2 Nephi 8. "Hewn."
Jacob continues reading from Isaiah: In the last days, the Lord will comfort Zion and gather Israel—The redeemed will come to Zion amid great joy—Compare Isaiah 51 and 52:1–2. About 559–545 B.C.
1 aHearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness. Look unto the brock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from whence ye are digged.
2 Look unto Abraham, your afather, and unto bSarah, she that bare you; for I called him alone, and blessed him.
Abraham is a name for God that means "Father of Compassion", Sarah means "the Princess' and is derived from "sharar" to retain liquid.
Everyone on this planet is religious but we aren't retaining any benefit from any of it. The world is as blood thirsty and obscenely ridiculous as ever.
A nursery school teacher maintains order in her classroom better than the adults in our government who are allowing widespread criminality. The Book of Mormon was written to address this stark difference between what was once the wilderness of Eden and is now a hell on earth. This must be how we like it but the Torah says it is the nature of the soil from which we were hewn.
This has happened before, this happiness with an unsettling amount of unhappiness:
"Moses took the staff from before the Lord as He had commanded him. Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation in front of the rock, and he said to them, 'Now listen, you rebels, can we draw water for you, from this rock?'
"Moses raised his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, when an abundance of water gushed forth, and the congregation and their livestock drank.
"G‑d said to Moses and Aaron, 'Since you did not have faith in Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly to the Land which I have given them.'" (Num. 20:2-12).
3 For the Lord shall acomfort bZion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her cwilderness like dEden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation; for a alaw shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a blight for the people.
5 My righteousness is near; my asalvation is gone forth, and mine arm shall bjudge the people. The cisles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
6 Lift up your eyes to the aheavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall bvanish away like smoke, and the earth shall cwax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, afear ye not the breproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their crevilings.
8 For the amoth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
9 aAwake, awake! Put on bstrength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days. Art thou not he that hath cut cRahab, and wounded the ddragon?
10 Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a away for the ransomed to pass over?
11 Therefore, the aredeemed of the Lord shall breturn, and come with csinging unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and dmourning shall flee away.
12 I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you. Behold, who art thou, that thou shouldst be bafraid of man, who shall die, and of the son of man, who shall be made like unto cgrass?
13 And aforgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath bstretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast feared continually every day, because of the fury of the coppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?
14 The acaptive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
15 But I am the Lord thy God, whose awaves roared; the Lord of Hosts is my name.
16 And I have aput my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my bpeople.
17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the acup of his bfury—thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out—
18 And none to guide her among all the sons she hath brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she hath brought up.
19 These two asons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry for thee—thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword—and by whom shall I comfort thee?
20 Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie at the head of all the streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.
21 Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and adrunken, and not with wine:
22 Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God apleadeth the cause of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again.
23 But aI will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over—and thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that went over.
24 aAwake, awake, put on thy bstrength, O cZion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall dno more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
25 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the abands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
The Prophet is as frustrated as was Isaiah, I feel much worse than they, 2900 years later. We still allow miserable people like Karl Rove and Donald Trump and their Party to tyrannize us and make of the world an instrument of agony, an affront to the God who made it a wonderful paradise and not one person in a position of authority does everything that can be done to repent for them:
"thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out—"
This is the promise of the God of Israel, the friend of His Favorite People, who wield the Law:
"...the Lord and thy God apleadeth the cause of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again."
Get rid of Karl and every trace of the Republican party, put a stop to their institutionalized crime, election frauds, the racism, human trafficking, all the sex with minors and terrorism, make the filth stop.
The world is saturated with grief instead of God's Grace, and they are the cause. They've provided us with plenty of evidence there is no need to hold back:
Annul the results of the 2016 Election and put Donald Trump, his cabinet and his campaign to death. They did not participate in the election lawfully, and they used the power they obtained to persecute every protected class shielded by local, state, federal and international law. This is not acceptable.
Undo all of Trump's court appointments disbar every last judge and prosecute illegal opinions made during Trump's term and since.
All non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the Family Research Council, the Heritage Foundation, RNC and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day saints that fundraised using policy position contrary to election and civil rights laws need to be folded and their employees prosecuted appropriately. Their presences in the District of Columbia mandate 100% compliance with the DC City Charter which forbids the taking of position against the rights of protected classes and the aforementioned organizations are chronically afoul of these protections and need to be closed. Federal protections are also a guarantee to LGBTQ persons.
Human trafficking is a war crime. Mitt Romney, Josh Hawley, Roger Wicker, Lindsey Graham, Thomas Massie, Mitch McConnell, Dick Cheney et al and all Evangelical and LDS church leaders who are guilty of repeatedly trafficking minors through a private residence in Washington DC with full knowledge of every member of the GOP. Every last one has to be arrested and their peers and partners who supported them must be registered as sex-offenders.
The boards and executives of the Marriott Corporation, Wal-Mart, Hobby Lobby, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are guilty of trafficking minors and are supporters of domestic terror and must be held accountable.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants were separated from their children and murdered in concentration camps by the Trump Administration and this is also a War Crime. War Crimes are inherited and the Biden Administration has standing to arrest persons involved, or it can be prosecuted as well under Federal Law. Hospitality is humanity's oldest and most sacred tenet. Persons in need of help of comfort have a right to expect assistance from those who have plenty and receive it without shame.
This is a secular government. You may not use the state to defend or enforce the tenets of your faith.
Pro-Life is a thing of the past. The law and its enforcers need to follow the path laid down during the passage of protections for abortion and the country needs to move on. Women, under contract with the United Nations are permitted access to health care, as are persons who wish to receive treatment for gender reassignment.
Marriage equality for African Americans and LGBTQ persons is also guaranteed under this contract. President Biden is obligated to enforce the laws in this document.
Americans are allowed to practice the religion of their choice free of worry. Religion exists at the sufferance of the law not the other way around.
Personal expression of one's sexuality is a legally protected right. Ron DeSantis needs to be arrested for hate crimes as do all persons responsible for passing anti-gay and anti-trans legislation in their jurisdictions. Federal law prohibits discrimination of this nature and the Governor needs to go to jail and prevented from re-entering public service for his anti-gay activism.
The January 6 Investigation lingers: In order to protect their current right to run roughshod over the rest of the nation, the Mormons attacked the Capitol Building on January 6. The persons responsible, called the Order of the Amaranth, the "Apostles" and "The Council of the 70", the Friends of Israel and One For Israel, all good friends of Mike Pompeo and chronic sponsors of Domestic Terror alongside certain GOP Lawmakers like Orrin Hatch, Mitt Romney, Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell. All are still free, and the Church is still allowed to organize. They are fuckups and President Biden needs to make an example of them.
The planet is observing a State of Emergency due to climate change. Americans are expected to heed the warnings, follow all global decision making and report accurately on all data pertaining to climate change.
The Responsibility to Protect is not being observed. President Biden owns the largest, most effective and well-equipped military unit on planet. He is not allowed to withhold it when friendly nations are under attack by enemies of the Global Human Community. Peacekeeping is not an option when so many tyrants and losers need to be put to death as the price for their ambitions. Ukraine, Syria, Rwanda, all the oppressed nations on the planet need our assistance and we are sitting on our hands. Domestically and abroad, America is not performing its duties and is not demonstrating legal integrity within its government.
Free and accurately tallied elections, human equity, freedom from terrorism, and secular governments are signets of civilized persons and their communities and America is falling short of all each one. This cup has to pass.
An America that is willing to illegally elect a despot and then suffer his inhumanities and those of his peers is not fit to self-govern and this can no longer be overlooked. Especially not during another election year.
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