Chronology of the Sons of God 4

And all the fathers wrote concerning the Canaanite people, for their intent was to forewarn of them to the literal seed concerning perdition.

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I will now make a chronology of the fathers from Noah to Abraham, our father, as is written in the scripture.

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Shem and Japheth were born of the same mother, but Ham had a different mother.

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Noah was 502 years old when he begat Shem; 98 years after the birth of Shem the earth was flooded, in the 600th year of Noah's age.

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Moses informs all Israel that Noah lived 350 years after the flood, thus making him 950 years old when Noah died, Genesis 11:12; Shem was 100 years old when Arphaxad was born, Genesis 11:10; Arphaxad was 35 years old when Salah was born, Genesis 11:12; Salah was 30 years old when Eber was born, Genesis 11:14;

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Eber was 34 years old when Peleg was born, in whose days the earth was divided, Genesis 11:16; Peleg was 30 years old when Rue was born, Genesis 11:18; Rue was 32 years old when Serug was born, Genesis 11:20; Serug was 30 years old when Nahor was born, Genesis 11:22; Nahor was 29 years old when Terah was born, Genesis 11:24;

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And Terah was 130 years old when both Haran and Abraham were born into the covenant of God.

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The account of Moses is then important to understand the chronology of the fathers.

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Moses writes that Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad, 500 years, Genesis 11:11; this number of years added to 100 years, which was the age of Shem when Arphaxad was born, making Shem 600 years old when he died.

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Arphaxad after he begat Salah lived 403 years, Genesis 11:13; Then adding 35 years to Arphaxad age when Salah was born making Arphaxad 438 years old when he died; Salah lived after he begat Eber 403 years, Genesis 11:15, coupled with 30 years which was the age of Salah when Eber was born, thus making Salah 433 years old when he died;

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Eber lived after be begat Peleg 430 years, Genesis 11:17, coupled with the 34 years which was the age of Eber when Peleg was born, making Eber 464 years old when he died; Peleg lived after he begat Rue 209 years, Genesis 11:19, coupled with the 30 years which was the age of Peleg when Rue was born, making Peleg 239 years old when he died;

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Rue lived after he begat Serug 207 years, Genesis 11:21, coupled with the 32 years which was the age of Rue when Serug was born, making Rue 239 years old when he died; Serug lived after he begat Nahor 200 years, Genesis 11:23, coupled with the 30 years which was the age of Serug when Nahor was born, making Serug 230 years old when he died;

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Nahor lived after he begat Terah 119 years, Genesis 11:25, coupled with the 29 years which was the age of Nahor when Terah was born, making Nahor 148 years old when he died; and Terah lived after he begat Abraham 130 years, Genesis 11:26, and Nahor lived 75 more years after the birth of Abraham, thus, making him 205 years of age when he died.

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Now, in accord with this chronology based on recorded history in the book of Genesis written by Moses the account thus made, Peleg died in 1996th year of the world; Nahor in the 1997th year; Noah in the 2006th year; thus, as it is written in holy writ, Peleg, in whose days the earth divided, and Nahor, the grandfather of Abraham, both died before Noah, Peleg being 239 years old and Nahor being 148 years old;

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Wherefore, in accord with what is written both Peleg and Nahor surely had an intimate relationship with Nahor concerning the flood, concerning the days of Adam, and concerning the things pertaining to the seed, wherein, Methuselah was left behind by Enoch as the progenitor of Noah to come,

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And surely, they all spoke of the Christ to come, even spoke of the branch to be broken off to be remembered, that this branch should raise an ensign to the gentiles, and the choice seer to come.

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In whom, this choice seer, is the right of priesthood to bring again the original first fruit to the city of holiness that Christ should reign in majesty on the earth in the final 7th millennial period.

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Accordingly as written, then: Rue died in the 2026th year of the world; Serug in the 2029th year; Terah in the 2083rd year; Arphaxad in the 2096th year; Salah in the 2126th year; Shem in the 2158th year; Abraham in the 2183rd year; and Eber in the 2187th year, which year was four years after the death of Abraham - Eber was the fourth from Noah.

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Nahor, Abraham's brother, was 58 years old when Noah died; Terah was 128 years old; Serug was 187 years old; Rue was 219 years old; Eber was 283 years old; Salah was 313 years old; Arphaxad was 344 years old; and Shem was 448 years old.

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I bear a witness that the fathers in this period of the world all knew one another and they had many discussions concerning the gospel of Christ unto the end of the world, and what would befall the literal seed in the earth as it was preached by Adam before the flood.

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Yea, the fathers rehearsed the bondage of the literal seed and their release from bondage, and the return of Lehi's family to the land of promise (for even Ether spoke of this thing), and what would befall them even unto the latter days and the last days. Thus, all these things were written by them unto the seed.

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Then I speak by the power of the Holy Ghost and I say: what does this truth mean to the literal seed and also what does this truth mean unto the gentiles, yea, the gentiles who have been given the fulness of the gospel in accord with what the fathers have written for their day?

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Third Nephi has written the words of Jesus Christ as delivered unto the remnant of Joseph, saying:

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Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost (and if this were so, a man of God by the power of the Holy Ghost would preach that which hath been preached and received in revelations from God,

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This is likened unto the fathers of old, to fulfill the prophesies written, even that the promise made to Abraham should be fulfilled in the earth in this time.)

