has sent. 5, 11, 24, 25.
10 all mine are thine, and thine are mine.
21 that they may be one, as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee.
22 the glory which thou gavest me I have given them, that they may be
one, even as we are one.
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me
where I am.
_Acts_ 2. 33 received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost.
_Rom_. 1. 20 being understood by the things that are made, even his
eternal power and Godhead.
8. 16 the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit.
9. 5 Christ came who is over all, God blessed forever.
11. 36 of him, through him, and to him are all things, to whom be glory
forever.
16. 27 to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever.
1 _Cor_. 2. 4 in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
8. 6 but to us there is but one God, the Father.
15. 24 when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the
Father.
_Gal_. 4. 4 when the fulness of time was come, God sent forth his Son
made of a woman.
_Eph_. 3. 11 to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus.
4. 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all.
_Col_. 1. 19 for it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness
dwell.
2. 9 in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead, bodily.
_Heb_. 1. 8 to the Son he saith, thy throne, O God, is forever.
5. 9 being made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation.
7. 28 maketh the Son who is consecrated forevermore.
9. 14 who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to
God.
12. 9 be in subjection unto the Father of spirits and live.
13. 8 Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day and forever.
2 _Peter_ 1. 17 for he received from God the Father, honor and glory.
1 _John_ 2. 1 we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous. 23, 24.
5. 7 there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, Son and
Holy Ghost.
_Rev_. 1. 18 he that liveth and was dead, and am alive forever more.
2. 7 hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
5. 13 unto him that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb for ever.
10. 6 sware by him that liveth forever, that time shall be no longer.
11. 15 and he shall reign for ever and ever.
15. 7 full of the wrath of God who liveth forever.
Book of Mormon.
1 _Nephi_ 10. 18 for he is the same yesterday, to-day and forever.
19 wherefore the course of God is one eternal round.
11. 21 behold the Lamb of God, the Son of the eternal Father. _Chap_.
13. 40.
32 the Son of the everlasting God was judged of the world.
2 _Nephi_ 2. 4 for the Spirit is the same yesterday, to-day and for
ever.
9. 16 it is his eternal word which cannot pass away.
10. 14 I will be a light to them forever, that hear my words.
27. 23 that I am the same yesterday, to-day and forever. 29. 9.
_Mos_. 3. 5 is from all eternity to all eternity.
15. 4 yea, the very eternal Father of heaven and earth.
16. 9 the light and life of the world, yea, a light that is endless.
_Alma_ 7. 16 he shall have eternal life, according to the testimony of
the Holy Spirit.
11. 39 he is the very eternal Father of heaven and earth. 40.
44 Christ, the Father and the Holy Spirit, one eternal God.
13. 9 Only Begotten of the Father, without beginning of days or end of
years.
34. 14 the great, last, infinite and eternal sacrifice will be the Son
of God.
3 _Nephi_ 9. 18 Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
_Mormon_ 6. 22 the Father, yea, the eternal Father of heaven and earth.
_Moroni_ 7. 22 God knowing all things, being from everlasting to
everlasting. 28.
8. 18 he is unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity.
10. 4 exhort you that you would ask God, the eternal Father. 28.
Doctrine and Covenants.
_Sec_. 14. 9 Jesus Christ created the heavens and the earth.
19. 1 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
20. 17 we know there is a God, infinite and eternal, from everlasting
to everlasting. 28.
29. 34 neither Adam, your father, whom I created.
41 the Lord God cast Adam out of the Garden of Eden.
35. 1, 2 Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
39. 1 the voice of him who is from all eternity to all eternity.
45. 1 by whom all things live, and move, and have a being. 7.
49. 12 believe on the Lord Jesus, the beginning and the end.
56. 11 though heaven and earth pass away, these words shall not pass
away.
68. 6 Son of the living God. That I was, that I am, and that I am to
come.
88. 13 who is in the bosom of eternity, in the midst of all things.
41 all things are by him and of him, even God for ever and ever.
121. 32 according to that which was ordained, in the council of the
eternal God.
132. 20 then shall they be gods, because they have no end. 22.
24 this is eternal life, to know the only wise and true God.
_See Sermon by B. Young, J. of D., Vol. 1, page 46_.
