Chronology of the Sons of God 5

Wherefore, Abraham writes: In the land of the Chaldeans, at the residence of my father, I, Abraham, saw that it was needful for me to obtain another place of residence.

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And, finding there was greater happiness and peace and rest for me, I sought for the blessings of the fathers, and the right whereunder I should be ordained to administer the same; having myself been a follower of righteousness, desiring also to be one who possessed great knowledge,

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And to be a greater follower of righteousness, and to possess a greater knowledge, and to be a father of many nations, a prince of peace, and desiring to receive instructions, and to keep the commandments of God, I became a rightful heir, a High Priest, holding the right belonging to the fathers.

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It was conferred upon me from the fathers; it came down from the fathers, from the beginning of time, yea, even from the beginning, or before the foundation of the earth, down to the present time, even the right of the firstborn, or the first man, who is Adam, or the first father, through the fathers unto me.

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I sought for mine appointment unto the Priesthood according to the appointment of God unto the fathers concerning the seed.

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My fathers, having turned from their righteousness, and from the holy commandments which the Lord their God had given unto them, unto the worshipping of the gods of the heathen (gentiles), utterly refused to hearken to my voice.

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Their hearts were set to do evil, and were wholley turned to the god of Elkenah and the god of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and the god of Pharaoh, king of Egypt (Canaanite).

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Therefore, they turned their hearts of the sacrifice of the heathen (gentiles) in offering up their children, unto these dumb idols, and hearkened not unto my voice, but endeavored to take away my life by the hand of the priest of Elkenah.

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The priest of Elkenah was also the priest of Pharaoh. (Wherefore, I tell thee what the scriptures meaneth concerning what I have written that the priest of Elkenah was a gentile by birth, but also sought to give of his religion to that of Pharaoh.

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And as before, Satan put it into the mind of that priest to kill Abraham like Cain did unto Abel in the beginning to destroy the seed from off the face of the earth.)

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Therefore, the Lord God saith: I have come down to visit them, and to destroy him who hath lifted up his hands against thee, Abraham, my son, to take away thy life. Therefore, the Lord saith:

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And all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed…who hath perverted the right ways of the Lord…

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And he that shall breathe out wrath and strife against the work of the Lord, and against the covenant people of the Lord who are the house of Israel (branch broken off), and shall say: we will destroy the work of the Lord, and the Lord will not remember his covenant which he hath made unto the house of Israel - the same is in danger to be hewn down and cast into the fire.

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For the eternal purposes of the Lord shall roll on, until all his promises shall be fulfilled.

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Now, I shall endeavor to continue my writing about Abraham. The Lord Jesus Christ tells Abraham: My name is Jehovah, and I know the end from the beginning; therefore, my hand shall be over thee.

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And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee above measure, and make thy name great among all nations, and thou shalt be a blessing unto thy seed after thee, that in their hands they shall bear the ministry and Priesthood unto all nations. (Wherefore, I testify that it is the literal seed, the literal descendants of the fathers as written of in this writing that shall bear the ministry and the Priesthood of God.

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This is not the right of the seed of Japheth, the gentiles, and surely not the seed of Ham, the Canaanites; while it may be that the gentiles in the times of the gentiles shall work a work in the name of God, but they shall fail as is written concerning this thing [Third Nephi 16]).

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And I will bless them through thy name; for as many (as many as repent who are gentiles, a pure repentance and a pure baptism) as receive this Gospel shall be called after thy name, and shall be accounted thy seed (the gentiles who do repent, abiding by the true points of the doctrine of Christ, shall be numbered among the seed of Nephi), and shall rise up and bless thee, as their father.

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Now, this cannot come to pass, unless the fathers understood the words of God and the fathers have written that means are prepared whereunder the gentiles may look; I bear witness that means have been prepared wherein the gentiles shall have had wherewith to look.

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Then, it must be true that unless the seed, the descendants of the fathers are gathered in these days in accord with what is written, then, the gentiles should have no means prepared to repent and to know of the doctrines of Christ.

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But this was known of God from before the foundation of this world, and means have been prepared as hereto before written.

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Thus it behooves all righteous men to learn of these things and look unto what is written in holy writ, and seek that witness which is given by means of the Holy Ghost to understand what I have written concerning this thing prepared of God for this day.

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And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee; and in thee(that is, in thy Priesthood), and in thy seed(that is, thy Priesthood), for I give unto thee a promise that this right shall continue in thee, and in thy seed after thee(that is to say, the literal seed, or the seed of the body) shall all the families of the earth be blessed, even with the blessings of the Gospel, which are the blessings of salvation, even of life eternal.

