A New Heaven and Earth

I was continuing my reading in Ether today (chapter 13), he was a prophet who saw the days of Christ and tried to cry repentance unto his people but they headed him not.

2 "For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether; for he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man; and that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord; wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him who dwell upon the face thereof;"

This is the land that we live in, we are reminded over and over in the scriptures of this fact. Sometimes when I see all of the evil all around I wonder how this can still be true, then I have to kick the author of all stinky thinking off of my left shoulder and start looking for all of the good around me.

8-10 "Wherefore, the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built upon this land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old; and they shall no more be confounded, until the end come when the earth shall pass away."

Moro. 10: 31.
"And awake, and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem; yea, and put on thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion; and strengthen thy stakes and enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be confounded, that the covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath made unto thee, O house of Israel, may be fulfilled."

(This is talking about us, those of us who believe and are true to our covenants, who repent and rely on the Atonement. We will not be confounded, the work of the Lord will press forward until it fill the whole earth)

"And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and they shall be like unto the old save the old have passed away, and all things have become new."

3 Ne. 15: 3
"And he said unto them: Marvel not that I said unto you that old things had passed away, and that all things had become new."

(There will be a new heaven and earth. This is something wonderful to look forward to.)

"And then cometh the New Jerusalem; and blessed are they who dwell therein, for it is they whose garments are white through the blood of the Lamb; and they are they who are numbered among the remnant of the seed of Joseph, who were of the house of Israel."

Rev. 7:14
"And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. "

3Nephi 27:19
"And no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom; therefore nothing entereth into his rest save it be those who have washed their garments in my blood, because of their faith, and the repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end."

We can pass through the tribulation of these trying and some times terrifying times and look forward with hope to see the New Jerusalem. How cool is that?!

1John 1:7
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. "

I love this scripture! If we walk in His light we have the fellowship of each other and the blood of Jesus Christ to cleanse us from all sin. There is a really great quote from John Bytheway in his book Isaiah for Airheads "God is the source of light and truth. To walk in our own light is compared to walking in nothing but sparks, which last only an instant and give off little illumination. Those who refuse the light of the Son and prefer their own light will lie down in sorrow." I pray that we may all stay in His light that we may have joy as we see the old become new again.