Interestingly enough there are a lot of scriptures just like verse 3 Nephi 16:10. Or in other words 2 nephi 1:10. Here are a few more and if you look at them they are all talking about the fulfillment of the time of the Gentiles. After which, it will be time to focus on the House of Israel's descendents, such as the Jewish people, and the other tribes of Israel.simpleton wrote: ↑May 7th, 2017, 12:15 pm 10 And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you: (who? The Nephites/Lamanites who the American Indians are decendants of) At that day when the Gentiles (who? Us/we here in America, and/or us LDS) shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fulness of my gospel from among them....
Does not that description fit us to the T?
Notice also Christ does not say "IF" but "WHEN" the gentiles (US) sin against the fullness of my gospel. And in my opinion we as lds, generally speaking as a whole have arrived at that point sometime ago.
But then here is an exception or an escape if you will:
13But if the Gentiles will repent and return unto me, saith the Father, behold they shall be numbered among my people, O house of Israel.
14 And I will not suffer my people, who are of the house of Israel, to go through among them, and tread them down, saith the Father.
15 But if they will not turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice, I will suffer them, yea, I will suffer my people,(indians) O house of Israel, that they shall go through among them, and shall tread them (us)down, and they (us again)shall be as salt that hath lost its savor, which is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of my people, (indians) O house of Israel.
16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, thus hath the Father commanded me—that I should give unto this people (indians) this land for their inheritance.
As I view it this land of America does not belong to us gentiles, only if, and emphasis on "only if" we, as scripturally recognized gentiles repent and become numbered with the seed of Lehi, ( Indians) as the promises and covenants contained in that most beautiful book of Mormon are directly to the covenant people of Lehi, through Joseph of Egypt, through Jacob, then through Abraham.
Now all of us, (let's be honest with ourselves,)are we living the Fulness of the everlasting Gospel? Is our beloved Church of Christ as a whole living the Fulness of the everlasting Gospel? In my opinion we are not.(but of course that is my personal opinion).
So the next question is to ask ourselves what is the Fulness of the everlasting Gospel? What is it or what actions is it that makes the God of our fathers well pleased? And also what is it, or what laws and or what commandments is it that causes the Lord to say that if THE ELDERS OF ISREAL WILL KEEP, THAT GOD ALMIGHTY HIMSELF WILL FIGHT OUR BATTLES, :
D&C 104
13 Therefore it is expedient in me that mine elders should wait for a little season, for the redemption of Zion.
14 For behold, I do not require at their hands to fight the battles of Zion; for, as I said in a former commandment, even so will I fulfil—I will fight your battles...
And herein is what the gospel or the Fulness of the gospel partially consists of:
17 For the earth is full, and there is enough and to spare; yea, I prepared all things, and have given unto the children of men to be agents unto themselves......
18 Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment.
D&C 105
13 Therefore it is expedient in me that mine elders should wait for a little season, for the redemption of Zion.
14 For behold, I do not require at their(elders) hands to fight the battles of Zion; for, as I said in a former commandment, even so will I fulfil—I will fight your battles...
My personal belief is that us as elders should always realistically be willing to lay down our lives for Zion, but that as the elders ( Ephraim) of Isreal are to be "saviors" upon Mount Zion, they cannot shed blood, like unto King David as he could not build the Temple of God as he was a man of blood. And that also brings to mind the Mormon battalion, wherein it was the "elders of Isreal" that volunteered for that war with Mexico but Brigham Young promised them that if they were faithful that they would not have to fire a single shot against the enemy. And strangely enough the worst battle they had was against a herd of wild bulls that stampeded into their camp. And they never did fire a single shot against Mexico or any soldier of Mexico. To me that is a remarkable fulfillment of prophecy by a servant of God.
This below is what I believe encompasses the Fulness of the gospel...
2 Behold, I say unto you, were it not for the transgressions of my people, speaking concerning the church and not individuals, they might have been redeemed even now.
3 But behold, they have not learned to be obedient to the things which I required at their hands, but are full of all manner of evil, and do not impart of their substance, as becometh saints, to the poor and afflicted among them;
4 And are not united according to the union required by the law of the celestial kingdom;
5 And Zion cannot be built up unless it is by the principles of the law of the celestial kingdom; otherwise I cannot receive her unto myself.
6 And my people must needs be chastened until they learn obedience, if it must needs be, by the things which they suffer.
3 Nephi 16:10 And thus commandeth the Father that I should say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin against my gospel, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs, and all manner of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall do all those things, and shall reject the fulness of my gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the fulness of my gospel from among them.
2 Nephi 1:10 But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from the hand of the Lord—having a knowledge of the creation of the earth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the Lord from the creation of the world; having power given them to do all things by faith; having all the commandments from the beginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness into this precious land of promise—behold, I say, if the day shall come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the true Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of him that is just shall rest upon them.
1 Nephi 14:1-7, (I've only put down verse 3 and 6 below)
3 And that great pit, which hath been digged for them by that great and abominable church, which was founded by the devil and his children, that he might lead away the souls of men down to hell—yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of men shall be filled by those who digged it, unto their utter destruction, saith the Lamb of God; not the destruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into that hell which hath no end. 6 Therefore, wo be unto the Gentiles if it so be that they harden their hearts against the Lamb of God.
3 Nephi 21;11-21
D&C 84;115 For if they do reject these things the hour of their judgment is nigh, and their house shall be left unto them desolate. & 117, And verily I say unto you, the rest of my servants, go ye forth as your circumstances shall permit, in your several callings, unto the great and notable cities and villages, reproving the world in righteousness of all their unrighteous and ungodly deeds, setting forth clearly and understandingly the desolation of abomination in the last days.
Matthew 24:15 (also see JST-Matthew) 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand) (The verses preceeding this match up exactly the verses that are quoted as the those leading to the fulfillment of the time of the Gentiles. Thus it seems reasonable to note that the fulfillment of the time of the Gentiles occurs shortly before the events described in Daniel as the abomination(s) that maketh desolate...or in other words unspeakable sins so great desolations come (unless we repent but by then it's probably too late.) For this reason I suggest that according to scriptures and conference talks its very likely that the fulfillment of the time of the Gentiles occurs very shortly before the Abomination of Desolation, and that the two events are probably close together.)
However I am not priesthood authority. So even I get a bit confused because in some areas they count events more than once. This can make it hard to see which occurs first. But the gospel being quoted more than once could be because after the times of the Gentiles is fulfilled, missionaries at some point will go out again but after that event has occurred.