In the day when false churches are built, they will tech false
and foolish doctrines. Ezekiel warned
the Jews, “Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe
unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing”
(Ezekiel 13:3). Samuel the Lamanite
would warned the Nephites, “O ye wicked
and ye perverse generation; ye hardened and ye stiffnecked people, how long
will ye suppose that the Lord will suffer you?
Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind
guides? Yea, how long will ye choose
darkness rather than light?” (Helaman 13:29).
Chastising the scribes and Pharisees, the Savior told them, “Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of
you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth
me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship
me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men” (Matthew 15:7-9).
Paul would warn the Colossians,
Let
no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of
angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by
his fleshly mind,
And
not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having
nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Wherefore
if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though
living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
Which are after the doctrines and
commandments of men, who teach you to touch not, taste not, handle not; all
those things which are to perish with the using?
Which
things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and
neglecting the body as to the satisfying
the flesh, not in any honor to God.
Colossians 2:18-22 (bolded parts of verses 21-22 are from
the
Joseph Smith Translation)
The blood of the saints that were killed will cry out from
the ground to the Lord.
And
when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that
were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
And
they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost
thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
And
white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that
they should crest yet for a little season, until their
fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were,
should be fulfilled.
Revelation 6:9-11
Moroni2 warned us about secret combinations.
And
whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations, to get power and gain,
until they shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be destroyed; for
the Lord will not suffer that the blood of his saints, which shall be shed by
them, shall always cry unto him from the ground for vengeance upon them and yet
he avenge them not.
Wherefore, O ye Gentiles, it is wisdom in God
that these things should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your
sins, and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you,
which are built up to get power and gain—and the work, yea, even the work of destruction
come upon you, yea, even the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall
upon you, to your overthrow and destruction if ye shall suffer these things to
be.
Wherefore,
the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye
shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret
combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it, because of the blood of
them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and
also upon those who built it up.
Ether 8:22-24
The churches will be corrupted. Pride, false teachers and doctrines have
caused these churches to be corrupted. “He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife:
but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat [IE prosperous]”
(Proverbs 28:25). The Savior warned the
Nephites, “Beware of false prophets, who
come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves” (3
Nephi 14:15).
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