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TSP 20:41-46
41 And it is easy to tell whether or not a thing
is from God, or if it is from Satan. For the things
of God shall lead you to do the will of God. And
when ye do the will of God, then ye are happy.
And if ye are not happy, then ye are not doing
the will of God. And Satan will allow you to
rejoice in your wickedness for a time, but he will
not stand by you for long. And when he turneth
his back on you, ye shall no longer remain
happy in the evil thing that ye are doing.
42 And I know that ye do rejoice in the
concept of your family unit, and that ye rejoice
in your children, and your spouses, and in the
things of this world that ye have accumulated to
support them in their needs.And because ye
find joy therein, ye believe that these things
must be from God.But I say unto you, that
these things are not from God.And if ye
continue in these things, or in other words, the
division of yourselves into separate family units,
ye shall reap the recompense of this sin.
43 For once ye have divided yourselves into
families, then ye shall divide yourselves into
communities of families; and once ye have
divided yourselves into communities of
countries and nations.And ye shall place
borders around the lands of your nations, and
cause that any that enter into the borders of your
nations to be bound by the laws which ye have
set for this nation, which laws are based on the
things that ye have taught your children in the
family units that ye have created.
44 And in your desire to protect your families
and those things in which ye believe, which
things ye have convinced yourself are from
God, ye shall raise up armies and means of force
that shall protect the borders of your lands; and
ye shall cause to be killed any whom ye believe
shall threaten the family units that ye have set up
among yourselves.
45 And in anger shall nation rise against
nation.And ye shall have diverse wars and
contentions among you.And these wars and
these contentions shall be caused because ye
think in and of yourselves that ye are more
righteous than those of other nations. And these
other nations are also created by family units,
which believe differently than you do, and
which also think that the beliefs of their families
are more righteous than yours.
46 And ye shall follow the leaders of these
nations, and they shall lead you into battle
against your brothers and sisters. And ye shall
kill them in anger. And they, in recompense for
what ye have done unto them, shall kill you.
And if it so be that they are a nation of people
who do not have the strength to kill you, then
their children and the children of their children,
even for many generations, shall wait until the
time that they are strong enough to rise up
against you, and then they shall make war
against you because of the things that ye have
done unto their families.
TSP 31:66-73
66 And John continueth his words, saying:
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded
to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and
all the world wondered after the beast.Now,
this is the head that representeth the Roman
Empire. For ye shall see how this great nation
shall rise above all other nations and wield its
power throughout the entire earth.
67 And its system of government shall
eventually fall, which is what is meant by being
wounded to death.But this same system of
government and laws shall once again rise up on
the earth, which is what is meant by his deadly
wound being healed.
68 And all the world shall wonder after this
system of government and its laws, and they
shall be led to believe that this system of
government and its laws are the most righteous
that have ever been upon the earth.
69 And it is this system of government and
these laws that shall be the medium for the plan
of Lucifer.And John continueth his words
concerning this government and its laws, or in
other words, this power, saying: And I beheld
another beast coming up out of the earth; and he
had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a
dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the
first beast before him, and causeth the earth and
them which dwell therein to worship the first
beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
70 Now this hath reference to the great
European Empire, which shall eventually be
divided into ten major nations, or horns. And a
beast shall be among them, even a beast with
two horns. And this beast shall have two horns,
one shall be known as the British Empire, and
the other of these horns shall be the colonial
states, which shall be separated from the main
land of this empire by many waters.
71 And these two nations, which are from the
beast, were one in the beginning and shall be
one in the end, and shall base their system of
government upon many of the laws and ideas of
the Roman Empire, which government and laws
were wounded to death, but then healed, or
revived by the later great European Empire from
which these two nations shall rise.And these
two nations shall promote peace, as the two
horns like a lamb represent. Nevertheless, this
peace shall be the peace and carnal security into
which Satan shall lull them.
