THE BOOK OF LEHI

or part of the 116 Lost Pages of the Book of Mormon









In the early spring of 2010 I was in my office in the loft of Leland's house when I fell asleep and was visited by an Angel who introduced himself as Nephi (The Nephi in Third Nephi). I was excited to meet him and he told me that he was sent to teach me the mysteries of the Urim and Thummim because I would shortly need them. He then took my hand and brought me to the Heavenly Temple on the City of Enoch. There he showed me a Urim and Thummim and explained all the mysteries pertaining to them. He also taught me to use them, even when I did not physically have them. That is that he showed me some hands signs and mysteries whereby I could use the power of the Urim and Thummim even though they might not physically be with me. So he then took me back and showed me a vision of the room of records in the hill Cumorah. He showed me how I could view the plates using the Keys of the Urim and Thummim which he had previously taught me. It was actually very cool, I didn't even have to flip the leafs, I could just look through it to any plate I wanted to see. Nephi then said to me that I was not to Translate them until I was told to; he also told me not to tell anyone what I was about to Translate and I promised him that I would keep it a secret; although he did tell me that I could use the Keys of the Urim and Thummim whenever I wanted to in righteousness. It was almost a whole year later before he came back to me in a dream and told me to begin Translating the 116 lost pages up to the Book of First Nephi. So I did the whole thing in only a few months, and I also got the strong impression to publish it even though I was hesitant to do so at first.

When I first Translated this book, I had two spirits with me. One was the Spirit of God and the other was another spirit. Many parts were full of the Spirit and sounded exactly like the Book of Mormon, which is beyond my power to write of myself. Although there were also other parts which sounded like they were of myself or another spirit, as they did not ring true or sound the same. I have therefore, using the Spirit that I now more full have, have taken those wrong parts out and been inspired to add a few things which I had breezed over the first time. This is now the accurate Book of Lehi.







CHAPTER 1

1. Mine name is Lehi. I was called unto the work of the Lord through mine desire to serve God; and through the faithfulness of mine fathers in keeping the commandments pure from the lies of the apostates among us in the land of Jerusalem.

2. Yea mine father's name was Amuel the son of Sam. Which Sam was warned by God in a dream to leave the land of our inheritance in the territory of Manasseh.

3. Wherefore Sam also believed in the testimony of the Prophets and could see with his own eyes the abominations of the people which Jeroboam had wrought upon them.

4. And now mine grandfather Sam had settled within the city of Jerusalem but mine father Amuel desiring to be apart from the multitudes of imposters decided to move out into the country. Wherefore he got an inheritance in the valley of Lehi wherein Sampson destroyed many imposters with the jaw bone of an ass.

5. Yea it was even at that spot that I was born and mine parents being so happy with their new found inheritance named me after it.

6. Yea mine father did say unto me. Lehi mine Son, remember thy name for behold even as Sampson killed many imposters with the jaw bone of an ass, even so shall ye be a weapon in the hands of the Lord.

7. And may your marrow never fail mine Son, that ye can speak forth the words of the Lord, which shall cut deep even unto the marrow of imposters. And always remember that ye shall have as much enmity against the imposters as the jaw bone did in the hands of Sampson.

8. For behold the Lord spoke his eternal words against them and shall not rest his commands against them until they are utterly destroyed from off the face of the earth. For behold the Lord's words shall not return unto him void. Always remember these things mine Son and treasure them up in thine heart.

9. Now these are the things which mine Father said unto me when I was young, wherefore mine parents taught me the gospel plan and how to walk uprightly before God.

10. Wherefore it came to pass that I did grow in soberness, and when I was of the age of twelve my Father brought me unto the school of the Prophets that was at Mount Carmel.

11. And I did learn all the ways of the Lord and was accepted as a Priest after the Order of the Son of God.

12. Now I Lehi did learn the secret language of the Prophets called reformed Egyptian, and I did gain much of the mysteries of the Lord.

14. Yea it is the hidden mysteries of the Lord that one must obtain to gain the highest degree in the Kingdom of God.

15. And now after I obtained all the laws, rites and ordinances I did become an apprentice unto mine uncle, he being a man of God and a student of the school of the Prophets also.

16. Now my uncle's name was Simeon and he was a merchant in many distant lands, yea he did travel unto Egypt and unto Grecia often and brought back many precious things.

17. And now he did take me on many voyages insomuch that I did learn the trade.

18. Now I did become wealthy through this business insomuch that I did gain a comfortable living and did settle on the boarder of the land of Jerusalem, between there and the valley of Lehi.

19. Now it came to pass in those days that Josiah reigned upon the throne and during his reign he did pretend to find a number of holy books written by Moses in the ruins of the Temple.

20. And I Lehi did go unto the land of Jerusalem to hear of this matter. Now when I did arrive I was surprised to see that he had taken imposters who had before hand been worshippers of Tamuz and made them Priests.

21. Therefore I did protest insomuch that I was cast out of the assembly and I did hear the words they read out of those false books and knowing the ways of the Prophets and also the ways of the Almighty God, I did know they were utter confusion and a mockery before God.

22. Wherefore these supposed new found books of Moses did wholly embellish the miracles of the Exodus, and did establish complicated and foolish laws after Josiah's own heart.

23. And it came to pass that three Grecian Egyptian's by the names of Zenos and Zenoch and Neum did come into the land to cry repentance unto the inhabitants of Jerusalem and unto King Josiah.

24. Now Josiah was wroth with them for they truly exposed his wickedness and did prophecy of the Son of God which should come.

25. And Josiah threw them in prison and Zenos he did have killed, Yea he did slay him by the sword for his testimony of the Anointed that should come.

26. Wherefore Zenock did prophecy of Josiah's death and it was only after King Pzamtik of Egypt commanded that they be released that Zenock and Neum were released and exiled from the land of Jerusalem.

27. And now the words of Zenos were preserved by his brother Zenock, wherefore it is reported that before the Judges of Josiah Zenos did say, a new Son shall be born of God like unto all those who have come before and he shall be a Savior unto the house of Israel.

28. For he shall root out the imposters from this race and shall teach the doctrine of annihilation against those polluting ones in all generations.

29. And now oh Josiah I say unto you, the foundation of corruption that ye lay this day shall infect the house of Israel for many generations to come even unto the fulfilling of the prophecies that God's Son shall die for the sins of the world.

30. Verily thus saith the Lord, it would be better if thy grandfather Menassah who sawed the Prophet Isaiah in half was upon the throne, for ye have done more to pollute the ways of the Lord than he.

31. Yea if ye shall remain upon this course not only the blood of the Lamb of God shall be upon thy hands but also the pollution of the blood of thy race for many generations, even until the vengeance of God is complete. For it is said, that the Son of God shall be slain by the imposters and laid in a sepulcher for the space of three days, and then shall be raised from the dead.

32. And now the Lord God shall surely visit all the house of Israel at that day, some with his voice because of their righteousness, unto their great joy and salvation.

33. And unto others with the thundering and lightening of his power. Behold even by tempest and fire and by smoke and by dark vapor for the space of three days.

34. Even unto the opening of the earth and by mountains which shall be carried up, and the rocks rent.

35. And because of the groaning of the earth, many of the Israelitish Kings in distant lands and isles to the west shall be wrought upon by the Spirit of God, for thus is their birthright.

36. And they shall exclaim the God of nature suffers, even the Son of the Adamah.

37. Now the inhabitants of this land who shall be imposters at that time shall be righteously scourged by all people, for they crucified the Son of the living God of Israel.

38. And they shall turn their hearts aside even to the dung god their master and say there is no God, wherefore they shall despise the Holy One and his pure white people.

39. May they wander in the flesh and perish and become a hiss and a byword and be hated by all nations forever!

40. And now the day cometh that those who are of the pure blood of Israel shall remember their God and shall turn their hearts back unto the Holy One and he shall remember the covenants which he made unto their fathers.

41. Yea he shall remember the Isles of the sea which is the throne of his people. And all the people who are of the house of Israel shall gather from the four quarters of the earth saith the Lord. And the whole earth shall see the salvation of the Lord, the destroying of the dark on one hand and the preserving of the light upon the other. And all the white and delightsome nations, of every tongue shall be blessed.

42. Now I Lehi was impressed with his words, and Jeremiah did also make a copy of his words and did say, I surely desire after these Isles which shall be the seat of government unto the House Israel in the latter days!

43. And now Zenoch did also report unto us what he had said, wherefore he did say, Behold, my brother hath well said, for the Son of God shall be delivered up into the hands of wicked men.

44. For behold ye are now even making laws and have written false books with laws that would condemn even the most humble servants of the Lord. How long do ye imagine the Lord will suffer it? For even now he hath withdrawn his Spirit from you.

45. Wherefore thy children shall err and err until they are utterly confused and have many vain traditions. Wherefore thy children's children are even those wicked men of whom I speak.

46. And he shall be lifted up upon a tree even as the All-Father of the Adamah was risen up on a tree. And he shall atone for the sins of the world.

47. But behold he shall not atone for the sins of all, but for his own brethren and sisters who are the children of Adam.

48. Wherefore he must needs be bruised by they who are the pollutions in Adam's lineage and he shall cut them off as a dead branch to be utterly consumed and destroyed by the power of God.

49. Yea they shall be destroyed in Eternity, and he shall not rest until they and their children are no more and he hath put them under his feet.

50. And now Zenoch did finish speaking and Neum did say, Yea mine brother hath said that he shall be put upon a tree.

51. Behold he shall take upon himself the sins of the children of Adam, and shall be beaten and nailed unto a tree for so the prophets have said.

52. Yea repent and learn the knowledge and mysteries of the Prophets and cast off these children of imposters. And ye shall understand the cross of the world, not the tree upon which he shall die but the cross of light.

53. And he shall rise from the dead before his body is corrupted, for his energy shall not depart from him and he shall be resurrected insomuch that he shall take the Keys and power upon himself to raise his sons from the grave and to take vengeance upon his enemies.

