Chronology of the Sons of God 3

And they (the seed of Lehi/remnant/Israel) if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graft in again (Jacob 5).

For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graft contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these (seed of Lehi/remnant/Israel), which be the natural branches be graft into their own olive tree?

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For I would not, brehren (gentile Romans), that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel (remnant), until the fulness of the gentiles be come in.

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Wherefore, it behooves the covenant people of the Lord to come to understanding unto great knowledge concerning what I am writing.

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Accordingly, I shall open your eyes again of the scriptures and my prophesy concerning the workings of the Lord in the earth among the children of men.

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Were it not so, then, many things prophesied of the which have caused the workings of the Lord to move the earth forward, by God enlisting righteous men of the literal seed, then, the times of Israel should not have come in or that the times of the gentiles should not have come in and had an end.

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But I know that the records of our fathers did proceed forth out of the ground and are true, and even out of the repository of God should it come, and such truth has fallen into my hands; wherefore, I speak of this thing that ye gentiles might have wherewith to look and see.

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But, this is not all. Rather, God is omnipotent and all knowing, and he has caused all things to come to pass as is decreed from before the foundation of this world, even commencing in the time of Adam that all things were written by them unto us the seed, therein, the Holy Ghost shall make manifestation of truths eternal like it was unto them that we shall know like it was unto them concerning this pure gospel covenanted to the children of the first covenant.

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Yea, the Lord God does not change or vary from that which is spoken or has caused to be written and recorded unto this day; even that things spoken in fables and tales shall not stand against what is written, for people who shall not believe this, they shall tremble and shall not be able to stand in the presence of God when he comes in a cloud of heaven with all his holy angels.

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Wherefore, all promises and covenants made in heaven and reaffirmed in the earth shall all be fulfilled, yea, every promise and every covenant made unto the children of the first covenant in heaven by God.

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Then Paul finishes his discourse with the Romans of his day saying: and so all Israel shall be saved as it is written.

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There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer (the choice seer) and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

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For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

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As concerning the gospel, they (seed of Lehi/remnant) are enemies for your (gentiles) sakes; but as touching the election (the first covenant made in heaven to the covenant people of the Lord), they are beloved for their father's sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

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For as ye (gentiles) in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; even so have these (seed of Lehi/remnant/Israel) also not believed, that through your (gentiles) mercy they (seed of Lehi/remnant/Israel) also may obtain mercy.

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Now before I proceed more with what I am writing, I must make a clarification concerning the gentiles as is written in holy writ.

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In the beginning, more specifically because of their wavering faith and works in the pre-mortal life, they are confined to live without the laws of God, and are commanded at times to repent; but their right, duty, and responsibility is not to maintain records like unto the fathers of old,

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Neither is it that they receive grand revelations unto much prophesy, for they shall not hear or see Christ, for this is not their right in whom they are, because, neither did they obtain a testimony of Christ in the pre-mortal existence.

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Yea, I am filled with the Holy Ghost and I speak saying unto the gentiles:

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Ye have asked the Father in the beginning, unto the which the Savior did present unto the Father, that a grace period be extended unto you in a time that ye might be able to do the will of the Father.

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Yea, that a time was extended to give the gentiles the duty to gather again the remnant of the which they shall fail because of the precepts of men.

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My father Nephi did speak of these things for the records of the fathers was in his hands, thus he saith:

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And because my words shall hiss forth - many of the gentiles shall say: Bible! A Bible! We have got Bible, and there cannot be anymore Bible. But thus saith the Lord God:

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O fools, they shall have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant people.

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What thank they (gentiles) the Jews for the Bible which they (gentiles) received from them? Yea, what do the gentiles mean?

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Do they remember the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the gentiles?

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O ye gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews(the children of Lehi as well), mine ancient covenant people?

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Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have not sought to recover them.

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But behold, I will return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people.

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Thou fools, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible.

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Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews ( the Book of Mormon by the seed of Lehi and all the fathers)?

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This failure shall cause the times of the gentiles to be fulfilled; even that what is written by them of old concerning this thing shall come to pass.

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Wherefore, ye gentiles cannot say that it is not so, or that ye cannot excuse yourselves because ye think ye have much learning; some of you think ye know more than God.

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Yea, Jesus Christ saith: the Father having raised me up unto you (remnant of Joseph) first and sent me to bless you in turning away every one of you from his iniquity; and this because ye are the children of the covenant - and after that ye were blessed then fulfilleth the Father the covenant which he hath made with Abraham,

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Saying: in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed - (even) unto the pouring out of the Holy Ghost through me upon the gentiles, which blessing upon the gentiles shall make them mighty above all, unto the scattering of my people, O house of Israel.