72 And John gave another representation of
this, in which he wrote, saying: And there came
one of the seven angels which had the seven
vials, and talked with me, saying unto me,
Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment
of the great whore that sitteth upon many
waters, with whom the kings of the earth have
committed fornication, and the inhabitants of
the earth have been made drunk with the wine of
her fornication.
73 And now, I, Moroni, would that ye should
understand that this is the great and abominable
church of which Nephi hath written in his
vision, which is the same vision that was given
unto John. And I have explained this great and
abominable church unto you previously.
Therefore, it is important that ye reference these
things that ye might understand them more fully.
TSP 32:35-49
35 For even with the great advancements of
technology and science, of which advancements
ye shall know, even those of you who have
received this record, the children of men do not
live in peace and harmony one with another, but
have separated themselves into families, and
communities, and nations, which are even more
isolated and more selfish than at any other time
upon the earth.
36 And many of these things shall be revealed
in this record as I approach the time period of
the latter days after I have explained unto you
the way that Satan eventually prepareth the
children of men for the day of his glory.
37 And ye shall see how the God of the latter
days, who is Lucifer, hath lifted himself up and
hath deceived those upon the earth to such an
extent that they shall think that he is their Father
in heaven, and that the true Lord is the devil.
38 And one of the ways that ye might know
these things is by the money that ye shall have
among you in the latter days. And if ye look at
this money, ye shall notice that which Satan hath
caused you to inscribe thereon, even the words:
In God We Trust.
39 And ye do trust in this god, even the money
on which ye have inscribed these words. But in
the Lord, ye do not trust, for ye have been led to
believe that his ways are of the devil.
40 And this money shall become the thing
that shall take you away from the gospel of
Christ, even that ye shall forget about his words
and put your trust in this money.
41 And John wrote concerning this, saying:
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich
and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in
their right hand, or in their foreheads.And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had
the mark, or the name of the beast, or the
number of his name.
42Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the beast: for
it is the number of a man; and his number is Six
hundred threescore and six.
43 And now, in order for ye to understand this
riddle that John hath given unto you, it is
necessary that ye understand somewhat
concerning the customs of the Jews, from which
culture John was, that ye might understand that
which he hath written unto you.
44 For it was customary among the Jews to
equate that which a man doeth in his life, or his
works, with a mark upon his right hand, in that
his hand doeth that which he performeth in his
life, even his works, which is his name. And the
thoughts of that man are indicative of a mark in
his forehead, or in other words, the desires of his
heart, or the reason for which he doeth the
works that he performeth.
45 And it shall come to pass in the latter days
that he who doth not have money, or who doth
not participate in the economy of the nations of
the world, which economies shall revolve
around the seat of the beast, or the money of the
nation of the United States, then he shall be
killed, for he cannot survive in a system of
economy that is based upon this money.
46 And all people, yea, even everyone who
liveth upon the earth, shall receive the mark in
their right hands; or in other words, they shall be
forced to participate in this economy which
shall be set up and based upon money. And this
money is the system of exchange by which the
whole world shall live. And this money is the
number of the beast.
47 And John has given a riddle unto those
who have wisdom to understand his words.
And he wrote, saying: Here is wisdom. Let him
that hath understanding count the number of the
east: for it is the number of a man; and his
number is six hundred threescore and six.
48 And because there shall be very few of you
who have the spirit of understanding, which is
only given to those who have the Spirit of God,
most of you shall be unable to solve this riddle,
and shall come up with all manner of
speculation and answers to the meaning of this
man and his number, which is six hundred
threescore and six.
49 Yet, ye already have the answer to this
riddle among you.Now here is wisdom, only
those who are true prophets of God would know
this answer, for it is simple and easy to
understand. And it is written in the Bible, even
the source of most of the symbolism of the
words of John.
50 Yea, it is written: Now the weight of gold
that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred threescore and six talents.
