CLASS NOTES OUTREACH RESTORATION

OCTOBER 28, 2018

OUTREACH SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES October 28, 2018
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SUMMARY

The two mighty prophecies of scripture:

• The foretelling of Messiah who would come to save mankind
• The foretelling of how the Messiah will gather the world to him in the last days, specifically restoring Israel and Gentiles to him.

When is the Jerusalem of Old re-established as a Holy City unto the Lord?
Short answer:  When the covenants are fulfilled. 

But more specifically, when the prophecies are fulfilled concerning the ‘second time’ the Lord sets forth his hand.  This is a reference to an event in the future of the world, where Jesus in our midst organizes the work of restoration of all people to HIM.

The description of that day is not what we have traditionally told ourselves.  It is the result of him establishing the remnant of his people on this land and a holy city built.  From there the word returns to Israel.

Joseph responds first as a people, rising to spiritual power.  Then Israel is sought out and responds.  Afterwards, the Old Jerusalem becomes a holy city again.

The time the Lord begins this mighty work is described as ‘The Second Time’ the Lord sets forth his hand.

This is a time to come.  While the ‘second time’ could be considered to begin when the Fullness of the Gospel returns to the Gentiles, it is not that work specifically.

Notice the purpose is to bring the world to HIM, not the Gentiles who received the gospel first.  This has always been to reveal HIM to the world.  The church is the means to do it.
We of the latter day are guilty of taking scripture out of context to prove our existence and authority, when our commission was to prove His existence and Authority.  Everthing else would take care of itself.

The Book of Mormon makes clear that he manifests himself to know him, that he is God, that he IS, by the power of the Holy Ghost.  That is the prophecy of how the process works for each and everyone of us.  To prove that HE IS.  It is by the power of the Holy Ghost that this occurs.  So if you are convinced of this truth, if your life is changed because He lives, then it is because has manifested and continues to manifest himself to you by the power of the Holy Ghost.

Nephi explains God’s desire is the same for all people, whether Jew or Gentile and He sees us alike.  All who come to him are recipient of His promises.

2 Nephi 11:78 And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also, that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God; and that he manifesteth himself unto all those who believe in him, by the power of the Holy Ghost;

Yet our problem as the Gentile church.  Missing the point of scripture.

What were we always taught about this scripture?  That revelation is the point, and since we have revelation, and a means of ongoing revelation, then we are the church, and brother you better join our church.

The Rock wasn’t that we have revelation. The ROCK was that by the power of the Holy Ghost He reveals to you that Jesus is the Christ and THAT is the revelation.
Has nothing to do with the process, the means, the ongoing nature of God revealing His wll to the church, as that would be self evident.

Matthew 16:16 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
17 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
18 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
19 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

 

The second time is described by Isaiah, Nephi, John the Revelator but especially by JESUS.

Isaiah 11:11 (When Jesus Reigns and Zion is Established) And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

2 Nephi 11:28 And the Lord will set his hand again the second time to restore his people from their lost and fallen state.
Jacob 4:3 And in the day that he shall set his hand again the second time to recover his people, is the day, yea, even the last time, that the servants of the Lord shall go forth in his power, to nourish and prune his vineyard; and after that, the end soon cometh.

Revelation 14:--Jesus established, people not defiled, everlasting gospel to be preached.
These describe a day of power when

• A Holy city is established
• Jesus is in the midst
• The power of Heaven comes down as Jesus sends forth his word
• The people obey Him in all things.
• The everlasting gospel is sent to the earth.
• Righteousness begins to replace the wickedness.
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Ultimately leads to the fulfilling of scripture,’ how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him.’  Describing the day when Jesus reigns.

Prophecy of Book of Mormon Fulfilled:

Israel—Jews--Restored

Gentiles would be great in carrying them forth to lands of inheritance

2 Nephi 7:14 And the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.
2 Nephi 11:20 And notwithstanding they have been carried away, they shall return again, and possess the land of Jerusalem; wherefore they shall be restored again to the lands of their inheritance.
2 Nephi 5:29 Nevertheless, the Lord will be merciful unto them, that when they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer, they shall be gathered together again to the lands of their inheritance.
Will not be the great gathering—the second time—until a holy city here, but not to say it doesn’t come be degrees (Jacob 3, bad removed as good grows).
Signs to the Jews:
Would start returning when the word goes forth. (chart)

Promise to Joseph
Genesis 49: 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall;
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him,
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel;)
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb;
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

 

Sign to Joseph
When they start to know these things, then they know the work is already in progress.  While a general description, added to that is the time when the Gentiles reject the gospel.

2 Nephi 7:30 Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, and they who shall be numbered among thy seed, for ever, for the land of their inheritance:
2 Nephi 7:17 But behold, this land, saith God, shall be a land of thine inheritance; and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.

