2 Ne 8:6 for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment
Joseph Fielding Smith
"This earth is filling the measure of its creation. (Sec. 88:18-26.) Today it is passing through its mortal state. The time will come when it shall die and pass away as do all things upon it. Isaiah says: 'The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.'(Isa 24:4)
"'The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.' (Isa 24: 19-20) Again he declares: 'Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens (i.e. the heavens surrounding the earth) shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell, therein shall die in like manner.' (Isa 51:6.) Here we have predictions that the earth shall pass away, die, and all its inhabitants shall also die in like manner. This truth was not generally and correctly understood until the Lord made known in revelations to Joseph Smith that this should be the case. When Isaiah said the earth should 'fall and not rise again,' the interpretation is that it should not be restored to the same mortal or temporal condition. When the earth passes away and is dissolved it will pass through a similar condition which the human body does in death....The 'new heavens and new earth' referred to in this scripture [Isa 65:17], and also in Section 101:23-31, had reference to the change which shall come to the earth and all upon it, at the beginning of the Millennial reign, as we declare in the tenth article of the Articles of Faith. This is the renewed earth when it shall receive its paradisiacal glory, or be restored as it was before the fall of man. (See Compendium, art, "Millennial Reign," p. 202.) 'The new heaven and new earth' we are discussing in Section 29, is the final change, or resurrection, of the earth, after the 'little season' which shall follow the Millennium." (Church History and Modern Revelation, vol. 1, p. 132)
Isaiah is struggle for me. I read one sentence and I don't understand what is going on and my whole life is a confusing mess.
2 Ne 8:7 fear ye not the reproach of men
Gordon B. Hinckley said
"Let us recognize that fear comes not of God, but rather that this gnawing, destructive element comes from the adversary of truth and righteousness. Fear is the antithesis of faith. It is corrosive in its effects, even deadly." (Commentaries on Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. by K. Douglas Bassett, [American Fork, UT: Covenant Publishing Co., 2003], 39)
He also said,
"When I went on a mission, my father gave me a little card with a verse from the New testament, the words of the Lord to the centurion servant who brought news concerning the little daughter of the centurion. Those words, 'be not afraid, only believe.' I commend those words to each of us, my brothers and sisters. You do not need to fear if you are on the side of right." (Commentaries on Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. by K. Douglas Bassett, [American Fork, UT: Covenant Publishing Co., 2003], 40)
Fear not God is with you. I need to remember those words every single day.
Blessing: God is with me and I need not fear.
Joseph Fielding Smith
"This earth is filling the measure of its creation. (Sec. 88:18-26.) Today it is passing through its mortal state. The time will come when it shall die and pass away as do all things upon it. Isaiah says: 'The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.'(Isa 24:4)
"'The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.' (Isa 24: 19-20) Again he declares: 'Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens (i.e. the heavens surrounding the earth) shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell, therein shall die in like manner.' (Isa 51:6.) Here we have predictions that the earth shall pass away, die, and all its inhabitants shall also die in like manner. This truth was not generally and correctly understood until the Lord made known in revelations to Joseph Smith that this should be the case. When Isaiah said the earth should 'fall and not rise again,' the interpretation is that it should not be restored to the same mortal or temporal condition. When the earth passes away and is dissolved it will pass through a similar condition which the human body does in death....The 'new heavens and new earth' referred to in this scripture [Isa 65:17], and also in Section 101:23-31, had reference to the change which shall come to the earth and all upon it, at the beginning of the Millennial reign, as we declare in the tenth article of the Articles of Faith. This is the renewed earth when it shall receive its paradisiacal glory, or be restored as it was before the fall of man. (See Compendium, art, "Millennial Reign," p. 202.) 'The new heaven and new earth' we are discussing in Section 29, is the final change, or resurrection, of the earth, after the 'little season' which shall follow the Millennium." (Church History and Modern Revelation, vol. 1, p. 132)
Isaiah is struggle for me. I read one sentence and I don't understand what is going on and my whole life is a confusing mess.
2 Ne 8:7 fear ye not the reproach of men
Gordon B. Hinckley said
"Let us recognize that fear comes not of God, but rather that this gnawing, destructive element comes from the adversary of truth and righteousness. Fear is the antithesis of faith. It is corrosive in its effects, even deadly." (Commentaries on Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. by K. Douglas Bassett, [American Fork, UT: Covenant Publishing Co., 2003], 39)
He also said,
"When I went on a mission, my father gave me a little card with a verse from the New testament, the words of the Lord to the centurion servant who brought news concerning the little daughter of the centurion. Those words, 'be not afraid, only believe.' I commend those words to each of us, my brothers and sisters. You do not need to fear if you are on the side of right." (Commentaries on Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. by K. Douglas Bassett, [American Fork, UT: Covenant Publishing Co., 2003], 40)
Fear not God is with you. I need to remember those words every single day.
Blessing: God is with me and I need not fear.
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