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Perhaps many in our day never expect to be called to fulfill their Ephraimite birthright role of serving as end-time saviors of the house of Israel. That, however, is the reality many will face. Some—like Apostle Orson Hyde, who in 1841 traveled to dedicate the Holy Land for the return of the Jews—will fulfill their […]

When Jesus said, “Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled” (Luke 21:24), he defined a protracted period of time in which non-covenant peoples would hold sway over his people of the house of Israel as epitomized by the city of Jerusalem. That epoch would nevertheless see

The type and precedent of an end-time great reversal of circumstances among God’s people happened when Israel’s natural lineages rejected their Messiah and his gospel turned to the Gentiles. Alluding to this, Jesus said to the chief priests and Pharisees, “The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing

When Jesus said, “All the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have testified of me” (3 Nephi 20:24), he didn’t mean they and others ministering in the priesthood after holy order of God testified only in words. Holy men of old also testified in their persons—in their very

As the wickedness of the Nephites was reaching a point of no return, Mormon—typifying the role of a proxy savior—said to Moroni, “Behold, my son, I cannot recommend them unto God lest he should smite me. But behold, my son, I recommend thee unto God, and I trust in Christ that thou wilt be saved;

At the time wild olive branches are grafted into the mother olive tree in order to keep it alive when its top has died, the Lord of the vineyard transplants several of its tender branches into the nethermost parts of his vineyard (Jacob 5:7–14). Each of these bears good fruit for a time (Jacob 5:17–28).

Principle among scriptures still to come forth are Jesus’ words to the Nephites, when he “did expound all things, even from the beginning until the time that he should come in his glory—yea, even all things which should come upon the face of the earth, even until the elements should melt with fervent heat, and

Isaiah’s definition of what constitutes a “man”—in contrast to something less than a man—is of one who assumes the role of “intercessor.” We observe this definition in the following poetically paralleled verse: “When integrity is lacking, they who shun evil become a prey. Jehovah saw that there was no justice, and it displeased him. When

A look at the laws of God shows that all his laws constitute the terms of covenants he made somewhere with someone. God’s covenants are twofold in nature: Breaking their laws brings covenant curses—misfortunes or ill effects that are a consequence of doing evil. Keeping their laws brings covenant blessings—good fortune or the benefits of

What set Jesus’ three Nephite disciples apart from his nine disciples was that they “desired the thing which John, my beloved, who was with me in my ministry, before that I was lifted up by the Jews, desired of me,” which was “that ye might bring the souls of men unto me, while the world

Peter’s depicting the time before Jesus’ second coming as the “restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began” (Acts 3:21) tells us that this hasn’t happened yet. In relation to it, the scriptures define the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ through

The Law When “God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them” (Genesis 1:26–27). In other words, God didn’t leave wiggle room for gender affirmations deviating from his children’s biological makeup: “In the likeness of God made he him: male and female created