Post by Jacob –
We know that many of our posterity will parish in the flesh because of unbelief, however God will be merciful to many others and they will be restored again to that which will bring them to the true knowledge of their Redeemer. Let me tell you a bit about Him. Let me share with you what I was shown by an angel last night.
His name will be Christ and He will come among the Jews, who are the more wicked part of the world and they will crucify Him. I refer to them as the more wicked part of the world because there is no other nation on the earth that would crucify their God.
Even after all the mighty miracles He will preform among them, any other nation would repent and know He was their God. But because of their priestcrafts and their iniquities, they at Jerusalem will stiffen their necks against him, and they will crucify Him. They will not be held blameless, because of their iniquities, they will suffer. Destructions, famines, pestilences, and bloodshed will come upon them; many will be destroyed and the remainder will be scattered among the nations.
But here is another demonstration of Gods great mercy. Here are His words, “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. 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. 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?”
I won’t dispute. So, great things will happen in the future to restore God’s covenant people. Yet, we know that this new promised land will be a land of our inheritance and the Gentiles will also be blessed on this land. This land will be a land of liberty for the Gentiles, and according to God, “there will be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles. And I will fortify this land against all other nations. And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith God. For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.”
“Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret works of darkness, and of murders, and of abominations.”
“Wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion, both Jew and Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish; for they are they who are the whore of all the earth; for they who are not for me are against me.”
“For I will fulfil my promises which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh—” says God.
Please pay attention to what God is saying. He says He will afflict our posterity by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, He will soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they will be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles will be blessed and numbered among the house of Israel. And He will consecrate this land to our posterity, and to those who will be numbered among our seed, forever, for the land of their inheritance; God has told me, it is a choice land, above all other lands, and He will have all men that dwell here worship Him.
Now, all of you reading this blog, seeing that our merciful God has given us such wonderful knowledge concerning these things, let’s remember Him, and put aside our sins, but not hang down our heads, for we’re not cast off; nevertheless, we’ve been driven out of the land of our inheritance; but we’ve been led to a better land, for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are upon an isle of the sea.
The promises of the Lord unto all of us who are upon the isles of the sea are great; The Lord refers to these lands as isles, and there’s surely more than this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren. We know from time to time the Lord God has led away others from the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure. The Lord remembers all of them who have been broken off, wherefore He remembers us also.
Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that we are free to act for ourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life. We’ve got to reconcile ourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after we are reconciled to God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that we are saved.
I pray that God may raise us from death by the power of the resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the atonement, that we may be received into the eternal kingdom of God, that we may praise Him through grace divine. Amen.
(Book of Mormon | 2 Nephi 10:1 – 25)