54. And now he shall save his brothers and sister not only from their sins but also from death, and they shall rule in immortal glory as Gods.

55. For he shall die in the house of them who should have praised him and he shall bring the truth and knowledge of the Prophets unto the remote people of Enea who have kept their blood pure, even the true sons of the white Adamic race.

56. And now these are the words of the three Prophets who came out from the land of Egypt and were of the school of Necho the first and King Pzamtik, who despised the policies of Josiah and who hated the blood of the imposters who lived in the land of Jerusalem.



CHAPTER 2

1. And it came to pass that upon a certain trip down unto Egypt; I Lehi did visit the library of the Prophets, and did carefully copy the Book of Zenos that I might have all his words for future generations.

2. And now Zenock did say unto me. Lehi it is expedient that the rest of the pure blooded Israelites depart from the land of the Philistines, for the abomination of Judah has become fully rip in that place.

3. Wherefore search the words of mine Brother and you shall find a Prophecy of these things. Yea and ye know they do kill the Prophets, wherefore read the words of my Brother for they are true and faithful.

4. And now Zenos said, I Zenos am of the school of the Prophets in the land of Egypt; even that school in the days of Necho, King of Egypt.

5. And I have kept the commandments of our God insomuch that I do pray in the morning and at midday and in the evening also.

6. For my God hath saith that all his children should call upon him in the morning and in the day and in the even time. Yea ye shall cry over your house and over your crops and over your family.

7. For God blesses those who call upon him in the name of his Son with faith. Yea he doth answer them with the still small voice in their minds and with dreams at night; for he is a merciful God and he is mighty to save.

8. And now it came unto me in the evening time as I prayed east. Yea the glory of God struck me insomuch that I was wrapped up in a vision of the Lord.

9. Now there stood before me a God in shinning robes of glory. Yea his hair was pure white and his eyes shone like bright morning stars.

10. Wherefore he saith unto me; Zenos I shall reveal the fate of Israel unto thee even unto many generations for I shall sift the wheat from the tares and I shall show thee how I shall accomplish this thing. And I will also show unto thee the workings and designs of the devil.

11. Therefore I saith, Lord I am thy servant and will do all things that thou commandest me, and shall surely write according to thy words.

12. Wherefore God saith unto me Zenos, look! And I looked and I saw all the families of the house of Israel and how they were related unto each other, and what would transpire in the migrations of the House of Israel. Therefore the only way I can describe the vision I have seen is by a parable of an olive tree.

13. Wherefore hearken oh ye house of Israel and hear my words, even the words of a Prophet of God, for there are many Prophets sent unto you now as there will be forever.

14. For behold thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee O house of Israel unto a tame olive tree; which a man took and nourished in his vineyard.

15. And it grew and waxed old and began to rot. And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard went forth and he saw that his olive tree began to rot.

16. And he said, I will prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it that perhaps it may shoot forth young and tender branches that it perish not.

17. And it came to pass that he pruned it and dug about it and nourished it, according to his word.

18. And it came to pass that after many days it began to put forth somewhat a little, young and tender branches.

19. But behold, the main top thereof began to perish. And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it and he said unto his servant, it grieveth me that I should lose this tree.

20. Wherefore go and pluck the branches from a wild olive tree, and bring them hither unto me, and we will pluck off those main branches which are beginning to wither away and we will cast them into the fire, that they may be burned.

21. And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard I take away many of these young and tender branches and I will graft them whithersoever I will.

22. And it mattereth not that if it so be that the root of this tree will perish I may preserve the fruit thereof unto myself.

23. Wherefore I will take these young and tender branches and I will graft them whithersoever I will.

24. Take thou the branches of the wild olive tree and graft them in, in the stead thereof.

25. And these which I have plucked off will I cast into the fire and burn them, that they may not cumber the ground of my vineyard.

26. Now it came to pass that the servant of the Lord of the vineyard did according to the word of the Lord of the vineyard and grafted in the branches of the wild olive tree.

27. And the Lord of the vineyard caused that it should be dug about and pruned, and nourished saying unto his servant, it grieveth me that I should lose this tree.

28. Wherefore that perhaps I might preserve the roots thereof that they perish not, that I might preserve them unto myself I have done this thing.

29. Wherefore go thy way, watch the tree and nourish it according to my words.

30. And these will I place in the nethermost part of my vineyard whithersoever I will it mattereth not unto thee.

31. Now I do it that I may preserve unto myself the natural branches of the tree and also that I may lay up fruit thereof against the season unto myself.

32. For it grieveth me that I should lose this tree and the fruit thereof. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard went his way and hid the natural branches of the tame olive tree in the nethermost parts of the vineyard.

33. Some in one place and some in another according to his will and pleasure. And it came to pass that a long time passed away, and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant, come let us go down into the vineyard that we may labor in the vineyard.

34. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and also the servant went down into the vineyard to labor.

35. And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master, Behold look here the tree.

36. Now it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard looked and beheld the tree, in the which the wild olive branches had been grafted and it had sprung forth and begun to bear fruit.

37. And now he beheld that it was good and the fruit thereof was like unto the natural fruit.

38. Wherefore he said unto the servant, Behold the branches of the wild tree hath taken hold of the moisture of the root that the root thereof hath brought forth much strength.

39. And because of the much strength of the root thereof the wild branches have brought forth tame fruit.

40. Now if we had not grafted in these branches the tree thereof would have perished.

41. And now behold I shall lay up much fruit which the tree thereof hath brought forth, and the fruit thereof I shall lay up against the season unto mine own self.

42. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant, come let us go to the nethermost parts of the vineyard and behold if the natural branches of the tree hath not brought forth much fruit also that I may lay up of the fruit thereof against the season unto mine own self.

43. Wherefore it came to pass that they went forth whither the master of the vineyard had hid the natural branches of the tree and he said unto the servant, behold these.

44. And he beheld the first that it had brought forth much fruit and he beheld also that it was good.

45. Now he said unto the servant, take of the fruit thereof and lay it up against the season that I may preserve it unto mine own self.

46. For behold said he, this long time have I nourished it and it hath brought forth much fruit.

47. And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master, how comest thou hither to plant this tree or this branch of the tree?

48. For behold it was the poorest spot in all the land of thy vineyard. And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him, council me not! I knew that it was a poor spot of ground wherefore I said unto thee I have nourished it this long time and thou beholdest that it hath brought forth much fruit.

49. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant, Look hither.

50. Behold I have planted another branch of the tree also and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer than the first. But behold the tree I have nourished this long time and it hath brought forth much fruit.

51. Therefore gather it and lay it up against the season that I may preserve it unto mine own self.

52. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said again unto his servant, look hither and behold another branch also which I have planted behold that I have nourished it also and it hath brought forth fruit.

53. Now he said unto the servant Look hither and behold the last. Behold this have I planted in a good spot of ground and I have nourished it this long time, and only a part of the tree hath brought forth tame fruit and the other part of the tree hath brought forth wild fruit.

54. Behold I have nourished this tree like unto the others. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant, pluck off the branches that have not brought forth good fruit and cast them into the fire.

55. But behold the servant said unto him, let us prune it and dig about it and nourish it a little longer that perhaps it may bring forth good fruit unto thee. That thou canst lay it up against the season.

56. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant of the Lord of the vineyard did nourish all the fruit of the vineyard.



CHAPTER 3

1. And it came to pass that a long time had passed away and the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant, come let us go down into the vineyard that we may labor again in the vineyard.

2. For behold the time draweth near and the end soon cometh, wherefore I must lay up fruit against the season unto mine own self.

3. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the servant went down into the vineyard and they came to the tree whose natural branches had been broken off and the wild branches had been grafted in.

4. Now behold all sorts of fruit did cumber the tree. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard did taste of the fruit every sort according to its number.

5. And the Lord of the vineyard said, Behold this long time have we nourished this tree and I have laid up unto myself against the season much fruit.

6. But behold this time it hath brought forth much fruit and there is none of it which is good.

7. And behold there are all kinds of bad fruit and it profiteth me nothing notwithstanding all our labor.

8. Therefore it grieveth me that I should lose this tree. And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant, what shall we do unto the tree that I may preserve again good fruit thereof unto mine own self?

9. And the servant said unto his master, behold because thou didst graft in the branches of the wild olive tree they have nourished the roots that they are alive, and have not perished, wherefore thou beholdest that they are yet good.

10. Wherefore it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant, the tree profiteth me nothing and the roots thereof profiteth me nothing so long as it shall bring forth evil fruit.

11. Nevertheless, I know that the roots are good and for mine own purpose I have preserved them and because of their much strength they have hitherto brought forth from the the wild branches good fruit.

12. But behold the wild branches have grown and have overrun the roots thereof and because that the wild branches have overcome the roots thereof it hath brought forth much evil fruit.

13. And because that it hath brought forth so much evil fruit thou beholdest that it beginneth to perish, and it will soon become ripened that it may be cast into the fire except we should do something for it to preserve it.

14. Now it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant Let us go down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard and behold if the natural branches have also brought forth evil fruit.

15. And it came to pass that they went down into the nethermost parts of the vineyard. And it came to pass that they beheld that the fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also, yea the first and the second and also the last, they had all become corrupt.

16. Now the wild fruit of the last had overcome that part of the tree which brought forth good fruit even that the branch had withered away and died.

17. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard wept and said unto the servant, what could I have done more for my vineyard?

18. Behold I knew that all of the fruit of the vineyard save it were these had become corrupted. And now these which once brought forth good fruit have also become corrupted.

19. And now all the trees of my vineyard are good for nothing save it be to be hewn down and cast into the fire.

20. Wherefore this last whose branch hath withered away I did plant in a good spot of ground, yea even that which was choice unto me above all the other parts of the land of my vineyard.