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Then it must be that the house of Israel, or the remnant of Joseph must be recovered again a second time, even a restoration as was at first that the blessings of the Gospel might be given.

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And this restoration is the pure gospel as preached of the fathers and the awakening of the holy High Priesthood as it was in the beginning in the literal seed, and not as the gentiles believe.

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Thus, I bear a witness that if this does not come to pass, then how shall the gentiles have a house from whence they shall be called? How can the gentiles be graft into the branch broken off?

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The gentiles cannot be graft into themselves being wild by nature, and not having the right nor the duty by promise or by covenant; otherwise the gentiles become a law unto themselves.

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Yea, I speak and testify that all this is done in the eyes of God that knoweth all things from the beginning to the end, and these truths have been written by our fathers unto us in this day.

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And Abraham records bearing a witness to the seed and the world (gentiles).

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But I shall endeavor, hereafter, to delineate a chronology running back from myself to the beginning of the creation, for the records have come into my hands, which I hold unto this present time.

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But the records of the fathers, even the patriarchs, concerning the right of Priesthood, the Lord my God preserved in mine own hands; therefore, a knowledge of the beginning of the creation, and also of the planets, and of the stars, as they were made known unto the fathers, have I kept even unto this day, and I shall endeavor to write some of these things upon this record, for the benefit of my posterity that shall come after me.

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And the still small voice speaketh to me saying: Prepare ye, prepare ye for that which is to come upon the children of men, for the day of the Lord is nigh at hand, and it shall surely come upon the inhabitants of the earth.

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And the anger of the Lord is kindled, and his sword is bathed in heaven to come upon the earth to divide asunder both marrow and bone, and it shall fall upon the inhabitants of the earth for all have fallen short of what has been given to cause a people to become obedient.

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And as has been prophesied by Nephi of old, the arm of the Lord shall be revealed, even in the land of the first inheritance; and the day cometh that they who will not hear the word of the Lord shall be cut off from among the people, and they shall not find none inheritance in my land.

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For both the gentiles and my people have all gone astray from mine ordinances and they have broken mine everlasting covenants with the precepts of men, yea, they have changed mine pure gospel into precepts of man.

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These, of whom I speak, as is written by Jacob, they seek not the righteousness of God as found in what is written by the fathers of old, but every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and ye see the world in all its confusion,

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All its divisiveness, the rage of war and repressiveness, and the voice of the Lord goeth unto them in earthquakes, storms, pestilence, destructive storms, the sea heaving itself beyond its bounds, the tornados and destructions there from, but, they seek the worldly substance that is likened unto an idol,

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Which will waxen old and shall perish in Babylon, even Babylon the great, and great shall be the fall thereof.

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Wherefore, I the Lord, do proclaim first to my covenant people and to the righteous of the gentiles to repent and given ear unto what hath been written by them of old.

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And I do this thing that all might be fulfilled, yea, that which was written by the prophets from since the beginning of this world, many of the which point to this last time.

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Accordingly, I command that the weak things of the earth, yea, even my servants and my covenant people might break down the mighty and strong ones, that man should not counsel his fellow man but that all should look unto God, that the trust of man in the arm of flesh might cease.

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But I command that every righteous man might speak in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, even the Savior of the covenant people.

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This I do and say that faith and great works might increase in the earth to bring forward my work.

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That mine everlasting covenant might again be established in the earth again like it was at first; that the fulness of my pure gospel might be proclaimed and taught to my people that they might increase in wisdom and understanding to establish my righteousness in the earth.

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Behold, I am God and I have spoken these things from since the beginning, even from the presence of my Father it did come unto man in flesh.

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I command this to be written that my people might be properly instructed; and that through the righteousness of my people, which is my righteousness, the foundation of my church might be laid upon the face of the land of the first inheritance.

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I command my people to know of my righteousness which is my pure gospel that ye might know how to act and how to perform your duties and responsibilities before me as I shall instruct; and do not as man has done abiding and upholding the precepts of men having lost your way before me, thinking that I will accept of your blemished offering.

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Wherefore, I command and say unto my people, search the commandments for they are faithful and true and they speak of me.

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Search the promises and covenants as found in my words written by the prophets for your day; that though the heaven and the earth shall pass away, all my words shall be fulfilled unto the end thereof. Amen.