Pure Revelations

These two chapters are loaded with mysteries regarding our premortal existence and the estates:

1 Now Alma, seeing that the words of Amulek had silenced Zeezrom, for he beheld that Amulek had caught him in his lying and deceiving to destroy him, and seeing that he began to tremble under a consciousness of his guilt, he opened his mouth and began to speak unto him, and to establish the words of Amulek, and to explain things beyond, [mysteries] or to unfold the scriptures beyond that which Amulek had done. [Edit 2-6]

7 Now when Alma had spoken these words, Zeezrom began to tremble more exceedingly, for he was convinced more and more of the power of God; and he was also convinced that Alma and Amulek had a knowledge of him, for he was convinced that they knew the thoughts and intents of his heart; for power was given unto them that they might know of these things according to the spirit of prophecy.

8 And Zeezrom began to inquire of them diligently, that he might know more concerning the kingdom of God. And he said unto Alma: What does this mean which Amulek hath spoken concerning the resurrection of the dead, that all shall rise from the dead, both the just and the unjust, and are brought to stand before God to be judged according to their works?

9 And now Alma began to expound these things unto him, saying: It is given unto many to know the mysteries of God; [to be taught of the Lord] nevertheless they [the angels, 4th estate] are laid under a strict command that they shall not impart only according to the portion of his word which he doth grant unto the children of men, according to the heed and diligence which they give unto him. [Requires effort on our part.]

10 And therefore, he that will harden his heart, [will not seek or believe] the same receiveth the lesser portion of the word; and he that will not harden his heart, to him is given the greater portion of the word, until it is given unto him to know the mysteries of God until he know them in full. [All the mysteries, not just some.]

11 And they that will harden their hearts, to them is given the lesser portion of the word until they know nothing concerning his mysteries; and then they are taken captive by the devil, [taken by familiar spirits] and led by his will down to destruction. [Follow paths that do not lead to truth or knowledge of God.] Now this is what is meant by the chains of hell.

12 And Amulek hath spoken plainly concerning death, and being raised from this mortality to a state of immortality, [quickened in the spirit] and being brought before the bar of God, [The Throne] to be judged according to our works. [Second Comforter]

13 Then if our hearts have been hardened, yea, if we have hardened our hearts against the word, insomuch that it has not been found in us, then will our state be awful, for then we shall be condemned.

14 For our words will condemn us, yea, all our works will condemn us; we shall not be found spotless; and our thoughts will also condemn us; and in this awful state we shall not dare to look up to our God; and we would fain be glad if we could command the rocks and the mountains to fall upon us to hide us from his presence. [judgment of a son of perdition]

15 But this cannot be; we must come forth and stand before him in his glory, and in his power, and in his might, majesty, and dominion, and acknowledge to our everlasting shame that all his judgments are just; that he is just in all his works, and that he is merciful unto the children of men, [They receive grace, Mormon 8:22] and that he has all power to save every man that believeth on his name and bringeth forth fruit meet for repentance. [All people can receive the Gift who desire it.]

16 And now behold, I say unto you then cometh a death, even a second death, which is a spiritual death; then is a time that whosoever dieth in his sins, as to a temporal death, shall also die a spiritual death; yea, he shall die as to things pertaining unto righteousness. [son of perdition]

17 Then is the time when their torments shall be as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever; and then is the time that they shall be chained down to an everlasting destruction, according to the power and captivity of Satan, he having subjected them according to his will. [Outer Darkness]

18 Then, I say unto you, they shall be as though there had been no redemption made; for they cannot be redeemed according to God’s justice; and they cannot die, seeing there is no more corruption. [They had been redeemed before, exalted.]

19 Now it came to pass that when Alma had made an end of speaking these words, the people began to be more astonished; [a new doctrine]

20 But there was one Antionah, who was a chief ruler among them, came forth and said unto him: What is this that thou hast said, that man should rise from the dead and be changed from this mortal to an immortal state, that the soul can never die?

