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CHAPTER 85 TSP 85:1– 85:13The humble come from Europe to America to commanded of them, because his spirit shall notseek religious freedom. American be with them.government is set up to cater to the rich.Slavery is introduced as the greatest sin next 7 For they shall persecute and cause to beto murder. The US Constitution was created killed anyone who doth not bow down to theirby, for, and because of the rich. Latter day religious leaders and abide by the precepts thatfamily values are from Satan. these leaders shall introduce among the people. FOR it shall come to pass that many of the 8 And they shall cause many of the Lamanitespoor and the needy and those who are to be killed, whose only crime unto them is theirpersecuted in the other nations of the earth, shall desire to be left alone and live in peace in theflee the captivity of their souls and come forth to lands that they had inherited from their fathers.the land of promise. But these hypocrites shall persecute them and hate them and cause them to be destroyed by 2 And there shall be many who shall begin to their weapons of war, which weapons shall behumble themselves before the Father and desire unlike any other weapons that the world haththe eternal happiness that is the blessing that He ever known up until this time.giveth by the fruits of the Spirit which is givenunto them who follow his plan. 9 And these weapons shall be called flintlocks, and rifles, and all manner of guns, 3 But because the plan of Lucifer alloweth which by very little effort, can take the life ofthose who follow it to aggrandize themselves another by him who raiseth one of theseand get gain according to each of their abilities weapons against another.to get gain, and also power and glory overothers, the great nation that shall be 10 And with these weapons shall the Gentilesestablished as a land of the free shall be begin to destroy the Lamanites, and also allcorrupted from its beginnings. those who do not abide by the commandments and precepts taught unto them by the leaders of 4 And I have already mentioned in this their churches.record how the rich shall rise up and make lawand policy over the poor that they might 11 And with these weapons, Satan shall causeacquire more gain and more power over the to be introduced into this land the means of thepeople of the land. greatest wickedness that one human can commit against another, except it be for murder. 5 And now, the rich are not the only peoplewho shall bring forth much misery among the 12 For the Gentiles shall go into otherchildren of men in the latter days. Yea, before nations of the earth and by force enslave thethe establishment of this nation, even soon after inhabitants of these nations that are poor as tothe arrival of some Gentiles, who shall come the things of the world. And without theupon the land immediately after it is discovered weapons to stand against those of the Gentiles,by their explorers, there shall be many who are many souls of the children of God shall bepious and the hypocrites, who think of subjected to slavery and torn away from theirthemselves as the purest of the children of God, wives and their children and their own countryand that their faith and their religion is the only and placed on great ships to be traded andone of God upon the earth. bartered upon by the rich, that they might have slaves to work and to get them gain. 6 And when a people beginneth to believe thisof themselves, they become exceedingly wicked 13 Now, this thing is most abominable beforein their judgments of others. And it shall come God. And the brother of Jared wrote, saying:to pass that there shall be upon this land those Never in all the history of the world have I seenwho profess to follow the words of Christ, but such brutality by the children of God againstshall not do those things which he hath others. And the victims of this servitude crieth to the God who had created them that they should die and not be led into slavery to work in a strange land away from the nation of their births, having no hope of freedom. Chapter 85 493

TSP 85:14– 85:28 land and partake of the freedom that shall be promised to them. 14 And this great sin upon the earth causedmy soul to be burdened in that I could no longer 23 But they shall sign over their lives to thebear to witness the great wickedness of the rich rich, and subject themselves to indenturement,in purchasing as merchandise the souls of men which shall endure for many of the good yearswho they thought were beneath them. of their lives. And these who are thus indentured shall also be bought and sold as the 15 And I cried unto the Lord: Oh, Lord, how property of the rich, who shall justify their abusecanst thou suffer that these things come to pass and wickedness by declaring that they are theamong the children of God upon the earth? more righteous lot of the creations of GodCannot the Father show forth His omnipotence because of their knowledge and their seeminglyand stop this treatment of one child to another? endless blessings from God—and thus it shall be because Satan is their God. 16 And the Lord said unto me: Behold, it isnot the will of the Father that these things shall 24 And when any of these shall rise up income to pass, but He hath granted all of His defiance of their mistreatment by the hands ofchildren their free agency to do that which they their masters, they shall be killed by the gunswant for their own happiness. that the rich shall have among them in abundance, whether of their own person, or by 17 And these things which thou hast beheld the command of the government that hathare those things which are most abominable sworn to protect them.before Him. Nevertheless, He shall have mercyon His children, even those who shall be held in 25 And there shall be no man that shallslavery by their brothers and sisters, even that stand against the fire of a gun in the latterthey shall be strong in spirit and shall rise up in days, for these weapons shall cut the flesh andpower one day according as they have been cast destroy anything within its path.down to be trodden upon by the foot of man. 26 And it shall come to pass that as the rich 18 Fear not for their souls, for they are grow in their abundance, the poor also shallchildren of the Father and He hath prepared a grow and become more numerous than theplace for them. And He alloweth these things rich. And if these poor rise up against the rich,that His children might understand that which is then they shall be deterred in their desires forcapable of coming to pass when they follow the their lives by the weaponry of the armies thatplan that Lucifer hath outlined for them. are hired and controlled by the rich, which are mandated by the judicial system of their 19 For behold, none of the blessings of government.happiness that Lucifer hath promised unto thosewho follow him shall come without another 27 And when they cannot justify theirbeing taken advantage of in some way. murders of the poor and their servants, they shall cause prisons to be built up that they 20 And all these miseries shall be upon the might enclose the passions for freedom of theheads of the rich and the powerful, as thou art poor within, and that they might subdue theabout to observe in vision concerning those desires of the poor to go against the laws of thethings of the latter days. land which shall be established for the rich, by the rich, and because of the rich. 21 And now, I, Moroni, also have great causeto sorrow because of those things which I have 28 And it shall come to pass that because ofread concerning these things which shall come the rebellions of the poor who shall be amongto pass among the Lamanites, and also among them, many of the rich shall band together andthe people of a dark skin who shall be brought desire to form a nation, which shall be ainto this promised land in chains that they might symbol of their power wherein they canserve the lusts and the greed of the rich. establish laws so that they can control the uprisings and the profits and the political 22 And these are not the only ones who shall power of the poor, who are the majority.suffer at the hands of the rich, but there shallbe many poor who shall suffer in their povertyin the other nations of the European Empire,and these shall be desirous to come into this494 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

29 Yea, these rich men, who ye of the latter TSP 85:29– 85:47days honor and call the founding fathers of yournation, shall create among you a national system 38 And this plan they shall devise to deceiveof ways in which they might maintain their riches the poor into taking up arms against their ownand also maintain their power over the poor. government, so that the rich might control the revenue of taxes themselves, thus bringing their 30 And with this power that they shall have own laws and policies more in line with theirover the hearts of the poor, whom they have own personal wealth and gain.deceived with their pretended illusions offreedom and prosperity that they shall create 39 And thus it shall be, as these men, whomfor the poor, the rich shall engage in war ye of the latter days have honored with greatagainst any who oppose them. glory, set up the seat of Satan of the latter days. 31 And in this way the captains of their 40 And it shall come to pass that with theirarmies shall gain the glory that they desire by cunningness and their expertise in deceivingthe blood of their soldiers, which are from the those who cannot read, and are generally thefamilies of those who are poor. poor among them, the rich shall produce a declaration of independence from the mother 32 And the great merchants of the earth nation that requireth a tax of their riches.shall rise up and increase their wealth as thesouls of men are enslaved further under their 41 And this declaration shall further deceivepower. In fine, the fruits of the plan of Lucifer the poor into thinking that the rich care forshall begin to show forth even at the beginning them and look out for their best interests, andof your nation. that the rich are only doing what is good for all in equality. 33 And it shall come to pass that the richshall call upon those of their class who are 42 And it shall come to pass that by thegreat orators and who are skilled at using great blood of the poor, the rich merchants of thewords which shall deceive the people and United States shall establish themselves as ahypnotize them and bring them under the great nation.power of their desires. 43 And with the continued flattery and 34 And this shall be the great purpose for the admonitions of their politicians, the rich shallpatriotism of a nation as I have explained it unto continue to rule and wield great power overyou previously in this record. the poor. 35 And the poor shall be led to believe, that if 44 And the poor shall be convinced that thisthey support the policies and the laws of the new form of government is wise and inspiredrich, then they, too, might become rich by these by God, so that liberty and justice for all mightsame policies and laws. come to pass. 36 And because of their envy and their own 45 And there shall be liberty and justice; yea,greed, the poor shall allow themselves to be but not for all. For the enslaved, and the poor,persuaded by the cunningness of the politicians and all the women of this nation shall have nowho shall be selected from among them, who voice in the government of the people.are already rich, very much like unto theRomans at the beginning of their government. 46 And they shall establish a constitution which shall offer the people the opportunity to 37 And it shall come to pass that those who observe the actions of these politics in service toshall be the leaders among the rich at the all. And a democracy shall come forth in whichbeginning of this great nation shall convince all might have a voice in the way in which theythe poor, who are the majority among them, are governed, except it be for the poor, and thethat all of their problems are because of the enslaved, and the women.mother nation, which is that great EuropeanEmpire that requireth taxes from the people 47 And after many years a voice shall bewithout representing their interests across the given unto all the citizens of this great nation,great oceans. that they might feel in their hearts that they are a part of the government that shall create the laws that shall govern them and control their lives. Chapter 85 495

TSP 85:48– 85:66 people and that they deserve to be treated better than those who are not of their own family. 48 And ye of the latter days shall becontinually deceived by those who are your 57 And they shall seek for the things of thisleaders, and ye shall not notice the ways in world, which ye have taught them shall givewhich Satan shall take control over you and unto them the happiness that they desire. Andbind you with the chains of iniquity. they shall not care for another if he should die; yea, if the death of a brother or sister in God 49 And ye shall begin to wonder of what doth not affect their lives and their happiness,cause is your wickedness before the Lord. And then they shall not take notice of this death.have I not been plain in my words? Have I notgiven unto you in plainness the reasons for your 58 But if a member of their own familygreat wickedness? Yea, doth not this record cry should die, then they shall suffer in misery andforth unto you in plainness, that ye should not be sorrow for the loss that they suppose hathdeceived and wonder any longer? affected their own happiness. 50 Yea, your family units are the beginning of 59 And now, it is in acquiring the things of theyour wickedness before the Lord. And I have world that the children of men shall cause thealready shown unto you the great wickedness most sin among them. For it shall come to passthat can arise by separating yourselves into these that the people of the United States shall have anfamily units and forgetting to love your abundance of all that which they desire.neighbors and doing unto them what ye woulddo unto the members of your own family. 60 And they, being a small number of people in comparison with the rest of the other nations 51 And because of your love of your families, of the world, shall consume upon their lusts andye shall seek for the riches of the earth to give greed more than all other nations.unto them that their lives might be easy andblessed with happiness, as ye suppose. 61 And when they shall sit down at their tables and partake of the food that they eat, 52 And as ye seek for that which will sustain they shall take no thought of him who madeyour families, ye suffer the poor and the needy possible the food that they eat, even that whichand those whom ye have caused to be they need to live.imprisoned because of your families and yourdesires for riches, to pass by you that ye notice 62 For the poor among you shall work in thethem not because ye are concentrating on your fields under the heat of the torrid sun and harvestown family. that which ye need for your nourishment. 53 And ye want your own family to be 63 And then these poor shall return to theirprotected; therefore, ye shall support your houses after working all the hours of the daygovernments in their wars that are waged trying to provide for their own sustenance by theagainst the families of other nations, who also wages that ye shall pay them to harvest the foodare children of the same God as ye all are. for your own bellies. 54 And ye shall justify the righteousness of 64 And their houses shall not be like untoyour wars against them, because ye are led to your own, but shall be of a poor construction,believe that they are a threat to your own family. because of their inability to earn that which they would need to have a house like unto yours, 55 And if ye followed the plan of God, then because ye have kept back from their wages thatye would realize that these other nations are which would give unto them of these things.of your family, and therefore, ye would nottake up arms against them to destroy them. 65 And ye shall think of them as those that doAnd your wickedness before the Lord doth not deserve that which ye are blessed withnot end with your families, but it beginneth because of their words, or the lack of thewith your families. knowledge that they would need to be one who deserveth to sit at a table made of the fine things 56 And because ye have isolated your of the earth, even as a rich man who laboreth notchildren away from the rest of their brothers and for that which he eateth.sisters, which are all the children of God, theyshall begin to believe that they are a special 66 Behold, how many of you of the latter days496 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

are willing to labor in all the hours of a day in TSP 85:67– 86:5the heat of the sun to obtain the food that yeneed to sustain your lives? value upon the whole world because of the wickedness that shall issue forth from its mouth. 67 I say unto you that none of you who arerich shall have a desire to do this thing, but 76 And this great beast of the latter days, ofthinketh that this type of work is below the which John hath written, shall begin to prosperdignity that ye have supposed for yourselves. and spread its borders throughout the entire land of my fathers, and Satan shall begin to introduce 68 But I say unto you, when the Lord cometh many powers of the eternal laws of nature intoin the glory of the Father, he shall employ the minds of those men who shall take thesehimself as a laborer in the fields amongst those powers and control them for their own gain.who are his friends and whom he loveth becauseof their humility and love for him. CHAPTER 86 69 And these are those of whom he hath Great inventions and technologicalspoken when he said that the poor, and the meek, advancements are established by Satan toand the lowly of heart shall inherit the earth and control the world and institute his plan in itssit in the houses that are left desolate by the rich, fullness. Most of the advancements come fromeven those of you who would not labor by the the desires of the United States. The world liessweat of your own brow to provide your own under great sin because of these advancements.table with those things that ye would eat. AND now, there shall be much confusion in 70 And now, there shall be many of you who the latter days because of these blessings whichshall read these things and shall think in your Satan shall give unto those who follow his plan;hearts that ye do another type of work that is or rather, there shall be much confusion becauseimportant to the world, instead of working in the of the power of nature that Satan shall use tofields to produce the food that ye do eat. institute the giving of his blessings to those who follow him. 71 But I say unto you, of what importance isthe work that ye do? Do ye do anything that 2 Behold, it is the design of the plan of Luciferproduceth that which ye need to sustain your to make the days of our probation easy and laborlives, even that which can feed you, or clothe free, so that we might partake of his blessingsyou, or provide you with a shelter from the without toil or labor, enjoying the fruits that henatural elements of the world? provideth for us by following his plan. 72 I say unto you that ye do not employ 3 Now, in this thing Satan hath used someyourselves in any of these things that would principles of the plan of the Father in his ownsustain your lives. And if ye were to do one of plan. For the Father hath also promised that inthese things, then ye would not be rich, for ye His kingdoms, there shall be no more toil orwould not have the glory and honor of men, labor, and that all shall enjoy the eternalwhich is that which ye would need to be given blessings of peace and happiness forever.of those things that have made you rich. 4 Nevertheless, it shall be shown unto you 73 For it shall come to pass that this great that the plan of Lucifer shall fail miserablybeast of the latter days shall place a value upon in his promises of providing eternal peaceall aspects of the lives of the children of men. and happiness as we have been promised by the Father 74 And there shall be a value placed upon allthe things of the earth, even a value that shall be 5 And in the latter days Satan shall be givendetermined by the merchants and the leaders power over his own dominions at the beginningwho shall fornicate lavishly with the whore of of the half of times. Nevertheless, the Lord shallthe latter days. keep him bound for a short time at the beginning so that he can allow Joseph, the first of these last 75 And this great beast of which John hathgiven you an example in his words, which ye Chapter 86 497have among you in the Bible, and also of whichI have given you an explanation, shall set a

TSP 86:6– 86:19 progress was made in the advancements of science and technology, even in thelatter day prophets, to set up a church according understanding of the powers of nature and howto the desires of Joseph, and this the Lord shall to control these powers in mortality.suffer so that his words shall be fulfilledregarding the Gentiles. 14 Nevertheless, after Satan shall be released from the restrictions that the Father hath placed 6 For the Gentiles shall have the same upon him concerning these things; yea, evenopportunity to live by the gospel of Jesus shortly after the fullness of the gospel shall beChrist as did the Jews and those other Gentiles once again taken from off the face of the earthwho were taught the gospel by the twelve after the death of Joseph, then shall greatapostles who were with Christ during the days advancements in science and technology beof his ministry. made throughout the whole earth, but more especially among the people who live in the 7 And the Gentiles of the last days shall reject United States, which Satan hath chosen forthe fullness of his gospel just as the Jews did, himself to set up his final kingdom and in whichwho were the first, thus fulfilling the word of the he shall establish his seat.Lord when he said that the first shall be last, andthe last shall be first, both receiving an equal 15 And then when he hath established hisopportunity in all things. seat, and after the restrictions that were placed upon him by the Father have been lifted, then 8 And it shall come to pass that after this shall he begin to introduce these exceedinglychurch shall be established by Joseph in the miraculous advancements in science andlatter days; and after the Gentiles have rejected technology that shall revolutionize the mannerthe fullness of this gospel, then shall Satan have of living throughout the whole earth; yea, but incomplete power over his own dominions the beginning, only among those of the earthaccording to the words given by the Lord to who are rich.Joseph in which he said: 16 For the purpose of introducing these 9 And again, verily I say unto you, Oh, miracles among the children of men, is so thatinhabitants of the earth: I the Lord am willing to their lives might be more easily lived, and thatmake these things known unto all flesh; for I am they might pursue the selfish desires of theirno respecter of persons, and will that all men own happiness, without laboring so tediously byshall know that the day speedily cometh; the the sweat of their own brows as they werehour is not yet, but is nigh at hand, when peace commanded by the Lord in the beginning.shall be taken from the earth, and the devil shallhave power over his own dominion. 17 And ye shall know from this record that this hath been the plan of Lucifer from the 10 And also the Lord shall have power over beginning, even the power and the blessings thathis saints, and shall reign in their midst, and he hath given unto the rich and powerful whoshall come down in judgment upon Idumea, or have followed his plan and have been giventhe world. their rewards for following him. 11 And now, my brothers and sisters of the 18 And one of these blessings is the easinesslatter days, I would that ye should find the date and leisure of life which the rich enjoy in allwhen this revelation and these words of the things. Nevertheless, the manner of life of theLord are given unto Joseph. Yea, ye shall see rich, since the beginning until the time thatthat they shall be given unto him after he hath Satan shall have the restrictions of the Fatherestablished the church of God for the last time lifted from him, is not as easy and as leisurely asupon the earth. the life that they shall lead in the latter days when Satan shall show forth his power by using 12 And ye shall see that Satan hath not yet, at the miracles of science and technology tothat time, been released to have complete power reward those who follow him.over his own dominions according to the wordsof the Lord. 19 And since the beginning, there have been 13 And if ye know this time, ye shall alsorealize that up until this time throughout thehistory of the children of men, very little498 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

many men who have known of the laws of TSP 86:20– 86:33nature and who have introduced some of theirknowledge of these laws among the children of use the laws of nature to do the bidding of Satanmen. And Satan hath also inspired many men in all things.since the beginning with the same knowledgethat the prophets of God receive through the 28 For these things, which shall be introducedministrations of the Holy Spirit. by the power of Satan, shall be used by those who have invented them and introduced them 20 Nevertheless, the prophets of God do not into the world to get gain and to become rich.reveal any of these things to the world, for they And much of the inspiration that they shallare forbidden to by the Lord, as I have explained receive in inventing these things shall comeit unto you previously in this record. from their desire to not work by the sweat of their own brow and perform manual labor all the 21 But those who follow Satan know nothing days of their lives.of the things of God and do not understand thatwhich can take place upon the earth when these 29 And now, the Father gave theeternal laws of nature are misused in commandment to Adam and Eve that theyunrighteousness. should work and eat by the sweat of their brow all the days of their lives for a righteous purpose. 22 For this reason, even though there were And this purpose was so that we might learnmany who understood the nature of these laws, through experience how glorious and wonderfulnone were given the ability to use this His kingdoms of glory shall be unto us when weknowledge to control the power of these laws. inherit them and do not have to work therein toAnd it is the power to use these eternal laws sustain our lives.from which the Father had restricted Satan untilthe latter days. 30 And we saw these eternal worlds as spirit children of the Father; but as spirit children who 23 For the Father knew that once a knowledge did not have the knowledge of good and evil, orof this power was given to the world, then it the knowledge that the Father possesseth, wewould be used in unrighteousness by those who could not understand how glorious thesefollow the plan of Lucifer, which plan offereth kingdoms are.all of the powers of God to any who follow him. 31 For this reason we are placed upon this 24 And I have already explained unto you that earth to pass through the days of mortality andwhen the wicked use these powers for their own experience labor and toil, and sweat andpurposes, which are the purposes that Satan languor, so that we might appreciate and bewould allow them according to his plan, then happy with all that the Father hath provided forgreat misery and destruction shall come upon us in His kingdoms.the earth. 32 And now, this is where Lucifer disagreed 25 And if these powers are left unchecked by with the Father in the beginning and thenrighteousness, they would soon destroy the presented his own plan, in which we would notearth, which the Father hath created to bring have to suffer these things during mortality.happiness to His children, not the misery that And because of the plan that he presented to us,they shall suffer by the misuse of these laws. many of our brothers and sisters accepted it as a righteous plan, believing that it would 26 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, ultimately bring eternal happiness to those whowhen the Father shall no longer hold him bound, follow him according to the promises thatthat Satan shall have no further restrictions upon Lucifer made unto them.him, and he shall begin to use this power toreward them that follow him. 33 And it is this plan that many have followed upon this earth during the days of their 27 And in that day that he shall begin to rage probation. And these are the rich and thein the hearts of the children of men and have powerful who have set themselves up above allpower over them, there shall be many who shall others, and who have enslaved others to labor byintroduce into the world their inventions, and the sweat of their brows, so that these do nottheir ideas, and their contraptions which shall have to labor and become languorous. Chapter 86 499

