The Voice of Christ is Heard

And then a voice was heard by all the people, which said, “All people on earth are greatly cursed if they will not repent. The devil now laughs, and his angels rejoice over the fair sons and daughters of my people who have been killed, and who have fallen because of their sinfulness. I have burned that great city of Zarahemla along with its inhabitants. I have sunk that great city of Moroni in the depths of the ocean, and its inhabitants have drowned. I have covered that great city of Moronihah, and its inhabitants, with earth to hide their wickedness and sins from before my face—that the blood of the prophets and saints will not come to me anymore against them. I have caused the city of Gilgal to be buried in the earth along with its inhabitants. I have caused the waters to come and cover the cities of Onihah, Mocum and Jerusalem with their inhabitants, to hide their wickedness and sins from before my face—that the blood of the prophets and saints will not come to me anymore against them. I have sunk the cities of Gadiandi, Gadiomnah, Jacob, and Gimgimno into the earth, and have made hills and valleys in their places. The inhabitants thereof have been buried up in the depths of the earth to hide their wickedness and sins from before my face—that the blood of the prophets and saints will not come to me anymore against them. I have caused that great city of Jacobugath, inhabited by Jacob’s people, to be burned, for their sins and wickedness were above all the wickedness of the whole earth—even their secret murders and combinations. They destroyed the peace of my people and the government of the land. I destroyed them with fire to hide them from before my face—that the blood of the prophets and saints will not come to me against them anymore. I have also burned the cities of Laman, Josh, Gad and Kishkumen along with their inhabitants, because of their wickedness in casting out the prophets and stoning those whom I sent to tell them of their wickedness.

“Because they cast them all out, and there was not one righteous person among them, I sent down fire to destroy them, that their great wickedness might be hid from before my face—that the blood of the prophets and saints whom I sent among them might not cry to me from the ground against them. I have caused many great destructions to come upon this land, and upon this people because of their wickedness. Oh, all of you who are spared because you were more righteous than they, will you not return to me now, repent of your sins and be converted, that I may heal you? If you will come to me, you will have eternal life, for my arms of mercy are extended toward you. Whoever will come, I will receive, and blessed are those who come to me.

“Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that are in them. I was with the Father from the beginning. I am in the Father, and the Father in me, and by me the Father has glorified His name. I came to my own people and was rejected by them. And now the scriptures of my coming are fulfilled. All those who receive me will become God’s sons and daughters, for redemption comes by me, and I have fulfilled the law of Moses. I am the light and life of the world. I am Alpha and Omega—the beginning and the end.

“You will no longer make blood sacrifices or burnt offerings to me, for I will no longer accept them. You will offer as a sacrifice to me a broken heart and contrite spirit, after which I will baptize you with fire and the Holy Ghost, even as I baptized the Lamanites. Because of their faith in me at the time of their conversion, they were baptized with fire and the Holy Ghost, although they did not know it. I have come to the world to redeem it from sin. Therefore, I will receive those who repent and come to me as little children, for of such is the kingdom of God. For such I have laid down my life and have taken it up again. Therefore, repent. Come to me from the ends of the earth and be saved.”