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AND now I, Moroni, would speak unto you again, O ye nations, for did I not say unto you that the work of the Father is above the work of the Son? And did Jesus not promise that the work of the Father would commence among all nations unto the fulfilling of the covenant unto the Fathers? And did the Father not promise that His plan would be to gather all nations and make them again one people, and He would be their God and they would be His people?
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But He cannot be their God and they be His people if they choose not to be gathered unto His Holy Order and His Priesthood, for His Holy Order is His Priesthood, and His Priesthood is of the Father. And behold, no one can remain in Satan's dominion and come unto the Priesthood of the Father for that priesthood is oneness in the Father.
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And thus did the brother of Jared see that as the children of God lost the Holy Order of God and went forth two by two on the land, the Priesthood of the Father was lost unto them; and it was for this reason that the Son of God came into the world to lead them back into the oneness which was the Priesthood of the Father.
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And thus is Christ both the Father and the Son. The Father because of the oneness of the Godhead in Him and the Son because of the flesh.
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And behold if we will submit ourselves in the flesh to the will of the Father, we can come back into the Holy Order of God and, thereby will the work of the Father commence in us to bring us back into the Priesthood of the Father.
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For it was promised that that same priesthood which was in the beginning of the world will be in the end of the world also; and thus will the Father gather together in one all things in heaven and earth; and thus will all things become new, for God has promised to make a new heaven and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.
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And thus will Satan's kingdom dwindle in us as a garment that waxeth old and passeth away, and all things become new. And then will Satan's kingdom dwindle outside us; but it cannot dwindle outside of us unless we gather out of his kingdom, for his kingdom and dominion is anything that is opposite to the Holy Order of God, for thus it was from the days of old and thus, it remains today.
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For behold, the Father cannot build up His kingdom and dominion in the midst of great Babylon; for all who remain in the world are yet a part of the world. For the Priesthood of the Father consists of the oneness of the Godhead, which oneness and Godhead remain in the heavens unless they are established on the earth by the Sons of God, joining with each other in that oneness.
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And how can they be one if they refuse to join in that oneness? Behold, are they not still separate and single and, thus, outside of the Godhead? Therefore the Priesthood of the Father, wherein dwelleth the power of God, cannot come to them; even though the priesthood of the Son be with them in some measure.
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And now behold, the brother of Jared did see all things on the earth and he did see that it is the Priesthood of the Father which rules and governs all things in heaven and on the earth, and from it issues forth the family of God, both in heaven and on the earth, for it is the power of the Godhead. And the brother of Jared did from that time forth organize his family after this heavenly order, for he did understand that it was the only way he could bring his family into union with the Godhead.
10a
Nevertheless the brother of Jared had before that time lived the Holy Order in some measure, for it had been handed down from the Fathers and was the natural pattern followed by all those who followed the true and living God, and had come down to them since the days of Adam.
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But he did see and know that his family on earth must be connected into the family of God in heaven by a holy ordinance; for, thus, it had been decreed from the beginning in the councils of the Gods, the Gods having set messengers to preside over the earth to bring these principles and ordinances down so that all things might be done in order.
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And it was by this means that a way was prepared from the beginning to bring out of the earth all who would come unto the fullness of the Father. And thus it was even in the brother of Jared's time that the work of the Father commenced to the gathering together in one of all things in heaven and earth.
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And thus it was in my time, even Moroni; and thus it will be forever. For the work of the Father will commence wherever there is one that will rend the heavens to commence the work of the Father; and ye know not the works of the Father because ye believe not the works of the Son.