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Nephi further writes the command of Jesus Christ, saying, Wo be unto the gentiles saith the Lord God of Hosts!

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For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them (gentiles) from day to day, they (gentiles) will deny me; saith the Lord God, if they (gentiles) will repent and come unto me, for mine arm is lengthen out all the say long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

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It appears that sooner or later, the gentiles shall reject the Rock upon which they should have builded even a firm foundation.

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Nevertheless, it is written in holy writ that in that time, even then shall the times of the gentiles be fulfilled, but that also in a time before the gentiles be come in, thus the prophets have written that the fulness of the same gospel shall be given unto the gentiles, which pure gospel shall be rejected of the gentiles, and then that pure gospel shall be restored unto the literal seed or to the covenant people of the Lord by God.

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For thus it is written in holy writ that the children of the covenant and the repentant gentile should have wherewith to look and to understand the workings of the Lord.

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Yea, I testify that the workings of the Lord has been written!

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Yea, the chronology of authority of what is written is unbroken from since the beginning, even from the days of first man, Adam down unto this present time. For the scripture testifies:

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The order of this priesthood was confirmed to be handed down from father to son, and rightly belongs to the literal descendants of the chosen seed, to whom the promises were made.

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This order was instituted in the days of Adam, and came down by lineage in the following manner: from Adam to Seth, who was ordained by Adam at the age of sixty-nine years, and was blessed by him three years previous to his (Adam's) death, and received the promise of God by his father-Adam, that his posterity should be the chosen of the Lord, and that they should be preserved unto the end of the earth;

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Then from Seth to Enos; then from Enos to Cainan; then from Cainan to Mahalaleeh, then from Mahalaleeh to Jared, then from Jared to Enoch; then from Enoch to Methuselah; and all these: Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleeh, Jared, Enoch and Methuselah were all ordained under the hands of Adam;

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Then Lamech was ordained under the hands of Seth; and then Noah was ordained under the hands of Methuselah at the age of 10 years old, and he blessed him that through his lineage the world would again be replenished of mankind.

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In his day, as previously written, Adam gathered unto himself his sons in the valley of Adam-Ondi-Ahman.

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Wherefore, it was Adam who blessed them then that the right of priesthood would go through his lineage unto the end of mankind.

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Then, if ye understand this thing, then why do ye gentiles fight against the truth, even that ye fight against the covenant people of the Lord, even that Zion which cannot come forth unless the literal seed brings it forth?

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The Lord hath prepared means for his people, yea, that a path is prepared by the grace of Christ unto you-ye gentiles, and it is extended because of your father Japheth, that ye might be numbered with the seed of Nephi in a time to come, from whence all your blessings shall come.

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Then, the repentant gentile who embraces the pure gospel shall assist the covenant people, the seed of Nephi in building up the Zion and even the city of the New Jerusalem.

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Then why do ye pretend that ye have all authority and that ye are Israel and that the Lord hath done his work, but not as it is written?

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These things ye gentiles shall say and do for your doings are written in holy writ. Then why do ye fight against the Almighty God?

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Yea, even the Lord Jesus Christ spoke of these things and they are recorded in the records of Third Nephi unto the end of the Nephitic time.

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It is known by the account written in holy writ, that Nahor, the brother of Abraham, Terah, Serug, Reu, Peleg, Eber, Salah, Arphaxad, Shem, and Noah, all lived on the earth at the same time, yea, all knew of one another.

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Wherefore, Abraham was 18 years old when Rue died, he was 41 years old when Serug and his brother Nahor died, he was 75 years old when Terah died, he was 88 years old when Arphaxad died, he was 118 years old when Salah died, he was 150 years old when Shem died, and that it is written that Eber died four years after the death of Abraham.

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Wherefore, Shem Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Rue, Serug, Terah, Nahor, the brother of Abraham, and Abraham all lived at the same time and they did know one another, and many did preach that which was preached from the beginning, and among them was the record of the fathers carried, and this same record fell into the hands of Abraham in Ur.

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Thus, it is expressly and pointedly written that Nahor, the brother of Abraham, Terah, Serug, Rue, Eber, Salah, Arphaxad, and Shem, were all acquainted with both Noah and Abraham; therefore, the prophesies and revelations of God concerning the literal seed was forthwith discussed in solemn assemblies as held to move forward the work of God, even beginning with the time of Adam down to the time of Noah, which requirements were handed down to Abraham.

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Wherefore, I shall expound this truth by referring to the Book of Abraham wherein it is written concerning what I have written.

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Abraham wrote saying: Now the Lord God caused the famine to wax sore in the land of Ur, insomuch that Haran, my brother died; but Terah, my father yet lived in the land of Ur, of the Chaldees.

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And it came to pass that I, Abraham, took Sarai to wife, and Nahor, my brother, took Milcah to wife, who was the daughter of Haran. Now the Lord said unto me: Abraham, get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I shall show thee.

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Therefore, I left the land of Ur, of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and I took Lot, my brother's son, and his wife, and Sarai my wife, and also my father walked after me, unto the land we denominated Haran.