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And they (gentiles) shall be a scourge unto he people of this land (seed of Lehi).

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Nevertheless, when they (gentiles) shall have received the fulness of my gospel, then if they harden their hearts against me I will return their iniquities upon their own heads, saith the Father.

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And I will remember the covenant which I have made with my people; and I covenanted with them (the original covenant made in heaven and reaffirmed through the fathers) that I would gather them in mine own due time (because the gentiles shall fail), and I would give unto them again the land of their fathers (land of the first inheritance) for their inheritance,

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Which is the land of Jerusalem (the land of the New Jerusalem), which is the promised land unto them forever, saith the Father.

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And it shall come to pass that the time cometh, when the fulness of my gospel shall be preached unto them; and they shall believe in me, that I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and shall pray unto the Father in my name.

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Wherefore, I speak again unto ye gentiles that know from whence all your blessing do come; and notwithstanding, ye have come upon the land of promise, and that the blessings that might have been given unto the remnant of Joseph, but because of the judgment of their fathers that should befall them, this same blessing is extended unto you by mercy of the Father; yet, by your own doings and nature shall ye

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Refuse to recover the remnant; and this is your stumbling block for ye understand not the scriptures and what is written by them of old to be your guide.

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For this is so, because of your much learning, which learning blindeth thine eyes and ye see not nor understand what is written by them of old, even that it is straight forth written unto you.

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Then, surely as it is written, for this cause ye shall harden your hearts against the Father, for this is his will, that the Father has already returned your iniquities upon your own heads for ye see it written anew in this the time of Israel given by a literal seed to you gentiles-ward.

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Now I shall return to that which I am writing. In accord with the chronology of what I have written concerning the fathers until the time of Noah commencing with Adam, the first father, it is revealed that Adam died in his 930th year, even that of the 930th year of the world (wherefore, it is deemed expedient for the learning of the seed that I write this information into what I am writing.)

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That three years previous to the death of Adam, in the land of the first inheritance of Adam, Adam did call Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who were all high priests, with the residue of the families of these patriarchs, who were righteous, Adam gathered them into the valley of Adam-Ondi-Ahman, and there Adam bestowed upon them his final blessing.

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This final blessings was that of restoration and of a salvation agreeable to the promise to be made to Abraham, and Adam did give unto patriarchs a copy of the book of Adam.

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Adam prophesied concerning the seed even unto my time, even that branch to be broken off but to be remembered should come back upon the land of the first inheritance; he spoke concerning the righteous of the gentiles in the times of the gentile and their falling away like unto the fall of the Nephite nation;

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The coming of Jesus Christ, his ministry and crucifixion, his resurrection and appearance in the land of the first inheritance; and the great day of the Lord upon the land of promise.

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And the Lord did appear unto my fathers, and my fathers rose up and blessed Adam, and called him Michael, the prince, the archangel.

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In that valley, the Lord administered comfort unto Adam, and said unto him: I have set thee to be at the head; a multitude of nations shall come of thee, and thou art a prince over them forever.

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And Adam stood up in the midst of the congregation, even a solemn assembly of the righteous of his seed, and, notwithstanding he was bowed down with age, being full of the Holy Ghost, predicted whatsoever should befall his posterity unto the latest generation.

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These things were all written in the book of Enoch; then, Enoch was translated in the 987th year of the world; Seth died of old age in the 1042nd year; Enos in the 1140th year; Cainan in the 1235th year; Mahalaleel in the 1290th year; Jared in the 1422nd year; Lamech in the 1651st year; and Methuselah in the 1656th year, this year being the same year in which the flood did come upon the earth.

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Now this being a truth revealed, then, in accord with what I have written, Noah was 84 years old when Enos died; he was then 176 years old when Cainan died; he was then 234 years old when Mahalaleel died; he was then 366 years old when Jared died; he was then 595 years old when Lamech died; and 600 years old when Methuselah died.

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Wherefore, from the records and truth written herein above, it can be said that Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, all lived upon this earth at the same time being acquainted one with another having participated in solemn assemblies, righteous actions done in the name of God in the holy temple, offerings and consecrations done for the literal seed to come, and many other actions of priesthood looking forward to the ends of the earth.

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Thus, these fathers, namely: Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, and Methuselah all were acquainted with both Adam and Noah, excepting that Enoch was translated prior to.

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Nevertheless, they all knew of Enoch, looking forth to the day of renewal, even when the city of Holiness should be builded and the city of Enoch should descend out of heaven.

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The Lord having revealed the chronology of the fathers from Adam down to Noah, an understanding of God's working with the literal seed is therefore supported with scriptural evidence; thus, delineating the lineal descent of the fathers in the beginning, very little is mentioned concerning the gentiles that is written in the records of the fathers,