Section 45

1–5, Christ is our advocate with the Father; 6–10, The gospel is a messenger to prepare the way before the Lord; 11–15, Enoch and his brethren were received by the Lord unto Himself; 16–23, Christ revealed signs of His coming as given on the Mount of Olives; 24–38, The gospel will be restored, the times of the Gentiles will be fulfilled, and a desolating sickness will cover the land; 39–47, Signs, wonders, and the Resurrection are to attend the Second Coming; 48–53, Christ will stand on the Mount of Olives, and the Jews will see the wounds in His hands and feet; 54–59, The Lord will reign during the Millennium; 60–62, The Prophet is instructed to begin the translation of the New Testament, through which important information will be made known; 63–75, The Saints are commanded to gather and build the New Jerusalem, to which people from all nations will come.

1. Hearken, O ye people of my

church, to whom the

kingdom has been given; hearken ye and give ear to him who laid the foundation of the earth, who

made the heavens and all the

hosts thereof, and by whom all things were made which

live, and move, and have a being.

2. And again I say, hearken unto my voice, lest

death shall overtake you; in an

hour when ye think not the summer shall be past, and the

harvest ended, and your souls not saved.

3. Listen to him who is the

advocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause before him—

4. Saying: Father, behold the

sufferings and

death of him who did no

sin, in whom thou wast well pleased; behold the blood of thy Son which was shed, the blood of him whom thou gavest that thyself might be

glorified;

5. Wherefore, Father, spare these my

brethren that

believe on my name, that they may come unto me and have

everlasting life.

6. Hearken, O ye people of my church, and ye elders listen together, and hear my voice while it is called

today, and harden not your hearts;

7. For verily I say unto you that I am

Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the light and the life of the world—a

light that shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not.

8. I came unto mine own, and mine own

received me not; but unto as many as received me gave I

power to do many

miracles, and to become the

sons of God; and even unto them that

believed on my name gave I power to obtain eternal

life.

9. And even so I have sent mine

everlasting

covenant into the world, to be a

light to the world, and to be a

standard for my people, and for the

Gentiles to seek to it, and to be a

messenger before my face to prepare the way before me.

10. Wherefore, come ye unto it, and with him that cometh I will

reason as with men in days of old, and I will show unto you my strong reasoning.

11. Wherefore, hearken ye together and let me show unto you even my

wisdom—the wisdom of him whom ye say is the God of

Enoch, and his brethren,

12. Who were

separated from the earth, and were received unto myself—a

city reserved until a

day of righteousness shall come—a day which was sought for by all holy men, and they found it not because of wickedness and abominations;

13. And confessed they were

strangers and pilgrims on the earth;

14. But obtained a

promise that they should find it and see it in their flesh.

15. Wherefore, hearken and I will reason with you, and I will

speak unto you and prophesy, as unto men in days of old.

16. And I will show it plainly as I showed it unto my

disciples as I stood before them in the flesh, and spake unto them, saying: As ye have asked of me concerning the

signs of my coming, in the day when I shall come in my

glory in the clouds of heaven, to fulfil the promises that I have made unto your fathers,

17. For as ye have looked upon the long

absence of your

spirits from your bodies to be a bondage, I will show unto you how the day of redemption shall come, and also the

restoration of the

scattered Israel.

18. And now ye

behold this temple which is in Jerusalem, which ye call the house of God, and your enemies say that this house shall never fall.

19. But, verily I say unto you, that

desolation shall come upon this generation as a thief in the night, and this people shall be destroyed and

scattered among all nations.

20. And this

temple which ye now see shall be thrown down that there shall not be left one stone upon another.

21. And it shall come to pass, that this

generation of Jews shall not pass away until every desolation which I have told you concerning them shall come

to pass.

22. Ye say that ye know that the

end of the world cometh; ye say also that ye know that the heavens and the earth shall pass away;

23. And in this ye say truly, for so it is; but these things which I have told you shall not

pass away until all shall be fulfilled.

24. And this I have told you concerning Jerusalem; and when that day shall come, shall a remnant be

scattered among all

nations;

25. But they shall be

gathered again; but they shall remain until the times of the

Gentiles be fulfilled.

