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  Thirty five, chapter twenty one. And verily I say unto you, I
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  give unto you a sign that ye may know the time when these things shall
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  be about to take place, that I shall gather in from their long dispersion
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  my people the House of Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion.
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  And behold, this is the thing which I will give unto you for
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  a sign. For verily I say unto you that when these things which I
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  declare unto you, and which I shall declare unto you hereafter of myself and
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  by the power of the Holy Ghost, which shall be given unto you of
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  the Father, shall be made known unto the gentiles, that they may know
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  concerning this people, who are a remnant of the House of Jacob, and
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  concerning this my people, who shall be scattered by them. Verily, verily
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  I say unto you, when these things shall be made known unto them of
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  the Father, and shall come forth of the Father from them unto you,
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  for it is wisdom in the Father that they should be established in this land
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  and be set up as a free people, the power of the Father,
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  that these things might come forth from them unto a remnant of your seed,
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  that the covenant of the Father may be fulfilled, which he hath covenanted with
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  his people, O House of Israel. Therefore, when these works and the
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  works which shall be wrought among you hereafter, shall come forth from the gentiles
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  unto your seed, which shall dwindle an unbelief because of iniquity. For thus
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  it behooveth the Father that it should come forth from the Gentiles, that he
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  may show forth his power unto the gentiles. For this cause, that the
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  gentiles, if they will not harden their hearts, that they may repent and
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  come unto me and be baptized in my name, and know of the true
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  points of my doctrine, that they may be numbered among my people, O
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  House of Israel. And when these things come to pass, that thy seed
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  shall begin to know these things, it shall be a sign unto them that
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  they may know that the work of the Father hath already commenced unto the fulfilling
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  of the covenant which he hath made unto the people who are of the House
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  of Israel. And when that day shall come, it shall come to pass
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  that kings shall shut their mouths, for that which had not been told them,
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  shall they see and that which they had not heard, shall they consider.
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  For in that day for my sake shall the Father work a work which
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  shall be a great and a marvelous work among them. And there shall be
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  among them those who will not believe it, although a man shall declare it
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  unto them. But behold, the life of my servant shall be in my
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  hand. Therefore they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because
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  of them, Yet I will heal him, for I will show unto them
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  that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil. Therefore it shall
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  come to pass that whosoever will not believe in my words, who am Jesus
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  Christ, which the Father shall cause him to bring forth unto the Gentiles,
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  and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles.
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  It shall be done even as Moses said, they shall be cut off
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  from among my people who are of the covenant, and my people who are
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  a remnant of Jacob shall be among the gentiles, yea in the midst of
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  them, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young
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  lion among the flocks of the sheep, who if he go through both treadeth
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  down and tereth in pieces, and none can deliver. Their hands shall be
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  lifted up upon their adversaries, and all their enemies shall be cut off.
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  Yea woe be unto the gentiles, except they repent, for it shall come
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  to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off
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  thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots.
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  And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down
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  all thy strongholds. And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy land,
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  and thou shalt have no more soothsayers thy graven images. I will also cut
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  off and thy standing images out of the midst of thee, and thou shalt
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  no more worship the works of thy hands. And I will pluck up thy
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  groves out of the midst of thee. So will I destroy thy cities.
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  They shall come to pass that all lyings and deceivings, and envyings, and
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  strifes, and priests, grass and hortoms shall be done away. For it
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  shall come to pass, saith the Father that at that day, whosoever will
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  not repent and come unto my beloved son them, will I cut off from
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  among my people, O House of Israel, and I will execute vengeance and
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  fury upon them, even as upon the heathen, such as they have not
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  heard. But if they will repent and hearken unto my words and harden not
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  their hearts, I will establish my church among them. And they shall come
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  in unto the Covenant, and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob,
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  unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance. And they shall assist
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  my people, the remnant of Jacob, and also as many of the House
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  of Israel, that they may build a city which shall be called the New
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  Jerusalem. And then shall they assist my people, that they may be gathered
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  in, who are scattered upon all the face of the land, in unto
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  the Jerusalem. And then shall the power of Heaven come down among them,
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  and I will also be in the midst. And then shall the work of
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  the Father commence it that day, even when this gospel shall be preached among
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  the remnant of this people. Verily, I say unto you, at that
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  day shall the work of the Father commence among all the dispersed of my people.
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  Yea, even the tribes which have been lost, which the Father hath
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  led away out of Jerusalem. Yea, the work shall commence among all the
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  dispersed of my people with the Father, to prepare the way whereby they may
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  come unto me, that they may call on the Father in my name.
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  Yea. And then shall the work commence with the Father among all nations,
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  in preparing the way whereby his people may be gathered home to the land of
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  their inheritance. And they shall go out from all nations. And they shall
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  not go out in haste, nor go by flight. For I will go
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  before them, Saith the Father, and I will be their rear ward.
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  Third Nephi, chapter twenty two. And then shall that which is written come
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  to pass, seeing O baron thou that didst not bear, break forth into
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  singing, and cry aloud thou that didst not travail with child. For more
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  are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife. Saith
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  the Lord, enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth
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  the curtains of thy habitations. Spare not lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes.
