14:1 And now it came to pass that Samuel, the Lamanite, did prophesy a
great many more things which cannot be written.
14:2 And behold, he said unto them: Behold, I give unto you a sign; for
five years more cometh, and behold, then cometh the Son of God to
redeem all those who shall believe on his name.
14:3 And behold, this will I give unto you for a sign at the time of
his coming; for behold, there shall be great lights in heaven, insomuch
that in the night before he cometh there shall be no darkness, insomuch
that it shall appear unto man as if it was day.
14:4 Therefore, there shall be one day and a night and a day, as if it
were one day and there were no night; and this shall be unto you for a
sign; for ye shall know of the rising of the sun and also of its
setting; therefore they shall know of a surety that there shall be two
days and a night; nevertheless the night shall not be darkened; and it
shall be the night before he is born.
14:5 And behold, there shall a new star arise, such an one as ye never
have beheld; and this also shall be a sign unto you.
14:6 And behold this is not all, there shall be many signs and wonders
in heaven.
14:7 And it shall come to pass that ye shall all be amazed, and wonder,
insomuch that ye shall fall to the earth.
14:8 And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall believe on the Son
of God, the same shall have everlasting life.
14:9 And behold, thus hath the Lord commanded me, by his angel, that I
should come and tell this thing unto you; yea, he hath commanded that I
should prophesy these things unto you; yea, he hath said unto me: Cry
unto this people, repent and prepare the way of the Lord.
14:10 And now, because I am a Lamanite, and have spoken unto you the
words which the Lord hath commanded me, and because it was hard against
you, ye are angry with me and do seek to destroy me, and have cast me
out from among you.
14:11 And ye shall hear my words, for, for this intent have I come up
upon the walls of this city, that ye might hear and know of the
judgments of God which do await you because of your iniquities, and
also that ye might know the conditions of repentance;
14:12 And also that ye might know of the coming of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God, the Father of heaven and of earth, the Creator of all
things from the beginning; and that ye might know of the signs of his
coming, to the intent that ye might believe on his name.
14:13 And if ye believe on his name ye will repent of all your sins,
that thereby ye may have a remission of them through his merits.
14:14 And behold, again, another sign I give unto you, yea, a sign of
his death.
14:15 For behold, he surely must die that salvation may come; yea, it
behooveth him and becometh expedient that he dieth, to bring to pass
the resurrection of the dead, that thereby men may be brought into the
presence of the Lord.
14:16 Yea, behold, this death bringeth to pass the resurrection, and
redeemeth all mankind from the first death—that spiritual death; for
all mankind, by the fall of Adam being cut off from the presence of the
Lord, are considered as dead, both as to things temporal and to things
spiritual.
14:17 But behold, the resurrection of Christ redeemeth mankind, yea,
even all mankind, and bringeth them back into the presence of the Lord.
14:18 Yea, and it bringeth to pass the condition of repentance, that
whosoever repenteth the same is not hewn down and cast into the fire;
but whosoever repenteth not is hewn down and cast into the fire; and
there cometh upon them again a spiritual death, yea, a second death,
for they are cut off again as to things pertaining to righteousness.
14:19 Therefore repent ye, repent ye, lest by knowing these things and
not doing them ye shall suffer yourselves to come under condemnation,
and ye are brought down unto this second death.
14:20 But behold, as I said unto you concerning another sign, a sign of
his death, behold, in that day that he shall suffer death the sun shall
be darkened and refuse to give his light unto you; and also the moon
and the stars; and there shall be no light upon the face of this land,
even from the time that he shall suffer death, for the space of three
days, to the time that he shall rise again from the dead.
14:21 Yea, at the time that he shall yield up the ghost there shall be
thunderings and lightnings for the space of many hours, and the earth
shall shake and tremble; and the rocks which are upon the face of this
earth, which are both above the earth and beneath, which ye know at
this time are solid, or the more part of it is one solid mass, shall be
broken up;
14:22 Yea, they shall be rent in twain, and shall ever after be found
in seams and in cracks, and in broken fragments upon the face of the
whole earth, yea, both above the earth and beneath.
14:23 And behold, there shall be great tempests, and there shall be
many mountains laid low, like unto a valley, and there shall be many
places which are now called valleys which shall become mountains, whose
height is great.
14:24 And many highways shall be broken up, and many cities shall
become desolate.
14:25 And many graves shall be opened, and shall yield up many of their
dead; and many saints shall appear unto many.
14:26 And behold, thus hath the angel spoken unto me; for he said unto
me that there should be thunderings and lightnings for the space of
many hours.
14:27 And he said unto me that while the thunder and the lightning
lasted, and the tempest, that these things should be, and that darkness
should cover the face of the whole earth for the space of three days.
14:28 And the angel said unto me that many shall see greater things
than these, to the intent that they might believe that these signs and
these wonders should come to pass upon all the face of this land, to
the intent that there should be no cause for unbelief among the
children of men—
14:29 And this to the intent that whosoever will believe might be
saved, and that whosoever will not believe, a righteous judgment might
come upon them; and also if they are condemned they bring upon
themselves their own condemnation.
14:30 And now remember, remember, my brethren, that whosoever
perisheth, perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth iniquity, doeth
it unto himself; for behold, ye are free; ye are permitted to act for
yourselves; for behold, God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath
made you free.
14:31 He hath given unto you that ye might know good from evil, and he
hath given unto you that ye might choose life or death; and ye can do
good and be restored unto that which is good, or have that which is
good restored unto you; or ye can do evil, and have that which is evil
restored unto you.