4:1 And the Lord commanded the brother of Jared to go down out of the
mount from the presence of the Lord, and write the things which he had
seen; and they were forbidden to come unto the children of men until
after that he should be lifted up upon the cross; and for this cause
did king Mosiah keep them, that they should not come unto the world
until after Christ should show himself unto his people.
4:2 And after Christ truly had showed himself unto his people he
commanded that they should be made manifest.
4:3 And now, after that, they have all dwindled in unbelief; and there
is none save it be the Lamanites, and they have rejected the gospel of
Christ; therefore I am commanded that I should hide them up again in
the earth.
4:4 Behold, I have written upon these plates the very things which the
brother of Jared saw; and there never were greater things made manifest
than those which were made manifest unto the brother of Jared.
4:5 Wherefore the Lord hath commanded me to write them; and I have
written them. And he commanded me that I should seal them up; and he
also hath commanded that I should seal up the interpretation thereof;
wherefore I have sealed up the interpreters, according to the
commandment of the Lord.
4:6 For the Lord said unto me: They shall not go forth unto the
Gentiles until the day that they shall repent of their iniquity, and
become clean before the Lord.
4:7 And in that day that they shall exercise faith in me, saith the
Lord, even as the brother of Jared did, that they may become sanctified
in me, then will I manifest unto them the things which the brother of
Jared saw, even to the unfolding unto them all my revelations, saith
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of the heavens and of the
earth, and all things that in them are.
4:8 And he that will contend against the word of the Lord, let him be
accursed; and he that shall deny these things, let him be accursed; for
unto them will I show no greater things, saith Jesus Christ; for I am
he who speaketh.
4:9 And at my command the heavens are opened and are shut; and at my
word the earth shall shake; and at my command the inhabitants thereof
shall pass away, even so as by fire.
4:10 And he that believeth not my words believeth not my disciples; and
if it so be that I do not speak, judge ye; for ye shall know that it is
I that speaketh, at the last day.
4:11 But he that believeth these things which I have spoken, him will I
visit with the manifestations of my Spirit, and he shall know and bear
record. For because of my Spirit he shall know that these things are
true; for it persuadeth men to do good.
4:12 And whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of me; for good
cometh of none save it be of me. I am the same that leadeth men to all
good; he that will not believe my words will not believe me—that I am;
and he that will not believe me will not believe the Father who sent
me. For behold, I am the Father, I am the light, and the life, and the
truth of the world.
4:13 Come unto me, O ye Gentiles, and I will show unto you the greater
things, the knowledge which is hid up because of unbelief.
4:14 Come unto me, O ye house of Israel, and it shall be made manifest
unto you how great things the Father hath laid up for you, from the
foundation of the world; and it hath not come unto you, because of
unbelief.
4:15 Behold, when ye shall rend that veil of unbelief which doth cause
you to remain in your awful state of wickedness, and hardness of heart,
and blindness of mind, then shall the great and marvelous things which
have been hid up from the foundation of the world from you—yea, when ye
shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and a
contrite spirit, then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the
covenant which he made unto your fathers, O house of Israel.
4:16 And then shall my revelations which I have caused to be written by
my servant John be unfolded in the eyes of all the people. Remember,
when ye see these things, ye shall know that the time is at hand that
they shall be made manifest in very deed.
4:17 Therefore, when ye shall receive this record ye may know that the
work of the Father has commenced upon all the face of the land.
4:18 Therefore, repent all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me, and
believe in my gospel, and be baptized in my name; for he that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned; and signs shall follow them that believe in my name.
4:19 And blessed is he that is found faithful unto my name at the last
day, for he shall be lifted up to dwell in the kingdom prepared for him
from the foundation of the world. And behold it is I that hath spoken
it. Amen.