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Unit 18
Segment 5 of 13 [#121]
Christ and the Nephites
2 Nephi 26:1 - 2 Nephi 26:11
Duration: 2:54
2 Nephi 26:1
And after Christ shall have risen from the dead
he shall show himself unto you, my children, and my beloved brethren;
and the words which he shall speak unto you shall be the law which ye shall do.
2 Nephi 26:2
For behold, I say unto you that I have beheld
that many generations shall pass away,
and there shall be great wars and contentions among my people.
2 Nephi 26:3
And after the Messiah shall come
there shall be signs given unto my people of his birth,
and also of his death and resurrection;
and great and terrible shall that day be unto the wicked,
for they shall perish;
and they perish because they cast out the prophets, and the saints,
and stone them, and slay them;
wherefore the cry of the blood of the saints
shall ascend up to God from the ground against them.
2 Nephi 26:4
Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do wickedly,
the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts,
for they shall be as stubble.
2 Nephi 26:5
And they that kill the prophets, and the saints,
the depths of the earth shall swallow them up, saith the Lord of Hosts;
and mountains shall cover them,
and whirlwinds shall carry them away,
and buildings shall fall upon them
and crush them to pieces and grind them to powder.
2 Nephi 26:6
And they shall be visited with thunderings, and lightnings,
and earthquakes, and all manner of destructions,
for the fire of the anger of the Lord shall be kindled against them,
and they shall be as stubble,
and the day that cometh shall consume them, saith the Lord of Hosts.
2 Nephi 26:7
O the pain, and the anguish of my soul for the loss of the slain of my people!
For I, Nephi, have seen it,
and it well nigh consumeth me before the presence of the Lord;
but I must cry unto my God:
Thy ways are just.
2 Nephi 26:8
But behold, the righteous that hearken unto the words of the prophets,
and destroy them not, but look forward unto Christ
with steadfastness for the signs which are given,
notwithstanding all persecution —
behold, they are they which shall not perish.
2 Nephi 26:9
But the Son of righteousness shall appear unto them; and he shall heal them,
and they shall have peace with him, until three generations shall have passed away,
and many of the fourth generation shall have passed away in righteousness.
2 Nephi 26:10
And when these things have passed away
a speedy destruction cometh unto my people;
for, notwithstanding the pains of my soul, I have seen it;
wherefore, I know that it shall come to pass;
and they sell themselves for naught;
for, for the reward of their pride and their foolishness they shall reap destruction;
for because they yield unto the devil
and choose works of darkness rather than light,
therefore they must go down to hell.
2 Nephi 26:11
For the Spirit of the Lord will not always strive with man.
And when the Spirit ceaseth to strive with man then cometh speedy destruction,
and this grieveth my soul.
The End of Unit 18 - Segment 5