The Prophesy About the Latter-day Gentiles
The first
thing to understand about these three chapters is that they are Christ’s
prophesy, quoting the Father. This is
particularly hard doctrine and goes against some of our most deeply held
traditions in the LDS Church; it will ask whether you believe Christ and His
Book of Mormon or other, much more comfortable things we have been told are
true – because they both can’t be true, as they are in complete opposition to
each other, as we will see...
READ 3
Nephi 16:6-7
Who are
the Gentiles and who are the House of Israel?
What is
the Fullness of the Gospel?
When is
the latter day?
What
Gentiles in the latter days received the Fullness of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ?
Why did
the Lord give the Fullness of the Gospel to the Gentiles first in the latter
days?
READ 3
Nephi 21:6
What is
the promise to the latter day Gentiles?
READ 3
Nephi 16:8-9
How were
the native populations of Israel living in the Americas “trodden underfoot”?
What does
it mean to be “unbelieving” toward the Fullness of the Gospel?
What is a
“wo” from the Father?
READ 3
Nephi 16:9
What does
this verse teach us about the roles of the Father and the Son?
Who are
the “Lord’s people”?
Why are
the Lord’s people allowed to be so mistreated by the Gentiles?
READ 3
Nephi 16:10
Whose
prophesy is this?
Will the
Gentiles sin against and reject the Fullness of the Gospel and lose it in the
latter days?
Who are
being referred to when the Lord talks about Gentiles rejecting the Fullness of
the Gospel?
Is it
possible to reject the Fullness of the Gospel without rejecting the Gospel?
When in
the past has the Fullness of the Gospel been rejected but the Gospel and Church
still continued on the earth?
What
happened to Israel when they rejected the Fullness of the Gospel?
What
happens when the Gentiles reject the Fullness of the Gospel?
READ
D&C 84:49-60
Why are
we still under condemnation as a Church to this day?
How will
we know that the latter-day Gentile Church have rejected the Fullness of the
Gospel?
READ D&C 13:1-3 and D&C 124:28
What
priesthood will never be taken again from the earth?
What
priesthood was already lost to the Church by 1841?
Does the
promise that the Aaronic Priesthood will never again be taken from the earth
mean that the Gentile Church (LDS) will always have it?
READ 2
Nephi 28:14
What does
it mean to have “gone astray”? How many
“degrees” astray counts as being “astray”?
1 degree? 10 degrees? 180 degrees?
If a “few
humble followers of Christ” have not gone “astray” but have still been “led to
err by the precepts of men”, what does that mean and by whom were they taught
or led?
When we
say the Prophet cannot be led astray or lead us astray, what does that mean?
What
about the “Lord’s promise” that the Church will never be led astray?
READ 3
Nephi 16:11
What will
cause the Lord to “remember the covenant” He made with “His” people?
READ 3
Nephi 16:12
In the
latter days, do the Gentiles claim power and authority over Israel?
READ 3
Nephi 16:14-15
We
already spoke about how the Gentiles have “trodden under foot” the House of
Israel; what does it mean that the House of Israel will go among the Gentiles
and “tread them down”?
Why is
salt that has lost its savor cast out and how will the Gentiles become this
savorless salt?
READ 3
Nephi 21:8-9
What does
it mean that kings will “shut their mouths” when they see what the Father is
doing to establish Zion?
READ 3
Nephi 20:15-20
The whole
world will see the destruction of the Gentiles in America; what is one of the
tools the Lord will use?
Describe
the imagery of a “sword” hanging over someone; and why a sword of Justice?
READ 3
Nephi 21:15-18
The Lord
names specific purging He will do among the Gentiles in the latter days but the
language is that of the ancient Near East – what does He mean?
READ 3
Nephi 21:19-20
How do
lies, deception, envy and strife lead to priestcraft and whoredom?
READ 3
Nephi 21:21
Who will
Christ execute “vengeance and fury” upon?
How will
He execute this vengeance and fury?
Why is it
“vengeance” upon the Gentiles?
READ
D&C 112:23-26
Where
will the Lord’s vengeance and fury with the Gentiles begin?
READ 3
Nephi 16:16
Who will
inherit the land of America; who is “this people”?
READ 3
Nephi 16:17-20
According
to Christ, what was Isaiah prophesying about?
How will
the Lord’s “holy arm” be “made bare” and how will the eyes of all nations see
it?
What does
the destruction of the Gentiles produce in America?
What do
the ideas of “singing together,” “seeing eye to eye” and the Lord bringing
again Zion have to do with each other (see also 3 Nephi 20:32-35)?
READ 3 Nephi 16:13
Do the
Gentiles have any hope?
What do
the Gentiles need to repent of and how do they return to Christ?
READ 3
Nephi 21:22
What does it mean that Christ “will” establish His Church among them;
don’t we already have “His” Church?
READ 3 Nephi 21:23-26
Who will
bring the Fullness of the Gospel to the House of Israel in the latter days?
What is “this gospel” that the Lord will preach to the Remnant of Israel
at that day?
READ D&C 133:26-34
How can the Gentile Church both reject the Fullness of the Gospel, yet
servants of the tribe of Ephraim, which is associated with Joseph Smith, be the
ones to bestow crowns upon Israel?
So, how
big is Christ’s Church among the Gentiles in the latter days?
The
Prophesy About the Remnant of Jacob
READ 3
Nephi 20:10
Who is
the Remnant of the House of Israel referred to here by Christ?
READ 3
Nephi 20:13, 21-22
How many
“Remnants” will there be?
How will
these Remnants be “gathered in” to be brought to the knowledge of the Lord who
hath redeemed them?
What will
differentiate Zion from all other cities?
READ 3
Nephi 20:23-24
What did
Moses have that was then lost to Israel because of lack of belief and rejection
of Jehovah?
Why does
the Lord say “all the prophets from Samuel…”?
What does
it mean that all of these prophets “testified of” Christ?
What is
the key to the Remnant of Israel awakening?
3 Nephi
20:25-26
What does
it mean to be a “child of the prophets”?
Why did
the Father send Christ to Israel first?
Does
being the literal children guarantee them anything?
READ 3
Nephi 20:27-29
Why did
the House of Israel, and why will the Gentiles, merit condemnation, or
the Law of Restoration returning their iniquities back upon their own heads?
READ 3
Nephi 20:30-31
Who will
accept the Fullness of the Gospel?
What does
it mean to accept the Fullness of the Gospel?
READ 3
Nephi 20:36-46
Why do
the Remnant need to awake, shake off the dust, arise, and put on their
beautiful garments?
How will
the Remnant know Christ’s name in the latter day?
Will the
Remnant come to know Christ in Zion or before it is built?
READ 3 Nephi
21:1-3
Why is
Christ giving us a sign – aren’t signs bad?
How will
we know when will these things come to pass?
