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people, etc.). It grieves me to cut down all the trees of my vineyard and burn them.

Who has corrupted my vineyard?"

The Savior answered, "The proud people (the lofty branches) have overcome their spiritual roots. They have grown too proud and rich to be fed by their spiritual roots.

The lofty branches have stolen the strength (the governing power) from their spiritual roots, starving and overcoming them. This is why your world has become corrupt.”

The Father replied, "Yes. Now let's cut down the trees and burn them, for I've done everything I can to save them."

But the Savior said, "Spare them a little longer."

The Father answered, "I will, for it would be sad to lose all the trees of my vineyard.

Note: Now comes the gathering of Israel in these last days. Isaiah's great prophecies describe these events.

Let us gather the branches planted in the outer parts of my earth (the Jews, the ten tribes, and the tribe of Joseph) and bring them back to their spiritual roots.

Let us pluck out the branches with most bitter fruit (the most wicked), and replace them with the natural branches. I will do this to save their roots for my own purpose.

The roots of the house of Israel are yet alive. To preserve these roots, I will graft their original, natural branches back into them, even though the branches have become corrupt.