Bible.
Gen. 1. 25-27 man created in the image of God.
3. 9, 10 Adam heard the voice of the Lord.
4. 6 the Lord said unto Cain. 14.
5. 1, 2 Lord created man male and female, in his own likeness.
6. 6 it repented and grieved the Lord that he had made man.
13-21 God talked with Noah.Chap. 7. 1-4.Chap. 9. 8.
8. 1 God remembered Noah. 15, 21.Chap. 9, 16.
11. 5 the Lord came down to see the city and the tower. 7.
12. 7 the Lord appeared to Abraham.Chap. 17. 22.
Chap. 18. the Lord ate and talked with Abraham.
28. 13 the Lord stood above the ladder Jacob saw.
32. 30 Jacob saw God face to face. 35. 13.
Exo. 3. 6 Moses was afraid to look on God.
15. 3 the Lord is a man of war. 8, 16, 17.
24. 10, 11 they saw God and did eat and drink. 12.
31. 18 the tables of testimony, written with the finger of God.
33. 11 the Lord talked with Moses as one man speaks with a friend.
23 thou shalt see my back parts, but not my face.
Num. 12. 8 with him will I speak, mouth to mouth.
35. 34 for I, the Lord, dwell among the children of Israel.
Deut. 5. 15 the Lord's mighty hand and stretched out arm.
2Sam. 22. 16 the breath of his nostrils.Job1. 11.Chap. 89. 20.
2Chron. 16. 9 the eyes of the Lord run to and fro.
Job13. 8 will ye accept his person?
Psalm13. 1 how long wilt thou hide thy face?
34. 15 the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous. 16.
45. 3 gird thy sword upon thy thigh.
89. 13 thou hast a mighty arm and strong is thy hand.
139. 16 thine eyes did see my substance.Prov. 15. 3.
Isa. 30. 27 his lips are full of indignation, his tongue as a devouring fire.
40. 11 he shall gather his lambs with his arm.
48. 13 mine hand hath laid the foundations of the earth.
Ezek. 1. 27 from the appearance of his loins upward.
38. 18 my fury shall come up in my face.
43. 7 the place of the soles of my feet.
Zech. 14. 4 and his feet shall stand upon the Mount of Olives.
Heb. 1. 10 the heavens are the work of thine hands. 2. 7.
Rev. 1. 14 his head and his hair like wool, and his eyes like fire.
See Sermon by O. Pratt, J. of D., Vol. 18, page 286.
Gibson and Woodman's Discussion, second night.
"There are two personages who constitute the great, matchless, governing, and supreme, power over all things, by whom all things were created and made, that are created and made, whether visible or invisible, whether in heaven, on earth, or in the earth, under the earth, or throughout the immensity of space.
"They are the Father and the Son—the Father being a personage of spirit, glory, and power, possessing all perfection and fulness, the Son, who was in the bosom of the Father, a personage of tabernacle, made or fashioned like unto man, or being in the form and likeness of man, or rather man was formed after his likeness and in his image; he is also the express image and likeness of the personage of the Father, possessing all the fulness of the Father, or the same fulness with the Father; being begotten of him, and ordained from before the foundation of the world to be a propitiation for the sins of all those who should believe on his name, and is called the Son because of the flesh, and descended in suffering below that which man can suffer; or, in other words, suffered greater sufferings, and was exposed to more powerful contradictions than any man can be.
"But, notwithstanding all this, he kept the law of God, and remained without sin, showing thereby that it is in the power of man to keep the law and remain also without sin; and also, that by him a righteous judgment might come upon all flesh, and that all who walk not in the law of God may justly be condemned by the law, and have no excuse for their sins.
