What counsel does God give to the gatherers on the gathering? Any insights into the who, what, where, when, how, and whyof gathering that you notice in these sections, please explain below. You should have a minimum of ten references and explanations as well as a couple of questions that come from your study of these sections.
1. Who is gathered first? Focus. (29:7, 30:6, 28:8–9, 32:2)
- The last three scriptures talk about missionary work being taken to the Lamanites. The first one talks about the Lord's elect people which I believe are the Lamanites because of the scriptures that follow. The elect are chosen before the world was founded but must follow the gospel and make covenants with the Lord. People can be elect in many different ways. Some are elect to do one thing, others are elect for another.
2. What are the harvest conditions of the world? (31:4, 33:4)
- The harvest conditions of the world are "white already to be burned" and his "vineyard has become corrupted". I looked up the footnotes for 31:4 and it took me to scriptures about missionary work and the importance of serving the Lord and being diligent. 33:4 took me to scriptures about evil, putting off repentance to have fun now, churches that defile our God, and unhappy things in general.
3. What time period in the harvest is the world? (33:3)
- The time period in the harvest is the "eleventh hour". The eleventh hour refers to now because this is the time right before the Lord comes.
4. Where will the elect be found? (33:6)
- The elect will be found and gathered from the four quarters of the earth. I believe that this is referring to the whole world which makes perfect sense because we have missionaries in every part of the world.
5. What are the key attributes of successful gatherers? (38:8–12, 36:3,
31:3–4, 34: 10, 35: 23)
- Successful gatherers are prepared. They blessed, they have a loosed tongue, they search the scriptures, and they are worthy.
6. What do we gather to? Why? (33:13)
- We gather to the rock of the Lord's church. If we are founded on the rock of the church, the gates of Hell will not have power over us. We will be able to stand strong against the devil.
7. What are the teachings that gather? (34:6)
- Teachings that gather are teachings of repentance, and teachings of preparing for the Lord's second coming.
8. Who does God use to gather? (35:12–15, 36:5–7)
- God uses the weak ones of the Lord to take the gospel to all nations. He will make the weak strong to preach. He wants every man who will embrace it to be ordained and sent forth to preach His gospel.
9. Who directs the gathering? (35:25)
- Heavenly Father is the director of the gathering. It will take place in His time and by who he leads.
10. Where does God want the saints to gather? (37:1–3)
- God wants the saints to gather in Ohio and stay there until the Gospel has been preached in all the parts there.
11. What are some patterns and principles of gathering? (38:32–33)
- Some patterns that I see are the patterns of moving to wherever the Lord wants. He wanted them to go to Ohio, eventually He wanted them to go to Utah. He directs us where we need to go to spread the gospel and gather. Some principles are that Israel will be saved and the Lord will lead us always.
I loved learning more about the gathering of Israel. It's strengthened my testimony of missionary work and of the importance of doing MY part to gather Israel. We all have a duty and a part in the gathering and we need to learn what that is now. We can all help the Lord's important work in the gathering. The first step is praying to know what we can do to help and then getting to work.
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