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  For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left,
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  and thy seed shall inherit the gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be
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  inhabited. Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed, neither be thou
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  confounded. For thou shalt not be put to shame. For thou shalt forget
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  the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy youth,
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  and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. For thy
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  Maker, thy husband, the Lord of Hosts, is his name, and
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  thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of the whole earth.
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  Shall he be called. For the Lord hath called Thee as a woman
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  forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast
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  refused, Saith Thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee.
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  But with great mercies will I gather THEE. In a little wrath, I
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  hid my face from THEE for a moment. But with everlasting kindness will I
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  have mercy on thee. Saith the Lord, thy Redeemer. For this the
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  waters of Noah unto me. For as I have sworn that the waters of
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  Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I
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  would not be wroth with THEE. For the mountains shall depart and the heels
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  be removed. But my kindness shall not depart from THEE. Neither shall the
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  covenant of my peace be removed. Saith the Lord that hath mercy on THEE.
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  O, thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted. Behold,
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  I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with
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  sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of
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  carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. And all thy children shall
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  be taught of the Lord. And great shall be the peace of thy children.
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  In righteousness. Shalt thou be established. Thou shalt be far from oppression,
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  for thou shalt not fear and from terror, for it shall not come
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  near THEE. Behold, they shall surely gather together against THEE. Not by
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  me. Whosoever shall gather together against THEE shall fall for thy sake. Behold,
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  I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and
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  that bringeth an instrument for his work. And I have created the waste to
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  destroy. No weapon that is formed against ye shall prosper. And every tongue
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  that shall revile against thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the
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  heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me,
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  Saith the Lord. Third Nephi, chapter twenty three. And now behold,
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  I say unto you that ye ought to search these things. Yea a commandment
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  I given to you, that ye search these things diligently. For great are
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  the words of Isaiah. For surely he spake as touching all things concerning my
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  people, which are of the House of Israel. Therefore it must needs be
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  that he must speak also to the gentiles. And all things that he spake
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  have been and shall be even according to the words which he spake. Therefore,
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  give heed to my words. Write the things which I have told you,
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  And according to the time and the will of the Father, they shall
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  go forth unto the gentiles. And whosoever will hearken unto my words and repenteth
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  and is baptized, the same shall be saved. Search the prophets, for
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  many there be that testify of these things. And now it came to pass
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  that when Jesus had said these words, he said unto them again. After
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  he had expounded all the scriptures unto them which they had received, he said,
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  unto them, behold other scriptures. I would that ye should write that
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  ye have not. And it came to pass that he said, unto Nephi,
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  bring forth the record which ye have kept. And when Nephi had brought
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  forth the records and laid them before him, he cast his eyes upon them
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  and said, verily, I say unto you. I commanded my servant Samuel
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  to Lamanite, that he should testify unto this people, that at the day
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  that the Father should glorify his name in me, that there were many saints
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  who should arise from the dead, and should appear unto many, and should
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  minister unto them. And he said, unto them, was it not so?
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  And his disciples answered him and said, yea Lord, Samuel did prophesy
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  according to thy words. And they were all fulfilled. And Jesus said,
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  unto them, howbeit that ye have not written this thing, that many saints
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  did arise and appear unto many, and did minister unto them. And it
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  came to pass that Nephi remembered that this thing had not been written. And
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  it came to pass that Jesus commanded that it should be written. Therefore it
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  was written according as he commanded. And now it came to pass that when
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  Jesus had expounded all the scriptures in one which they had written, he commanded
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  them that they should teach the things which he had expounded unto them, Chapter
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  twenty four. And it came to pass that he commanded them that they should
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  write the words which the Father had given unto Malachi, which he should tell
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  unto them. And it came to pass that after they were written, he
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  expounded them. And these are the words which he did tell unto them,
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  saying, thus said the Father and Malachi. Behold, I will send my
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  messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me, And the Lord whom
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  ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the Covenant,
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  whom ye delight in. Behold, he shall come, Saith, the
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  Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming, and
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  who shall stand when he appeareth. For he is like a refiner's fire and
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  like fuller's soap. And he shall sit as a refiner in purifier of silver,
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  and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold
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  and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
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  Then shall the offering of Judah and a Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord,
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  as in the days of old, and as inform years. And I will
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  come near to you to judgment. And I will be a swift witness against
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  the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against
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  those who oppressed the hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless,
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  And that turn aside the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord
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  of Hosts. For I am the Lord. I change not. Therefore,
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  ye, sons of Jacob, are not consumed even from the days of your
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  fathers. Ye are gone away from mine ordinances and have not kept them.
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  Return unto me, And I will return unto you, saith the Lord of
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  Hosts. But ye say, wherein shall we return? Will a man rob
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  God? Yet ye have robbed me? But ye say wherein have we robbed
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  thee In tithes and offerings? Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye
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  have robbed me even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the
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  story house. That there may be meet in my house and prove me now
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  herewith Saith the Lord of Hosts. If I will not open you the windows
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  of heaven and pour you out of blessing, that there shall not be room
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  enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes.
