New Witnesses for God (Volume 3 of 3)Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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New Witnesses for God (Volume 3 of 3)
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Book of Mormon; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
voice, and with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall
see eye to eye. [23]
And now as to the sign which he gave by which the branch of the
house of Israel in the American continents might know that this work
of restoring the house of Israel to the land of their inheritance,
together with the spiritual and intellectual awakening that should
attend upon that event--of this Jesus said:
And, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you a sign, that ye may
know the time when these things shall be about to take place, that
I shall gather in from their long dispersion my people, O house of
Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion. And behold,
this is the thing which I will give unto you for a sign, for verily
I say unto you, that when these things which I declare unto you,
and which I shall declare unto you hereafter of myself, and by
the power of the Holy Ghost, which shall be given unto you of the
Father--[when these things] shall be made known unto the Gentiles,
that they may know concerning this people who are a remnant of
the house of Jacob, and concerning this my people who shall be
scattered by them.--Verily, verily, I say unto you, when these
things shall be made known unto them of the Father, and shall come
forth of the Father, from them unto you--* * when these works,
and the works which shall be wrought among you hereafter, shall
come forth from the Gentiles, unto your seed [through publishing
the Book of Mormon] * * * it shall be a sign unto them that they
may know that the work of the Father hath already commenced unto
the fulfilling of the covenant which he [God] hath made unto the
people who are of the house of Israel. * * * And then shall the
work of the Father commence at that day, even when this gospel
shall be preached among the remnant of this people--verily I say
unto you, at that day shall the work of the Father commence among
all the dispersed of my people; yea, even the tribes which have
been lost, which the Father hath led away out of Jerusalem. Yea,
the work shall commence among all the dispersed of my people *
* * to prepare the way whereby they may come unto me, that they
may call on the Father in my name; yea, and then shall the work
commence, with the Father, among all nations, in preparing the
way whereby his people may be gathered home to the land of their
inheritance. [24]
That is to say, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon was to be
the signal for this modern world awakening; and the "sign" of the
commencement of the work of the Lord among all nations, kindreds,
tongues, and people, to bring to pass the restoration of his people and
the accomplishment of his purposes in all the earth. The facts already
set forth establish the fulfillment of this no less venturesome--i. e.
venturesome for an imposter to make--than remarkable prophecy.
VI.
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