TSP 86:34– 86:49 righteous plan, yea, even the only plan that can be followed to find eternal happiness, is if He 34 Now, herein is the greatest problem with allowed Satan to be upon the earth andthe plan of Lucifer compared in point with the incorporate all aspects of his plan among theplan of the Father. Behold, in the plan of children of men.Lucifer, only a few can have the riches and theglory and the power, and they shall be given 43 And it shall come to pass that ye of theglory and power over others because of what latter days shall see the fruits of the plan ofthey perceive as being their righteous desires, Lucifer. Yea, ye shall see the nations of the earthwhich are the righteous desires of Lucifer and lust after the blessings of Satan that come fromnot the desires of the Father. following his plan. 35 Behold, according to the plan of the Father, 44 And ye shall think that ye are happyall are created equal and none is set up above following this plan, but in this ye are deceived,another. And those who have the knowledge for ye know that ye are not happy. Yea, yeand power of the Gods, shall be servants to receive the temporary happiness of your fruits,those who do not have this power. but ye do not receive the eternal happiness that lasteth forever, which is the happiness that the 36 And those who have this great eternal Father hath promised unto you.power, have been given this power only thatthey might serve others and provide them with 45 And it shall come to pass that the people ofthe happiness that the Father hath promised to the United States shall raise up their standard ofall of His children who choose Him as their living above all other standards throughout theGod and follow the plan that He hath outlined world. And they shall have an abundance of allfor them. the fine things of the world. And Satan shall begin to introduce his ideas into this great 37 But according to the plan of Lucifer, this society and he shall be their god.power is given to all without regard to theirrighteous natures, or the desires of their hearts, 46 And to mock the plan of the Father, yea,whether these desires only serve their own even to show forth his power among the peopleselfish interests or not. of the United States in the latter days, Satan shall cause that they shall inscribe upon their money 38 And according to his plan: in order for us the words: In God We Trust.to have this great power, it becometh anecessity that there are others who are our 47 And I have already explained this unto youservants, or who do not have this power and that they shall trust in their money aboveauthority, but shall remain servants to the gods anything else upon the earth.of Lucifer forever. 48 And because of the miracles of their 39 Now, this is the great difference between technology and their sciences, many of thethe plan of the Father and the plan of Lucifer. people of the United States shall not know whatFor the plan of the Father maketh servants of it is to sweat by their own brow to sustain theirthose who have the power, of an Eternal God, lives, but they shall spend all the days of theirand the plan of Lucifer maketh servants for lives in pursuit of money and the fine things ofthose who have this same power. the world and the honors and glories that they shall set upon themselves. 40 And it is also a part of the plan of Luciferthat there shall never be suffering, nor shall there 49 And they shall cause many wars andbe a commandment of labor like unto the rumors of wars because of this standard of livingcommandment that was given to Adam and Eve that they shall establish for themselves. Andin the beginning. their children shall abuse and dishonor their parents; and they shall desire only to have the 41 And it is because of the inexperience of money of their parents as their own that theyLucifer that caused him to rebel against the might have more of the fine things of the earthFather and cause others to follow him in his without laboring with their own hands to obtainrebellion of the plan of God. these things. 42 And the Father knew that the only way thatHe could prove that His plan was the most500 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

50 And in that day a man shall rise from his TSP 86:50– 86:62bed in the morning and think of that which hemust do so that he can obtain more money and deceiveth them who dwell upon the earth byincrease the abundance of the things that he the means of those miracles which he hadshall already have. And he shall do whatever he power to do in the sight of the beast; saying tocan in order to get this money and increase his them that dwell on the earth, that they shouldabundance and give unto those of his family, make an image to the beast, which had thewhom he loveth, all the things that he believeth wound by a sword, and did live.are the blessings from God. 57 And he had power to give life unto the 51 And it shall come to pass that the parents image of the beast, that the image of the beastshall give all these fine things unto their children should both speak, and cause that as many aswhile they are young, thus teaching their would not worship the image of the beastchildren that they do not need to work by the should be killed.sweat of their own brows to obtain these things,but that these things are given to them freely. 58 And now, this image of which John hath spoken is the standard of living that ye shall 52 And because they follow the plan of think in the latter days is the standard thatLucifer and give these things freely unto their should be set for all the people of the earth.children without requiring a sacrifice on the part And those who do not want to live by theof their children in obtaining these things, their standard that ye shall set, ye shall go forth inchildren shall become dissatisfied with that battle against them and slay them and causewhich they have and shall not appreciate that them to bow down to your nation, whichwhich they have received of their father and causeth that this standard be given unto all.their mother, believing that these things arefreely given unto them without their own toil, 59 And the beast shall promise this standardand that these things should be expected all the unto all those who worship it. And it shall saydays of their lives. unto all: Peace, and liberty, and justice for all. Yea, seek ye for the fine things of the world 53 But if they would have required a sacrifice and establish yourselves by my standards andof their children, and had they not given these ye shall be happy as all those who follow methings freely unto them, then their children are happy.would appreciate that which they have workedfor with their own hands. 60 And it shall come to pass that all the words of John shall be fulfilled in those days. Yea, 54 And after they have experienced what is even those words which condemneth the beastnecessary to obtain these things, then when and the great nation of the United States uponthese things are given unto them by their which the beast sitteth in all of His glory.parents, then shall they honor their parents andknow from their own experience the sacrifice 61 For it shall come to pass that all thethat their parents have made for them in giving people of the world shall be under the greatthese things unto them freely. bondage of sin. And there shall be many nations upon the earth who are under the 55 Now, this is the exact reason why our power and authority of the beast. And thereFather requireth us to come down into mortality shall arise many leaders who shall setand work by the sweat of our own brows and themselves up above the people whom theyexperience life without the glorious blessings shall lead and to whom these leaders shallthat He hath prepared for us in His kingdoms. cause exceeding sorrow and misery because they have set themselves up according to the 56 Now, all these things that shall come to will and the ways of Satan.pass in the latter days shall come to pass infulfillment of the words of John, which he 62 For these leaders shall seek for powerwrote, saying: And he doeth great wonders, so and for riches; and by the flattery of theirthat he maketh fire come down from heaven mouths shall they obtain all these things byon the earth in the sight of men. And deceiving the poor into giving these things unto them without the sweat caused by the labors of their own hands. Chapter 86 501

TSP 86:63– 86:78 71 And there shall be few among them who looketh to Christ as their example, nor shall any 63 And there shall be some nations which of them give heed to the words of Christ whichshall rise up which shall come up to battle would lead them to the eternal happiness thatagainst the seat of Satan, or the United States, they all desire.because of the power of Satan that shall be uponthis seat. But these nations shall be subdued and 72 For in that day there shall be the rich anddriven back before his seat, and Satan shall the famous, and those who are well knownovercome the whole world for many years. because of the means of the technology that shall broadcast the image of the beast upon 64 And when the United States shall subdue every housetop throughout the land. And theseall other nations upon the earth; yea, when this shall present an image of their persona thatnation becometh the greatest and most others shall see and after which others shallpowerful nation upon the earth, then shall the pattern their lives.power of Satan begin to be seen among all thenations of the earth. 73 And the whole earth shall begin to worship the image of the beast in such a way that they 65 For there shall be great wickedness and shall forget about the Father, and know not fromdeception among the people of this nation. And whence they came, and by whose hand theythey shall begin to spend all the hours of the day came into being.consumed by the desire for the fine things of theearth. And they shall not be able to sleep 74 For there shall be many in the latter daysbecause of them. who shall believe that they are learned as to the things of the world. And they shall be known as 66 And the laws of nature shall be in great great scientists and researchers, doctors andturmoil because of their inventions and the philosophers, and athletes and actors; and allmiracles of their technology which Satan shall these, yea, even every one shall be under thecause to come forth among them. power and control of Satan and shall do his bidding in all things. 67 And the love of all men shall wax coldand there shall not exist upon the earth a love 75 And these shall turn the hearts of thefor another, except it be for those who are children of men away from the plan of themembers of their own families, or those who Father and create their own plans for the peopledo those things which are acceptable in the of the earth according to the plan of Lucifersight of the beast. which they shall follow and by which they shall be rewarded with great success. 68 And it shall come to pass that happinessshall be defined as the amount of success that 76 And the children of men shall begin toone man hath over another in those things which desire to become like unto these rich andhe possesseth. And there shall be no lasting successful and shall pattern their lives afterhappiness upon the earth. them, that they might have the happiness that they believe these enjoy. 69 Nevertheless, Satan shall find ways toassuage the unhappiness of those who follow 77 And the people shall begin to fear onehim. And he shall do this by misdirecting the another; and they shall fear death also, for theycause of their misery. And because of his shall not believe that there existeth life after theexpertise in misdirecting the people according life that they shall live in mortality.to his will, the people of the earth shall not knowof themselves, neither shall they understand that 78 Yea, there shall be many who shall claimthey are equal, and that they are all the children that they believe in God, and that they believeof an Eternal Father in heaven who loveth them that there is life after death, but they say theseand desireth that they find the happiness which things because of what they have heard in thethey desire. world, and not from the testimony of the Spirit, who would teach them the truth of God 70 For every man shall have his hero in the in all things, if it so be that they would listenflesh, and every woman her heroine in the flesh, to his promptings.that each looketh to as an example of what eachdesireth to become.502 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

79 Behold, in the last days there shall be all TSP 86:79– 86:91manner of ways in which death shall bepostponed and fought against by the miracles God by keeping them in mortality when theythat Satan shall introduce among you. could be enjoying peace and happiness in the spirit world. 80 And now, if ye believe that ye have aloving Heavenly Father, do ye not also believe 88 Behold, I give it as my opinion that it isthat He knoweth the time in which ye have been good that ye save your lives with your doctorsappointed to die? And if the time which hath and your medicines and the miracles that Satanbeen appointed by Him arriveth, and a man is hath provided for you. And because your livescalled home by the Father, then why do ye think are saved, ye have more time to repent of yourthat it is a good thing that ye save the life of this wickedness and prepare yourselves better for aman and fight against the will of God? state of death and hell which shall accompany the wicked after death in the spirit world. 81 And I have touched upon this thing in thisrecord, yet in the latter days, your lack of faith in 89 For ye shall give thanks to the doctors andthe Father concerning death shall be the means the medicines which have saved you. Yea, thereof much misery and unhappiness among you. are many of you who might say that it was God who saved your life by the means of the doctors 82 Behold, ye have the words of Christ in the and medicines that ye have among you.Bible, therefore, have ye read the words ofChrist pertaining unto those who are dead? Is it 90 But I say unto you, truly it was your godnot written, saying: And another of his disciples who hath saved you, but it was not the Eternalsaid unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and Father who hath promised you eternal life andbury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow happiness, but it was the god of the world,me; and let the dead bury their dead. who giveth unto you his own blessings according to your desires to serve him and 83 Behold, ye of the latter days shall trust keep his commandments.more in your doctors and the medicines that yeshall create by the means of the miracles that 91 And as ye save your lives, ye shall loseSatan shall give unto you, than ye do in the them to him who desireth to hold you captiveLord, who is the giver of life and the one in his chains and bind you tighter still untilappointed over death. you are defenseless before him as he leadeth you down to destruction. 84 Yea, ye do not have faith in the Lord, for ifye had faith in him, then ye would not suffer Chapter 86 503when one of your loved ones dieth and enterethagain into the spirit world and is receivedtherein in the love of the Father. 85 But ye do suffer because of death, and thecause of your suffering is your lack of faith. Forye do not want to know the Father and His planof salvation for you. 86 For if ye knew of His plan, then ye wouldknow of your great wickedness, and it wouldgive you a cause to change the course of yourlives, which course ye have chosen foryourselves as the only means of your happiness. 87 And those whose lives you save, havingfought the will of the Father, shall remainamong you and shall be a burden unto you. Andye shall also suffer many of them to sufferexceedingly because of the choices that ye havemade for them by fighting against the will of

TSP 87:1– 87:13 for the righteous souls who remain there under the guidance and power of the Holy Ghost, and CHAPTER 87 also those who are Lucifer and his followers, who are not allowed by their own choosing toAn easy life turns a person’s heart away from take upon them their own flesh in mortality.God’s plan. Temporal immortality will beachieved in the latter days. The human race will 7 And this shall come to pass because of thetemporarily experience the effects of living technology and the understanding of the powerforever in sin. Moroni is burdened by the and laws of God that Satan shall give unto thewickedness of the latter days and explains who world in the latter days.is righteous and who is wicked. 8 For it shall come to pass that through the AND now, I, Moroni, am nearing the end of advancements of technology that shall be giventhis abridgment which I have been commanded to the children of men in those days, that theirby the Lord to make of the record of the brother scientists shall discover the secret to the laws ofof Jared. And as I have read the words of the heaven pertaining unto death. In other words,brother of Jared concerning those of you in the they shall discover the means whereby the bodylatter days, unto whom these things shall come, of man shall no longer grow old and age, thusmy soul sorroweth exceedingly because of you. dying from the effects of the aging flesh caused by mortality. 2 Yea, my heart is exceedingly heavy becauseof that which hath been written concerning you 9 For they shall discover the knowledge ofby the brother of Jared. For in the vision that the what ye shall call among you as biogeneticsLord gave unto him, he truly saw the great which is the study of the process in which lifewickedness of your day. beginneth and formeth the flesh into which is placed the spirits of the children of God. And 3 And he wrote many words of sorrow this process of life is passed down from oneconcerning your wickedness and the deceptions generation to the next reflecting the pattern ofof your hearts that cover and hide the wickedness life and death that a parent passeth on to its child.of your souls from your own consciousness. 10 And now, this great power and knowledge 4 And there shall be many of you who shall is like unto the power of eternal resurrectionreject these things which I have written which the Father shall use to give each of us theconcerning this earth and its history from the eternal body that we desire to fulfill the desirestime that the Father placed Adam and Eve upon of happiness that we desire for ourselves.the earth to the time that the Lord shall finish thework of the Father as it pertaineth to this earth, 11 And the Father knoweth all the eternaleven when he shall present to the Father this laws; and he shall allow Satan to introduce someearth and all of its habitants that have been, and of these laws into the world, so that we mightall that are, and all that shall live upon the earth, see the effects of these laws upon us into be judged by Him. unrighteousness; or in other words, so that we might see the effects when there exist wicked 5 And now, it is expedient that ye understand people who follow the plan of Lucifer and whothat most of the people of the latter days are can live forever.those who have lived before and who have diedin their sins, being unable to live by the gospel 12 And the technology that ye shall have shalland the laws of the Father that they might stop the aging process of your flesh. But thisprepare themselves and be ready for their aging process is not the only way that deathresurrection into the body of glory that they shall come upon you in the latter days. For yehave chosen for themselves. shall still die from sickness and from pestilence, and from murder, which is perpetuated by the 6 And there shall come a point in the history hand of another and also by your wars, or byof the earth when all the spirits that need to accidents, which shall be caused because of thereturn to the earth, so that they might be tried technology that Satan hath introduced to you.and tested again, shall be upon the earth, andfew shall remain in the spirit world, except it be 13 And so it shall be that ye shall develop the504 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

ability to live forever young in the flesh. And if TSP 87:14– 87:28ye learn to obey the laws of nature thatperpetuate the continual regeneration of the against those who have withheld from you theflesh, then ye shall also live forever without power that Satan hath given unto them. But livesickness and pestilence among you. righteously, and learn to love your neighbor and prepare yourselves for death, that ye might die 14 Nevertheless, these laws of nature ye shall and go into the spirit world prepared and readyknow, but ye shall not live by them, choosing to meet God, that ye might be received thereininstead to enjoy the temporary joy that the in a state of never ending happiness.blessings of Satan shall bring to you. 22 Yea, why do ye think that ye shall be happy 15 And because ye shall live in this state of living forever in the miseries that shall be theeternal youth, as ye shall call it, ye shall not have fruits of the plan of Lucifer, who hath given hischildren, and shall use the power of creation and blessings to those who follow him, and whosethe blessings that come with this power for your blessings ye go to his court to obtain through theown selfish pleasures, which shall be administration of his laws?accentuated by the temporary joy and happinessthat Satan shall bless you with because ye 23 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and Hisfollow his plan. righteousness and ye shall not suffer in the end as those shall suffer from whom ye seek the 16 And in the day that ye shall be given the blessings of Satan.knowledge and power of these things by Satan,there shall be a great division among you, even 24 And it shall come to pass that the poor thata great gulf between those of you that are rich, shall not give heed unto my words, but shalland those of you that are poor. continue to rise up against the rich, because they shall continue to covet the blessings of Satan 17 And the rich shall begin to think highly of that they suppose would bring happiness tothemselves and shall make it a law among them them; yea, these shall suffer with the rich.that the poor shall not have the power to liveupon the earth with eternal youth, except it be 25 And in those days, the poor shall not raisethose who are the servants of the rich and bring up arms against the rich as hath been the case inthem the riches that they desire. much of the history of the earth, because of the great strength and power of the armies and the 18 And it shall come to pass that the rich navies and the means of force which shall beshall reserve the right and the power of the under the control of the rich.regeneration of the flesh for themselves, andthis they shall do because they shall place an 26 And the value of the life of a man shall beexceedingly great monetary value upon this determined by the rich and powerful. And thesepower, which the poor in their want shall not shall allow the poor to reproduce and bearbe able to afford. children that they might enslave them to work in their fields and in their mines, and in the 19 And the poor shall rise up against the rich cramped quarters of their markets, so that theyand complain unto them that they should also might continually get gain without sweating byhave this power. And they shall seek redress their own brows.for that which shall be held back from themthrough the courts of law that shall be set up 27 But the poor shall grow old and die foramong them. many years, while the rich shall enjoy the benefits, as they suppose, of this eternal youth. 20 Oh, ye fools! Do ye believe that ye shallbe given redress in a court of law that is filled 28 And after a time, there shall be no moreby and controlled by those from whom ye seek need for the poor, for the flesh of the slaveyour redress? Do ye think that ye shall obtain shall be replaced with the technological andjustice from the laws that are set up to grind scientific advancements of the latter days,your faces into the dust from which ye were even with metals made from the elements ofmade poor? the earth, that can think for themselves and walk and move by themselves without the 21 Behold, waste not your time in anger hand of man to guide them. And these machines shall do the work of the poor and provide the service of labor for the rich. Chapter 87 505

