Commenting on 2 Nephi 3:12 (RLDS: 2 Nephi 2:19):
Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins
shall write;
and the fruit of thy loins of Judah shall write;
(THE BIBLE). This was prophesied
of in Ezekiel These are two records, the stick of Joseph (THE BOOK OF MORMON
AND THE DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS AND CHURCH HISTORY) and the stick Judah of
37:16-19: "Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon
it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions; then take another
stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the
house of Israel his companions; And join them one to another into one stick;
and they shall become one in thine hand. And when the children of thy people
shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by
these? Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of
Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows,
and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them
one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand,"
The stick of Judah we know to be
the Bible; it contains the history and the revelations of God. The Book of
Mormon also contains the history of Manasseh and the revelations of God. The
Book of Covenants contains the revelations of the tribe of Ephraim and the
church history tells the background of this people.
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Stick of Judah |
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The Bible with its revelations
and history of Israel. |
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Stick of Joseph |
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The Book of Mormon with its
revelations and history. |
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The Doctrine and Covenants which
is the revelations to Ephraim, along with church history. |
“And put them (THE BOOK OF MORMON
AND THE DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS AND CHURCH HISTORY) with him (THE BIBLE), even
with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mind
hand.” (Patrick S. McKay, The Choice Seer [Independence, Miss.: Patrick
S. McKay, 1978], 4)
