It’s important to know who you
and where you come from. It’s important
to know that God loves His children and keeps His promises. Researching this material brought out a great
excitement in me. It wasn’t just the
excitement of discovery, but the excitement to know: this is who I am, this is where I came
from. My ancestors came from Scotland,
Isle of Man, Wales, and other parts of England.
They also came from Norway, The Netherlands and the northern parts of France where the Bretons had fled to in the aftermath of war with the Saxons.
There was something important going on in those Islands and God really
did have dealings with them, though time and history have dimmed the truth.
Nothing was left to chance.
I’m Israel. I’m of
the house of Israel. I’m of the house of
Ephraim and I don’t think it’s just by adoption. Sure, there’s a mingling of different lines,
but there’s enough that God remembered His promises to His servants, Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, that He would bring Israel out of obscurity, renew the
covenant and bring His church out of obscurity and into the light.
The Children of Israel were not
chosen to be special and above everyone else.
They were chosen to be the least, the most humble, the servants of
all. They were chosen to bear the gospel
to all the world, that all the nations of the earth might be blessed, that all
the world would be Israel, the covenant people of the God.
When that happens, there truly
will be a thousand years of peace.
Next: Shall we explore Book of Mormon lands?
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