This is according to my understanding.
As I have been studying my scriptures and also
the works of Avraham Gileadi I have decided to put down what I have learned (or
think I have learned) in writing. This is about who has the Covenant with the
Father and when.
1 Nephi 13:42
And the time cometh that he shall manifest
himself unto all nations, both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and
after he has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles, then
he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and also unto the Jews, and the last
shall be first, and the first shall be last.
Christ shows Himself unto the Jews first. He enters into a covenant with them. They are His covenant people. They
are His church.
2 Nephi 6:9
Nevertheless, the Lord has shown unto me that
they should return again. And he also has shown unto me that the Lord God, the
Holy One of Israel, should manifest himself unto them in the flesh; and after
he should manifest himself they should scourge him and crucify him, according
to the words of the angel who spake it unto me.
Christ showed himself unto the Jews in the flesh.
2 Nephi 25:12
But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of
wars; and when the day cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father, yea, even
the Father of heaven and of earth, shall manifest himself unto them in the
flesh, behold, they will reject him, because of their iniquities, and the
hardness of their hearts, and the stiffness of their necks.
Christ was rejected by the Jews. They reject the
gospel. When they reject His covenant, they lose the blessings. What do
they lose? The land of their inheritance.
1 Nephi 10:11
And it came to pass after my father had spoken
these words he spake unto my brethren concerning the gospel which should be
preached among the Jews, and also concerning the dwindling of the Jews in
unbelief. And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come, and after he
had been slain he should rise from the dead, and should make himself manifest,
by the Holy Ghost, unto the Gentiles.
3 Nephi 15:23
And they understood me not that I said they shall
hear my voice; and they understood me not that the Gentiles should not at any
time hear my voice—that I should not manifest myself unto them save it were by
the Holy Ghost.
The Lord showed Himself unto the Jews at His
first coming (Lamanites, Jews, 10 tribes of Israel) but they rejected Him and
brought upon themselves a curse. Then the Lord shows Himself to the Gentiles by
the power of the Holy Ghost.
2 Nephi 9:2
That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of
his holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to generation,
until the time comes that they shall be restored to the true church and fold of
God; when they shall be gathered home to the lands of their inheritance, and
shall be established in all their lands of promise.
Now, the last shall be first..
The Lord will restore the Jews to the land of
their inheritance and the covenants.
The Lord has made a covenant with the Gentiles.
1 Nephi 14:1
And it shall come to pass, that if the Gentiles
shall hearken unto the Lamb of God in that day that he shall manifest himself
unto them in word, and also in power, in very deed, unto the taking away of
their stumbling blocks-
2 Nephi 26:13
And that he manifesteth himself unto all those
who believe in him, by the power of the Holy Ghost; yea, unto every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people, working mighty miracles, signs, and wonders, among
the children of men according to their faith.
The Lord manifests Himself unto the Gentiles and
they are now able to receive the fulness of the Gospel. It is only because of
the Jews rejection that the Gentiles are given this opportunity.
1 Nephi 10:12-14
Yea, even my father spake much concerning the
Gentiles, and also concerning the house of Israel, that they should be compared
like unto an olive tree, whose branches should be broken off and should be
scattered upon all the face of the earth.
Wherefore, he said it must needs be that we
should be led with one accord into the land of promise, unto the fulfilling of
the word of the Lord, that we should be scattered upon all the face of the
earth.
And after the house of Israel should be scattered
they should be gathered together again; or, in fine, after the Gentiles had
received the fulness of the Gospel, the natural branches of the olive tree, or
the remnant of the house of Israel, should be grafted in, or come to the
knowledge of the true Messiah, their Lord and their Redeemer.
For clarification: The Gentiles are us (most of
us) and the House of Israel are the Jews, Lamanites and the 10 tribes of
Israel.
We the Gentiles need the House of Israel to be
scattered—for us to be ABLE to receive the fullness of the Gospel. After we
have received the fullness, by the mingling of the lineages. The House of
Israel will then again come to a knowledge of their Redeemer and return to
their lands of promise.
Who brings the House of Israel back to the
Gospel? The Gentiles. God in His infinite mercy and has found a way to REDEEM
ALL of His Children.
We are lost without them and in turn they are
lost without us. We are all BROTHERS (and sisters). As the scriptures so
testify. When the Lamanites preach among their wicked brethren the Nephites
they call them brethren, and vice versa.
D&C 90:9
That through your administration they may receive
the word, and through their administration the word may go forth unto the ends
of the earth, unto the Gentiles first, and then, behold, and lo, they shall
turn unto the Jews.
