Decree of God Concerning This Land

The Western Hemisphere is a "land of promise."  It is "choice above all other lands."  It is "preserved for a righteous people."  God has "sworn in his wrath" to the prophets of old, "that whoso should possess this land of promise, from that time henceforth and forever, should serve him, the true and living God, or they should be swept off when the fullness of his wrath should come upon them."

     "For behold, this is a land which is choice above all other lands; wherefore he that doth possess it shall serve God or shall be swept off, for it is the everlasting decree of God.  And it is not until the fullness of iniquity among the children of the land, that they are swept off."

     "Behold, this is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ."

-Ether 2:8-12

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