5. Moses 7:18–20; 4 Nephi
1:2-3, 15-16; D&C 6:6; 35:24–25; 97:12–21. “May I suggest three fundamental things we must do
if we are to ‘bring again Zion,’ three things for which we who labor for Zion
must commit ourselves. “First, we must
eliminate the individual tendency to selfishness that snares the soul, shrinks
the heart, and darkens the mind. …“Second, we must cooperate completely
and work in harmony one with the other. …“Third, we must lay on the altar
and sacrifice whatever is required by the Lord. We begin by offering a ‘broken
heart and a contrite spirit.’ We follow this by giving our best effort in our
assigned fields of labor and callings. We learn our duty and execute it fully.
Finally we consecrate our time, talents, and means as called upon by our file
leaders and as prompted by the whisperings of the Spirit” (SWKimball, Ensign
,May 1978, 81).
6. Moses 7:21–27, 69; JST Genesis 14:26–34; Dt 34:6; Alma 45:18–19;2 Kings
2:11; D&C 7:1–3; 3 Nephi 28:6–8.
7.
“Translated beings are still mortal and will have to pass through the
experience of death, or the separation of the spirit and the body, although
this will be instantaneous, for the people of the City of Enoch, Elijah, and
others who received this great blessing in ancient times, before the coming of
our Lord, could not have received the resurrection, or the change from
mortality to immortality, because our Lord had not [yet] paid the debt which
frees us from mortality and grants to us the resurrection” (Answers to
Gospel Questions, 1:165).
8. “Many have supposed that the doctrine of
translation was a doctrine whereby men were taken immediately into the presence
of God, and into an eternal fullness, but this is a mistaken idea. Their place
of habitation is that of the terrestrial order, and a place prepared for such
characters He held in reserve to be ministering angels unto many planets, and
who as yet have not entered into so great a fullness as those who are resurrected
from the dead” (TPJS, 170).
12.
Moses 7:48- “The Lord here
[D&C 88] informs us that the earth on which we dwell is a living thing, and
that the time must come when it will be sanctified from all unrighteousness. In
the Pearl of Great Price, when Enoch is conversing with the Lord, he hears the
earth crying for deliverance from the iniquity upon her face. … It is not the
fault of the earth that wickedness prevails upon her face, for she has been
true to the law which she received and that law is the celestial law. Therefore
the Lord says that the earth shall be sanctified from all unrighteousness”
(JFS, Church History and Modern
Revelation,2 vols. [1953], 1:366–67).
13. Moses 7:50-57
14. Moses 7:60-67- 1. Wickedness and vengeance; 2. Heavens darken; 3. Veil of darkness covers
the earth; 4.The Lord’s people preserved
in the midst of great tribulations; 5. Righteousness sent out of heaven; 6.
Truth sent forth out of the earth; 7.
Righteousness and truth sweep the earth;
8. The elect are gathered; 9.Enoch and his people meet and receive the
elect;
10. The
Lord comes to dwell with His people; 11. Great tribulations among the
wicked;
12. Men’s hearts fail them.
15. Moses 7:64- 1 Nephi 22:26; 2 Nephi 30:12–18; Doctrine and Covenants 43:29–33; 45:58–59;63:49–53; 101:22–34; Articles of Faith 1:10.-
Which do You Most Look Forward To?
Moses 8
1. Noah Moses 8:2–3, 8–9, 27;
Luke 1:11–19; D&C ;107:52; 128:21; BD, “Noah”. He became a preacher of righteousness, even as Enoch. He,
his wife, and his sons—Japheth, Shem, and Ham—and their wives were the only
people to survive the Flood. Noah holds the keys of his dispensation and stands
next to Adam in authority. Noah is the angel Gabriel (HC,3:386), who appeared to Zacharias to announce
that he would be the father of John the Baptist and to Mary to announce that
she would be the mother of Jesus Christ. Noah also functions in the calling of
an Elias (D&C 27:6–7),
meaning one who prepares or restores.
Through his various appearances, Noah has performed both of these functions.
“Let no one downgrade the life and mission of this great
prophet. Noah was so near perfect in his day that he literally walked and
talked with God. …“Few men in any age were as great as Noah. In many
respects he was like Adam, the first man. Both had served as ministering angels
in the presence of God even after their mortal experience” (Mark E. Peterson, Noah
and the Flood[1982], 1–2).
3. Moses 8:13–15; Deuteronomy 7:3–4; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Alma 5:57;D&C 132:15–17. There will be a new spirit in Zion when the
young women will say to their boyfriends, ‘If you cannot get a temple
recommend, then I am not about to tie my life to you, even for mortality!’ And
the young returned missionary will say to his girlfriend, ‘I am sorry, but as
much as I love you, I will not marry out of the holy temple.’” (“Ezra Taft
Benson, Ensign, Nov.
1986, 84).
4. Because
the daughters of Noah married the sons of men contrary to the teachings of the
Lord, his anger was kindled, and this offense was one cause that brought to
pass the universal flood. … The daughters who had been born, evidently under
the covenant, and were the daughters of the sons of God, that is to say of
those who held the priesthood, were transgressing the commandment of the Lord
and were marrying out of the Church. Thus they were cutting
themselves off from the blessings of the priesthood contrary to the teachings
of Noah and the will of God. …“Today there are foolish daughters of those
who hold this same priesthood who are violating this commandment and marrying
the sons of men; there are also some of the sons of those who hold the
priesthood who are marrying the daughters of men. All of this is contrary to the
will of God just as much as it was in the days of Noah”
(ATGQ 1:136-7)
6. Moses 8:17;
1 Nephi 7:14; 2 Nephi 26:11; Mormon 5:16; Ether 2:15; 15:19; Moroni 8:28; 9:4;D&C 1:33). My Spirit shall not always strive with
man.- “This means the withdrawing of
that vital light which all could have enjoyed if they had kept the
commandments” (HBLee, Stand Ye in Holy Places, 119)
7. Moses 8:25.
“It Repented Noah, and His Heart Was Pained” This verse is an important and inspired correction to Genesis 6:6, which reads: “And it repented the Lord that he had made
man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” The Hebrew word used here,
and translated repented in the Bible, is nacham (naw-kham),
which literally means “to sigh,” “to breathe strongly,” “to be sorry,” “to
pity.”
9. Moses 8:27- How was the Flood an act of grace? 2 Nephi 26:24
10. D&C
138:1-11, 28-34. 58-59- What happened to the spirits of the wicked who died in
the Flood?
11. Malachi 4:1; Luke 17:20–30; D&C 45:22–33, 48–53). What will happen in the last days because
people reject the prophets?
Many years ago this
conference heard of a young man who found the restored gospel while he was
studying in the United States. As this man was about to return to his native
land, President Gordon B. Hinckley asked him what would happen to him when
he returned home as a Christian. “My family will be disappointed,” the young man
answered. “They may cast me out and regard me as dead. As for my future and my
career, all opportunity may be foreclosed against me.” “Are you willing to pay
so great a price for the gospel?” President Hinckley asked. Tearfully the young
man answered, “It’s true, isn’t it?” When that was affirmed, he replied, “Then
what else matters? (DHOaks, April, 2012)
