Reflections of the Gospel and the Blessings

Reflections of the Gospel and the Blessings 7

There is none other time for the gentiles and the receipt of the gospel of Christ as is described in holy writ to confounding of the work of the devil as is written in the holy word of God.

This the day wherein men shall love money, and their substance, and their fine apparel, and the adorning of the churches wherein they extend their craft unto men; and this they do more than care for the poor and the needy, the sick and the afflicted.

Wherefore, O ye pollutants, ye hypocrites, ye teachers, who sell yourselves for that which will canker, why have ye polluted the holy church of God?

Wherefore, I say unto you: God your Father shall not place his works of salvation and restoration into the existing gentile church, but he shall raise up a new church as prophesied, and this church shall be called the church of the Firstborn, a church named for his Firstborn Son, even Jesus Christ, and it shall fill the land of the first inheritance even unto the land of the New Jerusalem.

I tell thee this thing and say unto you, what do the scriptures say?

For truly the day shall come, even a day of redemption of the saints of God, and the children of the bride chamber shall mourn no more, for the bridegroom shall be with them, and they shall rejoice, for this is the law.

This is the beginning of the newness spoken of for all things shall become new and I lie not.

Moreover, God has commanded in other times as in this time, that a permanent and an everlasting establishment of his laws by order shall be found in the church of the Firstborn, not likened unto the present gentile church; this the Lord shall cause to advance his righteousness and cause, which all who belong to this sealing by covenant shall espouse for the salvation of his people that glory may be exalted and given to the Most High God, even the Father who is in heaven.

Thus, a commandment I give unto you; learn of my ways and be more perfectly instructed for what I instruct shall endure the destruction that shall come upon the earth, yet I shall save my people.

I command you in a time set and appointed that ye shall teach my people to be equal in all bonds of heavenly things, yea, and I command that ye be equal in earthly things for the obtaining of heavenly things.

Wherefore, this commandment I give that if ye are not equal in earthly things, and ye are not committed to one another for my cause, whether it be through ignorance or disobedience, ye cannot be equal in obtaining heavenly things, things pertaining to this my kingdom that I shall establish in the land of the first inheritance.

Notwithstanding, I have given unto you the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and the Doctrine and Covenants, from the which, I have given commandments, many have strayed from the truth because they understand not what is contained in my records.

Wherefore, if ye who are found seeking this truth, I will that I give unto you a place in the celestial world, you must prepare yourselves by doing the things which I have commanded you and require of you.

And now, verily, verily thus saith the Lord God of Israel, it is expedient that all things be done unto my glory, by you who are joined together in this cause, and soon, very soon, I shall endow upon you a holy order by which the land of the first inheritance shall be built up in my name by means I shall reveal.

Wherefore, prepare yourselves by great understanding and by great knowledge of these things. Even so. Amen.

Thus, I speak by the power of the Holy Ghost and saith boldly: that the Father and the Mother may come for a time, a time with their holy children in preparation for that glorious day of complete eternal redemption, if the celestial children expect total redemption, then this must be.

The day cometh that we shall not seek the Father in a sanctuary made of hands, but the whole earth shall be sanctified for this earth shall be his kingdom.

I speak and say also, as the spirit permits me to speak, that in the original gathering of our father Adam and all the fathers, such a manifestation was made in the valley of Adam-Ondi-Ahman, for such was a family gathering, for such a gathering empowers life to the earth to endure and re-establishes commitments and promises made unto the end of time;

Enoch and his people also received the fulness of this glorious redemption before the city of Enoch was taken into the heavenly abode of God, and the fact that a people completed their purpose in this life before the end of time did not destroy or disrupt the appointed times and actions to be made unto God by the elect of God;

And such shall be the purpose of the preparation of an elect people of God that shall be made in this the last dispensation, wherein all those who received of the Son in its fullness may enjoy such a heavenly blessing together in the land of the first inheritance to prepare the sacrament that is appointed and all holy actions to be completed as appointed and as prepared from since the beginning;

Then at that time, surely we shall embrace one another and cry upon one another's shoulder for then shall we remember all things as it were in the beginning, by them who have accomplished such saintly actions and are accounted worthy to participate.

Now, the spirit also telleth me that actions in the appearance of righteousness, but not accounted like unto the righteousness of father Abraham shall not be likened unto the offering of Abel, but shall be likened unto Cain's offering that affords no mercy or grace because it is action without righteousness as heretofore mentioned in this writing,

Such as had come to pass among the Nephitic people and now come to pass among the gentilic people who have received a fulness of the gospel, but there is no faith in their works. As the scriptures saith:

In many instances they do error and stray from the ordinances given unto them in understanding and knowing the true points of the doctrine of Christ, and they are blown around by the mischief, the untruths that produce the precepts of men that even the more righteous of them do stray from the gospel; and that partial obedience shall close heaven unto the destruction of a blind and sinful people.

Wherefore, I speak the words of Mormon: Behold, I say unto you, he that denieth these things knoweth not the gospel of Christ; yea, he has not read the scriptures; if so, he does not understand them.

For do we not read that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and in him there is no variableness neither shadow of changing?

Now I speak more concerning the revelation I have received that a more precise and clear understanding might be given concerning what is to take place and what will come to pass concerning the redemption of Zion in accord with what is written in holy writ.

It must be that the land of the first inheritance must be prepared as was in the beginning for this was the first inheritance of our father Adam, it being designated as a holy sanctuary unto God, this place having been prepared of God for such a condition and state wherein man may prepare to meet his God, the God of Israel.

Wherefore, God requires all that dwell thereon covenant with him to keep all his laws for his people shall be governed by his laws in this land; moreover, living the gospel and the worship of God is daily and not conditioned for a seventh day only, as the gentiles do.

The Lord did come in the days of Adam, in the time of Enoch, in the time of Ether, and in the time of First Nephi and unto Third Nephi, yea, he was in the land for many years during the time of Fourth Nephi, and he came again instructing and directing his working upon closure of the Nephitic period, Moroni having seen and was administered by his Savior;

Therefore, I testify that this land of the first inheritance is the land of the Savior, for this is the land of inheritance unto the first born in mortality, and unto immortality do we all look and seek, which land we seek is the land of the New Jerusalem.

For in days to come, and that time is not yet, for Zion must increase in beauty, and in holiness; her borders must be enlarged; and her stakes must be strengthened; yea, verily I say unto you, Zion must arise and put on her beautiful garments. For thus the scriptures bear witness to the truth saying:

In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed - 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. And they shall be a scourge unto the people of this land.

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

And I will remember the covenant which I have made with my people; and I have covenanted with them that I would gather them together in my own due time, that I would give unto them again the land of fathers for their inheritance, which is the land of Jerusalem, which is promised unto them forever, saith the Father.

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 they shall pray unto the Father in my name.

Then shall their watchman, these are my servants I have chosen, they shall lift up their voices, and with a voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye.

Then will the Father gather them together again, and give unto them Jerusalem for the land of their inheritance.

Then shall they break forth into joy - sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for the Father hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

The Father hath made bare his arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of the Father; and the Father and I are one. And then shall be brought to pass that which is written:

Awake, awake again, and put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for henceforth there shall no more come into thee uncircumcised and the unclean.