"And he being the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, and having overcome, received a fulness of the glory of the Father, possessing the same mind with the Father, which mind is the Holy Spirit, that bears record of the Father and the Son, and these three are one; or, in other words, these three constitute the great, matchless, governing and supreme, power over all things; by whom all things were created and made that were created and made, and these three constitute the Godhead, and are one; the Father and Son possessing the same mind, the same wisdom, glory, power, and fulness—filling all in all; the Son being filled with the fulness of the mind, glory, and power; or, in other words, the Spirit, glory and power, of the Father, possessing all knowledge and glory, and the same kingdom, sitting at the right hand of power, in the express image and likeness of the Father, mediator for man, being filled with the fulness of the mind of the Father; or, in other words, the Spirit of the Father, which Spirit is shed forth upon all who believe on his name and keep his commandments; and all those who keep his commandments shall grow up from grace to grace, and become heirs of the heavenly kingdom, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ; possessing the same mind, being transformed into the same image or likeness, even the express image of him who fills all in all; being filled with the fulness of his glory, and become one in him, even as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one.
"From the foregoing account of the Godhead, which is given in his revelations, the saints have a sure foundation laid for the exercise of faith unto life and salvation, through the atonement and mediation of Jesus Christ; by whose blood they have a forgiveness of sins, and also a sure reward laid up for them in heaven, even that of partaking of the fulness of the Father and the Son through the Spirit. As the Son partakes of the fulness of the Father through the Spirit, so the saints are, by the same Spirit, to be partakers of the same fulness, to enjoy the same glory; for as the Father and the Son are one, so, in like manner, the saints are to be one in them. Through the love of the Father, the mediation of Jesus Christ, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, they are to be heirs of God, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ;"Doc. & Cov.,Fifth Lecture on Faith.
"And now Abinadi said unto them, I would that ye should understand that God himself shall come down among the children of men, and shall redeem his people; and because he dwelleth in flesh, he shall be called the Son of God: and having subjected the flesh to the will of the Father, being the Father and the Son; the Father, because he was conceived by the power of God; and the Son, because of the flesh; thus becoming the Father and Son; and they are one God, yea, the very eternal Father of heaven and earth;"Mos. 15. 1-4.
"And shall be brought and be arraigned before the bar of Christ the Son, and God the Father, and the Holy Spirit, which is one eternal God, to be judged according to their works;"Alma11. 44.
"Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God. I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are. I was with the Father from the beginning. I am in the Father, and the Father in me; and in me hath the Father glorified his name;" 3Nephi9. 15.
"And after this manner shall ye baptize in my name, for behold, verily I say unto you, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost are one; and I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and the Father and I are one;" 3Nephi11. 27.
"I bear record of the Father, and the Father beareth record of me, and the Holy Ghost beareth record of the Father and me. * * And whoso believeth in me, and is baptized, the same shall be saved; and they are they who shall inherit the kingdom of God.
"And whoso believeth not in me, and is not baptized, shall be damned. Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and I bear record of it from the Father; and whoso believeth in me, believeth in the Father also, and unto him will the Father bear record of me; for he will visit him with fire, and with the Holy Ghost.
"And thus will the Father bear record of me, and the Holy Ghost will bear record unto him of the Father and me; for the Father, and I, and the Holy Ghost are one;"verses32-36.
"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted Man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret. If the vail was rent to-day, and the Great God who holds this world in its orbit, and who upholds all worlds and all things by his power, was to make himself visible,—I say, if you were to see him to-day, you would see him like a man in form—like yourselves in all the person, image, and very form as a man; for Adam was created in the very fashion, image, and likeness of God, and received instruction from, and walked, talked, and conversed with him, as one man talks and communes with another;"His. J. Smith, April7, 1844.
Bible.
Matt. 11. 25 I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth 26, 27.
26. 39 take away this cup from me, nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Luke10. 22 no man knoweth who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son.
23. 34 Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. 46.
John1. 14 the glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father. 18.
4. 23 shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
5. 19 the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do. 20, 21.
22 the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son. 23.
26 as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son.
27 hath given authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 30.
45 think not that I will accuse you unto the Father.
6. 27 for him hath God the Father sealed.
37 all that the Father giveth me shall come to me. 44-46.
8. 16 I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 18.
