Jacob

An interesting and fairly well rendered/translated Scripture about this time in our history is in the Book of Mormon, in Jacob, chapter 5.

Jacob 5:1-77 BEHOLD, my brethren, do ye not remember to have read the words of the prophet Zenos, which he spake unto the house of Israel, saying:
Hearken, O ye house of Israel, and hear the words of me, a prophet of the Lord.
For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of Israel, like unto a tame olive-tree, which a man took and nourished in his vineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay.
And the master of the vineyard went forth, and he saw that his olive-tree began to decay; and he said: I will prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it, that perhaps it may shoot forth young and tender branches, and it perish not.
And he pruned it, and digged about it, and nourished it according to his word.
And after many days it began to put forth somewhat a little, young and tender branches; but behold, the main top thereof began to perish.
And the master of the vineyard saw it, and he said unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild olive-tree, and bring them hither unto me; and we will pluck off those main branches which are beginning to wither away, and we will cast them into the fire that they may be burned.
And thus saith the Lord of the vineyard, I take away many of these young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will; and it mattereth not that if it so be that the root of this tree will perish, I may preserve the fruit thereof unto myself; wherefore, I will take these young and tender branches, and I will graft them whithersoever I will.
Take thou the branches of the wild olive-tree, and graft them in, in the stead thereof; and these which I have plucked off I will cast into the fire and burn them, that they may not cumber the ground of my vineyard.
And the servant of the Lord of the vineyard did according to the word of the Lord of the vineyard, and grafted in the branches of the wild olive-tree.
And the Lord of the vineyard caused that it should be digged about, and pruned, and nourished, saying unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, that perhaps I might preserve the roots thereof that they perish not, that I might preserve them unto myself, I have done this thing.
Wherefore, go thy way; watch the tree, and nourish it, according to my words.
And these will I place in the nethermost part of my vineyard, whithersoever I will, it mattereth not unto thee; and I do it that I may preserve unto myself the natural branches of the tree; and also, that I may lay up fruit thereof against the season, unto myself; for it grieveth me that I should lose this tree and the fruit thereof.
And the Lord of the vineyard went his way, and hid the natural branches of the tame olive-tree in the nethermost parts of the vineyard, some in one and some in another, according to his will and pleasure.
And a long time passed away, and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into the vineyard, that we may labor in the vineyard.
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard, and also the servant, went down into the vineyard to labor. And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master: Behold, look here; behold the tree.
And the Lord of the vineyard looked and beheld the tree in the which the wild olive branches had been grafted; and it had sprung forth and begun to bear fruit. And he beheld that it was good; and the fruit thereof was like unto the natural fruit.
And he said unto the servant: Behold, the branches of the wild tree have taken hold of the moisture of the root thereof, that the root thereof hath brought forth much strength; and because of the much strength of the root thereof the wild branches have brought forth tame fruit. Now, if we had not grafted in these branches, the tree thereof would have perished. And now, behold, I shall lay up much fruit, which the tree thereof hath brought forth; and the fruit thereof I shall lay up against the season, unto mine own self.
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Come, let us go to the nethermost part of the vineyard, and behold if the natural branches of the tree have not brought forth much fruit also, that I may lay up of the fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.
And they went forth whither the master had hid the natural branches of the tree, and he said unto the servant: Behold these; and he beheld the first that it had brought forth much fruit; and he beheld also that it was good. And he said unto the servant: Take of the fruit thereof, and lay it up against the season, that I may preserve it unto mine own self; for behold, said he, this long time have I nourished it, and it hath brought forth much fruit.
And the servant said unto his master: How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree? For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the land of thy vineyard.
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him: Counsel me not; I knew that it was a poor spot of ground; wherefore, I said unto thee, I have nourished it this long time, and thou beholdest that it hath brought forth much fruit.
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Look hither; behold I have planted another branch of the tree also; and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer than the first. But, behold the tree. I have nourished it this long time, and it hath brought forth much fruit; therefore, gather it, and lay it up against the season, that I may preserve it unto mine own self.
And the Lord of the vineyard said again unto his servant: Look hither, and behold another branch• also, which I have planted; behold that I have nourished it also, and it hath brought forth fruit.
And he said unto the servant: Look hither and behold the last. Behold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground; and I have nourished it this long time, and only a part of the tree hath brought forth tame fruit, and the other part of the tree hath brought forth wild fruit; behold, I have nourished this tree like unto the others.
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck off the branches that have not brought forth good fruit, and cast them into the fire.
But behold, the servant said unto him: Let us prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it a little longer, that perhaps it may bring forth good fruit unto thee, that thou canst lay it up against the season.