21. And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which cumbered this spot of ground that I might plant this tree in the stead thereof.

22. And thou beheldest that a part thereof brought forth good fruit and a part thereof brought forth wild fruit. And because I plucked not the branches thereof and cast them into the fire, behold they have overcome the good branch that it has withered away.

23. Now notwithstanding all the care which we have taken of my vineyard the trees thereof have become corrupted that they bring forth no good fruit.

24. And these I had hoped to preserve to have laid up fruit thereof against the season unto mine own self. But behold they have become like unto the wild olive tree and they are of no worth but to be hewn down and cast into the fire.

25. And it grieveth me that I should lose them. But what could I have done more in my vineyard?

26. Have I slackened my hand that I have not nourished it? Nay I have nourished it and have digged about it and I have pruned it and I have dunged it and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long and the end draweth nigh.

27. And it grieveth me that I should hew down all the trees of my vineyard and cast them into the fire that they should be burned.

28. Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard? And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master, is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard? Have not the branches thereof overcome the roots which are good?

29. And because the branches have overcome the roots thereof, behold they grew faster than the strength of the roots taking strength unto themselves.

30. Behold I say, is this not the cause that the trees of thy vineyard have become corrupted?

31. And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant, let us go to and hew down the trees of the vineyard and cast them into the fire that they shall not cumber the ground of my vineyard, for I have done all, what could I have done more for my vineyard?

32. But behold the servant said unto the Lord of the vineyard, spare it a little longer. And the Lord said, yea I will spare it a little longer, for it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard.

33. Wherefore let us take the branches of these which I have planted in the nethermost parts of my vineyard and let us graft them into the tree from whence they came.

34. And let us pluck from the tree those branches whose fruit is most bitter and graft in the natural branches of the tree in the stead thereof.

35. And this will I do that the tree may not perish, and that perhaps I may preserve unto myself the roots thereof for mine own purpose.

36. Now behold the roots of the natural branches of the tree which I planted whithersoever I would are yet alive.

37. Wherefore that I may preserve them also for mine own purpose I will take of the branches of this tree and I will graft them in unto them.

38. Yea I will graft in unto them the branches of their mother tree that I may preserve the roots also unto mine own self that when they shall be sufficiently strong perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto me and I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard.

39. And it came to pass that they took from the natural tree which had become wild and grafted in unto the natural trees which also had become wild. And they also took of the natural trees which had become wild and grafted into their mother tree.

40. Now the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant, pluck not the wild branches from the trees save it be those which are most bitter, and in them ye shall graft according to that which I have said.

41. And we will nourish again the trees of the vineyard, and we will trim up the branches thereof and we will pluck from the trees those branches which are ripened that must perish and cast them into the fire.

42. And this I do that perhaps the roots thereof may take strength because of their goodness and because of the change of the branches that the good may overcome the evil.

43. And because that I have preserved the natural branches and the roots thereof and that I have grafted in the natural branches again into their mother tree and have preserved the roots of their mother tree that perhaps the trees of my vineyard may bring forth again good fruit.

44. That I may have joy again in the fruit of my vineyard and perhaps that I may rejoice exceedingly that I have preserved the roots and the branches of the first fruit.

45. Wherefore go to and call servants that we may labor diligently with our mights in the vineyard that we may prepare the way that I may bring forth again the natural fruit which natural fruit is good and the most precious above all other fruit.

46. Wherefore let us go to and labor with our mights for this last time, for behold the end draweth nigh.

47. And this is the last time that I shall prune my vineyard. Graft in the branches, begin at the last that they may be first, and that the first may be last, and dig about the trees both old and young, the first and the last and the last and the first, that all may be nourished once again for the last time.

48. Wherefore dig about them and prune them and dung them once more, for the last time.

49. For the end draweth nigh. And if it so be that these last grafts shall grow and bring forth the natural fruit then shall ye prepare the way for them that they may grow.

50. And now as they begin to grow ye shall clear away the branches which bring forth bitter fruit according to the strength of the good and the size thereof.

51. And ye shall not clear away the bad thereof all at once lest the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft and the graft thereof shall perish and I lose the trees of my vineyard.

52. For it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard, wherefore ye shall clear away the bad according as the good shall grow that the root and the top may be equal in strength until the good shall overcome the bad and the bad be hewn down and cast into the fire that they cumber not the ground of my vineyard.

53. And thus will I sweep away the bad out of my vineyard. And the branches of the natural tree will I graft in again into the natural tree, and the branches of the natural tree will I graft into the natural branches of the tree.

54. And thus will I bring them together again that they shall bring forth the natural fruit and they shall be one. And the bad shall be cast away, yea even out of all the land of my vineyard, for behold only this once will I prune my vineyard. 55. Now it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sent his servant and the servant went and did as the Lord had commanded him and brought other servants, and they were few.

56. Wherefore the Lord of the vineyard said unto them, go to and labor in the vineyard with your mights. For behold this is the last time that I shall nourish my vineyard.

57. For the end is nigh at hand and the season speedily cometh, and if ye labor with your might with me ye shall have joy in the fruit which I shall lay up unto myself against the time which will soon come.

58. And it came to pass that the servants did go and labor with their might and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them, and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard in all things.

59. Now there began to be the natural fruit again in the vineyard and the natural branches began to grow and thrive exceedingly. And the wild branches began to be plucked off and to be cast away and they did keep the root and the top thereof equal according to the strength thereof.

60. And thus they labored with all diligence according to the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard even until the bad had been cast away out of the vineyard and the Lord had preserved unto himself the natural fruit.

61. Now they became like unto one body and the fruit were equal and the Lord of the vineyard had preserved unto himself the natural fruit which was most precious unto him from the beginning.

62. And it came to pass that when the Lord of the vineyard saw that his fruit was good and that his vineyard was no more corrupt, he called up his servants and said unto them, behold for this last time have we nourished my vineyard and thou beholdest that I have done according to my will.

63. And I have preserved the natural fruit that it is good even like as it was in the beginning and blessed art thou. For because ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard and have kept my commandments and have brought unto me again the natural fruit that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is cast away.

64. Behold ye shall have joy with me because of the fruit of my vineyard. For behold for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of my vineyard unto mine own self, against the season, which speedily cometh.

65. And for the last time have I nourished my vineyard and pruned it and dug about it and dunged it.

67. Wherefore I will lay up unto mine own self of the fruit for a long time according to that which I have spoken.

68. And when the time cometh that evil fruit shall again come into my vineyard then will I cause the good and the bad to be gathered.

69. And the good will I preserve unto myself and the bad will I cast away into its own place. And then cometh the season and the end and my vineyard will I cause to be burned with fire.

70. Wherefore this is the end of my prophecy concerning the wonderings and trials of Israel.



CHAPTER 4

1. Now I Lehi did perceive the words of Zenos, that he spoke in such a way that only the discerning would understand his words.

2. Now he did say that they did bring forth both bad and good fruit, wherefore I perceived that the true and living God of Israel shall lead out some few unto the ends of the earth.

3. While the devil shall also encourage his own children to go out unto the ends of the earth, and in this way both the Gods and the devils shall be working out their plans one against the other.

4. And now when I Lehi did realize these things I did praise my God for showing them unto me.

5. Wherefore I did tell these things unto Zenock and he did bless me for perceiving them, insomuch that he did introduce me into the Egyptian school of the Prophets and I did receive the Egyptian endowments in the Temple at Karnack.

6. And now it came to pass that I met a young princess at the school of the Prophets who was one of the daughters of Pelzeck who was a king under Pzamtik, and her name was Sariah.

7. Wherefore having a desire to understand the ways of the Lord her father did grant unto her permission to go unto the school of the Prophets and become a Priestess after the Order of the Ancients.

8. And now we did meet in the Celestial room of the Temple in our white robes. And she did discuss the mysteries with me, and I perceived her to be a wise and sober woman.

9. Now we did meet together often to talk about the mysteries in the Temple of God, insomuch that we did love one another's company.

10. Wherefore I did go unto Pelzeck and saith, I am Lehi of the school of the Prophets at Mount Carmel, for Sariah told me to go introduce myself unto him thus.

11. And now he did tell me that Sariah desired to be with me and asked if I would take her as a wife, wherefore I did take her hand and we were sealed together by Pelzeck for all the Eternities to come.

12. And now I did give unto Pelzeck a blue gem stone like unto the color of the sea, but Sariah is worth more than a world of gems, for we shall ascend unto the Celestial worlds together. And I did give unto Sariah a pearl of great price to wear in her silver crown.

13. Now we did travel back unto the land of Judah, and did go unto the property I did buy on the out skirts of Jerusalem, and there built a house.

14. And there was a cave on the property where I had a secret store house, where I kept many precious things that I acquired upon my travels.

15. Wherefore it came to pass that Sariah did bare a son and we did call his name Laman. And next she did bear a daughter named Narili, and after this she did bare me another son named Lemuel.

16. And Sariah did give unto me a handmaid named Gaila to be another wife, and she did bear me a daughter named Fani. Wherefore we were having much joy and rejoicing in the abundant mercies of God.

17. Now Josiah's reign became more and more intolerable, yea he did make it a crime to travel on the Sabbath, and to do many things.

18. And he also did invade the school of the Prophets both at Mount Carmel and at Ramah, and he did burn many books, and he did make it a crime to mention any God but One.

19. Wherefore he even did say that any books of scripture that were not re-translated by his priests were illegal, wherefore I did hide many books in our home.

20. He also did re-interpret the psalms of David, although they were the most unmolested of all the works. Yea he did make it a crime to know the mysteries of the Lord.

21. Now it came to pass that in those days that Pzamtik became old and did anoint and coronate his son Necho the second to be King of Egypt.

22. And Necho the second did make many ships, for he desired to have maps of the whole world, and to gather all the wisdom of the world to put in his libraries, wherefore many of the books of the Hebrews that dated back before Josiah's reign were smuggled into Egypt for safe keeping.

