3 Nephi Chapter 29 Critique
Setting: The coming forth of
the Book of Mormon is a sign that the Lord has commenced to gather
Israel and fulfill His covenants—Those who reject His latter-day
revelations and gifts will be cursed. About A.D. 34–35.
Verse 1: 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.
Note: The Balfour Declaration not the Book of Mormon began the process.
The Balfour Declaration was a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the
United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Walter
Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish
community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain
and Ireland. It read: His Majesty's government view with favour the
establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people,
and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of
this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done
which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing
non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status
enjoyed by Jews in any other country. Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
Verses 2-3: And ye may know
that the words of the Lord, which have been spoken by the holy
prophets, shall all be fulfilled; and ye need not say that the Lord
delays his coming unto the children of Israel. And ye need not imagine
in your hearts that the words which have been spoken are vain, for
behold, the Lord will remember his covenant which he hath made unto his
people of the house of Israel.
Note: Pre-Columbian natives are not Jews but are genetically related to Asians.
Asian nomads are thought to have entered the Americas via the Bering
Land Bridge (Beringia), now the Bering Strait and possibly along the
coast. Genetic evidence found in Amerindians' maternally inherited
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) supports the theory of multiple genetic
populations migrating from Asia. Over the course of millennia,
Paleo-Indians spread throughout North and South America. Wikipedia
Encyclopedia.
Verse 4: And when ye shall see
these sayings coming forth among you, then ye need not any longer spurn
at the doings of the Lord, for the sword of his justice is in his right
hand; and behold, at that day, if ye shall spurn at his doings he will
cause that it shall soon overtake you.
Note: Swords did not exist in pagan Pre-Columbian America.
Cutting weapons were used by the Native Americans for combat as well as
hunting. They preferred shorter blades, and did not use long cutting
weapons, like the swords that the Europeans used at the time. Wikipedia
Encyclopedia.
Verse 5: Wo unto him that spurneth at the doings of the Lord; yea, wo unto him that shall deny the Christ and his works!
Note: Mormon prophets made numerous false prophecies.
Prophecy about Jesus' return within 56 years--"President Smith then
stated that the meeting had been called, because God had commanded it;
and it was made known to him by vision and by the Holy Spirit. He then
gave a relation of some of the circumstances attending us while
journeying to Zion--our trials, sufferings; and said God had not
designed all this for nothing, but He had it in remembrance yet; and it
was the will of God that those who went to Zion, with a determination
to lay down their lives, if necessary, should be ordained to the
ministry, and go forth to prune the vineyard for the last time, for the
coming of the Lord, which was nigh--even fifty-six years should wind up
the scene," (History of the Church, vol. 2, p. 189). See context.
Note: Jesus did not return within fifty-six years when 1891 arrived.
Verse 6: Yea, wo unto him that
shall deny the revelations of the Lord, and that shall say the Lord no
longer worketh by revelation, or by prophecy, or by gifts, or by
tongues, or by healings, or by the power of the Holy Ghost!
Note: Mormon prophets made numerous false prophecies.
Prophecy that the temple would be built in Missouri within Smith's
Generation--"Yea, the word of the Lord concerning his church,
established in the last days for the restoration of his people, as he
has spoken by the mouth of his prophets, and for the gathering of his
saints to stand upon Mount Zion,i which shall be the city of New
Jerusalem. 3 Which city shall be built, beginning at the temple lot,
which is appointed by the finger of the Lord, in the western boundaries
of the State of Missouri, and dedicated by the hand of Joseph Smith,
Jun., and others with whom the Lord was well pleased. 4 Verily this is
the word of the Lord, that the city New Jerusalem shall be built by the
gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even the place of the
temple, which temple shall be reared in this generation. 5 For verily
this generation shall not all pass away until an house shall be built
unto the Lord, and a cloud shall rest upon it, which cloud shall be
even the glory of the Lord, which shall fill the house . . . 31
Therefore, as I said concerning the sons of Moses for the sons of Moses
and also the sons of Aaron shall offer an acceptable offering and
sacrifice in the house of the Lord, which house shall be built unto the
Lord in this generation, upon the consecrated spot as I have
appointed," (Doctrines and Covenants 84:2-5, 31).
Note: The Mormons were driven out of Jackson County in 1833.
Verse 7: Yea, and wo unto him
that shall say at that day, to get gain, that there can be no miracle
wrought by Jesus Christ; for he that doeth this shall become like unto
the son of perdition, for whom there was no mercy, according to the
word of Christ!
Note: Mormon prophets made numerous false prophecies.
All Nations would be involved in the American Civil War--"Verily, thus
saith the Lord concerning the wars that will shortly come to pass,
beginning at the rebellion of South Carolina, which will eventually
terminate in the death and misery of many souls; 2 And the time will
come that war will be poured out upon all nations, beginning at this
place. 3 For behold, the Southern States shall be divided against the
Northern States, and the Southern States will call on other nations,
even the nation of Great Britain, as it is called, and they shall also
call upon other nations, in order to defend themselves against other
nations; and then war shall be poured out upon all nations," (Doctrine
and Covenants 87:1-3).
Note: A world war did not occur in 1861.
Verse 8: Yea, and ye need not
any longer hiss, nor spurn, nor make game of the Jews, nor any of the
remnant of the house of Israel; for behold, the Lord remembereth his
covenant unto them, and he will do unto them according to that which he
hath sworn.
Note: Mormon prophets made numerous false prophecies.
Prophesy that the earth will tremble and the sun be hidden in "not many
days": "For not many days hence and the earth shall tremble and reel to
and fro as a drunken man; and the sun shall hide his face, and shall
refuse to give light; and the moon shall be bathed in blood; and the
stars shall become exceedingly angry, and shall cast themselves down as
a fig that falleth from off a fig-tree," (Doctrine and Covenants 88:87).
Note: Nothing happened on or shortly after December 27, 1832.
Verse 9: Therefore ye need not
suppose that ye can turn the right hand of the Lord unto the left, that
he may not execute judgment unto the fulfilling of the covenant which
he hath made unto the house of Israel.
Note: Mormon prophets made numerous false prophecies.
Prophecy that Isaiah 11 was about to be fulfilled--"In addition to
these, he quoted the eleventh chapter of Isaiah, saying that it was
about to be fulfilled. He quoted also the third chapter of Acts,
twenty-second and twenty-third verses, precisely as they stand in our
New Testament. He said that that prophet was Christ; but the day had
not yet come when 'they who would not hear his voice should be cut off
from among the people,' but soon would come," (Pearl of Great Price,
Joseph Smith History, verse 40).
Note: Peace on earth has not happened.
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