And the Lord of the vineyard and the servant of the Lord of the vineyard did nourish all the fruit of the vineyard.
And a long time had passed away, and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into the vineyard, that we may labor again in the vineyard. For behold, the time draweth near, and the end soon cometh; wherefore, I must lay up fruit against the season, unto mine own self.
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant went down into the vineyard; and they came to the tree whose natural branches had been broken off, and the wild branches had been grafted in; and behold all sorts of fruit did cumber the tree.
And the Lord of the vineyard did taste of the fruit, every sort according to its number. And the Lord of the vineyard said: Behold, this long time have we nourished this tree, and I have laid up unto myself against the season much fruit.
But behold, this time it hath brought forth much fruit, and there is none of it which is good. And behold, there are all kinds of bad fruit; and it profiteth me nothing, notwithstanding all our labor; and now it grieveth me that I should lose this tree.
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: What shall we do unto the tree, that I may preserve again good fruit thereof unto mine own self?
And the servant said unto his master: Behold, because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive-tree they have nourished the roots, that they are alive and they have not perished; wherefore thou beholdest that they are yet good.
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: The tree profiteth me nothing, and the roots thereof profit me nothing so long as it shall bring forth evil fruit.
Nevertheless, I know that the roots are good, and for mine own purpose I have preserved them; and because of their much strength they have hitherto brought forth, from the wild branches, good fruit.
But behold, the wild branches have grown and have overrun the roots thereof; and because that the wild branches have overcome the roots thereof it hath brought forth much evil fruit; and because that it hath brought forth so much evil fruit thou beholdest that it beginneth to perish; and it will soon become ripened, that it may be cast into the fire, except we should do something for it to preserve it.
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Let us go down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard, and behold if the natural branches have also brought forth evil fruit.
And that they went down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard. And it came to pass that they beheld that the fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also; yea, the first and the second and also the last; and they had all become corrupt.
And the wild fruit of the last had overcome that part of the tree which brought forth good fruit, even that the branch had withered away and died.
And the Lord of the vineyard wept, and said unto the servant: What could I have done more for my vineyard?
Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save it were these, had become corrupted. And now these which have once brought forth good fruit have also become corrupted; and now all the trees of my vineyardare good for nothing save it be to be hewn down and cast into the fire.
And behold this last, whose branch hath withered away, I did plant in a good spot of ground; yea, even that which was choice unto me above all other parts of the land of my vineyard.
And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which cumbered this spot of ground, that I might plant this tree in the stead thereof.
And thou beheldest that a part thereof brought forth good fruit, and a part thereof brought forth wild fruit; and because I plucked not the branches thereof and cast them into the fire, behold, they have overcome the good branch that it hath withered away.
And now, notwithstanding all the care which we have taken of my vineyard, the trees thereof have become corrupted, that they bring forth no good fruit; and these I had hoped to preserve, to have laid up fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self. But, behold, they have become like unto the wild olive-tree, and they are of no worth but to be hewn down and cast into the fire; and it grieveth me that I should lose them.
But what could I have done more in my vineyard? Have I slackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it? Nay, I have nourished it, and I have digged about it, and I have pruned it, and I have dunged it; and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long, and the end draweth nigh. And it grieveth me that I should hew down all the trees of my vineyard, and cast them into the fire that they should be burned. Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?
And the servant said unto his master: Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard?have not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good? And because the branches have overcome the roots thereof, behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots, taking strength unto themselves. Behold, I say, is not this the cause that the trees of thy vineyard have become corrupted?
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Let us go to and hew down the trees of the vineyard and cast them into the fire, that they shall not cumber the ground of my vineyard, for I have done all. What could I have done more for my vineyard?
But, behold, the servant said unto the Lord of the vineyard: Spare it a little longer.
And the Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer, for it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard.
Wherefore, let us take of the branches of these which I have planted in the nethermost parts of my vineyard, and let us graft them into the tree from whence they came; and let us pluck from the tree those branches whose fruit is most bitter, and graft in the natural branches of the tree in the stead thereof.
And this will I do that the tree may not perish, that, perhaps, I may preserve unto myself the roots thereof for mine aown? purpose.
