The Lectures on True Doctrine

Lecture No. 1

The Root of Jesse
or
The One Mighty and Strong

"In addition to these, he (Moroni) quoted the eleventh chapter of Isaiah, saying that it was about to be fulfilled..." PGP; p. 53, vs. 40.

"And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse..." Isaiah 11:1.

"In that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an Ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious." Isaiah 11:10.

"What is the root of Jesse spoken of in the tenth verse of the eleventh chapter? Behold thus saith the Lord, it is a descendant of Jesse, as well as of Joseph (Ephraim), unto whom rightly belongs the priesthood, and the keys of the kingdom, for an Ensign, and for the gathering of my people in the last days." D&C 113: 5,6.

"And again Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; In him shall the Gentiles trust." Romans 15:12.

"And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the House of God and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the Saints." D&C 85:7.

"...who holdeth the Sceptre of power according to the Covenant which I the Lord God did make with David1--for He is that One Mighty and Strong, and is also spoken of as the Root of Jesse--For by him, I, the Lord God may set mine House in Order (see D&C 85:7)." Revelations of Jesus Christ; Section 160.

Elders explain that it requires the scepter promise of David, regarding the political affairs of the Kingdom of God, as well as the birthright promise to Ephraim, regarding the spiritual blessings (Church) to Israel.

"Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; Put on thy beautiful garments; O Jerusalem, the Holy City: For henceforth there shall no more come into the circumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust; Arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. For thus saith the Lord, ye have sold yourselves for naught; and ye shall be redeemed without money. For thus saith the Lord God, my people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause, Now therefor, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for naught? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. Therefor, my people shall know my name; therefor they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: Behold, it is I. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, thy God reigneth!" Isaiah 52:1-7. Prophecy of One Mighty and Strong.

"Questions by Elias Higbee: What is meant by the command in Isaiah, 52nd Chapter, 1st verse, which saith: Put on thy strength, O Zion--and what people had Isaiah reference to? He had reference to those who God should call in the last days, who should hold the power of priesthood to bring again Zion, and the redemption of Israel; and to put on her strength is to put on the authority of the Priesthood, which she, Zion, has a right to by lineage; also to return to that power (national salvation) which she had lost.

What are we to understand by Zion loosing herself from the bands of her neck; 2nd verse? We are to understand that the scattered remnants are exhorted to return to the Lord from whence they had fallen; which if they do, the promise of the Lord is that He will speak to them, or give them revelation. See the 6th, 7th, and 8th verses. The bands of her neck are the curses of God upon her or the remnants of Israel in their scattered condition among the Gentiles." D&C 113:7-10.

"Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and break them to pieces." Daniel 2:34.

"The stone rejected by the builders is become the head of the corner; Whosoever falleth upon this stone is broken, but whosoever this stone falleth upon is ground into powder." Jesus of Nazareth.

"Therefore thus saith the Lord God, behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: He that believeth shall not make haste." Isaiah 28:16.

"And others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well--and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell. Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion! Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well! Yea, wo be unto him that hearkeneth unto the precepts of men, and denieth the power of God, and the Gift of the Holy Ghost! Yea, wo be unto him that saith: We have received, and we need no more! And in fine, Wo unto all those who tremble and are angry because of the truth of God! For behold, he that is built upon a rock receiveth it with gladness; and he that is built upon a sandy foundation trembleth lest he shall fall. 2Nephi 28:21, 24-31.

"And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through..." Isaiah 28:18. Explanatory note: " When the manifesto was adopted, President Wilford Woodruff was heard to exclaim: ‘We have made a covenant with death and with hell.’ The writer is informed through sources considered by him perfectly reliable that President Wilford Woodruff did not believe for one moment previous to the presentation of that Manifesto that the people would vote for its approval. It has been reported to me that he made the statement before entering the Conference session that day, ‘The Saints will never approve of it.’" B. Harvey Allred. Leaf in Review; p. 196.

"Woe to the Crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! Behold the Lord hath a mighty and strong one..." Isaiah 28:1-2.

When having prospect read scripture, be guided by the spirit as to the member of the family to read, sometimes the elder reading instead, but have them read First Vision always.

"His word will go forth, in these last days, in purity; for if Zion will not purify herself, so as to be approved of in all things, in his sight, he will seek another people (the Lamanites)." Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 18.

"He said that in the time of the seventh President of this Church, the Church would go into bondage both temporally and spiritually and in that day (the day of bondage) the one Mighty and Strong spoken of in the 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants would come." John Taylor; Sept. 26, 1886; Centerville, Utah

"But the time will come when the Lord will choose a people out of this people upon whom he will bestow his choicest blessings." Heber C. Kimball, Deseret News, Nov. 9, 1865; JD 11:145.