" " _B. Young, " " 4, " 215_.
_Article Mil. Star, Vol. 15, page 301_.
ORDINANCES, COVENANTS, ETC., ETERNAL.
Bible.
_Gen_. 21. 33 Abraham called on the name of the everlasting God. _Isa_.
40. 28. _Rom_. 16. 26.
_Exo_. 3. 15 this is my name forever and my memorial to all generations.
12. 14 Israel to keep the feast of Passover by an ordinance forever. 24.
27. 21 it shall be a statute forever to Israel.
31. 16, 17 the Sabbath a perpetual covenant and sign between the Lord
and Israel forever.
_Num_. 10. 8 an ordinance forever throughout your generations.
1 _Sam_. 3. 14 the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged for ever.
2 _Sam_. 7. 24 hast confirmed Israel to be a people to thee for ever.
1 _Chron_. 17. 14 David's throne established for evermore.
23. 13 Aaron and his sons sanctified forever.
2 _Chron_. 33. 4 in Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
_Psalm_ 19. 9 the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever.
24. 7 lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come
in.
33. 11 the counsel of the Lord standeth forever.
45. 6 thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. 17.
72. 19 blessed be his glorious name forever, let the earth be filled
with his glory.
100. 5 his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth.
119. 89 forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
145. 13 thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
_Eccl_. 3. 14 what God doeth it shall be forever; nothing can be put to
it or taken taken from it.
15 that which hath been is now; that which is hath already been.
_Isa_. 9. 6 a child is born, he shall be called the everlasting Father.
32. 17 and the effect of his righteousness quietness and assurance
forever.
33. 14 who among us shall dwell in everlasting burnings.
_Ezek_. 37. 26 make a covenant of peace with them it shall be an
everlasting covenant.
_Dan_. 7. 14 his dominion is an everlasting dominion.
18 the Saints shall take and possess the kingdom forever.
12. 3 they that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars
forever.
_Matt_. 19. 16 Master, what good thing shall I do that I may inherit
eternal life.
_Luke_ 16. 9 make friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when
you fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
18. 30 manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come
life everlasting.
_John_ 3. 15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have eternal life.
4. 14 the water I give him shall be in him a well of water springing up
into everlasting life. 36.
5. 24 he that believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life.
39 search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life.
6. 68 to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.
10. 28 I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish.
12. 25 he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life
eternal.
17. 2 that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given
him.
3 life eternal to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom
thou hast sent.
_Acts_ 13. 48 as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
_Rom_. 1. 20 being understood by the things that are made, even his
eternal power and Godhead.
2. 7 by patient continuance in well doing seek for immortality and
eternal life.
5. 21 might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life.
6. 23 the wages of sin are death; but the gift of God is eternal life.
11. 36 for of him, and through him, and to him, are all things.
2 _Cor_. 4. 17 our light affliction worketh for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory.
5. 1 a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
_Gal_. 1. 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever.
6. 8 he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life
everlasting.
_Eph_. 3. 11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in
Christ Jesus.
2 _Thess_. 1. 9 who shall be punished with everlasting destruction.
1 _Tim_. 6. 12 fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.
_Titus_ 1. 2 in hope of eternal life, which God promised before the
world began.
_Heb_. 5. 9 being made perfect he became the author of eternal
salvation, unto all them that obey him.
9. 14 who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to
God.
1 _Peter_ 1. 23 born again by the word of God, which abideth forever.
5. 10 who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus.
2 _Peter_ 2. 17 to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
1 _John_ 1. 2 shew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father.
2. 25 this is the promise he hath promised us, even eternal life.
3. 15 no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
5. 11 this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and
this life is in his Son. 13, 20.
2 _John_ 2. for the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be
with us forever.
_Jude_ 21. looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal
life.
_Rev_. 7. 12 honor, power and might be unto our God forever.
10. 6 sware by him that liveth forever that time shall be no longer.
22. 5 for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign forever.
Book of Mormon.
1 _Nephi_ 10. 19 wherefore the course of God is one eternal round.
11. 21 the Lamb of God even the Son of the eternal Father.
32 the Son of the everlasting God was judged of the world.