And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the tree which I planted whithersoever I would are yet alive; wherefore, that I may preserve them also for mine own purpose, I will take of the branches of this tree, and I will graft them in unto them. Yea, I will graft in unto them the branches of their mother tree, that I may preserve the roots also unto mine own self, that when they shall be sufficiently strong perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto me, and I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard.
And they took from the natural tree which had become wild, and grafted in unto the natural trees, which also had become wild.
And they also took of the natural trees which had become wild, and grafted into their mother tree.
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck not the wild branches from the trees, save it be those which are most bitter; and in them ye shall graft according to that which I have said.
And we will nourish again the trees of the vineyard, and we will trim up the branches thereof; and we will pluck from the trees those branches which are ripened, that must perish, and cast them into the fire.
And this I do that, perhaps, the roots thereof may take strength because of their goodness; and because of the change of the branches, that the good may aovercome the evil.
And because that I have preserved the natural branches and the roots thereof, and that I have grafted in the natural branches again into their mother tree, and have preserved the roots of their mother tree, that, perhaps, the trees of my vineyard may bring forth again good fruit; and that I may have joy again in the fruit of my vineyard, and, perhaps, that I may rejoice exceedingly that I have preserved the roots and the branches of the first fruit?
Wherefore, go to, and call servants, that we may labor diligently with our might in the vineyard, that we may prepare the way, that I may bring forth again the natural fruit, which natural fruit is good and the most precious above all other fruit.
Yea, let us go to and labor with our might this last time, for behold the end drawethnigh, and this is for the last time that I shall prune my vineyard.
Graft in the branches; begin at the last that they may be first, and that the first may be last, and dig about the trees, both old and young, the first and the last; and the last and the first, that all may be nourished once again for the last time.
Wherefore, dig about them, and prune them, and dung them once more, for the last time, for the end draweth nigh. And if it be so that these last grafts shall grow, and bring forth the natural fruit, then shall ye prepare the way for them, that they may grow.
And as they begin to grow ye shall clear away the branches which bring forth bitter fruit, according to the strength of the good and the size thereof; and ye shall not clear away the bad thereof all at once, lest the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft, and the graft thereof shall perish, and I lose the trees of my vineyard.
For it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard; wherefore ye shall clear away the bad according as the good shall grow, that the root and the top may be equal in strength, until the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad be hewn down and cast into the fire, that they cumber not the ground of my vineyard; and thus will I sweep away the bad out of my vineyard.
And the branches of the natural tree will I graft in again into the natural tree;
And the branches of the natural tree will I graft into the natural branches of the tree; and thus will I bring them together again, that they shall bring forth the natural fruit, and they shall be one.
And the bad shall be cast away, yea, even out of all the land of my vineyard; for behold, only this once will I prune my vineyard.
And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sent his servant; and the servant went and did as the Lord had commanded him, and brought other servants; and they were few.
And the Lord of the vineyard said unto them: Go to, and labor in the vineyard, with your might. For behold, this is the last time that I shall nourish my vineyard; for the end is nigh at hand, and the season speedily cometh; and if ye labor with your might with me ye shall have joy in the fruit which I shall lay up unto myself against the time which will soon come.
And the servants did go and labor with their mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them; and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard in all things.
And there began to be the natural fruit again in the vineyard; and the natural branches began to grow and thrive exceedingly; and the wild branches began to be plucked off and to be cast away; and they did keep the root and the top thereof equal, according to the strength thereof.
And thus they labored, with all diligence, according to the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard, even until the bad had been cast away out of the vineyard, and the Lord had preserved unto himself that the trees had become again the natural fruit; and they became like unto one body; and the fruits were equal; and the Lord of the vineyard had preserved unto himself the natural fruit, which was most precious unto him from the beginning.
And when the Lord of the vineyard saw that his fruit was good, and that his vineyard was no more corrupt, he called up his servants, and said unto them: Behold, for this last time have we nourished my vineyard; and thou beholdest that I have done according to my will; and I have preserved the natural fruit, that it is good, even like as it was in the beginning. And blessed art thou; for because ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard, and have kept my commandments, and have brought unto me again the natural fruit, that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away, behold ye shall have joy with me because of the fruit of my vineyard.
For behold, for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of my vineyard unto mine own self against the season, which speedily cometh; and for the last time have I nourished my vineyard, and pruned it, and dug about it, and dunged it; wherefore I will lay up unto mine own self of the fruit, for a long time, according to that which I have spoken.
And when the time cometh that evil fruit shall again come into my vineyard, then will I cause the good and the bad to be gathered; and the good will I preserve unto myself, and the bad will I cast away into its own place. And then cometh the season and the end; and my vineyard will I cause to be burned with fire. 