TSP 32:68-73
68 And now, I, Moroni, have been instructed
by the Spirit to speak somewhat concerning that
which is evil and of Satan, compared with that
which is righteous and of God. For it shall come
to pass that there shall be many of you in the
latter days that shall not understand how your
nation can be under the power of Satan and be
an evil nation, when ye believe that ye are happy
therein and prosper, and seem to be blessed by
the hand of God. And there shall be many of
you that shall judge other nations as being evil,
when ye judge your own to be righteous.
69 Now, I would that ye should understand
that anything that goeth contrary to the eternal
plan of salvation that the Father hath set up for
us, and which He presented to us in the
beginning in His kingdom, is evil and is
considered of Satan. And I would that ye should
also know, that the plan of Lucifer is not
considered an evil thing to Him, nor to those
who followed Lucifer in the beginning.
70 Behold, I have explained already unto you
that the argument of Lucifer, or his plan, was a
wonderful and righteous plan to many of those
who heard it; evensomuch, that these rebelled
against their own Eternal Father and their
Eternal Mothers, who these spirits knew
understood all things, and to whom all the
eternal powers of heaven had been given.
71 Yet, even upon beholding these eternal
beings in all their glory, Lucifer and many of the
children of God rebelled against Him and came
up with a plan that they felt was more righteous
than the plan of the Father.
72 Therefore, to Lucifer and those who
followed after him, the plan of the Father is evil,
being contrary to their plan, which they believe
is righteous. Now, this is how Satan is able to
convince the children of men that he is not
Satan, but is God; and that God is not our true
Father, but is the devil.The one on the one
hand, and the other on the other.
73 And it is a prerequisite of our free agency
that we choose for ourselves which plan is
righteous, and which plan is evil.
TSP 32:111-
111 For a nation under God hath no borders
that separate it from the rest of the nations of
the world that are inhabited by other sons and
daughters of God. And the leaders of a nation
under God serve its people and not
themselves. And this nation tendeth to the
needs of all of the people and provideth for
them all the sustenance that they need to
sustain their lives and pursue the happiness
that each of them desireth, according to each
of their individual desires for happiness.
112 And this nation would not cause that the
sword of war should fall upon any other
people. And only in the defense of this nation,
shall it raise the banner of war against another,
and only to protect its people in their rights
and in their freedoms.
113 And a nation under God would protect the
earth and its resources and use them according
to that which is good for the earth, and also that
which is good for its people.
114 And the leaders of a nation under God
would not have cause to hide their works, or
their words, or any of their secret agendas or
alliances, which are the secret combinations
that are spoken of by the holy prophets. For if
this government is set up to serve those who
have given unto it its power, or in other words,
the people of this nation, then the very least
among them should understand its workings
and its words.
115 And a government of a nation under God
would judge its success and its compliance with
the laws of a righteous government, which laws
have been established for all governments that
are of God, which shall last forever; yea, this
government shall judge its success by looking at
the least among its people. For this nation shall
be judged by God according to the manner in
which it serveth the very least amongst it.
116 For behold, the plan of the Father was
established according to these eternal laws. And
all of the children of God are served by this
eternal plan.And it mattereth not unto God
which kingdom of glory that His children
decide for themselves best suiteth their
individual desires of happiness.
TSP 32:125-127
125 But the governments of men, or those
who are under the power and influence of
Satan, give unto the people of their nations all
the things that they can consume upon the
lusts of the flesh. But this happiness that they
enjoy is a temporary happiness that shall end
when they are dead.
126 For instead of providing for the needs of
the least among them, the leaders of the nations
of Satan provide for their own needs, and the
needs of their own families, and care not about
those whom they believe are evil, because—
according to the perception of these leaders and
the wicked part of these nations, which are the
rich—they do not work.
127 But ye shall see as the works and the
secret combinations are revealed unto you in
this record, even those works and the secret
combinations of this great nation of the United
States of the latter days, and also of the great
churches of the latter days of which I have
spoken, and more especially that church through
which the record of my father hath come forth
unto you; yea, ye shall see that they do not do
the work of the Father, and care not for those
who are the least among them.