Then Jesus says you shall be like a lion among them.
Have to understand the Gentile role:

• Be careful not to take every attribute of power described in scripture and assume it is us and every destruction prophesied and assume it is for someone else.
• Evangelicals do this…
• Seemingly removing the gentile influences which diminish truth

Starts with Inheritance, was determined by physical lineage.
The Americas was Joseph’s (literal descendants) heritage

2 Nephi 7:17 But behold, this land, saith God, shall be a land of thine inheritance; and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.

The Gentiles share in the blessing because God is Good, but the promise was not made to the Gentiles, and, believe it or not, the promise of the New Jerusalem, a holy city on this land, was not made because of the fullness returning to the Gentiles and a church established.

The Gentiles are NUMBERED AMONG the seed of Joseph.

Nephi sees the promises extended to the Gentiles to be numbered among the covenant people of Joseph.

1 Nephi 3:201 And it shall come to pass, that if the Gentiles shall hearken unto the Lamb of God in that day that he shall manifest himself unto them in word, and also in power, in very deed, unto the taking away of their stumbling-blocks, and harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God, they shall be numbered among the seed of thy father;

 

The promise of New Jerusalem becomes fulfilled when the seed of Joseph receives the word, not when a portion of the gentile church, be they lds, rlds, restoration, temple lot, lost remnant, found remnant, fragment of remnant, xRLDS for Jesus—all under the umbrella of Gentiles upon the land, get ‘good enough.’

 

The word returns to Joseph and they rise up in power. This happens when their words return unto them.

3 Nephi 9:52 And ye shall be in the midst of them, who shall be many; and ye shall be among them, as a lion among the beasts of the forests, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goeth through, both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
3 Nephi 9:99 And my people who are a remnant of Jacob, shall be among the Gentiles, yea, in the midst of them, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he go through both treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Mormon 2:54 Therefore repent ye, and humble yourselves before him, lest he shall come out in justice against you; lest a remnant of the seed of Jacob shall go forth among you as a lion, and tear you in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

 

2 Nephi 7:30 Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed, and they who shall be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land of their inheritance:

The Gentiles blessed upon the land, but not THEIR land.

This nation was established as a cradle of freedom so God’s restored word could go forth to fulfill his covenant.  

3 Nephi 9:89 Verily, verily, I say unto you, When these things shall be made known unto them of the Father, and shall come forth of the Father, from them unto you, for it is wisdom in the Father that they should be established in this land,

3 Nephi 9:90 …(this land of America) … be set up as a free people by the power of the Father, that these things might come forth from them unto a remnant of your seed, that the covenant of the Father may be fulfilled which he hath covenanted with his people, O house of Israel;

Jesus says to Nephi’s people (remnant of Joseph):

3 Nephi 7:14 And behold, this is the land of your inheritance; and the Father hath given it unto you.
3 Nephi 7:42 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Thus hath the Father commanded me, that I should give unto this people this land for their inheritance.
3 Nephi 9:50 And the Father hath commanded me that I should give unto you this land, for your inheritance.

Jesus says about the Jews:

3 Nephi 9:68 That I would give unto them again the land of their fathers, for their inheritance, which is the land of Jerusalem, which is the promised land unto them for ever, saith the Father.
3 Nephi 9:71 Then will the Father gather them together again, and give unto them Jerusalem for the land of their inheritance.
3 Nephi 9:85 Then shall this covenant which the Father hath covenanted with his people, be fulfilled; and then shall Jerusalem be inhabited again with my people, and it shall be the land of their inheritance.

Jesus states to Joseph regarding Gentiles:

3 Nephi 10:1 But if they will repent, and hearken unto my words, and harden not their hearts, I will establish my church among them, and they shall come in unto the covenant, and be numbered among this the remnant of Jacob, unto whom I have given this land for their inheritance, and they shall assist my people, the remnant of Jacob;

3 Nephi 13:54 And now behold, I say unto you, that when the Lord shall see fit, in his wisdom, that these sayings shall come unto the Gentiles, according to his word, then ye may know that the covenant which the Father hath made with the children of Israel, concerning their restoration to the lands of their inheritance, is already beginning to be fulfilled;

And Jesus shares an important detail in 3 Nephi 9:85

3 Nephi 9:85 Then shall this covenant which the Father hath covenanted with his people, be fulfilled; and then shall Jerusalem be inhabited again with my people, and it shall be the land of their inheritance.

The covenant with Jews and Jerusalem becoming a holy city is fulfilled after or along with the covenant with Joseph being fulfilled.  But not before.

Mormon writes to Gentiles and Israel

Mormon 1:82 Therefore I write unto you, Gentiles, and also unto you, house of Israel, when the work shall commence, that ye shall be about to prepare to return to the land of your inheritance;
Mormon 2:42 That the Father may bring about, through his most beloved, his great and eternal purpose, in restoring the Jews, or all the house of Israel, to the land of their inheritance, which the Lord their God hath given them, unto the fulfilling of his covenant,

Just as Joseph rose to spiritual power in a foreign land first, while his family was scouring the pantry for crumbs, Joseph’s rise to spiritual power precedes Israel’s return to a full understanding of the Gospel.