Jacob 6:1-13 AND now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy; that the things which this prophet Zenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a tame olive-tree, must surely come to pass.
 
 And the day that he shall set his hand again the second time to recover his people, is the day, yea, eventhe last time, that the servants of the Lord shall go forth in his power, to nourish and prune his vineyard; and after that the end soon cometh.
 And how blessed are they who have labored diligently in his vineyard; and how cursed are they who shall be cast out into their own place! And the world shall be burned with fire.
 
 And how merciful is our God unto us, for he remembereth the house of Israel, both roots and branches; and he stretches forth his hands unto them all the day long; and they are a stiffnecked and a gainsaying people; but as many as will not harden their hearts shall be saved in the kingdom of God.
 
 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words of soberness that ye would repent, and come with full purpose of heart, and cleave unto God as he cleaveth unto you. And while his arm of mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day, harden not your hearts.
 
 Yea, today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts; for why will ye die?
 
 For after ye have been nourished by the good word of God all the day long, will ye bring forth evil fruit, that ye must be hewn down and cast into the fire?
 
 Will ye reject these words? Will ye reject the words of the prophets; and will ye reject all the words which have been spoken concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning him; and deny the good word of Christ, and the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost, and quench the Holy Spirit, and make a mock of the great plan of redemption, which hath been laid for you?
 
 Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power of the redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, will bring you to stand with shame and awful guilt before the bar of God?
 
 And according to the power of justice, for justice cannot be denied, ye must go away into that lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever, which lake of fire and brimstone is endless torment.
 
 O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and enter in at the strait gate, and continue in the way which is narrow, until ye shall obtain eternal life.
 
 O be wise; what can I say more?
 
 Finally, I bid you farewell, until I shall meet you before the pleasing bar of God, which bar striketh the wicked with awful dread and fear.Amen.

Jews&Gents

The majority of Jews once faithful to the LORD forsook their proper labor and purpose of bridling their own spirits and thereby setting an example and helping the gentiles and the world to do the same, through humility in service and in humbling themselves. Instead they were puffed up in the pride of their own hearts and guile and manipulation of the people's through their own interpretations of God's Ordinances...The pride they expressed thwarted their own good intentions which some of them still had but were naive in trusting their own people who were corrupt and only thought they were taking advantage of something they really had no belief in-many of them actually believed they created "God". What this did was work to harden the heart of the gentile against them, and even this the Jews wished to use to their own advantage through additional, inexusable guile. They brought down two houses with one stone. For they were to guide those who did by nature the things of God but who were not entrusted with the Word of God which enables a people to go from imperfect servitude to perfect servitude. The Jewish Nation actually thought it had the right and priviledge to look down upon other nations because other nations were ignorant of God's Word even though these nations lived the Truth by Nature and often with greater zeal. The Jew was bought by Satan first and then used every manipulation available to them to harrass and obstruct the gentiles who were working diligently to gain entrance into the Kingdom of God.

Look to Amos 8:2 and you'll find that the blessing of the Lord's Passover is revoked (though they are promised restoration in the future), yet they continue to celebrate falsely this right for many years to come requiring all adherents to worship and celebrate...What happened when the Lord and His Testimony against them made this fact blindingly obvious. They hated God.

 

Amo 8:1-3 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with silence.

 

In the Latter Days, Glory to God, He may use the Mormon Church,and those like it to bring the Jew back to Him and purify their will to serve Him or be forever thrown off...Simply because the LDS Church has been Faithful and Orderly and has done the labor. The Gentiles will be the bit in the horse's mouth that is the House of Israel, and Israel will return to Her former Glory for a time. It will be the ultimate humbling experience to find that that which they were sent to save will save them, as the Gentile did in Biblical times but which they were never honored for doing, they did not even seek to be honored by God's Chosen, they simply did the right thing for their own people and the Jew found himself confounded because his will was impure. They were as Paul rightly surmised, "a gainsaying people..." Though God loved them and still loves them with a pure heart, they disobeyed their father Abraham and heaped dung upon their own blessing, and then cry " we are the victims of hate and antisemitism," at every available turn...The Faithful Gentile Nation truly loves God, though they are most often belligerent and truly ignorant of Him, and His Ways, they are accepted because God weighs the heart and spirit of men, not the minds. Only a small select few of the Jews love Him, and it is this small sect which must help the Gentiles in their quest to serve God in the Latter-days.