TSP 87:29– 87:44 they shall have to remain in their youth seemingly forever. 29 And when the poor are no longer neededby the rich to perform the menial tasks of their 37 Behold, these things shall surely come tolabors, then shall the poor be killed by the rich, pass among you of the latter days. And whenor rather, they shall be allowed to die because these things shall come to pass among you, yea,of that which the rich shall withhold from when ye can live forever in a youthful state,them in that day. shall ye then experience eternal happiness? 30 But there shall be many poor who shall 38 I say unto you that ye shall not be a happynot suffer that they are destroyed. And these people, but ye shall be a miserable peopleshall organize themselves in secret against because ye are following the plan of Lucifer inthe rich and shall be among them in disguise all these things. And ye shall become dependentand in hiding. on the things which Satan shall provide for you for the happiness that ye shall experience. 31 And they shall begin to murder the richfrom their hiding places, and take from them 39 And the drugs, and the alcohols, and thetheir medicines and their food, and all their wines, and the foods that ye shall eat to givefine things. unto you the temporary reprieve of the misery that ye shall cause to come upon yourselves; 32 But the rich shall seek them out, and yea, is this that which ye would call eternalthere shall be a continual war between the rich peace and happiness?and the poor, for both shall be following theplan of Lucifer and doing his will in all things. 40 In that day there shall be greatAnd there shall be no peace upon the whole lasciviousness upon the earth, and ye shall haveface of the earth. no closeness with another of the opposite sex, or even of the same sex, because of the multiple 33 Yea, there shall be a temporary peace for a partners that ye shall have because of thetime among the rich, for they shall control all perpetuity of your youth.things by the means of the power that Satanshall give unto them. But this shall be a 41 And ye shall find the temporary joy thattemporary peace, because they shall fear the ye desire by having these multiple partnerspoor and those who seek to kill them, whom with whom ye partake of the blessings ofthey shall not find in their hiding places. procreation, which blessing shall be taken from you when ye enter the Terrestrial and 34 And those days shall be like unto the days the Telestial kingdoms of the Father; andof the power of the Gadianton robbers, who there, finally dwell forever, knowing that yewere among the Nephites because of their shall never experience the blessings ofwickedness. And my father wrote concerning procreation again.them, saying: And these Gadianton robbers,who were among the Lamanites, did infest the 42 Yea, ye know that ye do not find joy andland, insomuch that the inhabitants thereof happiness in these things. And why is it that yebegan to hide up their treasures in the earth; and would want to live forever according to the planthey became slippery, because the Lord had of Lucifer, when ye could repent and livecursed the land, that they could not hold them, according to the plan of the Father and findnor retain them again. exceedingly great peace and happiness therein? 35 And it came to pass that there were 43 How is it that ye think that ye can live insorceries, and witchcrafts, and magics; and joy and happiness when all around you arethe power of the evil one was wrought upon those who do not love you, nor do they care ofall the face of the land, even unto the your plight?fulfilling of all the words of Abinadi, andalso Samuel the Lamanite. 44 And in that day that ye shall live in your youth without growing old, ye shall still hate 36 And it shall come to pass in the latter days your neighbor, and ye shall still desire more thanthat the people of the earth shall begin to believe that which your neighbor shall have; and whenthat they have been blessed by God with riches, ye do not have that which is obtained throughand with power, and with the knowledge that506 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

the blessings of Satan by your neighbor, ye shall TSP 87:45– 87:59still envy and covet that which ye do not have,and ye shall be miserable still in your efforts to 52 And ye shall exclaim: How could this,obtain those things. our brother, deceive us and bring us under his power that we could not understand his 45 Yea, in that day ye shall long to hold a child deceptions and his ways?in your arms and listen to the laughter ofinnocence once again among you, knowing that 53 Behold, ye do understand his deceptionsonly from the innocence of a child did you at and his ways, for they are the ways that ye haveone time feel the hope of the peace and chosen for yourselves to live upon the earth thathappiness that ye desire for yourselves. the Father hath created for you. 46 But there shall not be many children at that 54 And now, I, Moroni, will not dwell furtherday, and those that shall be upon the earth shall upon the exceedingly great wickedness of thebe protected and brought up so that they shall latter days, so that I might finish these plateshave no innocence from their birth until they which I have made with my own hands with anreach the age of maturity at which time they abridgment of the wonderful words of hope thatshall remain like yourselves, suffering the same the brother of Jared hath written concerning thatmiseries that ye suffer. part of his vision in which he saw the coming of the Lord, Jesus Christ to the earth to establish 47 Behold, I have already explained unto you the plan of the Father in its fullness, and to reignthe great blessing that the Father hath given to us upon the earth among the children of men for aby allowing us to experience the gentleness and thousand years of peace and continualinnocence of a child. Behold, I have told you happiness. For these things cause my soul tothat only in the face of a child shall ye learn to rejoice exceedingly.know your Eternal Father who hath created you. 55 Behold, it burdeneth my soul to 48 And in those days when there shall not be continually relate to you in this record the greatmany children upon the earth, then shall the wickedness that shall exist in the latter days.people of the earth be alienated that much Nevertheless, before I end my abridgment of thefurther from the Father and His plan. great wickedness of the latter days, let me give unto you who shall receive these things a few 49 And now, this was the design of Satan in more words of advice and warning.the beginning. Yea, it was his desire to take usaway from the Father that we should not know 56 Behold, this great church that shall beHim and understand Him and accept the plan among you and known as the Church of Jesusthat He presented to us in the beginning. Christ of the latter days shall subtly gain much power and control among the rich and the 50 And in the latter days the people of the powerful of the United States.whole earth shall worship Satan as their God.But they shall not see him for who he really is; 57 And this shall come to pass in the exactfor in that day Satan shall deceive the children same manner as the rise of power of the greatof men and cause them to believe that the devil Catholic church. For behold, both of thesehath horns and a tail and is a monster of a churches were established in their foundationsgruesome appearance; and that hell is a place of upon the fullness of the gospel of Christ, theirfire and brimstone where the wicked are cast founders having been called by God after theand are continually burned forever. Holy Order of His Son, to preach the gospel throughout the world. 51 Now, this he shall cause to be taught untoyou because he doth not want you to know the 58 Yea, the Lord suffered that the foundationstrue nature of his being. And one day ye shall of these churches be established that it might beall see him for who he truly is and then ye shall proven through our experience that the churchwonder after him because ye shall see that he is of the Lamb cannot exist in righteousness uponlike unto you, and that he is your brother and a an earth that hath been corrupted and isson of the same God who created all of the controlled by the power of Satan.spirits that exist in this world. 59 Behold, the foundations of Christianity shall be the basis and the beginnings of the great Chapter 87 507

TSP 87:60– 87:75 its exceedingly great wealth. And the beast shall use this church to spread its image throughoutCatholic church which shall rule the people in the whole earth.open for many years, and all shall see itsgreatness and glory. 68 And this is the thing that burdeneth my soul more than any other; for this church hath 60 But in the latter days, the Church of Jesus the unsealed portion of this record; and becauseChrist of Latter-day Saints shall rise up in it hath these things, ye would expect it to beobscurity, and its foundation shall be upon the righteous. Nevertheless, because it hath theserecord that it shall receive of my father, which things doth not mean that it is a righteousshall be another testimony of Christianity. church, for it is not.And because of this record, its people shall becalled Mormons, which shall disgrace the 69 Search the scriptures in all things, and yename of my father. shall learn the truth of which I have written. Behold, ye have the scriptures before you; yea, 61 For the foundation of what ye shall call even in all parts of the world the Father hathMormonism shall be the basis and the caused that His gospel be given to the childrenbeginnings of this great latter day church. of men through the mouths and the words of theNevertheless, it shall remain in somewhat holy prophets that he hath caused to be sentobscurity among you, and shall not be popular among you.among you. 70 And in all things that ye shall read, liken 62 And this is the desire of Satan so that he them unto yourselves. And if ye liken them untomight continue to perform his labors within this yourselves, then ye shall understand the will ofchurch without its secret acts being discovered, the Father concerning you that ye might obeyand its deceptions revealed to the people. the commandments that are given therein. 63 And its leaders shall deceive many by 71 And any commandment that is givenclaiming that they are not wicked, but that therein, if it was given by a true prophet of God,they belong to the only true church of God then it shall point you towards the example thatupon the earth. And these shall be some of the Christ hath set for us. And the example that hemost wicked upon the earth, according to the hath set for us is that we should love one anotherplan of Lucifer, because of their desire for and do unto each other what we would havewealth and power. others do unto us. 64 And in their hearts they shall be like unto 72 And if ye pattern your lives after thisthe Zoramites whose history ye have in the commandment, ye shall find the peace andrecord of my father. For they shall see happiness that ye shall desire.themselves as the most blessed people uponthe earth, and shall be deceived in this pride 73 And those of you who are wicked, yea,and led down to the destruction of their souls even those of you who think more of your ownby the god whom they worship. families than ye do of your neighbors; yea, those of you who have set your hearts and desires 65 Therefore, I give unto those of you who upon the things of the world and the honors andshall receive these things which are sealed, glories of men;and which should have been given throughthis church, if it had been righteous; yea, I give 74 Behold, if ye do not come to know theunto you these words of wisdom: Leave this Father, so that ye might have His Spirit to bechurch and do not support it in its wickedness, with you, then ye shall not only suffer thefor it shall never give unto you the happiness consequences of following the plan of Luciferthat ye desire. during the days of your probation, but when ye die, ye shall suffer exceedingly in a state of hell 66 Seek out its secret combinations and for that which ye should have done in mortality.compare the lives of its leaders to the life ofChrist, and then ye shall know of the great 75 And those of you who live in the timehypocrisy of this latter day church. when ye cannot die, if ye do not abide by the counsel and words that the Lord hath 67 For its power shall reach into all aspects ofthe government of the United States because of508 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

commanded me to write unto you in this record, TSP 87:76– 87:92and learn from them, then ye shall suffer in theflesh; and if ye live until the coming of the Lord 83 And if ye sue in a court of law, then yein the glory of the Father, then ye shall feel the are wicked.exceeding torment of those who suffer in a stateof hell in the spirit world. 84 And if ye trust in your money and in the knowledge of man for the management of your 76 For ye shall not be able to stand and face future, then ye are wicked.the Lord at that day because ye shall realize thatye have spent all the days of your probation in 85 Behold, and if ye shall reject these thingswickedness. And your degrees of education, which are contained in this sealed portion of thisand your riches, and all the miracles and record, which shall be revealed unto you in theadvancements of your sciences and latter days, then ye shall know of a surety that yetechnologies shall not hide your great are wicked.wickedness from before the face of the Lord.And ye shall be tormented with an anguish that 86 And those of you who live upon the earthis like unto fire and brimstone, which ye shall at the time of the last of these two latter dayfeel in the presence of the holy angels, and in the prophets, even at the time that Christopher shallpresence of the Lamb of God. be upon the earth; yea, seek him out and know him, and he shall tell you if ye are wicked or if 77 And there is a sure way that ye shall ye are righteous by the words which he shallknow if ye are righteous or if ye are wicked. speak unto you.Behold, if ye are righteous, then ye shall takeno part of the things of the earth, except it be 87 And ye shall know him by his works, forto sustain your lives. they shall testify of him and show unto you that they are the works of Christ and not the works 78 And ye shall not take upon you the of men. For he shall possess none of the thingshonors and glories of men, but ye shall be of this world, nor shall any of these things berejected by the world and cast out from among important to him.the wicked, which shall be the rich andpowerful among you. And if ye are rejected 88 And he shall not seek for money or powerby the world, then ye shall know that ye do not or the honors and glories of men, but shall givefollow the plan of Lucifer. all the glory to the Father, whom he serveth by the works that he shall do before you. 79 But remember the commandment of theLord in which he hath commanded you that ye 89 And if ye are wicked ye shall be angry atshould love your enemies and do good to those him and seek to destroy him because ye do notwho hate you and persecute you. Behold, if ye understand him, for thus have the wicked doneare righteous, ye would give up your life before unto all the prophets of God since the beginning.ye would hate or harm another. 90 But if ye are righteous, ye shall know him 80 And those of you who are wicked shall and love him and learn of him according to theknow that ye are wicked if ye belong to any of Spirit that shall reside in him.the organized religions upon the earth in thelatter days, for they are all abominations before 91 And finally, I say unto those of you whoGod, teaching for doctrine the commandments shall receive these things: If ye think that ye areand precepts of men, who are followers of the not deceived by Satan, then ye may know of aplan of Lucifer. surety that ye are. 81 Yea, ye shall know that ye are wicked if ye 92 And if ye know that ye have been deceivedhate one another and judgeth another because of by him, then I say unto you, repent ye, all thehis own beliefs which differ from your own. ends of the earth, and come unto Christ so that ye might know the Father who hath created us 82 Yea, ye shall know that ye are wicked if ye all. And when ye shall know the Father, then yebecome angry with your neighbor and envious shall find the happiness that ye desire.of the things which he hath acquired of thethings of the world which ye do not have. Chapter 87 509

TSP 88:1– 88:15 CHAPTER 88 8 Behold, these prophecies are written in symbolism according to the stumbling blocksHumankind causes God’s judgments that will that the Lord placed before you because of yourprecede the second coming of Christ to the earth inability to live according to the Spirit of God,according to the book of Revelation. Those who which would make all things clear unto you;want to know can find the exact year of the therefore, do not suppose that the Father wouldcoming of the Lord by studying the scriptures. cause any of these things to come upon you; for He doth not punish His children in this manner, AND now, the Lord shall come in the year but alloweth them to punish themselves by theafter the end of the half of times as I have choices that they make for themselvesexplained it unto you. And before he cometh according to their ability to act for themselves.into the world, all the prophecies that are writtenin the book of Revelation, that came forth unto 9 Now, this is what is always meant by theyou from the mouth of a holy prophet of God, wrath of God. Behold, do ye think that themust needs be fulfilled. Father becometh angry with His children and is wont to hurt them in any manner? I 2 And most of these prophecies I have say unto you that He doth not become angryexplained unto you. And I have also explained with them, but in great sadness Heunto you that there shall be many great and witnesseth the destruction and misery thatmiraculous advancements upon the earth in they bring upon themselves.science and technology. But these greatadvancements shall not save the world from the 10 But when the prophets write concerningjudgments of God that shall precede the second the destruction of things to come, they relatecoming of the Lord to the earth. the inaction of the Father in interceding to prevent these destructions and miseries, as the 3 For these great advancements, as ye wrath of God.suppose, shall be the cause of many of thedestructions that shall come upon you in the 11 And it is written, saying: And I heard alatter days in fulfillment of the prophecy of John. great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels: Go your ways, and pour out the 4 Behold, in the beginning the Father created vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.the earth according to the principles and laws ofnature, which are eternal. Now, these laws are 12 And the first went, and poured out hispowerful, and effectually maintain an order in vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisomenature that shall work forever. and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them who 5 But in your desires to follow the plan of worshipped his image.Lucifer, and bring about the great andmiraculous advancements in science and 13 And now, this noisome and grievous soretechnology that ye of the latter days suppose is the many diseases that ye have amongst youbring unto you your happiness, ye shall disrupt in the latter days. And these are the cause of thethe course of the laws of nature and cause that effects of the poor and unnatural foods that yeits eternal order becometh imbalanced. shall consume in that day. 6 And now, because of this imbalance in the 14 And I have already related to you in thisnatural laws that the Father hath set for this record the effects of cooked food, whichplanet, ye shall begin to see the effects of the plan cooking with heat kills the natural process byof Lucifer in using these laws for the purposes of which these foods are assimilated by the orderhis plan, which is a plan of selfishness. of the flesh. And because ye eat food and flesh that is cooked, ye have caused an imbalance in 7 And the causes of these unnatural your flesh, which is the cause of many of yourimbalances in the perfect order of nature that the diseases in the latter days.Father hath established in the beginning, shallbe the means and the cause of the fulfillment of 15 And I would that ye should look intothe words of John in the book of Revelation that nature and to the other animals with which yeye have among you in the Bible. share the planet that the Father hath created for510 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

us, where he hath given unto us this delicate TSP 88:16– 88:30balance of nature. Yea, do any of these causeththat their food pass through fire to destroy the 24 And now, in the latter days ye shall beganpurpose for which their food hath been created to use the resources of the earth to fulfill the planfor them? of Lucifer. And he shall inspire you to seek out these resources of the earth that lie beneath its 16 Ye know that they do not do these things, surface. And this shall be known among you asfor they do not have the agency to perform these oil, but it shall not be the pure natural oils thattasks, having been instinctually programmed by are produced from the plants that the Father haththe Father in the beginning to obey, in all things, provided for our consumption. But this oil shallthe laws of nature. be black and heavy as the blood of a dead man, as John hath related to us. 17 And do these other animals in nature havethe noisome and grievous sore upon them as ye 25 And this oil which ye shall bring forthhave; or in other words, do they have the from its natural place, shall be the cause of muchdiseases of the flesh that cause these unnatural pollution and destruction of the oceans and greatand unhealthy sores that cause your suffering waters of the earth.and your deaths? Behold, they do not. 26 And now, what purpose do ye have of this 18 Behold, even the food that ye eat that oil except it be to consume it upon the lusts inhath not passed through the heat of a fire and the blessings which Satan hath given unto you?been destroyed, even these things have been Why would ye cause that a natural processcontaminated by the unnatural attempts of become something that ye desire to serve yourmen to get gain by providing these things unto selfishness, and in doing so, it becometh a causeyou in abundance. of the destruction of the natural order of things that God hath established in its purity for you? 19 For in those days men shall obtain theknowledge of chemistry, as it shall be known 27 Yea, surely your turning of thingsamong you, which shall aid them in their ability upside down, relating to the natural order ofto use the natural elements which exist upon the things, shall not be unnoticed by you in theearth to create concoctions and potions that shall causes of the destruction that ye shall bringkill the insects and the other animals that the upon yourselves.Father hath placed in their own order tomaintain a perfect balance of nature in all things. 28 And those of you who shall bring these things forth into the world that ye might get 20 And instead of working by the sweat of gain, do ye not fulfill the words of the prophetyour brow to pull out the weeds that rise up in Isaiah when he wrote, saying: Woe unto themthe crops that ye grow for yourselves, ye shall who seek deep to hide their counsel from theuse these unnatural products of your chemistry Lord, and their works are in the dark, and theyto kill the weeds that grow among the plants that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?ye do eat as your food. Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the clay of the potter; for shall 21 And do ye not realize that when these the work say of him that made it, He made methings are done unto nature, then its perfect not, or shall the thing framed say ofbalance is disrupted and the consequences of him that framed it, He had no understanding?this disruption is the cause of the sores that shallcome upon you? 29 Behold, in the day of the Lord, ye shall be judged for that which ye have done to the 22 And ye shall die of all manner of effects natural order that the Father hath set up for ourfrom your poor diets, having been provided progression in experiencing happiness.these diets by the beast that ye worship. 30 And if ye do not repent of these things, and 23 And the prophecy of John continueth, ye continue to pursue unnatural means wherebysaying: And the second angel poured out his ye might get gain, then shall the rest of thevial upon the sea; and it became as the blood words of John be fulfilled when he prophesied,of a dead man, which is black in color and saying: And the third angel poured out his vialheavy in its consistency; and every living soul upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and theydied in the sea. became blood. Chapter 88 511