TSP 63:79-92
79 And it came to pass that I saw the
multitudes of the earth gathered together. And
the angel said unto me:Behold thy seed, and
also the seed of thy brethren.And it came to
pass that I looked and beheld the people of my
seed gathered together in multitudes against the
seed of my brethren; and they were gathered
together to battle.
80 And the angel spake unto me, saying:
Behold the fountain of filthy water which thy
father saw; yea, even the river of which he
spake; and the depths thereof are the depths of
hell.And the mists of darkness are the
temptations of the devil, which blindeth the
eyes, and hardeneth the hearts of the children of
men, and leadeth them away into broad roads,
that they perish and are lost.
81 And the large and spacious building, which
thy father saw, is the vain imaginations and the
pride of the children of men. And a great and a
terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word
of the justice of the Eternal God, and the
Messiah who is the Lamb of God, of whom the
Holy Ghost beareth record, from the beginning
of the world until this time, and from this time
henceforth and forever.
82 And now, this terrible gulf which divideth
the children of men is that which I must explain
unto you in plainness. For this gulf is the justice
of the Lord who cometh between those that
keep his commandments and those who do not.
83 For those who are prideful and vain and
centered upon themselves, evensomuch that
they do not care about their neighbor, neither do
they love others as they would have others love
them; yea, these have no part of the Holy Ghost,
which rendereth unto all the children of men the
peace and joy of the Father.
84 And even though the vision that Nephi
received hath spoken specifically concerning his
own people, who are the descedants of Lehi,
these things were given in similitude of the
whole earth, even all the nations of the earth.
85 For thus shall come to pass in all nations
of the world according to the words of the angel.
And this great gulf is what separateth the wicked
from the righteous.
86 For the wicked are forever miserable, and
are angry, and unsettled, and judgeth their
neighbors and hateth them because of their
words, which do not agree with their own.
87 Yea, these are those who are saddened in
their countenances, and depressed in their spirits,
and have not the light of Christ within them.
88 But those who are righteous are happy and
content with their lives; and these do not judge
their neighbor, but loveth their neighbor as
themselves, and are not angry, and loveth their
enemies as they do their friends.
89 These receive the gift of the Holy Ghost
that the Father hath provided so that the souls
of all of His children can experience joy and
peace forever.
90 And Nephi, continueth, saying:And
while the angel spake these words, I beheld
and saw that the seed of my brethren did
contend against my seed, according to the
word of the angel; and because of the pride of
my seed, and the temptations of the devil, I
beheld that the seed of my brethren did
overpower the people of my seed.
91 And it came to pass that I beheld, and saw
the people of the seed of my brethren that they
had overcome my seed; and they went forth in
multitudes upon the face of the land. And I saw
them gathered together in multitudes; and I saw
wars and rumors of wars among them; and in
wars and rumors of wars I saw many
generations pass away.
92 And the angel said unto me: Behold these
shall dwindle in unbelief. And it came to pass
that I beheld, after they had dwindled in
unbelief, they became a dark and loathsome and
a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of
abominations.
TSP 64:70-73
70 And behold, the things which this apostle
of the Lamb shall write are many things which
thou hast seen; and behold, the remainder shalt
thou see.But the things which thou shalt see
hereafter thou shalt not write; for the Lord God
hath ordained the apostle of the Lamb of God
that he should write them.
71 And also others who have been, to them
hath he shown all things, and they have written
them; and they are sealed up to come forth in
their purity, according to the truth which is in the
Lamb, in the own due time of the Lord, unto the
house of Israel.
72 And I, Nephi, heard and bear record, that
the name of the apostle of the Lamb was John,
according to the word of the angel.
73 And behold, I, Nephi, am forbidden that I
should write the remainder of the things which I
saw and heard; therefore the things which I have
written sufficeth me; and I have written but a
small part of the things which I saw.