Nevertheless, Salvation is of the Jews, and they will be the instructors of the gentiles in worship when and if they do return to the Lord, in earnest. For all the patient labour and endurance the Mormons have shown, they don't know much about God. They worship the wrong day as Sabbath, they eat all manner of defiling foods and teach in error of the Law and Testimony on so many and varied levels that it is amazing anyone ever believed in the Book of Mormon. But that's the amazing thing about Faith, true Faith, you can just sense that Jesus Christ is in the Book of Mormon, it's a Puzzle Created by the Hand of God and the Enemy of God and Its end is remarkable. It's also a wonderful set up for those who have been at one another's throats for ages..What else would they do when reconciled? They would bicker and fight. But if the Gentile wants to claim Christ, they must heed the Testimony of Christ who testified "Salvation is of the Jews," and "Ye know not what ye worship..." This will give them a Way to connect and be useful to one another. The Jew knows what to do but not always find the inner strength and will to do it, the Gentile more oft possesses a bullheaded will, but not the common sense and deeper knowledge of God. Their Understandings of the Scriptures as Testified in what they DO, screams these Truths, and The Truth must help them connect and overcome together. The Gentile will help the Jew become rightfully prideful again, and the Jew will help the Gentile do the same...

Isa 29:24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

Thank God we have the Truth in Jesus' Walk and in the Spirit's Testimony, or we would not know our behind from our elbow concerning Spiritual Matters...

Mar 4:13-23 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

The sower soweth the word.

And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive [it], and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Some Jews have become a hateful people that treat their own children as animals and follows after the worst examples of the Heathen Gentile Nations who do the same. The Gentiles have enough to worry about, policing their own heathen brothers without the "Chosen" making things more difficult still...If they were His Chosen they would be in the humblest of circumstances now, and some are, but the great majority has sold out, and instead they are the richest most manipulative nation on earth because they used their God given gift for evil rather than good, thinking the end would justify the means, but their end is worldly gain at the cost of the Kingdom...all this a product of fear not faith. They impishly play the instigator and try to break the gentiles will by causing division in the house of the Gentile, knowing the Gentile's shortcoming is often an awful pride and lack of self esteem that is born of honest naivety and love.

The Jew does not possess the will to war and battle that the Gentile possesses and the Gentile does not possess the will to charity that the Jew should possess, but in war they have been more charitable than the Jew has been in times of peace, because the Gentile lives by a code of honor, even if it not be one devoted to serving the Lord which the Jew were supposed to teach them. It is insane pride that causes them to stir up their enemy which will bring upon them another holocaust, not of God or even their enemies will, but of their own...

All this could be averted by telling the Truth and coming to Christ. This is beneath them, so they will suffer the consequence.

The Gentile will come to Christ.

Nevertheless,

 

Amo 9:11-15 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

 

 

How long...?

Psa 12  Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.

The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

 

 

 

Psa 81:8-16 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.

Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

 

Psa 82:1-8 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.

But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

 

Psa 83:1-5;16-18 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.

Psa 84:1 How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Yea, the sparrowhath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Blessed [are] they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].

[Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.

O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.

 

Morm. 2:10 And it came to pass that the Nephites began to repent of their iniquity, and began to cry even as had been prophesied by Samuel the prophet; for behold no man could keep that which was his own, for the thieves, and the robbers, and the murderers, and the magic art, and the witchcraft which was in the land.

Thus there began to be a mourning and a lamentation in all the land because of these things, and more especially among the people of Nephi.

And it came to pass that when I, Mormon, saw their lamentation and their mourning and their sorrow before the Lord, my heart did begin to rejoice within me, knowing the mercies and the long-suffering of the Lord, therefore supposing that he would be merciful unto them that they would again become a righteous people.

But behold this my joy was vain, for their sorrowing was not untorepentance, because of the goodness of God; but it was rather the sorrowing of the damned, because the Lord would not always suffer them to take happiness in sin.

And they did not come unto Jesus with broken hearts and contrite spirits, but they did curse God, and wish to die. Nevertheless they would struggle with the sword for their lives.

And it came to pass that my sorrow did return unto me again, and I saw that the day of grace was passed with them, both temporally and spiritually; for I saw thousands of them hewn down in open rebellion against their God, and heaped up as dung upon the face of the land. And thus *three hundred and forty and four years had passed away.

