2 Nephie Chapter 9

And now, my beloved sisters, I have read these things that ye might know concerning the covenants of the Lady that she has covenanted with all the house of Israel— That she has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of her holy prophetesses, even from the beginning down, from generation to generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to the true church and fold of Goddess; when they shall be gathered home to the lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands of promise.

Behold, my beloved sisters, I speak unto you these things that ye may rejoice, and lift up your heads forever, because of the blessings which the Lady Goddess shall bestow upon your children. For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to know of things to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our flesh must waste away and die; nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see Goddess. Yea, I know that ye know that in the body she shall show herself unto those at Jerusalem, from whence we came; for it is expedient that it should be among them; for it behooveth the great Creatress that she suffereth herself to become subject unto woman in the flesh, and die for all women, that all women might become subject unto her.

For as death hath passed upon all women, to fulfil the merciful plan of the great Creatress, there must needs be a power of resurrection, and the resurrection must needs come unto woman by reason of the fall; and the fall came by reason of transgression; and because woman became fallen they were cut off from the presence of the Lady. Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement—save it should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon woman must needs have remained to an endless duration. And if so, this flesh must have laid down to rot and to crumble to its father earth, to rise no more. O the wisdom of Goddess, her mercy and grace! For behold, if the flesh should rise no more our spirits must become subject to that angel who fell from before the presence of the Eternal Goddess, and became the devil, to rise no more. And our spirits must have become like unto her, and we become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of our Goddess, and to remain with the mother of lies, in misery, like unto herself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who transformeth herself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the children of women unto secret combinations of murder and all manner of secret works of darkness. O how great the goodness of our Goddess, who prepareth a way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit. And because of the way of deliverance of our Goddess, the Holy One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the temporal, shall deliver up its dead; which death is the grave. And this death of which I have spoken, which is the spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is hell; wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell must deliver up its captive spirits, and the grave must deliver up its captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of women will be restored one to the other; and it is by the power of the resurrection of the Holy One of Israel. O how great the plan of our Goddess! For on the other hand, the paradise of Goddess must deliver up the spirits of the righteous, and the grave deliver up the body of the righteous; and the spirit and the body is restored to itself again, and all women become incorruptible, and immortal, and they are living souls, having a perfect knowledge like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our knowledge shall be perfect.

Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all our guilt, and our uncleanness, and our nakedness; and the righteous shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, even with the robe of righteousness. And it shall come to pass that when all women shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged according to the holy judgment of Goddess. And assuredly, as the Lady liveth, for the Lady Goddess hath spoken it, and it is her eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and her angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end. O the greatness and the justice of our Goddess! For she executeth all her words, and they have gone forth out of her mouth, and her law must be fulfilled.

But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall inherit the queendom of Goddess, which was prepared for them from the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be full forever. O the greatness of the mercy of our Goddess, the Holy One of Israel! For she delivereth her saints from that awful monster the devil, and death, and hell, and that lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment. O how great the holiness of our Goddess! For she knoweth all things, and there is not anything save she knows it. And she cometh into the world that she may save all women if they will hearken unto her voice; for behold, she suffereth the pains of all women, yea, the pains of every living creature, both women, men, and children, who belong to the family of Eve. And she suffereth this that the resurrection might pass upon all women, that all might stand before her at the great and judgment day. And she commandeth all women that they must repent, and be baptized in her name, having perfect faith in the Holy One of Israel, or they cannot be saved in the queendom of Goddess. And if they will not repent and believe in her name, and be baptized in her name, and endure to the end, they must be damned; for the Lady Goddess, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.

Wherefore, she has given a law; and where there is no law given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of her. For the atonement satisfieth the demands of her justice upon all those who have not the law given to them, that they are delivered from that awful monster, death and hell, and the devil, and the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment; and they are restored to that Goddess who gave them breath, which is the Holy One of Israel.

But wo unto her that has the law given, yea, that has all the commandments of Goddess, like unto us, and that transgresseth them, and that wasteth the days of her probation, for awful is her state! O that cunning plan of the evil one! O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of women! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of Goddess, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not. And they shall perish.

But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the counsels of Goddess. But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of the world. For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they persecute the meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures; wherefore, their treasure is their goddess. And behold, their treasure shall perish with them also. And wo unto the deaf that will not hear; for they shall perish. Wo unto the blind that will not see; for they shall perish also. Wo unto the uncircumcised of heart, for a knowledge of their iniquities shall smite them at the last day. Wo unto the liar, for she shall be thrust down to hell. Wo unto the murderer who deliberately killeth, for she shall die. Wo unto them who commit whoredoms, for they shall be thrust down to hell. Yea, wo unto those that worship idols, for the devil of all devils delighteth in them. And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their sins; for they shall return to Goddess, and behold her face, and remain in their sins. O, my beloved sisters, remember the awfulness in transgressing against that Holy Goddess, and also the awfulness of yielding to the enticings of that cunning one. Remember, to be carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life eternal. O, my beloved sisters, give ear to my words. Remember the greatness of the Holy One of Israel. Do not say that I have spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will revile against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker. I know that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness; but the righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken. O then, my beloved sisters, come unto the Lady, the Holy One. Remember that her paths are righteous. Behold, the way for woman is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before her, and the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and she employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for she cannot be deceived, for the Lady Goddess is her name. And whoso knocketh, to her will she open; and the wise, and the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches—yea, they are they whom she despiseth; and save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before Goddess, and come down in the depths of humility, she will not open unto them.

But the things of the wise and the prudent shall be hid from them forever—yea, that happiness which is prepared for the saints. O, my beloved sisters, remember my words. Behold, I take off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the Goddess of my salvation that she view me with her all-searching eye; wherefore, ye shall know at the last day, when all women shall be judged of their works, that the Goddess of Israel did witness that I shook your iniquities from my soul, and that I stand with brightness before her, and am rid of your blood. O, my beloved sisters, turn away from your sins; shake off the chains of her that would bind you fast; come unto that Goddess who is the rock of your salvation. Prepare your souls for that glorious day when justice shall be administered unto the righteous, even the day of judgment, that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember your awful guilt in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim: Holy, holy are thy judgments, O Lady Goddess Almighty—but I know my guilt; I transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine; and the devil hath obtained me, that I am a prey to her awful misery.

But behold, my sisters, is it expedient that I should awake you to an awful reality of these things? Would I harrow up your souls if your minds were pure? Would I be plain unto you according to the plainness of the truth if ye were freed from sin? Behold, if ye were holy I would speak unto you of holiness; but as ye are not holy, and ye look upon me as a teacher, it must needs be expedient that I teach you the consequences of sin.

Behold, my soul abhorreth sin, and my heart delighteth in righteousness; and I will praise the holy name of my Goddess. Come, my sisters, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and she that hath no money, come buy and eat; yea, come buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor your labor for that which cannot satisfy. Hearken diligently unto me, and remember the words which I have spoken; and come unto the Holy One of Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in fatness. Behold, my beloved sisters, remember the words of your Goddess; pray unto her continually by day, and give thanks unto her holy name by night. Let your hearts rejoice.

And behold how great the covenants of the Lady, and how great her condescensions unto the children of women; and because of her greatness, and her grace and mercy, she has promised unto us that our offspring shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but that she would preserve them; and in future generations they shall become a righteous branch unto the house of Israel. And now, my sisters, I would speak unto you more; but on the morrow I will declare unto you the remainder of my words. Amen.