A Mighty Nation Among the Gentiles

Where is the remnant of Lehi?

Well, the answer is strikingly clear, but you have to believe the Book of Mormon. You have to actually believe what is written on the page and not have your belief based on some tradition. Is it too simple to believe? Do we not actually read the book? Has no one pointed it out, or do we not care or listen? Do we not search? Here it is in simple terms.

1 Nephi 22:4 and behold there are many who are already lost from the knowledge of those who are at Jerusalem yea the more part of all the tribes have been led away and they are scattered to and fro upon the isles of the sea and whither they are none of us knoweth save that we know that they have been led away

5 and since they have been led away these things have been prophesied concerning them and also concerning all those who shall hereafter be scattered and be confounded because of the Holy One of Israel for against him will they harden their hearts wherefore they shall be scattered among all nations and shall be hated of all men

6 nevertheless after they shall be nursed by the Gentiles and the Lord has lifted up his hand upon the Gentiles and set them up for a standard and their children have been carried in their arms and their daughters have been carried upon their shoulders behold these things of which are spoken are temporal for thus are the covenants of the Lord with our fathers and it meaneth us in the days to come and also all our brethren who are of the house of Israel

7 and it meaneth that the time cometh that after all the house of Israel have been scattered and confounded that the Lord God will raise up a mighty nation among the Gentiles yea even upon the face of this land and by them shall our seed be scattered

8 And after our seed is scattered the Lord God will proceed to do a marvelous work among the Gentiles which shall be of great worth unto our seed wherefore it is likened unto their being nourished by the Gentiles and being carried in their arms and upon their shoulders

9 and it shall also be of worth unto the Gentiles and not only unto the Gentiles but unto all the house of Israel unto the making known of the covenants of the Father of heaven unto Abraham saying in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed

10 And I would my brethren, that ye should know that all the kindreds of the earth cannot be blessed unless he shall make bare his arm in the eyes of the nations

11 wherefore the Lord God will proceed to make bare his arm in the eyes of all the nations, in bringing about his covenants and his gospel unto those who are of the house of Israel

12 wherefore he will bring them again out of captivity and they shall be gathered together to the lands of their inheritance and they shall be brought out of obscurity and out of darkness and they shall know that the Lord is their Savior and their Redeemer the Mighty One of Israel

There is only one nation that could even remotely fit this description: The United States of America.

There are many blessings promised to the descendants of Lehi. Even though the judgments of God have been upon the seed of Lehi, in the end they shall be blessed. This promise will be fulfilled and we stand on the cusp of this fulfillment. God will redeem them and manifest himself to them that will. God will not forget.

2 Nephi 4:6 wherefore if ye are cursed behold I leave my blessing upon you that the cursing may be taken from you and be answered upon the heads of your parents

7 wherefore because of my blessing the Lord God will not suffer that ye shall perish wherefore he will be merciful unto you and unto your seed forever

8 and it came to pass that after my father had made an end of speaking to the sons and daughters of Laman he caused the sons and daughters of Lemuel to be brought before him

9 and he spake unto them saying behold my sons and my daughters who are the sons and the daughters of my second son behold I leave unto you the same blessing which I left unto the sons and daughters of Laman wherefore thou shalt not utterly be destroyed but in the end thy seed shall be blessed

The Purpose of this Blog

What is the purpose of this blog?

1. This is a blog about questions.

I don't know very much, so I stand in need. I seek to get knowledge and blessings from the Lord. The prophesies concerning the descendants of Lehi are of interest to me. Through this blog I will explore them. A question I ask may spark a question that another may ask the Lord and receive a blessing from Him. 

I don't expect anyone to read this. I expect it to focus my study, understanding and diligence. Through it, I seek the Lord. I seek to partake of the fruit of the Tree of Life, which is to come into Christ's presence. I expect to seek and gain faith like unto the brother of Jared.

      

2. The Book of Mormon isn't owned by the LDS Church.

Yeah, I invite you to consider that for a moment.

A person can accept The Book of Mormon without accepting the LDS Church. With this thought, I invite you to give The Book of Mormon a look. Give it a read. Give it a chance, Give it some time.