10. 15 as the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father.
12. 27 Father save me from this hour, but for this cause came I unto this hour.
13. 1 Jesus knew that he should depart out of this world to the Father.
14. 6 no man cometh to the Father but by me. 8.
9 he that hath seen me hath seen the Father. 11, 13, 16.
26 but the Comforter whom the Father will send.
15. 26 when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father.
16. 15 all things that the Father hath are mine. 16, 25-28.
17. 1 Father, the hour is come, glorify thy Son.
3 eternal life is to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent. 5, 11, 24, 25.
10 all mine are thine, and thine are mine.
21 that they may be one, as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee.
22 the glory which thou gavest me I have given them, that they may be one, even as we are one.
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am.
Acts2. 33 received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost.
Rom. 1. 20 being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead.
8. 16 the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit.
9. 5 Christ came who is over all, God blessed forever.
11. 36 of him, through him, and to him are all things, to whom be glory forever.
16. 27 to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever.
1Cor. 2. 4 in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
8. 6 but to us there is but one God, the Father.
15. 24 when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father.
Gal. 4. 4 when the fulness of time was come, God sent forth his Son made of a woman.
Eph. 3. 11 to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus.
4. 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all.
Col. 1. 19 for it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell.
2. 9 in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead, bodily.
Heb. 1. 8 to the Son he saith, thy throne, O God, is forever.
5. 9 being made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation.
7. 28 maketh the Son who is consecrated forevermore.
9. 14 who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God.
12. 9 be in subjection unto the Father of spirits and live.
13. 8 Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day and forever.
2Peter1. 17 for he received from God the Father, honor and glory.
1John2. 1 we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 23, 24.
5. 7 there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Rev. 1. 18 he that liveth and was dead, and am alive forever more.
2. 7 hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
5. 13 unto him that sitteth on the throne, and to the Lamb for ever.
10. 6 sware by him that liveth forever, that time shall be no longer.
11. 15 and he shall reign for ever and ever.
15. 7 full of the wrath of God who liveth forever.
Book of Mormon.
1Nephi10. 18 for he is the same yesterday, to-day and forever.
19 wherefore the course of God is one eternal round.
11. 21 behold the Lamb of God, the Son of the eternal Father.Chap. 13. 40.
32 the Son of the everlasting God was judged of the world.
2Nephi2. 4 for the Spirit is the same yesterday, to-day and for ever.
9. 16 it is his eternal word which cannot pass away.
10. 14 I will be a light to them forever, that hear my words.
27. 23 that I am the same yesterday, to-day and forever. 29. 9.
Mos. 3. 5 is from all eternity to all eternity.
15. 4 yea, the very eternal Father of heaven and earth.
16. 9 the light and life of the world, yea, a light that is endless.
Alma7. 16 he shall have eternal life, according to the testimony of the Holy Spirit.
11. 39 he is the very eternal Father of heaven and earth. 40.
44 Christ, the Father and the Holy Spirit, one eternal God.
13. 9 Only Begotten of the Father, without beginning of days or end of years.
34. 14 the great, last, infinite and eternal sacrifice will be the Son of God.
3Nephi9. 18 Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
Mormon6. 22 the Father, yea, the eternal Father of heaven and earth.
Moroni7. 22 God knowing all things, being from everlasting to everlasting. 28.
8. 18 he is unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity.
10. 4 exhort you that you would ask God, the eternal Father. 28.
Doctrine & Covenants.
Sec. 14. 9 Jesus Christ created the heavens and the earth.
19. 1 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
20. 17 we know there is a God, infinite and eternal, from everlasting to everlasting. 28.
29. 34 neither Adam, your father, whom I created.
41 the Lord God cast Adam out of the Garden of Eden.
35. 1, 2 Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
39. 1 the voice of him who is from all eternity to all eternity.
45. 1 by whom all things live, and move, and have a being. 7.
49. 12 believe on the Lord Jesus, the beginning and the end.
