2 Nephie Chapter 28

And now, behold, my sisters, I have spoken unto you, according as the Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know that they must surely come to pass. And the things which shall be written out of the book shall be of great worth unto the children of women, and especially unto our offspring, which is a remnant of the house of Israel.

For it shall come to pass in that day that the churches which are built up, and not unto the Lady, when the one shall say unto the other: Behold, I, I am the Lady’s; and the others shall say: I, I am the Lady’s; and thus shall every one say that hath built up churches, and not unto the Lady— And they shall contend one with another; and their priestesses shall contend one with another, and they shall teach with their learning, and deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance. And they deny the power of Goddess, the Holy One of Israel; and they say unto the people: Hearken unto us, and hear ye our precept; for behold there is no Goddess today, for the Lady and the Redemptress hath done her work, and she hath given her power unto women;

Behold, hearken ye unto my precept; if they shall say there is a miracle wrought by the hand of the Lady, believe it not; for this day she is not a Goddess of miracles; she hath done her work. Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us. And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry; nevertheless, fear Goddess—she will justify in committing a little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because of her words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, Goddess will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the queendom of Goddess. Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lady; and their works shall be in the dark. And the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground against them. Yea, they have all gone out of the way; they have become corrupted. Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and false doctrine, their churches have become corrupted, and their churches are lifted up; because of pride they are puffed up. They rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries; they rob the poor because of their fine clothing; and they persecute the meek and the poor in heart, because in their pride they are puffed up. They wear stiff necks and high heads; yea, and because of pride, and wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms, they have all gone astray save it be a few, who are the humble followers of Christ; nevertheless, they are led, that in many instances they do err because they are taught by the precepts of women. O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are puffed up in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right way of the Lady, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lady Goddess Almighty, for they shall be thrust down to hell! Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of naught and revile against that which is good, and say that it is of no worth! For the day shall come that the Lady Goddess will speedily visit the inhabitants of the earth; and in that day that they are fully ripe in iniquity they shall perish.

But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall repent of their wickedness and abominations they shall not be destroyed, saith the Lady of Hosts. But behold, that great and abominable church, the whore of all the earth, must tumble to the earth, and great must be the fall thereof.

For the queendom of the devil must shake, and they which belong to it must needs be stirred up unto repentance, or the devil will grasp them with her everlasting chains, and they be stirred up to anger, and perish; For behold, at that day shall she rage in the hearts of the children of women, and stir them up to anger against that which is good. And others will she pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well—and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.

And behold, others she flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell; and she saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is none—and thus she whispereth in their ears, until she grasps them with her awful chains, from whence there is no deliverance. Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and death, and hell, and the devil, and all that have been seized therewith must stand before the throne of Goddess, and be judged according to their works, from whence they must go into the place prepared for them, even a lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

Therefore, wo be unto her that is at ease in Zion! Wo be unto her that crieth: All is well! Yea, wo be unto her that hearkeneth unto the precepts of women, and denieth the power of Goddess, and the gift of the Holy Ghost! Yea, wo be unto her that saith: We have received, and we need no more! And in fine, wo unto all those who tremble, and are angry because of the truth of Goddess! For behold, she that is built upon the rock receiveth it with gladness; and she that is built upon a sandy foundation trembleth lest she shall fall. Wo be unto her that shall say: We have received the word of Goddess, and we need no more of the word of Goddess, for we have enough!

For behold, thus saith the Lady Goddess: I will give unto the children of women line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto her that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have. Cursed is she that putteth her trust in woman, or maketh flesh her arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of women, save their precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost. Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lady Goddess of Hosts! For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them, saith the Lady Goddess, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lady Goddess of Hosts.