"Brethren this Church shall be led on to the very brink of hell by the leaders of this people and then God will raise up the One Mighty and Strong spoken of to save and redeem this Church."Brigham Young, Provo Bowry, 1861; Attested to by Joshua Jones, resident of Provo, in his diary.

JD, Vol.12, Pg.323, Orson Pratt, November 1, 1868

God has not permitted us yet to enter a perfect order. He told the

people when they were scattered from that land to let those laws which He

had given concerning the properties of His children be executed and

fulfilled after the redemption of Zion. Now, I doubt whether you can

execute them before that time; but you can get as near to them as you can,

so that you may not be wholly strangers to the order which God will

introduce when you go back to that land. For thus saith the Lord God in

one of the new revelations which He has given, recorded in the history of

Joseph the prophet, "Behold I will send one mighty and strong, clothed

with light as a garment, whose mouth shall utter words--eternal words, and

whose bowels shall be a fountain of truth, who shall divide to the Saints

their inheritances." He will send one ordained to this purpose, and to

fulfill this particular duty, that the Saints may receive theirinheritances after they have consecrated everything in their possession.

Then we can build up a city that will be a city of perfection, "the

perfection of beauty." I want to see that day, whether in the flesh or

out of it, and rejoice in it, and partake of its glories. May God bless

you. Amen.

"Behold, I say unto you, the redemption of Zion must needs come by power; Therefore, I will raise up unto my people a man, who shall lead them like as Moses led the children of Israel. For ye are the children of Israel, and of the seed of Abraham, and ye must needs be led out of bondage by power, and with a stretched-out arm. And as your fathers were led at the first, even so shall the redemption of Zion be." D&C 103:15-17.

Expound: One like unto Moses refers not only to Jesus, but a future prophet to Ephraim also. And this because Ephraim was scattered among the nations when Jesus made his first appearance. Therefore it required as great a test as that of the Jews, in the eyes of the Father, in their deliverance from Roman domination. But the Father knowing the end from the beginning, knew that the Jews would reject this one like unto Moses who was Jesus. Will Ephraim make the same mistake in deliverance from Babylon the Great?

"For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, [that] every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people." Acts 3:22-23

14 And the arm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the day cometh that they who will not hear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his servants, neither give heed to the words of the prophets and apostles, shall be cut off from among the people;

15 For they have strayed from mine ordinances, and have broken mine everlasting covenant;

16 They seek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth old and shall perish in Babylon, even Babylon the great, which shall fall. D&C1:14-16.

63 And upon them that hearken not to the voice of the Lord shall be fulfilled that which was written by the prophet Moses, that they should be cut off from among the people. D&C 133:63

"For I the Lord God did cause that Ephraim should be scattered among those nations which are known as European, or that the seed of Ephraim should be sprinkled among those nations, that thereby they might be blessed according to the promise that I the Lord God did make unto Abraham, my chosen. For I the Lord God did make the promise unto him, that he should be the Father of many nations and that his seed should sprinkle many nations and that through his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed. For I the Lord thy God O man, am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and I am the God of the whole earth. And I the Lord God did promise Abraham that those who are obedient unto the Priesthood which I the Lord did confirm upon him, which is without father, and without mother, without beginning of days nor end of years, that they should become the literal seed or heirs of the promises according to the Oath and Covenant thereof, and that those who are the literal seed should be cut off the true vine spoken of, if they receive not mine anointed, saith the Lord, that thereby the last may be first and the first last, that I the Lord their God should prove unto all nations that I the Lord am no respecter of persons or nations, but that all who work righteousness are accepted of me, even as was Abraham. And I the Lord make this same covenant which is a New and an Everlasting Covenant according to the Priesthood, that all who hearken not and come unto and be obedient unto my servant, Art Bulla, that I the Lord God may by him work righteousness in the earth, for He is mine anointed, they, even they shall be cut off from among the people even as when I the Lord spake it through the mouth of my servant Moses. Revelations of Jesus Christ, Section 7.

9 For in that day, for my sake shall the Father work a work, which shall be a great and a marvelous work among them; and there shall be among them those who will not believe it, although a man shall declare it unto them.

10 But behold, the life of my servant shall be in my hand; therefore they shall not hurt him, although he shall be marred (cast out, saith the Lord) because of them. Yet I will heal him, for I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil.

11 Therefore it shall come to pass that whosoever will not believe in my words, who am Jesus Christ, which the Father shall cause him to bring forth unto the Gentiles, and shall give unto him power that he shall bring them forth unto the Gentiles, (it shall be done even as Moses said) they shall be cut off from among my people who are of the covenant. 3Nephi 21:9-11. Textual Proof the marred servant is the One Like Unto Moses.

15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well [spoken that] which they have spoken.