The Gentiles receive the first opportunity to
accept the gospel. (because it was rejected by the Jews)
D&C 107:33-35, 97
The Twelve are a Traveling Presiding High
Council, to officiate in the name of the Lord, under the direction of the
Presidency of the Church, agreeable to the institution of heaven; to build up
the church, and regulate all the affairs of the same in all nations, first unto
the Gentiles and secondly unto the Jews. The Seventy are to act in the name of the Lord,
under the direction of the Twelve or the traveling high council, in building up
the church and regulating all the affairs of the same in all nations, first
unto the Gentiles and then to the Jews—
The Twelve being sent out, holding the keys, to
open the door by the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and first unto
the Gentiles and then unto the Jews.
And these seventy are to be traveling ministers,
unto the Gentiles first and also unto the Jews.
D&C 133:8
Send forth the elders of my church unto the
nations which are afar off; unto the islands of the sea; send forth unto
foreign lands; call upon all nations, first upon the Gentiles, and then upon
the Jews.
2 Nephi 6:14
And behold, according to the words of the
prophet, the Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them;
wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great glory, unto
the destruction of their enemies, when that day cometh when they shall believe
in him; and none will he destroy that believe in him.
These scriptures tell us the that Gentiles will
apostatize and the gospel will then be accepted by the Jews. They will come to
know the Lord their Redeemer.
None that believe on Him will be destroyed.
2 Nephi 3:5
Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day. And he
obtained a promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God
would raise up a righteous branch, unto the house of Israel; not the Messiah,
but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be remembered in the
covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the
latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness
unto light—yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.
The House of Israel is promised BY the Lord that
He will remember them. And He will manifest Himself unto them in the Latter
Days. The Righteous branch, a remnant of the Jews, (all those who believe on
His name) will accept the gospel and bring forth Zion.
Jacob 6:2
And the day that he shall set his hand again the
second time to recover his people, is the day, yea, even the last time, that
the servants of the Lord shall go forth in his power, to nourish, and prune his
vineyard; and after that the end soon cometh.
This is the reversal between the Gentiles and the
House of Israel. The first shall be last and the last shall be first. The
Lord’s word comes again, this time first to the Gentiles, they become apostate,
and at the same time the Jews accept the gospel. There is a remnant of the
Gentiles that takes the Gospel (servants of the Lord) to the Jews. (House of
Israel: Jews, Lamanites and 10 tribes of Israel)
2 Nephi 25:17
And the Lord will set his hand again the second
time to restore his people from their lost and fallen state. Wherefore, he will
proceed to do a marvelous work and a wonder among the children of men.
Christ’s word comes a second time to redeem His
people (House of Israel) This is the marvelous work and wonder spoken of
throughout the scriptures.
2 Nephi 29:1
But behold, there shall be many—at that day when
I shall proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my
covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my hand
again the second time to recover my people, which are of the house of Israel;
More scriptural proof that the House of Israel is
the Lord’s chosen people and that His word will come a second time to redeem
them.
1 Nephi 13:42
And the time cometh that he shall manifest
himself unto all nations, both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and
after he has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles, then
he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and also unto the Jews, and the
last shall be first, and the first shall be last.
Last first, first last. Jews first then the
Gentiles; reversal in the latter days, the Gentiles first and then the Jews.
Ether 13:5-10
And he spake also concerning the house of Israel,
and the Jerusalem from whence Lehi should come—after it should be destroyed it
should be built up again, a holy city unto the Lord; wherefore, it could not be
a new Jerusalem for it had been in a time of old; but it should be built up
again, and become a holy city of the Lord; and it should be built unto the
house of Israel—
And that a New Jerusalem should be built up upon
this land, unto the remnant of the seed of Joseph, for which things there has
been a type.
For as Joseph brought his father down into the
land of Egypt, even so he died there; wherefore, the Lord brought a remnant of
the seed of Joseph out of the land of Jerusalem, that he might be merciful unto
the seed of Joseph that they should perish not, even as he was merciful unto
the father of Joseph that he should perish not.
Wherefore, the remnant of the house of Joseph
shall be built upon this land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and
they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old;
and they shall no more be confounded, until the end come when the earth shall
pass away.
And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth;
and they shall be like unto the old save the old have passed away, and all
things have become new.
And then cometh the New Jerusalem; and blessed
are they who dwell therein, for it is they whose garments are white through the
blood of the Lamb; and they are they who are numbered among the remnant of the
seed of Joseph, who were of the house of Israel.