TSP 20:41-46
41 And it is easy to tell whether or not a thing
is from God, or if it is from Satan. For the things
of God shall lead you to do the will of God. And
when ye do the will of God, then ye are happy.
And if ye are not happy, then ye are not doing
the will of God. And Satan will allow you to
rejoice in your wickedness for a time, but he will
not stand by you for long. And when he turneth
his back on you, ye shall no longer remain
happy in the evil thing that ye are doing.
42 And I know that ye do rejoice in the
concept of your family unit, and that ye rejoice
in your children, and your spouses, and in the
things of this world that ye have accumulated to
support them in their needs.And because ye
find joy therein, ye believe that these things
must be from God.But I say unto you, that
these things are not from God.And if ye
continue in these things, or in other words, the
division of yourselves into separate family units,
ye shall reap the recompense of this sin.
43 For once ye have divided yourselves into
families, then ye shall divide yourselves into
communities of families; and once ye have
divided yourselves into communities of
families, then ye shall divide yourselves into
countries and nations.And ye shall place
borders around the lands of your nations, and
cause that any that enter into the borders of your
nations to be bound by the laws which ye have
set for this nation, which laws are based on the
things that ye have taught your children in the
family units that ye have created.
44 And in your desire to protect your families
and those things in which ye believe, which
things ye have convinced yourself are from
God, ye shall raise up armies and means of force
that shall protect the borders of your lands; and
ye shall cause to be killed any whom ye believe
shall threaten the family units that ye have set up
among yourselves.
45 And in anger shall nation rise against
nation.And ye shall have diverse wars and
contentions among you.And these wars and
these contentions shall be caused because ye
think in and of yourselves that ye are more
righteous than those of other nations. And these
other nations are also created by family units,
which believe differently than you do, and
which also think that the beliefs of their families
are more righteous than yours.
46 And ye shall follow the leaders of these
nations, and they shall lead you into battle
against your brothers and sisters. And ye shall
kill them in anger. And they, in recompense for
what ye have done unto them, shall kill you.
And if it so be that they are a nation of people
who do not have the strength to kill you, then
their children and the children of their children,
even for many generations, shall wait until the
time that they are strong enough to rise up
against you, and then they shall make war
against you because of the things that ye have
done unto their families.
TSP 31:66-73
66 And John continueth his words, saying:
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded
to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and
all the world wondered after the beast.Now,
this is the head that representeth the Roman
Empire. For ye shall see how this great nation
shall rise above all other nations and wield its
power throughout the entire earth.
67 And its system of government shall
eventually fall, which is what is meant by being
wounded to death.But this same system of
government and laws shall once again rise up on
the earth, which is what is meant by his deadly
wound being healed.
68 And all the world shall wonder after this
system of government and its laws, and they
shall be led to believe that this system of
government and its laws are the most righteous
that have ever been upon the earth.
69 And it is this system of government and
these laws that shall be the medium for the plan
of Lucifer.And John continueth his words
concerning this government and its laws, or in
other words, this power, saying: And I beheld
another beast coming up out of the earth; and he
had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a
dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the
first beast before him, and causeth the earth and
them which dwell therein to worship the first
beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
70 Now this hath reference to the great
European Empire, which shall eventually be
divided into ten major nations, or horns. And a
beast shall be among them, even a beast with
two horns. And this beast shall have two horns,
one shall be known as the British Empire, and
the other of these horns shall be the colonial
states, which shall be separated from the main
land of this empire by many waters.
71 And these two nations, which are from the
beast, were one in the beginning and shall be
one in the end, and shall base their system of
government upon many of the laws and ideas of
the Roman Empire, which government and laws
were wounded to death, but then healed, or
revived by the later great European Empire from
which these two nations shall rise.And these
two nations shall promote peace, as the two
horns like a lamb represent. Nevertheless, this
peace shall be the peace and carnal security into
which Satan shall lull them.