18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

19 And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require [it] of him. Deut 18:15-19.

25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: Romans 11:25-26. (A Moses for Zion, saith the Lord.)

28 And when the times of the Gentiles is come in, a light shall break forth among them that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fullness of my gospel;

29 But they receive it not; for they perceive not the light, and they turn their hearts from me because of the precepts of men.

30 And in that generation shall the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. D&C 45:28-30. (Prophecy of rejection of the Marred Servant, Root of Jesse, One Mighty and Strong, by the Mormons).

"And there shall rise up one mighty among them...2Nephi 3:24.

Expound: Parable of the ten virgins pertains to Latter-Day-Saints:

1 Then (future time) shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five [were] foolish.

3 They that [were] foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

9 But the wise answered, saying, [Not so]; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Matt25:1-12

Correct Interpretation of Isaiah, Chapter 28:

1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty [is] a fading flower, which [are] on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, [which] as a tempest of hail [and] a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand2.

3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:

4 And the glorious beauty, which [is] on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, [and] as the hasty fruit before the summer; which [when] he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.

5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people3,

6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet4 have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment. Interpretation: A drunk stumbles, and errs, does he not? Therefore they are named by Isaiah, the drunkards of Ephraim.

8 For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean]. Interpretation: All councils of Priesthood are out of order, saith the Lord, in Zion.

9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the breasts. Interpretation: Those who are ready for the meat and not the milk of the gospel: i.e. plural marriage, Adam is God, saith the Lord, United Order, political kingdom of God, etc.

10 For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little:

11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

12 To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear. Interpretation: Yea, they would not hear, because the Lord, knowing the end from the beginning prophesied they would mar the servant of the Lord, whose life would be in his hands, the marred servant of God!

13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which [is] in Jerusalem.5

15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement6; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled7, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only [to] understand the report.

20 For the bed is shorter than that [a man] can stretch himself [on it]: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself [in it].

21 For the LORD shall rise up as [in] mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as [in] the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. Interpretation: It is decreed that Babylon shall fall, despite thy commerce and thy technology, as before the flood.

23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

"...your refuge of lies in the which ye cover yourselves, and say unto this people, who seeth us or who knoweth us shall be swept away by a tempest of hail and a destroying storm which shall sweep away the lies and the waters shall sweep away even your refuge, saith the Lord. For the Lord God hath a mighty and strong one, even as I the Lord God did speak through the mouth of Isaiah, my servant, who is even now with me. For upon his gaze, saith the Lord, did burst a vision of futurity in the which he did see that Ephraim, even Ephraim should be gathered out upon the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine. And is not Ephraim trodden under foot, saith the Lord? For whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? For by his knowledge shall my righteous servant save many...even them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts, even Sarai."

6 Yea, thus saith the still small voice, which whispereth through and pierceth all things, and often times it maketh my bones to quake while it maketh manifest, saying:

7 And it shall come to pass that I, the Lord God, will send one mighty and strong, holding the scepter of power in his hand, clothed with light for a covering, whose mouth shall utter words, eternal words; while his bowels shall be a fountain of truth, to set in order the house of God, and to arrange by lot the inheritances of the saints whose names are found, and the names of their fathers, and of their children, enrolled in the book of the law of God;

8 While that man, who was called of God and appointed, that putteth forth his hand to steady the ark of God, shall fall by the shaft of death, like as a tree that is smitten by the vivid shaft of lightning.

9 And all they who are not found written in the book of remembrance shall find none inheritance in that day, but they shall be cut asunder, and their portion shall be appointed them among unbelievers, where are wailing and gnashing of teeth.

10 These things I say not of myself; therefore, as the Lord speak-eth, he will also fulfil.

11 And they who are of the High Priesthood, whose names are not found written in the book of the law, or that are found to have apostatized, or to have been cut off from the church, as well as the lesser priesthood, or the members, in that day shall not find an inheritance among the saints of the Most High;

12 Therefore, it shall be done unto them as unto the children of the priest, as will be found recorded in the second chapter and sixty-first and second verses of Ezra.8 D&C 85:7-12

10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. Isaiah 11:10

Expound: Jesus had children, was married to Mary Magdalene, the wife of his youth, his bosom companion, by whom he had, saith the Lord, children, of whom Joseph Smith, who is the rod of Jesse, and Art Bulla, saith the Lord, who is the root of Jesse are descended, and they, because of royalty, shall ascend the throne either in time or eternity, it mattereth not, for all things which oppose and offend shall be cast down, and only that which is ordained of God shall remain at that day, saith the Most High.

8 Therefore, thus saith the Lord unto you, with whom the priesthood hath continued through the lineage of your fathers

9 For ye are lawful heirs, according to the flesh, and have been hid from the world with Christ in God

10 Therefore your life and the priesthood have remained, and must needs remain through you and your lineage until the restoration of all things spoken by the mouths of all the holy prophets since the world began.