Beyond Mankind's Reach

"That Wicked" has become a realization time and time again because the "Abomination that causes Desolation" weasel's its way into the Judgment Seat, yet has not yet had the chance to come out and claim to be God. And hopefully for Our Nation's sake, that chance will not soon come. He very nearly made it a reality in our age, and much to our everlasting shame and condemnation, we willed him to power.
He has been ruling in secret and by "secret combinations."
His ploy is simple enough, and again to our shame, miraculously successful, though its result possesses no resemblance to a miracle.
It's no more than a Manipulation of wills.
Simply persuade men to attempt to reign by their own strength and wits-sure failure of the many at the scheming of a few.
Make women heads of households, and the final insult, leaders of worship and churches.
Men become objects of derision, laughing stocks, mere boys and hungry dogs who are told what to do at Satan's whim.
Women, spiteful and weaker by nature, exult in the opportunity to oversee the affairs of the household and even shepherd God's Children in His House, which are delivered to Church by the hand of Satan.
Abomination in place, Satan has not but to wait for the opportune moment to come out and claim his throne.
Satan uses churches whose work began in earnest, stalled in desperation, ending in bitter betrayal of self and God.
The Remnant will be few and formed by any who are wise enough to remain true to He who is true and betray Satan.
Thus this Opportunity is now and the battle comes to a quiet climax in the hearts and wills of the stronger Brethren who are now made wise by God in them.
Willing them to act and do according to that which is right and just, despite what chaos may reign all about them.
If there is anything that Satan is unwilling to be it is humble and contrite, lowly and broken. Therefore exalt those least esteemed among you to protect yourselves from him who seeks to make miserable the souls of all mankind.
Satan and his followers will be repulsed.
But be careful, there are men and women willing to act humble just to weasel their way into the Kingdom. Real humility should go hand in hand with real gifts, miracles and abundance, never lack, want and disease or strife...and never, ever feigned charity. Make and demand righteous judgment and you will never be fooled by these. Hate those who practice this with a passion equal to theLove of your Saviour. Become "nazis" about it.
Take Paul's Gospel dispensation and add Jesus' faith, divide by Peter's Humility a multiply by John's healthy pride and loyalty and sprinkle liberally with a good dose of Joseph's Governing brilliance and you will have success. Be sober in judgment and silly in sin, overcoming by growing in Him.
Women must desire with all their hearts and souls to see their husbands become spiritual leaders in the home, and husbands must be willing to lead in meekness, showing an almost obscene amount of kindness, acting and doing exactly the opposite of what the world demands of men. This likewise will drive Satan from your homes and communities. He cannot stand to see men shepherd their own children as gods rather than beasts. Nevertheless, be as hens which gather their broods about them and lead not into temptation, but keep near and dear that which is entrusted into your care to be so.
Remember Elders are there to assist you in this endeavor. If a child becomes unruly and will not obey his parent, bring Elders of the church to your home to help. Never give up until you've done everything you can to help "save" every child of God and done all you can to assist the heathen child as well, "for in thee all families of the earth shall be blessed." Gen. 12:35.
Above all else, be Holy, Submissive and dependent upon God. Marked again with abundance, charity, forgiveness, willingness, strength, wits, joy, duty, composure, good humor, disdain proper and judgment fair.
If you think about it, and this is upsetting, but all we've come to believe in and strive for in this Nation is founded upon lies.
For so many, righteousness is an impossibility. To be willing to even try would be folly. Yet they realize and accept it is the Rule Golden.
Our way to exaltation is to come out and shine so as to be a star, be all you can be, study and exercise and live so as to beat your opponent. Win glory, honor, medals, awards, trophies, etc., all to become great and accepted of the people, for the people and by the people even at the price of humiliating your neighbor.
God accepts and exalts the exact opposite, and we cast out and deride the same.
Be broken and contrite and humble and meek and He will make you shine. He will make you great and exalt you beyond mankind's reach.
Just as the wicked go from worse to worse, deceiving and being deceived, so the Faithful go from best to best believing and being believed.
Jesus is faithful beyond all possibilities of faithfulness and does positive harm to the Faith.
Because Satan is a liar, he is really weak and easy to beat on a Spiritual level. That is why he drags everyone down to the physical, where he'll have the chance to be king of the jungle. King Punk.
Anger always comes from fear unless it is righteous.
The problem being evil and how to deal with it. In abstinence and avoidance, overcoming...or give in and be mastered by it, becoming a terrorist.
The latter choice, being evil, always appealed to me as a young man, to the boy in me, who desired power and coveted all, and sought for a way to escape my circumstances which seemed unfair or at least boring and inconvenient.
The latter always appealed to the man in me, who desired to know, nurture, grow and master my True Divine Self and Nature that is far above the natural world.
How to do it?

1Cr 6:14-20 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make [them] the members of an harlot? God forbid.
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

You can be an "I Am," or you can be an "i'm not."

