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And it came to pass that in the seventh year of our journey, behold, YHVH did visit me, and I did commune with Him, and He did show unto me many great and marvelous things which should shortly come to pass. And I do give an account of these things.
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For behold, I did see a star that it did fall from heaven. And many there were that followed it. And they did land upon the earth and did cause much destruction and confusion.
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And behold, because of them, were many armies and navies raised up, and were all doctrines which were pure and true and simple to be understood, were they made to be complex and hard.
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And they did lead all men astray, and behold, all men did seek after their own way, and did desire the many great and precious things of the earth.
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And behold, they did cause that kings and priests should be raised up to rule that their authority may be brought down even as an iron.
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And behold, YHVH did ask me: Lehi, what do you see?
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And I said: I do see the many kingdoms of the world, that they are led withersoever this star desires.
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And YHVH did say: That is correct. Therefore, it must needs be that I give unto them a savior, for, if I did not, they would be entirely wasted.
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And behold, I did see a star that it did shine brighter than the rest. And I beheld that it did take its place in the heavens. And lo, a child was born, and I beheld that kings did kneel before Him, and priests did set Him up to teach them.
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But behold, many of the teachings were hard to be understood, and behold, many were corrupted. And I did see the teachings of this child, that they were taken even unto the ends of the earth. And many there were that saw the use of these teachings, that they could be used to get gain, and to make a slave. And thus were the teachings of this child corrupted.
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But behold, He did not see fit to leave His doctrines corrupted and used for evil. And behold, I beheld many servants that He did bless them, and they were sent out to gather together the remnants of these teachings and to bring them together.
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And I beheld these servants that they went out unto all the world, and I beheld that many there were that carried fragments of these teachings.
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And behold, the servants did raise up these remnants and did strip away all those doctrines which the fallen star had caused to be a taint.
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And then did they take that plainness of the doctrines which were found among all the nations of the world, and they did bring it out, and with it, did confound all manner of false doctrine, even so much that there ceased to be false doctrines. And so much that Satan did no longer have any power over the hearts of the children of men.
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And they did, yea, even all of them, from this time forth, seek the face of their creator and their Elohim. And they did live peaceably one with another, even so much that there were no more tribes found in all the land, yea, even upon the entire earth.
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And no man did hold that which he had been given above the head of another. Yea, and there were no ites, nor any manner of divisions among the people. And they did serve and follow only their Elohim.
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And this is the vision which Elohim did show me, and I know of its surety.