26. And in

that day shall be heard of

wars and rumors of wars, and the whole earth shall be in commotion, and men’s hearts shall

fail them, and they shall say that Christ

delayeth his coming until the end of the earth.

27. And the

love of men shall wax cold, and

iniquity shall abound.

28. And when the times of the

Gentiles is come in, a

light shall break forth among them that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fulness of my

gospel;

29. But they

receive it not; for they perceive not the light, and they turn their

hearts from me because of the

precepts of men.

30. And in that generation shall the

times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

31. And there shall be men standing in that

generation, that shall not pass until they shall see an overflowing

scourge; for a desolating

sickness shall cover the land.

32. But my disciples shall

stand in holy places, and shall not be moved; but among the wicked, men shall lift up their voices and

curse God and die.

33. And there shall be

earthquakes also in divers places, and many desolations; yet men will harden their hearts against me, and they will take up the

sword, one against another, and they will kill one another.

34. And now, when I the Lord had spoken these words unto my disciples, they were troubled.

35. And I said unto them: Be not

troubled, for, when all these things shall come to pass, ye may know that the promises which have been made unto you shall be fulfilled.

36. And when the

light shall begin to break forth, it shall be with them like unto a parable which I will show you—

37. Ye look and behold the

fig trees, and ye see them with your eyes, and ye say when they begin to shoot forth, and their leaves are yet tender, that summer is now nigh at hand;

38. Even so it shall be in that day when they shall see all these things, then shall they know that the hour is nigh.

39. And it shall come to pass that he that

feareth me shall be

looking forth for the great

day of the Lord to

come, even for the

signs of the coming of the

Son of Man.

40. And they shall see signs and

wonders, for they shall be shown forth in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath.

41. And they shall behold blood, and

fire, and vapors of

smoke.

42. And before the day of the Lord shall come, the

sun shall be darkened, and the moon be turned into blood, and the stars fall from heaven.

43. And the

remnant shall be gathered unto this place;

44. And then they shall look for me, and, behold, I will come; and they shall see me in the

clouds of heaven, clothed with power and great

glory; with all the holy angels; and he that

watches not for me shall be cut off.

45. But before the arm of the Lord shall fall, an angel shall sound his

trump, and the

saints that have slept shall

come forth to meet me in the

cloud.

46. Wherefore, if ye have slept in

peace blessed are you; for as you now behold me and know that I am, even so shall ye

come unto me and your souls shall

live, and your redemption shall be perfected; and the saints shall come forth from the

four quarters of the earth.

47. Then shall the

arm of the Lord fall upon the nations.

48. And then shall the Lord set his foot upon this

mount, and it shall cleave in twain, and the earth shall

tremble, and reel to and fro, and the

heavens also

shall shake.

49. And the Lord shall utter his voice, and all the ends of the earth shall hear it; and the nations of the earth shall

mourn, and they that have

laughed shall see their

folly.

50. And calamity shall cover the

mocker, and the scorner shall be consumed; and they that have watched for iniquity shall be hewn down and

cast into the

fire.

51. And then shall the

Jews

look upon me and say: What are these

wounds in thine hands and in thy feet?

52. Then shall they know that I am the Lord; for I will say unto them: These wounds are the wounds with which I was

wounded in the house of my friends. I am he who was lifted up. I am Jesus that was

crucified. I am the

Son of God.

53. And then shall they

weep because of their iniquities; then shall they

lament because they

persecuted their

king.

54. And then shall the

heathen nations be

redeemed, and they that

knew no

law shall have part in the

first

resurrection; and it shall be

tolerable for them.

55. And

Satan shall be

bound, that he shall have no place in the hearts of the children of men.

56. And at that day, when I shall come in my

glory, shall the parable be fulfilled which I spake concerning the ten

virgins.

57. For they that are wise and have received the

truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their

guide, and have not been deceived—verily I say unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the

fire, but shall abide the day.

58. And the

earth shall be given unto them for an

inheritance; and they shall

multiply and wax strong, and their

children shall

grow up without

sin unto

salvation.

59. For the Lord shall be in their

midst, and his

glory shall be upon them, and he will be their

king and their

lawgiver.