In the Book of Mormon we read that the Lord won't suffer His name to be polluted, nor His glory to be given to others. He is the first and last. He laid the foundation of the earth. His word will be fulfilled. 1 Nephi 20:11-15 "For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, for I will not suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give my glory unto another. Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called, for I am he; I am the first, and I am also the last. Mine hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens. I call unto them and they stand up together. All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared these things unto them? The Lord hath loved him; yea, and he will fulfil his word which he hath declared by them; and he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall come upon the Chaldeans. Also, saith the Lord; I the Lord, yea, I have spoken; yea, I have called him to declare, I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous."
In the Old Testament we read yet another example of how people just don't seem to learn their lessons. Yesterday we read about how the earth opened up and swallowed those who rebelled against the Lord. Now today we read about how on the very next day the congregation murmured against Moses and Aaron, claiming they had killed "the people of the Lord." Of course this made the Lord so angry again that He sent a plague to kill them. Moses and Aaron tried to intervene but even so 14,700 more people perished before the plague was stayed. Numbers 16:41-50 "But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord. And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed."
A verse with a thought booklet tells us that our flesh and our heart may fail, but God will be our strength forever. Psalms 73:27 "For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee."
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