TSP 88:31– 88:44 United States of America, which is the seat of the beast of the latter days. And this 31 And I heard the angel of the waters say, destruction shall come to pass in the sameThou art righteous, Oh, Lord, which art, and manner as the destruction of the great Romanwast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged Empire, which came to pass because of thethus. For they have shed the blood of saints and wickedness of its citizens.prophets, and thou hast given them blood todrink; for they are worthy. And I heard another 39 And ye have an account of the history ofout of the altar say, Even so, Lord God this Roman Empire among you; therefore, IAlmighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. would admonish you to study its downfall, so that ye might know the cause of the downfall of 32 Now, the judgments that the Father hath the seat of the beast in the latter days.made is that he shall stay His hand and notintervene in the destruction of nature in the latter 40 Behold, I have already shown unto youdays, allowing His children to experience for that Satan useth any nation that is under histhemselves that which occureth when the laws power to do his will among the children of menof nature are circumvented and used by wicked throughout the whole earth. And when themen for their own selfish purposes. Roman Empire fell, which was his seat in those days, he found another nation to raise up and 33 And John continueth, saying: And the implement his plan for the children of men.fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun;and power was given unto him to scorch men 41 And in the latter days when the Unitedwith fire. And men were scorched with great States shall fall, and great shall be the fallheat, and blasphemed the name of God, which thereof, he shall gather all of his forceshath power over these plagues according to His together upon the earth to prepare against thewill but shall not stop them for the sake of man. great day when the Lord shall come in theAnd He stayed His hand because they repented glory of the Father to cast Satan out andnot to give him glory. reclaim the earth for the purposes for which the Father caused it to be created. 34 Now, in the latter days the causes of theadvancements that ye shall make in technology 42 And John wrote of this in his prophecy,and science shall provide the means whereby the saying: And the sixth angel poured out his vialnatural atmosphere of the earth shall begin to upon the great river Euphrates; and the waterdeteriorate in such a way that the heat of the sun thereof was dried up, that the way of the kingsshall be caused to do that which it was not of the east might be prepared. And I saw threeintended according to the natural order for which unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouththe sun was created to give life unto the earth. of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For 35 And because of the effect of the sun, the they are the spirits of devils, working miracles,earth shall begin to warm exceedingly and cause which go forth unto the kings of the earth and ofmisery and destruction upon the earth. the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 36 But even after these things shall come topass, ye shall not repent, because of your desires 43 And now, these three unclean spirits thatfor wealth and an easiness of life, which ye shall come forth out of the mouth of all thosedesire because ye worship the beast and desire who are unrighteous before God; yea, these arethe image that it hath created for you by the the spirit of selfishness; and the spirit of lust; andpower of Satan. the spirit of hate; and these shall dwell in the hearts of the children of men and cause them to 37 And John continueth, saying: And the deny the Holy Spirit and worship the beastfifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of which issueth forth unto them the power of thethe beast; and his kingdom was full of dragon by way of the mouth of the false prophet.darkness; and they gnawed their tongues forpain, and blasphemed the God of heaven 44 And the beast is the governments thatbecause of their pains and their sores, and have been set up among you, that ostensiblyrepented not of their deeds. 38 And now, this is the destruction of the512 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

provide you with protection and the means TSP 88:45– 88:56whereby ye might have the blessings offreedom and liberty, and the power to pursue upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, andthe fine things of the world, which the beast so great.offereth unto you as a blessing for complyingwith its laws and its order. 50 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell before it; 45 And the false prophet is all of the and great Babylon came in remembrance beforeorganized religions upon the earth that have God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of thebeen organized by the hand of man, that they fierceness of his wrath.might subject the souls of the children of God totheir pretended precepts and commandments, 51 And every island fled away, and thewhich do not create peace and happiness, but mountains were not found. And there fell uponstrife and misery among all nations of the earth. men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent; and men 46 And the great river Euphrates gave its blasphemed God because of the plague of thelife giving waters to the city of Babylon in hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.times of old. And John hath used this city ofBabylon as an example of the great 52 And I know that ye have experienced thewickedness and worldly desires of men. power of God in the earthquakes, and in theTherefore, when this angel poureth out his vial lightnings, and in the volcanoes, and in theupon the great river Euphrates, this meaneth whirlwinds which have destroyed many ofthat the source of all of the worldliness and your cities and many people throughout thegreatness of the world shall dry up and cease history of the earth.from giving unto the people of the earth thefine and precious things of the earth which 53 And the power of nature is held in thetheir hearts desire and their souls are set upon. hand of God and is more powerful than any power that Satan shall be allowed to introduce 47 And this shall affect greatly the economy among you in the latter days. And it is by thisof the beast throughout the world. And once the great power of nature that the Lord shall bringeconomy of the earth hath failed miserably, or forth his judgments and prepare the earth foronce the waters of the great river Euphrates have his coming.dried up, so that they no longer give life to thegreat city of Babylon, then shall the world be 54 Therefore, do not think that Satan shall beprepared for the second coming of the Lord, and able to prepare you against the day that thesethe people of the world shall also be prepared to judgments shall come forth against the world.receive the word of God which shall proceed Yea, he shall try his hand at this and give untoforth from his mouth. the rich and powerful many things that they shall believe shall save them from the power of 48 And John continueth his prophecy, saying: nature; but in the end, the power of God givenBehold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that through the destructive force of nature, shallwatcheth, and keepeth his garments clean, lest destroy them from off the face of the earthhe walk naked, and they see his shame. And according to the prophecies given by John andthese are the elect of God which have received the other holy prophets that the Lord hath sent toHis mark in their foreheads. And He gathered the earth to warn them.them together into a place called in the Hebrewtongue: Armageddon. 55 And now, these things that shall come to pass shall be in fulfillment of the rest of the 49 And the seventh angel poured out his vial prophecy of John. For he prophesiedinto the air; and there came a great voice out concerning that which would come to pass asof the temple of heaven, from the throne, the final seals were opened, which represent thesaying, It is done. And there were voices, and last days.thunders, and lightnings; and there was a greatearthquake, such as was not since men were 56 And he prophesied of the great natural destruction that shall come upon the earth, saying: And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should Chapter 88 513

TSP 88:57– 88:69 63 And to the elect, this day shall not be dreadful, but in that day they shall rejoice andnot blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any praise God for the gift of His Son.tree. And I saw another angel ascending fromthe east, having the seal of the living God in his 64 And so that ye might have no moreright hand seeking throughout the whole earth confusion among you concerning the numberfor the elect of God. of one hundred and forty and four thousand who shall be sealed in their foreheads, I would 57 And he cried with a loud voice to the four that ye should know that John used theseangels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth numbers symbolically as a representation ofand the sea, saying: Hurt not the earth, neither all the nations of the earth who shall have thethe sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the gospel among them.servants of our God in their foreheads. And Iheard the number of them which were sealed; 65 And this reference of symbolism is givenand there were sealed an hundred and forty that it might be shown that the elect are scatteredand four thousand of all the tribes of the throughout the nations of the earth, as are thechildren of Israel. twelve tribes of Israel, but from each tribe, or from each nation, there shall be those who are 58 And now, it shall come to pass in the latter elect who give heed to the word of God anddays that the elect shall be upon the earth in receive His Spirit, that they might not sufferevery nation, among every people, and of every from the coming of His Son into the world.tongue; and every one of these shall be knownand accounted for by the Lord. 66 Now the number of these is not significant, but is used as an example; for there shall be 59 And now, before these great natural many elect upon the earth, even many more thandisasters shall be allowed to occur by the one hundred forty and four thousand, but theircommand of the Lord to prepare the earth for his numbers shall be small in comparison to thecoming, the gospel of Christ shall be given to numbers of those who are not elect and do notthe elect of the earth, and their stumbling blocks have the seal of God written in their foreheads.shall be taken away so that they might see more Nevertheless, the elect are numbered andclearly the true gospel of Christ. known by the Lord and his holy angels. 60 And when the elect have received the 67 And now, the sealed portion of this recordfullness of the gospel, which is the seal of God shall go throughout the world, as well as thein their foreheads, then they shall begin to unsealed record of my father, and all the electprepare themselves for the coming of the Lord. shall know of the great blessings that are contained herein, even the truth of all things 61 And there shall be some of the elect who since the beginning of time until the end of time.shall gather together and unite in their desires toobey the commandments of the Father in 68 And because they shall know these things,following the example of Christ. Nevertheless, both by the words of this record and also by thethere shall not be a universal gathering of the voice of the Spirit which shall be with them,elect into one place before the coming of the they shall be prepared in all things, and theyLord, for there shall be many who shall be one, shall not suffer the wrath of God as it is pouredof a city, and a few of a nation, therefore, it shall out upon the kingdom of Satan.not be wise for them to be gathered together atthat time; for if they are all gathered together, 69 And then shall the words of Christ unto histhen shall the beast destroy them. disciples be fulfilled which he spoke concerning the days prior to his coming, when he said: For 62 And it shall come to pass that the elect of I say unto you, that ye shall not see meGod shall begin to prepare themselves for the henceforth and know that I am he of whom it iscoming of the Lord in the glory of the Father. written by the prophets, until ye shall say:And they shall have the Holy Ghost with them Blessed is he who cometh in the name of theto teach them whatsoever is required of them, Lord, in the clouds of heaven, and all the holyso that they may be prepared for those events angels with him.that shall lead up to the great and dreadful dayof the Lord.514 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

70 Then understood his disciples that he TSP 88:70– 88:85should come again on the earth, after that hewas glorified and crowned on the right hand of 78 Therefore, pray ye to the Lord that yourGod. And Jesus went out, and departed from flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbaththe temple; and his disciples came to him, for day; for then, in those days, shall be greatto hear him, saying: Master, show us tribulation on the Jews, and upon the inhabitantsconcerning the buildings of the temple, as thou of Jerusalem, such as was not before sent uponhast said, They shall be thrown down, and left Israel, of God, since the beginning of theirunto you desolate. kingdom until this time; no, nor ever shall be sent again upon Israel. 71 And Jesus said unto them: See ye not allthese things, and do ye not understand them? 79 All things which have befallen them areVerily I say unto you, there shall not be left here, only the beginning of the sorrows which shallupon this temple, one stone upon another that come upon them. And except those days shouldshall not be thrown down. be shortened, there should none of their flesh be saved; but for the sake of the elect, according to 72 And Jesus left them, and went upon the the covenant, those days shall be shortened.Mount of Olives. And as he sat upon theMount of Olives, the disciples came unto him 80 Behold, these things I have spoken untoprivately, saying: Tell us when shall these you concerning the Jews; and again, after thethings be which thou hast said concerning the tribulation of those days which shall come upondestruction of the temple, and the Jews; and Jerusalem, if any man shall say unto you, Lo,what is the sign of thy coming, and of the end here is Christ, or there, believe him not. For inof the world, or the destruction of the wicked, those days there shall also arise false Christs,which is the end of the world? and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch, that, if possible, they 73 And Jesus answered, and said unto them: shall deceive the very elect, who are the electTake heed that no man deceive you; for many according to the covenant.shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ,and shall deceive many. And then shall they 81 Behold, I speak these things unto you fordeliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill the sake of the elect; and you also shall hear ofyou, and ye shall be hated of all nations, for wars, and rumors of wars; see that ye be notthe sake of my name. troubled, for all I have told you must come to pass; but the end is not yet. 74 And then shall many be offended, andshall betray one another, and shall hate one 82 Behold, I have told you before; wherefore,another; and many false prophets shall arise, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in theand shall deceive many. desert; go not forth, or if they shall say, Behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For 75 And because iniquity shall abound, the as the light of the morning cometh out of thelove of many shall wax cold; but he that east, and shineth even unto the west, andremaineth steadfast and is not overcome, the covereth the whole earth, so shall also thesame shall be saved. coming of the Son of Man be. 76 When ye, therefore, shall see again the 83 And now I show unto you a parable.abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel Behold, wheresoever the carcass is, there willthe prophet, concerning the destruction of the eagles be gathered together; so likewise shallJerusalem, then ye shall stand in the holy place; mine elect be gathered from the four quarters ofwhoso readeth let him understand. the earth. 77 Then let them who are in Judea flee into 84 And they shall hear of wars, and rumors ofthe mountains; and let him who is on the wars. Behold I speak for the sake of mine elect;housetop flee, and not return to take anything for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdomout of his house; neither let him who is in the against kingdom; there shall be famines, andfield return back to take his clothes. And woe pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.unto them who are with child, and unto themwho give suck in those days. 85 And again, because iniquity shall abound, the love of men shall wax cold; but he that shall not be overcome, the same shall be saved. Chapter 88 515

TSP 88:86– 88:101 field, the one shall be taken, and the other left; two shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be 86 And again, this Gospel of the kingdom taken, and the other left.shall be preached in all the world, for a witnessunto all nations, and then shall the end come, or 94 And what I say unto one, I say unto all men;the destruction of the wicked; and again shall watch, therefore, for ye know not at what hourthe abomination of desolation, spoken of by your Lord doth come. But know this, if the goodDaniel the prophet, be fulfilled. man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and 87 And immediately after the tribulation of would not have suffered his house to have beenthose days, the sun shall be darkened, and the broken up, but would have been ready.moon shall not give her light, and the stars shallfall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall 95 Therefore be ye also ready, for in such anbe shaken. hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh. Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant, whom 88 Verily, I say unto you, this generation, in his lord hath made ruler over his household, towhich these things shall be shown forth, shall give them meat in due season?not pass away until all I have told you shall befulfilled. Although, the days will come, that 96 Blessed is that servant whom his lord,heaven and earth shall pass away; yet my words when he cometh, shall find so doing; andshall not pass away, but all shall be fulfilled. verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 89 And, as I said before, after the tribulationof those days, and the powers of the heavens 97 But if that evil servant shall say in hisshall be shaken, then shall appear the sign of the heart: My lord delayeth his coming, and shallSon of Man in heaven, and then shall all the begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat andtribes of the earth mourn; and they shall see the drink with the drunken, then the lord of thatSon of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, servant shall come in a day when he looketh notwith power and great glory. for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and shall appoint him 90 And whoso treasureth up my word, shall his portion with the hypocrites; and there shallnot be deceived, for the Son of Man shall come, be weeping and gnashing of teeth.and he shall send his angels before him with thegreat sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather 98 And thus cometh the end of the wicked,together the remainder of his elect from the four according to the prophecy of Moses, saying:winds, from one end of heaven to the other. They shall be cut off from among the people; but the end of the earth is not yet, but by and by. 91 Now learn a parable of the fig tree: Whenits branches are yet tender, and it beginneth to 99 And now, the Lord spoke these things untoput forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh at his disciples that they might have a betterhand; so likewise, mine elect, when they shall understanding of the will of the Fathersee all these things, they shall know that he is concerning the destruction of Jerusalem in thosenear, even at the doors; but of that day, and hour, days, and also of the last days. And for the sakeno one knoweth; no, not the angels of God in of the elect he hath said these things.heaven, but my Father only. 100 And also for the sake of the elect have 92 But as it was in the days of Noah, so it these things which have been sealed come forthshall be also at the coming of the Son of Man; unto them. For there shall be none but the electfor it shall be with them, as it was in the days of God who shall receive these things and believewhich were before the flood; for until the day in them, that they might prepare themselves morethat Noah entered into the ark they were eating fully for the coming of the Lord.and drinking, marrying and giving inmarriage; and knew not until the flood came 101 And in this record shall the elect have theand took them all away; so shall also the time given, within the year, of the coming of thecoming of the Son of Man be. Lord, if it so be that ye shall ponder upon the things which the Lord hath commanded me to 93 Then shall be fulfilled that which is write unto you.written, that in the last days, two shall be in the516 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

102 And there shall be those of the latter days TSP 88:102– 89:6who shall claim that the Lord hath said that noman shall know of the time of his coming. Yea, CHAPTER 89the Lord did not say that no man shall know ofthe time of his coming, only that no man shall Moroni tells the world that there is a chanceknow the day and the hour of his coming. to repent and keep the prophecies of destruction from being fulfilled. All prophecy 103 And when the year hath arrived that given is conditional.hath been revealed unto you in this record,then shall it come to pass as in the days of AND now, it is expedient that ye understandNephi, when the prophecy was given by the one thing that I have not yet explained unto youprophet Samuel, the Lamanite, in which he in this record: Behold, all prophecy thatprophesied, saying: Behold, I give unto you a proceedeth forth from the mouths of all the holysign; for five years more cometh, and behold, prophets are given unto the children of men asthen cometh the Son of God to redeem all portends and cautions, and words of warning tothose who shall believe on his name. prepare them for the things which shall come. 104 And now, my brothers and sisters, yea, 2 But most importantly, the words of theeven all ye of the latter days who shall receive prophets are given to prepare your souls to meetthese things, did not Samuel give unto the the Father and live in one of His manypeople the exact year in which the Lord was to kingdoms of glory.come into the world? 3 And this is the thing that ye should 105 And even though the people were given understand: Yea, even though a prophet shallthis sign, they did not repent at that day. For prophesy in the name of the Lord of the greatwhen that year came, the people began to doubt destruction and tribulation that shall come toand say amongst themselves: Behold the time is pass, this doth not mean that it shall have to comepast, and the words of Samuel are not fulfilled; to pass according to his words; or in other words,therefore, your joy and your faith concerning it doth not mean that ye do not have your freethis thing hath been vain. agency to change the course of the events of the future so that these things do not come to pass. 106 And now, this they said because they didnot know the day and the hour of his coming, 4 For the words of the prophets are given untonevertheless, they did know the exact year, as you to warn you of the dangers ahead of you forhad been prophesied by Samuel the Lamanite. living in wickedness and sin. And the prophets do not know the exactness of the destructions 107 And now, my brothers and sisters, I and tribulations that shall come upon you, butwould that ye should search these things which they give a generalization of those things whichthe Lord hath commanded me to give unto you shall come to pass according to the words ofin this record. Behold, they are faithful and true, prophecy that they receive from the Holy Ghost.and every word shall be fulfilled which iswritten upon these plates. 5 And the Holy Ghost receiveth all of his knowledge directly from the Son, who receiveth 108 And if ye search these things, ye shall this knowledge from the Father. And it is thecome to know many of the mysteries of God, great knowledge and the vast experience of theand also the will of the Father concerning all of Father that maketh it possible that things areHis children upon this earth. known of the future. 6 And the Father loveth all of His children, and it is not His desire that we suffer in misery and tribulation upon this earth. And the only times that we suffer in misery is when we do not follow His plan. But He cannot force us to follow His plan, but hath given unto each of us our individual free agency to act according to our own desires and live the course of life that we choose for ourselves. Chapter 89 517

