3 Nephi Chapter 21

21:1 And verily I say unto you, I give unto you a sign, that ye may

know the time when these things shall be about to take place—that I

shall gather in, from their long dispersion, my people, O house of

Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zion;

21:2 And behold, this is the thing which I will give unto you for a

sign—for verily I say unto you that when these things which I declare

unto you, and which I shall declare unto you hereafter of myself, and

by the power of the Holy Ghost which shall be given unto you of the

Father, shall be made known unto the Gentiles that they may know

concerning this people who are a remnant of the house of Jacob, and

concerning this my people who shall be scattered by them;

21:3 Verily, verily, I say unto you, when these things shall be made

known unto them of the Father, and shall come forth of the Father, from

them unto you;

21:4 For it is wisdom in the Father that they should be established in

this land, and be set up as a free people by the power of the Father,

that these things might come forth from them unto a remnant of your

seed, that the covenant of the Father may be fulfilled which he hath

covenanted with his people, O house of Israel;

21:5 Therefore, when these works and the works which shall be wrought

among you hereafter shall come forth from the Gentiles, unto your seed

which shall dwindle in unbelief because of iniquity;

21:6 For thus it behooveth the Father that it should come forth from

the Gentiles, that he may show forth his power unto the Gentiles, for

this cause that the Gentiles, if they will not harden their hearts,

that they may repent and come unto me and be baptized in my name and

know of the true points of my doctrine, that they may be numbered among

my people, O house of Israel;

21:7 And when these things come to pass that thy seed shall begin to

know these things—it shall be a sign unto them, that they may know that

the work of the Father hath already commenced unto the fulfilling of

the covenant which he hath made unto the people who are of the house of

Israel.

21:8 And when that day shall come, it shall come to pass that kings

shall shut their mouths; for that which had not been told them shall

they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

21:9 For in that day, for my sake shall the Father work a work, which

shall be a great and a marvelous work among them; and there shall be

among them those who will not believe it, although a man shall declare

it unto them.

21:10 But behold, the life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore

they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred because of them.

Yet I will heal him, for I will show unto them that my wisdom is

greater than the cunning of the devil.

21:11 Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not believe

in my words, who am Jesus Christ, which the Father shall cause him to

bring forth unto the Gentiles, and shall give unto him power that he

shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as

Moses said) they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the

covenant.

21:12 And my people who are a remnant of Jacob shall be among the

Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them as a lion among the beasts of the

forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go

through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

21:13 Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries, and all

their enemies shall be cut off.

21:14 Yea, wo be unto the Gentiles except they repent; for it shall

come to pass in that day, saith the Father, that I will cut off thy

horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots;

21:15 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy

strongholds;

21:16 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy land, and thou shalt

have no more soothsayers;

21:17 Thy graven images I will also cut off, and thy standing images

out of the midst of thee, and thou shalt no more worship the works of

thy hands;

21:18 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; so will

I destroy thy cities.

21:19 And it shall come to pass that all lyings, and deceivings, and

envyings, and strifes, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, shall be done

away.

21:20 For it shall come to pass, saith the Father, that at that day

whosoever will not repent and come unto my Beloved Son, them will I cut

off from among my people, O house of Israel;

21:21 And I will execute vengeance and fury upon them, even as upon the

heathen, such as they have not heard.

21:22 But if they will repent and hearken unto my words, and harden not

their hearts, I will establish my church among them, and they shall

come in unto the covenant and be numbered among this the remnant of

Jacob, unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance;

21:23 And they shall assist my people, the remnant of Jacob, and also

as many of the house of Israel as shall come, that they may build a

city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem.

21:24 And then shall they assist my people that they may be gathered

in, who are scattered upon all the face of the land, in unto the New

Jerusalem.

21:25 And then shall the power of heaven come down among them; and I

also will be in the midst.

21:26 And then shall the work of the Father commence at that day, even

when this gospel shall be preached among the remnant of this people.

Verily I say unto you, at that day shall the work of the Father

commence among all the dispersed of my people, yea, even the tribes

which have been lost, which the Father hath led away out of Jerusalem.

21:27 Yea, the work shall commence among all the dispersed of my

people, with the Father to prepare the way whereby they may come unto

me, that they may call on the Father in my name.

21:28 Yea, and then shall the work commence, with the Father among all

nations in preparing the way whereby his people may be gathered home to

the land of their inheritance.

21:29 And they shall go out from all nations; and they shall not go out

in haste, nor go by flight, for I will go before them, saith the

Father, and I will be their rearward.

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