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Show 3 should be built up unto the house of Israel j and that a N e w Jerusalem should be built up upon this land, unto the remnant of the seed of Joseph, for which things there has been a type; For as Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt, even so he died there; wherefore the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph out of the land of Jerusalem, that he might be merciful unto the seed of Joseph, that they should perish not, even as he was merciful unto the father of Joseph, that he should perish not; wherefore the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built upon this land; and it shall be a land of' their inheritance; and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem, of old; and they shall no more be confounded, until the end come, when the earth shall pass away. And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and they shall be like unto the old, save the old hive passed away, and all things have become new. And then cometh the new Jerusalem; and blessed are they who dwell therein, for it is they whose garments are white through the blood of the L a m b ; and they are they who are numbered among the remnant of the seed of Joseph, who were of the house of Israel. And then also cometh the Jerusalem of old; and the inhabitants thereof, blessed are they, for they have been washed in the blood of the L a m b ; and they are they who were scattered and gathered in from the four quarters of the earth, and from the north countries, and are partakers of the fulfilling of the covenant which God" made with their father Abraham. And when these things come, bringeth to pass the Scripture which saith, there are they who were first;, who shall be last; and there are they who were last, who shall be first." T h e following authorized explanation of the above romantic passage has been given b y P.P. Pratt,one of the twelve apostles ; of Mormonism, and is taken from page 178 of his " Voice of Warning and Instruction to all People," which M r . T A Y L O R lends to his deluded converts, in order to their edification in the M o r m o n faith :- EXPLANATION OF ETHER'S PROPHECY : "From this prophecy we learn,-First, that1 America is a chosen land of the Lord, above every other land ;, SecondV that it is the place of the new Jerusalem, which shall come down from God out of heaven upon the earth, when it is renewed;..-,. Third j^fefljt a new Jeru- - salem is to be built in America, to the remnant of Joseph, (the Indians,) like unto, or after, R similar pattern to the old Jerusalem in the land of Canaan; and that the old Jerusalem shall be re-built at the same time; and this being done, both cities will continue in prosperity on the earth, until the great and last change, tohen the heavens and the earth are to be renewed: Fourth, we learfi $hat, when this change takes place, T H E T W O CITIES A R E S O U G H T UP INTO HEAVEN, TOGETHER WITH THEINHAP.IT-ANTS THEREOF, and being changed and made new, T H E ONE COMES D O W N UPON T H E AMERICAN LAND, and T H E OTHER TO ITS O W N PLACE, AS F O R M E R L Y: and Fifth, we learn that the inhabitants of these*{two cities are the same that gathered together, and first builded them;--the remnant of Joseph and those gathered with them, inherit the new Jerusalem ; and the tribes of Israel and* those gathered with them from the north countries, and from the four quarters of the earth/ 'inhabit the other, and thus all things being made new." |