Jews shall crucify their God—They shall be scattered until they begin to believe in him—America shall be a land of liberty where no king shall rule—Be reconciled to God and gain salvation through his grace. Between 559 and 545 B.C.
Travis and I read this together this morning. It's interesting to see what different messages stood out to each other. Travis was drawn to the message at the end of the chapter about reconciling our will to that of God's will. He looked up the word "reconcile" in an online dictionary and came up with "to bring into agreement or harmony". He saw that coming into harmony with God's will has a deeper connection with accepting the atonement.
I guess I was seeing a more secular message from this chapter. Since Jacob was talking about the land being "a choice land, saith God unto me, above all other lands, wherefore I will have all men that dwell thereon that they shall worship me, saith God." This made me think about something I read from an address given at BYU in 1976 by L. Tom Perry:
"First from Brigham Young, second president of the Church: “Will the Constitution be destroyed? No: it will be held inviolate by this people; and, as Joseph Smith said, ‘The time will come when the destiny of this nation will hang upon a single thread. At that critical juncture, this people will step forth and save it from the threatened destruction.’ It will be so.” (Journal of Discourses, 7:15.)
Now another witness, John Taylor, third president of the Church: “When the people shall have torn to shreds the Constitution of the United States, the elders of Israel will be found holding it up to the nations of the earth, and proclaiming liberty and equal rights to all men, and extending the hand of fellowship to the oppressed of all nations.” (The Gospel Kingdom, Deseret Book Co., 1943, p. 219.) This is part of the program.
A final witness is from George Q. Cannon, former member of the First Presidency, who said that “the day will come when the Constitution and free government under it will be sustained and preserved by this people.” (JD, 23:104.)"
Pretty awesome stuff, huh? Even with all the uncertainty in the world, I'm so grateful we have ancient and modern revelation that tells us America will be preserved.
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