The LDS Church doesn't talk about the prophesies in The Book of Mormon. If you don't believe me, listen to ten hours of the LDS general conference and see for yourself. They are not even acknowledged that they exist. They find themselves in a thick fog.

       

3. The LDS Church doesn't have the power it thinks it has.

As you consider this statement, please don't close your heart immediately because of your tradition. Please consider suspending judgement, to neither accept nor reject upon hearing a new idea. If it is a good seed it will bear fruit in time. If it is a bad seed it will produce bad fruit and you can reject it. Every seed has its own germination period.

On the evening of Friday May 26th, 1989, at the age of 18, I was baptized. I had offered everything as a sacrifice and stepped into my new faith with full purpose of heart. That evening, just as I laid down to go to sleep, I received the baptism of fire. It was an indescribably serene moment. I was told that my sins had been forgiven and that I was clean. I felt squeaky clean. For the next month, I literally floated. Joy encompassed me almost unceasingly. I "heard" the Lord's voice. I "felt" His personality.

My wife and I were excommunicated on April 15th, 2015 from the LDS Church. Our crime: rebaptism. The Lord has given a new commission. He has cut the church off. The Lord has an orderly pattern, in which, he takes away his blessings from a people. As Samuel the Lamanite tells us: First, he takes away his word(what have we received from the Lord in revelation since Joseph Smith?), Secondly, he takes away his Spirit from them(has this happened?), Thirdly, he suffers them no longer and Finally, he turns the hearts of their brethren against them. The Stake President would not have done this on his own, but he was commanded by someone higher up in the chain and he exercised what he felt was his duty to them. The Stake President was powerless to take more than our membership in the church. He could not take what God had given. The Spirit is still with me. I receive light and truth from God. Thirty six hours after our excommunication both my wife and I received, independently, joy and comfort from the Spirit.

4. God will keep his promises.

In speaking about the golden plates, Moroni tells us: "for none can have power to bring it to light save it be given him of God for God wills that it shall be done with an eye single to his glory or the welfare of the ancient and long dispersed covenant people of the Lord". There is an equivalency between an "eye single to his glory" and "the welfare of the ancient and long dispersed covenant people of the Lord" and that means is The Book of Mormon. In it we can expect to find the information necessary to assist in bringing about God's purposes. If we desire to assist, let us ask God if we can be of assistance.

5. Great are the promises to the children of Lehi.

As I read The Book of Mormon my mind is opened up to the great promises made to the descendants of Lehi. These are the Native Americans. These are the ones that are scattered by the Gentiles on this continent. One of these promises is that they will build Zion, with the Gentiles assisting. How magnificent! How glorious!

6. Gentiles, Gentiles, Gentiles, who are the Gentiles?

In the dedicatory prayer of the Nauvoo temple, Joseph Smith declares the Mormons as part of the Gentiles. "now these words oh Lord we have spoken before thee concerning the revelations and commandments which thou hast given unto us who are identified with the Gentiles". The Mormons believe they are of the House of Israel. If this is the case, then how is it they can be the ones that take the Book of the Lamb of God and the "other books" to the remnant of Lehi and the remnant of Jacob and the Jews? For, it is the Gentiles that are prophesied to do it.

We know that America is a Gentile nation and the United Kingdom is the mother Gentiles of the Americans. We can make other deductions about other nations being of the "Gentile nations".

7. The Book of Mormon has primacy.

The Book of Mormon claims to have come to us in a miraculous manner, by an angel of God declaring its origin and location. Twelve gave their witness, one then three then eight. It is true or it is false. We accept it or we reject it. It is the word of God or it isn't. It is not as the Bible that has passed through many polluting hands.

8. Great are the prophecies contained in The Book of Mormon

I believe when it is all said and done, we will look back and marvel at how wonderful are the prophesies in the book. It will prove God knew the beginning from the end. It will work to his glory. I also believe that most of the prophecy in the book hasn't happened, yet. The Gentiles that don't repent will be swept off this continent. Zion will be built here. America will attempt to establish a king. America will fracture and will break into tribes. Great natural disasters will happen. God will send prophets and saints that will be killed and rejected. Their blood will cry unto him and he will send destruction through the elements of fire, water, earth and wind. Great conversions are on he horizon. God will manifest himself with power.