| Show DISCOURSE BY BT ERASTUS 7 IN mew new M tabernacle salt sau lake city sunday afternoon september REPORTED BY DAVID NY evants EVANS bui BUT in the last days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the lord shall bo be established in the top of the mountains and it shall be exalted above the hills and people shall flow unto it and many nations shall come and say come and let ns Is go 90 up to the mountain of the lord and to the house of the god of jacob and he be will teach us of his ways and we will walk in his paths for the law behall go forth of zion and the word of the lord from jerusalem and he shall shail judge among many people and rebuke strong nations afar off and they shall beat their swords into unto into ploughshares plough shares and their spears into pruning hooks nation s shall all ali not lift up sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more but they shall sit every man under his hla vine vino and under his ng fig tree and none nono shall malce make them afraid for the mouth of the lord of hosts hath spoken it 9 for all people will walk every one in the name of his god and we will walk in the name of the lord our god for ever and ever in that day saith saith the lord will I 1 assemble her that halveth hal teth and I 1 will gather her that is driven out and her that I 1 have afflicted 1 and I 1 will make her that halted a remnant and her that was cast far ott oft a strong nation and the lord shut shai reign over them in mount zion irom from henceforth even for ever uleah micah iv 1 7 V i I 1 have read this scripture in the hearing of the thu congregation believing 9 aa as I 1 do that it is a prophecy in having til jg direct refer reference ence enee to the latter times and unit to the day and uge age now ushered Us ui hered in upon the earth there sure ure many things in the jewish st scriptures r atu e tile the fulfillment of or which has haa become a matter of or history there are many other things which have livo ilvo been spoken by the mouth of god goil his ber her servants the pro chels which remain yet to be fulfilled it is a matter of great importance to illy my mind to be able to tilse ellse discern ern those bilings pertaining to tile the future which god has revealed which have yet to W come alpass to pass he revealed beforehand to th the antediluvian world the approach of the deluge and gave them a timely warning sending his servants amongst them calling upon them to repent of their sins and to prepare for that which was com ing upon the earth he foretold to Abra abraham liam llam the bondage which his ills seed would have to endure in the land of egypt their final deliver jeliver anco aneo by we hand of moses noses and their establishment in the tile promised land of canaan moses and other prophets raised up after him foretold the blessings which through faith and obedience should be poured upon israel and the scourges urges and judgments which should tall upon them through unbelief and disobedience whoever will read the prophecies of if moses contained in deuteronomy from the to the chapter will perceive there clearly shadowed foreshadowed fore nore 11 ore tile tiie great events eventa in the hiblery of the seed of or abraham from froin that time until the time of or their restoration to their promised inheritance which is 18 referred to in the chapter from which I 1 have quoted in micah all these great events have been the tile subjects of prophecy and have been very clearly po pointed out and perhaps by nond none more moro plainly and clearly than by moses himself hi mbel while helas he was the leader leade of israel the dealings of god with tho the human family havo have been the subjects of prophecy and revelation and more especially with the descendants of shern shorn the kofl sprang a of abraham isaac and jacob and not only the tho chosen people but the tile nations with which they were identified and with whom they were more or less connected and allied in a national capacity all these thih thib things s have been the subjects of prophecy but the burden of prophecy irom from the beginning of tie tee the world down to the present time seems to centre contre upon burday the time of the restitution of all things spoken of eo so frim won von ti r py tho the prophets of I god sy e 6 iho tho 3rd sr ard d c chap char IV V ter of the acts of the apostles we find that the apostle peter talking to the wondering jews assembled together gazing upon him and his brother john at the time he healed heated the lame man at the beautiful gate of the temple and told them concerning jesus whom they had crucified and whom the father had raised from the dead of which they were his witnesses told them that this same jesus had been taken up into heaven and would remain at the right hand band of god until tile the time of the restitution of all things broken spoken of by all the prophets since bince the world began then he jesus jebus will descend again from this scripture we understand that peter and his brother brot lier ller apostles comprehended the doctrine of tho the restitution of all things and that it should take place in the latter days preparatory to the second advent of the savior this was also a theme fo for angel as well as prophets wo reat read in the first chapter of the acts of the apostles