21 What does the scripture mean, which saith that God placed cherubim and a flaming sword on the east of the garden of Eden, lest our first parents should enter and partake of the fruit of the tree of life, and live forever? And thus we see that there was no possible chance that they should live forever. [Cherubim, the angels that guard the gate of the firmament that separate lower beings from the Throne of God, were placed between this earth and the garden of Eden, which is the place eastward of the Lord’s abode.]

22 Now Alma said unto him: This is the thing which I was about to explain. Now we see that Adam did fall by the partaking of the forbidden fruit, [forbidden knowledge regarding his identity, his powers and priesthoods.] according to the word of God; [The structure and propriety that would require Adam and Eve to leave the temple and begin the bringing forth of second estate souls.] and thus we see, that by his fall, [condescension] all mankind became a lost and fallen people. [Removed from the presence of God, to become second estate.]

23 And now behold, I say unto you that if it had been possible for Adam to have partaken of the fruit of the tree of life at that time, [Remained in Eden] there would have been no death, and the word would have been void, making God a liar, for he said: If thou eat [partake of this knowledge] thou shalt surely die. [Be required to enter mortality.]

24 And we see that death comes upon mankind, [enter second estate] yea, the death which has been spoken of by Amulek, which is the temporal death; nevertheless there was a space granted unto man in which he might repent; [choose Christ] therefore this life became a probationary state; a time to prepare to meet God; a time to prepare for that endless state which has been spoken of by us, which is after the resurrection of the dead. [eternal progression of our souls; telestial, terrestrial, celestial]

25 Now, if it had not been for the plan of redemption, [Everlasting Covenant] which was laid from the foundation of the world, there could have been no resurrection of the dead; [Gift of the Holy Ghost, the First Resurrection] but there was a plan of redemption laid, which shall bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, of which has been spoken.

26 And now behold, if it were possible that our first parents could have gone forth and partaken of the tree of life [ to remain in their glory] they would have been forever miserable, [no progress] having no preparatory state; [For their prodigy] and thus the plan of redemption would have been frustrated, and the word of God would have been void, taking none effect.

27 But behold, it was not so; but it was appointed unto men that they must die; [second estate] and after death, they must come to judgment, [baptism of fire, Moses 6:60] even that same judgment of which we have spoken, which is the end. [the purpose of mortality]

28 And after God had appointed that these things should come unto man, behold, then he saw that it was expedient that man should know concerning the things whereof he had appointed unto them;

29 Therefore he sent angels [anointed servants, messengers] to converse with them, who caused men to behold of his glory. [Come to the Throne of God]

30 And they began from that time forth to call on his name; therefore God conversed with men, and made known unto them the plan of redemption, [The details of the Everlasting Covenant] which had been prepared from the foundation of the world; [The Council in Heaven] and this he made known unto them according to their faith and repentance and their holy works. [What they had done before.]

31 Wherefore, he gave commandments unto men, [second estate] they having first transgressed the first commandments as to things which were temporal, [repented of their sins] and becoming as gods, knowing good from evil, [third estate, exalted] placing themselves in a state to act, or being placed in a state to act according to their wills and pleasures, whether to do evil or to do good— [as the angels of God]

32 Therefore God gave unto them commandments, [a calling] after having made known unto them the plan of redemption, [Everlasting Covenant for this earth] that they should not do evil, the penalty thereof being a second death, which was an everlasting death as to things pertaining unto righteousness; for on such the plan of redemption could have no power, for the works of justicecould not be destroyed, according to the supreme goodness of God. [They would become a son of perdition if they betrayed Him.]

33 But God did call on men, in the name of his Son, saying: If ye will repent, and harden not your hearts, then will I have mercy upon you, through mine Only Begotten Son; [God calls all people to come to Him and receive of the covenant.]

34 Therefore, whosoever repenteth, and hardeneth not his heart, he shall have claim on mercy through mine Only Begotten Son, unto a remission of his sins; and these shall enter into my rest. [Third Estate]

35 And whosoever will harden his heart and will do iniquity, behold, I swear in my wrath that he shall not enter into my rest. [Remain second estate.]

