Jews and Gentiles

This evening I was so tired.  Our weekend mandatory began Friday night at 11pm.  I've worked since then, all day Saturday and all night last night and all morning this Sunday morning.  My sister-in-law Sarah, picked me up to play accompaniment on the piano for Lupi Lapu'aho.  Then my husband picked me up and dropped me off at church to play our organ for Sacrament as I am the ward organist.  Haven't gotten any decent sleep but I wished someone else would step it up to do our reading. When I don't do it, no one else does it.  So we missed Saturday and this evening, I made sure we read before going back to work at 10pm.  On chapter 2Neph. 10

Jacob is speaking to the people about Christ and the Jews.  3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ—for in the last night the ^aangel spake unto me that this should be his name—should ^bcome among the ^cJews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall ^dcrucify him—for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would ^ecrucify their ^fGod.


Only the Jews were hardened enough in their hearts to crucify their Savior.  For that, they became a much despised and hated people.  Driven back and fro among nations.  They paid back then and are still paying even to this day.  They will continue to do so until the day that they will come full circle to know that Jesus Christ is their only Lord, Redeemer and Savior. 

6. Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, ^apestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be ^bscattered among all nations. 

Once the Jews come to know the Savior, the Lord will remember His covenant with their Fathers and will be merciful unto them. 
8 And it shall come to pass that they shall be ^agathered in from their long dispersion, from the ^bisles of the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in ^ccarrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.

The Gentiles, on the other hand, will be the"nursing fathers" for the house of Israel.  They will be blessed upon this Promised land.  
11 And this land shall be a land of ^aliberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no ^bkings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.

12 And I will fortify this land ^aagainst all other nations.