With politics and all the national issues on the forefront of our minds, it should cause us to be quite concerned about our country and the world. If the establishment of this nation had the hand of the Lord in it, then it makes sense the adversary would try to overthrow it.
As Moroni abridged the Jaredite plates, he inserted what he saw in the last days (Ether 8:22-25):
"22 And whatsoever nation shall uphold such secret combinations [do we?], to get power and gain, until they shall spread over the nation, behold, they shall be destroyed; for the Lord will not suffer that the blood of his saints, which shall be shed by them, shall always cry unto him from the ground for vengeance upon them and yet he avenge them not.
23 Wherefore, O ye Gentiles [this refers to us], it is wisdom in God that these things should be shown unto you [What is shown unto us - the fall of a nation?], that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you [How do we prevent them from getting above us?], which are built up to get power and gain [Do we see the desire for power and gain in our local and federal government? Are elected leaders still servants of the people?]—and the work, yea, even the work of destruction come upon you, yea, even the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall upon you, to your overthrow and destruction if ye shall suffer these things to be [We've just been told that if we sit idly by and do nothing, the sword of justice will fall upon us!].
24 Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you [to do something is a commandment from the Lord, not a request or suggestion], when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation [are we as a country awake when we are dependent on the government, taking God out of every public place, murdering hundreds of thousands of unborn children annually, approximately 55% of the population won't vote, etc.?], because of this secret combination which shall be among you; or [The word "or" indicates we can do something about it, IF we awake to sense of our awful situation] wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up.
25 For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the destruction of all people [Satan is a person who uses the same tactics through the ages. He's overthrown countless nations by the use of secret combination and wickedness], for it is built up by the devil, who is the father of all lies; even that same liar who beguiled our first parents, yea, even that same liar who hath caused man to commit murder from the beginning; who hath hardened the hearts of men that they have murdered the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out from the beginning."
We should have ample evidence around us of what is happening to our nation. Moroni and many others saw it and his concern was that we sit idly by while the secret combinations and wickedness overthrow our freedom and bring upon us our destruction. He's warning us that it's not too late, but that these things originate from the devil and if we do nothing, wo unto us! This isn't doom and gloom, this is a prophetic reality and has been seen and foretold for a very long time.
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