56. 11 though heaven and earth pass away, these words shall not pass away.
68. 6 Son of the living God. That I was, that I am, and that I am to come.
88. 13 who is in the bosom of eternity, in the midst of all things.
41 all things are by him and of him, even God for ever and ever.
121. 32 according to that which was ordained, in the council of the eternal God.
132. 20 then shall they be gods, because they have no end. 22.
24 this is eternal life, to know the only wise and true God.
See Sermon by B. Young, J. of D., Vol. 1, page 46.
" "B. Young, " " 4, " 215.
Article Mil. Star, Vol. 15, page 301.
Bible.
Gen. 21. 33 Abraham called on the name of the everlasting God.Isa. 40. 28.Rom. 16. 26.
Exo. 3. 15 this is my name forever and my memorial to all generations.
12. 14 Israel to keep the feast of Passover by an ordinance forever. 24.
27. 21 it shall be a statute forever to Israel.
31. 16, 17 the Sabbath a perpetual covenant and sign between the Lord and Israel forever.
Num. 10. 8 an ordinance forever throughout your generations.
1Sam. 3. 14 the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged for ever.
2Sam. 7. 24 hast confirmed Israel to be a people to thee for ever.
1Chron. 17. 14 David's throne established for evermore.
23. 13 Aaron and his sons sanctified forever.
2Chron. 33. 4 in Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
Psalm19. 9 the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever.
24. 7 lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
33. 11 the counsel of the Lord standeth forever.
45. 6 thy throne, O God, is forever and ever. 17.
72. 19 blessed be his glorious name forever, let the earth be filled with his glory.
100. 5 his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth.
119. 89 forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
145. 13 thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
Eccl. 3. 14 what God doeth it shall be forever; nothing can be put to it or taken taken from it.
15 that which hath been is now; that which is hath already been.
Isa. 9. 6 a child is born, he shall be called the everlasting Father.
32. 17 and the effect of his righteousness quietness and assurance forever.
33. 14 who among us shall dwell in everlasting burnings.
Ezek. 37. 26 make a covenant of peace with them it shall be an everlasting covenant.
Dan. 7. 14 his dominion is an everlasting dominion.
18 the Saints shall take and possess the kingdom forever.
12. 3 they that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars forever.
Matt. 19. 16 Master, what good thing shall I do that I may inherit eternal life.
Luke16. 9 make friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when you fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
18. 30 manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
John3. 15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
4. 14 the water I give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 36.
5. 24 he that believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life.
39 search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life.
6. 68 to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.
10. 28 I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish.
12. 25 he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
17. 2 that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 life eternal to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Acts13. 48 as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Rom. 1. 20 being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead.
2. 7 by patient continuance in well doing seek for immortality and eternal life.
5. 21 might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life.
6. 23 the wages of sin are death; but the gift of God is eternal life.
11. 36 for of him, and through him, and to him, are all things.
2Cor. 4. 17 our light affliction worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
5. 1 a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Gal. 1. 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever.
6. 8 he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Eph. 3. 11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus.
2Thess. 1. 9 who shall be punished with everlasting destruction.
1Tim. 6. 12 fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.
Titus1. 2 in hope of eternal life, which God promised before the world began.
Heb. 5. 9 being made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation, unto all them that obey him.
9. 14 who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God.
1Peter1. 23 born again by the word of God, which abideth forever.
5. 10 who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus.
2Peter2. 17 to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
1John1. 2 shew unto you that eternal life which was with the Father.
2. 25 this is the promise he hath promised us, even eternal life.
3. 15 no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
5. 11 this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 13, 20.
2John2. for the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us forever.
Jude21. looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Rev. 7. 12 honor, power and might be unto our God forever.
10. 6 sware by him that liveth forever that time shall be no longer.
22. 5 for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign forever.
Book of Mormon.
1Nephi10. 19 wherefore the course of God is one eternal round.
11. 21 the Lamb of God even the Son of the eternal Father.
