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AND it came to pass that the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!
And I looked and beheld many nations and kingdoms.
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And the angel said unto me: What beholdest thou? And I said:
I behold many nations and kingdoms.
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And he said unto me: These are the nations and kingdoms of the Gentiles.
THE CHURCH OF THE DEVIL
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And it came to pass that I saw among the nations of the Gentiles
the formation of a great church.
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And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which
is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the
saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down,
and yoketh them with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into
captivity.
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And it came to pass that I beheld this great and abominable church;
and I saw the devil that he was the founder of it.
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And I also saw gold, and silver, and silks, and scarlets,
and fine-twined linen, and all manner of precious clothing;
and I saw many harlots.
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And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the silver,
and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen,
and the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the desires of
this great and abominable church.
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And also for the praise of the world do they destroy the saints
of God, and bring them down into captivity.
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And it came to pass that I looked and beheld many waters;
and they divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren.
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And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Behold the
wrath of God is upon the seed of thy brethren.
CRISTOBAL COLON (Christopher Columbus)
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And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles, who was
separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters;
and I beheld the Spirit of God, that it came down and wrought
upon the man; and he went forth upon the many waters, even
unto the seed of my brethren, who were in the promised land.
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And it came to pass that I beheld the Spirit of God, that it
wrought upon other Gentiles; and they went forth out of
captivity, upon the many waters.
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And it came to pass that I beheld many multitudes of the
Gentiles upon the land of promise; and I beheld the wrath
of God, that it was upon the seed of my brethren; and they
were scattered before the Gentiles and were smitten.
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And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon the
Gentiles, and they did prosper and obtain the land for their
inheritance; and I beheld that they were white, and
exceedingly fair and beautiful, like unto my people before
they were slain.
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And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles
who had gone forth out of captivity did humble themselves
before the Lord; and the power of the Lord was with them.
WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
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And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered
together upon the waters, and upon the land also, to battle
against them.
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And I beheld that the power of God was with them, and also
that the wrath of God was upon all those that were gathered
together aagainst them to battle.
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And I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles that had gone out of
captivity were delivered by the power of God out of the hands
of all other nations.
THE BIBLE
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And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that they did
prosper in the land; and I beheld a book, and it was carried
forth among them.
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And the angel said unto me: Knowest thou the meaning of the book?
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And I said unto him: I know not.
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And he said: Behold it proceedeth out of the mouth of a Jew.
And I, Nephi, beheld it; and he said unto me: The book that
thou beholdest is a record of the Jews, which contains the
covenants of the Lord, which he hath made unto the house of
Israel; and it also containeth many of the prophecies of the
holy prophets; and it is a record like unto the engravings
which are upon the plates of brass, save there are not so many;
nevertheless, they contain the covenants of the Lord, which
he hath made unto the house of Israel; wherefore, they are of
great worth unto the Gentiles.
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And the angel of the Lord said unto me: Thou hast beheld that
the book proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew; and when it
proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew it contained the
fulness of the gospel of the Lord, of whom the twelve apostles
bear record; and they bear record according to the truth which
is in the Lamb of God.
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Wherefore, these things go forth from the Jews in purity unto
the Gentiles, according to the truth which is in God.
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And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve apostles of
the Lamb, from the Jews unto the Gentiles, thou seest the
formation of that great and abominable church, which is most
abominable above all other churches; for behold, they have
taken away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts which are
plain and most precious; and also many covenants of the Lord
have they taken away.
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And all this have they done that they might pervert the right
ways of the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden
the hearts of the children of men.
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Wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone forth
through the hands of the great and abominable church, that
there are many plain and precious things taken away from the
book, which is the book of the Lamb of God.
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And after these plain and precious things were taken away it
goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles; and after
it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles, yea,
even across the many waters which thou hast seen with the
Gentiles which have gone forth out of captivity, thou seest —
because of the many plain and precious things which have been
taken out of the book, which were plain unto the understanding
of the children of men, according to the plainness which is
in the Lamb of God —
because of these things which are taken away out of the gospel
of the Lamb, an exceedingly great many do stumble, yea,
insomuch that Satan hath great power over them.
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Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles who have gone
forth out of captivity, and have been lifted up by the power
of God above all other nations, upon the face of the land
which is choice above all other lands, which is the land that
the Lord God hath covenanted with thy father that his seed
should have for the land of their inheritance; wherefore,
thou seest that the Lord God will not suffer that the Gentiles
will utterly destroy the mixture of thy seed, which are among
thy brethren.
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Neither will he suffer that the Gentiles shall destroy the
seed of thy brethren.
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Neither will the Lord God suffer that the Gentiles shall forever
remain in that awful state of blindness, which thou beholdest
they are in, because of the plain and most precious parts of
the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that
abominable church, whose formation thou hast seen.
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Wherefore saith the Lamb of God: I will be merciful unto the
Gentiles, unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of
Israel in great judgment.
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And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake unto me,
saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited
the remnant of the house of Israel — and this remnant of whom
I speak is the seed of thy father — wherefore, after I have
visited them in judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the
Gentiles, and after the Gentiles do stumble exceedingly,
because of the most plain and precious parts of the gospel
of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable
church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb —
I will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, insomuch
that I will bring forth unto them, in mine own power, much
of my gospel, which shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.
COMING FORTH OF THE BOOK OF MORMON - THE RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL
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For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself unto thy
seed, that they shall write many things which I shall minister
unto them, which shall be plain and precious; and after thy
seed shall be destroyed, and dwindle in unbelief, and also the
seed of thy brethren, behold, these things shall be hid up,
to come forth unto the Gentiles, by the gift and power of the Lamb.
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And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the Lamb, and my
rock and my salvation.
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And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at
that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the Holy Ghost;
and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last
day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb;
and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how
beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.
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And it came to pass that I beheld the remnant of the seed of my
brethren, and also the book of the Lamb of God, which had
proceeded forth from the mouth of the Jew, that it came forth
from the Gentiles unto the remnant of the seed of my brethren.
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And after it had come forth unto them I beheld other books,
which came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles
unto them, unto the convincing of the Gentiles and the remnant
of the seed of my brethren, and also the Jews who were scattered
upon all the face of the earth, that the records of the prophets
and of the twelve apostles of the Lamb are true.
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And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last records, which
thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the truth of
the first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and
shall make known the plain and precious things which have been
taken away from them; and shall make known to all kindreds,
tongues, and people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the
Eternal Father, and the Savior of the world; and that all men
must come unto him, or they cannot be saved.
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And they must come according to the words which shall be
established by the mouth of the Lamb; and the words of the
Lamb shall be made known in the records of thy seed, as well
as in the records of the twelve apostles of the Lamb; wherefore
they both shall be established in one; for there is one God
and one Shepherd over all the earth.
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
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And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all
nations, both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and
after he has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto
the Gentiles, then he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles
and also unto the Jews, and the last shall be first, and the
first shall be last.
