Hearken, O ye people of my ^achurch, to whom the ^bkingdom has been given; hearken ye and give ear to him who laid the foundation of the earth, who ^cmade the heavens and all the ^dhosts thereof, and by whom all things were made which ^elive, and move, and have a being.

 2 And again I say, hearken unto my voice, lest ^adeath shall overtake you; in an ^bhour when ye think not the summer shall be past, and the ^charvest ended, and your souls not saved.

 3 Listen to him who is the ^aadvocate with the Father, who is pleading your cause before him—

 4 Saying: Father, behold the ^asufferings and ^bdeath of him who did no ^csin, in whom thou wast well pleased; behold the blood of thy Son which was shed, the blood of him whom thou gavest that thyself might be ^dglorified;

 5 Wherefore, Father, spare these my ^abrethren that ^bbelieve on my name, that they may come unto me and have ^ceverlasting life.

 6 Hearken, O ye people of my church, and ye elders listen together, and hear my voice while it is called ^atoday, and harden not your hearts;

 7 For verily I say unto you that I am ^aAlpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the light and the life of the world—a ^blight that shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not.

 8 I came unto mine own, and mine own ^areceived me not; but unto as many as received me gave I ^bpower to do many ^cmiracles, and to become the ^dsons of God; and even unto them that ^ebelieved on my name gave I power to obtain eternal ^flife.

 9 And even so I have sent mine ^aeverlasting ^bcovenant into the world, to be a ^clight to the world, and to be a ^dstandard for my people, and for the ^eGentiles to seek to it, and to be a ^fmessenger before my face to prepare the way before me.

 10 Wherefore, come ye unto it, and with him that cometh I will ^areason as with men in days of old, and I will show unto you my strong reasoning.

 11 Wherefore, hearken ye together and let me show unto you even my ^awisdom—the wisdom of him whom ye say is the God of ^bEnoch, and his brethren,

 12 Who were ^aseparated from the earth, and were received unto myself—a ^bcity reserved until a ^cday of righteousness shall come—a day which was sought for by all holy men, and they found it not because of wickedness and abominations;

 13 And confessed they were ^astrangers and pilgrims on the earth;

 14 But obtained a ^apromise that they should find it and see it in their flesh.

 15 Wherefore, hearken and I will reason with you, and I will ^aspeak unto you and prophesy, as unto men in days of old.

 16 And I will show it plainly as I showed it unto my ^adisciples as I stood before them in the flesh, and spake unto them, saying: As ye have asked of me concerning the ^bsigns of my coming, in the day when I shall come in my ^cglory in the clouds of heaven, to fulfil the promises that I have made unto your fathers,

 17 For as ye have looked upon the long ^aabsence of your ^bspirits from your bodies to be a bondage, I will show unto you how the day of redemption shall come, and also the ^crestoration of the ^dscattered Israel.

 18 And now ye ^abehold this temple which is in Jerusalem, which ye call the house of God, and your enemies say that this house shall never fall.

 19 But, verily I say unto you, that ^adesolation shall come upon this generation as a thief in the night, and this people shall be destroyed and ^bscattered among all nations.

 20 And this ^atemple which ye now see shall be thrown down that there shall not be left one stone upon another.

 21 And it shall come to pass, that this ^ageneration of Jews shall not pass away until every desolation which I have told you concerning them shall come ^bto pass.

 22 Ye say that ye know that the ^aend of the world cometh; ye say also that ye know that the heavens and the earth shall pass away;

 23 And in this ye say truly, for so it is; but these things which I have told you shall not ^apass away until all shall be fulfilled.

 24 And this I have told you concerning Jerusalem; and when that day shall come, shall a remnant be ^ascattered among all ^bnations;

 25 But they shall be ^agathered again; but they shall remain until the times of the ^bGentiles be fulfilled.

 26 And in ^athat day shall be heard of ^bwars and rumors of wars, and the whole earth shall be in commotion, and men's hearts shall ^cfail them, and they shall say that Christ ^ddelayeth his coming until the end of the earth.

 27 And the ^alove of men shall wax cold, and ^biniquity shall abound.

 28 And when the times of the ^aGentiles is come in, a ^blight shall break forth among them that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fulness of my ^cgospel;