The Collected Works of Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith Jr.

The Collected Works of Joseph Smith - Joseph Smith Jr.


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       saints of God.

      1 Nephi 15:29

       29 And I said unto them that it was a representation of that

       awful hell, which the angel said unto me was prepared for the

       wicked.

      1 Nephi 15:30

       30 And I said unto them that our father also saw that the

       justice of God did also divide the wicked from the righteous; and

       the brightness thereof was like unto the brightness of a flaming

       fire, which ascendeth up unto God forever and ever, and hath no

       end.

      1 Nephi 15:31

       31 And they said unto me: Doth this thing mean the torment of

       the body in the days of probation, or doth it mean the final

       state of the soul after the death of the temporal body, or doth

       it speak of the things which are temporal?

      1 Nephi 15:32

       32 And it came to pass that I said unto them that it was a

       representation of things both temporal and spiritual; for the day

       should come that they must be judged of their works, yea, even

       the works which were done by the temporal body in their days of

       probation.

      1 Nephi 15:33

       33 Wherefore, if they should die in their wickedness they must

       be cast off also, as to the things which are spiritual, which are

       pertaining to righteousness; wherefore, they must be brought to

       stand before God, to be judged of their works; and if their works

       have been filthiness they must needs be filthy; and if they be

       filthy it must needs be that they cannot dwell in the kingdom of

       God; if so, the kingdom of God must be filthy also.

      1 Nephi 15:34

       34 But behold, I say unto you, the kingdom of God is not filthy,

       and there cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of God;

       wherefore there must needs be a place of filthiness prepared for

       that which is filthy.

      1 Nephi 15:35

       35 And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful hell of

       which I have spoken, and the devil is the preparator of it;

       wherefore the final state of the souls of men is to dwell in the

       kingdom of God, or to be cast out because of that justice of

       which I have spoken.

      1 Nephi 15:36

       36 Wherefore, the wicked are rejected from the righteous, and

       also from that tree of life, whose fruit is most precious and

       most desirable above all other fruits; yea, and it is the

       greatest of all the gifts of God. And thus I spake unto my

       brethren. Amen.

      1 Nephi 16 Chapter 16

      1 Nephi 16:1

       1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end

       of speaking to my brethren, behold they said unto me: Thou hast

       declared unto us hard things, more than we are able to bear.

      1 Nephi 16:2

       2 And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I

       had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the

       truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that

       they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty

       taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very

       center.

      1 Nephi 16:3

       3 And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to

       hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walk

       uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the

       truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us.

      1 Nephi 16:4

       4 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did exhort my brethren,

       with all diligence, to keep the commandments of the Lord.

      1 Nephi 16:5

       5 And it came to pass that they did humble themselves before the

       Lord; insomuch that I had joy and great hopes of them, that they

       would walk in the paths of righteousness.

      1 Nephi 16:6

       6 Now, all these things were said and done as my father dwelt in

       a tent in the valley which he called Lemuel.

      1 Nephi 16:7

       7 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the daughters

       of Ishmael to wife; and also, my brethren took of the daughters

       of Ishmael to wife; and also Zoram took the eldest daughter of

       Ishmael to wife.

      1 Nephi 16:8

       8 And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments of the

       Lord which had been given unto him. And also, I, Nephi, had been

       blessed of the Lord exceedingly.

      1 Nephi 16:9

       9 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord spake unto my

       father by night, and commanded him that on the morrow he should

       take his journey into the wilderness.

      1 Nephi 16:10

       10 And it came to pass that as my father arose in the morning,

       and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment he

       beheld upon the ground a round ball of curious workmanship; and

       it was of fine brass. And within the ball were two spindles; and

       the one pointed the way whither we should go into the wilderness.

      1 Nephi 16:11

       11 And it came to pass that we did gather together whatsoever

       things we should carry into the wilderness, and all the remainder

       of our provisions which the Lord had given unto us; and we did

       take seed of every kind that we might carry into the wilderness.

      1 Nephi 16:12

       12 And it came to pass that we did take our tents and depart

       into the wilderness, across the river Laman.

      1 Nephi 16:13

       13 And it came to pass that we traveled for the space of four

       days, nearly a south-southeast direction, and we did pitch our

       tents again; and we did call the name of the place Shazer.

      1 Nephi 16:14

       14 And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our arrows,

       and go forth into the wilderness to slay food for our families;

       and after we had slain food for our families we did return again

       to our families


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