23. Wherefore even these plates which I have made from the much gold I have acquired upon my journeys, upon which I inscribe this account at this very time in the secret language of the Prophets is illegal according to the laws of Josiah.



CHAPTER 5

1. And now it came to pass that Necho King of Egypt had it in his heart to go liberate the House of Israel from the bondage of the Assyrians, for he heard much about how a band there called the Sons of Isaac were being killed.

2. Now Necho the second had one of the most glorious and powerful armies in the world, wherefore he knew that he could liberate the Ten Clans of Israel from under the tribute of the Assyrians.

3. And now in came to pass in the third year of his reign that Necho brought his army up through the land of Judah to pass up through Damascus and on into the land of Assyria.

4. But behold, Josiah did loathe that the Ten Clans of the northern tribes should be released and bring again the true religion of Israel into the land.

5. Now Josiah did gather his army and his chariots and his horse men, and his foot soldiers and his archers and he met the army of Necho in the valley of Miggido.

6. Now behold Necho did despise Josiah for a long time, and he was an expert archer insomuch that there was none better in the whole world.

7. Wherefore Josiah was upon his chariot surrounded by his most trusted knights on horse back, and they did advance with the Calvary.

8. And it came to pass that Josiah and his men did go a little slower once they came in range so that Josiah would not be on the front line.

9. Now Necho's pike men did stand their ground and Necho did nock his bow and set his sights on Josiah.

10. Now it came to pass that the armies clashed but Necho did not turn his eyes from Josiah, wherefore when Josiah was in good range Necho did draw back his bow and aimed with all his skill and let the arrow fly.

11. And now the arrow did strike Josiah right in the chest just above his breast plate and he did fall backwards of his chariot screaming, I am dead.

12. And now it came to pass that as soon as they saw that Josiah was hit they called a retreat, and they did rush the body of Josiah back unto Jerusalem.

13. Now it came to pass that Necho did pass on, and did return in the space of three months realizing most all of the Israelites in Assyria had left or escaped and even the Sons of Isaac had left by that time.

14. And now when Necho did came back into the land of Jerusalem he heard that Jehohaz did reign in the stead of Josiah.

15. And now Jehohaz was one of his father's chief priests that did change the scriptures wherefore Necho did threaten to take Jerusalem if he did not meet him out in the Field of Riplah, wherefore he came.

16. Now Necho put him in bonds and did appoint that Jehohaz' brother should be King for the time being whose name was Elaikim.

17. And now it came to pass that Jeremiah and I did meet Necho by the field of Riplah, and we did administer Bread and Wine unto him and he did kneel with us in all soberness and righteousness.

18. Wherefore when we had administered the Bread and the Wine unto him he did give us precious gifts.

19. Yea he did give unto me Lehi his own bow wherewith he had slain Josiah. And now the bow that killed Josiah that he gave me was a steel bow of fine workmanship. Steel being a metal perfected and produced by the Egyptians.

20. And now Necho did pass out of the land back into the land of Egypt and did not come back out into the land of Jerusalem.

21. Now by his time Sariah already had several more sons and daughter, wherefore this is the names of mine children. Laman, Narili, Lemuel, Jasi, Sam, Nephi and Rachel. And from Gaila; Fani, Jeriel, Leah and Mary.

22. And now Nephi was born on this wise, Sariah and I had joined the Holy Order among the Prophets in the land and we did meet together and did bless our wives after the Order of the Ancients and Sariah did conceive and bare a Holy child whose name was Nephi.

23. And an Angel of the Lord did appear unto me in the night and saith, Lehi mine fellow servant, thy Son which Sariah hath conceived shall be the child of Angels, wherefore his stature will be exceedingly great and he shall have double rows of teeth.

24. Wherefore call his name Nephi, for he shall be a great man like unto a giant of the Nephileem.

25. And now when Nephi was twelve years of age I did call him unto the Priesthood knowing that he was a sober child and full of the Spirit of the Lord.

26. Now I did give unto him the bow of Necho and saith unto him; Nephi remember to always hate the imposters who call themselves Jews but are not.

27. Yea have as much enmity for them as this bow did in the hands of Necho, King of Egypt for Josiah. Yea may your marrow wax strong in your bones, so that your words and deeds may always be an arrow of piercing against the iniquity of the Jews.

28. Now Nephi did grow in soberness and stature, insomuch that he did exceed my height when he was only twelve years of age.

29. And Laman and Lemuel his brethren were jealous of him, he being their younger brother, and having such great abilities and power.

30. And now I did say unto Laman and Lemuel, my sons if ye will repent and uphold thy brother and be glad for his gifts, then it shall be well with you.

31. But oh remember; remember that jealousy is a vise and that it is the path to sorrow. For behold ye have many gifts of your own, wherefore ye shall bear one another up with that which the Lord has granted unto you.

32. For now if any person shall develop their natural endowments they shall be a marvel to all, and there is not reason my sons to be jealous of another's.

33. Now when they heard this they did not take my words to heart but they did not complain so much, and now I did notice that they did associate themselves with other men who were of the church of Josiah.

34. Wherefore this did cause me great sorrow that they would associate themselves with such traitors, but with Nephi I was well pleased and delighted in his soberness.

36. And now Sam did take neither side but was a peace maker, wherefore I knew he would be blessed inasmuch as he would keep the commandments of God.

37. And now behold I shall write somewhat about some of the mysteries of the Prophets which I learned while being with the Prophets both in mount Carmel and in Egypt.

38. Now there is a light that emanates through all things, this light comes from the planet Shinah and is the light or intelligence of the Anointed Ones.

39. And now it is not from the light ye can see from Shinah, but it is light that cannot be seen; for there are many lights that cannot be seen by the mortal eye.

40. For verily there are also elements that cannot be touched, both because the fineness of its structure on one hand or because its complex nature on the other.

41. Wherefore the order of all things cannot begin to be comprehended by ones natural senses.

42. Now behold I tell thee these things because it is important that it be preserved for future generations.

43. And now this light is a key unto the spiritual world, for if one can learn to see it, he will see through it like a glass into finer worlds.

44. For this will enlighten his mind insomuch that he can begin to comprehend the Divine mind, which gift cannot be comprehended by the profane or disbelieving.

51. And now with this virtue one can work many miracles according to the Spirit. But it is not the same as the Spirit, for spiritual matter is finer.

52. Wherefore behold the Holy Spirit is the actual spirits of Just Men made Perfect. But virtue is the light that is between the physical and spiritual.



CHAPTER 6

1. And now behold all mortals do eat the fruit of this earth which maketh up the blood of the body.

2. Now this mortal blood maketh up the physical body, but this body is not the only body that maketh up the constitution of mankind.

3. Now those who are sober and look with an eye single to the glory of God can be given to see. And those who begin to see will see light surrounding all things. This is the virtue and intelligence which fills the world.

4. He will also begin to see the various colors of the light, and he will notice the colors changing around people as their actions and feelings change. This is the first thing he shall see.

5. Now such a man should find a living stone which magnifies the light and look through it as it magnifies his sight into the higher realms of light.

6. The light of the Sun is the light of the Anointed, and the light of the Moon is the light of the Anointed, and the light of the earth is the light of the Anointed, all in their varying degrees and glories.

7. Wherefore the glory of these bodies is the light of the Anointed ones and the power by which God created the worlds.

8. For worlds have grown like all living trees. Like the trees grow in the forest, the worlds have been born, nurtured and expanded to all varying sizes and degrees of power.

9. Now I shall talk somewhat about death. For death is a separation of one part of your being from another. And now there are as many deaths as there are bodies, but death is not necessary.

10. For if ye wish not to die, then ye must become one with all your parts and selves and ye shall live forever, like the distillation of nector; to bring all thy parts into righteous submission is to be identified with them in the Eternal worlds. For how can something be separated after it hath been eternally married one to another?

11. And now behold there are many levels and degrees, wherefore when your eyes are opened ye shall see many things that ye do not at first understand.

12. Now ye can use this virtue and project it out of thy body to heal the sick and to pour virtue into another, for this is the power of thy virtue.

13. And now behold all these mysteries have I learned in the school of the Prophets that is in Egypt. But behold the mysteries of the Seers run much deeper than this, for these are just the basic principles.

14. For there are many mysteries that are reserved for the very elect, and these may be revealed by God unto their minds; for they need not that any man teach it unto them, but God who is within them.

15. For there are points of power which have various meanings which pertain unto the fruit of the tree of life. And now understanding and wisdom are the fruits of the elect.

16. Wherefore be sober and look with thy spiritual sight and ye shall have the mysteries unfolded unto you like an unrolling scroll.

17. For behold God hideth the mysteries within himself and they may steadily be revealed unto thee in a constant stream of light from the Sun and at night from the moon and in the darkness from the navel of the earth.

18. For thou art his children and his light is always around you, all ye have to do is open thy eyes and be believing and see the light that is all around you.

19. For Angels are always by thy side to bear thee up if ye fulfill the law upon which their blessings are predicated.

20. And now victory is thine if thou wilt put out thy hand to receive it and glory is thy inheritance placed within in thy hand.

21. Wherefore witness before the Lord with the hand of justice and the other shall be full of mercy.

22. And now as ye do these things thy inner seats where thy spirit is connected unto thy subtle self will be filled with virtue.

23. But behold this is only the virtue of heaven being distilled, there are yet deeper mysteries of the Seers and of the Priesthood which shall be revealed unto the very elect.

24. For if ye shall take the Bows of El, and ye shall put the foundation stones of worship within them, and place them upon thy inner eye, the Patriarchal power of the Gods shall flow into thy foundation and ye shall be firmly established as a Seer before the Lord.

25. Wherefore this is a great mystery of mysteries, and those to whom God hath sworn an oath, and who have made an everlasting oath with him shall have the eternal Priesthood distilled upon their heads.