72 And John gave another representation of
this, in which he wrote, saying: And there came
one of the seven angels which had the seven
vials, and talked with me, saying unto me,
Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment
of the great whore that sitteth upon many
waters, with whom the kings of the earth have
committed fornication, and the inhabitants of
the earth have been made drunk with the wine of
her fornication.
73 And now, I, Moroni, would that ye should
understand that this is the great and abominable
church of which Nephi hath written in his
vision, which is the same vision that was given
unto John. And I have explained this great and
abominable church unto you previously.
Therefore, it is important that ye reference these
things that ye might understand them more fully.
TSP 32:35-49
35 For even with the great advancements of
technology and science, of which advancements
ye shall know, even those of you who have
received this record, the children of men do not
live in peace and harmony one with another, but
have separated themselves into families, and
communities, and nations, which are even more
isolated and more selfish than at any other time
upon the earth.
36 And many of these things shall be revealed
in this record as I approach the time period of
the latter days after I have explained unto you
the way that Satan eventually prepareth the
children of men for the day of his glory.
37 And ye shall see how the God of the latter
days, who is Lucifer, hath lifted himself up and
hath deceived those upon the earth to such an
extent that they shall think that he is their Father
in heaven, and that the true Lord is the devil.
38 And one of the ways that ye might know
these things is by the money that ye shall have
among you in the latter days. And if ye look at
this money, ye shall notice that which Satan hath
caused you to inscribe thereon, even the words:
In God We Trust.
39 And ye do trust in this god, even the money
on which ye have inscribed these words. But in
the Lord, ye do not trust, for ye have been led to
believe that his ways are of the devil.
40 And this money shall become the thing
that shall take you away from the gospel of
Christ, even that ye shall forget about his words
and put your trust in this money.
41 And John wrote concerning this, saying:
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich
and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in
their right hand, or in their foreheads.And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had
the mark, or the name of the beast, or the
number of his name.
42Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the beast: for
it is the number of a man; and his number is Six
hundred threescore and six.
43 And now, in order for ye to understand this
riddle that John hath given unto you, it is
necessary that ye understand somewhat
concerning the customs of the Jews, from which
culture John was, that ye might understand that
which he hath written unto you.
44 For it was customary among the Jews to
equate that which a man doeth in his life, or his
works, with a mark upon his right hand, in that
his hand doeth that which he performeth in his
life, even his works, which is his name. And the
thoughts of that man are indicative of a mark in
his forehead, or in other words, the desires of his
heart, or the reason for which he doeth the
works that he performeth.
45 And it shall come to pass in the latter days
that he who doth not have money, or who doth
not participate in the economy of the nations of
the world, which economies shall revolve
around the seat of the beast, or the money of the
nation of the United States, then he shall be
killed, for he cannot survive in a system of
economy that is based upon this money.
46 And all people, yea, even everyone who
liveth upon the earth, shall receive the mark in
their right hands; or in other words, they shall be
forced to participate in this economy which
shall be set up and based upon money. And this
money is the system of exchange by which the
whole world shall live. And this money is the
number of the beast.
47 And John has given a riddle unto those
who have wisdom to understand his words.
And he wrote, saying: Here is wisdom. Let him
that hath understanding count the number of the
east: for it is the number of a man; and his
number is six hundred threescore and six.
48 And because there shall be very few of you
who have the spirit of understanding, which is
only given to those who have the Spirit of God,
most of you shall be unable to solve this riddle,
and shall come up with all manner of
speculation and answers to the meaning of this
man and his number, which is six hundred
threescore and six.
49 Yet, ye already have the answer to this
riddle among you.Now here is wisdom, only
those who are true prophets of God would know
this answer, for it is simple and easy to
understand. And it is written in the Bible, even
the source of most of the symbolism of the
words of John.
50 Yea, it is written: Now the weight of gold
that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred threescore and six talents.
