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AND now I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning this Holy Order which is to be built up in the end of the earth; for behold, I was taken into this same Holy Order and, therefore, I, like the brother of Jared, do know all the works of this Holy Order, even from the beginning to the end, for I have beheld it, and I do behold it even now.
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And, behold, I say again unto you that it was by means of the Holy Order that I and some of my people escaped the abomination, which abomination of desolation came upon my people, which abomination of desolation is always the end of a people who are turned over to the buffetings of their god who is the god of this world and come not unto Christ unto the overcoming of all things.
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And ye cannot be gathered into that oneness if ye remain separate in your hearts, and behold, ye will not become one in your flesh, knit together in love by a holy ordinance; and if ye are not one, ye are not Mine, saith the Lord, for ye must become one in Me as I am one in the Father, for such is the Godhead.
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And the laws by which you become one are the laws of union by covenant and ordinance, submitting yourselves to one another in love and service, even to the laying down of your own life on behalf of your brother or sister. And unless you will do this ye are not Mine, saith the Lord; for this was the law that I was obedient to, opening the way for you to follow, for do ye suppose that ye are different than I?
5a
Behold, I am Messiah, the King of Zion, the Rock of Heaven; and do ye suppose that ye can climb up and enter in some other way than the way that I have trod? Do ye suppose that ye can become one with Me by obedience to some other law?
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Behold, I say unto you, nay, for the Gods are set there who have been obedient to my law and to all the laws of the Fathers and they are become one with each other by their obedience to these same laws, and the power is given to them to admit and assimilate or to cast aside and withhold, according to the law of the Holy Order. Therefore, the Gods are set there by which ye cannot pass, worlds without end, only by obedience to law.
6a
And behold there were many, even in my day, who desired to be blessed of God, but having been blessed, were not willing to use that blessing to go forth and bless others. Yea, they did retain the blessing to themselves, as though it came by their own merits, and would not themselves go forth with the blessings to bless others.
6b
And for this reason they were sorely chastened, for the Holy Order could not flourish and did die out. For we did know and understand that all the blessings of God did come wholly by grace, and that grace that was consumed to our lusts and not given forth the same as we had received, soon vanished away as a desert spring.
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For the power of God is only manifest by grace, and that grace cometh only by the willingness to bless and be blessed. And because of our traditions, which traditions came to us from our fathers who had partaken of the fall, we were desirous of receiving, but would not give forth the same in blessing; therefore, in some, the blessing was not fruitful unto Eternal Life and did vanish away.
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And behold I say unto you unto whom this blessing and power hath been given for the purpose of building up the Holy Order for the last time upon the earth, behold, if ye are willing to give of your time and your substance but not of yourself, holding yourself in reserve for a precious few and not reaching out unto all who would come under your influence, behold your order will surely vanish away; for herein lies the secret of the waters which flowed forth from the throne of God to water the whole earth.
9a
Take heed unto yourselves, therefore, for the power unto Eternal life does only flow forth from the temple of God (which temple ye are) as you who receive the blessing go forth with joy to bless. Verily I say unto you, only as one can you establish a bastion of power against the evil day which is upon you.
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And if you will let the waters of Eternal life flow into you to make you one, you must be willing to let them flow through you to one another, and from thence unto the whole earth.
10
Behold, where will I find my bastion of power against the enemy saith the Lord? Behold I will wait until the devourer hath wasted you away, saith the Lord, until there is nothing left of you even as in the time of Moroni, or in the time of the prophet Ether; and then will you be willing to give of yourselves of that blessing which ye have received, unto the becoming one heart, one mind, and one flesh, saith the Lord.
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And then will the waters flow freely out from under my temple again as it was in days of old, saith the Lord, and then will Jerusalem be a watered garden; and then will the priesthood of heaven unite with the priesthood on the earth, for they will flow together as one. And then will I have my bastion against my attacker to protect my little ones, saith the Lord of Hosts.