26. And their feet shall firmly be established and sod with the virtues of the pillars, righteousness and peace, which hold the stones of power.

27. And their foundation shall be the inflowing of royal power, and their head shall be crowned with the power of their Eternal Fathers, and their throne shall be the ineffable Isrealite mystery which cannot be uttered.

28. Wherefore their feet shall be washed and their head Anointed so that they will be Kings and Priests forever.

29. And verily the true meanings of these sayings cannot be revealed but to the chosen ones from before the foundations of the world.

30. For these mysteries of the Prophets pertain unto the grand royal secrets of the ancients, wherefore it cannot be known by the profane, but only cherished by the elect throughout the blissful lives of endless Eternities.

31. For behold when one eternity ends and all visible things are disillusioned the only beings to survive and enjoy the day spring of a new Eternity are the high Gods of the Eihiaheim.

32. Wherefore all other things have an end from one eternity unto another, wherefore to enjoy all the Eternities to come with our present identity we must come unto this Divine station wherein there is no end. All Eternities forever!

33. And when ye shall understand this mystery ye shall see that ye have always been a part of them, or ye cannot understand it.

34. For the children of light come form the light and return unto the light from which they sprang.

35. Wherefore love the light and look with an eye single unto it, and take it in with all joy and rejoicing, for the joy and knowledge of the light is the purpose of awareness.

36. And now the dark ones would tell thee that before there was anything there was darkness and that the darkness made the light, but behold darkness cannot make light.

37. For behold this is only their perspective, sole understanding it from this fallen realm of darkness.

38. Instead the Eihiaheim desiring another eternity brought the light into the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. And they organized the chaos to make a home for their children.

39. Darkness never begat light. The light was brought forth by the Gods from a realm they cannot fathom nor comprehend.

40. Wherefore chaos does not make order, but order is made by the Gods. And now darkness does not make light but the God brought the light into the darkness.

41. These are some of the mysteries of the children of light. Wherefore mine children and whosoever shall read this record, if ye are of the light, than love the light and believe not the lies of the dark ones and imposters.



CHAPTER 7

1. And now there is an eternal sea of intelligence from which the Eihiaheim casteth their seeds; wherefore all things emanate from this sea.

2. The Eternal sea is the source of all things, yea it is all that is, and it is all truth.

3. And now behold I know far from all things, wherefore press forward in all truth and understanding that you might be able to partake of things eternally beyond this forever and ever.

4. How great the works of God are! And how marvelous is his glory and power. Yea how vast his Creations and how deep his understanding and wisdom; for we are his seed; and oh how limited our knowledge is!

5. Wherefore there are endless Gods and endless progression. For God is always progressing to a higher sphere, yea they are progressing eternally in intelligence and in power from one level unto another.

6. Now behold it is important to be born again by immersion in water for the remission of sins and for overcoming the illusion of mortality.

7. For behold ye must be born again to receive all of the ordinances necessary to over come the cycles of mortality and take thy place as a resurrected being among the Gods.

8. For we are sailors on the vast oceans of memory and intelligence, wherefore when the deep is revealed we shall know all things pertaining unto our family of the Gods.

9. Now we may access this part within ourselves when we look into the flame of the Seers.

10. And then our hearts will fully yearn and reach for our parents and the hearts of our fathers and mothers shall truly yearn and reach for us, and in that moment of pure desire and love the bonds of time will be severed and we shall be together, yea we shall be in their arms.

11. The endless arms of ageless Parents; and with that power we shall break the bonds of temporal love and like a fiery crown will be enlightened with the pure cords of Divine providence and Power; yea even the Sealing Power of the Fathers.

12. Wherefore at that time we shall go among this world of darkness and through the foggy waters looking for those for whom we have an eternal love.

13. And when we find them sojourning through this veil, we shall Seal them unto ourselves; Yea we already being part of this eternal chain of Patriarchs since before the world was.

14. Yea, love is the gospel of the Fathers and Mothers for all generations!

15. And now it hath been revealed unto me that I should unfold unto thee about how one is to find those they love in the world, so that those they love maybe Sealed unto them forever.

16. Yea how it is to be done is simple, for those who truly love each other find one another from one life unto the next, for the tentacles of divine providence gather them together and they know each other from before they were born.

17. Now when your mortal life comes to an end you see all of your memories recalled before you and in that moment you do fall in love with what your life has been.

18. Yea you became infinitely grateful for the experience you have obtained, wherefore you shall be the same after ye die as you have been in your mortal probation.

19. And if ye are progressing ye shall continue to progress, and if ye are digressing ye shall be damned for a time. Because ye are possessed by that spirit.

20. Wherefore if ye are peaceful and without fear, looking forward with excitement your passing shall be easy as you begin a new chapter of your life, but if ye are full of fear and doubt and wish not to go your body of light will disintegrate and be destroyed with your body, leaving your spirit alone.

21. And now the righteous who keep their body of virtue shall remain about the body for the space of three days keeping it and dwelling near their head.

22. Now upon the third day a beautiful maiden shall come unto the righteous.

23. Wherefore she shall lead the righteous subtle self and Spirit unto perpetual bliss and paradise until the time of resurrection.

24. And now ye shall meet thy ancestors made perfect in that place and ye shall be free to ascent unto the various worlds of light according to the keys which you have received, and do all things that the Lord would have you do until the resurrection of the dead.

25. Yea and if ye have been made perfect ye may also minister unto your relatives in righteousness and love; but also sorrow at their actions and yearn to help them.

26. And behold many do minister unto others from spirit prison, for many mortals are in a state of prison themselves, wherefore many lies are told by many diverse spirits and devils.

27. But behold the Holy Spirit is the Spirits of Just Men and Women made perfect.

28. And now behold I do make an end of these saying at this time and shall continue with my record.



CHAPTER 8

1. Now it happened that Babylon came up against Judah and did take Elaikim prisoner and set Hezekiah upon the throne in his stead, and demanded that he pay tribute unto Babylon.

2. Wherefore the people were forced to give up many of their riches to pay the heavy taxes.

3. And now Hezekiah did also worship the Gods of Babylon to show his allegiance unto them, and did not lament selling his people, but delighted in the position that he was given.

4. Now it came to pass that a certain High Priest appointed by Jahohaz over the Church in Jerusalem began to teach my sons Laman and Lemuel.

5. And behold his name was Laban. Now it came to pass that Nephi and Sam also wondered what Laban was teaching unto them wherefore they went along also.

6. Now it came to pass that Nephi did report unto me that Laban taught against the Prophets insomuch that he called us fanatics and taught the religion of Josiah.

7. Now I told unto my sons that I would not hinder them from going, for I believed in the principles of free agency but that I knew the religion of Josiah to be an abomination.

8. Wherefore I also showed unto them the traditions of the Prophets which was the true religion of Israel.

9. Now Laman and Lemuel were displeased with Nephi for telling on them, wherefore they did ban him from their company.

10. And it came to pass that I did ask Sam if he believed in Laban's words, and Sam saith unto me, I believe him to have the ordinances and to be a Prophet for he tells us many amazing things, but I feel thee to be a Prophet also.

11. Now I did bless Sam, but Laman and Lemuel became more and more hardened against the teachings of the Fathers, insomuch that they would not hear my words.

12. Now it came to pass that Hezekiah did also make it illegal to have multiple marriages insomuch that mine wife Gaila did pretend only to be our servant in public.

13. And now it happened that I did sorrow for the wickedness of the people insomuch that I went onto the hill above Jerusalem and did pray unto the Father that I might know his will concerning my family, and his will concerning the Israelites that remained in the land.

14. And now in an instant I was surrounded by the brightest and most powerful white light I had ever seen.

15. And now while I remained in the light I heard the voice of the Lord of lords, even the rushing voice of Yahovah speaking unto me.

16. Now he saith, Lehi I seal thee up that you may have a place in my Kingdom and now I reveal unto thee the beginning and end of my will concerning the city of Jerusalem before thee.

17. And now he spoke on saying, I am sorely displeased with the inhabitants of Jerusalem! For they have forgotten their Israelite heritage and have denied the white and delightsom faith of their Fathers!

18. Wherefore I did lead Moses through the wilderness that those who would keep the faith might depart from him, and finally I lead Joshua unto this land so that the imposters could be sloughed off at this place,

19. While I have continually lead out the pure white and elect children of the Prophets!

20. Now I shall show thee the end of this city wherefore look.

21. And now I looked and behold the brilliant white light subsided and I did see a great pillar of fire crowned by a unfolding cloud of glory over the city of Jerusalem!

22. And I perceived that I was in a great turbulence and the city beneath the hill seemed to be melted and disintegrated and debris were taken up in the pillar and burned in the cloud that was like unto a furnace!

23. Now I was trembling for the sight was amazing and horrible, a hundred times more brilliant and horrifying then I had ever supposed the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah to be!

24. Now the Lord saith, this shall not happen until the very last days when Jerusalem shall be full of wicked imposters who shall murder and take advantage of their neighbors who shall also be imposters.

25. And behold they shall be full of murder and conspiracy insomuch that I shall not be able to withhold utter and total annihilation from them if I wished to.

26. For they shall be five fold worse than the world before the flood and ten fold the wickedness of Sodom.

27. Now this is the abomination of desolation that Josiah will have brought upon his people, and I delight not that mine people be a hiss and a byword, but the imposters make it so, and I hate them who hate me saith the Lord!

28. And now the Lord showed me that day and I did see the horrible wickedness of which he spoke as it were in a flash, and how they did destroy each others houses while women and children remained inside, and how they did send great missiles at one another.

29. However I did see and understand that the Jews were a hundred fold worse than their neighbors, and that to get gain and money they feared not to bath the world in blood.

30. Now I did see in that day that they did control the affairs of the gentiles and that there was nothing they feared to do, and that they cursed the true Gods of heaven and mocked the truth.