32 the Son of the everlasting God was judged of the world.
2Nephi1. 19 his ways are righteousness for ever.
2. 4 for the Spirit is the same yesterday, to-day and forever.
12 must needs destroy the wisdom and eternal purposes of God.
9. 13 all men became incorruptible, immortal, living souls.
16 it is his eternal word and cannot pass away.
39 to be spiritual minded is life eternal.
11. 5 the great and eternal plan of deliverance from death.
Jacob2. 21 created them to keep his commandments and glorify him forever.
Mos. 5. 15 ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life.
16. 11 if good to the resurrection of endless life; if evil to the resurrection of endless damnation.
Alma.34. 14 the great, last, infinite and eternal sacrifice will be the Son of God.
Mormon5. 14 may bring about his great and eternal purposes.
Doctrine & Covenants.
Sec. 1. 15 have broken mine everlasting covenant.
6. 7 he that hath eternal life is rich. 11. 7.
14. 7 eternal life the greatest of all the gifts of God.
20. 28 which Father, Son and Holy Ghost are one God, infinite and eternal.
22. 1 this is a new and everlasting covenant, which was from the beginning.
39. 1 the voice of him who is from all eternity to all eternity.
45. 8 to them that believed on my name gave I power to obtain eternal life.
56. 11 though heaven and earth pass away, these words shall not pass away.
76. 4 from eternity to eternity he is the same.
59 all things are theirs, whether life or death, things present or to come.
62 shall dwell in the presence of God and his Christ forever.
109. 77 the earth in its sanctified, immortal and eternal state.
85. 7 whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words.
88. 13 who is in the bosom of eternity in the midst of all things.
20 that bodies of the celestial kingdom may possess it forever.
41 all things are by him and of him, even God, forever.
101. 22 and worship me according to mine everlasting Gospel.
77 an infinity of fulness from everlasting to everlasting.
121. 2 behold from the eternal heavens the wrongs of thy people.
32 according to that which was ordained in the council of the eternal God.
128. 23 let the eternal creations declare his name forever.
132. 19 there shall be a continuation of the seeds for ever.
20 then shall they be gods, because they have no end.
24 this is eternal lives to know the only wise and true God.
46 whosesoever sins ye remit shall be remitted eternally.
Pearl of Great Price.
Page1. Endless is my name. My works and words are without end. 3.
9. repent and call upon God in the name of the Son forevermore.
16. and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world and eternal life in the world to come.
17. the record of the Father and the Son from henceforth and forever.
19. seeing thou art holy from all eternity to all eternity, endless and eternal is my name also.
20. Enoch wept and stretched forth his arms, and his heart swelled as wide as eternity.
29. the blessings of the Gospel of salvation, even of life eternal.
32. they shall have no end for they are gnolaum, or eternal.
49. the angel said the fulness of the everlasting Gospel was contained in the records of the Book of Mormon.
"This word (passover) comes from the Hebrew verb, pasach, which signifies to pass, to leap, or skip over. They gave the name of Passover to the feast which was established in commemoration of the coming forth out of Egypt, because the night before their departure, the destroying angel, who slew the first-born of the Egyptians, passed over the Israelites, because they were marked with the blood of the lamb which was killed the evening before; and which for this reason was called the Paschal Lamb;"Cruden's Con.
We have an account of the institution of the Passover in the twelfth chapter of Exodus. The Lord commanded Israel, saying, "And the day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever:"verse14. This command rather implies that there might be a change in the manner and time of keeping this passover, by the house of Israel. The essential part of it is that it shall be kept by a feast forever.
That the passover, as instituted the evening before the departure of Israel out of Egypt, was typical of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, appears to be the generally received opinion of all who have faith in the Bible and its institutions. It is evident that the apostle Paul entertained this view of the subject when he made the following assertion, "For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us;" 1Cor. 5. 7.