TSP 89:7– 89:21 7 Therefore, all things which are done upon 13 Therefore, the things that I am about tothe earth, which maketh us miserable, are from write unto you are those things that ye can do toour own doing, and are not the punishments or bring much peace and happiness upon the earthdoings of the Father. Behold, the Father in the latter days, and cause that the tribulationspunisheth no one, because He knoweth that we and destruction that have been prophesiedwill punish ourselves, if we do not listen to His against you shall not come to pass.Spirit and do those things which He knowethwill bring us joy and happiness. 14 But if ye reject the things that I am about to write unto you according to the command of 8 But when we choose to go against His plan, the Lord and the promptings of the Holy Ghost;then He also knoweth that which will come to yea, if ye refuse to incorporate them into yourpass because of our choice to go against Him. lives, then ye shall suffer all things which theAnd this is the reason why He suffereth prophets have prophesied against you.prophets to come among us and preachrepentance unto us and try to persuade us to 15 Therefore, read these words; yea, takelisten to the Holy Spirit, which giveth the peace them into you hearts so that ye might understandand happiness that we desire. their meaning. Implement the great counsel that shall be given unto you into your daily lives. 9 Therefore, if ye of the latter days repent of Yea, require these things of your leaders andyour wickedness and turn again to the Father those whom ye have given power over you, thatand follow His plan, then the words of the ye might have the peace and happiness that theprophets shall not be fulfilled concerning you, Father hath promised to all of us.and ye shall not suffer the misery and tribulationthat ye shall suffer if ye reject His gospel. 16 Behold, Satan shall fight the implementation of these things into your daily 10 And so that ye of the latter days might lives, because they are not the principles andknow more fully of His gospel, and also of the purposes of his plan.things which shall be taught by Christ when hecometh to the earth to set up the kingdom of the 17 But it should not matter what SatanFather for the last time, the Lord hath desireth of you, for ye have your free agency tocommanded me to finish this record by act and choose for yourselves that which ye willexplaining the gospel of Christ as it is intended do during the days of your probation.for the daily lives of the children of men, whichis also the will of the Father concerning those of 18 And a promise I give unto all the people ofyou who live upon the earth in the last days, as the world in the latter days: Yea, if ye do theseit hath been since the beginning concerning all things, then ye shall be a happy people and yeof His children. shall not want or suffer for anything all the days of your lives. 11 And I have been commanded to give untoyou what hath been written by the hand of the 19 And if ye do these things, then shall thebrother of Jared concerning the time when the words of the prophets be fulfilled when theyLord shall be upon the earth to teach the people gave unto you the will of the Lord, saying: Ihis laws and to set up a righteous government will cut my work short in righteousness, forthat shall rule the people in peace and the days come that I will send forth judgmentrighteousness for the last thousand years of the unto victory.existence of mortality upon this earth. 20 And now, this hath been the desire of all 12 And as I abridge the words of the brother the holy prophets of God; even that theyof Jared, I shall give unto you an explanation should establish righteousness upon the earthof these things according to the Spirit, which among the children of men. And this shallhath been strong within me during the course also be the desire of these last two prophetsof this entire abridgment, which I have added who shall be among you in the latter days.to the record of my father Mormon, but shallcause to be sealed up according to the 21 And the first shall do all in his power tocommandment of the Lord. implement the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ into the daily lives of those who shall give heed unto his words.518 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

22 And this prophet shall pray unto the Lord, TSP 89:22– 90:6saying: We ask thee to appoint unto Zion otherstakes besides this one which thou hast 29 Therefore, I say unto you, give strict heedappointed, that the gathering of they people may to the things that are written herein, for theyroll on in great power and majesty, that thy work shall either bless your lives exceedingly on onemay be cut short in righteousness. hand, or on the other, they shall condemn you to everlasting condemnation. 23 And the Lord shall promise Joseph, thisfirst prophet among you, that if Zion is CHAPTER 90established and the people repent and workrighteousness in all things whatsoever that they Having no money or a value placed upon theshall be commanded by the mouth of Joseph, necessities of life will create much peace andthen he would cut his work short in happiness in society. The businesses andrighteousness; even saying unto his servant corporations are tools used by the rich toJoseph: For I, the Almighty, have laid my hands grind the faces of the poor. The Lord shallupon the nations, to scourge them for their destroy all business that do not do somethingwickedness. And plagues shall go forth, and to provide for the necessities of life, or thethey shall not be taken from the earth until I happiness of humankind.have completed my work, which shall be cutshort in righteousness. AND now, the first thing that shall be done when the Lord cometh upon the earth, is that he 24 And now, these are promises of the Lord, shall rebuke all those who have placed a valueif the people are righteous before him. Behold, upon, not only the things of the earth—its goldEnoch preached the gospel unto the people in and its silver, and its fine and precious things—his day and they became an exceedingly but also the values that have been placed uponrighteous people; and all the days of their lives the souls of the children of men.they remained righteous. And when the worldrose up against them, the Lord caused that they 2 Behold, in that day there shall be no money,should be taken from off of the earth because of which is the number of the beast, and whichthe promises which he made unto them. createth and sustaineth the value that hath been placed upon all things upon the earth, and also 25 But the people of the church that Joseph upon the souls of men, which lead to theshall establish upon the earth shall not remain in wickedness of slavery.righteousness, and thus the promises of the Lordshall not be fulfilled concerning them. 3 And if there is no money, and no value is placed upon the things of the earth, or upon the 26 And these promises also pertain unto you souls of men, then there shall be no rich andwho have received this record. Behold, if ye poor, but all shall have all things in common.repent and begin to work righteousness upon theearth, then shall the promises of the Lord be 4 And the brother of Jared wrote concerningfulfilled in you. this, saying: And the Lord took away the power and control of the rich by taking away the value 27 And now, my brothers and sisters, yea, that had been placed upon the money systemeven all of you upon the face of the whole earth, that is established among the children of men.read these things that I am about to give untoyou. Know that the Lord will come one day and 5 For in that day, all the world shall be underopen up all the books which have been written one monetary system, which shall be controlledby his power, and ye shall be judged by the by the rich. And when the Lord devalues thewords that are written in these books. worth of all things, then there shall be no gold, or silver, or paper money of any kind in that day. 28 And this book, which shall be sealed tocome forth at this time, is the greatest of all the 6 For the value of the riches that a manbooks that have ever been written, because of possesseth is counted unto him by machinesthe plainness of the words and the clarity of the that hold the accounting of his wealth withinthings which the Father would have His them, which is the number of his name, or hischildren know concerning Him. Chapter 90 519

TSP 90:7– 90:25 15 And I beheld that there were many prisons set up among them, and many in the process ofworks. And the number of his name is being built to punish the poor who would rebeldistributed to all those who have access to against the will of the rich.these machines, so that all might know thenumber by which he is named. 16 And there existed no love among the people of the earth, for there was no trust one for 7 And each man, woman, and child upon the another, because of the desires of all to obtainearth is given an account that is held within this the fine things of the world by the number ofmachine. And when a man is employed at a their accounts that are maintained in thebusiness, a value is placed upon that in which he machines that I beheld.hath been employed. And when he works for atime, then the number of his worth, or this value, 17 And when the Lord came among them,is credited to his account that is held within he commanded his holy angels to destroy allthese machines. the machines that held the accounts of all the inhabitants of the earth and the number of 8 And when he maketh a purchase of their names.whatever his heart desireth, then is the value thatis placed upon this thing taken away from the 18 And when he had destroyed theseaccount that giveth unto him his worth and the machines, all the people of the earth becamenumber of his name. equal, having no value placed upon them by the number of their names. 9 And it is required of all upon the earth,who are of age, to work in some manner that 19 And the rich lamented of that which thethey might have a number in their accounts Lord had done, and cursed his name and hidthat provideth for them all the things that they themselves from the face of the Lord in theirneed to live. mansions, and in their grand estates, and in their lavish houses and domiciles. 10 And when a man or a woman desireth thatwhich they cannot afford because of the 20 But the poor rejoiced exceedingly in thatinsufficiency of the number in their account, which the Lord had done. And the poor werethen they borrow against their account and are those who were responsible for the maintenanceforced to pay usury for that amount that is above and the upkeep of the lifestyles that the rich hadthe number in their account. created for themselves. 11 And there are many who have little in their 21 And the rich had maintained control overaccounts because of the value that hath been the poor because of the accounts and the numberplaced upon the things that they need to eat, and of their names, which gave unto each man,to wear, and upon a home in which to live. woman, and child the ability to purchase that which they needed to survive. 12 And the value of these things aredetermined by the rich among them, that they 22 For the rich had placed a value upon themight get continual gain from those who food, and the raiment, and the houses of theseeketh only that they can survive by the poor, and paid them in wages for their employnecessities of life. only that which the poor could afford to sustain their lives. 13 And the poor rebel against the value thathath been placed upon the things that sustain 23 And the poor were forced to work for thetheir lives so that the rich might get gain from rich to obtain a number that would be placed inthem. But when they rebel against these things, their account, which number was controlled bythen they are taken by the rich and placed in the rich.prisons away from the rest of the people as apunishment for disobeying the laws of the rich. 24 And the rich had placed a value upon the worth of a soul of a man and a woman who 14 And while in these prisons, the poor would perform work for them.become hardened in their hearts against the rich,and imagine up in their hearts all manner of evil 25 But the Lord commanded that there shallthat they would do to the rich who have placed be no more an account given of the worth of athe value upon the necessities of life and also man, and a woman, or a child, but that allupon their souls.520 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

should be provided for equally in all that they TSP 90:26– 90:42needed to sustain their lives, all being equal inthe eyes of the Lord. 34 And when a man would invest his number with a company, and the company could not 26 And then did the rich lament exceedingly increase the number of its name sufficiently tobecause they could no longer make a profit from pay back a dividend to the investor, then therethe desire of another to sustain his life. was no course of redress given that the man might receive back the money that he had given, 27 And the Lord commanded that all of the because the company was not responsible asprisoners inside of the prisons be released and one man might be to another, because it was notgiven their freedom in all things, and also be a man, but a number.made equal like unto all others upon the earth. 35 And when a company desired to make a 28 And the prisoners that were being held profit so that it might pay dividends to thoseby the rich came forth and knelt before the who invest in it, then it grindeth upon the face ofLord and praised his name and made a the poor and taketh more from the poor andcovenant to obey him and keep his useth its power over them to make the profit thatcommandments in all things. it desireth. 29 And he commanded the people to continue 36 And the Lord shall never again allow ain the business that they were accustomed to do, man to make a profit by the labor of anotherso that the same economy would survive by man, but all shall give equally of their time towhich the people were accustomed to living. have the things that they all can share to bringBut he commanded his angels to go throughout happiness to them equally.the earth and change the course of allemployment that did not provide an opportunity 37 And if a man hath increased in his abilitiesfor the happiness, or for the necessities of life, of and can provide them as a benefit to others, thenthe people of the earth. he shall do so whether he hath much to give, or little to give, according to the abilities that he 30 And the majority of all the merchants and hath received from the blessing of existence thatthe business that were set up among them, the Father hath given to all of us.were those that had nothing to do with theproduction of food, raiment, or shelter, but 38 And in the last days the rich shall enforcewere set up to manage and account for and their laws and their ways upon the poor by themaintain the accounts and the numbers held means of force that Lucifer hath used to reignwithin their machines. over them. 31 And the rich had set up an ingenious system 39 But in the day of the Lord, the armies andof stocks and bonds, whereby they might gain navies and all the means of force of all themore numbers in their accounts without working governments throughout the world shall befor them. And if a man invested his number into disbanded and become obsolete against thea company, he was promised by the company power of the Lord and his holy angels; for withthat he would be returned a greater number than the command of his word, the Lord can cause athat which he invested. mountain to rise up and cover an entire battalion of soldiers and all of their weapons of war. 32 And the company would take the moneythat was invested into it and seek for means 40 And the Lord shall cause to be set upand ways whereby it might make more profit places of employ for all the people of the earth.and increase its own number so that it might And no value shall be placed upon that whichgive back to the investor that which it had one would do in his employ, but all shall bepromised unto him. equal before the Lord. 33 Nevertheless, the companies were like 41 And all food, and raiment, and houses shallunto the accounts and the numbers of the rich, in become free to all.that they were not actual people, but entities ofincorporation which had been developed by the 42 And now, I, Moroni, say unto those oflaws of the rich to get gain. you who shall receive these things before the prophecy concerning that day of the Lord described by the brother of Jared shall come to pass: Chapter 90 521

TSP 90:43– 90:60 kingdom of the Father except it be those who have already proven that they are worthy 43 Behold, the first thing that ye must do parents, and that they will provide for theamongst yourselves is to establish a principle and happiness of their creation in all things. Yea, islaw that guaranteeth to all the necessities of life. not this fair and just? 44 And now, I ask this thing of you: Is it fair 53 And the plan of Lucifer would not have itthat any among you be forbidden these things? this way, for he believeth that we should createBehold, the choice of their existence was not others to serve us. And for this reason, hemade by them, but was made by the parents putteth in the hearts of the children of men towho created them. exalt themselves one above another, so that one is forced to serve the other. 45 Therefore, none of them should beresponsible to suffer for a want of any of these 54 And when one is forced to serve another,things to sustain their lives in the existence in this shall always create misery and despair untowhich they were created. Now, I have already those who are forced to serve by no choice ofexplained this unto you in this record, even that their own.none of us made a conscious choice to comeinto existence, but we were created by the will 55 And ye of the latter days, are not yeand pleasure of the Father. servants of those who give you the money so that ye might live? Are not ye their indentured 46 And for this reason, the plan of the Father slaves that they might get gain from yourprovideth for us all those things which we employ? Are ye not required to work all theneed to remain in the existence in which we days of your lives under their subjection,were created. because of the power that they have over you in the money that ye receive from them? 47 And in the kingdom of the Father there isno monetary value placed upon the things 56 Now, if ye had a righteous government thatwhich He hath given unto us, neither is that provided you with food and clothing and shelter,which any of us do, according to our then ye would not be the servant to any man, forindividual desires of happiness, valued more he could not command you in anything,than that which another doeth. knowing that ye could leave his employ and still be able to survive and be happy. 48 For behold, when our basic needs areguaranteed unto us, then we have a hope that our 57 Do ye not see the guise of the rich inexistence is fair and just, and we begin to enslaving you that they might get gain frombelieve by this hope that those who created us you and not work for themselves? Is not thislove us and care about us. the image of happiness that the beast hath deceived you into believing is the only way to 49 But when we are forced to provide these peace and happiness?things for ourselves, then we think that it is notfair that we came into existence because of the 58 And those of you who are rich and employdesires of another, and then are forced against the souls of the children of men that they mightour free will to labor for that in which we had no get gain for you, what say ye of yourselves?choice, but for that which we need to labor in How can ye justify that which ye do to maintainorder to continue in the existence in which we the image of the beast?were created. 59 Yea, I have read that which ye say in the 50 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, call words of the brother of Jared; and ye speak,upon the rich and the governments that have saying: I am rich because I deserve thepower over you and demand of them, in blessings of God, because I provide for thoserighteousness, that they provide for you the who are in my employ with the things that theynecessities that ye require to sustain your lives. need to live. 51 Yea, demand that there exist laws 60 And if I did not provide them withprohibiting the creation of a child, if it is not the employment, then they would not have theintent of those who have created it to provide for necessities of life and would die. Therefore, Iits needs all the days of its life. 52 For this reason none can create life in the522 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

deserve to be exalted above them, because of TSP 90:61– 90:77that which I do for them. unrighteous laws that ye have established for 61 Woe unto the rich who think in this yourselves. Do ye think that by placing them inmanner, for ye shall be condemned greatly for these prisons that ye shall solve the unhappinessthat which ye do. Yea, how many of those and problems of your society? I say unto youwhom ye employ would work for you if they that it shall not solve any of your problems, butwere always guaranteed that which they needed shall make them worse for you.to survive? Do ye think that they would remainin your employ when ye treat them with 70 And what shall ye say when the Lorddisrespect and put yourselves above them? cometh in the glory of the Father and commandeth that all the prisons be destroyed 62 Do ye think that they are happy in your and all the prisoners therein be released? Whatemploy? I say unto you that they are not happy then shall ye think of your laws?in your employ, but of a necessity they areforced to be your slaves. 71 Behold, if ye want to help your brothers and sister who are imprisoned because of you, 63 Now, it is not a hard thing for a then ye should seek out the reasons for thegovernment of a nation to set up a system which they have broken the laws that ye havewhereby all of the people can have those things established against them.which they need to sustain their lives. 72 Behold, why do ye not think that it would 64 And now, I have seen the latter days and the be more beneficial to you if ye found the sourcenation of the United States, which is the most of their desires to commit these crimes, or thewicked nation upon the earth in regards to those reason why they have broken your laws, insteadwho seeketh to enslave the souls of the children of treating the symptom that ye know a prisonof men so that they might get gain and not be will not cure?required to work by the sweat of their own brow. 73 And now, I shall give unto you the will 65 Yea, ye complain in this nation of the poor of the Lord concerning these things, that if yeand the needy, whom ye believe are lazy and desire, that ye might make the necessaryundeserving of the fine things of the world. And changes in your laws and your governmentye have many of them in your prisons because that shall solve these problems which ye haveof the imagined threat that ye suppose they have before you.caused you because of that which they do totheir own bodies. 74 In the day of the Lord, he shall place a great emphasis on the food that is produced for 66 Behold, I have seen the great abuse that consumption in those days. And he shall makemany of the poor do to their bodies with drugs, it a priority that the farms and gardens of thewhich ye have made illegal by the laws that ye earth begin to produce all manner of fruits andhave established among you. foods which are pleasing to the eye and refreshing to the taste. 67 Now, why is it that ye imprison these whotake these illegal drugs, when the reason why 75 And He shall command that this food bethey take them is because they are in search of a that which all should have according to theirtemporary happiness and an escape from the needs and their wants.drudgery of the employ that is forced upon themby your desires to get gain? 76 And these fruits and foods shall be natural foods which are created according to the laws of 68 Behold, ye have many drugs which ye take nature as they were in the beginning when thethat are prescribed to you by your doctors which sons and daughters of Adam lived for manyare more harmful than these drugs which are years in health and happiness.distributed and consumed by the majority ofthose whom ye imprison. 77 And no man or woman or child shall go without enough food to eat; nevertheless, the 69 And many of those whom ye have food that they shall eat shall be only that foodimprisoned have been convicted of crimes that that shall be beneficial to their bodies, evenye have caused them to commit because of the that food that shall cure all manner of ills within them. Chapter 90 523