TSP 32:68-73
68 And now, I, Moroni, have been instructed
by the Spirit to speak somewhat concerning that
which is evil and of Satan, compared with that
which is righteous and of God. For it shall come
to pass that there shall be many of you in the
latter days that shall not understand how your
nation can be under the power of Satan and be
an evil nation, when ye believe that ye are happy
therein and prosper, and seem to be blessed by
the hand of God. And there shall be many of
you that shall judge other nations as being evil,
when ye judge your own to be righteous.
69 Now, I would that ye should understand
that anything that goeth contrary to the eternal
plan of salvation that the Father hath set up for
us, and which He presented to us in the
beginning in His kingdom, is evil and is
considered of Satan. And I would that ye should
also know, that the plan of Lucifer is not
considered an evil thing to Him, nor to those
who followed Lucifer in the beginning.
70 Behold, I have explained already unto you
that the argument of Lucifer, or his plan, was a
wonderful and righteous plan to many of those
who heard it; evensomuch, that these rebelled
against their own Eternal Father and their
Eternal Mothers, who these spirits knew
understood all things, and to whom all the
eternal powers of heaven had been given.
71 Yet, even upon beholding these eternal
beings in all their glory, Lucifer and many of the
children of God rebelled against Him and came
up with a plan that they felt was more righteous
than the plan of the Father.
72 Therefore, to Lucifer and those who
followed after him, the plan of the Father is evil,
being contrary to their plan, which they believe
is righteous. Now, this is how Satan is able to
convince the children of men that he is not
Satan, but is God; and that God is not our true
Father, but is the devil.The one on the one
hand, and the other on the other.
73 And it is a prerequisite of our free agency
that we choose for ourselves which plan is
righteous, and which plan is evil.
TSP 32:111-
111 For a nation under God hath no borders
that separate it from the rest of the nations of
the world that are inhabited by other sons and
daughters of God. And the leaders of a nation
under God serve its people and not
themselves. And this nation tendeth to the
needs of all of the people and provideth for
them all the sustenance that they need to
sustain their lives and pursue the happiness
that each of them desireth, according to each
of their individual desires for happiness.
112 And this nation would not cause that the
sword of war should fall upon any other
people. And only in the defense of this nation,
shall it raise the banner of war against another,
and only to protect its people in their rights
and in their freedoms.
113 And a nation under God would protect the
earth and its resources and use them according
to that which is good for the earth, and also that
which is good for its people.
114 And the leaders of a nation under God
would not have cause to hide their works, or
their words, or any of their secret agendas or
alliances, which are the secret combinations
that are spoken of by the holy prophets. For if
this government is set up to serve those who
have given unto it its power, or in other words,
the people of this nation, then the very least
among them should understand its workings
and its words.
115 And a government of a nation under God
would judge its success and its compliance with
the laws of a righteous government, which laws
have been established for all governments that
are of God, which shall last forever; yea, this
government shall judge its success by looking at
the least among its people. For this nation shall
be judged by God according to the manner in
which it serveth the very least amongst it.
116 For behold, the plan of the Father was
established according to these eternal laws. And
all of the children of God are served by this
eternal plan.And it mattereth not unto God
which kingdom of glory that His children
decide for themselves best suiteth their
individual desires of happiness.
TSP 32:125-127
125 But the governments of men, or those
who are under the power and influence of
Satan, give unto the people of their nations all
the things that they can consume upon the
lusts of the flesh. But this happiness that they
enjoy is a temporary happiness that shall end
when they are dead.
126 For instead of providing for the needs of
the least among them, the leaders of the nations
of Satan provide for their own needs, and the
needs of their own families, and care not about
those whom they believe are evil, because—
according to the perception of these leaders and
the wicked part of these nations, which are the
rich—they do not work.
127 But ye shall see as the works and the
secret combinations are revealed unto you in
this record, even those works and the secret
combinations of this great nation of the United
States of the latter days, and also of the great
churches of the latter days of which I have
spoken, and more especially that church through
which the record of my father hath come forth
unto you; yea, ye shall see that they do not do
the work of the Father, and care not for those
who are the least among them.
