Sceptre Promise (Davidic Covenant) vs. Birthright

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Sceptre Promise vs. Birthright

by Art Bulla

 1 WHO is the stem of Jesse spoken of in the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th verses of the 11th chapter of Isaiah?
 2 Verily thus saith the Lord: It is Christ.
 3 What is the rod spoken of in the first verse of the 11th chapter of Isaiah, that should come of the Stem of Jesse?
 4 Behold, thus saith the Lord: It is a servant in the hands of Christ, who is partly a descendant of Jesse

as well as of Ephraim, or of the house of Joseph, on whom there is laid much power.
 5 What is the root of Jesse spoken of in the 10th verse of the 11th chapter?
 6 Behold, thus saith the Lord, it is a descendant of Jesse, as well as of Joseph, unto whom rightly belongs the priesthood, and the keys of the kingdom, for an ensign, and for the gathering of my people in the last days.
 7 Questions by Elias Higbee: What is meant by the command in Isaiah, 52d chapter, 1st verse, which saith: Put on thy strength, O Zion--and what people had Isaiah reference to?
 8 He had reference to those whom God should call in the last days, who should hold the power of priesthood to bring again Zion, and the redemption of Israel; and to put on her strength is to put on the authority of the priesthood, which she, Zion, has a right to by lineage; also to return to that power which she had lost.
 9 What are we to understand by Zion loosing herself from the bands of her neck; 2d verse?
 10 We are to understand that the scattered remnants are exhorted to return to the Lord from whence they have fallen; which if they do, the promise of the Lord is that he will speak to them, or give them revelation. See the 6th, 7th, and 8th verses. The bands of her neck are the curses of God upon her, or the remnants of Israel in their scattered condition among the Gentiles.

   (D&C  113:1-10)

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

Speaking with Jesse, the subject of the birthright of Jacob and the sceptre promise (Davidic Covenant) came up.  The birthright promise is to Ephraim, that he would become many nations with the greatest material blessings--literally fulfilled.

 5 Ought ye not to know that the

LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, [even] to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

            (2 Chr  13:5)

 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.

            (Jer  31:9)

...we are indeed Israel; not merely in a spiritual sense, but literally.  We believe that we are of the seed of Abraham.  God has revealed through His servants the Prophets and the Patriarchs whom He has placed in His Church, that the great body of the people are literally of Israel; that our forefathers were scattered among the nations of the earth and there intermingled with the gentiles.  We are chiefly of Ephraim, and, as the Prophet  Hosea  predicted, "Ephraim hath mixed himself among the people."  In these last days God is calling Israel from all the nations of the earth, and He has a special work for Ephraim to do.  "I am a father unto Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn"-that is, the firstborn in this great latter-day work.  You who have received your blessings under the hands of the Patriarchs in the Church have been told to what tribe you belong, and it appears that the great body of the Latter-day Saints are of the house of Ephraim. (Brian H. Stuy, ed., Collected Discourses, 5 vols., 5:)

 

 

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·         10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. (New Testament | Galatians 1:10 - 12)

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