That our Savior considered the ordinance of the passover a part of the Mosaic law which was to be done away in his sufferings and death, is evident from the wish, which he expressed to his disciples, while keeping the passover with them the evening before his death, "With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer;"Luke22. 15. The type was no longer needed and the ordinance was changed to commemorate the great sacrifice he was about to make. Hence, he commanded his disciples to partake of the bread and wine in remembrance of him.
We cannot do better than to insert here,verbatim, the account of the first administration of the sacrament among the Nephites, by our Savior. "And it came to pass that Jesus commanded his disciples that they should bring forth some bread and wine unto him. And while they were gone for bread and wine, he commanded the multitude that they should sit themselves down upon the earth."
"And when the disciples had come with bread and wine, he took of the bread, and brake and blessed it; and he gave unto the disciples, and commanded that they should eat. And when they had eat, and were filled, he commanded that they should give unto the multitude. And when the multitude had eaten and were filled, he said unto the disciples, behold there shall one be ordained among you, and to him will I give power that he shall break bread, and bless it, and give it unto the people of my church, unto all those who shall believe and be baptized in my name.
"And this shall ye always observe to do, even as I have done, even as I have broken bread, and blessed it, and gave it unto you. And this shall ye do in remembrance of my body, which I have shewn unto you. And it shall be a testimony unto the Father, that ye do always remember me. And if ye do always remember me, ye shall have my Spirit to be with you.
"And it came to pass that when he said these words, he commanded his disciples that they should take of the wine of the cup, and drink of it, and that they should also give unto the multitude, that they might drink of it. And it came to pass that they did so, and did drink of it, and were filled; and they gave unto the multitude, and they did drink, and they were filled. And when the disciples had done this Jesus said unto them, Blessed are ye for this thing which ye have done, for this is fulfilling my commandment, and this doth witness unto the Father that ye are willing to do that which I have commanded you. And this shall ye always do to those who repent and are baptized in my name; and ye shall do it in remembrance of my blood, which I have shed for you, that ye may witness unto the Father that ye do always remember me. And if ye do always remember me, ye shall have my Spirit to be with you. And I give unto you a commandment that ye shall do these things. And if ye shall always do these things, blessed are ye, for ye are built upon my rock;" 3Nephi18. 1-12.
Bible.
Lev. 23. 5 the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's passover.
Num. 9. 5 they kept the passover at even.Josh. 5. 10.
33. 3 on the morrow after the passover Israel went out of Egypt.
Deut. 16. 2 place the Lord should choose, Israel was to sacrifice the passover. 5.
2Kings23. 22 not holden such a passover from the days of the Judges.
2Chron. 35. 1-19 a description of the solemn passover of Josiah.
Ezra6. 19, 20 the children of the captivity kept the passover.
Ezek. 45. 21 ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days.
Matt. 26. 17-29 Christ kept the passover, with his disciples, the evening before his death.Mark14. 12-25.Luke22. 8-38.
Luke24. 30, 31 Christ made himself known to his disciples by the breaking of bread.
John2. 13 and the Jews' passover was at hand.
6. 53-58 he that eateth the flesh and drinketh the blood of Christ hath eternal life.
11. 55 many went to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves.
18. 39 have a custom that I should release one unto you, at the passover.
19. 14 and it was the preparation of the passover.
Acts2. 46 they continued daily in breaking bread. 20. 7.
1Cor. 11. 23-30 the same night in which he was betrayed took bread.
Heb. 11. 28 through faith he kept the passover.
Book of Mormon.
3Nephi18. 27-30 none to eat and drink unworthily.
20. 1-9 Jesus administered the sacrament, the second time, among the Nephites.
Moroni4. 5 the manner of administering the sacrament.
6. 6 did meet together oft to partake of bread and wine.
Doctrine & Covenants.
Sec. 20. 75 expedient that the church meet together oft, to partake of bread and wine.
77-79 the form of administering the sacrament.
27. 2 it matters not what we eat and drink in the sacrament.
46. 4 those who have trespassed to make reconciliation.
See Sermon by Jos. F. Smith, J. of D., Vol. 15, page 324.