TSP 90:78– 91:9 78 And now, because there shall be no value 3 And now, the governments of men are ledplaced upon the food that shall be available for by leaders who speak flattering words of hopeall to eat, there shall be no reason why one unto the people; and because of their words ofwould steal for this food. flattery and promises of hope, they deceive the people and manipulate them into believing that 79 And if a man stealeth any of this food, the hope that they promise the people with theirthen what shall he say to another: Buy this flattery will come to fruition.food from me for a price? And another willsay unto him: What price thinkest thou that I 4 But when the hope in which the people havewould give unto thee for something that I can placed their trustobtain without price? is not realized, then the people do not have faith in their government and do not support it. And 80 And furthermore, there shall be no money when the people do not support it, theto exchange for the food, therefore, there is no government shall fail.incentive given to steal this food. 5 Therefore, the most important thing to a 81 And when a man knoweth that he hath man is his hope, which bringeth to him thesufficient food that he might live, then this man faith that causeth his works.beginneth to believe that he is happy and thatthose who have provided this food for him value 6 And now, a government that expectethhim as a man who is equal to them. the people to support it and trust in it, should be able to guarantee the people that for which 82 And when a man feeleth that he is valued they hope. Nevertheless, there hath been noand is equal to all others, then he is happy and government upon the face of the earth sincehath no desire to hurt others, or steal from them, the beginning of the accounted history ofor cause pain upon them for any reason. man that hath given all the people that for which they hope. 83 And when ye all feel of equal importanceone to another, then shall hope rise among you 7 Yea, it is true that the governments of menand ye shall be happy and at peace. have provided an opportunity for the few, who are rich and who hold power over the poor, to CHAPTER 91 realize the hope that bringeth joy to them, but no government based upon the principles andHope plus faith equals good works and is the precepts of men, which are given unto themformula set forth for righteousness and according to the plan of Lucifer, can provide ahappiness. The reasons why people commit hope for all of the people.crimes against humanity are explained. Theform of government that will be upon the earth 8 And because these governments have notduring the millennium is introduced. The provided this hope for all of the people, manyexalted shall be abased and the abased shall be of them do not have faith in theseexalted. Latter-day humans are encouraged to governments, but are forced by the power ofset their governments up according to the these governments, which is held in the handsgovernment of heaven. of those whose hope is fulfilled, to support the government that the rich and the powerful AND now my brothers and sisters, if there have established for themselves.existeth hope among you in abundance, thenthere shall also be an exceedingly strong faith in 9 And if the majority, who are poor, do notthat which hath created this hope. support the government, then by the power of its force, these are imprisoned, or killed, thus 2 Therefore, if it is a government that fulfilling the words of John, which he wrote,perpetuateth and giveth unto a man this hope, saying: And he had power to give life unto thethen this man will have faith in this image of the beast, that the image of the beastgovernment and support it, and if necessary, should both speak, and cause that as many asgive his life for it. would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.524 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

10 And when the people have lost hope in TSP 91:10– 91:25their government, then they no longer havefaith in it, and their works become contrary to righteous leader, and that the government ofthe principles and laws that these governments the earth is a government set up for the sake ofhave set up. all of the people, and not for the sake and purpose of the rich only, then shall these begin 11 Now, these are the reasons for the crimes to have an exceedingly great faith in thethat are committed by the poor against the rich government, and then they shall not bein the governments of men. Behold, the poor desirous to commit any crime against it.have lost faith in the rich because they do notcare for them, nor do they represent their causes 19 And it shall come to pass that the wholeand their needs in their governments. earth shall be under one government; and it shall fill the entire earth with its laws and its 12 And when they have lost the hope that their principles.faith can be realized, according to their desiresof happiness, then their works seem to be evil in 20 And those who were chosen as leaders ofthe eyes of the government that hath set itself up the governments of men shall have theiras an entity from which they should receive the nakedness revealed unto them in that day. Indesires of their faith. other words, the whole world shall see the wickedness of the manner in which they led the 13 And when their works are evil according to people and held power in their governments.the government, then these that have lost hopeare imprisoned for that which they do contrary 21 And none of these shall receive the honorto the laws of the land established by these and respect that they once received among men.corrupt governments. And all the leaders of the governments throughout the history of the earth shall lose the 14 And it shall come to pass that when the respect and adoration of the people of the earth;Lord cometh upon the earth, he shall throw and their names and their works shall not bedown all the governments of men which have known again throughout the earth.made empty promises by the flattering wordsof their leaders. 22 And then shall the words of the Lord be fulfilled, when he said: He who is exalted shall 15 And he shall establish his government, be abased, and he who is abased shall be exalted.which shall guarantee unto all the fulfillmentof the hope of all their desires. And this hope 23 Behold, in the day of the reign of the Lord,is that we might be happy in the state of the works of men shall be discovered for whatexistence in which we have been placed by they are; yea, the whole world shall know thatGod, our Heavenly Father. every government set up among the children of men since the days of Adam, were governments 16 Therefore, in the day that he shall cast which followed the plan of Lucifer and exalteddown all the governments of men, he shall the rich and powerful and abased the poor, andrelease all the prisoners being held in all of the the meek, and the humble among men.prisons that shall be established throughoutthe earth. 24 And now, it is for this reason, which I knew before I started this abridgment of the record of 17 And it shall not matter to the Lord for the brother of Jared, that I have not included inwhat crime these have been charged, or for this record the names of any of the leaders of thewhat purpose they have been caused by their governments of men which have lived upon thegovernments to be incarcerated in prisons; for earth, except it be those who have been wroughtall the people of the earth shall know that the upon by the Lord, or used by him, to do his willnew government of the Lord is a righteous for the people, even those elect who honored thegovernment, which giveth to all equally those Lord and obeyed his commandments.things which will sustain their lives and bringthem happiness. 25 Therefore, all ye leaders of the governments of men who shall receive these 18 And when those that were once prisoners things; yea, even all ye who have given greatrealize that they are now being led by a accolades to the leaders of your governments and your nations, which ye thought were Chapter 91 525

TSP 91:26– 91:41 the governments and the religions of men which existed upon the earth since the beginning.righteous and noble men among you; behold, Isay unto all of you that ye are wicked men and 34 And then shall the leaders of thedid nothing to perpetuate the plan of the Father governments and religions of men look upon theupon the earth. leaders whom the Lord hath chosen from among them, and they shall say of them like was 26 Yea, ye have led the rich and those whose said of the apostles of the Lord, which is written,hope was satisfied by you. But the poor, and the saying: Now when they saw the boldness ofneedy, the widow, and the orphan, and those Peter and John, and perceived that they werewho are imprisoned, ye did nothing for, except unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled.it be that ye fed them from the scraps that fellfrom your tables. 35 And there shall be great torment among the prideful, and the rich, and the learned, and 27 And the honor and glory that ye received those who once held a position of power overfrom men shall be as the sand that bloweth off the children of men. For these shall know thatthe palm tree in the desert. Yea, the sand they are nothing in the sight of God, but thatcovereth the palm, so that the glory of its life is the Lord hath exalted those who were oncehidden from view. And the wind bloweth off the abased by them.sand revealing the glory and beauty of the tree. 36 And he shall exalt these that were once 28 But the sand that covered up the tree is cast perceived as unlearned and ignorant and weakamongst the rest of the grains of sand, which is among men, and he shall give them power overplentiful, and of which there is no distinction, all the rich, and the prideful, and those who heldgrains being equal one to another. honor and glory among the kingdoms and nations of the earth. 29 For in the day of the Lord, no man whohath received glory and honor of men shall 37 And at that day, the Lord shall cause thatmaintain that same glory in that day. there shall be no body hair upon the face, or the bodies of those who have not been ordained by 30 And the Lord shall call forth those whom him to have power over the people. And by thishe hath chosen to be the leaders of his shall the people know that a man hath beengovernment, which is the government that chosen by God to lead the people.supporteth the plan of the Father. And whenthe people of the world shall behold those 38 Behold, only those men who can grow awhom he calleth forth from among them to be beard and who have body hair shall be thosethe leaders of his government, they shall be who have been chosen by the Lord to lead theastonished at those whom he shall ordain to people. And in this way there shall be no morethis power and authority. deception among the people of the earth as to who is a leader and doeth the will of the Father, 31 And then shall the words of the prophets be and who is not.fulfilled when they prophesied, saying: Theweak things of the world shall come forth and 39 Behold, at that day, the Lord shall establishbreak down the mighty and strong ones, that his government and his laws and call forth thoseman should not counsel his fellow man, neither who shall be in different parts of the world totrust in the arm of flesh; but that every man govern under his authority. And because theymight speak in the name of God the Lord, even shall have a beard, then shall the people knowthe Savior of the world. that they have been chosen by God to serve them and lead them in the plan of the Father. 32 For there shall be some called fromamong the poor, who are cast out by the rich 40 And the Lord shall not allow a wicked manand their governments; and there shall be to wear a beard, nor shall a wicked man besome called who have been imprisoned by the capable of growing one by nature.governments of men. 41 And these leaders who are called by the 33 Behold, then he shall call forth those who Lord shall set up the kingdom of Godshall be the principle leaders over the people of according to the things which they shall bethe whole earth. And these are many of the taught by the Lord.prophets who have been cast out and slain by526 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

42 And it shall come to pass that the entire TSP 91:42– 91:55world shall be ruled under one government,even a new world order of government which people the things that were to come to passshall be led by the Lord. And there shall be no pertaining to the kingdom of God upon the earth.bureaucracy in the government of the Lord, forthere shall be no need for one man to tell another 50 Therefore, I shall give unto you thethat which he should do, for all shall be taught meaning of all of these things according to thethe law of the Father, which shall be a universal Holy Spirit which is in me. For behold, after thelaw that all shall obey. gospel shall be given unto the Gentiles in the latter days, even through Joseph, the first of these 43 And the reasons why all shall obey this last two prophets of God, the church that he shalllaw, is because it is a righteous law which set up upon the seat of the beast of the latter dayswas given unto the people by the Lord, who shall become exceedingly prideful and shallshall come to the earth in all the glory and fulfill the words of Zenos when he said:power of the Father. 51 And it came to pass that the servant said 44 And the people shall know that his law is unto his master: And now, behold,a righteous law because it guaranteeth unto notwithstanding all the care which we havethem the fulfillment of their hopes of peace taken of my vineyard, the trees thereof haveand happiness. become corrupted, that they bring forth no good fruit; and these I had hoped to preserve, to have 45 And because the people know that it laid up fruit thereof against the season, untofulfilleth their hopes, then they have exceeding mine own self.faith in this law; and their faith shall bring forthworks which are meet for this law. 52 But, behold, they have become like unto the wild olive-tree, and they are of no worth but 46 And if it is a righteous law, then it shall to be hewn down and cast into the fire; and itbring forth righteous works; and from the grieveth me that I should lose them. But whatrighteous works of all the people of the earth, could I have done more in my vineyard? Have Ishall peace and happiness reign upon it. slackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it, Nay, I have nourished it, and I have digged 47 And now, I would that ye should about it, and I have pruned it, and I have dungedunderstand something more concerning the day it; and I have stretched forth mine hand almostof the Lord. For I know that there shall be many all the day long, and the end draweth nigh.of you who think that when the Lord cometh inthe glory of the Father that all the wicked shall 53 And it grieveth me that I should hew downbe destroyed. And this ye believe because ye all the trees of my vineyard, and cast them intoare taught the precepts of men, and do not the fire that they should be burned. Who is it thatunderstand the plan of the Father concerning hath corrupted my vineyard?His children. 54 And it came to pass that the servant said 48 Behold, it was given unto you in an unto his master: Is it not the loftiness of thyallegory concerning these things that shall come vineyard; have not the branches thereofto pass in the day of the Lord by the prophet overcome the roots which are good? AndZenos, when he spoke, saying: And it came to because the branches have overcome thepass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the roots thereof, behold they grew faster thanservant: Let us go to and hew down the trees of the strength of the roots, taking strength untothe vineyard and cast them into the fire, that they themselves. Behold, I say, is not this theshall not cumber the ground of my vineyard, for cause that the trees of thy vineyard haveI have done all. What could I have done more become corrupted?for my vineyard? 55 And now, this Zenos said concerning the 49 And now, my beloved brothers and sisters, church that shall rise up in the latter days andI, Moroni, have received a commandment of the take upon itself the name of the Church of JesusLord that I should give unto you an explanation Christ of Latter-day Saints. Behold, these areof this parable that Zenos used to teach the they who have preserved the root of the tree, which is the true gospel of Jesus Christ. Chapter 91 527

TSP 91:56– 91:71 you. And the Lord shall call forth his prophets, all of whom shall be resurrected at this time and 56 And this they have preserved in the pride residing in the kingdom of the Father, except itof their hearts; for they have the record of my be for the last of them, who shall be still uponfather in which is given the fullness of the the earth among you.gospel and all the words of Christ; and they alsohave the words of the Bible, which proceedeth 65 And the Lord shall counsel with themforth from the mouth of the Jew. about that which they should do in order to complete the will of the Father concerning 57 And this former testifieth of the latter, this world.giving testimony to the whole world of thetruthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, which 66 And the Lord knew that the time of theare the words which he gave unto the Jews, first, end was near and that it was expedient thatand then unto my fathers, who were the the will of the Father be completed accordingNephites in the land of Bountiful. to the timetable that the Father had set down in the beginning. 58 And this great church of the latter dayshath preserved the roots of the gospel, but the 67 Therefore, the Lord was saddened that itbranches of the tree, which are the leaders and should be necessary to hew down all the trees ofthe members of this church, have taken strength his vineyard, and cast them into the fire that theyunto themselves, in the pride and arrogance that should be burned.they show forth because of the true gospelwhich they have among them. 68 And the words of Zenos continue, saying: But, behold, the servant said unto the Lord of 59 And because they have taken strength the vineyard: Spare it a little longer. And theunto themselves, the fruit which these Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer, forbranches bear is a corrupted and an evil fruit, it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of mywhich the Lord hateth. vineyard. Therefore, let us take of the branches of these which I have planted in the nethermost 60 For behold, it is the position and authority parts of my vineyard, and let us graft them intoof Jehovah to prepare the world for the Father the tree from whence they came; and let usand teach the people the will of the Father in all pluck from the tree those branches whose fruit isthings. In other words, it is his commission most bitter, and graft in the natural branches offrom the Father to prepare the vineyard that it the tree in the stead thereof.might bring forth righteous fruit. 69 And this will I do that the tree may not 61 And after the Gentiles shall corrupt the perish, that, perhaps, I may preserve unto myselfwork of the Lord; yea, even after much patience the roots thereof for mine own purpose. And,and mercy hath been shown unto them by the behold, the roots of the natural branches of theLord, then shall the Lord be dismayed in his tree which I planted whithersoever I would areefforts to fulfill the will of the Father in all things yet alive; therefore, that I may preserve themwhich he was commanded by the Father in the also for mine own purpose, I will take of thebeginning concerning the children of God that branches of this tree, and I will graft them inpertain unto this earth. unto them. 62 And when the Lord showed forth his 70 Yea, I will graft in unto them the branchesdismay at the great wickedness of the children of their mother tree, that I may preserve theof men, he called forth all of his holy prophets, roots also unto mine own self, that when theyeven all those who had been upon the earth, and shall be sufficiently strong perhaps they maycounseled with them. bring forth good fruit unto me, and I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard. 63 And at the time that he shall call togetherall those who have been called to the office of a 71 And it came to pass that they took from theprophet, there shall only be one of them, who natural tree which had become wild, and graftedhath been called of God to perform the labors of in unto the natural trees, which also had becomea prophet of God, left upon the earth. wild. And they also took of the natural trees 64 And this shall be Christopher, the last ofthe two latter-day prophets that shall be among528 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

which had become wild, and grafted into their TSP 91:72– 91:85mother tree. size thereof; and ye shall not clear away the bad 72 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the thereof all at once, lest the roots thereof shouldservant: Pluck not the wild branches from the be too strong for the graft, and the graft thereoftrees, save it be those which are most bitter; and shall perish, and I lose the trees of my vineyard.in them ye shall graft according to that which Ihave said. And we will nourish again the trees 79 For it grieveth me that I should lose theof the vineyard, and we will trim up the trees of my vineyard; therefore ye shall clearbranches thereof; and we will pluck from the away the bad according as the good shalltrees those branches which are ripened, that grow, that the root and the top may be equal inmust perish, and cast them into the fire. strength, until the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad be hewn down and cast into 73 And this I do that, perhaps, the roots the fire, that they cumber not the ground of mythereof may take strength because of their vineyard; and thus will I sweep away the badgoodness; and because of the change of the out of my vineyardbranches, that the good may overcome the evil. 80 And the branches of the natural tree will I 74 And because that I have preserved the graft in again into the natural tree; And thenatural branches and the roots thereof, and that I branches of the natural tree will I graft into thehave grafted in the natural branches again into natural branches of the tree; and thus will I bringtheir mother tree, and have preserved the roots them together again, that they shall bring forthof their mother tree, that, perhaps, the trees of the natural fruit, and they shall be one.my vineyard may bring forth again good fruit;and that I may have joy again in the fruit of my 81 And the bad shall be cast away, yea, evenvineyard, and, perhaps, that I may rejoice out of all the land of my vineyard; for behold,exceedingly that I have preserved the roots and only this once will I prune my vineyard.the branches of the first fruit. 82 And it came to pass that the Lord of the 75 Therefore, go to, and call servants, that we vineyard sent his servant; and the servant wentmay labor diligently with our might in the and did as the Lord had commanded him, andvineyard, that we may prepare the way, that I brought other servants; and they were few.may bring forth again the natural fruit, whichnatural fruit is good and the most precious above 83 And the Lord of the vineyard said untoall other fruit. them: Go to, and labor in the vineyard, with your might. For behold, this is the last time 76 Therefore, let us go to and labor with our that I shall nourish my vineyard; for the end ismight this last time, for behold the end draweth nigh at hand, and the season speedily cometh;nigh, and this is for the last time that I shall and if ye labor with your might with me yeprune my vineyard. Graft in the branches; begin shall have joy in the fruit which I shall lay upat the last that they may be first, and that the first unto myself against the time which will soonmay be last, and dig about the trees, both old and come.young, the first and the last; and the last and thefirst, that all may be nourished once again for 84 And it came to pass that the servants didthe last time. go and labor with their mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them; and they 77 Therefore, dig about them, and prune did obey the commandments of the Lord ofthem, and dung them once more, for the last the vineyard in all things.time, for the end draweth nigh. And if it be sothat these last grafts shall grow, and bring forth 85 And now, my brothers and sisters, thesethe natural fruit, then shall ye prepare the way words of Zenos shall not come to pass untilfor them, that they may grow. the Lord cometh in the glory of the Father to labor with the servants whom he shall call 78 And as they begin to grow ye shall clear forth to help him teach the gospel throughoutaway the branches which bring forth bitter fruit, the world. And these are those whom I haveaccording to the strength of the good and the mentioned who shall have facial hair and be known as the servants of the Lord and the leaders of the nations of the world. Chapter 91 529

