10:1 And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren,
concerning this righteous branch of which I have spoken.
10:2 For behold, the promises which we have obtained are promises unto
us according to the flesh; wherefore, as it has been shown unto me that
many of our children shall perish in the flesh because of unbelief,
nevertheless, God will be merciful unto many; and our children shall be
restored, that they may come to that which will give them the true
knowledge of their Redeemer.
10:3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that
Christ—for in the last night the angel spake unto me that this should
be his name—should come among the Jews, among those who are the more
wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify him—for thus it
behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would
crucify their God.
10:4 For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other nations they
would repent, and know that he be their God.
10:5 But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem will
stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.
10:6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines,
pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not
be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.
10:7 But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day cometh that they
shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with
their fathers that they shall be restored in the flesh, upon the earth,
unto the lands of their inheritance.
10:8 And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered in from
their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the four
parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in
the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of their
inheritance.
10:9 Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them,
and their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore, the promises
of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who
can dispute?
10:10 But behold, this land, said God, shall be a land of thine
inheritance, and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.
10:11 And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and
there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the
Gentiles.
10:12 And I will fortify this land against all other nations.
10:13 And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith God.
10:14 For he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the
Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light
unto them forever, that hear my words.
10:15 Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled
which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them
while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret works of
darkness, and of murders, and of abominations.
10:16 Wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion, both Jew and Gentile,
both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish; for they are
they who are the whore of all the earth; for they who are not for me
are against me, saith our God.
10:17 For I will fulfil my promises which I have made unto the children
of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh—
10:18 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will
afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will
soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a
father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered
among the house of Israel.
10:19 Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, and them
who shall be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land of their
inheritance; for it is a choice land, saith God unto me, above all
other lands, wherefore I will have all men that dwell thereon that they
shall worship me, saith God.
10:20 And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has
given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember
him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are
not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven out of the land of our
inheritance; but we have been led to a better land, for the Lord has
made the sea our path, and we are upon an isle of the sea.
10:21 But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who are upon the
isles of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must needs be more
than this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren.
10:22 For behold, the Lord God has led away from time to time from the
house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure. And now behold,
the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off, wherefore he
remembereth us also.
10:23 Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to
act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of
eternal life.
10:24 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will
of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember,
after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the
grace of God that ye are saved.
10:25 Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the
resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the
atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God,
that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen.