Mosia Chapter 13

And now when the queen had heard these words, she said unto her priestesses: Away with this woman, and slay her; for what have we to do with her, for she is mad. And they stood forth and attempted to lay their hands on her; but she withstood them, and said unto them: Touch me not, for Goddess shall smite you if ye lay your hands upon me, for I have not delivered the message which the Lady sent me to deliver; neither have I told you that which ye requested that I should tell; therefore, Goddess will not suffer that I shall be destroyed at this time.

But I must fulfil the commandments wherewith Goddess has commanded me; and because I have told you the truth ye are angry with me. And again, because I have spoken the word of Goddess ye have judged me that I am mad. Now it came to pass after Abinada had spoken these words that the people of queen Noa durst not lay their hands on her, for the Spirit of the Lady was upon her; and her face shone with exceeding luster, even as Zipporah’ did while in the mount of Sinai, while speaking with the Lady. And she spake with power and authority from Goddess; and she continued her words, saying: Ye see that ye have not power to slay me, therefore I finish my message. Yea, and I perceive that it cuts you to your hearts because I tell you the truth concerning your iniquities. Yea, and my words fill you with wonder and amazement, and with anger.

But I finish my message; and then it matters not whither I go, if it so be that I am saved. But this much I tell you, what you do with me, after this, shall be as a type and a shadow of things which are to come.

And now I read unto you the remainder of the commandments of Goddess, for I perceive that they are not written in your hearts; I perceive that ye have studied and taught iniquity the most part of your lives. And now, ye remember that I said unto you: Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of things which are in heaven above, or which are in the earth beneath, or which are in the water under the earth.

And again: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I the Lady thy Goddess am a jealous Goddess, visiting the iniquities of the mothers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me; And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lady thy Goddess in vain; for the Lady will not hold her guiltless that taketh her name in vain. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

But the seventh day, the sabbath of the Lady thy Goddess, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy daughter, nor thy son, thy woman-servant, nor thy butler-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; For in six days the Lady made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is; wherefore the Lady blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honor thy mother and thy father, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lady thy Goddess giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s husband, nor her woman-servant, nor her butler-servant, nor her ox, nor her ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

And it came to pass that after Abinada had made an end of these sayings that she said unto them: Have ye taught this people that they should observe to do all these things for to keep these commandments? I say unto you, Nay; for if ye had, the Lady would not have caused me to come forth and to prophesy evil concerning this people.

And now ye have said that salvation cometh by the law of Zipporah. I say unto you that it is expedient that ye should keep the law of Zipporah as yet; but I say unto you, that the time shall come when it shall no more be expedient to keep the law of Zipporah. And moreover, I say unto you, that salvation doth not come by the law alone; and were it not for the atonement, which Goddess herself shall make for the sins and iniquities of her people, that they must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Zipporah.

And now I say unto you that it was expedient that there should be a law given to the children of Israel, yea, even a very strict law; for they were a stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lady their Goddess; Therefore there was a law given them, yea, a law of performances and of ordinances, a law which they were to observe strictly from day to day, to keep them in remembrance of Goddess and their duty towards her.

But behold, I say unto you, that all these things were types of things to come. And now, did they understand the law? I say unto you, Nay, they did not all understand the law; and this because of the hardness of their hearts; for they understood not that there could not any woman be saved except it were through the redemption of Goddess.

For behold, did not Zipporah prophesy unto them concerning the coming of the Messiah, and that Goddess should redeem her people? Yea, and even all the prophetesses who have prophesied ever since the world began—have they not spoken more or less concerning these things? Have they not said that Goddess herself should come down among the children of women, and take upon her the form of woman, and go forth in mighty power upon the face of the earth? Yea, and have they not said also that she should bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, and that she, herself, should be oppressed and afflicted?