If you are an "i'm not," you're following Satan.
Satan wanted to sit on Jesus' throne so badly, he was and is willing to kill and die for it. He knoweth not sacrifice but craveth never ending sacrifice be made unto him.
Jesus slaps Satan in the face by giving the Throne away to everyone who would and will do the Will of the Father. That's the only catch. You've got to love God, neighbor and even your enemies.
Satan is unwilling to love anyone, even himself, though he puff himself up as if he were a god, he is empty and void of spirit. Deadly. He can't even be himself, how is hegoing to attain Christ?
Fortunately for Satan, the reality which people most often accept is not of God.
Our society encourages and nurtures the false and nonexistent in people. From the earliest age, children are encouraged to be what they are not by everyone and everything around them.
God did not create sports stars, actors and actresses, politicians, etc. God did not even create Moms and Dads.
Moms and Dads should humble their children, not humiliate them, yet the latter is what happens in a society whose foundation is wholly false.
The mark of one perfected in Christ and God is not perfection of talent or craft but of acceptance of God's Creation, standing in Awe of Him and perfecting His Attributes in you.
People in the gall of bitterness and suffering from the consequences and terrors of sin, find "joy" and relief in the suffering of others. It does not matter whether said suffering is deserved or not. Anything and anyone other than themselves suffering relieves somewhat the never ceasing pain and discomfort they suffer. And the body opposed to the Will of God is formed by these. These are they who form a body of weeping and teeth gnashing unbelievers. It's the weakest reaction, but it is so ingrained. It's a child's first choice. Rather than face the consequence and aright the action, bully forth, put it off, blame another, cry and be soothed by Mom, deny the sin, laugh at another, or otherwise distract your Self, and deny Him, driving yourSelf to delusion, distraction and often competition and striving outside the Body, which means ultimate failure and decay of all that we begin and build up, and desolation of family, community, society and an heritage forsaken and lost. If you master anything at all, you and your talent must remain in the Body for it to be of any use to yourSelf and your fellows.
Jesus Mastered His Self and worked Miracles, channeling God's Perfect Spirit and Healing Power in Creation, becoming or being the Great Physician. Yet he did not strive, nor work as the world demanded and demands. He Perfected Being and was broken to the world, good for nothing and useless, rejected and made a thing of derision to all men. Not working with his hands, leaving his craft behind for the sake of all. Not laboring the way in which the world would have you labor for your daily bread. Because this is a form of idolatry whose talent is begotten in idleness, which is different from the Way Easy which is righteous and hardtoMaster because it demands so much and asks so little...It is easy to perform a task for a price, and hard to serve without reward.
Solomon spoke of craft and talent perfected in idleness, meaning anyone could do these things, given time and practice. But not just anyone can be worthy of Christ and yet He laid down His Life for All. No one attains Christ through labor, yet if we labor, let us do so within the Body, Christ, whose Reward is reaped by All, even the unworthy, ungrateful and evil.

Jhn 15:1-16 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

1Cr 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

And the Labor will be Easy...

Mat 11:30 For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.

Because it is predestined, and no matter how burdened you are with sin, in returning to the LORD your labour will become miraculous.

Rom 8:28-31 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?

And again,

Eph 2:8-10 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:  Not of works, lest any man should boast.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

We are called by Christ not Diana. (Acts 19)

Therefore we come out and forsake all for Him, which is really hard when the Body apostates and condemns. God is quicker to make sons of apostates.

Mat 21:28-32 But what think ye? A [certain] man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I [go], sir: and went not.
Whether of them twain did the will of [his] father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them,VerilyI say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen [it], repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

A stunning example is the LDS Church, which has both worthy and unworthy laborers. For of course the LDS Church would betray, for it is written Joseph/Ephraim would deal with Idols (Masons, etc.) and look other than to the LORD for fulfillment of Self, and even fulfillment of His Word. What foolishness! Yet, the LORD will bring Israel and Ephraim together in His Way for His Purpose and Will in His Body. And the tribes shall be reconciled and shall know why and wherefore they erred and their fury will be hard to overcome as they feed fire to fire. Yet True Knowledge of the LORD will make bearable their plight and folly, and the Love of the LORD shall grant Unity of Purpose. Though they may not approach Him, they may serve with an honest resolve and thus alleviate shame and anger.

The Throne is supposed to be unoccupied on Earth and sitting in It is unlawful and impossible.

And that is why Satan hates Christ. No matter how good, or bad, no matter how talented or not, Israel and Jesus remain the One and Only Chosen, and a broken heart and contrite spirit, the one and only sacrificed accepted of God.
If Satan did not want to be king so badly, to be Judge, he might actually be worthy of both. But his exhausting desire, hunger to be both makes him unworthy, for the right is bestowed upon the worthy by God, and usually granted to he who has no desire to judge or control anyone...but that all might enjoy His Liberty because all are worthy. Which is Righteousness that comes of Faith.
Satan just didn't get it and rather than admit a fault or flaw in his character that was startlingly obvious to all, he seeks to drag all of Creation down with him.
It's pathetic.
And because God treats him as a child, he rages, rather than be that child and accept the correction of the Father. He tries to prove himself to be a man by being a beast or beastly and thus will never be a man or the man he is or was predestined to be. He's become everything he is not, and he likes it that way because he's rebellious, and envious, and has found a path to glory that the world will acceptand honor, even if it is doing no more than embracing a lie, as long as it is he the world embraces rather than God or God's Son, he is happy being miserable. Until he can just be and not always contend for things that are not his, he'll never know what is his by birthright. He hates Jesus because Jesus, like God, knows him so well, and accepts him for who he is, but Satan has no desire to be who he is, he desires to be Judge. Jesus blows his cover.

