“That whoso should possess this land of promise, from that time henceforth and forever, should serve him, the true and only God, or they should be swept off when the fulness of his wrath should come upon them.” (Ether 2:8)
In plain, blunt words, then, we are told that whatever nations occupy this land must serve God or die!
Warnings from the Past
by Mark E. Petersen
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/ ... t?lang=eng