2 _Nephi_ 1. 19 his ways are righteousness for ever.
2. 4 for the Spirit is the same yesterday, to-day and forever.
12 must needs destroy the wisdom and eternal purposes of God.
9. 13 all men became incorruptible, immortal, living souls.
16 it is his eternal word and cannot pass away.
39 to be spiritual minded is life eternal.
11. 5 the great and eternal plan of deliverance from death.
_Jacob_ 2. 21 created them to keep his commandments and glorify him
forever.
_Mos_. 5. 15 ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life.
16. 11 if good to the resurrection of endless life; if evil to the
resurrection of endless damnation.
_Alma._ 34. 14 the great, last, infinite and eternal sacrifice will be
the Son of God.
_Mormon_ 5. 14 may bring about his great and eternal purposes.
Doctrine and Covenants.
_Sec_. 1. 15 have broken mine everlasting covenant.
6. 7 he that hath eternal life is rich. 11. 7.
14. 7 eternal life the greatest of all the gifts of God.
20. 28 which Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one God, infinite and
eternal.
22. 1 this is a new and everlasting covenant, which was from the
beginning.
39. 1 the voice of him who is from all eternity to all eternity.
45. 8 to them that believed on my name gave I power to obtain eternal
life.
56. 11 though heaven and earth pass away, these words shall not pass
away.
76. 4 from eternity to eternity he is the same.
59 all things are theirs, whether life or death, things present or to
come.
62 shall dwell in the presence of God and his Christ forever.
109. 77 the earth in its sanctified, immortal and eternal state.
85. 7 whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words.
88. 13 who is in the bosom of eternity in the midst of all things.
20 that bodies of the celestial kingdom may possess it forever.
41 all things are by him and of him, even God, forever.
101. 22 and worship me according to mine everlasting Gospel.
77 an infinity of fulness from everlasting to everlasting.
121. 2 behold from the eternal heavens the wrongs of thy people.
32 according to that which was ordained in the council of the eternal
God.
128. 23 let the eternal creations declare his name forever.
132. 19 there shall be a continuation of the seeds for ever.
20 then shall they be gods, because they have no end.
24 this is eternal lives to know the only wise and true God.
46 whosesoever sins ye remit shall be remitted eternally.
Pearl of Great Price.
_Page_ 1. Endless is my name. My works and words are without end. 3.
9. repent and call upon God in the name of the Son forevermore.
16. and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world and eternal life
in the world to come.
17. the record of the Father and the Son from henceforth and forever.
19. seeing thou art holy from all eternity to all eternity, endless and
eternal is my name also.
20. Enoch wept and stretched forth his arms, and his heart swelled as
wide as eternity.
29. the blessings of the Gospel of salvation, even of life eternal.
32. they shall have no end for they are gnolaum, or eternal.
49. the angel said the fulness of the everlasting Gospel was contained
in the records of the Book of Mormon.
PASSOVER OR SACRAMENT.
"This word (passover) comes from the Hebrew verb, pasach, which
signifies to pass, to leap, or skip over. They gave the name of
Passover to the feast which was established in commemoration of the
coming forth out of Egypt, because the night before their departure,
the destroying angel, who slew the first-born of the Egyptians, passed
over the Israelites, because they were marked with the blood of the
lamb which was killed the evening before; and which for this reason was
called the Paschal Lamb;" _Cruden's Con_.
We have an account of the institution of the Passover in the twelfth
chapter of Exodus. The Lord commanded Israel, saying, "And the day
shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to
the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an
ordinance for ever:" _verse_ 14. This command rather implies that there
might be a change in the manner and time of keeping this passover, by
the house of Israel. The essential part of it is that it shall be kept
by a feast forever.
That the passover, as instituted the evening before the departure of
Israel out of Egypt, was typical of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God,
appears to be the generally received opinion of all who have faith
in the Bible and its institutions. It is evident that the apostle
Paul entertained this view of the subject when he made the following
assertion, "For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us;" 1
_Cor_. 5. 7.
That our Savior considered the ordinance of the passover a part of
the Mosaic law which was to be done away in his sufferings and death,
is evident from the wish, which he expressed to his disciples, while
keeping the passover with them the evening before his death, "With
desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer;"
_Luke_ 22. 15. The type was no longer needed and the ordinance was
changed to commemorate the great sacrifice he was about to make.
