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  Third Nephi, Chapter twenty seven. And it came to pass that as the
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  disciples of Jesus were journeying and were preaching the things which they had both heard
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  and seen, and were baptizing in the name of Jesus. It came to
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  pass that the disciples were gathered together and were united in mighty prayer and fasting.
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  And Jesus again showed himself unto them, for they were praying unto the
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  Father in his name. And Jesus came and stood in the midst of them
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  and said unto them, what will ye that I shall give unto you?
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  And they said, unto him, Lord, we will that thou wouldst tell
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  us the name whereby we shall call this church. For there are disputations among
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  the people concerning this matter. And the Lord said, unto them, verily,
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  verily, I say unto you. Why is it that the people should
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  murmur and dispute because of this thing? Have ye not read the scriptures which
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  say ye must take upon you the name of Christ, which is my name.
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  For by this name shall ye be called at the last day. And
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  whoso taketh upon him my name and endureth to the end. The same shall
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  be saved at the last day. Therefore, whatsoever ye shall do, ye
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  shall do it in my name. Therefore ye shall call the church in my
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  name, and ye shall call upon the Father in my name, that he
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  will bless the church for my sake. And how be it my church,
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  save it be called in my name. For if a church be called in
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  Moses's name, then it be Moses's church, Or if it be called in
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  the name of a man, then it be the church of a man.
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  But if it be called in my name, then it is my church.
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  If it so be that they are built upon my gospel, Verily I say
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  unto you that ye are built upon my gospel. Therefore ye shall call whatsoever
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  things ye do call in my name. Therefore, if ye shall call upon
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  the Father for the church, if it be in my name, the Father
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  will hear you. And if it so be that the church is built upon
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  my gospel, then will the Father show forth his own works in it.
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  But if it be not built upon My gospel, and is built upon the
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  works of man, or upon the works of the devil, verily I say
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  unto you, they have joy in their works for a season, and by
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  and by the end cometh, and they are hewn down and cast into the
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  fire, from whence there is no return for their works. Do follow them,
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  for it is because of their works that they are hewn down. Therefore,
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  remember the things that I have told you. Behold, I have given
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  unto you my gospel. And this is the gospel which I have given unto
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  you. That I came into the world to do the will of my Father,
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  because my father sent me. And my father sent me that I might
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  be lifted up upon the cross. And after that I had been lifted up
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  upon the cross, that I might draw all man unto me. That as
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  I have been lifted up by man, even so shall men be lifted up
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  by the Father to stand before me, to be judged of their works,
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  whether they be good or whether they be evil. And for this cause have
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  I been lifted up. Therefore, according to the power of the Father,
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  I will draw all men unto me, that they may be judged according to
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  their works. And it shall come to pass that whoso repenteth and is baptized
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  in my name shall be filled. And if he endureth to the end,
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  behold him. Will I hold guiltless before my Father At that day when I
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  shall stand to judge the world. And he that endureth not unto the end,
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  the same as he that is also hewn down and cast into the fire,
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  from whence they can no more return, because of the justice of the
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  Father. And this is the word which he hath given unto the children of
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  men. And for this cause he fulfilleth the words which he hath given.
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  And he lieth not, but fulfilleth all his words. And no unclean thing
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  can enter into his kingdom. Therefore nothing entereth into his rest, save it
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  be those who have washed their garments in my blood, because of their faith
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  and the repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end.
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  Now this is the commandment. Repent all ye ends of the earth, and
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  come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may be sanctified
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  by the reception of the Holy Ghost, that ye may stand spotless before me
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  at the last day. Verily, verily, I say unto you, this
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  is my Gospel. And ye know the things that ye must do in my
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  church. For the works which ye have seen me do, that shall ye
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  also do. For that which ye have seen me do. Even that shall
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  ye do. Therefore, if ye do these things, blessed are ye,
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  for ye shall be lifted up at the last day. Write the things which
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  ye have seen and heard, save it be those which are forbidden, the
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  works of this people, which shall be even as hath been written, of
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  that which hath been for Behold, out of the books which have been written
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  and which shall be written, shall this people be judged? For by them
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  shall their works be known unto men. And behold, all things are written
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  by the Father. Therefore, out of the books which shall be written,
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  shall the world be judged. And know ye that ye shall be judges of
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  this people according to the judgment which I shall give unto you, which shall
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  be just. Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be? Verily
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  I say unto you, even as I am, And now I go unto
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  the Father. And verily I say unto you. Whatsoever things ye shall ask
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  the Father in my name shall be given unto you. Therefore, ask,
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  and ye shall receive, knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
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  For he that asketh receiveth and unto him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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  And now behold, my joy is great, even unto fullness because of you,
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  and also this generation yea, and even the Father rejoiceth, and also
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  all the Holy angels because of You and this generation, for none of them
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  are lost. Behold, I would that ye should understand, for I mean
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  them who are now alive of this generation, and none of them are lost.
