38 Behold, my brethren, I say unto you, that these things must shortly come; yea, even blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke must come;
39 And it must needs be upon the face of this earth;
40 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:
41 For behold, the righteous shall not perish;
42 For the time surely must come, that all they who fight against Zion, shall be cut off.
43 And the Lord will surely prepare a way for his people, unto the fulfilling of the words of Moses, which he spake, saying:
44 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.
45 And it shall come to pass that all those who will not hear that prophet, shall be cut off from among the people.
46 And now I, Nephi, declare unto you, that this prophet of whom Moses spake, was the Holy One of Israel;
47 Wherefore, he shall execute judgment in righteousness;
48 And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be confounded.
49 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:
50 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;
51 Yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the devil, are they who need fear, and tremble, and quake;
52 They are those who must be brought low in the dust;
53 They are those who must be consumed as stubble:
54 And this is according to the words of the prophet.
55 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.
56 And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of the earth;
57 And he numbereth his sheep, and they know him;
58 And there shall be one fold and one shepherd:
59 And he shall feed his sheep, and in him they shall find pasture.
60 And because of the righteousness of his people, Satan has no power;
61 Wherefore, he can not be loosed for the space of many years;
62 For he hath no power over the hearts of the people, for they dwell in righteousness, and the Holy One of Israel reigneth.
63 And now behold, I, Nephi, say unto you, that all these things must come according to the flesh.
64 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.
65 And now I, Nephi, make an end; for I durst not speak further as yet, concerning these things.
66 Wherefore, my brethren, I would that ye should consider that the things which have been written upon the plates of brass, are true;
67 And they testify that a man must be obedient to the commandments of God.
68 Wherefore, ye need not suppose that I and my father are the only ones that have testified, and also taught them.
69 Wherefore, if ye shall be obedient to the commandments, and endure to the end, ye shall be saved at the last day.
70 And thus it is. Amen.
THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
CHAPTER 1
An account of the death of Lehi. Nephi’s brethren rebelleth
against him. The Lord warns Nephi to depart into the
wilderness. His journeyings in the wilderness, &c.
1 And now it came to pass after I, Nephi, had made an end of teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many things unto them, how great things the Lord had done for them, in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.
2 And he spake unto them concerning their rebellions upon the waters, and the mercies of God in sparing their lives, that they were not swallowed up in the sea.
3 And he also spake unto them concerning the land of promise which they had obtained, how merciful the Lord had been in warning us that we should flee out of the land of Jerusalem.
4 For, behold, said he, I have seen a vision, in which I know that Jerusalem is destroyed;
5 And had we remained in Jerusalem, we should also have perished.
6 But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above all other lands;
7 A land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me should be a land for the inheritance of my seed.
8 Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children for ever;
9 And also all those who should be led out of other countries, by the hand of the Lord.
10 Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that there shall none come into this land, save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.
11 Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall bring.
12 And if it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments which he hath given, it shall be a land of liberty unto them;
13 Wherefore, they shall never be brought down into captivity: if so, it shall be because of iniquity:
14 For if iniquity shall abound, cursed shall be the land for their sakes;
15 But unto the righteous, it shall be blessed for ever.
16 And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept as yet from the knowledge of other nations;
17 For, behold, many nations would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an inheritance.