Hence, he commanded his disciples to partake of the bread and wine in
remembrance of him.
We cannot do better than to insert here, _verbatim_, the account of
the first administration of the sacrament among the Nephites, by our
Savior. "And it came to pass that Jesus commanded his disciples that
they should bring forth some bread and wine unto him. And while they
were gone for bread and wine, he commanded the multitude that they
should sit themselves down upon the earth."
"And when the disciples had come with bread and wine, he took of the
bread, and brake and blessed it; and he gave unto the disciples, and
commanded that they should eat. And when they had eat, and were filled,
he commanded that they should give unto the multitude. And when the
multitude had eaten and were filled, he said unto the disciples, behold
there shall one be ordained among you, and to him will I give power
that he shall break bread, and bless it, and give it unto the people of
my church, unto all those who shall believe and be baptized in my name.
"And this shall ye always observe to do, even as I have done, even as I
have broken bread, and blessed it, and gave it unto you. And this shall
ye do in remembrance of my body, which I have shewn unto you. And it
shall be a testimony unto the Father, that ye do always remember me.
And if ye do always remember me, ye shall have my Spirit to be with you.
"And it came to pass that when he said these words, he commanded his
disciples that they should take of the wine of the cup, and drink of
it, and that they should also give unto the multitude, that they might
drink of it. And it came to pass that they did so, and did drink of it,
and were filled; and they gave unto the multitude, and they did drink,
and they were filled. And when the disciples had done this Jesus said
unto them, Blessed are ye for this thing which ye have done, for this
is fulfilling my commandment, and this doth witness unto the Father
that ye are willing to do that which I have commanded you. And this
shall ye always do to those who repent and are baptized in my name; and
ye shall do it in remembrance of my blood, which I have shed for you,
that ye may witness unto the Father that ye do always remember me. And
if ye do always remember me, ye shall have my Spirit to be with you.
And I give unto you a commandment that ye shall do these things. And if
ye shall always do these things, blessed are ye, for ye are built upon
my rock;" 3 _Nephi_ 18. 1-12.
Bible.
_Lev_. 23. 5 the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's
passover.
_Num_. 9. 5 they kept the passover at even. _Josh_. 5. 10.
33. 3 on the morrow after the passover Israel went out of Egypt.
_Deut_. 16. 2 place the Lord should choose, Israel was to sacrifice the
passover. 5.
2 _Kings_ 23. 22 not holden such a passover from the days of the Judges.
2 _Chron_. 35. 1-19 a description of the solemn passover of Josiah.
_Ezra_ 6. 19, 20 the children of the captivity kept the passover.
_Ezek_. 45. 21 ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days.
_Matt_. 26. 17-29 Christ kept the passover, with his disciples, the
evening before his death. _Mark_ 14. 12-25. _Luke_ 22. 8-38.
_Luke_ 24. 30, 31 Christ made himself known to his disciples by the
breaking of bread.
_John_ 2. 13 and the Jews' passover was at hand.
6. 53-58 he that eateth the flesh and drinketh the blood of Christ hath
eternal life.
11. 55 many went to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify
themselves.
18. 39 have a custom that I should release one unto you, at the
passover.
19. 14 and it was the preparation of the passover.
_Acts_ 2. 46 they continued daily in breaking bread. 20. 7.
1 _Cor_. 11. 23-30 the same night in which he was betrayed took bread.
_Heb_. 11. 28 through faith he kept the passover.
Book of Mormon.
3 _Nephi_ 18. 27-30 none to eat and drink unworthily.
20. 1-9 Jesus administered the sacrament, the second time, among the
Nephites.
_Moroni_ 4. 5 the manner of administering the sacrament.
6. 6 did meet together oft to partake of bread and wine.
Doctrine and Covenants.
_Sec_. 20. 75 expedient that the church meet together oft, to partake
of bread and wine.
77-79 the form of administering the sacrament.
27. 2 it matters not what we eat and drink in the sacrament.
46. 4 those who have trespassed to make reconciliation.
_See Sermon by Jos. F. Smith, J. of D., Vol. 15, page 324_.