31. And now I did also see an abomination rise out of this religion of wickedness that Josiah had made and that abomination did take the form of a great red star that rose in the north and did bring sorrow and destruction upon all people; even the emblem of the devil.

32. Now I did also see a righteous man of God attempt to stop this power of evil and to lay hold of and carry away captive the Jews who were for this red star and for their crimes, wherefore the Lord Yahovah saith unto me,

33. Lehi if the world shall combine against this man and fight on the side of the red star I shall not bring peace on the earth for three generations.

34. Even so many generations that they shall remember not to revile the man who attempted to break the yoke of the Jews from off their shoulders, and in that day I shall raise up another man like unto him, even a Mighty and Strong one.

35. For behold if the people shall reject him who fighteth the red star I shall reject them saith the Lord!

36. And now I was taken up into the heavens with many Angels so that I could see more fully the destruction that the Lord promised to send upon Jerusalem.

37. Wherefore I did see that pillar of fire and that great cloud which rested upon a rock that was enshrined within the city, and after I had seen what they had done, I rejoiced that they were burned with the fire of God’s wrath.

38. Now I was taken back unto my body and the Lord saith unto me, Lehi now go and cry repentance unto this people saying unto them,

39. If thou shalt not reject the religion of Josiah the Lord shall bring in Babylon upon you, and in the last days shall utterly burn thy children who are gathered in this place!

40. Now go and cry repentance unto this people saith the Lord of Hosts!

41. Wherefore I was left standing upon the hill in great amazement and mine energy had departed from me, for mine heart was pounding seeing such great wickedness and such great desolation.

42. Wherefore I did go back unto mine house and did collapse upon mine bed without anything to eat, so great was mine exhaustion.



CHAPTER 9

1. And now it came to pass that after I had fallen asleep I was visited by an Angel. Now this Angel did say unto me,

2. Lehi I am here to show thee the rest of the vision which ye did not have the strength to bear all at one time.

3. Now I arose and noticed that I was outside of my body, and that a silvery cord of light connected me unto my physical body.

4. And this Angel did place his hand upon my forehead and I immediately began to see a vision.

5. Now I did see the Celestial world insomuch that I saw my Father in Heaven upon his throne and mine Mother by his side.

6. And now they were surrounded by concourses of Angels in white garments that were praising and worshiping them with great songs of joy.

7. And now mine heavenly parents did smile upon me and I was overcome with gratitude to be shown their faces and to see their glory.

8. Their glory was brighter than the Sun, insomuch that they were brilliant and pure in every way.

9. Now the Angel did say unto me, Lehi this is thy Parents in heaven who do care about thee, and have supported thee every day of thy life.

10. And behold there are many Gods like unto them in the heavens, and there is even a hundred and forty four thousand in their particular Council.

11. And now behold there is also twelve thousand from different clans that existed upon their world, and each of these makes up a different part of the Eloheim; they all having their own attitudes and ways of doing things that is in line with eternal law.

12. Now I Lehi was amazed at this and at the vision of the Eloheim, and I did praise my God insomuch that I said,

13. Glory be unto thee mine Father of spirits, and of my primal beginning, glory, glory, glory unto thee in the highest.

18. For thou art a Solar God of the ages, and I thank thee for all that I have and for mine life and all that I poses, praise be to thy name forever and ever!

14. And now when I was done praising mine Holy Parents in heaven the Angel said unto me, Lehi look for there is another thing the Gods desire to show unto thee.

15. Now I looked and I was taken in vision to the throne of Michael, and I saw by his right hand a Son, whom was a Holy Spirit and had given unto man the Divine Words of Michael, he being the messenger of his Father, wherefore he was called the Word or the Breath or Wind of God.

16. Now he also had a brother which the Father said would go down with him, and now I Lehi did see Logos and his brother escorted by Angels up through the heavens to the Sun.

17. And now the countenance of the Son of Michael was above the brightness of the Sun, for he did indeed appear like unto other Celestial beings.

18. Now I saw him traverse the expanse of the sky and come even nigh unto the Terrestrial worlds, wherefore he passed by many Angels who stood as sentinels between the heavens.

19. And it came to pass that I saw Logos come even unto the moon. And upon the moon stood twelve other Angels in the temple made of silver there, and their glory was as the wondering stars.

20. And now I saw that he said unto them to come follow him and they did follow him. And they did condescend down unto the earth, and did pass through the firmament of heaven and did disguise themselves by hiding their glory with the power of the Spirit that the devils in the firmament could not detect them.

21. Now the evil spirits of the air that flew about were in such a commotion fighting amongst themselves that they did not test the Son and the twelve morning stars who had hid their glory.

22. And behold they came upon the earth as the Holy Spirits and did minister and did testify of the truth unto men.

23. And now the chief spirit of the twelve spirits did come unto me and did open a book before me that was in his hand and invited me to read in it, and now these are the words that I saw in the Book;

24. Wo, wo unto Jerusalem, for I have seen thine abominations! For nothing is hid from before mine face, for mine pavilion is a Seer stone unto me wherein I see all things.

25. And Jerusalem hath filled mine cup of wrath insomuch that it floweth over and I shall send in the Babylonians upon them. And Jerusalem shall be burned with fire and many shall perish by the sword.

26. Wherefore those who do not perish by the sword and are not burned shall I permit to be placed in captivity by the Babylonians.

27. And Judah shall be in bondage for the space of three to four generations, for I punish those who hate me unto the third and fourth generation!

28. And now I the Lord am sorely displeased with Judah, for their Kings have sold them into spiritual bondage already; for they have changed my words and ordinances and forbidden mine Everlasting Covenant.

29. Now behold saith the Lord, I shall bring back a remnant of Israel and a remnant of imposters and it shall be given unto the Prophets in those days to divide them and to judge between them, who be of Israel and shall have the rights of the Priesthood and who is not, who shall have no right unto the Priesthood forever.

30. And behold if the people in the land of Jerusalem in those days shall mix their seed with the seed of the imposters again; behold I shall take any remnant left of Israel in the land and hide them from the knowledge of the Church.

31. And the Church at Jerusalem shall be left unto their own devises and shall have neither part nor portion of the Everlasting Priesthood, verily thus saith the Lord they shall be forsaken forever, to wonder to and fro in the earth as Cain of old.

32. Now verily, verily I say unto you I shall have hidden branches of my true Church of Israel, and unto them shall I show the mysteries of the Church of the Firstborn.

33. And now behold it is not with thine natural eyes that ye shall commune with the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn but with thine spiritual eyes, and thy spiritual ears; for their messengers to man are Just Spirits.

34. Wherefore those who join with the Church of the Firstborn shall worship the Eloheim in Spirit and in truth.

35. And the members of the Church of the Firstborn shall come in and sup with those Elect children of Israel, and bless them with the choicest blessings of heaven.

36. And now behold, the Spirits of Just men made perfect shall minister unto them, and those translated and resurrected beings of the General Assembly on the other side of the veil shall be upon their right hand and upon their left.

37. For verily as one maketh the sign of the dove, which is to breath the Spirit upon their brethren, they shall see the Eloheim in their glory, and shall be surrounded by Angels of the Church of the Firstborn.

38. And behold it is by the ministration of the Spirits of Just Men made perfect and the turning of the hearts unto them that distills the Sealing Power of the Ancients.

39. For those who are members of the Church of the Firstborn shall receive the Priesthood after the Order of the Ancients.

40. And behold there are two Orders among those who have communion with the Church of the Firstborn.

41. The first is the Patriarchal Order, which is the Sealing Order of the Fathers wherewith is made an unbreakable chain back unto Father Michael the Ancient of Days and the elect are Anointed and Sealed up against the power of the devil for a thousand years.

42. The second is the Holy Order of the Ancients which is the marriage Order of the Gods, wherein male and female are perfectly united in harmony and love according to everyone's freewill and choice; for some to be with one Eternal love on one hand and others to have multiple Sealings on the other.

43. And now behold those who have communion with the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn and of Enoch, and receive the fullness of the Priesthood after the Order of the Ancients having the Sealing Power distilled upon their heads shall be blessed of the Father and shall have Eternal Lives.

44. Wherefore be sober looking forward unto your salvation and reject every dark and loathsome thing, hating the imposters and children of the devil, for even God thy Eloheim despiseth them.

45. But behold, God is verily bound to uphold everyone's free agency until he shall gather in one all things which are upon the earth and which are in heaven.

46. And in that day shall the earth burn as the Celestial Sun, for it shall join the Sun in a marriage of worlds, and the Sun shall be spread out upon the whole face of the Earth; for verily all of Gods words shall be fulfilled!

47. And now when I Lehi did finish reading that part of the Book in the Angels hand I did exclaim my gratitude and praise for I was overcome with awe and worship for mine loving creator, wherefore I saith,

48. Great and marvelous are thy works O Lord God Almighty! Thy throne is high above the heavens and thy power, glory, goodness and mercy are over all the face of the earth, and thy power is over all the inhabitants of the earth and over many worlds.

49. And now because thou art merciful, thou shalt not suffer those who come unto thee to perish. Great and merciful are thy ways oh Lord, mine strength and my powerful defense.

50. Glory, glory, glory unto thee mine God and mine Savior. Thy understanding and wisdom are forever and ever!

51. And now when I had so said the Angel closed the book and said unto me that he was the stone, a Seer of the Lord, and that he would help the Savior establish a Church in the meridian of time.

52. Wherefore he saith unto me, I shall be called Peter and mine two councilors shall be Jacob and Jovian.

53. And now Peter saith unto me, Lehi I have been commanded of the Lord to teach thee about the Keys of his Kingdom and to firmly tell thee of the Laws that thy people shall hold dear, for behold thy descendants shall live upon the Isles of the sea and shall even go unto the ends of the earth.

54. And now I Lehi did listen unto the Apostle of the Lord, and did covenant with him to teach my children the laws and ordinances of the Lord and to firmly establish the laws of Gods Kingdom upon the earth.



