A Bible! A Bible!
The Covenant of Christ – 2 Nephi 12:7-13
The Lord God of Hosts has said: Woe to the Gentiles; because despite extending My welcoming arm to them from day to day, they will deny Me. Nevertheless, I'll be merciful to them, says the Lord God, if they repent and come to Me. My arm beckons to them all the day long, says the Lord God of Hosts.
But there will be many who are uninterested when I proceed to do an awe-inspiring work among them, in order to fulfill the covenants I've made with mankind. When I beckon them a second time to recover My people who belong to the house of Israel; when I fulfill the promises I've made to you, Nephi, and to your father as well.
I said I would remember your descendants, and the words of your record would be made available by My power to your descendants. My words will whistle to the ends of the earth as a standard to My people who belong to the house of Israel. And because My words will ring out, many of the Gentiles will say: A Bible? A Bible? We have a Bible! There can't be another Bible! But this is what the Lord God has said: These fools have a Bible, and it will come from the Jews, My ancient covenant people. But what thanks do they give the Jews for the Bible they received from them? What do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the Jews' struggles, efforts, and pains, and their diligence towards Me in making news of salvation known to the Gentiles?
You Gentiles, have you remembered the Jews, My ancient covenant people? No, on the contrary, you've cursed and hated them and haven't tried to recover them. But I'll turn all these things back on your own heads, because I, the Lord, have never forgotten My people. You fool who says: A Bible? We've got a Bible! We don't need another Bible! Have you obtained a Bible from anyone but the Jews? Don't you know there are more nations than one? Don't you know that I the Lord your God have created all people and remember those on the islands of the sea, and that I rule in the heavens above and on the earth beneath, and I bring forth my word for mankind, for every nation of the world?
So why do you complain that you receive more of My word? Don't you know that the testimony of two nations is a witness to you that I Am God, and I remember one nation like another? That being the case, I speak the same words to one nation as I do another; and when the two nations unite, their testimonies will also unite. I do this to prove to everyone that I Am the same yesterday, today, and forever, and I deliver My words according to My own pleasure.
And because I've spoken one word, there's no need for you to conclude that I can't speak another. Because My work isn't finished yet, and it won't be until the end of mankind, or even from then on and forever. So, because you have a Bible, there's no need to conclude it contains all My words or that I haven't caused more to be written. I command all people - in the east, the west, the north, the south, and on the islands of the sea - to write the words I speak to them, because I'll judge the world from the books that will be written, each person according to what they do measured against what's written.
I'll speak to the Jews, and they'll write it; I'll also speak to the Nephites, and they'll write it; I'll also speak to the other tribes of the house of Israel I've led away, and they'll write it; I'll speak to every nation on earth, and they'll write it.
The Jews will have the Nephites' records and the Nephites will have the Jews' records; and the Nephites and Jews will have the records of the lost tribes of Israel, and the lost tribes of Israel will have the records of the Nephites and the Jews. And My people who belong to the house of Israel will be gathered home to their own lands. And the testimonies of Me will also be united as one, and I'll show those who fight against My word and against My people who belong to the house of Israel that I Am God, and I covenanted with Abraham to remember his descendants forever.