that jesus led ii his Is 1 disciples I out to the mount blount of olives and there lifted up his ills hands and blessed them and while in the act of giving them their last commission to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature baptizing them in the name namo of the father son and holy ghost a cloud overshadowed him and lie he ascended from their sight and as they stood gazing up into heaven after him two angels stood by them clothed in white apparel aud and they tiley said unto them ye yc men of galilee why stand ye thus gazing u up into to heaven behold this same 3 jesus esti s which you now see go up into heaven shall so come again in like manner as ye to have seen him go into heaven the time of the restitution of all things has not only been the theme of angels prophets and apostles but of all saints whose understandings have been enlightened by the spirit of revelation from on high rhe the chapter which I 1 have read from in micah uleah brings it down dow n to the last days and is perhaps a litte more explicit than some bome other prophecies ro phe ecles eeles Il eles cies it says that in the last at das ays the mountain of the lords house shall be established in the tops of the mountains und shall be exalted above the hills and people shall flow unto it the mountain of the lords house this isa is i a peculiar phrase and was probably used by the prophet because it itt was a common mode modo of expression in israel in the days of david and many of the prophets several hundred years afat after r him for in speaking of mount dlo Blo Mori morl riall ahon on which the temple of or solomon was built they spoke of it as the mountain of the lords house moriah is a hill in the city of jerusalem on oil which david located the site of the temple tempie and on oil which his son solomon built it and it was called the mountain of or the house of the lord this temple suffered spoliation at the hands of tile the gentiles who made inroads on israel from time to time but it was re repaired a d and kept intact dp rc until the days X of the savior while lie he was on the earth he predicted its total destruction because of the unbelief of the people he said matthew Matt liew llew 2 the time should come when not one stone of that temple should be left oil on another the prophet micah predicted the same in the chapter preceding the one which I 1 have read from he says hear this I 1 pray you ye heads of the house of jacob and princes of the house of israel you that abhor judgment and pervert all equity they build up zion with blood and jerusalem with iniquity the heads thereof judge for reward and the priests thereof teach for hire and the prophets thereof divine for money yet will they lean ean can upon the lord lora and say Is not the lord among us none evil can come como upon us therefore shall shail zion for your sake bo be ploughed sloughed hed as a field and jerusalem shall become heaps and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest this last prediction has been literally fulfilled it has become a matter of history that jerusalem has become heaps of ruins and tho the mountain of the tho house of the lord has become as the high places of tho the forest and has been ploughed sloughed hed as a field it is a matter of history that the very site of that wonderful tempio tempie was ploughed sloughed 0 hed as a field and its destruction was rendered BO so complete that every foundation stone was raised and that there might bo be no vestige of it ift left around which tho the jews might cling tho tha roman emperor caused that it should be ploughed sloughed hed up as a field held thus literally fulfilling the words worda of the prophet and tb the e words of the savior this woe and destruction st was predicted and overtook that people and they were eventually scattered because of their wickedness and because of the corruptions corrupt ions of their princes ju judges dg es and rulers but it shall c come comb om e to pass in the last days saith tt the he L lord or through micah that the in mountain on n ta in of the house of the lord shall be established in the tops of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills and people shall flow unto it hero here is a promise around which the house 0 of f israel may cling and to which they may fasten their faith for god will not for ever hite hiie his face from his people but lie wi I 1 make choice of a place or places laces named and there he will buia bula bulfa ills his house and people from all nations will flow unto it this mountain of the lords house which is to be established in the tops of the mountains seems to be in tho the mind of the tile prophet located in a dlf dif Terent different place from froin the former house which was located upon that hill in Jeru jerusalem alem this in the latter days the prophet says shall be in the tops of the mountains 11 mark stark the expression not on the top of a mountain nor in the tops of the highest mountain but in the tops of the mountains the plural number is used in other words in the midst of the high places of the earth not oil on the borders of the seashore for the only reason that we speak of mountains on the surface of the earth is because of their elevation above the general level of the ocean the mountain of the lords house