Everything in the scriptures is a type of things
to come in the last days as well as a history of what has happened. New
Jerusalem (Zion) will be built up, in the last days, by the House of Israel.
(Jews, Lamanites 10 tribes of Israel)
Bringing a remnant of the House of Israel out of
Jerusalem that they might not perish is a promise that the Lord made.
Ether 13:11
And then also cometh the Jerusalem of old; and
the inhabitants thereof, blessed are they, for they have been washed in the
blood of the Lamb; and they are they who were scattered and gathered in from
the four quarters of the earth, and from the north countries, and are partakers
of the fulfilling of the covenant which God made with their father, Abraham.
Jews scattered for rejecting the Lamb of God and
His covenant with them. Then they are gathered in and remembered. Covenant is
fulfilled.
Ether 13:12
And when these things come, bringeth to pass the
scripture which saith, there are they who were first, who shall be last; and
there are they who were last, who shall be first.
Ether 13:13
And I was about to write more, but I am
forbidden; but great and marvelous were the prophecies of Ether; but they
esteemed him as naught, and cast him out; and he hid himself in the cavity of a
rock by day, and by night he went forth viewing the things which should come
upon the people.
Ether prophesied about the great and marvelous
work, but he was esteemed as naught, and was forbidden to expound.
Ether 12: 33-34
And again, I remember that thou hast said that
thou hast loved the world, even unto the laying down of thy life for the world,
that thou mightiest take it again to prepare a place for the children of men.
And now I know that this love which thou hast had
for the children of men is charity; wherefore, except men shall have charity
they cannot inherit that place which thou hast prepared in the mansions of thy
Father.
This is the whole reason for this work.
For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring
to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. (Moses 1:39)
God is filled with love, and merciful, and full
of compassion. We do not understand His ways.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the
earth so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your
thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8-9)
The problem isn’t because of His understand of
the things that are happening, it’s ours, it is our misunderstanding of things
that are happening.
Ether 12:35
Wherefore, I know by this thing which thou hast
said, that if the Gentiles have not charity, because of our weakness, that thou
wilt prove them, and take their talent, yea, even that which they have
received, and give unto them who shall have more abundantly.
The Gentiles lose their talent (gift) given to
them.
Matthew 21:43
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God
shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits
thereof.
The gospel is taken away from the Gentiles,
because of their disregard for the word of God, and given to the House of
Israel because of their righteous desires.
3 Nephi 20:12-14
And verily, verily, I say unto you, that when
they shall be fulfilled then is the fulfilling of the covenant which the Father
hath made unto his people, O house of Israel.
And then shall the remnants, which shall be
scattered abroad upon the face of the earth, be gathered in from the east and
from the west, and from the south and from the north; and they shall be brought
to the knowledge of the Lord their God, who hath redeemed them.
And the Father hath commanded me that I should
give unto you this land, for your inheritance.
The Father made a covenant with the House of
Israel and He will fulfill this covenant with them. When the Jews are brought
to the knowledge of the Lord, they accept Him. They’re covenant is restored and
they receive the land of their inheritance.
3 Nephi 20:29-33
And I will remember the covenant which I have made
with my people; and I have covenanted with them that I would gather them
together in mine own due time, that I would give unto them again the land of
their fathers for their inheritance, which is the land of Jerusalem, which is
the promised land unto them forever, saith the Father.
And it shall come to pass that the time cometh,
when the fulness of my gospel shall be preached unto them; And they shall
believe in me, that I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and shall pray unto the
Father in my name. Then shall their watchmen lift up their voice, and with the
voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye. Then will the
Father gather them together again, and give unto them Jerusalem for the land of
their inheritance.
“Saith the Father” means that is written. (law-covenant) “Mine own due
time” means in the Latter-Days, the end of times.
3 Nephi 21:26-28
And then shall the work of the Father commence at
that day, even when this gospel shall be preached among the remnant of this
people. Verily I say unto you, at that day shall the work of the Father
commence among all the dispersed of my people, yea, even the tribes which have
been lost, which the Father hath led away out of Jerusalem.
Yea, the work shall commence among all the
dispersed of my people, with the Father to prepare the way whereby they may
come unto me, that they may call on the Father in my name.
Yea, and then shall the work commence, with the
Father among all nations in preparing the way whereby his people may be
gathered home to the land of their inheritance.
Here again we see the mercy of God, He prepares a
way for those to hear his words and enter into the covenant His has made. When
the Book of Mormon is brought to pass, the work has begun.
