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Unit 79

Segment 5 of 9 [#516]

Samuel Gives Signs of Jesus's Birth

Helaman 14:1 - Helaman 14:13

Duration: 2:49

contextual study / concordance



Helaman 14:1

And now it came to pass that

Samuel, the Lamanite, did prophesy a great many more things

which cannot be written.


Helaman 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.


Helaman 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.


Helaman 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.


Helaman 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.


Helaman 14:6

And behold this is not all,

there shall be many signs and wonders in heaven.


Helaman 14:7

And it shall come to pass that ye shall all be amazed, and wonder,

insomuch that ye shall fall to the earth.


Helaman 14:8

And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall believe on the Son of God,

the same shall have everlasting life.


Helaman 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.


Helaman 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.


Helaman 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;


Helaman 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.


Helaman 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.



The End of Unit 79 - Segment 5