shall be established in the tops of the mountains in the last days and people from all nations shall flow unto it IL and wherefore what will be their object ami and purpose in fleeing from all nations they will say come and let iet us go up to the mountain of the lord and to the house of the god of or jacob and he will teach us of his ways a and nd wo we will wa walk ak in his paths for the law shall go forth of zion and pie the word of the lord from jerusalem here we learn the object of the people in fleeing from all nations to the mountain of the lords house bouse it is that they may learn of his ills ways and walk in hla hia paths the lord shall judge 11 among c many people le 11 says micah and r rebuke nations afar off and they shall izat beat their swords into ploughshares plough shares and their spean spears into pruning hooks nation shall shail not lift up sword again against nation striation neither shall shail they learn war any more I 1 wilt will assemble her that halveth hal teth gather her that is driven out her that I 1 have afflicted even the tile chosen seed of abraham the house of or israel that has been scattered and peeled and driven I 1 will gather her that was scattered and h iier tier er that was cast afar oft I 1 will make a strong nation and the tile lord shall reign over them in mount blount zion from hencer henceforth orth even forever isaiah has used nearly the tiie same language in in the second chapter of his prophecies ezekiel in the tiie chapter lias has used si similar nillar allgra language e predicting the time of or ilo lie the resto restoration of the house of israel and tile the gathering together of the people of god and that the L ard rd reign over them and that a reign of peace shall be established oil on the tile earth that this tills and other prophecies of a similar character remain yet to be fulfilled must appear evident to every reflecting mind for since these prophecies were delivered there has baa never been a time in which the nations have llave beaten their swords into ploughshares plough shares their spears into pruning hooks lived at perfect peace with ench each other and walked in the ways of the tiie lord but it has been predicted by the prophets th til t such tsuch a period will ar rive the same thing ahing was also aiso foretold by the savior and bythe by tile angels who promised his second coming coniing mark the object of the tile gathering ering the nations shall say let us go up ip to tho the mountain of the lord to tild tile house imago of the hie god of Jacob for he lie will teach ua ui of ills his ways and we will learn to walk in ills his paths how will ahli tilis be brought about beaise the law shall go forth out of zion and tho tile word of the lord froni Jeru jerusalem alem how can call this be unless god shall begin to reveal himself to ills his peo pie and mini minister hi their midst as in ancient days by his oali 0 wn voice the voice of prophet 4 the spirit of rev elitt lon ion and the ministration ii of angels I 1 am aware that many people of our time attempt to lo plade place somo sonic mystical and illusive construct construction ion iou u upon pa u the in lit tho bible ii aisil al there is a disposition to ignore 11 the tile plain and obvious meaning of if the declarations of the prophets and to gie give gi gle e to them some private I 1 interpretation but the apostle peter in the first chapter chlap ter of ills his second epistle in writing to his brethren on this subject bays saya that no prophecy of scripture is of lany lony any private interpretation but holy ay men mon of old spoke as they were moved upon by tho the holy ghost in order that they might be able to understand these prophecies tile tiie apostle counseled his ills brethren to give heed beed unto them as unto a light alight shining in a dark place until tile tiie day dawn and the day star arose in their hearts it is true that the prophets have told us of dreams and visions which they have had and in some instances the lord has explained or interpreted them and as such we are to receive them but where he has not deigned to give the interpretation pre tation we must mast wait until he does for it does not belong to men lo 10 to give their own private interpretation thereto it is written interpretations belong to god godi ll 11 and where it has pleased him to inter pret it behooves us to accept it and where it has not pleased him to do so it becomes us to wait until lie does and not attempt to obtrude upon mankind our private interpretation of what god has revealed where plain predictions are uttered we are to receive them as we would the writings of any other author according to the plain and obvious deanin meaning tit oft of the he language how f then I 1 ask can call these prophecies pil ecles eeles be fulfilled in the last days except Godshall god shall shail again speak from froni heaven where shall the mountain of the tile lords house be e ab dished in the tops of the tile mountains moun Lains except god shall make manifest where lie he will build his ills house and establish ill lii his zion in the tile last days how shall the tile law go forth of zion and the word of the lord from froin jerusalem in ill tile tiie last lays days inducing people to 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