TSP 63:79-92
79 And it came to pass that I saw the
multitudes of the earth gathered together. And
the angel said unto me:Behold thy seed, and
also the seed of thy brethren.And it came to
pass that I looked and beheld the people of my
seed gathered together in multitudes against the
seed of my brethren; and they were gathered
together to battle.
80 And the angel spake unto me, saying:
Behold the fountain of filthy water which thy
father saw; yea, even the river of which he
spake; and the depths thereof are the depths of
hell.And the mists of darkness are the
temptations of the devil, which blindeth the
eyes, and hardeneth the hearts of the children of
men, and leadeth them away into broad roads,
that they perish and are lost.
81 And the large and spacious building, which
thy father saw, is the vain imaginations and the
pride of the children of men. And a great and a
terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word
of the justice of the Eternal God, and the
Messiah who is the Lamb of God, of whom the
Holy Ghost beareth record, from the beginning
of the world until this time, and from this time
henceforth and forever.
82 And now, this terrible gulf which divideth
the children of men is that which I must explain
unto you in plainness. For this gulf is the justice
of the Lord who cometh between those that
keep his commandments and those who do not.
83 For those who are prideful and vain and
centered upon themselves, evensomuch that
they do not care about their neighbor, neither do
they love others as they would have others love
them; yea, these have no part of the Holy Ghost,
which rendereth unto all the children of men the
peace and joy of the Father.
84 And even though the vision that Nephi
received hath spoken specifically concerning his
own people, who are the descedants of Lehi,
these things were given in similitude of the
whole earth, even all the nations of the earth.
85 For thus shall come to pass in all nations
of the world according to the words of the angel.
And this great gulf is what separateth the wicked
from the righteous.
86 For the wicked are forever miserable, and
are angry, and unsettled, and judgeth their
neighbors and hateth them because of their
words, which do not agree with their own.
87 Yea, these are those who are saddened in
their countenances, and depressed in their spirits,
and have not the light of Christ within them.
88 But those who are righteous are happy and
content with their lives; and these do not judge
their neighbor, but loveth their neighbor as
themselves, and are not angry, and loveth their
enemies as they do their friends.
89 These receive the gift of the Holy Ghost
that the Father hath provided so that the souls
of all of His children can experience joy and
peace forever.
90 And Nephi, continueth, saying:And
while the angel spake these words, I beheld
and saw that the seed of my brethren did
contend against my seed, according to the
word of the angel; and because of the pride of
my seed, and the temptations of the devil, I
beheld that the seed of my brethren did
overpower the people of my seed.
91 And it came to pass that I beheld, and saw
the people of the seed of my brethren that they
had overcome my seed; and they went forth in
multitudes upon the face of the land. And I saw
them gathered together in multitudes; and I saw
wars and rumors of wars among them; and in
wars and rumors of wars I saw many
generations pass away.
92 And the angel said unto me: Behold these
shall dwindle in unbelief. And it came to pass
that I beheld, after they had dwindled in
unbelief, they became a dark and loathsome and
a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of
abominations.
TSP 64:70-73
70 And behold, the things which this apostle
of the Lamb shall write are many things which
thou hast seen; and behold, the remainder shalt
thou see.But the things which thou shalt see
hereafter thou shalt not write; for the Lord God
hath ordained the apostle of the Lamb of God
that he should write them.
71 And also others who have been, to them
hath he shown all things, and they have written
them; and they are sealed up to come forth in
their purity, according to the truth which is in the
Lamb, in the own due time of the Lord, unto the
house of Israel.
72 And I, Nephi, heard and bear record, that
the name of the apostle of the Lamb was John,
according to the word of the angel.
73 And behold, I, Nephi, am forbidden that I
should write the remainder of the things which I
saw and heard; therefore the things which I have
written sufficeth me; and I have written but a
small part of the things which I saw.