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Unit 7
Segment 2 of 2 [#060]
The Righteous Will Be Preserved from the Coming Destruction
1 Nephi 22:13 - 1 Nephi 22:31
Duration: 4:49
1 Nephi 22:13
And the blood of that great and abominable church,
which is the whore of all the earth,
shall turn upon their own heads;
for they shall war among themselves,
and the sword of their own hands shall fall upon their own heads,
and they shall be drunken with their own blood.
1 Nephi 22:14
And every nation which shall war against thee, O house of Israel,
shall be turned one against another,
and they shall fall into the pit
which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord.
And all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed,
and that great whore, who hath perverted the right ways of the Lord,
yea, that great and abominable church,
shall tumble to the dust
and great shall be the fall of it.
1 Nephi 22:15
For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh speedily
that Satan shall have no more power over the hearts of the children of men;
for the day soon cometh
that all the proud and they who do wickedly shall be as stubble;
and the day cometh that they must be burned.
1 Nephi 22:16
For the time soon cometh
that the fulness of the wrath of God shall be poured out upon all the children of men;
for he will not suffer that the wicked shall destroy the righteous.
1 Nephi 22:17
Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his power,
even if it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come,
and the righteous be preserved,
even unto the destruction of their enemies by fire.
Wherefore, the righteous need not fear;
for thus saith the prophet, they shall be saved,
even if it so be as by fire.
1 Nephi 22:18
Behold, my brethren, I say unto you,
that these things must shortly come;
yea, even blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke must come;
and it must needs be upon the face of this earth;
and it cometh unto men according to the flesh
if it so be that they will harden their hearts against the Holy One of Israel.
1 Nephi 22:19
For behold, the righteous shall not perish;
for the time surely must come
that all they who fight against Zion shall be cut off.
1 Nephi 22:20
And the Lord will surely prepare a way for his people,
unto the fulfilling of the words of Moses,
which he spake, saying:
A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, like unto me;
him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
And it shall come to pass that all those who will not hear that prophet
shall be cut off from among the people.
1 Nephi 22:21
And now I, Nephi, declare unto you, that
this prophet of whom Moses spake was the Holy One of Israel;
wherefore, he shall execute judgment in righteousness.
1 Nephi 22:22
And the righteous need not fear,
for they are those who shall not be confounded.
But it is the kingdom of the devil,
which shall be built up among the children of men,
which kingdom is established among them which are in the flesh —
1 Nephi 22:23
For the time speedily shall come that all churches
which are built up to get gain,
and all those who are built up to get power over the flesh,
and those who are built up to become popular in the eyes of the world,
and those who seek the lusts of the flesh and the things of the world,
and to do all manner of iniquity;
yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the devil
are they who need fear, and tremble, and quake;
they are those who must be brought low in the dust;
they are those who must be consumed as stubble;
and this is according to the words of the prophet.
1 Nephi 22:24
And the time cometh speedily
that the righteous must be led up as calves of the stall,
and the Holy One of Israel must reign
in dominion, and might, and power, and great glory.
1 Nephi 22:25
And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of the earth;
and he numbereth his sheep, and they know him;
and there shall be one fold and one shepherd;
and he shall feed his sheep,
and in him they shall find pasture.
1 Nephi 22:26
And because of the righteousness of his people, Satan has no power;
wherefore, he cannot be loosed for the space of many years;
for he hath no power over the hearts of the people,
for they dwell in righteousness,
and the Holy One of Israel reigneth.
1 Nephi 22:27
And now behold, I, Nephi, say unto you
that all these things must come according to the flesh.
1 Nephi 22:28
But, behold, all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people
shall dwell safely in the Holy One of Israel
if it so be that they will repent.
1 Nephi 22:29
And now I, Nephi, make an end;
for I durst not speak further as yet concerning these things.
1 Nephi 22:30
Wherefore, my brethren, I would that ye should consider
that the things which have been written upon the plates of brass are true;
and they testify that a man must be obedient to the commandments of God.
1 Nephi 22:31
Wherefore, ye need not suppose that I and my father are the only ones
that have testified, and also taught them.
Wherefore, if ye shall be obedient to the commandments, and endure to the end,
ye shall be saved at the last day.
And thus it is.
Amen.
The End of Unit 7 - Segment 2