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Ether 4
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| 4:1 And the Lord commanded the brother of Jared to go down out of the mount from the presence of the Lord,
and write the things which he had seen; and they were forbidden to come unto the children of men until after that he
should be lifted up upon the cross; and for this cause did king Mosiah keep them, that they should not come unto the world
until after Christ should show himself unto his people. |
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| 4:2 And after Christ truly had showed himself unto his people he commanded that they should be made
manifest. |
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| 4:3 And now, after that, they have all
dwindled in unbelief; and there is none save it be the Lamanites,
and they have rejected the gospel of Christ; therefore I am commanded that I should hide them up again in the earth.
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Dwindling in unbelief
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| 4:4 Behold, I have written upon these plates the very things which the brother of Jared saw; and there never
were greater things made manifest than those which were made manifest unto the brother of Jared. |
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| 4:5 Wherefore the Lord hath commanded me to write them; and I have written them.
And he commanded me that I
should seal them up; and he also hath commanded that I should seal up the interpretation thereof; wherefore I have
sealed up the interpreters, according to the commandment of the Lord. |
"And he commanded me that I
should seal them up; and he also hath commanded that I should seal up the interpretation thereof; wherefore I have
sealed up the interpreters, according to the commandment of the Lord."
(Moroni sealed up the interpreters.)
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| 4:6 For the Lord said unto me: They shall not go forth unto the Gentiles until the day that they shall
repent of their iniquity, and become clean before the Lord. |
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| 4:7 And in that day that they shall exercise
faith in me, saith the Lord, even as the brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified in me, then will I
manifest unto them the things which the brother of Jared saw, even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations, saith
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the earth, and all things that in them are. |
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| 4:8 And he that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be accursed; and he that shall deny these
things, let him be accursed; for unto them will I show no greater things, saith Jesus Christ; for I am he who speaketh. |
"He that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be accursed; and he that shall deny these
things, let him be accursed."
(Those who disbelieve in the Book of Mormon will go to hell.)
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| 4:9 And at my command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my word the earth shall shake;
and at my command the inhabitants thereof shall pass away, even so as by fire.
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"At my command the inhabitants thereof shall pass away, even so as by fire."
(If he feels like it, God can burn people to death.)
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| 4:10 And he that believeth not my words believeth not my disciples; and if it so be that I do not speak,
judge ye; for ye shall know that it is I that speaketh, at the last day. |
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| 4:11 But he that believeth these things which I have spoken, him will I visit with
the manifestations of my
Spirit, and he shall know and bear record. For because of my Spirit he shall know that these things are true; for it
persuadeth men to do good. |
The manifestation of the Spirit -- 1 Corinthians 12:7
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| 4:12 And whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of me; for good cometh of none save it be of me.
I am the same that leadeth men to all good; he that will not believe my words will not believe me -- that I am; and he
that will not believe me will not believe the Father who sent me.
For behold, I am the Father, I am the light, and the
life, and the truth of the world. |
"Whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of me; for good cometh of none save it be of me."
Everything good comes from Jesus.
"For behold, I am the Father."
Jesus is both the Father and the Son.
(He is his own dad.)
Mitt
Romney's Jesus: Father, Son, and Satan's older brother
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| 4:13 Come unto me, O ye Gentiles, and I will show unto you the greater things, the knowledge which is hid up
because of unbelief.
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| 4:14 Come unto me, O ye house of Israel, and it shall be made manifest unto you how great things the Father
hath laid up for you, from the foundation of the world; and it hath not come unto you, because of unbelief. |
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| 4:15 Behold, when ye shall rend
that veil of unbelief which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of
wickedness, and hardness of heart, and blindness of mind, then shall the great and marvelous things which have been hid up
from the foundation of the world from you -- yea, when ye shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and
a contrite spirit, then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the covenant which he made unto your fathers,
O house of Israel. |
"That veil of unbelief which doth cause you to remain in your awful state of wickedness"
Those who disbelieve in the Book of Mormon are in an "awful state of wickedness."
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| 4:16 And then shall my revelations which I have caused to be written by my servant John be unfolded in the
eyes of all the people. Remember, when ye see these things, ye shall know that the time is at hand that they shall be
made manifest in very deed. |
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| 4:17 Therefore, when ye shall receive this record ye may know that the work of the Father has commenced upon
all the face of the land. |
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| 4:18 Therefore, repent all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me, and believe in my gospel, and be
baptized in my name; for he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but
he that believeth not shall be damned;
and signs shall follow them that believe in my name. |
"He that believeth not shall be damned."
"Signs shall follow them that believe in my name."
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| 4:19 And blessed is he that is found faithful unto my name at the last day, for he shall be lifted up to
dwell in the kingdom prepared for him from the foundation of the world. And behold it is I that hath spoken it. Amen. |
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