Article by J. G. B., Mil. Star, Vol. 34, page 520.
The inspired writings teach us that, at the second coming of Christ, his reign of a thousand years, on the earth, will commence. A veritable kingdom of the house of Israel will have been prepared to receive him.
"The Son of man shall come down in heaven, clothed in the brightness of his glory, to meet the kingdom of God which is set up on the earth;"Doc. & Cov. 65. 5. The kingdom of God in heaven and on the earth will then unite and constitute but one kingdom. "The kingdoms of this world are becomethekingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever;"Rev. 11. 15.
Those that have part in the first resurrection, "Shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years;" 20. 6.
The earth will go through a purifying process to fit it for the residence of its millennial inhabitants. "Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered;"Isa. 65. 17. That this passage refers to the preparation for the millennium is evident by the twentieth verse: "There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; but the sinnerbeinga hundred years old shall be accursed."
This view of the subject is also presented to us in a revelation to Joseph, the Seer: "Old things shall pass away, and all things become new. * * * And he that liveth when the Lord shall come, and has kept the faith, blessed is he; nevertheless it is appointed to him to die at the age of man; wherefore children shall grow up until they become old, old men shall die;"Doc. & Cov. 63. 49-51.
There are three conditions of the earth spoken of in the inspired writings—the present, in which everything pertaining to it must go through a change which we call death; the millennial condition in which it will be sanctified for the residence of purer intelligences, some mortal and some immortal, and the celestial condition spoken of in the twenty-first and twenty-second chapters of Revelation, which will be one of immortality and eternal life.
When Christ's reign is fully established on the earth, there will be two capitals to his immense empire—Jerusalem on the eastern hemisphere and Zion on the western. "When the Lord of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem;"Isa. 24. 23. "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem;" 2. 3.
In this, "The fulness of times when Christ shall have subdued all enemies under his feet, and shall have perfected his work, when he shall deliver up the kingdom, and present it to the Father spotless, then shall he be crowned with the crown of his glory, to sit on the throne of his power to reign forever and ever;"Doc. & Cov., 76. 106-108.
The prophet Daniel speaks of this great event:
"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdomthatwhich shall not be destroyed;" 7. 13, 14. This passage evidences that Christ's reign on the earth will be real and tangible; and that his kingdom will embrace a great variety of nations and peoples, and that he is also subservient to his Father.
The following passage, with its context, is a beautiful description of the final coming of our Lord, and of his reign on the earth:
"That my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming; for there shall be my Tabernacle, and it shall be called ZION, a New Jerusalem. And the Lord said unto Enoch, Then shalt thou and all thy city meet them there and we will receive them into our bosom, and they shall see us; and we will fall upon their necks, and they shall fall upon our necks, and we will kiss each other; and there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall come forth out of all the creations which I have made; and for the space of a thousand years shall the earth rest.
"And it came to pass that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the space of a thousand years;"P. of G. P., page22.
Bible.
Isa. 52. 7 that saith unto Zion, thy God reigneth.
Jer. 23. 5 a king shall reign and shall execute justice and judgment. 6.
Mic. 4. 7 the Lord shall reign over them in Zion forever.
Luke 1. 33 and he shall reign over the house of Israel forever.
Rom. 15. 12 he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles.
1Cor. 15. 25 till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
2Tim. 2. 12 if we suffer, we shall also reign with him.
Rev. 5. 10 made us kings and priests, and we shall reign on the earth.
20. 4 they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
21. 22, 27 description of the celestial earth.
Doctrine & Covenants.
Sec. 1. 36 the Lord shall reign in the midst of his Saints.
29. 11 and dwell in righteousness with me on the earth a thousand years.
43. 30 for the great Millennium of which I have spoken shall come.
45. 59 the Lord shall be their king and lawgiver.
56. 18 shall see the kingdom of God come in power and great glory.
58. 22 until he reigns whose right it is to rule.
133. 25 the Savior shall reign over all flesh.
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