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  And in them I have fullness of joy. But behold, it sorroweth
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  me because of the fourth generation from this generation, for they are led away
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  captive by him, even as was the son of Perdition. For they will
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  sell me for silver and for gold, and for that which moth doth corrupt,
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  and which thieves can break through, and steel. And in that day
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  will I visit them, even in turning their works upon their own heads.
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  And it came to pass that when Jesus had ended these sayings, he said,
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  unto his disciples, enter ye in at the strait gate. For straight
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  is the gate, and ne'er is the way that leads to life, and
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  few there be that find it. But wide is the gate, and broad
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  the way which leads to death. And many there be that travel therein until
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  the night cometh, wherein no man can work. Third Ne. Five,
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  chapter twenty eight. And it came to pass. When Jesus had said these
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  words, he spake unto his disciples one by one, saying unto them,
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  what is it that ye desire of me? After that I am gone to
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  the Father. And they all spake, save it were three, saying,
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  we desire that, after we have lived unto the age of man, that
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  our ministry, wherein thou hast called us, may have an end, that
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  we may speedily come unto thee in thy kingdom. And he said unto them,
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  blessed are ye, because ye desired this sting of me. Therefore after
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  that year seventy and two years old, ye shall come unto me in my
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  kingdom, and with me ye shall find rest. And when he had spoken
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  unto them, he turned himself unto the three and said unto them, what
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  will ye that I should do unto you when I am gone again unto the
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  Father. And they sorrowed in their hearts, for they durst not speak unto
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  him the things which they desired. And he said unto them, behold,
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  I know your thoughts, and ye have desired the thing which John, my
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  beloved, who was with me in my ministry before that. I was lifted
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  up by the jews desired of me. Therefore more blessed are ye, for
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  ye shall never taste of death, but ye shall live to behold all the
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  doings of the Father unto the children of men, even until all things shall
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  be fulfilled according to the will of the Father, when I shall come in
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  my glory with the powers of heaven, and ye shall never endure the pains
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  of death. But when I shall come in my glory, ye shall be
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  changed in the twinkling of an eye from more to immortality. And then shall
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  ye be blessed in the kingdom of my Father. And again ye shall not
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  have pain, while ye shall dwell in the flesh, neither sorrow, save
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  it be for the sins of the world. And all this will I do
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  because of the thing which ye have desired of me. For ye have desired
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  that ye might bring the souls of man unto me, while the world shall
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  stand. And for this cause ye shall have fullness of joy, and ye
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  shall sit down in the kingdom of my Father. Yea, your joy shall
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  be full, even as the Father hath given me fullness of joy. And
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  ye shall be even as I am, and I am even as the Father
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  and the Father, and I are one, and the Holy Ghost beareth record
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  of the Father and me. And the Father giveth the Holy Ghost unto the
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  children of men because of Me. And it came to pass that when Jesus
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  had spoken these words, he touched every one of them with his finger,
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  save it were the three who were to tarry. And then he departed.
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  And behold, the heavens were opened, and they were caught up into heaven,
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  and saw and heard unspeakable things. And it was forbidden them that they
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  should utter. Neither was it given unto them power that they could utter the
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  things which they saw and heard. And whether they were in the body or
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  out of the body, they could not tell. For it did seem unto
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  them like a transfiguration of them, that they were changed from this body of
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  flesh into an immortal state, that they could behold the things of God.
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  But it came to pass that they did again minister unto the face of the
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  earth. Nevertheless, they did not minister of the things which they had heard
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  and seen, because of the commandment which was given them in heaven. And
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  now, whether they were mortal or immortal from the day of their transfiguration,
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  I know not, But this much I know, according to the record which
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  hath been given, they did go forth upon the face of the land,
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  and did minister unto all the people, uniting as many to the Church as
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  would believe in their preaching, baptizing them, and as many as were baptized
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  did receive the Holy Ghost. And they were cast into prison by them who
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  did not belong to the Church, and the prisons could not hold them,
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  for they were rent in twain. And they were cast down into the earth.
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  But they did smite the earth with the word of God, insomuch that
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  by His power they were delivered out of the depths of the earth. And
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  therefore they could not dig pits sufficient to hold them. And thrice they were
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  cast into a furnace, and received no harm. And twice were they cast
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  into a den of wild beasts, and behold, they did play with the
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  beasts as a child with a suckling lamb, and received no harm. And
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  it came to pass that thus did they go forth among all the people of
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  Nephi, and had preached the Gospel of Christ and to all the people upon
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  the face of the land. And they were converted unto the Lord, and
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  were united unto the Church of Christ. And thus the people of that generation
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  were blessed according to the word of Jesus. And now I Mormon, make
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  an end of speaking concerning these things for a time. Behold, I was
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  about to write the names of those who were never to taste of death.