TSP 91:86– 91:99 therefore I will lay up unto mine own self of the fruit, for a long time, according to that which I 86 And all of the wicked shall not be destroyed have spoken.at his coming, for they are the bad fruit whichshall be allowed to stay upon the earth and shall 93 And when the time cometh that evil fruitbe removed as the good shall grow. shall again come into my vineyard, then will I cause the good and the bad to be gathered; and 87 For behold, the wicked of the earth shall be the good will I preserve unto myself, and thetaught the gospel of Christ according to their bad will I cast away into its own place. Andability to understand it and abide by its precepts. then cometh the season and the end; and myBut as righteousness beginneth to sweep the vineyard will I cause to be burned with fire.earth, the wicked will no longer remain thereon,having been taught the gospel and been 94 And now, my beloved brothers andovercome by its power. sisters, there are few parables as powerful as the words which Zenos spake unto the leaders 88 And the rest of the words of Zenos shall of the Jews at Jerusalem. And all of his wordscome to pass, which he spoke, saying: And shall come to pass.there began to be the natural fruit again in thevineyard; and the natural branches began to 95 And the Lord shall set up his governmentgrow and thrive exceedingly; and the wild when he cometh to rule and reign upon thebranches began to be plucked off and to be cast earth. And he shall labor side by side with theaway; and they did keep the root and the top prophets who have died and have beenthereof equal, according to the strength thereof. resurrected to come forth in that day and labor with him in his vineyard. 89 And thus they labored, with all diligence,according to the commandments of the Lord of 96 And now, I have something more to saythe vineyard, even until the bad had been cast unto you regarding the government of the Lordaway out of the vineyard, and the Lord had which shall be established at the beginning ofpreserved unto himself that the trees had the last thousand years, or after the end of thebecome again the natural fruit; and they became half of times, as it hath been explained unto you.like unto one body; and the fruits were equal;and the Lord of the vineyard had preserved unto 97 Behold, this government shall behimself the natural fruit, which was most established according to the principles and lawsprecious unto him from the beginning. of a righteous government which I have already given unto you and explained in this record. 90 And it came to pass that when the Lord of Nevertheless, so that it might be possible thatthe vineyard saw that his fruit was good, and that the Lord shall cut his work short inhis vineyard was no more corrupt, he called up righteousness and come down among you andhis servants, and said unto them: Behold, for this begin his reign here again upon the earth beforelast time have we nourished my vineyard; and the appointed time of the Father, it is expedientthou beholdest that I have done according to my in the hope that I have for the governments ofwill; and I have preserved the natural fruit, that it the latter days, that I give unto you again theseis good, even like as it was in the beginning. eternal principles that ye of the latter days might use to demand these things from the leaders 91 And blessed art thou; for because ye have whom ye shall choose to serve you.been diligent in laboring with me in myvineyard, and have kept my commandments, 98 Behold, I wrote unto you already, saying:and have brought unto me again the natural And there existeth only one pure form offruit, that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and government that hath always existed, and shallthe bad is cast away, behold ye shall have joy continue to exist in worlds without end, and it iswith me because of the fruit of my vineyard. this form of government that ye should demand of your politicians and the leaders of all the 92 For behold, for a long time will I lay up of nations of the earth.the fruit of my vineyard unto mine own selfagainst the season, which speedily cometh; and 99 For this is the form of government that thefor the last time have I nourished my vineyard, Lord shall establish upon the earth when heand pruned it, and dug about it, and dunged it;530 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

cometh in the glory of the Father, for it is the TSP 91:100– 91:116government of the Father which is in heaven. must provide those things that are necessary to 100 And this government hath one purpose fulfill the measure and purpose of their creation,and priority, in which are incorporated all the which purpose is their individual happiness.eternal laws that manage this government andcause it to function for the purpose for which it 110 And this government should notexisteth. And that purpose for which it should compel any to use those things which it hathexist upon the earth in mortality is for the provided for its people so that they mighttemporal happiness of those whom it serveth. find the happiness that they desire. For if this government were to compel the people in any 101 And the first principle and law of this of these things, then it would break thegovernment, is that this government shall never second law that governeth it, by taking awaybe self-serving, or in other words, it shall never their free agency.act in and of itself and of its own accord for thesake of its own existence. 111 And these are the three main principles and laws of a righteous and just government. 102 And this government should be And these principles and laws of governmentrestricted in its power according to the should exist to serve those who haverestrictions that are necessary to ensure that it established this government. And they shouldabideth by this first principle and law. exist to assure the freedom of those whom this government serveth. And they should exist to 103 And this government should serve those provide equality for all those whom thiswho benefit from its existence; and those who government serveth.benefit from its existence are those who give itthe power that it hath received. And the power 112 And I have explained unto youthat it hath received hath been given to this previously that under these three maingovernment to serve those who have given it principles and laws, are sub-laws, and sub-its power. principles, which should be set forth to assure the adherence to these three main laws. 104 And this government should assureeach of us the happiness that each of us 113 And I wrote unto you more concerningdesireth according to each of our individual these things, saying: And this samedesires of happiness. government which is in heaven hath been explained and given unto the children of men 105 And the second principle and law of this through the prophets of God who have livedeternal government, is that it will guarantee among them, and also from the ministrationsthe freedom, or the free agency, of all those of the Holy Ghost.whom it serveth. 114 And the prophets have instructed the 106 And this free agency that it guaranteeth, children of men to pattern their governmentsrestricteth those that it serveth from infringing after the government which is in heaven, evenupon the free agency of another, or from having the eternal government that assureth peace andanother infringe on the free agency that each of order in all the eternal worlds that exist, whichthose it serveth possesseth. worlds are without end. 107 And this government will do nothing that 115 And according to the words of theinfringeth upon the free agency of those whom brother of Jared, yea, even according to theit serveth, except in defending the free agency of words of my ancestors, and also according toanother from being infringed upon. my own experience, when the children of men attempt to pattern their governments after the 108 And the third principle and law of this pattern that hath been revealed unto them, theneternal government, is that it shall provide the peace existeth upon the earth.means whereby those whom it serveth mayhave an equal opportunity to experience the 116 But if they stray from the pattern thathappiness that they desire. hath been shown unto them, then there are wars, and chaos, and famine, and all types of 109 And because it was not the choice of destruction among them.those whom it serveth to exist, this government Chapter 91 531

TSP 91:117– 92:6 117 And the reason why they stray from the CHAPTER 92pattern shown unto them, is because they rejectthe words of the holy prophets, or they offend During Adam’s days there was righteousnessthe Spirit, in that it withdraweth Itself from and happiness without technology. Healthythem. And when the Spirit withdraweth from living and exercise are essential for good health.them, then they shall have no ministrations to During the millennium there will be no moreteach them the proper way that a government death or the eating of flesh. At that time, all willshould work. follow the laws of health provided in God’s plan for his children. 118 And when this pure form of governmenthath been established among them by those in BEHOLD, this form of government was uponauthority, even those who have listened to the the earth in the days of Adam and wasvoice of the prophets, or who have the Holy established by him for the benefit of all of hisGhost as their constant guide, then peace and children. And in the beginning, Adam and all ofprosperity reign among them, evensomuch that his children followed the plan of the Father andthere existeth no poor or needy among them. were an exceedingly happy and righteous people. Yea, there were no poor among them, 119 And now, this shall be the state of the and each of them was valued equally to everygovernment during the time that the Lord shall other soul upon the earth.reign upon the earth. And because of this formof government, there shall be no rich and poor, 2 And at that time there had been no valuebond and free, but all shall be made free, and placed upon the things of the world so that onepartakers of the heavenly gift. thing might be sold for a profit, or that a man might gain power and control over another 120 Behold, my brothers and sisters of the because of the riches that he possessed.latter days, I say unto you, always retainwithin you this 3 And in these early years of the life ofhope of a government that patterneth itself Adam and Eve, the people were like unto theafter these principles. people of the city of Enoch, which was taken from off the earth because of its righteousness 121 And if ye have this hope, then ye can in living according to all the commandmentsstrive to establish this form of government and laws of the Father.among you. 4 And now, ye of the latter days should 122 And if ye cannot establish this form of understand this thing, even that in the early yearsgovernment among you, because of the power of the life of Adam and Eve, the whole earth andand the wickedness of your leaders who depend its inhabitants were righteous and happy.on their own wisdom and the flesh of their ownarm, and cast out the holy prophets, giving no 5 Now, did they have the technology and theattention to their words, and who seek after gold advancements of science which ye of the latterand silver and all the vain things of the earth; days have? Yea, did they have the art, and theyea, then ye must wait upon the Lord; and in the music, and the theater, and the sports, and thepower and glory of the Father shall the purpose games, and all of those things which ye of theof your hope be fulfilled, and the patience and latter days believe bring you happiness?faith of the saints shall be revealed. 6 And those things which ye believe bring you the comforts of life, did Adam provide these things for his children? Behold, Adam was a prophet of God and was like unto many of the prophets of old who saw the future of his children, even unto the latter days. Yea, he saw the great technology and the scientific advancements that would one day be upon the earth and instituted among all of his descendants according to the plan of Lucifer.532 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

7 And when he saw these things, he also TSP 92:7– 92:19witnessed the great wickedness andabominations that were brought out into the 13 Behold, I have explained unto you thatworld because of these things. And in the things the laws of health of the Father forbideth thewhich he saw, he was saddened greatly because cooking of food which destroyeth the naturalof the choices that would be made by his order that hath been established for thosedescendants when they used this power of God things that were created to bring nourishmentto serve their own selfish needs. to our bodies. 8 And he saw the great destruction of the earth 14 And in the latter days most of the food thatand its environs because of these things. And it shall be consumed shall be those things whichwas for this reason that Adam revealed none of are processed by those who seek to get gain.these things unto his children. And there shall be laws set up among you that shall require that any food that is sold unto you 9 Now, Adam had his free agency and must be heated to kill those things which yecould have taught his children concerning believe can cause sickness to the flesh.this power of God that would bring aboutthese scientific advancements and this 15 Now, if the fire that ye apply to your foodtechnology, if he had not been commanded killeth those things which might be harmfulby the Lord to keep the knowledge of these unto you, according to your understanding,things away from his children. then do ye not suppose that those things which are most beneficial to you shall also be killed 10 And even if Adam had not received this when this heat is applied? I say unto you thatcommandment of the Lord, he would not have any food that passeth through the process ofrevealed these things unto his children, heat shall be no good for your bodies and shallknowing that they would misuse the power of be the means and cause of all of yourGod, as his descendants would in the latter infirmities in the latter days.days, and bring upon themselves misery, andsickness, and inequality, and all the 16 And even those of you who shall choose tovicissitudes of the body and soul from which live in your youth without experiencing thethose of the latter days shall suffer. effects of the natural aging process, yea, ye shall also die because of the disease and pestilence 11 Now, in the days of Adam the people lived that shall come from cooking your food.for many years in health and strength, even forhundreds of years did they live at this time. But 17 And in the latter days there shall be manyin the latter days, the days of a man shall be people who shall be unhealthy and sick becauseshortened exceedingly because of the laws of of the food which they eat. And there shall behealth which all of the people of the earth many others who shall be sick and afflicteddisobey and do not understand. And those days because of the technology that ye haveshall also be shortened for the sake of the elect developed among you that causeth you towho shall be forced to suffer exceedingly become inactive and overweight because of thebecause of the wickedness of those days. easiness of your lives, which Satan hath given unto you according to his plan. 12 Nevertheless, as I have explained untoyou, that the technology and the knowledge of 18 Now, if ye are young and are excessivelythese things shall be given unto you in the last overweight, what cause of joy do ye have todays by Satan, so that it shall be possible that live? Do ye enjoy the bodies that ye have,ye do not grow old in the state of the flesh in which shall not grow old, yet are obese andwhich ye shall find yourselves. But if ye susceptible to all manner of disease that canreceive by this technology the ability to live end your life anyway? Yea, is the quality offorever in a state of youth, this doth not your life sufficient unto you to bring you thenecessarily mean that ye shall exist in a state happiness that ye desire?of health and happiness. 19 I say unto you that ye are not happy, but are miserable; and if it were not for the things that Satan hath provided for you to assuage your unhappiness, then ye would have no desire to live. Chapter 92 533

TSP 92:20– 92:34 affecteth the natural state in which the earth was created. And this knowledge that they shall 20 And now I shall give unto you a receive from Satan shall begin to destroy thedescription of the lifestyle and manner of living earth and kill the people of the earth.of those during the time that the Lord shall beupon the earth in the power of the Father. And 28 And now, it is important to understand thatin this description ye shall see the great benefits the powers of the Father should do nothing butof health and strength that shall come to all of give happiness to His children. Behold, none ofthose who follow the plan of the Father. these powers should be used to hurt any of the creations of God; and the earth and all of its 21 And if ye were to follow the plan of the inhabitants are the creations of God.Father in all things, then ye would know truehappiness, which is a joy that lasteth forever 29 And in the day of the Lord, the great powerunder the eternal plan that our Father hath given of the process that is used by the vegetation ofus to provide this never ending happiness. the earth to maintain a healthy living environment shall be used by the Lord to heal 22 Behold, in that day there shall also be no the earth and provide fresh water, and clean air,death; and the reason why there shall be no and delicious and plentiful food for all thedeath is because none who are upon the earth inhabitants of the earth.shall grow old. And all shall grow to the age oftheir maturity and remain in that state forever. 30 And there shall be no need for fires or heat to cook food, for the natural state of all things 23 And the Lord shall begin to cleanse the shall be maintained for the health andearth from the manner in which technology and enjoyment of all.science is used to bring happiness to those ofyou in the latter days. For behold, any use of 31 Behold, in the beginning the Fatherthis technology or science that destroyeth the commanded that the seeds of the plants from hisnatural order of the earth, shall no longer be own planet be brought upon this planet andpermitted to remain upon the earth. planted to bring forth the eternal perpetuation of themselves that existeth in these seeds. For 24 Yea, the oil which ye of the latter days take behold, all plants are eternal in and offrom the earth, shall be used no more; even all themselves. For the seed shall grow into aof the waste byproducts of your efforts to mature plant and cast it seeds again toprovide energy for the function of those things perpetuate itself continually forever.which ye have developed because of youradvancements in science and technology, even 32 Now, this great power which is containedall these things shall be taken from off the earth. in all the seeds that giveth life unto the world shall be harnessed according to the knowledge 25 For in the day of the Lord, the power of the and command of the Lord. And he shallnatural sun shall be used to give to the earth all command the balance of nature to once againthings which are necessary for the happiness become like it was in the garden of Eden, inand enjoyment of its inhabitants. which were placed Adam and Eve. 26 Behold, it is this power that giveth life unto 33 For all noxious weeds and plants whichthe plants which provide the foods that we were put upon the earth to inhibit the happiness ofshould eat to maintain our strength and our the children of men for their own sake andhealth. And the process by which these plants experience, shall be taken off the earth.captivate and use the power of the sun shall be Nevertheless, if a plant supporteth the balanceintroduced and used by the Lord and his and order of nature in its production of food forservants to provide the people of the earth with the consumption of the people of the earth, then itall the energy that they need to be happy. shall remain, whether it is an edible plant or not. 27 And Satan shall strive to give this 34 And there are many plants which surviveknowledge of the power of the sun to the in the environment in which they are created tochildren of men in the latter days before the purify the air that we breathe and maintain acoming of the Lord. But the knowledge that he constant order in the atmosphere that allowethshall give unto those who worship him andreceive his mark shall be a knowledge that534 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

for life to perpetuate itself. And these plants TSP 92:35– 92:48shall remain, not only for their purifyingabilities in the order of their nature, but also for is similar to the state of those bodies which shalltheir beauty, which is beheld by the children of reside in the Telestial kingdom of glory.God, and in which they receive much joy. 42 Nevertheless, there shall be some among 35 But every plant that doth not benefit the them upon the earth that shall have perfectedhappiness of the children of God, shall no longer bodies that have received the resurrection thatbe upon the earth in the day of the Lord, for he pertaineth to the glory that they have chosenshall command them to be destroyed that they for themselves.shall no longer inhibit the joy and happinessexperienced by the people of the earth. 43 Yea, these are those who were resurrected with Christ, and also all those who have proven 36 And the trees and plants that produce themselves worthy of the resurrection after thefood shall be placed once again in their natural first resurrection occurred.state, which state shall be overseen by thosewho have been chosen by the Lord to produce 44 Now, I have already touched upon thesefood in its abundance. And this process of things in this record—concerning thefood production shall be according to the laws resurrection—but it sufficeth me to say that theof nature, and not the laws of men. majority of all the mortal bodies that the spirits of the children of God shall inhabit in mortality 37 For the laws of men cause chaos in the during the great millennium of the Lord, shall belaws of nature and bring forth fruits and the liken unto those bodies of a Terrestrial and of aproduce of plants that are deficient in the natural Telestial nature. And all these bodies shall benutrients that provide for the health and strength healthy bodies which shall reach the age ofof those for whom these plants are intended. maturity and never grow old again. 38 And if these foods are produced in their 45 And they shall eat of the fruit and the foodsnatural states, then the natural nutrients are that shall be produced for them by the industrymaintained therein, and then these foods shall of production that the Lord shall set upprovide for the bodies of the people of the earth throughout the whole earth. And these foodsso that they might live in their youth without shall be available to all people without price andsickness and pestilence and the diseases that whenever their hearts so desire them.would kill them. 46 And there shall be no more eating of flesh 39 Now, this perpetual youth is not the upon the earth. Yea, ye have in the words of theresurrection of the body to its eternal state, but is prophets that which they wrote, saying: Buta state of mortality only. For in an eternal state, with righteousness shall he judge the poor, andthe spirits of the children of God shall not be reprove with equity for the meek of the earth;able to leave the flesh that they shall receive in and he shall smite the earth with the rod of histhe resurrection according to the kingdom mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall hewhich they shall inherit according to their slay the wicked.individual desires for happiness. 47 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his 40 And during the time of the Lord, all spirits loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.shall be brought forth into the earth to live in The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and themortality according to the days of their leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calfprobation, which days are necessary for them to and the young lion and the fatling shall playshow unto them that the degree of glory in the together, and a little child shall lead them. Andkingdoms of the Father that they have chosen the cow and the bear shall feed upon the plantsfor themselves, is the kingdom that fulfilleth all of the earth from which all things receiveth theirof their desires for happiness. life; and their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 41 Behold, during the final reign of the Lordupon the earth, all bodies of flesh and bone that 48 And the sucking child shall play on thehave not been resurrected, shall be in a state that hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the den of a cockatrice. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Chapter 92 535

