The Gathering of Israel

The gathering of Israel

In Isaiah 49:1-3 The Lord testifies of the Restoration of his gospel and of Joseph Smith. The Lord talks about a shaft that he has polished that has been prepared for the world and that shaft is the prophet Joseph Smith. Joseph will spread the word of the Lord to all those that he comes in contact with. He will not deny the Lord's teachings. 

When reading Isaiah 49:18-26 we read about how Israel will be gathered. The student manual says that the gathering of Israel will be so great that people will say that the way is "too strait for me," as said by Isaiah in the previous scriptures. For the past 100 years the church has grown exponentially and this is the cause for the crowding. Our number is growing and we need to prepare. 

Isaiah 49, 51, 54, 62 all focus on the gathering of Israel to prepare for the second coming of the Lord. We have ample knowledge to see that we will need to be gathered together for Jesus Christ's coming.