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  • Please, please.

  • Jerusalem,

  • ye must repent,

  • or the great city Jerusalem must be destroyed.

  • O Jerusalem,

  • wash thy heart from wickedness.

  • Destruction upon destruction is cried;

  • for the whole land is spoiled.

  • For thus hath the Lord said,

  • The whole land shall be desolate.

  • O Lord

  • God Almighty, Father of all,

  • please hear the words of Thy servant Lehi.

  • The heart of Thy servant aches

  • for the souls of Thy children in Jerusalem.

  • I fear terrible destruction awaits them

  • if they will not turn their hearts from wickedness.

  • Blessed art thou, Lehi,

  • because of thy faith.

  • Nephi.

  • Pleasetake him.

  • -See to it quickly. -Yes, Father.

  • Father, are you well?

  • Yes, thank you.

  • Lehi

  • Sariah

  • What has happened?

  • My sons,

  • the Lord spoke unto me.

  • After returning from Jerusalem,

  • I was ... I was overcome with the spirit.

  • I was carried away in a vision,

  • even that I saw the heavens open,

  • and I saw God sitting on His throne.

  • I saw One descending out of the midst of heaven,

  • and His luster

  • was above that of the sun at noonday.

  • And I also saw twelve others following Him.

  • And the first came and stood before me,

  • and gave unto me a book.

  • As I read,

  • I was filled with the Spirit of the Lord.

  • And many things did I read concerning Jerusalem

  • that it should be destroyed.

  • What does the Lord want us to do?

  • Great and marvelous are the works of the Lord God Almighty!

  • I know that He will not suffer those who come unto Him to perish.

  • He has commanded me to declare the things

  • I have seen and heard to the people of Jerusalem.

  • People of Jerusalem,

  • I am Lehi.

  • I have dwelt at Jerusalem all my days.

  • I am a man who fears God.

  • I have had a vision,

  • even that I saw the heavens open,

  • and I saw God sitting upon His throne

  • Another mad prophet!

  • I have seen many things concerning Jerusalem

  • that it shall be destroyed, and the inhabitants thereof!

  • You are a fool!

  • Many shall perish by the sword,

  • and many shall be carried away captive into Babylon.

  • And this because of the wickedness and the abominations

  • of the people of Jerusalem.

  • You should perish by the sword!

  • There is a Messiah coming!

  • One who will redeem the world!

  • -He speaks blasphemy! -I speak the truth!

  • Slay him! Slay him!

  • Please, listen!

  • I do not understand him.

  • The city has many prophets;

  • why should Father speak up at all?

  • He had a dream.

  • Let him dream his dreams,

  • but let him keep them to himself.

  • Do you not suppose it may be true?

  • Whether it is true or not, it will destroy this family.

  • Laman!

  • What is it, Father?

  • Gather the family.

  • Jerusalem is

  • her children are ripe with iniquity.

  • They do not even try to hide the wickedness

  • that is in their hearts.

  • There are many good people who keep the law of Moses.

  • There are others who seek to take away my life.

  • The Lord spake unto me,

  • even in a dream.

  • And the Lord commanded me that I should take my family

  • and depart into the wilderness.

  • Laman, Lemuel,

  • you will prepare the camels for a long journey.

  • How long?

  • One that will not bring us back to Jerusalem.

  • We are abandoning our home?

  • Sam, Nephi, help your mother to gather

  • all the provisions we will need for our journey.

  • Yes, Father.

  • Father,

  • please...

  • The Lord has commanded it.

  • Yes, Father.

  • It seems you are correct.

  • Father has indeed gone mad.

  • Quiet.

  • Leave those.

  • But Father,

  • we may need them for trade. Or fordrinking.

  • We have been commanded to take nothing

  • save it be our family, provisions, and tents.

  • Obey your father, Lemuel.

  • Leave the gold and silver, as the Lord commands.

  • Tut tut.

  • We thank Thee for Thy mercy in protecting us

  • and delivering us from the destruction of Jerusalem.

  • We pray, Father, that Thou wilt guide us through

  • this wilderness and that we will have the faith to follow Thee.

  • Why do we have to obey him?

  • He is a visionary man;

  • he led us out of the land of our inheritance.

  • And for what? To perish in the wilderness!

  • We suffer because of the foolish imaginations of his heart.

  • You know not the dealings of that God who has created you.

  • Laman

  • O that thou mightest be like unto this river,

  • continually running into the fountain of all righteousness!

  • And Lemuel

  • O that thou mightest be like unto this valley,

  • firm and steadfast, and immovable

  • in keeping the commandments of the Lord!

  • I do not believe

  • that Jerusalem, that great city,

  • can be destroyed according to the words of the prophets.

  • Your hearts are hard,

  • and you are stiffnecked like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem,

  • who sought to take away my life!

  • He is God!

  • And in His great mercy,

  • we are delivered from destruction.

  • If we keep God's commandments, we will prosper.

  • If we do not,

  • we will perish.

  • You believe all that Father has said?

  • I do.

  • Why?

  • I did cry unto the Lord;

  • and He did visit me,

  • and did soften my heart that I did believe.

  • I believe you, Nephi.

  • Lord

  • I come to Thee to pray for my brethren,

  • Laman and Lemuel.

  • Their hearts are hard, Lord.

  • Father, I grieve for them.

  • Blessed art thou, Nephi,

  • because of thy faith, for thou hast sought me diligently,

  • with lowliness of heart.

  • And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments,

  • ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise.

  • And inasmuch as thy brethren shall rebel against thee,

  • they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.

  • And inasmuch as thou shalt keep my commandments,

  • thou shalt be made a ruler and a teacher over thy brethren.

Please, please.

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