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  But the Lord forbade therefore I write them not, for they are hid from
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  the world. But behold, I have seen them, and they have ministered
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  unto me. And behold, they will be among the Gentiles, and the
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  Gentiles shall know them not. They will also be among the Jews, and
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  the Jews shall know them not. And it shall come to pass when the
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  Lord seeth fit in his wisdom, that they shall minister into all the scattered
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  tribes of Israel and unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people,
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  and shall bring out of them unto Jesus many souls, that their desire may
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  be fulfilled. And also because of the convincing power of God which is in
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  them. And they are as the angels of God. And if they shall
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  pray unto the Father in the name of Jesus, they can show themselves unto
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  whatsoever man it seemeth them good. Therefore, great and marvelous works shall be
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  wrought by them before the great and coming day, when all people must surely
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  stand before the judgment seat of Christ. YEA, even among the gentiles,
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  shall there be a great and marvelous work wrought by them before the judgment day.
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  And if ye had all the scriptures which give an account of all the
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  marvelous works of Christ, ye would, according to the words of Christ,
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  know that these things must surely come. And woe unto him that will not
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  hearken unto the words of Jesus, and also to them whom he hath chosen
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  and sent among them. For whoso receiveth not the words of Jesus, and
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  the words of those whom he hath sent receiveth not him. And therefore he
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  will not receive them at the last day. And it would be better for
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  them if they had not been born. For ye suppose that ye can get
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  rid of the justice of an offended God, who hath been trampled under feet
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  of men, that thereby salvation might come. And now behold, as I
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  spake concerning those whom the Lord hath chosen, YEA even three who were caught
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  up into the heavens, that I knew not whether they were cleansed from mortality
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  to immortality. But behold, since I wrote, I have inquired of the
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  Lord, and he hath made it manifest unto me that there must needs be
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  a change rod upon their bodies, or else it needs be that they must
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  taste of death. Therefore, that they might not taste of death, there
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  was a change rod upon their bodies, that they might not suffer pain nor
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  sorrow, save it were for the sins of the world. Now this change
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  was not equal to that which shall take place at the last day. But
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  there was a change wrought upon them in so much that Satan could have no
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  power over them, that he could not tempt them. And they were sanctified
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  in the flesh, that they were holy, and that the powers of the
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  earth could not hold them. And in this state they were to remain until
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  the judgment day of Christ. And at that day they were to receive a
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  greater change, and to be received into the Kingdom of the Father, to
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  go no more out, but to dwell eternally in the heavens or Nephi chapter
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  twenty nine. And now behold, I say unto you that when the Lord
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  shall see fit in his wisdom, that these sayings shall come unto the gentiles
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  according to his word. Then ye may know that the covenant which the Father
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  hath made with the children of Israel concerning their restoration to the lands of their
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  inheritance, is already beginning to be fulfilled. And ye may know that the
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  words of the Lord, which have been spoken by the Holy prophets, shall
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  all be fulfilled. And ye need not say that the Lord delays his coming
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  unto the children of Israel. And ye need not imagine in your hearts that
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  the words which have been spoken are vain. For behold, the Lord will
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  remember his covenant which he hath made unto his people of the House of Israel.
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  And when ye shall see these sayings coming forth among you, then ye
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  need not any longer spurn at the doings of the Lord. For the sword
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  of his justice is in his right hand. And behold, at that day,
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  if ye shall spurn at his doings, he will cause that it shall
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  soon overtake you. Woe unto him that spurneth at the doings of the Lord.
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  Yea woe unto him that shall deny the Christ and his works. Yea
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  woe unto him that shall deny the revelations of the Lord, and that shall
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  say, the Lord no longer worketh by revelation, or by prophecy, or
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  by gifts, or by tongues, or by healings, or by the power
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  of the Holy Ghost. Yea, and woe unto him that shall say at
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  that day to get gained, that there can be no miracle wrought by Jesus
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  Christ. For he that doeth this shall become likened to the son of Perdition,
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  for whom there was no mercy according to the word of Christ. Yea,
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  And ye need not any longer his nor spurn, nor make game of
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  the Jews, nor any of the remnant of the House of Israel. For
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  behold, the Lord remembereth his covenant unto them, and he will do unto
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  them according to that which he hath sworn. Therefore, ye need not suppose
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  that ye can turn the right hand of the Lord unto the left, that
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  he may not execute judgment unto the fulfilling of the covenant which he hath made
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  unto the House of Israel. Thirty five, Chapter thirty. Hearken, o,
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  ye gentiles, and hear the words of Jesus Christ, the son of
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  the Living God, which he hath commanded me that I should speak concerning you.
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  For behold, he commandeth me that I should write, saying, turn
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  all ye gentiles, from your wicked ways, and repent of your evil doings,
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  of your lyings and deceivings, and of your hortems, and of your
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  secret abominations and your idolatries, and of your murders and your priestcrafts, and
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  your envyings and your strife, and from all your wickedness and abominations, and
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  come unto me and be baptized in my name, that ye may receive a
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  remission of your sins and be filled with the Holy Ghost, that ye may
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  be numbered with my people, who are of the House of Israel and of
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  thirty five chapters twenty seven through thirty