The verse of our post today mentions that in the wisdom of the Lord, He is keeping this land from the knowledge of other nations. Jesus briefly mentions that there are other lands with people who follow Him on them when he was preaching one day. In John 10:14-16 it says:
"14 I am the good ashepherd, and bknow my csheep, and am known of mine.
These sheep He mentions here are of the Americas and probably includes the isles of the sea, too. In 3 Nephi 15:11-24, Jesus explains to the Nephites about the above scripture from John and that the people to whom He spoke it at the time did not understand it. It might be that people who only believe in the Bible interpret it this way, too. Jesus explains:
"11 And now it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words, he asaid unto those twelve whom he had chosen:
"13 And behold, this is the aland of your inheritance; and the Father hath given it unto you.
"14 And not at any time hath the Father given me commandment that I should atell it unto your brethren at Jerusalem.
"15 Neither at any time hath the Father given me commandment that I should tell unto them concerning the aother tribes of the house of Israel, whom the Father hath led away out of the land.
"16 This much did the Father acommand me, that I should tell unto them:
"17 That other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one ashepherd.
"18 And now, because of astiffneckedness and bunbelief they cunderstood not my word; therefore I was commanded to say no more of the dFather concerning this thing unto them.
"19 But, verily, I say unto you that the Father hath commanded me, and I tell it unto you, that ye were aseparated from among them because of their iniquity; therefore it is because of their iniquity that they know not of you.
"20 And verily, I say unto you again that the other tribes hath the Father separated from them; and it is because of their iniquity that they know not of them.
"24 But behold, ye have both heard amy voice, and seen me; and ye are my sheep, and ye are numbered among those whom the Father hath bgiven me."
And so, because of the Book of Mormon, we can see why Jesus said what He said and no more. The nations of the world would overrun this land. One might say that they have given the land a run for its money even now, but I believe that this land is still holding up. It has truly blessed the world to save this land. Even now it produces many goods for the world's consumption. It is a huge blessing. However, we are not being too careful in some areas. I still feel that the crisis that we are going through is because people are "buying" things that they cannot afford and maxing out their credit cards. When you run up this debt personally and as a country, one day it will catch up to you. Well, I hope that we can continue on no matter what happens.
And so, because of the Book of Mormon, we can see why Jesus said what He said and no more. The nations of the world would overrun this land. One might say that they have given the land a run for its money even now, but I believe that this land is still holding up. It has truly blessed the world to save this land. Even now it produces many goods for the world's consumption. It is a huge blessing. However, we are not being too careful in some areas. I still feel that the crisis that we are going through is because people are "buying" things that they cannot afford and maxing out their credit cards. When you run up this debt personally and as a country, one day it will catch up to you. Well, I hope that we can continue on no matter what happens.
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