Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith The Covenant with Israel #1: The time has at last arrived when the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has set his hand again the second time to recover the remnants of his people, which have been left from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, …
Read more »Prophetic Statements Joseph Smith #1: After his death the Prophet Joseph appeared to Brigham Young and pleaded: “Tell the people to be humble and faithful, and be sure to keep the Spirit of the Lord and it will lead them right. . . . Tell the brethren if they will follow the Spirit of the …
Read more »Prophetic Statements Joseph Fielding Smith First came the carrying away of the ten tribes into Assyria, from which country they never to this day have returned. From these exiles many without question found their way into the area which formed the nations of northern Europe. . . . It was to be by scattering the …
Read more »Scriptures James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. Deuteronomy 32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men.
Read more »Prophetic Statements Joseph Fielding Smith The Lord has promised that these scattered members of the house of Israel shall in the last days be gathered. They shall come back from their long dispersion to inherit the lands of the covenant in the due time of the Lord and no mortal hand or power can stop …
Read more »Prophetic Statements Joseph Fielding Smith #1: Latter-day Saints pride themselves because they are of Israel; but they are also of the Gentiles. We are the descendants of those members of the house of Israel who were scattered among the Gentiles to be a blessing to the Gentile nations and make them of the blood of …
Read more »Prophetic Statements Joseph Fielding Smith #1: I have heard people say, and members of the Church too, “I have a right to do as I please.” My answer is: No, you do not. You haven’t any right at all to do just as you please. There is only one right that you have, and that …
Read more »Supporting Statements Bruce R. McConkie “Palestine was given to the seed of Jacob anciently, and they shall receive it again in the ressurection. ‘Behold, O my people,’ saith the Lord, ‘I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. . . …
Read more »Commentary Prophetic Statements Differing Claims Scriptures Isaiah 52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. D&C 133:5 Go ye out from Babylon. Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the …
Read more »Prophetic Statements Joseph Fielding Smith “The great mission that was given to Abraham was that he would be a blessing to the generations coming after him, and through him all nations would be blessed. . . . When Israel entered the promised land, the Lord gave them strict commandment that they should serve him and …
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