11 Therefore, blessed are ye if ye continue in my goodness, a light unto the Gentiles, and through this priesthood, a savior unto my people Israel. The Lord hath said it. Amen. D&C86:8-11.

"The decreed mission of the ‘One Mighty and Strong’ is the second greatest and the second most glorious doctrine found in holy writ. It is a most logical event. It is divine. If records did not reveal his coming, and the Church offered membership in her institution as the only necessary requirement for one to enter Zion when it is redeemed; then that very principle would prove her a man-made institution. On the other hand, if her doctrines set forth that God has "one mighty and strong" who is to come and weed out the unworthy, and judge the remainder of us a little more severely, free from all favoritism, then that indicates she is divine." Zion’s Redemption p. 114.

21 Yea, for thus saith the Lord, if ye reject these things which are true how can ye receive of that which is greater, saith the Lord, as the heavens are greater than the earth, yea, even that part of the book which is sealed?9

22 For I, saith the Lord, am He that sealed it that it should not come forth except that ye exercise faith in me to receive it, for it verily contains all that has been or ever will be, which things ye shall receive from me, saith the Lord, if ye repent and come unto me through him whom I the Lord God have appointed.

23 Yea, for these are the words which I promised that they should come, even unto you, and that too according to my most holy commandments, in spite of them whom the devil hath raised up among you who are my sheep, which are wolves, yea, ravening the prey and devouring souls.

24 And ye shall be tried even as was Abraham and Sarah in these things; for, saith the Lord, how can ye receive of their reward save it be by my law? For all who cannot abide my law, saith the Lord, and come ye out of Babylon which is fallen cannot be preserved and sanctified by the same and must perish.

25 And my law, saith the Lord, is that which I shall speak unto my servant. Revelations of Jesus Christ; Section 1:21-25.

1See Gen 49:10; II Sam 23:1,5;IISam 7:12-16; IIChron. 13:4-5; Ps. 89:3-4,28

2 Here hand means scepter of power, the scepter given to David and his descendants forevera, and literally means the political and spiritual (for to God, all things are spiritual) kingdom of God, which is greater than the Church, for the kingdom and the scepter thereof does not belong to Ephraim, but unto Judah, by lineage. Therefore it requires a direct descendant of Jesse, the father of David to rule and reign. Ye say, Impossible, and yet is it not true that each of you shall die as men, and for the reward held out before him, the Lord of Lords was crucified, knowing that he still would reign, King of the Jews, as I, King of Ephraim, saith the Lord. If this seems arrogant, so be it, for I boast in the truth.

3 See above for Heber C. Kimball on the residue and its meaning.

4 Does this not mean, and the scripture cannot be broken, saith the Most High, yea even the Father, for I am he who should come, saith the Father, that the President of the Church would not only be allowed to err in vision and stumble in judgment, but would be predicted to do so by Isaiah, my brother, one of the greatest of the prophets of Israel’s God to walk the earth, O vain man?

5 Jerusalem, the correct sense is the center of power, or Capital in general, in this case, the priestly hierarchy referred to are none other than the General Authorities of the Church, to be judged by that one pure racial strain, being an heir from before the foundation of the world, saith the Lord God, yea, that of Judah, being a direct descendant by blood of Jesse as well as Ephraim on whom rests the keys of the Kingdom of God by ordination (right) as well as lineage. See D&C113. For God foreknew him and did predestinate him to sit down on the right hand of power with his brother, who is Jesus the Christ, being dedicated and sealed unto this power, descending below with him the frowns, bigotry, stares and calumny of rebellious and callow Ephraim.

6 The Manifesto of 1890.

7 Wilford Woodruff exclaimed when the Saints voted to approve the manifesto, "We have made a covenant with death and with hell." He knew of the doctrine of the One Mighty and Strong, saith the Lord, for was it not plainly taught by Brigham Young and John Taylor, Orson Pratt, and others ye know not of, O vain man? "A man may as well stretch forth his puny arm and turn aside the Missouri River as to keep God from pouring knowledge out upon the heads of the Latter-Day-Saints" in this modern day, as well as anciently, for He is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. D&C121.

8 Essentially, the meaning of Ezra, is that they shall be cut off from among the people, for the rebellious are not of the blood of Ephraim, saith the Lord.

9 For prophecies concerning the repentance of the people and the subsequent bringing forth of the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon, please see the following:

1)2Nephi21:5-11

2)2Nephi30:9-18

3)2Nephi27:22

4)Ether1:4.

a. The following are quotes establishing the Davidic Covenant that the Lord hath reaffirmed with yours truly, in that these are what is meant by "holding the sceptre in his hand" when referring to the One Mighty and Strong as found in D&C 85: