3:1 And again my brethren, I would call your attention, for I have
somewhat more to speak unto you; for behold, I have things to tell you
concerning that which is to come.
3:2 And the things which I shall tell you are made known unto me by an
angel from God. And he said unto me: Awake; and I awoke, and behold he
stood before me.
3:3 And he said unto me: Awake, and hear the words which I shall tell
thee; for behold, I am come to declare unto you the glad tidings of
great joy.
3:4 For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of thy
righteousness, and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou mayest
rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they may
also be filled with joy.
3:5 For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with
power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all
eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the
children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go
forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick,
raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their
sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases.
3:6 And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in
the hearts of the children of men.
3:7 And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger,
thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto
death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his
anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.
3:8 And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of
heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his
mother shall be called Mary.
3:9 And lo, he cometh unto his own, that salvation might come unto the
children of men even through faith on his name; and even after all this
they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall
scourge him, and shall crucify him.
3:10 And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he
standeth to judge the world; and behold, all these things are done that
a righteous judgment might come upon the children of men.
3:11 For behold, and also his blood atoneth for the sins of those who
have fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the
will of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned.
3:12 But wo, wo unto him who knoweth that he rebelleth against God! For
salvation cometh to none such except it be through repentance and faith
on the Lord Jesus Christ.
3:13 And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the
children of men, to declare these things to every kindred, nation, and
tongue, that thereby whosoever should believe that Christ should come,
the same might receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with
exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them.
3:14 Yet the Lord God saw that his people were a stiffnecked people,
and he appointed unto them a law, even the law of Moses.
3:15 And many signs, and wonders, and types, and shadows showed he unto
them, concerning his coming; and also holy prophets spake unto them
concerning his coming; and yet they hardened their hearts, and
understood not that the law of Moses availeth nothing except it were
through the atonement of his blood.
3:16 And even if it were possible that little children could sin they
could not be saved; but I say unto you they are blessed; for behold, as
in Adam, or by nature, they fall, even so the blood of Christ atoneth
for their sins.
3:17 And moreover, I say unto you, that there shall be no other name
given nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come unto the
children of men, only in and through the name of Christ, the Lord
Omnipotent.
3:18 For behold he judgeth, and his judgment is just; and the infant
perisheth not that dieth in his infancy; but men drink damnation to
their own souls except they humble themselves and become as little
children, and believe that salvation was, and is, and is to come, in
and through the atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.
3:19 For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall
of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the
enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and
becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh
as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to
submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even
as a child doth submit to his father.
3:20 And moreover, I say unto you, that the time shall come when the
knowledge of the Savior shall spread throughout every nation, kindred,
tongue, and people.
3:21 And behold, when that time cometh, none shall be found blameless
before God, except it be little children, only through repentance and
faith on the name of the Lord God Omnipotent.
3:22 And even at this time, when thou shalt have taught thy people the
things which the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, even then are they
found no more blameless in the sight of God, only according to the
words which I have spoken unto thee.
3:23 And now I have spoken the words which the Lord God hath commanded
me.
3:24 And thus saith the Lord: They shall stand as a bright testimony
against this people, at the judgment day; whereof they shall be judged,
every man according to his works, whether they be good, or whether they
be evil.
3:25 And if they be evil they are consigned to an awful view of their
own guilt and abominations, which doth cause them to shrink from the
presence of the Lord into a state of misery and endless torment, from
whence they can no more return; therefore they have drunk damnation to
their own souls.
3:26 Therefore, they have drunk out of the cup of the wrath of God,
which justice could no more deny unto them than it could deny that Adam
should fall because of his partaking of the forbidden fruit; therefore,
mercy could have claim on them no more forever.
3:27 And their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flames
are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever. Thus
hath the Lord commanded me. Amen.