1Jo 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he mightdestroy the works of the devil.

Job 37: 4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

 

 

Happy All Saints Day

I guess most people experience God as whatever they experience in their life...which is true to an extent....I know a guy who spent his whole life searching and at the end came to the conclusion that the "person is the expert on his or her experience..." This was lauded as genius by his friends and family, but I consider it filed under, "Well, duh..." Who cares what we think of our experience? Hasn't our love of Self caused us enough humiliation and trouble already?? We are not God, and it's His Will and Judgment that count, not ours...I mean through this guy's life, he was a soldier, teacher, doctor, Dad, therapist, and many other things to many people, but in the end, he was just what his theory turned out to be, useless. I don't mean he was good for nothing, but he gradually became so, as most people do without God.

Your whole Life hinges on your belief or disbelief in God, it turns out...

Wonderful and Miraculous to me...because otherwise, you are very much just fulfillling Shakespeare's words..."...tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing..."

An unjust world becomes one in which the senses are a hindrance to the Spirit of God rather than a blessing bestowed upon Creation by the Same.

Hearing, one hears nothing but lies...Seeing, one cannot trust his own eyesight, and is in danger of losing sight of what is important, led astray, tempted and decieved by slight of hand and smoke and mirror and the lusts of the flesh.

Touching, one may become defiled. Tasting, likewise, which makes one ill rather than strong, well, and wise...

Society encourages psychosis and nutures insanity in order to deal with apostasy and denial on a global scale, yet the push towards "globalization" continues unabated because all serve Death, and their master wills it...Many become "capable" but their is no grace nor love, hope, etc. because their capabilities come at the expense of others, even self is lost to the mad drive to succeed and survive.

But this is us, and Israel in the latter-days.

Isa 42:18-25 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.

But this [is] a people robbed and spoiled; [they are] all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

Who among you will give ear to this? [who] will hearken and hear for the time to come?

Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid [it] not to heart.

We're still a beautiful nation. Lots of heart and patient endurance has reaped a way out of trouble many times in our history and we'll do it again, I have Faith. I just think it wisdom to at last start depending upon Him for real and not our understanding of Him or our own works and craft to deliver us, because as much as we might like to believe that, it was always He who made us able to do whatever we did...No matter how badly we botched the deal or had success it was all Him working in Us.

It's amazing what you start to realize and see when you have Right Vision, even if your half blind already, Spiritual Sight is something otherworldly...

People, especially those who are in control, are so afraid of the Truth. Like the Scribes and Pharisees...Jesus came and here He was, the Entity they were waiting for, but rather than give up their position and personal power and control over whatever was entrusted to their care, they denied the Reason they had anything at all.

Kinda nutz...

The worst thing people do is reject Jesus but claim His Authority and Guidance.

It comes from those who claim the Holy Spirit but they are full of unholy sh*t. They whole heartedly shout "Alleluia, amen, come Lord Jesus!" But then when He shows up, they look the other way and pretend they didn't see him. He doesn't even condemn them for it, in fact, he saves them despite it, and yet they still don't want to welcome Him and accept his guidance.

Know what this is? The unforgivable sin.

Mat 12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the [world] to come.

The Holy Ghost is the Guide.

They still want to do things their way. They will never abandon all and follow. Especially the real Jesus. Because He is not going anywhere, He's here to be here. Why? Because God loves the world! He could care less about you and your dreams and aspirations because He really loves You, though He has no respect of persons, His simple steadfast Love protects and enables and enlightens all of Creation.

The world for this seeks to put out every natural light in Creation and live by the glow of some bogus lifedraining artificial light bulb...and why? Artifical light hides the indecency and unflattering affects of sin.

And it would seem as if we are, out of jealousy for God's gifts made worldly, sabotaging the Abundance of God with the regulations of man, and this, of course, begins in the Church.

Morm. 8: 28

Yea, it shall come in a day when the power of God shall be denied, and churches become defiled and be lifted up in the pride of their hearts; yea, even in a day when leaders of churches and teachers shall rise in the pride of their hearts, even to the envying of them who belong to their churches.

We're finding countless ways to connect to one another without having to face each other when we're about to lose the most important connection in all of Creation.