The Book of Moroni

Chapter 11-13

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AND the Lord spake unto me, Moroni, saying: Take ye this record, even this most sacred record, even this most sacred record  which I have preserved in your hands, and seal it up unto me.  yea, lay upon it thy hands, and anoint ye it with sacred oil, that it might be preserved unto me from the hands of the destroyer for the benefit of future generations.

2   And I, Moroni, according to the commandment of God, did take unto myself the sacred record of the Lord and His dealings with us. yea, even that record containing the visions and revelations of God unto His servants.  And I sealed such, according to His will, in the manner prescribed unto me by His Spirit according to the tradition of priesthood.  And the most holy section, yea even that sealed portion did I especially seal up; that when the first portion of this record should come forth among men, that this second portion might be withheld.  This that the Lord might prove them herewith as to their faithfulness.  And to those that are faithful shall the Lord reveal all things, but unto the rebellious and unrepentant shall these things be hidden unto the end of times.

3   And the Most High shall raise up a man who shall be faithful in all things, and to whom He may entrust the first portion of this sacred record.  And he shall deliver this record unto a rebellious and stiff-necked people, a people full of pride and blasphemy.  And those who believe shall the Lord God bless, and to these shall the God of heaven and earth give power to both bind up the word and
seal the testimony.  And He shall give unto them power to organize His church.  Even the Lord's Church.  And in that day the perfect pattern shall not be established, for the lord our God shall prove them in all things.  And in that day the perfect pattern shall not be established, for the Lord our God shall prove them in all things.  And if they are faithful and true, the Lord shall work a reformation among them, even a purification.  And He shall purge and purify the sons and daughters of Levi, and try them as gold. And the faithful shall shine as the sun, and the repentant as the stars of heaven, even forever and ever.  But if they reject these things, tho' many shall feign believe them in word only, then the  Lord's anger shall wax hot with them.  And He shall withdraw His Holy Spirit and send unto them derision.  And that light which He shall cause to break forth among the, even that precious light, he shall withdraw.  And He shall leave them in darkness and confusion. Bequeathing unto them the letter of the law, but not the spirit. Allowing them to retain a form of Godliness, yet withdrawing the power of the same.  And all this that it might be said among the wicked that the Lord is no respecter of persons, and honors only they that honor Him, and blesses only they that bless Him, even with the choicest blessings of Eternal Life.

CHAPTER 12

     AND as I, Moroni, journeyed with the sealed plates, and with the stone called Urim and with the stone called Thummim, the Lord God sent unto me His angel who stopped me in the way up toward Jarshan, as I ascended the mountain Nebalson.  And the angel spake unto me, saying:  Behold Moroni, thou hast been faithful in sealing up these precious records unto the Most High, and thou hast been   diligent in the things required of thee.  Therefore, because of thy diligence I am sent, that you might be further instructed and given understanding concerning the labor unto which you are called.

 2   I am called Joseph the fruitful bough, and I is I who have been foreordained to carry out the remainder of the work you now begin.  I shall be born of a woman in the days distant, in this very land in which we now dwell.  And in that time of confusion and darkness, with the priesthood having returned unto heaven that gave it; yea in that time the Lord shall raise me up among men, and shall reordain me to His Priesthood.  And in those days shall I take unto myself this holy record, and these holy stones, and translate into that tongue these things that are even now lost unto the wicked world.  And if they are faithful I shall give unto them the second portion as well.  And if they are not, the Lord shall take me again into His bosom and send unto them derision, and a lesser law.  As Moses tried to give Israel a higher law and failed, so will the Lord raise me up to give the gentiles a higher law if they will receive it.  And if they would be of Israel, they shall receive the truths of Israel.  But if not, then the Lord shall give them even that which they are willing to receive.  And if it needs be that these precious truths are withheld from them because of unbelief, then know ye that I shall go to my grave in sorrow and the Lord God will raise up another to fulfill these things, even after all that generation is dead.  For I can no more allow them to enter into my rest in their unbelief , than could I allow the seed of evil doers beneath Moses to enter into the promised land, saith the Lord.  And if the gentiles prove as faithless as Israel, then shall the Lord curse them with a lesser law.  And when that generation dies, he shall take from the gentiles that light with they have received, and He shall return it unto the house of Israel.  And He shall plant them like a well watered garden in this promised land, far toward the setting sun.  And He shall give unto them a new heart and a new soul.  And He shall breathe into them the breath of life.  And Judah shall no longer vex Joseph, nor Israel Judah; but in unity and fellowship shall they dwell in this choice land.

 3   Your mission, oh Moroni, draws to a close as pertains to the flesh, and mine is not yet come.  But after we both have completed our work, and after Israel and Judah have all rejected the truth, then the Lord will search the world for any righteous man.  And when He finds that righteous man, He will seal in him the everlasting Priesthood, and will raise up unto him everlasting seed.  Entrusting these truths into his hand, blessing him with power to deliver them unto the righteous.  And in that day shall be heard of wars and rumors of wars.  And Babylon shall have waxed fat and bulbous, and the house of Israel shall have waxed lean like unto bone.  And in that day shall the Spirit of the Lord breathe upon them, even upon all Israel who say:  Our hope is gone and our bones dry.  yea the Lord shall breathe on them, and breath shall enter into them.  And Israel buried in the graveyard of the Gentiles shall arise and live, being gathered together again unto one place.  Then shall she that was barren rejoice and give birth. And Israel shall be dandled on my knees and receive both the milk and the meat of my gospel.

 4   Take ye now these plates, and place them in the chamber thou hast prepared.  And deposit with them these holy stones, and in days to come you will be required to deposit them to me, and I unto another.  Go thy way and be strong, and the Lord shall not supplant thee by another, but shall give thee grace in time of need.  Amen.  

CHAPTER 13

     AND I, Moroni, did as I was bidden by the hand of the Lord. And I deposited the first set of plates in the stone receptacle which I had made before the Lord.  And with them the sealed portion, that if by chance they the Gentiles prove worthy, they might receive such.  And I, Moroni, took unto myself the duplicate which the Lord my God had me forge and engrave, yea even that copy of the sealed portion of the sealed book.  And with it I have traveled toward the setting sun, into the land devoid of life, barren and cursed. And I, Moroni, according to the command of the Most High, prepare to deposit these sacred things.  Sealing them up, like as I sealed up the first copy, that in days to come they might prove a faithful witness to man of the love and concern of the Lord of Heaven for His offspring on earth.

 2   And I, Moroni, leave unto future generations my witness that even as the Most High divided up Israel because of the unbelief, so has He divided up her sacred records because of His foreknowledge of the disbelief in days to come.  One record have I hidden up toward the dawn, that they might be revealed during the dawning of the great and marvelous work of the last days.  And this other record have I hidden up in the west, toward the dusk, to be delivered up unto man at the end of time, as the days of destruction and death draw to a close, and the day of millennial peace prepares to dawn.

 3   Beware, oh future generations, how you handle these things, for they are sacred and they are holy, and all things hidden up in them are precious and true.  Like a purging fire, like fuller's soap, so are the Lord's secrets to all they that partake of them. Purifying or destroying, according to the degree of sincerity and humbleness manifest by those that study their truths.

 4   Unto the Gentiles I bid farewell; hoping you have proved faithful and true to the preparatory gospel, that the Lord thy God may lead thee unto greater things.  And unto Israel I bid beware, warning thee to tread with care in the pearls of great price hidden herein for thy glory and exaltation.  May the Lord bless thee all, and unto the righteous are given God's choicest gifts.  Amen.

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