CHAPTER 10

1. And now it came to pass that the Apostle did again open the book unto another part and bade me to read.

2. Now behold the words of the book which I read were these; behold I the Lord have provided a savior for you from before the foundations of the earth.

3. And now there shall be many Saviors upon Mount Sion, but I shall speak of the one who shall work out the Atonement for the children of men and shall be the Savior of the World.

4. Now this is a great mystery, the Savior of the World shall be the Son of Father Michael Adam the Archangel the Ancient of Days.

5. And now he shall be his only begotten Son, or in other words he shall be the first Son that the Father hath begot in his Godhood.

6. Wherefore he is the Word of his Power, or in other words the Holy Spirit or messenger of his words.

7. And behold I did prepare this Savior to atone for the sins of mankind and to raise them from the dead as he hath been raised from the dead, and all this have I laid out since the foundations of the world.

8. And he shall condescend from his Celestial throne on Michael's right hand unto mortality that he might teach men the words of Michael and give them the gnosis of the Gods.

9. Now behold he shall be born a King of Enea but shall live in humility and secrecy.

10. Wherefore a beautiful maiden shall be visited by Father Michael in the most sacred place and shall conceive and bear a Son.

11. And the government shall be upon his shoulders but he shall be made to live in secrecy and he shall be taught step by step the Divine Principles of the Gods.

12. And behold he shall be slain for the sins of the world by the evil imposters and shall be crucified and placed in a sepulcher.

13. But behold before the day of his corruption he shall be raised from the dead by one of the Gods, and shall be given the Keys of Resurrection in his hands, and shall be given power whereby he can bring those he loves of his followers unto himself who is in the bosom of the Father.

14. And now those Jews who have crucified the Lord shall be cursed for all generations, and the gentiles whom they have manipulated to do it shall be guiltless.

15. For behold those the Jews believe are gentiles shall actually be the Israelites, wherefore the gentiles that the Jews shall control in the last days and the children of the Latins that they shall have influence over in that day are the true children of Israel. Some of part gentile and Isrealite blood, and others of pure Isrealite blood, but they shall be accounted as one Sealed into the Family of Israel, who repent and believe on Him.

16. Wherefore the chief Apostle of the Lord shall bring the gospel unto the true children of Israel in that day.

17. And there shall never be a time in the long ages of the world when at least one group of mine chosen Israel does not have the gospel however remote they may be.

18. For the inhabitants of the northern Isles of the sea shall have the fullness of mine gospel, and the dwellers of far lands across the sea which are termed as Isles shall have the gospel.

19. And now behold the Son of Michael, who shall be a Son of God whom the Jews shall reject and crucify is verily the chief of the saviors and the Savior of the world, for his hands shall be pierced and his feet also.

20. And he shall take all the sins of the children of the Adamah upon himself and shall be the lamb of God which shall be taken unto the slaughter.

21. And now behold it is in similitude of this that I have instituted the Law of Sacrifice, whereby men can come back into our presence and enjoy eternal life with the Gods.

22. Wherefore I sent an Angel of mine presence unto the Adam in the lone and dreary world and commanded them and their children that they should offer up Sacrifice of the firstlings of the flock.

23. And now this is in similitude of the Son of God, who shall be the Only begotten Son of Michael Adam.

24. Wherefore he shall die for the sins of the world and arise on the third day and atone for the sins of those who repent and have faith on him.

25. And he shall bring about the first Resurrection of the dead, wherefore he shall raise first the righteous and then the wicked so that all men can stand before the judgment bar of God.

26. Now it came to pass that the Apostle did close the book and did admonish me to cry repentance unto this people and testify of the Anointed Son of Michael.

27 And now after this he did vanish and I awoke in my bed.

CHAPTER 11

1. And now it came to pass that I did go out among the people and did begin to cry repentance unto them.

2. And behold all of the people I talked to did reject my message insomuch that they did call me a crazy man and a bigot.

3. Now behold the authorities of the Church did even threaten to imprison me and to kill me.

4. But I did have faith in the strength and mercies of God, wherefore I did go forth with boldness and I did not fear those wicked ones who are imposters.

5. And now I did prophecy unto them and did testify of those things which the Lord did tell me to testify unto them and which he did show me in vision.

6. Wherefore here are just some of the words which I did speak unto them.

7. Behold verily the only begotten Son of God shall come, and he shall be the Savior of the world.

8. For behold every world hath a ruler of the evil ones and a King of the Saviors.

9. And I testify unto you that the sacrifice of the firstlings of the flock is only a symbol of the Savior which is to come.

10. And behold he shall be the very Son of Michael and he shall die for the sins of the world.

11. Wherefore he shall work out an Atonement for all the children of Adam, even as a sacrifice of a lamb showeth forth the mystery of the forgiveness of sins.

12. For behold without the Savior of the world who is the Son of God, we must needs perish; for it is by the power of his Atonement since before the foundation of the world that frees us from our sins.

13. And it is by him that we shall be raised from the dead and be resurrected before the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

14. And now behold after I did say this and many more things, the people did openly mock me, and did curse the Savior and did deny that there would be any such Son.

15. Yea they did say that whoever believeth that there can be a Son of God is a fool.

16. And on a certain day the crowd was exceedingly angry and they did press forward to where I was, wherefore I did flee.

17. And I had testified for the space of many days, and this was the general attitude of the people, and the Church did poison their minds against the light of truth, and did say there is no need to understand the mysteries of God, for they cannot be known.

18. Wherefore they did seek to bring me unto a court of the high Priests of Josiah, and of Jahohaz, wherefore I did not go out again among the people.

19. And behold that night I did lay upon my bed and the Spirit did rest upon me and I did have a dream.

20. Now in mine dream I was in a place where there was dark earth and dead trees all around me as far as I could see in any direction.

21. And now an Angel did stand there with me who was mine guide, wherefore I did ask him how I did come to such a waste and how I should proceed.

22. Now the Angel did say unto me, Lehi, continue on in this direction and you shall find a box upon a log, thou shalt eat what thou findest in the box.

23. Now I Lehi did proceed on in the direction that the Angel had indicated and after a time I did find the log with a beautiful wooden box upon it.

24. Wherefore I did open the box and finding leaves in the box I did begin to eat them.

25. And now as I did eat them mine mind was enlightened unto the Keys of the Kingdom of God upon the earth.

26. Now my joy was exceedingly great and I did lift mine hands unto heaven and did praise mine God for his mercy and understanding.

27. Now when I had done this, great beasts did come up out of the ground all around me.

28. Some of them did have many heads and many horns, and others were like unto various wild animals.

29. Wherefore I did cry unto my God and asked that he would deliver me, and no sooner had a done this that the Angel did take my hand and I found ourselves in another place.

30. And now I did hear the voice of the Lord speaking unto me saying, mine Son Lehi, the dead trees are all those around thee that are spiritually dead.

31. The box doth represent the knowledge thou hast received which hath the Keys of mine Kingdom encased within it.

32. And now when thou hath partaken of this knowledge and gained those Keys the whole world hath risen against thee and all the Prophets before thee, and those Prophets that are on the earth with thee at this time.

33. Wherefore the beasts are the kingdoms and powers of this world, and I say unto thee mine Son Lehi, flee!

34. For behold the high Priests of Jerusalem doth seek thy life, and in the space of a few days they shall arrest thee and put thee to death unless thou shalt flee into the wilderness.

34. Wherefore take thy family and provisions with thee, and go unto the borders of the red sea in a place I shall show thee.

35. Now I did awake, and I did tell unto mine wives and unto mine sons to get our provisions ready, for we were commanded of the Lord to flee Jerusalem.





CHAPTER 12

1. And now it came to pass that when I announced the will of the Lord unto mine family, Laman and Lemuel did immediately begin to complain and murmur against me and against God.

2. And now they did say that perhaps I did not lie about having a dream but that perhaps I did dream about a lie; and that I should not follow the imaginations of my unconscious mind, it being based in delusion.

3. Now I did rebuke them and commanded them to pack their provisions, speaking as their father, saying come with us or stay without my blessing.

4. Wherefore they did begrudgingly obey me and we did pack tents and food upon our camels and departed into the wilderness.

5. Now I had locked up mine cave of precious things and hidden its entrance but we took no valuable thing with us.

6. Now behold we did go a days journey and did pitch our tents. And now Laman and Lemuel did constantly talk about how they desired to return unto Jerusalem.

7. And now we did travel another day and did camp another night, wherefore upon the morrow we came nigh even unto the wilderness by the Red Sea.

8. And now when the night came we did pitch our tents and the day after that we did come into a hidden canyon with a stream running into the Sea, wherefore we pitched our tents.

9. And now the Spirit rested upon me and I did feel a comforting reassurance that I was delivered from the hands of the wicked council.

10. Wherefore I lifted my hands up on high and said, glory, glory, glory unto thee oh Lord, for thou art mighty to save and merciful unto the elect when they hearken unto thy voice and obey thy commandments.

11. And now it came to pass that I did spend the remainder of the day gathering stones with the help of my Son Nephi, wherefore I did build an altar before the Lord.

12. And now I did anoint the altar with oil and consecrated it unto the Most High God of Israel. And I did pray at the altar with mine wives in the true Order of Prayer.

13. Wherefore the Spirit did rest upon us powerfully and I did make a sacrifice of a lamb upon the altar.

14. And now mine wives and I did hear the words of the Lord, and the Lord saith, thus saith thy God, I am well pleased with thy faithfulness before me, and how thou didst listen unto mine warnings and have remained in humility and soberness before mine face

15. Wherefore it hath been recorded by the Angels all around thee, and shall be accounted unto thee as righteousness.

16. Now behold it would please me if thou and thy wives would go down and rededicate thyselves in the sea on the morrow, and establish another Kingdom in my name for thou Lehi art a King and a Priest before me forever.

17. And now on the morrow we did obey the commandments of the Lord and did baptize each other and did rededicate ourselves unto the Lord.