TSP 92:49– 92:61 woman might receive from an animal; yea, all those that serve no purpose to generate a state 49 Behold, how blessed shall be the day of the of happiness for the children of God, shall beLord and the establishment of the plan of the taken from off the earth.Father upon the earth. How glorious shall bethat time when there existeth no more death, nor 55 For behold, these were placed here in thethe murder of an animal for food, neither by the beginning to be an example unto the children ofhand of man, nor by the order of nature which the Father of the difference between the plan ofcauseth one animal to eat another to maintain Lucifer, which would allow one creature to bethe balance therein. more powerful than another and consume the weaker creature at the pleasure of the stronger 50 Yea, during these days the animals upon one, and the plan of the Father, which provideththe earth shall not fear man, neither shall man all things in equality for the enjoyment andfear any animal. And all animals shall be happiness of all of His creations.changed by the command and knowledge ofthe Lord, which shall fill the earth and instruct 56 And now, I say unto you of the latter dayshis holy angels and servants to change the who shall live upon the earth before the greatnature of the bodies of the animals of the earth day of the Lord, yea, why do ye not see the greatby his command. benefits of eating healthy according to the laws of nature, which would give you the health and 51 And when the change hath come upon strength that ye desire?them, then shall all animals eat from the fruitsand plants that taketh their power from the sun 57 Yea, why do ye allow those things whichand provideth nutrients for all life. And the fish are processed by the hand of man and givenof the sea shall not consume one another unto you after they have passed through theanymore, but they shall be like unto the great destroying heat of fire, which taketh fromleviathan who eateth the order of plants that the them their beneficial nutrients, to be taken intoLord hath provided in the sea in an abundance, your bodies?and from which these great beasts of the seareceive their nutrients. And all fish in the sea 58 Why do ye cause yourselves to dependshall receive their nutrients in this manner, not upon the doctors and physicians that have sethurting or destroying in any form throughout the themselves up above you to maintain powerentire earth. over you and get gain from you? 52 And when all the animals of nature begin 59 Behold, if ye would eat those things whichto eat those things which are of a different order, are natural, then ye would not be sick and yeeven the plant life which hath been provided for would not have a need for a doctor. And if yethem by the Lord to exist in the environs in are sick, and would die, except it be that ye arewhich they were placed to fulfill the measure of saved by the hand of a doctor, why is it that yetheir creation, then shall the fear diminish and have no faith in God, in that, if ye die, ye diedisappear among all the creatures of the earth. unto Him? 53 Now, all creatures are created for the 60 Know ye not that your Father loveth you,benefit of the children of God. Behold, they and that He would take you unto Himself in loveare not created to act independently of and mercy in the death of the mortal body whichthemselves, so that they might be like unto the is causing you pain and sorrow? Why do yesouls of men, who act consciously in their trust in the arm of flesh and use these doctors toindividual desires of joy and happiness. But save the flesh that it might be a continual burdenthese shall exist to provide this joy to those of unto you, when ye could enjoy the peace of thea higher order, who are the children of God Father that he hath promised the righteouswho have been made in His own image. through the peace of death? 54 Therefore, all those animals that do not 61 Behold, I know why ye trust in thesebring forth joy and happiness to the children doctors and physicians among you; yea, yeof God in their interactions with them, trust in them because ye do not have faith inaccording to the happiness that a man or a God; and because ye do not have faith in God,536 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

ye fear death; and it is this fear of death that TSP 92:62– 92:74causeth you to seek out your doctors and yourphysicians that they might heal the infirmities 68 Now among these were of the children ofthat ye have brought upon yourselves because Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah;of the food that ye eat and the lack of exercise unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gavethat causeth your bodies to rot away in a state different names than those that had been givenof lethargic misery. them by their fathers; for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of 62 Do ye think for a moment that there shall Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and tobe doctors and physicians during the time that Azariah, of Abednego.the Lord reigneth upon the earth, even when heshall introduce the commandments of the Father 69 But Daniel, knowing the law of the Lordpertaining to health and strength? in all things, purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of 63 I say unto you, that there shall not be a the meat of the king, nor with the wine whichdoctor or a physician anywhere upon the earth. he drank; therefore he requested of the princeAnd those who exist upon the earth at the great of the eunuchs that he might not defile himselfand dreadful day of the Lord, shall be those who with these things.shall suffer the indignation of the wrath of Godthat shall be given unto them by the rod of his 70 Now, God had brought Daniel into favormouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.slay all the doctors and physicians upon the earth. And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel: I fear my lord, the king, who hath appointed 64 Behold, I have seen the great wickedness your meat and your drink that ye might bein the latter days pertaining to the state of health nourished before him; for why should he seethat shall be among you. And never hath there your faces worse looking than the childrenbeen a more discontented people upon the earth which are his princes and not of your sort? If hebecause of the unhealthy state of the bodies that seeth this in you, then shall ye make meye maintain during the days of your probation in endanger my head to the king.mortality in the latter days. 71 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the 65 Yea, ye have the scriptures before you, yet prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel,ye do not understand them, and ye read those Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Prove thythings only which speaketh gentle words to your servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let themsouls and causeth you to justify the wickedness give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Then letof your hearts. our countenances be looked upon before thee, and compare them to the countenance of the 66 Behold, the prophet Daniel gave unto you children that eat of the portion of the meat of thean example of the law of the Lord pertaining to king; and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.the foods which ye should eat among you. Andit is written, saying: And the king spake unto 72 So he consented to them in this matter, andAshpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he proved them ten days. And at the end of tenshould bring certain of the children of Israel, and days their countenances appeared fairer andof the seed of the king, who were the princes; fatter in flesh than all the children which did eatyea, children in whom was no blemish, but well the portion of the meat of the king and whofavored, and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning drank his wine.in knowledge, and understanding science, andsuch as had ability in them to stand in the palace 73 Thus Melzar took away the portion of theirof the king, and whom they might teach the meat, and the wine that they should drink; andlearning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. gave them pulse. As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all 67 And the king appointed them a daily learning and wisdom; and above them all Danielprovision of the meat of the king, and of the had understanding in all visions and dreamswine which he drank that they might be because he was called as a prophet of God.nourished for three years; and that at the endthereof they might stand before the king. 74 Now at the end of the days that the king had commanded his servant to bring them in, Chapter 92 537

TSP 92:75– 93:8 that shall cause you to destroy the order of nature by which ye were created.then the prince of the eunuchs brought them inbefore Nebuchadnezzar. And the king 2 Behold, in the latter days there shall be greatcommuned with them; and among them all, was pride and vanity throughout the earth because offound none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and the image that the beast shall present unto youAzariah; therefore stood they before the king. and cause you to worship. Yea, the image of the beast shall cause that there shall be a standard 75 And in all matters of wisdom and set for the appearance of a man and a woman.understanding, that the king inquired ofthem, he found them ten times better than all 3 And the people of the earth shall begin tothe magicians and astrologers that were in all worship this image and do all in their power tohis realm. follow this image and reach this standard of beauty that hath been set for them. 76 Now, Daniel could not have been a prophetif he did not understand the mysteries and the 4 And there shall be many who again deny thelaws of God pertaining to all things. And he did power of God, and also their faith in God, in thatunderstand these things, and for this reason he which they have been given according to theintroduced the laws of health to the king and his natural order of all things. For the standard ofhouse that they might know the power of God beauty that shall be set by the image of the beastwhich was in him. shall be that which all desire. 77 And now, the Lord is not so much 5 And if by the course of nature this beauty isconcerned with that which ye consume to live, not had by many of those of the latter days, thenbut he is more concerned with that which ye do shall they go to the doctors and the physicianswith the life and the energy that ye receive from who shall receive a knowledge and an expertisethe food that ye eat. from Satan to change the form of their faces, and their bodies, and their natures to conform to 78 Nevertheless, during the millennium, there the standard that the beast hath set for them.shall be no more taking the life of an animal forits flesh, nor shall any be allowed to cook their 6 And I say unto you, that ye that doeth thesefood for nourishment of the bodies that shall be things denieth the power of the Father and shallprovided in those days for the children of men. be condemned for that which ye have done to yourselves, which is contrary to the order of CHAPTER 93 nature that maintaineth a balance in all things. And these changes which ye shall make forThe error of cosmetic surgery because of vanity yourselves shall cause you more misery than theis touched upon. The relationships between all temporary joy that they shall give unto youhuman beings during the millennium are when ye look into a mirror and behold the imagedescribed. The nations of the Telestial, of that which ye have been convinced is theTerrestrial, and Celestial kingdoms will be standard of beauty that should be maintained.established, with the city of Zion and Jerusalembeing the main cities of the Lord’s government. 7 Behold, God loveth all of his children andThe gospel will spread throughout the earth and will give unto each of them according to theirthe people will choose for themselves in which needs to learn during the days of their probation.nation they will live. Only the Celestial people And many of these shall not reach the standardwill be allowed to have children. of beauty that hath been set for them by the beast; and they shall not have the means AND now, the consumption of food is not the whereby they might make the change to theironly thing in which ye sin grossly in the latter appearance to conform to this standard; yet, dodays as pertaining to the laws of health and ye think that the Father loveth them less thanhappiness; but there are other ways that shall be those who have been given this standard ofintroduced among you by the plan of Lucifer beauty by nature? 8 I say unto you that He doth not love them less, but shall bless them exceedingly if they538 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

will but have faith in Him and His will. Behold, TSP 93:9– 93:20it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord thatall of those who have changed their bodies to the course of mortality, there shall only be aconform to the standard set for them by the few who shall be given the power and theimage of the beast; yea, these shall be the ugliest authority to provide the mortal bodies for theamong all the children of men upon the earth. spirits who shall still be in the spirit world awaiting another chance in mortality to 9 For in that day, all of the unnatural parts of experience the days of their probation.their bodies shall fail them, and they shall nolonger function as they should function. And 15 For behold, during the millennium of thethose who have deformities, or who have been Lord, all the spirits of the children of Godburdened with what they perceive as levels of shall be upon the earth in mortality. And therebeauty that are below the standard of beauty shall be none left in the spirit world exceptthat giveth them their happiness, these shall Lucifer and those who chose to follow him inthe Lord bless and cause by his power that his plan. And these shall remain in the spiritthey receive the body and the beauty that they world and shall observe all things that shalldesire for their happiness. transpire upon the earth as the children of God live according to His plan. 10 And these desires of happiness comethfrom the natural sexual desires that all shall 16 And at this time Lucifer shall be bound andexperience according to the laws of nature. shall not be permitted to inspire the hearts of theNevertheless, in that day, there shall only be a children of men to follow his plan. For sixfew who shall have the bodies necessary to thousand years the plan of Lucifer was tried andcreate children and be parents. Yea, these are tested upon the earth. And for all of these yearsthose who have proven to themselves that the there was turmoil, and strife, and all manner ofsacrifice of their own selfishness bringeth more wickedness upon the earth.happiness to them, than the fulfillment of theirown selfish desires. 17 And during the millennium of the Lord, Lucifer and those that follow him shall see the 11 Yea, in that day only those women shall effects of the plan of the Father that shall behave breasts and the beauty of a natural implemented by the Son according to the will ofwoman that can produce a child. And only the Father in all things.those men who are worthy shall have the partsof the male body that are necessary so that 18 And at that day shall the desire for sexualthey might create children. relations be taken from off the earth except it be among those who have the power in their own 12 But the majority of the people of the earth bodies to produce the mortal bodies for theat this time shall be like unto a eunuch, or shall spirits who must enter again into mortality fromhave those bodies that shall exist in the the spirit world.Terrestrial and Telestial kingdoms of glory. Atthat day there shall be no distinction between a 19 And now, these sexual desires have beenman and a woman except it be among those the means of much wickedness during the firstwho are worthy of this distinction. six thousand years of the existence of the children of men upon the earth; yea, these 13 Behold, the spirits of the children of God natural enticings, being that which overcameshall inhabit the body that they have chosen Eve because of her desire to bear children andfor themselves as their desires of happiness. keep the commandment of the Father in thisAnd if their desires of happiness are not thing; even these things are the enticings of theCelestial in nature, then they shall not have a flesh of those who have the body parts that arebody of a male or a female, which body designed to produce children.dependeth on the choice of the spirit whowould be a male or female according to that 20 And as the children of men go through thewhich bringeth to them the most happiness. days of their probation upon the earth, they are tested and proven to see if they are worthy to 14 And in those days that shall continue in have this great power. And the means of their tests are the enticements of the flesh in the want of sex and the enjoyment that these enticements provide to all of the children of men. Chapter 93 539

TSP 93:21– 93:35 21 And there have been none, save a few only, 28 And these groups shall be the only divisionwho have proven themselves worthy of this made among the inhabitants of the earth. Andgreat power. And with this power, the there shall be seven parts of the world that shallenticement and gratification of sex is continued have a border, of sorts, between them. Andfor the benefit and the blessing of those who these shall be the only borders that shall existhave proven themselves worthy of this power. upon the earth, but they shall not be borders established by one people to keep another 22 But the majority of the children of God people from coming into their nation, but theywho shall be upon the earth during the shall be for the distinction of the place upon themillennial reign of the Lord, shall not have earth that the Lord shall establish for the peoplethis power, neither shall they have these of the different kingdoms of glory that they haveenticements which caused them so much chosen for themselves.wickedness during the early days of theirprobation, or during these first six thousand 29 And there shall exist three separateyears. And without the parts of the body that kingdoms of those who are Telestial people. Andare required to produce children, the desire to there shall be three separate kingdoms for thosedo so shall no longer be with them. who are Terrestrial people. And these people shall divide themselves into these kingdoms 23 And in that day there shall be no more according to their desires of happiness.family units, nor shall there be any nations orkingdoms, or borders of any kind, except it be 30 And the laws that shall be established inthose that shall be established by the Lord these separate kingdoms shall be the laws thataccording to the laws of the Father. And all are like unto those eternal laws that shallthe people of the earth shall speak the same govern the planet on which they shall betongue and all will understand their neighbor placed to live forever after the resurrection,as they are understood. having eternal life and enjoying the state that they have chosen for themselves. 24 And there shall be no partnerships, orcompanionships, or husbands and wives, or 31 And these kingdoms shall be calledsisters and brothers who belong to a separated nations. And these six nations shall be calledfamily that hath set itself apart from the earth; Telestialand, and Telestialnom, and Telestialsan,for all the inhabitants of the earth shall be according to those borders in which reside thosebrothers and sisters, yea, children of the Father, of a Telestial state.their God and Creator. 32 And the nations of those who desire the 25 And the children that shall come forth in laws of happiness of a Terrestrial state shallthat day shall be cared for by all the be called Terrestrialand, and Terrestrialnom,inhabitants of the righteous nation in which and Terrestrialsan.they shall be created, but more especially bythe mothers who created them. 33 And the Lord shall command that the governments of these kingdoms be set up 26 And now, there shall be friendships that according to the laws of happiness that shallrise up among all the people of the earth, but exist in these kingdoms of glory in the eternalthere shall be no isolation in these friendships; in kingdom of the Father.other words, all shall be friends with theirneighbors. And those neighbors who are not 34 And the seventh nation shall be theknown intimately by one, shall become known, governing nation in which shall dwell all thosefor the love that shall abide in the hearts of all who pertain to the Celestial kingdom of glory.the people shall be equal one towards another Behold, these are the righteous who have lived upon the earth. These are those who are some 27 Yea, at this time there shall be upon the male and others are female according to theirearth all of the children of God who have desires for happiness.chosen for themselves that kingdom in whichthey have chosen to reside in the eternal 35 And by these shall the rest of the people ofkingdoms of the Father. the earth be served. For they shall be the servants of those who belong to the other six nations of the earth.540 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ

36 And the Lord shall appoint twelve from TSP 93:36– 93:50among them to be the governors of thesenations. And these twelve shall rule and reign in they do with the laws and the manner of livingthese kingdoms under the direction of the Lord, of their own kingdom.who shall establish his government in bothhemispheres of the world, one of these capitals 44 And those who are both Telestial spiritsbeing called the City of Zion, which shall be and Terrestrial spirits shall travel to Jerusalemupon this land; and the other being called and to Zion and shall see the Celestial people inJerusalem after the city in which the Lord came their manner of living; and they shall know fordown during the days of his own probation. themselves that the kingdom which they have chosen for themselves is truly that which will 37 And then shall the words of the prophets bring them the most happiness.be fulfilled, which were written, saying: Andit shall come to pass in the last days, that the 45 For the people of the Celestial cities shallmountain of the house of the Lord shall be be servants who shall have the power and theestablished in the top of the mountains, and authority of the Lord to spend all the days ofshall be exalted above the hills; and all nations their lives in the service of others, for this isshall flow unto it. what bringeth them their own happiness. 38 And many people shall go and say, Come 46 And those of the Telestial kingdoms andye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, the Terrestrial kingdoms, yea, these shall notto the house of the God of Jacob; and he will have the desire to serve others all the days ofteach us of his ways, and we will walk in his their lives, but they shall have the desire to bepaths; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and served and receive from another those thingsthe word of the Lord from Jerusalem. that make them happy. 39 And he shall judge among the nations, 47 And it shall come to pass that there shalland shall rebuke many people; and they shall exist an attitude of extraordinary love andbeat their swords into plowshares, and their respect for one another, and all shall respect thespears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift rights of another to live their lives the way thatup sword against nation, neither shall they they have chosen for themselves.learn war any more. 48 And now, it is expedient that ye understand 40 And it shall come to pass in that day that why it is that the Father hath commanded thethe people of the earth shall look to Zion and Lord to establish the kingdoms of His gloriesto Jerusalem for the law of the Lord. And the upon the earth in these final days. Behold, whenpeople shall know the twelve who have been we lived as spirits in the kingdom of our Father,chosen by the Lord to rule over the other we were raised by our Eternal Mothers andnations of the earth. taught all those things which were necessary to allow us to grow as a spirit and to understand the 41 And all people shall be given the freedom plan of the Father in all things.to travel in all parts of the earth, visiting all thedifferent kingdoms and living among the people 49 And the choices of the different kingdomsaccording to their desires. of glory were explained unto us, and we understood them, having been taught these 42 And now, this is the will of the Father things by our Mothers. Nevertheless, becauseconcerning this thing, for this is the final we were spirits, we did not understand all thingsopportunity for His children to know for pertaining to these different kingdoms of glory;themselves which kingdom of glory best suiteth or in other words, we did not know from ourtheir desires for happiness. own experience what it would be like to exist in these kingdoms with a body of flesh and bone 43 For those who are Telestial shall travel into that would provide our spirits with the eternalthe lands of those who live by the laws of the joy and happiness that our Eternal Father andTerrestrial kingdom; and when they come into Mothers enjoy in their kingdom.the land, they shall not feel as comfortable or atease with these laws and this manner of living as 50 Yet, we made our choice according to our understanding. But also, our Eternal Parents helped us in our determination of which Chapter 93 541

TSP 93:51– 93:62 within themselves whether or not the kingdom of glory that they have chosen for themselveskingdom of glory would be the one that would is the right one for them.bring our particular spirit and its own individualcharacteristics and personality the greatest 57 And for this reason, the Father hathamount of happiness. commanded the Son to establish these kingdoms upon the earth in similitude of what 51 For They knew us better than we knew they shall be like when the planets areourselves as Their spirit children, because They transformed into these kingdoms in the own duehave the experience that we did not yet have time of the Father.because of the state of existence in which weresided in the preexistent state in the kingdom of 58 Now, during the millennium of the Lord,our Father. And They had already passed all of the children of God shall have thethrough this state and were exalted beings who opportunity to live for many, many years; yea,knew in and of Themselves all things that pertain even for the better part of one thousand yearsto all of the glories of the kingdom of God. upon the earth in peace and happiness; and during this millennium be allowed to 52 And it was our Eternal Mothers who knew experience, in the flesh, the kingdom that theywhich of us would be Celestial, and which of us have chosen for themselves.would be Terrestrial, and which of us would beTelestial, because They were with us from the 59 However, even during these days, theybeginning of our existence and watched us grow shall not know for a surety which kingdomand use our free agency to act and think for shall bring them the most happiness. But afterourselves and make our own choices based they have lived according to the laws of theupon this free agency. Father, and after they have been able to see for themselves the institution of these laws in 53 Therefore, because we knew by the word their lives upon the earth with a body of fleshof our Eternal Parents, and also by our own and bone, which shall be similar to the bodychoice, which kingdom of glory would best suit that they have chosen for themselves; yea,us forever, we were ready to enter into our after so many years of this experience, thensecond estate, which is the state in which we shall they know for a surety that the plan of thewould receive our bodies of flesh and bone and Father is just, and that kingdom which theyprove to ourselves further, that the kingdom of have chosen for themselves is the eternalglory that we had chosen to reside in forever, kingdom that shall provide for them thewas that kingdom that would bring us the most greatest source of happiness according to theirhappiness of all the kingdoms of God. individual desires of happiness. 54 And I have already explained unto you 60 And it shall come to pass at this time, thathow Lucifer rebelled against the plan of the Lucifer and those spirits who followed him inFather and introduced his own plan for our the beginning; yea, these shall also have theeternal salvation. And if it was that easy for opportunity to witness from the spirit world theLucifer to convince one third of all the children plan of the Father in full effect upon the earth.of the Father that his plan might provide more And these will be able to choose for themselveshappiness for us, then we can see, that in the whether they will follow the plan of the Father,beginning, many of us were not convinced of or continue to follow the plan of Lucifer.our final choice of our eternal kingdom of glory. 61 And if these repent, then they, too, shall be 55 And there were many who did not given the chance to come into mortality and takefollow Lucifer, but followed Jehovah in his upon them the flesh and bone prepared by thedesire to follow the plan that the Father Father, and experience the kingdoms of Godpresented unto us; and these were still unsure upon the earth, so that they can know for aof themselves, but they loved the Father, and surety that the plan of the Father is just and true.knew their Mothers, who pleaded with themto follow the Father. 62 And now, this is the mystery that the Lord hath commanded me to give unto you; yea, I 56 And there shall be many still, even afterthe days of their probation, who shall doubt542 The Sealed Portion—The Final Testament of Jesus Christ