_Article by J. G. B., Mil. Star, Vol. 34, page 520_.
MILLENNIAL REIGN.
The inspired writings teach us that, at the second coming of Christ,
his reign of a thousand years, on the earth, will commence. A veritable
kingdom of the house of Israel will have been prepared to receive him.
"The Son of man shall come down in heaven, clothed in the brightness of
his glory, to meet the kingdom of God which is set up on the earth;"
_Doc. & Cov_. 65. 5. The kingdom of God in heaven and on the earth will
then unite and constitute but one kingdom. "The kingdoms of this world
are become _the_ kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall
reign for ever and ever;" _Rev_. 11. 15.
Those that have part in the first resurrection, "Shall be priests of
God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years;" 20. 6.
The earth will go through a purifying process to fit it for the
residence of its millennial inhabitants. "Behold, I create new heavens
and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered;" _Isa_. 65.
17. That this passage refers to the preparation for the millennium
is evident by the twentieth verse: "There shall be no more thence an
infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the
child shall die a hundred years old; but the sinner _being_ a hundred
years old shall be accursed."
This view of the subject is also presented to us in a revelation to
Joseph, the Seer: "Old things shall pass away, and all things become
new. * * * And he that liveth when the Lord shall come, and has kept
the faith, blessed is he; nevertheless it is appointed to him to die at
the age of man; wherefore children shall grow up until they become old,
old men shall die;" _Doc. & Cov_. 63. 49-51.
There are three conditions of the earth spoken of in the inspired
writings--the present, in which everything pertaining to it must go
through a change which we call death; the millennial condition in which
it will be sanctified for the residence of purer intelligences, some
mortal and some immortal, and the celestial condition spoken of in the
twenty-first and twenty-second chapters of Revelation, which will be
one of immortality and eternal life.
When Christ's reign is fully established on the earth, there will be
two capitals to his immense empire--Jerusalem on the eastern hemisphere
and Zion on the western. "When the Lord of hosts shall reign in Mount
Zion, and in Jerusalem;" _Isa_. 24. 23. "For out of Zion shall go forth
the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem;" 2. 3.
In this, "The fulness of times when Christ shall have subdued all
enemies under his feet, and shall have perfected his work, when he
shall deliver up the kingdom, and present it to the Father spotless,
then shall he be crowned with the crown of his glory, to sit on the
throne of his power to reign forever and ever;" _Doc. & Cov_., 76.
106-108.
The prophet Daniel speaks of this great event:
"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of Man came
with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they
brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and
glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should
serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not
pass away, and his kingdom _that_ which shall not be destroyed;" 7. 13,
14. This passage evidences that Christ's reign on the earth will be
real and tangible; and that his kingdom will embrace a great variety of
nations and peoples, and that he is also subservient to his Father.
The following passage, with its context, is a beautiful description of
the final coming of our Lord, and of his reign on the earth:
"That my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the
time of my coming; for there shall be my Tabernacle, and it shall be
called ZION, a New Jerusalem. And the Lord said unto Enoch, Then shalt
thou and all thy city meet them there and we will receive them into our
bosom, and they shall see us; and we will fall upon their necks, and
they shall fall upon our necks, and we will kiss each other; and there
shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall come forth out
of all the creations which I have made; and for the space of a thousand
years shall the earth rest.
"And it came to pass that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of
Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the
space of a thousand years;" _P. of G. P., page_ 22.
Bible.
_Isa_. 52. 7 that saith unto Zion, thy God reigneth.
_Jer_. 23. 5 a king shall reign and shall execute justice and judgment.
6.
_Mic_. 4. 7 the Lord shall reign over them in Zion forever.
Luke 1. 33 and he shall reign over the house of Israel forever.
_Rom_. 15. 12 he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles.
1 _Cor_. 15. 25 till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
2 _Tim_. 2. 12 if we suffer, we shall also reign with him.
_Rev_. 5. 10 made us kings and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.
20. 4 they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
21. 22, 27 description of the celestial earth.
Doctrine and Covenants.
_Sec_. 1. 36 the Lord shall reign in the midst of his Saints.
29. 11 and dwell in righteousness with me on the earth a thousand years.