36 And now, my brethren, behold I say unto you, that if ye will harden your hearts ye shall not enter into the rest of the Lord; therefore your iniquity provoketh him that he sendeth down his wrath upon you as in the first provocation, yea, according to his word in the last provocation as well as the first, to the everlasting destruction of your souls; therefore, according to his word, unto the last death, as well as the first. [You will remain cast out of God’s presence.]

37 And now, my brethren, seeing we know these things, and they are true, let us repent, and harden not our hearts, that we provoke not the Lord our God to pull down his wrath upon us in these his second commandments which he has given unto us; but let us enter into the rest of God, which is prepared according to his word.

1 And again, my brethren, I would cite your minds forward to the time when the Lord God gave these commandments unto his children; and I would that ye should remember that the Lord God ordained priests, [Prophets] after his holy order, [Melchizedek] which was after the order of his Son, to teach these things unto the people.

2 And those priests were ordained after the order of his Son, in a manner that thereby the people might know in what manner to look forward to his Son for redemption. [Who is also pre-ordained]

3 And this is the manner after which they were ordained [How they became prophets…]—being called and prepared from the foundation of the world [Council in Heaven] according to the foreknowledge of God, on account of their exceeding faith and good works; in the first place [Second estate of a different world] being left to choose good or evil; therefore they having chosen good, and exercising exceedingly great faith, are called with a holy calling, yea, with that holy calling which was prepared with, and according to, a preparatory redemption for such. [They are already redeemed.]

4 And thus they have been called to this holy calling on account of their faith, while others would reject the Spirit of God on account of the hardness of their hearts and blindness of their minds, while, if it had not been for this they might have had as great privilege as their brethren. [Those who remain telestial.]

5 Or in fine, in the first place they were on the samestanding with their brethren; thus this holy calling being prepared from the foundation of the world for such as would not harden their hearts, being in and through the atonement of the Only Begotten Son, who was prepared—

6 And thus being called by this holy calling, and ordained unto the high priesthood of the holy order of God, to teach his commandments unto the children of men, that they also might enter into his rest—[These ordained servants to offer God’s Covenant.]

7 This high priesthood [power and authority] being after the order of his Son, which order was from the foundation of the world; [Council in Heaven] or in other words, being without beginning of days or end of years, being prepared from eternity to all eternity, according to his foreknowledge of all things— [According to the pattern of Heaven]

8 Now they were ordained after this manner—being called with a holy calling, and ordained with a holy ordinance, [Hand-picked] and taking upon them the high priesthood of the holy order, [Melchizedek] which calling, and ordinance, and high priesthood, is without beginning or end—

9 Thus they become high priests forever, after the order of the Son, the Only Begotten of the Father, who is without beginning of days or end of years, who is full of grace, equity, and truth. And thus it is. Amen. [These are the 144 Thousand, Just Men and Women Made Perfect, Saviors on Mount Zion, the 4th Estate.]

10 Now, as I said concerning the holy order, or this high priesthood, there were many who were ordained and became high priests of God; and it was on account of their exceeding faith and repentance, and their righteousness before God, they choosing to repent and work righteousness rather than to perish;

11 Therefore they were called after this holy order, and were sanctified, and their garments were washed white through the blood of the Lamb. [Revelation 7:13-14, the 144K]

12 Now they, after being sanctified by the Holy Ghost, having their garments made white, being pure and spotless before God, could not look upon sin save it were with abhorrence; and there were many, exceedingly great many, who were made pure and entered into the rest of the Lord their God.

13 And now, my brethren, I would that ye should humble yourselves before God, and bring forth fruit meet for repentance, that ye may also enter into that rest. [That you may also be exalted in this manner.]

14 Yea, humble yourselves even as the people in the days of Melchizedek, who was also a high priest after this same order which I have spoken, who also took upon him the high priesthood forever. [He had also been pre-ordained.]

