Post by Nephi –
Following a very exhausting discussion with my brothers concerning the things my father saw in his dream, I feel the desire to clarify a few things.
In the future the Gentiles will be instrumental in bringing the house of Israel out of captivity, to a knowledge of our Savior. If they hearken to the Lamb of God, He will manifest Himself to them in word, deed and power, removing their stumbling blocks. They will even be numbered among the house of Israel and be a blessed people in the promised land – forever.
Remember the great pit, dug by the great and abominable church and founded by the devil and the devil’s children? Well, that pit will be filled by those that dug it. They are those that will be destroyed according to the justice of God.
The angel told me that as long as the Gentiles repent they will enjoy the covenants of the Lord made with the house of Israel. Of course if they don’t repent they will surely perish. So the Gentiles better be careful to stay close to the promises and covenants they make.
The Lamb of God will work a great and marvelous work among the children of men. It will be an everlasting work, either to eternal captivity and destruction or to peace and life eternal.
As the angel showed me the great church of the devil, he pointed out there are only two churches – one is the church of the Lamb of God and the other is the church of the devil. You will either belong to one or the other. I saw the great church of the devil, which the angel called the whore of all the earth. She sat upon the many waters and had dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues and people. The church of the Lamb of God was much smaller – only few in number because of the wickedness of the great whore.
The church of the Lamb of God, though small, was also scattered all across the world.
The great abominable church gathered to fight against the saints of the Lamb of God. The power of the Lamb of God descended upon the covenant people and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory. The wrath of God was poured out on the great and abonimable church and there were wars and more wars among all the nations of the earth.
The angel showed me a man dressed in a white robe. I was told that he was one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb and he would see and write concerning the end of the world. That was quite a relief. I was shown so many things, I am glad not to have the commandment to write them all down. This apostle of the Lamb will be writing the rest of the vision I was shown, so I will not be recounting the remainder of my vision here in my blog. The things that he will write will be just and true and will be contained in a book that proceeds from the mouth of the Jews. When it does come forth from the mouth of the Jews it will be pure and plain and easy to understand. Yet it won’t necessarily remain that way.
The angel also told me there would be others that will keep written records, which records will come forth in the Lord’s due time. How comforting to know that when they come forth, they will come forth in purity.
Now let me tell you that I was told and I bear record, that the name of the apostle of the Lamb was John, according to what the angel told me.
Since I was forbidden to write the rest of the things which I saw and heard, I’ll call this good. I have written enough about what my father saw and what the angel showed me. But keep in mind, there was a bunch more, and I would have willingly blogged about it if I hadn’t been told not to.
So there you have it.
(Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 14:1 – 30)