Israel is promised to return spiritually.

2 Corinthians 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished;
2 Corinthians 3:14 But their minds were blinded; for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
2 Corinthians 3:16 Nevertheless, when their heart shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.

ALL THIS SEEMINGLY HAPPENS WITH NO MENTION OF THE CHURCH ESTABLISHED AMONG THE GENTILES OTHER THAN THAT THE GOSPEL WOULD GO FROM THEM TO JOSEPH.

ETHER 6 DESCRIBES THE PROCESS.
Ether 6:- 6:1 And now I, Moroni, proceed to finish my record concerning the destruction of the people of whom I have been writing.
6:2 For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether; for he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man; and that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land, it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord;

6:3 Wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him, who dwell upon the face thereof; and that it was the place of the New Jerusalem, which should come down out of heaven, and the holy sanctuary of the Lord.

6:4 Behold, Ether saw the days of Christ, and he spake concerning a New Jerusalem upon this land; and he spake also concerning the house of Israel, and the Jerusalem from whence Lehi should come; after it should be destroyed, it should be built up again a holy city unto the Lord;

6:5 Wherefore it could not be a New Jerusalem, for it had been in a time of old, but it should be built up again, and become a holy city of the Lord: and it should be built up unto the house of Israel;

6:6 And that a New Jerusalem should be built up upon this land, unto the remnant of the seed of Joseph, for which things there has been a type; for as Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt, even so he died there;

6:7 Wherefore the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph out of the land of Jerusalem, that he might be merciful unto the seed of Joseph, that they should perish not, even as he was merciful unto the father of Joseph, that he should perish not;

6:8 Wherefore the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built up upon this land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old; and they shall no more be confounded, until the end come, when the earth shall pass away.

6:9 And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and they shall be like unto the old, save the old have passed away, and all things have become new.

6:10 And then cometh the New Jerusalem; and blessed are they who dwell therein, for it is they whose garments are white through the blood of the lamb; and they are they who are numbered among the remnant of the seed of Joseph, who were of the house of Israel.

6:11 And then also cometh the Jerusalem of old; and the inhabitants thereof, blessed are they, for they have been washed in the blood of the Lamb;

6:12 And they are they who were scattered and gathered in from the four quarters of the earth, and from the north countries, and are partakers of the fulfilling of the covenant which God made with their father Abraham.

6:13 And when these things come, bringeth to pass the scripture which saith, There are they who were first, who shall be last; and there are they who were last, who shall be first.

The fulfillment of this covenant fulfills the prophecy that the First shall be last and the last shall be first, specifically that the children of Abraham, both Jew and Gentile, would be blessed together.

Who—Jews, House of Israel.

3 Nephi 9:85 Then shall this covenant which the Father hath covenanted with his people, be fulfilled; and then shall Jerusalem be inhabited again with my people, and it shall be the land of their inheritance.

Why—because God still respects the land covenants.  Had the end in mind from the beginning.  The covenants were made with the kingdom inheritance in mind.
How does it end?

Ether 1:112 Yea, when ye shall call upon the Father in my name, with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then shall ye know that the Father hath remembered the covenant which he made unto your fathers, O house of Israel;
3 Nephi 11:7 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Joel 3:16 The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

God’s arm outstretched.

What happens

What—the gathering.  Highway cast up.

Isaiah 35:8 And a highway shall be there; for a way shall be cast up, and it shall be called the way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over upon it; but it shall be cast up for those who are clean, and the wayfaring men, though they are accounted fools, shall not err therein.

Isaiah 11:16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 19:23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

Isaiah 35:8 And a highway shall be there; for a way shall be cast up, and it shall be called the way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over upon it; but it shall be cast up for those who are clean, and the wayfaring men, though they are accounted fools, shall not err therein

 

Jeremiah 3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you; and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion;

Jeremiah 23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

Jeremiah 23:8 But, The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

 

Eventually, the Jews turn to Him, call on him in the name of Jesus.

Zechariah 13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

Mormon’s prophecy of the Gentiles:

Mormon summarizes Jesus’ teachings that his words will return to his people via the Gentiles:

3 Nephi 12:2 And these things have I written, which are a lesser part of the things which he taught the people; and I have written them to the intent that they may be brought again unto this people, from the Gentiles, according to the words which Jesus hath spoken.

3 Nephi 13:54 And now behold, I say unto you, that when the Lord shall see fit, in his wisdom, that these sayings shall come unto the Gentiles, according to his word, then ye may know that the covenant which the Father hath made with the children of Israel, concerning their restoration to the lands of their inheritance, is already beginning to be fulfilled;

 

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