Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2)Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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Defense of the Faith and the Saints (Volume 1 of 2)
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saint churches
"And blessed are the Gentiles, because of their belief in me, in
and of the Holy Ghost, which witnesses unto them, of me and of the
Father. * * * * But if the Gentiles will repent, and return unto
me, saith the Lord, behold they shall be numbered among my people,
O house of Israel; * * * * And behold, this people (descendants
of the Nephites addressed) will I establish in this land unto the
fulfilling of the covenant which I made with your father Jacob; and
it shall be a New Jerusalem. And the powers of heaven shall be in
the midst of this people; yea, even I will be in the midst of you.
Behold, I am he of whom Moses spake, saying, A prophet shall the
Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me,
him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
And it shall come to pass that every soul who will not hear that
prophet, and who will not repent and come unto my beloved Son, them
will I cut off from among my people, O house of Israel; and I will
execute vengeance and fury upon them, even as upon the heathen,
such as they have not heard. But if they will repent, and hearken
unto my words, and harden not their hearts, I will establish my
church among them, and they shall come in unto the covenant, and be
numbered among this the remnant of Jacob, unto whom I have given
this land for their inheritance. And they shall assist my people,
the remnant of Jacob, and also, as many of the house of Israel as
shall come that they may build a city, which shall be called the
New Jerusalem; and then shall they assist my people that they may
be gathered in, who are scattered upon all the face of the land,
in unto the New Jerusalem. And then shall the power of heaven come
down among them; and I also will be in the midst."
All this is contained in the Fifth Gospel. It contains, you will
see, these promises of deep and mighty import to the Gentile races,
a promise that they might become as fathers and mothers to the house
of Israel, and so great should be their reward and blessing that they
should be completely identified with the Israel of God upon this land,
and join in building up Zion--that Zion from which Isaiah declared the
law should go forth in the last days, while the word of the Lord should
go forth from Jerusalem; indicating the two capitals on the earth, one
in the eastern and one in the western hemisphere. But if, on the other
hand, the Gentiles should reject the gospel of Christ and no longer
honor the God of this land, who is declared to be Jesus Christ, then
the hand of God would be upon them, and that in judgment; and that,
proud, great and strong as they are, yet should they be humbled.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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