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  And he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground. Neither shall your vine
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  cast her fruit before the time in the field, Saith the Lord of Hosts,
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  and all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightsome
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  land, Saith, the Lord of Hosts. Your words have been stout against
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  me, Saith the Lord. Yet ye say, what have we spoken against
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  thee? Ye have said it is vain to serve God? And what doth
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  it prophet? That we have kept His ordinances, and that we have walked
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  mournfully before the Lord of Hosts. And now we call the proud happy.
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  YEA, they that work wickedness are set up. YEA, they that temph
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  God are even delivered. Then that feared the Lord spake often one to another,
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  and the Lord hearkened and heard, and a book of remembrance was written
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  before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name,
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  and they shall be mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. In that
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  day, when I make up my jewels, and I will spare them,
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  as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Then shall ye return
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  and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and
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  him that serveth him not thirty five, Chapter twenty five. For behold the
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  day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud Yea,
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  and all that do wickedly shall be stubble. And the day that cometh shall
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  burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave them
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  neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name, shall the
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  Son of Righteousness arise with healing in his wings. And ye shall go forth
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  and grow up as calves in the stall, and ye shall tread down the
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  wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet. And
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  the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of Hosts, Remember
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  ye the law of Moses, my servant, which I commanded unto him in
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  Horreb. For all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I
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  will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day
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  of the Lord. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the
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  children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come
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  and smite the earth with a curse. Thirdy Fi, Chapter twenty six.
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  And now it came to pass that when Jesus had told these things, he
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  expounded them unto the multitude. And he did expound all things unto them,
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  both great and small. And he saith these scriptures which ye have not with
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  you. The Father commanded that I should give unto you, for it was
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  wisdom in him that they should be given unto future generations. And he did
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  expound all things, even from the beginning until the time that he should come
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  in his glory. Yea, even all things which should come upon the face
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  of the earth, even till the elements should melt with fervent heat, and
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  the earth should be wrapped together as a scroll, and the heavens and the
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  earth should pass away, and even unto the great and last day, when
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  all people, and all kindreds, and all nations and tongues shall stand before
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  God to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they
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  be evil, for if they be good, to the resurrection of everlasting life,
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  and if they be evil, to the resurrection of damnation, being on
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  a parallel, the one on the one hand and the other on the other
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  hand, according to the mercy and the justice and the holiness which is in
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  Christ, who was before the world began. And now there cannot be written
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  in this book even a hundredth part of the things which Jesus did truly teach
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  under the people. But behold, the plates of Nephi do contain the more
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  part of the things which he taught the people. And these things have I
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  which are a lesser part of the things which He taught the people. And
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  I have written them to the intent that they may be brought again unto this
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  people from the gentiles, according to the words which Jesus hath spoken. And
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  when they shall have received this, which is expedient, that they should have
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  first to try their faith. And if it shall so be that they shall
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  believe these things, then shall the greater things be made manifest unto them.
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  And if it so be that they will not believe these things, then shall
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  the greater things be withheld from them unto their condemnation. Behold, I was
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  about to write them all which were engraven upon the plates of Nephi, but
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  the Lord forbade it, saying, I will try the faith of my people.
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  Therefore, I, Mormon, do right the things which have been commanded
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  me of the Lord. And now I, Mormon, make an end of
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  my sayings, and proceed to write the things which have been commanded me.
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  Therefore I would that ye should behold that the Lord truly did teach the people
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  for the space of three days, and after that he did show himself unto
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  them oft, and did break bread oft and bless it and give it unto
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  them. And it came to pass that he did teach and minister unto the
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  children of the multitude of whom hath been spoken, and he did loose their
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  tongues, and they did speak unto their Father's great and marvelous things, even
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  greater than he had revealed unto the people. And he loosed their tongues that
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  they could utter. And it came to pass that, after he had ascended
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  into heaven the second time, that he showed himself unto them, and had
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  gone unto the Father, after having healed all their sick and their lame,
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  and opened the eyes of their blind and unstopped the ears of the death,
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  and even had done all manner of cures among them, and raised a man
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  from the dead, and had shown forth his power unto them, and had
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  ascended unto the Father. Behold, it came to pass on the morrow that
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  the multitude gathered themselves together, and they both saw and heard these children.
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  Yea, even babes did open their mouths and utter marvelous things. And the
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  things which they did utter were forbidden, that there should not any man write
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  to them. And it came to pass that the disciples whom Jesus had chosen
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  began from that time force to baptize and to teach as many as that come
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  unto them, And as many as were baptized in the name of Jesus were
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  filled with the Holy Ghost. And many of them saw and heard unspeakable things
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  which are not lawful to be written. And they taught and did minister one
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  to another. And they had all things common among them, every man dealing
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  justly one with another. And it came to pass that they did do all
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  things even as Jesus had commanded them. And they who were baptized in the
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  name of Jesus were called the Church of Christ. End of thirt Neyphive,
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  Chapters twenty one through twenty six