Doctrine and Covenants 45: 9

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 45

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.

Footnotes

9a	TG New and Everlasting Covenant.
b	Jer. 31: 33 (31-34) 33 But this shall be the ^acovenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my ^blaw in their inward parts, and write it in their ^chearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Hosea 2: 18 (14-23) 18 And in that day will I make a ^acovenant for them with the ^bbeasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down ^csafely. Morm. 5: 20. 20 But behold, it shall come to pass that they shall be driven and scattered by the Gentiles; and after they have been driven and scattered by the Gentiles, behold, then will the Lord ^aremember the ^bcovenant which he made unto Abraham and unto all the house of Israel. TG Covenants.
c	2 Cor. 4: 6. 6 For God, who ^acommanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath ^bshined in our hearts, to give the ^clight of the knowledge of the ^dglory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
d	TG Ensign. TG Israel, Gathering of.
e	Isa. 42: 6. 6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a ^acovenant of the people, for a ^blight of the ^cGentiles; Matt. 8: 11 (11-12) 11 And I say unto you, That ^amany shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. Luke 13: 29 (28-30) 29 And ^athey shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. Acts 10: 45. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the ^aGentiles also was poured out the ^bgift of the Holy Ghost. 2 Ne. 10: 18 (9-18) 18 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will ^asoften the hearts of the ^bGentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be ^cblessed and ^dnumbered among the house of Israel.
f	Mal. 3: 1. 1 Behold, I will ^asend my ^bmessenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly ^ccome to his ^dtemple, even the ^emessenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. Matt. 11: 10. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my ^amessenger before thy face, which shall ^bprepare thy way before thee. Luke 7: 27. 27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my ^amessenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.