa.s.s that I beheld the remnant of the seed of my brethren, and also the book of the Lamb of G.o.d, which had proceeded forth from the mouth of the Jew, that it came forth from the Gentiles unto the remnant of the seed of my brethren.
1 Nephi 13:39 39 And after it had come forth unto them I beheld other books, which came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto them, unto the convincing of the Gentiles and the remnant of the seed of my brethren, and also the Jews who were scattered upon all the face of the earth, that the records of the prophets and of the twelve apostles of the Lamb are true.
1 Nephi 13:40 40 And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last records, which thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of the first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and shall make known the plain and precious things which have been taken away from them; and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and people, that the Lamb of G.o.d is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.
1 Nephi 13:41 41 And they must come according to the words which shall be established by the mouth of the Lamb; and the words of the Lamb shall be made known in the records of thy seed, as well as in the records of the twelve apostles of the Lamb; wherefore they both shall be established in one; for there is one G.o.d and one Shepherd over all the earth.
1 Nephi 13:42 42 And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all nations, both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and after he has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles, then he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and also unto the Jews, and the last shall be first, and the first shall be last.
1 Nephi 14 Chapter 14
1 Nephi 14:1 1 And it shall come to pa.s.s, that if the Gentiles shall hearken unto the Lamb of G.o.d in that day that he shall manifest himself unto them in word, and also in power, in very deed, unto the taking away of their stumbling blocks--
1 Nephi 14:2 2 And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of G.o.d, they shall be numbered among the seed of thy father; yea, they shall be numbered among the house of Israel; and they shall be a blessed people upon the promised land forever; they shall be no more brought down into captivity; and the house of Israel shall no more be confounded.
1 Nephi 14:3 3 And that great pit, which hath been digged for them by that great and abominable church, which was founded by the devil and his children, that he might lead away the souls of men down to h.e.l.l--yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men shall be filled by those who digged it, unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of G.o.d; not the destruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into that h.e.l.l which hath no end.
1 Nephi 14:4 4 For behold, this is according to the captivity of the devil, and also according to the justice of G.o.d, upon all those who will work wickedness and abomination before him.
1 Nephi 14:5 5 And it came to pa.s.s that the angel spake unto me, Nephi, saying: Thou hast beheld that if the Gentiles repent it shall be well with them; and thou also knowest concerning the covenants of the Lord unto the house of Israel; and thou also hast heard that whoso repenteth not must perish.
1 Nephi 14:6 6 Therefore, wo be unto the Gentiles if it so be that they harden their hearts against the Lamb of G.o.d.
1 Nephi 14:7 7 For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of G.o.d, that I will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men; a work which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the other--either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.
1 Nephi 14:8 8 And it came to pa.s.s that when the angel had spoken these words, he said unto me: Rememberest thou the covenants of the Father unto the house of Israel? I said unto him, Yea.
1 Nephi 14:9 9 And it came to pa.s.s that he said unto me: Look, and behold that great and abominable church, which is the mother of abominations, whose founder is the devil.
1 Nephi 14:10 10 And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of G.o.d, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of G.o.d belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the wh.o.r.e of all the earth.
1 Nephi 14:11 11 And it came to pa.s.s that I looked and beheld the wh.o.r.e of all the earth, and she sat upon many waters; and she had dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people.
1 Nephi 14:12 12 And it came to pa.s.s that I beheld the church of the Lamb of G.o.d, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the wh.o.r.e who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of G.o.d, were also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great wh.o.r.e whom I saw.
1 Nephi 14:13 13 And it came to pa.s.s that I beheld that the great mother of abominations did gather together mult.i.tudes upon the face of all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of G.o.d.
1 Nephi 14:14 14 And it came to pa.s.s that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of G.o.d, 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 G.o.d in great glory.
1 Nephi 14:15 15 And it came to pa.s.s that I beheld that the wrath of G.o.d 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.
1 Nephi 14:16 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 G.o.d is upon the mother of harlots; and behold, thou seest all these things--
1 Nephi 14:17 17 And when the day cometh that the wrath of G.o.d 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.
1 Nephi 14:18 18 And it came to pa.s.s that the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!
1 Nephi 14:19 19 And I looked and beheld a man, and he was dressed in a white robe.
1 Nephi 14:20 20 And the angel said unto me: Behold one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
1 Nephi 14:21 21 Behold, he shall see and write the remainder of these things; yea, and also many things which have been.
1 Nephi 14:22 22 And he shall also write concerning the end of the world.
1 Nephi 14:23 23 Wherefore, the things which he shall write are just and true; and behold they are written in the book which thou beheld proceeding out of the mouth of the Jew; and at the time they proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, or, at the time the book proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew, the things which were written were plain and pure, and most precious and easy to the understanding of all men.
1 Nephi 14:24 24 And behold, the things which this apostle of the Lamb shall write are many things which thou hast seen; and behold, the remainder shalt thou see.
1 Nephi 14:25 25 But the things which thou shalt see hereafter thou shalt not write; for the Lord G.o.d hath ordained the apostle of the Lamb of G.o.d that he should write them.
1 Nephi 14:26 26 And also others who have been, to them hath he shown all things, and they have written them; and they are sealed up to come forth in their purity, according to the truth which is in the Lamb, in the own due time of the Lord, unto the house of Israel.
1 Nephi 14:27 27 And I, Nephi, heard and bear record, that the name of the apostle of the Lamb was John, according to the word of the angel.
1 Nephi 14:28 28 And behold, I, Nephi, am forbidden that I should write the remainder of the things which I saw and heard; wherefore the things which I have written sufficeth me; and I have written but a small part of the things which I saw.
1 Nephi 14:29 29 And I bear record that I saw the things which my father saw, and the angel of the Lord did make them known unto me.
1 Nephi 14:30 30 And now I make an end of speaking concerning the things which I saw while I was carried away in the spirit; and if all the things which I saw are not written, the things which I have written are true. And thus it is. Amen.
1 Nephi 15 Chapter 15
1 Nephi 15:1 1 And it came to pa.s.s that after I, Nephi, had been carried away in the spirit, and seen all these things, I returned to the tent of my father.
1 Nephi 15:2 2 And it came to pa.s.s that I beheld my brethren, and they were disputing one with another concerning the things my father had spoken unto them.
1 Nephi 15:3 3 For he truly spake many great things unto them, which were hard to be understood, save a man should inquire of the Lord; and they being hard in their hearts, therefore they did not look unto the Lord as they ought.
1 Nephi 15:4 4 And now I, Nephi, was grieved because of the hardness of their hearts, and also, because of the things which I had seen, and knew they must unavoidably come to pa.s.s because of the great wickedness of the children of men.
1 Nephi 15:5 5 And it came to pa.s.s that I was overcome because of my afflictions, for I considered that mine afflictions were great above all, because of the destruction of my people, for I had beheld their fall.
1 Nephi 15:6 6 And it came to pa.s.s that after I had received strength I spake unto my brethren, desiring to know of them the cause of their disputations.
1 Nephi 15:7 7 And they said: Behold, we cannot understand the words which our father hath spoken concerning the natural branches of the olive-tree, and also concerning the Gentiles.