18. And now I did call the stream after mine Son Laman, and the valley did I call Lemuel, wherefore I did say unto Laman.

19. Behold mine Son, I would that ye should be like unto this stream, always flowing into the fountain of all righteousness!

20. And behold doth thou not desire to know the mysteries and to be exalted in that highest degree of the Celestial worlds?

21. Now ye can choose this, but if ye make your neck stiff and do not give up the traditions of Jerusalem it shall not be well with thee in the world to come.

22. And now I did say unto Lemuel; Lemuel I would that ye should be like unto this canyon always steadfast in the light of truth.

23. For behold at this time ye do go after the ways of your brother, but ye could also be a good example unto him and ye could both become great pillars of truth and righteousness.

24. For I know that ye desired to know the truth, which is why ye attended the meetings of Laban.

25. But behold he did mislead thee, and if ye repent of those silly traditions at this time and open up your heart to the light of revelation, it shall be well with thee.

26. Behold mine children I do love thee and care for thee, and I do know that your intentions are good, and that ye can at this time choose the path of righteousness.

27. And now once ye have realigned yourselves with the strait and narrow path, ye should endure unto the end and press forward continually in the fullness of the gospel plan.

28. Now know this mine children, that without revelation man is nothing. And without revelation man could not know any more than the beasts of the field. For how shall we know the will of the Gods if we do not listen unto them?

29. And now I would have all ye mine children go out to a secluded place and find out for yourselves if mine words are true, and whether or not mine dreams are delusions.

30. And now after I had said this and many other things, mine children were sobered before me and the Spirit did testify unto them that mine words were true.

31. And some of mine children were fixed in their determination to know for themselves but Laman and Lemuel were not.

32. Now it came to pass that mine Son Nephi did come unto me on the morrow and did tell unto me that he had prayed and that he had seen an Angel with his spiritual eyes who told him mine words were true.

33. Now mine joy was full in the righteousness of mine Son and I did embrace him.

34. And now Sam also said that he had felt the Spirit the same as he had the previous night, and that he believed on mine and Nephi's words.

35. Now I did take Nephi and Sam into mine tent and did tell them some of the precious mysteries of Gods Kingdom, wherefore I said unto them;

36. Mine Sons, Nephi and Sam, listen unto mine words and find out for yourselves if they be true or not as you have already done.

37. Behold Nephi I would tell thee somewhat about thy conception and how Holy Children are conceived.

38. Now all people have intelligence in their blood and also intelligence in their virtue; thus the blood and virtue is the life of man.

39. And behold the life is in the virtue of the blood, and if ye keep your subtle body after death, ye have not really died.

40. Now behold the resurrected Gods who have a body of glory may hide their glory by converting their energy into slower and grosser material.

41. Now the intelligence in the blood cannot be changed in mortality, but the intelligence in thy energy may be changed predicated upon thy virtue or vice.

42. Behold the intelligence in the virtue is what really determines whose Son ye are, and with what body ye shall be raised in the Resurrection.

43. Now Nephi ye were conceived when I did bless your mother after the Order of the Ancients, and an Angel who was one of the Gods did come down in his glory and did also bless her; wherefore ye are a child of the Angels.

44. Now this is after what manner the Savior of the world shall be conceived who shall verily be a Son of God.

45. Yea a Priestess after the Order of the Ancients shall conceive and bear a Son who shall be called the King over the house of Judah, and he shall truly be a Son of God.

46. Now after I did tell mine Sons these things I did bless them, for I had great joy in them, they having such great faith, even to ask and to receive a knowledge of the truth.



CHAPTER 13

1. And behold it came to pass that as I slept, I did have another dream. And now this is the dream which I had;

2. Verily I was again in a vast waste, and mine legs were wounded as I traveled down the path.

3. Now mine Angel was by my side, but mine legs were weak insomuch that I could not press on very much further.

4. And now the Angel did say unto me, press forward a little longer for behold if ye continue in this way ye shall find a delightful Garden.

5. Now I Lehi did press forward although I was severally wounded, and it came to pass that just as the Angel had said I came unto the gate of a Garden.

6. Now I did push open the gate and did walk into the most glorious Garden I had ever seen.

7. Yea the trees and flowers were more beautiful and fragrant than any I had ever beheld.

8. And now in this Garden were twelve statues sitting upon two marble steps facing each another.

9. Now I did walk up unto the first and he arose and bowed unto me. It then happened that I walked up unto the next and he did the same from the first unto the last.

10. Yea all twelve images did bow unto me and when all of this was done I did notice that mine legs were healed.

11. And now after this I awoke and prayed that I might know the interpretation of the dream.

12. And behold an Angel of the Lord did appear unto me in my tent and saith; Lehi, this is the interpretation thereof.

13. Thy wounded legs are a like and a type of the wounds thy Sons Laman and Lemuel shall cause thy heart. Yea they are thy first and second Sons, and yet they shall hinder the work on every side.

14. Now these wounds shall be healed, but if Laman and Lemuel shall not repent they shall be cut off and ye shall receive two new Sons in their place.

15. Now the Garden did symbolize your rest and the twelve statues are the twelve clans of Israel who shall come unto the land to which I shall lead thee, wherefore thy name shall be blessed until the end of the world.

16. And now when I did hear these words I was overcome with joy and did praise my God saying; oh Lord, I am nothing without thee. Great and glorious are thy ways oh Lord, thy mercy is my shield and thy justice is mine place of rest, I shall praise thy name forever and ever!

17. And now the Angel did say, Lehi all these things shall be if ye shall remain steadfast in obeying all of the commandments of the Lord, for I am about to tell thee a hard thing.

19. The gate into the Garden is the gospel of faith, and now behold in the possession of Laban are the original books found by Josiah when he did excavate the House of the Lord.

20. Yea they do contain not only the words of Moses but also the ordinances of the House of the Lord and thy genealogy down from Menassah and the genealogy of many other lines of the Prophets.

21. Now Hezekiah and Laban have conspired together to finally destroy it, wherefore Laban and the other High Priests have kept it hidden in their treasuries for all of these years.

22. And now they are in the form of brass plates and I would have you send your Sons to retrieve it, wherefore if they shall exercise faith in me, I shall deliver it up unto them.

23. And if they shall not get it according to the commandments of the Lord thy children shall not have an evidence of your words and they shall dwindle in unbelief and perish.

24. Wherefore command thy Sons, telling them that if they are to enter into the Garden of Delights in thy dream they must obey the commandments of the Lord and retrieve the plates.

25. Now I Lehi did fear that Laban would slay my Sons, but I knew that fear was the opposite power of faith, wherefore I called Laman, Lemuel and Sam unto mine self and told them what the Lord had commanded.

26. And now Laman and Lemuel did murmur exceedingly saying; behold if God is the doer of all things why are the righteous in poverty and often slain and the profane do have great riches and power?

27. Now I Lehi saith, the Law is just from before the foundations of the world, and all men come to the station of which they earned before they were born, and in this world, whatever is done shall be recompensed in the world to come, for God shall not infringe upon the free agency of men.

28. Yea this is the devil's world but all things are accounted for, yea there are two principles which go hand in hand; the Law from before the foundation of the world and the consequence which shall surley come for all of the works of men.

29. Wherefore if ye shall be slain ye shall not loose thy reward, but if ye disobey the commandments of God ye shall be miserable; happiness upon the one hand and damnation upon the other.

30. Therefore repent and murmur not against the ways of the Lord.

31. Now when I did say this they said it is a hard thing you have required of us, wherefore I did say, it is not I who have commanded you but it is the Lord's commandment.

32. And now Nephi did come back unto the camp from praying and conversing with the Lord, wherefore I did have much joy in him.

33. Now I did explain the Lord's will unto him and also did tell him what his brethren had said.

34. Wherefore I did say, go now my son and do this thing, and thou shalt be favored of the Lord, because thou hast not murmured.

35. Now mine Son Nephi did say, I shall go and do the things which the Lord commands for I know that when the Lord giveth a commandment, he doth provide a way for the children of men to accomplish that which the Lord commandeth them.

36. Now my joy was full in mine Son Nephi, wherefore I blessed him; and I knew that he would be blessed of the Lord, for he was a sober child always looking forward to the worlds that are to come.

37. Yea I knew that he would be a man of God, and that he would carry on the work of the Prophets among my seed.

38. And now it came to pass that Nephi did talk unto Sam and they did both talk unto Laman and Lemuel, wherefore they did finally consent to go.

39. And I did take them all apart and blessed them one by one that they might have Angels round about them to protect them; that if they had faith they might be delivered out of the hands of the wicked Priests and imposters.

40. Now it came to pass that Sariah did fear exceedingly wherefore I comforted her, and we did pray oft for the space of many days.

41. And now after the space of many more days, Sariah did mourn exceedingly believing our Sons to be dead.

42. Wherefore she did say unto me, that I was a visionary man and that my visions had gotten our Sons slain, either in the wilderness or by Laban.

43. Yea she did cry exceedingly saying now mine Sons are no more and we shall also perish in the wilderness.

44. Now I did still have faith in the mercies of God, wherefore I even made a sacrifice for the protection of our Sons, and I saith unto Sariah,

45. Yea behold I know that I am a visionary man! If I had not seen the mysteries and glory of God in vision I should not have known mercies and the goodness of God, and we would have tarried in Jerusalem to perish there by the hands of the Babylonians instead.

46. And now behold the Lord hath said unto me that he would lead us unto a new land even a land of promise, and that he will protect us as long as we have faith in him and keep his commandments.

47. Wherefore I do rejoice in all these things, for we shall go through many trials but I have faith that God shall deliver our Sons out of the hands of Laban and safely bring them through the wilderness also.

48. And now we have seen Angels and our calling and elections have been made sure, wherefore be at peace and know that God is mindful of us.

49. And now she did cry upon mine shoulder, wherefore I prayed for her sake that our 