15 And it was this same Melchizedek to whom Abraham paid tithes; yea, even our father Abraham paid tithes of one-tenth part of all he possessed.

16 Now these ordinances [baptism of water] were given after this manner, that thereby the people might look forward on the Son of God, it being a type [precursor] of his order, or it being his order, and this that they might look forward to him for a remission of their sins, that they might enter into the rest of the Lord. [Third Estate, baptism of fire / Gift of the Holy Ghost]

17 Now this Melchizedek was a king over the land of Salem; and his people had waxed strong in iniquity and abomination; yea, they had all gone astray; [They had previously followed the Covenant] they were full of all manner of wickedness;

18 But Melchizedek having exercised mighty faith, and received the office [Calling] of the high priesthood according to the holy order of God, did preach repentance unto his people. And behold, they did repent; and Melchizedek did establish peace [Zion] in the land in his days; therefore he was called the prince of peace, [Zion] for he was the king of Salem; [Peace] and he did reign under his father. [Should be written “Father,” as in Father in Heaven.]

19 Now, there were many before him, and also there were many afterwards, but none were greater; therefore, of him they have more particularly made mention. [Melchizedek was the greatest.]

20 Now I need not rehearse the matter; [The Spirit constrained Alma from revealing more.] what I have said may suffice. Behold, the scriptures are before you; if ye will wrest them it shall be to your own destruction. [More details regarding these things were available to the Nephites via the brass the plates than we currently have.]

21 And now it came to pass that when Alma had said these words unto them, he stretched forth his hand [A spiritual sign of authority as God’s servant showing forth to all on both sides of the veil.] unto them and cried with a mighty voice, saying: Now is the time to repent, for the day of salvation draweth nigh; [In a similar manner shall the Gatherers do before the Lord’s coming.]

22 Yea, and the voice of the Lord, by the mouth of angels, [4th estate] doth declare it unto all nations; yea, doth declare it, that they may have glad tidings of great joy; yea, and he doth sound these glad tidings among all his people, yea, even to them that are scattered abroad upon the face of the earth; wherefore they have come unto us. [The Elect of the Covenant hear their voice.]

23 And they are made known unto us in plain terms, that we may understand, that we cannot err; and this because of our being wanderers in a strange land; [this mortality] therefore, we are thus highly favored, for we have these glad tidings declared unto us in all parts of our vineyard. [Jacob 5]

24 For behold, angels are declaring it unto many at this time in our land; and this is for the purpose of preparing the hearts of the children of men to receive his word at the time of his coming in his glory. [When Christ will fulfill His Covenant to the people.]

25 And now we only wait to hear the joyful news declared unto us by the mouth of angels, of his coming; for the time cometh, we know not how soon. Would to God that it might be in my day; but let it be sooner or later, in it I will rejoice.

26 And it shall be made known unto just and holy men, [4th estate] by the mouth of angels, at the time of his coming, that the words of our fathers may be fulfilled, [the prophets] according to that which they have spoken concerning him, which was according to the spirit of prophecy which was in them.

27 And now, my brethren, I wish from the inmost part of my heart, yea, with great anxiety even unto pain, that ye would hearken unto my words, and cast off your sins, and not procrastinate the day of your repentance;

28 But that ye would humble yourselves before the Lord, and call on his holy name, and watch and pray continually, that ye may not be tempted above that which ye can bear, and thus be led by the Holy Spirit, becoming humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love and all long-suffering; [Becoming a broken heart and contrite spirit, how to have your baptism of fire and be exalted; The Gift of the Holy Ghost.]

29 Having faith on the Lord; having a hope that ye shall receive eternal life; having the love of God always in your hearts, [Charity] that ye may be lifted up at the last day and enter into his rest. [First Resurrection]

30 And may the Lord grant unto you repentance, that ye may not bring down his wrath upon you, that ye may not be bound down by the chains of hell, that ye may not suffer the second death.

31 And Alma spake many more words unto the people, which are not written in this book. [More mysteries were written, much of which is included in the sealed portion of the Book of Mormon]

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